Show SUPT k J CLEAN SCHOOL CONTEST has worked wonders onders in outlying and run down schools lie he says in a letter addressed to geo D keyser president of the utah public health association superintendent A J ashman A hman of the sevier district expresses appreciation of the district for tion in regards to health habits and the clean school contest conducted during the last term tenn the letter leads dear mr air keyser through tile the utah public health association Gocia tion two things have been done in in sevier district this year of which we are very proud these things have given tone and purpose to tile the health in our district and shown us a great field of usefulness I 1 speak of the employment of a school nurse and the clean school contest this is the first year sevier has ever had a school nurse I 1 hope we shall never do without one again I 1 it t has meant instead of the asua usua usual I 1 i indifferent methods of teaching health habits from books a leal ical vital health activity in every school clean hands clean teeth clean finger nails and a handkerchief for every pupil are no longer exceptional things to find but are the general rule we have all believed in health and our teachers have given some attention to it but the supervision by a nurse has breathed the breath of life into it and in sevier over three thousand children chil dien are now practicing health habits evely day I 1 feel that this is making the foundation for a cleaner healthier citizenship than we have ever had bad the clean school contest which mr air wallis I 1 has so kindly organized and promoted has worked wonders in some of our outlying and run down schools in fact two of the smaller schools in this district have really been made over clean grounds clean buildings clean toilets and clean pupils prevail the boys and girls see the improvement and feel better the work has gone to the community and meant a great deal in the interest inhere 4 the town has bw in its school in my judgment this contest has been worth many times the amount of the prizes I 1 desire to express the thanks and appreciation of sevier district to your organization for making these two things possible for us this year we are anxious to have your cooperation next year and assure you we shall do all we can to justify your organization in the assistance you may give us I 1 want to say also that mr wallis who has helped us with this program and has inspected every school in this district twice during the year is a man whom we admire very much he has public health at heart end and has shown it by his unselfish interest in the success of the health work in this state more power to him and the utah public health As socrati on 1 yours very sincerely A J ASHMAN cupl supt sevier district |