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Show failion School Corner The Modern Iieadth Crusade is a method of teaching child-red in -the formation of health habits through the daily performance of health acts out . It is , found upon the principal of "Education, by Dong "Millions of children are i enrolled in the Crusade la this and other coun tries The play and rom-ance rom-ance of the Crusade-give children : the incentive to the work systematically systemat-ically and enthusia.stica.lly. The essentials of the Oiiu-sade are; 1 The statement of heaiRh acts known as "chores". 2 The regular p-erformance of these a'efs 3 The daily recording of such perform a. noes This Tecor.r is kept on score. cards on which the helth chores are listed When the cards completed and signed sign-ed properly . by parent, child and teacher, they are recorded and sent to the Utah Public Health Office at Salt Lake City, If these cawls are i satisfactory, pins are sent to the ' children as awards for promoting :,good health habits and as a means of j showing the advancement to a higher rank of Knighthood. Willi the successful suc-cessful completion of those same records re-cords we have the honor of entering the National Tolulrn-memt of the Modern Mod-ern Health Crusade. La;st year this Hamitlon School won two pennants in this tournment and it is hoped 'that we will win several more this I year. j Every month the children are 'weighed and if under weight they are encouraged to (win the race oi going over the top in their weight before this school year closes. Every child in ihe Crusade is willing will-ing to help others as well as himself him-self in playing the pme of -good health. They are Safety Scouts, always al-ways trying to prevent -accidents The following the aim of every Crusader for the coming six weeks -term. j "A healthy boy is a true k night He agists ladies where ever the opportunity op-portunity offers. He picks up any i thing a lady accidently drops and hnads it to her. He offers to cary her package or books when with her He is pr-aticularly kind and polite to his mother, and shows her at all times the courtesies he weald show to others. He never leaves the house without saying Good-buy as he is strong and healthy he is deferential to elderly people and assists them v hen ever he can. Miss .Tes ,:e Madsen |