The Princeton union., 1900-12-27
An Appeal to the Mothers Of Jackson
County. s.

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AS County Supt. of Scientific
Temperance Instruction, / wish to
enlist the mothers of the county in
more active interest IN our public
schools and a better knowledge Of
the benefits Of scientific temper
ance instruction, which would lead
to better enforcement of the law
regarding it, as it is now nearly, if
not quite, dead letter. / appeal
to the mothers because, anything
is ever accomplished along this
line the mothers must lead off for
the fathers usually think they have
discharged every duty devolving
on them as regards their children
if they feed and clothe them. Some
one has said that,a man will 90
out to see how his pigs are getting
along four or five times day, but
will not even 60 to school to see
how his children are getting along
once in nine months or perhaps in
nine years. - e -.
1t has been my experience that
the man that voluntarily visits the
school is an exception and not the
rule, and might be classed among
the wonders of the world. / think
the teachers will bear me out in
saying that not even one mother
in ten makes practice of visiting
the schools, or know any more of
the methods of teaching, or the
habits and morals of the teachers,
than they do of the people in South
Africa.
Now we all know that 1t is not
as it should be. Next to the
mother, the teacher executes more
influence over the children than
any other person, and it. is not
only the mothers privilege, but
her bounden duty, to know
whether that influence is for good
or evil. -@.... :
To secure the best training for
her children-physical, moral and
mental 1.-The mother must take a
lively interest and must give the
teacher her hearty sympathy and
cooperation. We mothers take
too much for granted as regards
our schools. If Il teacher has a
certificate they are often allowed
to teach term, and often two Or
three, without parent entering
the scbool-room. Il speak from
experience Who among us would
hire person, pay them the wages
we do a teacher, put them at work
IN any other business and leave
them month after month without
knowing whether they are doing
their work right or wrong and de-
pend entirely on the reports we
get from the pupils. This would
not be business. -. & -
Many of our large railroad sys-
TENS and business men demand of
their employees total abstinence
from all Intoxicating drinks and
the use of tobacco in any form,
and for them to be seen to enter a
saloon or to be seen in company
with drunken persons, is deemed
sufficient grounds for dismissal, as
they hold that they have so much
at stake they must have the best
service and no person can be at
their best that uses either LIQUOR or
tobacco. Have we not as much at
stake as they, and shall we not de-
mand the best of those that are to
help mold our chlldren's mind for
time and eternity? There is never
time in the parents life when
they should be more yigilant, wide
awake and alert than during the
school years of their children. The
triple pledge to abstain from the
use of any alcoholic ormalt liquors
or the use of tobacco in any form,
and the use Of profane or wicked
words, should be taken in every
school by both teacher and scholar.
The Importance Of keeping their
word sacredly. should be .iinstilled
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