The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-20

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the count will occupy the afternoon.
The election Of Mrs. J. =. Washburn
Of Duluth as president and Mrs. G. E.
Conant as recording secretary is prac-
tically assured. Both Of these officers
have been identified with the fedora
ton since it's organization and have
served in various offices. This provides
which the Minnesota federation will
be conspicuous.
Social Life. i
The program was in charge Of the.
educational committee, whose chairman,
Miss Isabel Lawrence, presided. The
theme was "Social Life of Women and
Children" Miss Lawrence, in stating
the problem, said:
the training Of the American child to
obey the highest social law-to love
his neighbor as himself-hangs not
only his personal salvation, but the
welfare Of the community and the fu-
ture of the nation. ,
Cooperation is the main need Of the
| hour in giving to children such train
ing as shall correct the besetting sins
Of the American people, as stated by
stealing Home and school and church
and women y clubs and men g clubs,
every organized force in the community
must be used. Training begins at
home, but the mother should not work
alone. ~. VA
s"The teacher is mother to sixty chill.
dren one-eighth Of the time in sight,
and seven-eighths subject to mysteri-
Gus social influences at home and in
the street. If the teacher tries to mind
her own business-teach arithmetic and
reading, and let home take care OF the
social instincts-she finds it impossible.
No surgical operation can isolate the
fraction Of the childwhich is to study
arithmetic from the whole social child.
So social training becomes her duty
also, tho the means at her command
are few. The school environment and
forms are bequeathed to- the present by
a past when school was in 1l ana
antisocial., The teacher cannot DO her
duty without help from the home or at
least from the community
4 ADJUSTMENTS of Youth.
| Mrs. J. L. W%shburn of Duluth spoke
on 'The ADJUSTMENTS Of YOUTH from
the standpoint Of a mother with six
children and proclaimed herself ser1-
ously "hampered byR experience as
ing theories. and generalties. Mrs
4 Washburn said in part: ..,.
"Our boys would rather stay at home
j and play game of cards with their
, father than to attend almost any kind
of party away from home, Cards
| I hear some Of you saying with a ques-
:. ioning look and infestion, for. the pre-.
weighty with ma ma US. Yes, cards
Even bridge if played properly and
) cards to Be one oflshe very best means
: Of self discipline. : A boy who can be
gentleman when playing bridge
, with a poor partner, can be a gentle
: man in every relation Of life. m
A. Great Mistake. ~ '.
HIt is great mistake not to keeI
!, in touch with the young life that, is
springing up all about us, and which
= the business and social world. 1t is +
;, great mistake, likewise, for our chill
: dren not to keep in touch with thei1
! parents friends, who by their position
and experience might often be Of ust
: to the young. man or woman struggling
2 for recognition and position in thu
: world of grown,nps.' - =
and under careful chaperonage, is on
. Of the prettiest and most harmless
. forms Of amusement. Be thankful i
), you have a room in your own hone
that can be used for a dancing hall
q and it your son or daughter gets in
: way of inviting in a few friends in tn
! evening for dancing, encourage hin
}, Public dances are a very diferen
K affair. It is quite unnecessary to speal
r Of their Objectionable features.
Z A Teacher on Amusements.
t Miss Julia E. Booth presented tn
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:, YOUTH For the correction Of the ter
J. dency to snobbishness shown by child
n rem, Miss Booth recommended the fo1
n nation Of social clubs in every grad
d school in which the leaders should b
q trained to realize their responsibility
Is for bringing out all their associates 81
Q cially, and giving them good tim
r fairgrounds, gymnasiums and schot
ID games are demonstrating in influence
le especially when directed and guided
g the teacher. AS a part Of the educ.
tion in social culture Miss Booth woul
have baths, with an occasional class
manicuring, contests in shoe blackin
r and lessons in the harmonies Of dret
q taught, perhaps, by means Of pape
+ dolls. She found the dramatization {
rs reading lessons invaluable iterar
el training and fine amusement. Dan
y ing as physical exercise was highly r
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a, was urged and it was said that free
n social intercourse provided in propt
le environment would do away with obje
g. tionable and clandestine meetings
g children.
q Mrs. Alice W. Cooley of Minneapol
= spoke on "The Social Life Of Hie
! Schools She presented the social i
:, stinct as vital and fundamental, NJ
: to be eradicated and suppressed bl
H; r. developed and directed. She deplore
- the letting alone policy in the unstab
-. and impressionable period Of adobe
=, - cence. She found something RADICAL
a. wrong in conditions that revealed hig
,e school pupils frittering their time ava
re- in foolish amusements because they ha
To no serious aim in life. She held Il
N Objectionable social life of the his
to school responsible for the custom
he sending young people away from hon
he to private schools in the hope Of breal
IN ing up Improbable home association
with school companions. She diagnose
the causes Of social excuses as owe
q. anxiety on the part Of parents to gi,
j.. their children a good time, and lack !,
8 true social ideals Ss5