The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-11-30
ktNDE:.G RrEN MIS-.

On Monday last in response to An in
vita,ion issued BY Miss Eveli1e A. Wal
I 10. principal Of the kindergarten. TWEEN
J seven Of the mnthers of Franklin me
t the kindergarten and organized til.
'rankliir Mothers Club. In all cite,
II any Importance the mothers work j,
! onsiderei sn indispensable part Of Ii.
EDUCATIONAL work, - Miss Waldo deter
mined to organize Club in this tcwl.
I The kindergarten had been freshly'd
corated and tho wall aud floors painted
keverythinss was clean and bright. Flow
RS were put in every available place
ana the EAele room wore . gala appear
ance. The mothers began to appear
shortly before the app0istsd hou., half
past tWo,. and when tho exercises began
he room was we'll filled BY the audic1oe.
/ me program opened by Nsndalsohn =
Spring Song" played by Miss Ausn
| Malone OF class 1909. next Mss Edith
! Going. Of same class. sang The Holy
| CITY," Miss Waldo then address the
meeting speaking of how the Kinder
] gnrten sees in the child the hope Of the
race She spoke of how even in the
baby not few minutes old all thas the
grown man viii ever be is present. rhs,
nothing was added ON all vas there, it
wae only left for W to develop the child.
And there came the serious part Of it So
much depended ON how We did this de-.
velopinS. That all traits and character.
istlc had their beginning in infancy and
that nothing the child did was unimpor.
fant. Take any crime you may choose.
said Miss Waldo any abuse that NAV Of
fend you. can it be a purely personal
matter with the psrpstrator. Can this
wrong stop with him. Does be not in
1ure society always. Is any Que Of US
% isolated that We have no influence
on any oney The question then arises:
how soon does the child becomes &C
coultable to society. How soon must be
learn this accountability Will it do for
us to let the child grow as he will for
the first six years of his life, when like a |
neglected vine he will have lost all sy
mrtrv. or rather must we not begin our
conscious training even in cradle Later
on when the social irsiincts develop |
must not the child have the contact with |
his equals in order to learn his account |
ability, his place in the world. Does he /
not need to De judged by his own play
mates. The kindergarten is the social |
world Of the child 1t is here he learns
just his limitation. inst exactly where his
power is and how far it expands. Miss
Waldo continued a, some length along
these lines and urged the mothers to CO.
operate with the teachers, in order that
the whole work Of educating the child
might be continuous. consistent whole.
She then spoke Of the project Of f"rn,-
ing the Mothers Club and asked what
Was the meetings pleasure in regard to
this. The vote was unanimous that the
club 60 into permanent organization.
Mrs. Jos. Mayer wa> then appointed
secretary pro tenn aud the election of of,
tcers was entered upon with the follow
ing results: President, Miss Eveline A
Waldo; First Vice. President, Mrs r. E.
O'Niell: Second Vice-President, Mrs.
Wilbur H. Kramer: Secretary. Mrs. Jos.
Mayer; Chairman Executive Committee.
Mrs. James kemper. The President was
and has appointed the following ladies':
Mesdames W. T. Jones, Isaac Seward
L. Lauritzen and Camille Levy. After
the election the ladies' present joined in
singing the Bread aud Butter song and
after an informal chat the meeting ad.
journed. The Club will meet again on
he second Friday in December.
On the eve of Thanksgiving the fifty
.even little tots in attendance that day
It the kindergarten each brought pack /
sge Of groceries and fruits and these s
we're sent TO the Ladies' Unseclarian Aid {
society as the children's Thanksgiving q
'efering, in return for all that had been I
lone for them. One Of Mr.. O'NiolPs
wagons was loaded down with good
hipgs and the children felt that their
lrst Thanksgiving in the Kindergarten j
lad been success. 1t