The San Francisco call., 1897-04-27

bringing Gs all together and bringing us
in contact with distinguished strangers.
1t is our duty to extend the hand of nos
pitahty. As the Mayor of this City, L not
only welcome the strangers but thank the
ladies the selves for the movement they
have iDaugurated."
DR.. David Starr Jordan, president of
Stanford University, was the next spec ker.
He said in part:
In the past women have been acting under
sealed orders, consequently they had to deal
with the little things of life; they had no choice
as to the large ones, so it was otieu supposed
that women were frivolous.
1t was only the natural result of acting under
sealed orders = woman mil ght have been
one-thiTd poet, but the rest WAS what chance
and marriage made her. The spirit of democ-
racy is the breaking of these orders. The time
has come for women to think and act for them
selves. Here may say il would be better il
some men were working under sealed orders
all :he time.
velopment 1t is making better men and
women, lot better government 1t is not right
to just do the best one knows how; it must be
the best that II is possible for any one 10 do.
There has been great deal of misery caused
by good women who do the best they know
how, but-they ought 10 know better. Now
the influence OF women is as i'm mportant as the
work OF men.
Mrs. John T. Swift, president OF the
congress, followed DR.. Jordan in an sp-
propriate address. She said:
Since our last meeting have been called
upon to preside over this congress owing TO
the death of our dear president Mrs. Sarah b.
Cooper. We have all sustained a great loss
and many OF US q personal bereavement. 1t
has been great privilege to have been associ-
ated with such noble woman in the work of
the congress and other associations. She
one of the promoters and organizers of the
Womans Congress OF the Pacific Coast and
| m do ornd fria of and
noblest of women. The subject OF this con-
gress was selected by the late president at the
close OF the last one, and we have endeavored
| 10 carry out her plan.
Since the last session of the congress much
has been done toward the end have in
view, and the prospect of ultimate success is
! good. The subject this year is Education"
| on Its broadest lines. Every effort has been
| put forth to make this Congress q success by
| those in charge, and we hope that you may
carry away to your homes much of benef and
| pleasure from the deliberations OF earnest
| thinkers here assembled.
Professor T. B. Bailey Of Berkeley
| opened the afternoon session with his
paper on Child Study and Reverence. !"
His address proved that he spoke from
experience-an experience gained by work
! in field where love held full sway. He
| said:
The beginning of child study is in interest
| ing children. We need two virtues in child
study-continuity anu patience. The person
who studies children and gives ii up not only
has done himself no good, but has done the
children harm: The way TO study child is
! Say TO 1t, "My child, give me your heart"
All who are interested in child study should
become biographers. As We must first be
amateur naturalists before we become men
and women OF science We must become
better mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters
before we go in for scientific chiid study.
With these two virtues, patience and con-
tinuity, together with observation and COM
parison, taking the child as basis, We should
aTriye arr Ns,s at splendid results Love and interest
| interest Is not wanted. Child study develops
tact Child study is life. 1t is part of
the ordinary study OF humanity. 1t
would make the study of children
| would say, get closer 10 the children. Woman
| is peculiarly fitted for the education of chill
| dren, il IS said. If this be So let them show
! their natural intuition, their power of love in
Influencing other lives, by increasing their
| knowledge OF those they can help most. Only
| by months and years OF patient observation
| can we accomplish something.
Miss Severence took the platform to dis
cuss this able address of Professor Bailey
and made an earnest plea for the cooper
| alton OF teacher and parent.
Mrs. Washburne of San Jose read pa-
per on 1.-THE Relation of Parents and Chill
dren to School Work" Her paper, which
was listened to most attentiyely. con-
tanned the following:
Ny talk has all been made for me, SO there
is but little to say that has not already been
said My subject is 1.-The Relation OF the Pa
| rents to the Children's Work in School"
| speak OF the cooperation sadly needed in
our schools-the cooperation of the teacher
and parent. 1t seems incredible that SO few
parents are at all acquainted with the teach
| ers of their children. The children pass from
| grade 20 grade and sometimes right through
the sch9oIs without the parents once seeing
any of the teachers.
There seems to be notion that school is
exeiusiyely Tor the children, and except on
exhibition days parents are rarely seen In the
| schoolhouse This should not be. The parent
! and the teacher should be on familiar terms
| always. III child is not strong do not send
! him to school for the whole session; half a
| day is enough. The child may not get through
| so soon, but in the end it Will accomplish far
more good than if he were forced to spen nd in
| doors the time that should be spent in the
sunshine. ! speak from experience, for up to
| my sixteenth year / went to school only a
half OF each day, and there was not day
/ passed but that either my mother or father
and sometimes both visited my schoolhouse.
After Miss Washburne, Rabbi Nieto was
introduced. Ills paper treated of 'sThe
MoraITraining of Children" He said in
part:
child is not born. as some people assume.
! with a conscience all ready made but ii
! healthy and with a normal brain the child
| comes into the world with the raw material
out of which 1t is our duty to construct q con-
| science.
Never make promise you do not intend to
| keep, ana always perform what you promise
| Do not disappoint without reason and DESTROY
chiId's natural faith in its parents Trust
| begets trust and If you wish to have conf.
! dence in your children, TO rely upon their
WORD, lei them be able 10 rely on you. Never
converse lightly OF the absent in the presence
| OF children; 1T destroys their respect for the
elders and incidentally for their parents A
child has a sense OF strict justice which unfor-
tunately is too often blunted by those who
should strive to render it more keen. The
child, though 1t at first recognizes the mean
ness of adversely criticising those absent
grows used to 1t after hearing it often.
Mrs. Wilson Gould of Oakland closed