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given. For in this relationship both sides are equally Eandid, each understanding the other‘s interest and lack of prejudice. Mission Band at church each week has taught 1hem, too, that God’s children are everywhere, even ,hough their skins are not all the same color as ours. So it is with little surprise that I hear them 'hanting together: “Jesus loves the little children. All the children of the world. Red and yellow, black and white, They are precious in His sight." Perhaps this is the basic lesson in becoming a \ nfld citizen. The second step will be getting along ,1}; people of different colors and creeds, To help .cm in this, we are encouraging our children to get long with other age groups, to talk to adults, to I it: with younger children and share their posses- .ns with them. We are also trying to teach them, that although ,re must be a certain amount of conformity in it lives, both now and when they are older, still 3’ must make their own decisions free of the ‘wd. And we will encourage them to spend time ne with books and thoughts of their own. For this world of speed and competition, moments at in solitude are like refreshing pools of water .t desert. \‘ecently, too, we bought a set of books on varied us, which they devour avidly. Even at their ier ages, the book on Music and Art with its t irlul pages and descriptive stories, has taught t In that other peoples have contributed much to .‘ culture and civilization. They are fascinated by 1. stories from other lands, which include Ukuluk ii Eskimo boy, Heidi of Switzerland, and Mako of l‘ Philippines. As they become older, I know the w. ies of the opera, the theatre, and the dance hall v I be equally apppreciated by their open minds. or I feel that we must fill these inquiring minds t-, i much more than the crime and violence of so It iy television programs, although television has n h to offer, and will, in a few years, bring scenes ti n all over the world into our living rooms while 1', are happening. shall encourage them, too, to seek letter-friends in her countries. In this way I hope they will learn tn ccept the views of others in other circumstances at ac expect them to accept ours, For when they lr ' grown, perhaps we will have reached the period \‘- n. as Sir Winston Churchill has said, "war will bi nipossible”. :‘rhaps most important of all, we are teaching tit i the stories of the Bible. And along with these, \'- '1 they are older, we will seek together to under- :t it the religions of others around our world, “1 \e beliefs are different from ours, but which 6311 b more easily tolerated if we know the reasons l‘L‘ .nd them. low can I train my child to be a citizen of lh 'world'? The task seems tremendous. I believe it ll“: indeed, take schools, churches and homes work- ”1} together to accomplish it, But we must remember thn demoeracy is the sum of the individuals who CL‘iHPose it. And the individuals of Tomorrow, must have a pride in their native land, and an understand- ‘LU 0f the complex community of nations round our Otld. INTER 1960 National Health Week Editor's Note: C'unun'u's National Health Week will be observed from February 2 to 8. inclusive, 1960. Some of the following information taken from a news release by fllrrrdoch Mclror of the Health Lcugur of Canada may lie of interest in Institute: mcnilicrs personally and to Health (onâ€" verters arranging for .rpm'lul progmnrmrr, panels and other discussions of Health. “Talk health. The dreary, neveracnding talc 0f mortal maladies is more than Stale," Much as we would like to comply with this quotation from Ella Wheeler Wilcox, we find it utterly impossible to “talk health" without mention- ing some of the "mortal maladies" which undermine the health of our people. Much has been done to conserve and improve our health and to prolong life. Medical rcscurch and advanced public health practices have provided us with the Weapons to combat infectious and con- tagious diseases such HS diphtheria, whooping cough and poliomyclitis. Since 1930, more than :t decade has been added to life expectancy and the propor- tion of people 65 years of age and over is steadily increasing. But in spite of all this, all is not well in the field of health. What we gain on one hand we throw away on the other. According to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, “Canada conforms to a typical pattern of high mor- tality in infancy . . . Nearly a dozen countries have a lower rate for both infant and nco-mttnl mortality . each year thch are still many thousands of children who die needlessly before reaching their first birthday". Dclinilc preventive measures urc associated with the reduction or elimination of some of the infectious diseases but their place is taken by accidentsâ€"highway traffic, homc, drowning and fireâ€"which now rank as the leading cause of death for both males and females in the age group 5 to 19 years and for males in the age group It) to 4-4 years. As noted above, a vaccine has been developed to prevent poliomyelitis, yet by October 3, 1959 there were almost seven times as many cases of paralytic polio as thch were in the same period in [058. ‘l he Globe and Mail of November 13, 1959 curried in] item from Ottawa which said that "Syphilis is on the rise in Canada and Government statistics indicutc a 100 per cent increase over last year in the more serious forms." In his address to the Canadian Medical Associa- tion on June 3t], 1959 the Duke of Edinburgh quoted from the brief prepared by the Canadian Sports Advisory Council: "69 per cent of Canada's one and a quarter million children under 15 report some sort of disability, ll per cent in excess of the 'dVL'l'itgL‘ for all ages." Further in his address he stated that he thought it reasonable to aSsume that “this problem of sub-health lies in the state of the physical fitness of the younger gcncrations and, therefore, in the physical education of children." In the United States, President Eisenhower proclaimed May 3 to 9. 1959 “National Youth Fitness Week . . . that Wt: may 31