Education in health . er to have committees of childrenin each room to take the initiative in each kind ofendeavor, such as health, thrift, and safety. Activities of the Children — The room with all thepupils might be converted into a health, safety, orthrift club when the report of a committee or whenother club work is necessary. For the organizationof the whole school, representatives from the variousrooms should come together for the purpose of con-sidering the problems of community welfare. Ameeting of this kind can well take place at a luncheonduring the noon hour at school. Such meetings
Education in health . er to have committees of childrenin each room to take the initiative in each kind ofendeavor, such as health, thrift, and safety. Activities of the Children — The room with all thepupils might be converted into a health, safety, orthrift club when the report of a committee or whenother club work is necessary. For the organizationof the whole school, representatives from the variousrooms should come together for the purpose of con-sidering the problems of community welfare. Ameeting of this kind can well take place at a luncheonduring the noon hour at school. Such meetings havebeen very successful, and the representatives alwaysmake some pertinent recommendations that are putinto effect by the school authorities. Organization of the Children of a Whole Community *— *A complete discussion of the school organization is presented in a monographof the National Safety Council, entitled Education in Accident Prevention, Lyonsand Carnahan, Chicago. ADMINISTRATION OF THE HEALTH PROGRAM 217. 218 EDUCATION IN HEALTH The organization for the purposes of promoting healthpractices might be extended to include all the schoolof any community or city. A representative of eachschool might be called into a larger convention foroccasional discussion of health, accident prevention,thrift, or civic problems for the whole there is no set form for calling or organizingsuch a conference, yet the following suggestive planlends itself to most communities. Procedure for Stimulating the Work of AccidentPrevention and Health in the Schools and for Coordi-nating Activities.— 1. Issue a questionnaire to discoverthe general line of activity under way in A. Accident prevention. B. Health promotion. The questionnaire should merely aim to discoverwhat is being done, and should not attempt to bedirective or suggestive. II. Conferences to be held. A. Children of the eighth, seventh, or upper grades ofthe school. 1. Receive reports from children of what is bein
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