Allphin

Schl otterbeck

Allphin

Schlotterbeck

Allphin

Schletterbeck

Allphin

Radio Program
May 4, 1939

Physical Education for Health

"SWIMMING AND AQUATIC SAFETY"
(Mre Herbert G. Allphin and Mr. Raymond Schlotterbeck)

 

Mre Schlotterbeck, what is your official position with the
American Red Cross? —

My official position with the American Red Cross is that of First
Aid and Life Saving Field Representative for the states of Kansas
and Missourie My particular responsibility is the training of first
and and life saving instructors for local chapters and for promoting
all of the safety activities of the Red Cross within the chapters or
the two states. Maintenance of standards of instruction and program
is also a part of my worke

You mentioned the safety work of the Red Crosse Just why is the
Red Cross engaged in safety work and what part docs your organization
play in the safety ficld?

The American Red Cross as charted by Congress in 1905 is charged
with the responsibility "to continue ond carry on a system of nation=
al and international relicf in time of peace and to apply the samo ~
in mitigating tho suffering caused by pestilonce, fomino, fire,
floods and other great national calamities, and to devise and carry
on measures of preventing tho samc." As a part of the prevention
program in attempting to carry out this charge, the Red Cross has
devised First Aid training coursos, Swimming and Life Saving courses,
a systom of Emorgoncy Highway First Aid Stations, 2 program of home
and farm accident prevention, and coursos in home hygiene and care
of the sick, Thru these cducational programs the Red Cross hopes to
provont and aleviate human suffocringe

What is tho nature of your work here, and how long do you expect
to stay in Lawrencoe

The purpose of my visit to Lawrence is to conduct a Water Safety
Instructor Training Courso for the training of teachers of Red
Cross swimming, lifo saving and woter safety coursese This is part
of our regular leadership training program designed to furnish local
chapters with instructors to carry on the educational work of water
safety within local chapters, camps, and other organizations intor-
ested in this type of programe I will be in Lawrence for two weeks
completing this training course. We now have 15 instructors under
training at the University poole

It is my understanding that this year marks a change in the Red
Cross approach to tho accident prevention problom as it portains to
aquatics and swimming. Just why did the Red Cross find it necessary
to make this change?