Health Board Gets Charge in School

From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, September 26, 1923: The Indianapolis board of school commissioners transferred nutrition work in the public schools to the city board of public health. However, the actual teaching of nutrition in all public schools will be conducted by teachers, trained in nutrition work, where it will now be taught as a regular subject. Medical examinations and health charts are to be made by the health board’s physicians and nurses which will require a corps of doctors and at least one nurse for every two school buildings to be hired by the board of health. Representatives of women’s clubs who initially had vigorously opposed the transfer later expressed an opinion that the plan may prove to be the best. Last year, two special teachers were employed by the school board to carry on the entire nutrition work.

“Health Board Gets Charge in School,” The Indianapolis Star, 26 September 1923, p. 1:2

Freshmen at Butler Swamp Office Forces

From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, September 19, 1923: The largest freshmen class ever to register at Butler College swamped the registrar’s office today. By 8 a.m. a long line of young men and women had formed at the door of the administration building, and as the morning progressed the line extended many hundreds of feet across the campus to the street. To alleviate the crush of prospective students, college authorities divided them into groups and distributed cards telling them to report again at specific hours. With 425 freshmen registrations today and about 550 upper classmen registered yesterday, including 100 seniors, it is expected that about 200 additional registrations are yet to come in including another 50 members of the class of 1924 who will be returning this fall. When registration closes, estimated enrollment will be1,200 compared with 1,002 last year.

“Freshmen at Butler Swamp Office Forces,” The Indianapolis News, 19 September 1923, p. 10:8

Boy and Girl Cops to Direct Traffic

From The Indianapolis Times, Tuesday, September 11, 1923: Police officers from the traffic accident prevention bureau will organize accident prevention councils in the 69 public schools and 21 parochial schools to make Indianapolis safe for school children. Each council will be composed of one or two students from the fourth through eighth grade with a teacher as chair. The councils will select 400 students to be accident prevention officers and Police Chief Herman F. Rikhoff will officially appoint each one and place a badge or an arm band on him. The school “cops” will take a pledge of duty and be assigned to direct traffic at dismissals and to watch in the playgrounds at recess. The Indianapolis Auto Trade Association will donate silk flags to be given to schools with perfect safety records at the end of the school year.

“Boy and Girl Cops to Direct Traffic,” The Indianapolis Times, 11 September 1923, p. 1:1