Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 276, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1917 — Junior Red Croat Open To All School Children [ARTICLE]

Junior Red Croat Open To All School Children

Announcement is of the launching of a Junior Red Cross, membership in which will be open to all school children of, the United States. Through this organization it is planned to recognize,the loyalty and ability of the -22,000,000 boys and girls of school age in this country, and provide a channel forstheir patriotic service through Red Cross work. The plan\for a Junior Red Cross has been worked out by Dr. H. N. MacCfacken, president of Vassar College, who is now at National Headquarters devoting himself to the nation-wide organization of this movement. Dr. MacCracken has had the assistance of many educational authorities. As adopted by the Red Cross War Council, the plan of organization of the. Junior Red Cross is as follows: -1 I. There shall be a Junior Red Cross Membership, with djaes of twenty-five cents a year, open to all children of school age arid in actual attendance upon school, whether public, private, or parochial, within the borders of tha United States and its dependencies/ This membership shall run for the term of the school S/ear. 11. Red Cross Junior Membership shall be granted only through recogniged schools, and only to the entire student body of each school when a sum equal to 25 cents for each pupil shall have been deposited to its credit in the Sschool Supply Fund, hereinafter described; or when in special instances by decision of the treasurer of the Chapter School Fund, supplies exceeding in value of material, a sum equal to 25 cents for each pupil shall have been contributed by the school to the treasurer of the Chapter School Fund. 111. Any school, upon payment of the membership fund to the Treasurer of the Chapter School Fund,shall have the right to be a School Auxiliary of the Red Cr6ss Chapter in its territory, and shall have the right to display a special Red Cross banner, with space provided thereon for recording succeeding years of membreship. IV. Each pupil of the school thus accepted as a School Auxiliary of the local Chapter, shall have the right to Red Cross Junior Membership without further payment or formality of any kind, and have the right to wear the Red Cross Membership button. Teachers of the school shall be members Ex Officio of the Red Cross Junior Membership. Plans are under way to organize Junior Red Cross Auxiliaries in the Rensselaer Public Schools, commencing Monday, December 10th. As this is an enterprise having the hearty endorsement of the President, it is hoped that the patrons of the schools will lend their aid in establishing this worthy movement. Knitting has already become the fashion among the children and they are most enthusiastic about the work. With the fund collected from the dues it will be possible to make many useful articles, so badly needed in this present war time.