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Show Life Saving Examiners' Training School at Salt Lake Jan. 14-18 In order to appoint new life-saving examiners and review the work with those already holding credentials, the American Red Cross will conduct a Life Saving Examiners' Training J School in Salt Lake City from January 1 14th to 18th. This is the first in a scries of such training schools to be held in the Northwest and is open to any competent swimmer over 18 years of age who desires to qualify as a Red Cross examiner or to receive additional addition-al instruction in the most up-to-dat& methods of life-saving. The training school will be conducted conduc-ted by Harold Terwillinger and Ralph Carlson, life-saving field representatives representa-tives from Red Cross area headquarters San Francisco, and there will be no charge for instruction. Local arrangements arrange-ments are in the hands of Miss Edgar-da Edgar-da Wedgewood. executive secretary of the Salt Lake Chapter, Charles Welch of the Deseret Gymnasium, chairman of the Red Cross Life Saving Committee, Commit-tee, and Dr. A. L. Murray, chairman of the Red Cross First Aid Committe". Classes will be held in the Deseret Gymnasium from 7:30 to 10:00 in the evening so that those employed during the day time may attend. According to Tterwillineer. the training train-ing school is an important part of the Red Cross program to reduce water fatalities through wider dissemination of life-saving principles and methods. Red Cross life-saving corps, which are organized in every section of the country, have as their objectives: 1. To develop sentiment and facilities facili-ties for safeguarding human life from drowning. 2. To teach precautions that should be observed on the water, and preventive prevent-ive measures necessary to avoid accidents. acci-dents. 3. To prevent drowning by: ' a. Teaching of swimming. b. Holding swimming and life-saving exhibitions. c. Promoting swimming and life-saving life-saving competitions. I d. Giving instruction in the various var-ious methods of performing artificial respiration. 4. To rescue those in peril of drowning. drown-ing. 5. To resuscitate persons apparently drowned. 6. To teach its members First Aid to the injured and to instruct others, or non-members, in this work. For further information, communicate communi-cate with Miss Edgarda Wedgewood, executive member of Salt Lake Chapter. |