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Delivered On RFDApril 20, 1956Lions ClubPlans LightBulb SaleThe OrthoRater vision screening method for schools sponsored by the La Crosse Lions Club is amuch more comprehensive pro-pram than the old fashioned method which has been in use for so!many years.Fhe La Crosse program was developed through consultation with eye doctors, teachers and laboratories. It has iH'en approved by state and local professional and school groups, the city health department, the central PTA and the PTA’s of the participating schools.it it itThe OrthoRater is on instrument which has been designed to removeas much as passible the need for technique in the operator. The actual screening Is done by volunteer members of the I»TA from the school. The results are evaluated! by a panel of four eye doctors, two!ophthalmologists and two optome-jtrists.Those considered failures are re-•creened by a city health nurse and the results re-evaluated by the panel. The parents of those stu-Thexe Five Marquette University nudents fashioned signs to eliminate h difficulties during Milwaukee transit str front to rear are Alice O’Leary of Madinormal. The old method cannotdents still considered to D- in need measure color or depth perception of a more comprehensive vision and most important... does notanalysis are informed of this fact measure do e range ability, thf through the mail.spokesman said.In 1955, the La Crosse Lions Clubpurchased this instrument and implemented a pilot program in three schools screening 622 students inAIThe differences between the old •nd the new methods are very great. The new method measures vision sharpness in one eye andth.-n the other but with both eyes (h(, aecond [(urth aad slIlh CTades. born open «d functioning. It determines ,ho socond „ ^ CityIf both eyes can be used simultan- t ( )M , thc Kr„nlnR Pubeously. measure, the position of|and „..srTO.nlw. m the fourth 19:^,*per cent and in the sixth 23.3 per jorerert. By the old method the same lishe -tudent failure rate is 44 per cent Cong in the second grade, 6 8 per cent Reco in the fourth and 54 per cent in Rackcne eye with respect to the other, checks color perception and If de-•ired depth perception.In addition, through the use of a •upplementarv technique, it deter-mines the existence of hyperopia the~g[xth.'The over-all ration whs!**«'(farsightednessI and the approxl 'B cpM for th(, Mw method*™'against 5.7 per cent for the oid.The Lions Club finances projects w h j of this sort through the annual sale milit of household light bulbs, pre-pack-catio _. . . aged, delivered and at regular re- Worlgross error ami hyperope, haveyou buy a man.mate degree. According to club of-filt; in!*, this single fact Justifies the entire program for two reasons: the old method never d.sc !u-»*-hyperopes with the exception ofArmPublt *■ greatest difficulty in school•ince their vision is least efficientof bulbs from the Lions you arenewi• t clo-.e ranges and most modernnot donating to charity. You reschools do St) per cent of their teaching at close ranges.celve full value for a commodity e.ARThit it italways needed most when you have! none on hand. Every household earth uses at least this many bulbs per! 130 t In contrast to the new method, year. bowlthe old measures only how sharply! Saturday, April 21, is Lions Club eight the student can see with one eye Light Bulb Day. Persons not vis- a sn (at a time) at 20 feet. It does not ited by the club members may call per show if both eyes can t»* used a^ 2-8M8 or send a pot card to Lion? Whei • team, or if eve positioning is Club, Linker Hotel. the 1wNV. ■ai-vvniv’-v. . v.
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La Crosse Tribune
La Crosse, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Apr 19, 1956
Page 15
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