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Show 4 Safety Program for County Schools Gets Underway This Veek fine Accident Prevention Record Made By Washington Co. Schools Under the direction of Ruth Ward Mumford, member of the Utah State Board of Health, an interesting inter-esting program in safety education edu-cation for schools is well underway under-way in Washington county, with 38 teachers enrolled and receiving the training lessons each Tuesday afternoon. Under the program, different instructors are being brought to the county each week, Hazel Stevens, nutrition consult-' consult-' ant of the State Board of Health T taking over here on Tuesday. ir, Safety Council Organized at In connection with this educa tional program a county safety " council has been organized with 11 Sheriff Antone B. Prince, chair man, and as co-chairman, Arthur r' Paxman, St. George; Walter " Brooks, Hurricane; Edwin De- Mille, Springdale; Lloyd E. Mc- (" Arthur, St. George, secretary. " A survey of the . year 1942-43 for Washington county schools showed there had been 38 acci- 6 dents, broken down as follows: 6 27, or (71) on the playground; five, or (13) in the gym; one, or (3) on the highway; two, or (5) in the building; and three, or (7) in the shop. National statistics show that one-third of school building accidents acci-dents occur in the gym; 20 per cent in halls and on stairs; 15 per cent in classrooms; 14 per cent in shops and the other 18 ; per cent otherwise. It is also as serted that two-fifths of school grounds accidents occur in unorganized un-organized activities. Football comes second with 19 per cent; baseball 11 per cent; other organized org-anized games 20 per cent; and apparatus, 9 per cent. Aims To Reduce Accidents These courses in safety training train-ing aim to lesson the number of accidents by having all games (Continued on page eight) Safety Program ' Continued from first page) supervised by coaches, who can teach children how to play safely, and the trick of knowing how to fall. Proper equipment, well-cared for playgrounds, sports and games to fit the students, who should be organized in this connection; the elimination of hazards in corridors cor-ridors and on stairs, such as crowding, pushing and rushing; proper concern in class rooms, checking on fire, highway and transportation hazards are all points stressed. Listed as Washington county problems are the need of repairing repair-ing playground equipment, removing remov-ing hazards, added good equipment, equip-ment, more supervision at play, cooperation of teachers and parents, par-ents, more extensive program to meet student needs. With regard to buildings, strict observance of rules in halls, policing polic-ing if needed, time allowance for class changes, are among the suggestions. sug-gestions. Proper supervision and frequent check-up on shop equipment equip-ment are the high points of that department. Highway accidents can be lessoned les-soned by the use of caution signs and proper education, and fire drills and proper fire fighting equipment will meet this hazard. Transportation is an individual problem of safety, drivers and well-cared-for buses, with student cooperation in observing rules. Program Interests Everyone Checking of five schools in the county indicates that teachers and students are evidently concerned with this safety program. Of a recorded 38 accidents in these five schools, 17 were in St. George where the combined enrolments of Elementary and junior high showed 980, of these 17, nine were on the playgrounds, 5 in the gym and three in the shop. Washington Wash-ington school reported one highway high-way accident; Santa Clara, one playground and one building accident; ac-cident; Springdale with 60 enrolled en-rolled had three playground accidents; ac-cidents; and Hurricane with 270 enrolled had 14 playground and one building accident. This record is considered very outstanding and with the increased in-creased care which will undoubtedly undoubt-edly follow these safety courses, this record should be materially reduced. |