The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-05-13
LOYALTY 70 OUR SCHOOLS .
TEXT OF PAPER READ AT Wo.
MANS CLUB CONVENTION.
DELIVERED BY MRS. MEMMINoER

BY permission the following paper
which was written, and read before
the district convention of Womans
clubs in this city Thursday by Mrs
r. f. Mcmmingcr OF Madison Is
printed II is printed in accordance
with resolution passed by the con
vcntion that the paper be published
in The Daily News;
81 can not say one word that you |
have not already heard, or quote one |
line with which you are unfamiliar, |
upon this subject which rivals that |
one of perpetual motion in its ever
present and never falling attributes,
but hope to emphasize n few things
important in our loyalty, (which
/ means duty) to the public school,
Long before there was mothers
congress or "A woman's club Rosseau
said. If you would recall everyone to
| his highest duties, begin with the
mothers; You will be astonished at
the effect As time has passed it
has been discovered that the true
ideals of education thrive only when
the atmosphere of the home and the
school is harmonious, sympathetic
and full of mutual good will. There
Is no factor more potent than coop
Grafton in bCtterng our schools. The
best efforts of schools are thwarted
through the ignorance and distrust
of mothers and often teachers con
ccive false notions of affairs caused
by misconceptions regarding parents
motives one may we'll wonder how
, children escape with any original ell
, cmcuts of life, save that of original
: sin, since they are so often held by
. the right hand at school and the
8 wrong one at home or vice versa, and
= pulled in opposite directions, but 1t
y usually happens that they slip out
4 from the grasp of each and limp out
9 into the world carrying the scars of
~ early training. Kate Douglas Wig
gin says, The parent whose sole an
swer to a criticism is I have a right
to do what | like with my own child,
II is the only impossible parent And
" to him she would say as Jacques did
" to Orlando God be with you; lets
meet as niue as we can mere -
D no ieacher VINO VIII not receive c'lV
lclSm II gwen III Il SP'rll Oh M'"he'S
Foreign critics say that American
n chudr"h are uISloEal lo lh''r S'"oo'H
W. but the blame is not upon the schoo
but upon the indifference of the home
s. IN regard /" a'iehuah'e' an" lho {"
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SIS ueaNot ol 'no parent I" "''"' 'ne l"''
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s lIS Oh app'''a''o' ana '"n'e''' "''o'
are not c"IHN"''u' II '''7 ne ''"e
IoN"IlE ShouI" 'o"u 10 l"e INJURY
y Are our boys ana girls growing vi
II without the home training heceSSaF!
u to respect Tor authority ana reSpoh
su siblllty and entering school with ldea
eu OF discipline which are detrimental
cn to any well organized institution
he Mothers training OF the chlId shouI
III not lack in habits OF industry ana II
Oh principles to the dignity and import
ne ahce OF the leachers WORK, lhe'
ne 'a"''S are 'eq"en'S o"' i""'.a
vi Pe"'e"' ihe'' u'S''S"l'! ""' "'S'o'
Ter ailS repeated II was sa'u Vi 'e'
ais tam congressman 'hat ne was yer
is careiui ABOUT ms chilureh' ana
heIshpor VINO knew MN wen Sa'u
IN Yes he is trying TO prlhS tneu up
Irt- 1ne way "e sno"'" "''' SUM- III"
nd sell,
an Inc community that VIII accei
aid cheap work by cheap teachers al
or dlsIoyal TO the nrs' prlhclples ol eu
ng- cation Wherever ana whenever E'
on, can help educate 'he sentiment
on, the people on some Oh lhe pFacuc
and needs OF our school' Inc income
ell, the teacher ought 10 ne 'hal Oh sNill'
and "o'Nlneu' o"l 10 1t 'ou"S ono"s"
lett cover aueq"a'e eNpe"ses' "e ce''
ise. e' Sno"'" nave '"e "Ss"' "nce VI p'
cult maheht employment "nel' II Is l"''
hat tulIy performed Inc chlel eSSehtl
ors. is TO MI our homes OF euuca''oh WI
oEa SuCl men ana women as we ueSl