Show Public School Safety Program Proves I Beneficial I By Illy L L. L C C. C Miles Mlles During the past several years with the fine cooperation and leadership lend lead I of the Junior Chamber nd-I nd of j i i Commerce and other organizations I in Cedar City CUy th the public schools I have hav endeavored to carry carryon on a fairly consistent program of safety I In checking the results it would not b bS bA exaggerating the facts t to say that as far as traffic accidents are concerned the project has been successful as or we ws have ha not recorded record record- ed Id any acc in or near our ours s shoos hoo s for at least t two wo years ears Tills This would lead us to believe that the children as the adults are be becoming be- be coming safety conscious as far as traffic in the street is concerned We can provably probably ably give gUe much credit for this to the careful driving of our citizens I Now th there re is another kind of safety that we would like to work I on in our cur schools and home That ThatIs Is the safety of personal and pub- pub Ilc lic property It is quite a common statement to hear that some one has had hs his books hat or pen stol stol- en Of cours the fact that someone has said J so oO o doesn't make it so 50 Records show that more than 90 per percent percent percent cent of artices reported sto en were merely lost or m misplaced Man Many children use that alibi for elf self pro pro- of that it is felt that there Is far too much disrespect for the property of others in the schoos s as well as in hr other public places With the active cooperation of the parents and public in general the schools feel that they can ac accomplish accomplish ac- ac much more in this field of safety education Although this has always b been beena en ena a major concern of teachers and parents it Is fet felt that special pann pan pan- n nI and organization with continuous continuous continuous con con- up follow-up is 13 bound to dev de de- v lop in our children a respect ct for forthe forthe forthe the rights of others Probably the greatest Job of education education education edu edu- cation today is to t teach ach people to live Uve happily and sarel safely together |