Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 143, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1918 — CHILD WELFARE PROGRESSING HERE [ARTICLE]

CHILD WELFARE PROGRESSING HERE

The physical examination of children under school age demanded by the government is progresing nicely in this county, which we hope to make one of the best in the state, as the interest displayed by any community in its children is always an indication of the intelligence of that community. The co-operation of the physicians which has been so generous is worthy of the highest appreciation of the entire community, for it is they upon whom_a large part of the work devolves. “Each afternoon from 1:30 until 3:30 o’clock in the north waiting room of the court house the work is being done. Already nearly two hundred children have been examined. Each Saturday afternoon after the hours of examinations, short talks will be given along different lines of child welfare and it is hoped by those having this work in charge, that parents will avail themselves this opportunity to work with the rest of the community in bettering the childhood of our county for, “Who loves a child loves not himself, but God: who delights a child labors with God in his worship of the world of hearts: ’ whoso helps a child brings the Knigdom of God; whoso saves a child from the fingers of evil sits in the seat with the builders of cities and the procurers of peace.”