18273 In the Health Office of a School

One little girl in the picture does not look very well. She does not feel like playing or working. The doctor is looking at her throat.

The little girl who is waiting seems well. She has good posture. She wants to show the doctor that she has been to the dentist.

The school doctor and nursed not only help children when they are sick but try to keep them well too. A sign in this office says, "The Foundation for Healthful Living is Laid in the Public School." See the nurse weighing the small boy. She will find out if his food is nourishing and will tell him what to do if he wants to be strong and keep well. No doubt the larger boy wants to be an athlete, running or skating like the athlete on the chart. Do you see the graph on the door? A black line for 1900 will be added. It would be longer if all children would do as the doctor and nurse tell them.

How clean and white the office is! Can you tell why the doctor's instruments are in a glass case?

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26377 Boy Scouts Raising the Flag

Is there a flag pole in your school yard?

Have you ever watched the raising of the flag? Did it make you feel proud and happy to think that it was the flag of your country being raised?

These boys are lowering the flag because it is sunset. It will be raised again in the morning.

We all love and honor our flag and we treat it with respect. Do you know some of the rules which tell us how to treat the flag. One rule says, "Never let the flag touch the ground."

Every boy and girl should know how to salute the flag. Can you repeat the pledge to your country and your flag?

The flag is used in army camps, boy scouts camps, and on public buildings. What public buildings do you know that have flags?

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16761 School Gardens of Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls, Philadelphia, Penna.

Every boy and girl likes to dig in the ground in spring. In some cities vacant lots are rented and school children use them for gardens. They have fun taking care of the plants. When the vegetables are ready for market, they may be sold and the money used to buy something for the school. In the country a school garden may be even more easily obtained.

Almost all of these children have hoes. Why is the hoe needed here almost every day? Notice how carefully the tomato plants in front are tied to stakes. What would happen if they were not staked?

How can you tell that these boys are Boy Scouts? They are taught to be helpful, courteous, kind to both people and animals. They must know how to give first aid if anyone is hurt, how to signal, how to build a camp, and many other useful things. Ask some Boy Scout to tell you about their work.

The Camp Fire Girls have much the same training. They are taught to work, to enjoy outdoor life, to care of their health, to make others happy and to be happy themselves.

Will you be a Boy Scout or a Camp Fire Girl when old enough? Why?

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18254 The Postman

This postman works in a small town. He has opened the postbox to collect the packages and papers from it. He puts them into the big sack on the ground and then into the basket of the bicycle. He must also deliver letters to patrons on his route. The children all know him as Mr. Postman by name and come running if they hear his whistle. When they come from school they look into the letter boxes at their doors. The little boys hope thay can some day dress in a blue uniform and carry important bags and parcels.

Did you ever think what a difference it would make if all mail carriers stopped working for a week? Day in and day out our government keeps men and women, wagons, trucks, trains, and airplanes busy carrying mail. These words are cut across the front of the New York Post Office: "Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds."

Wouldn't it be interesting to follow a letter on its journey to find just what happens after it is dropped in the box?

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13729 Flagship of Christopher Columbus

Long, long ago an Italian boy named Christopher Columbus wanted to be a sailor. He lived in Genoa, a city by the sea. He watched the ships sail in and out of the harbor. He listened to stories the sailors told. He learned all the geography he could. He learned to draw maps and charts. He learned about the stars and how to steer a ship by them. In those days geography was different. Most people thought the world was flat. Columbus believed it was round. He wished, oh, so much, that he could sail around it and show people he was right. But he would need ships of his own and men to sail them.

Now Columbus was too poor to buy ships and pay sailors. He must get someone rich to help him. He asked the King of Portugal, but the King would not help. He asked the King and Queen of Spain. The King would not, but Queen Isabella gave him three ships and men to sail them. The largest of these ships was the Santa Maria, and Columbus sailed on this one. It was so small we wonder how it crossed the Atlantic Ocean safely. But it did. The ship you see is a copy of the Santa Maria. The Spanish people sent it to the American people.

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