‘ercise; drinking plenty oi water; PAGE SIX’ ;- Junior Red Gross in Canada ‘ The Junior Red Cross movement in Canada was originated by Miss Phillips, oi Montreal, in‘ 1914. lll 1915, in the Province oi‘ Saskatche- wan, the Junior Red (fross was formed niiioiig school children as an auxiliary to the Senior Red Cross organization. When pczica was declared the Junior Red Cross was accepted as part oi the peace time organization oi! the League o! Red Cross Societies. Organiza- tion oi the movement was then be- gun in many oi the provinces in Canada until at the present. time it is operating in every province oi the Dominon. The Junior Red Cross in Canada is regarded almost altogether as a new educntonzii movement. The motto of the Canadian Junior is that oi the Prince of \Vales—"l Serve"—nnd its objectives nrc Good Health. l-Iunianitnrion- Ideals and Good Citizenship. Principles Underlying Junior Red Cross Movement The Junior Red Cross movement may be said to rest primarily oii the conviction that the birthright of every child i5 a sound, clean.- and strong body, that health is desir- able and necessary, that health is _attaineble, and that it cnn be at- tained and maintained only with the intelligent support oi the children themselves. pie linhits or living, based-on knowledge and experience, may be -and should he cultivated in the school children and encouraged by teachers as an integral part oi edu- cation". The Junior Red Cross may in: said to ilcpeiiil secondarily on tho conviction that character and good citizenship are essential for the progress and happiness oi any peo- pie and that. the-so may becultivat» ed by indirect methods in the school best, perhaps, through slit.- actual practice oi activities coni- monly included under the term “Service? The Junior Red Cross ls Iissnd on the acceptance oi the theory that true education means the dew elopnient oi the child's latent czipir blllties through its own experiences and that life is largely governed by habits which are developed ilurir; the impressionable iige. , To be healthy, tu think Cll1i1l‘l}'. to to appreciate and love beauty. to be unseltish and to be true gen- tlemen and women are tar more important in education than to amass tact; and information, and possession oi these qualities means men and women endowed with character, intelligence and good citizenship. And even though the Canadian teacher has such ideals in mind the difficulty in past years has been to discover the menus oi’ transniuting them 1mg “films 0f Uwllllbt and action which The practice oi sini- will become part oi’ the child's ‘rlnental and physical liie. The unior Red CTOSg has been ilevelop ell ior this very purpgga Aim “d 0519!!!! oi Junior Red - Cross The outsizinii - the Junior obgl-gttglges a: to promote Health. ‘Humanitar- ian Ideals and Good Citizenship Health The Junior lied Cros b molly a sell‘ instituted lllfiflllllliniiclgrli): and there is therefore iroiii with] "'9 "hllilre" 11H lmiielllng motive tn Dracticcrules oi health after than have been taught by me teaehe! to [transform “kcowingf into "m; "l8 and thereby into habit in actual practice in schools an... the Junior lied Crosq is iii opera. U011. children's school room com. inittees take charge oi school mom ventilation and sanitation, oi’ per. sonal cleanliness, oi the warm Fermi" lllllflh. oi the supervision oi Play- They write health stories “m1 915W; they draw health post 9TB; they illSCUS5 and debate health levies; they act health plays; and gliroush these and other activities ‘h ey transmute dry theories o! ealth into intelligent health. thlnkifitl. Drncticc and habit. in the individual life o! the Red Cross Junior who becomes interest- ed in therganie oi health visible re~ suits are miiniiested in brushing the teth: combing the hair; WQgh. i118 thc hands and incefilreqiiently and taking baths regularly; keep lng the nails clenn: sleeping with open windows; taking regular ex- ilflllkll-‘IS milk: demanding morr nutritious and warm lunches; avoid the ordinary methods oi spreading and contracting disease, such of through the common drinking cup and sneezing; learning how to THE CHARLOTTETQWN GUARDIAN 82L.-. » .i- ". i‘ .1 --' Fresh as the Morning $0 muclrof the charm of a bedroom depends upon its air of immaculate daintinelss. That's wliy women throughout the Dominion prefer colorful, ‘durable Gold-Seal Congoleum Art-Rugs for the floors of those rooms in which clieerfulness and cleanliness should reign. And you're sure to find several pat- _ terns to matcli the draperies and cretonnes. 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