The free dental clinic for school children, made possible through the raising of funds by the Junior Red Cross, is expected to be in operation when the schools open next September for the fall term, Superintendent H.P. Harding announced in his annual report to the school board Wednesday night.
The children in the Junior Red Cross have been working three years to raise funds to provide the dental clinic for the schools.
“About $2,500 has been raised and we propose with the approval of this board to make a start in September,” the superintendent reported. “Request as made that the board sponsor the attempt and help finance it in a small way towards the end of the school year if it should be necessary.
“It has been conclusively proven that a great many diseases and a great many cases of retardation in schools are caused by bad teeth,” Mr. Harding reported. “I believe the dental clinic started by the Junior Red Cross will be so far reaching in the good accomplished that this board will eventually make it a permanent part of the school organization.”
The report also commends the cooperation of Miss Anne Pierce, librarian of Carnegie library, and the teachers of the first year high school in giving the children of those classes detailed instruction in the use of the library, car index, files, reference books and general system for doing research work. This plan will be made a regular part of the school course, Mr. Harding announced.
From The Charlotte News, Thursday afternoon, June 30, 1921
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