Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-26
WORK OF THE CLUB WOMEN
Rabbi Oshn Addresses Social Science De-
partmeut on Parental Responsibility.
MRS. HELLER DISCUSSES PAPERAT LENGTH
MRtrOn OF Detention Home Tells OF
OmahR's Experience and suggests
some Remedies that May
he Applied.


social science department OF the Wotnan's
club Monday afternoon, giving his paper
on Parental Responsibility to the Home"
originally presented before the conference
Of charities and corrections held recently
In Omaha. The membership Of the de-
partment was supplemented by a goodly
attendance Of others interested In the
paper, which attracted much attention when
FIRST given, making the meeting one of the
largest of the year. A general discussion
followed the paper, Mrs. H. II. Heller, SUI
perintendent Of the Detention home, be-
ing the first speaker. Mrs. Heller said
that the presence Of 9s per cent Of the
children coming to the detention home
through the Juvenile court is the result of
incompetent or insufficient homes. She
expressed the opinion that society should
prevent the formation of some homes and
that stop should be made to subnormal
girls rearing families She urged that
wherever possible cases of Juvenile delin-
quency should be settled without bringing
them into the Juvenile court suggesting
that the church society and a little neigh
borly goodness might prove helpful agencies
to this end Mrs Heller said at present
more little children are in the home as a
result of incompetent parents than the
larger, more difficult children ordinarily
expected to be found in such an institu-
ton. 1--WE must prop up the family she
said, land impress upon these weaker
parents their responsibility and then help
them carry it out, for while we are having
our theories, they are having the children"
The necessity of religious training in the
home and some Of the objections to religious
teaching in the schools were also discussed
and attention was called to the fact that
while many parents are giving their aid
to the lower level of society, they are neg
lecting their own.
Officers Reelected.
At the business meeting following the
program all the former officers were re-
elected to serve another year: Mrs
Draper Smith, chairman; Mrs. Ida v
Tilden, representative on the directory
Mrs. w. NJ. Anderson, assistant leader
and Mrs Mamie E. White, secretary. The
noxt and last meeting of the department
of the year will be held at Creighton To-
stitute, when Miss Hoffer of New York
chairman Of the national organization fol
the promotion Of games among children
will be the speaker. Miss Hoffer will
| speak under the auspices of the Civic
Improvement league, and provision Will
| be made so that the teachers Of the city
may hear her, she being one of the fore
most Undergraduates of the country.
"Men'' Teachers in Revolt.
The Association Of Men Teachers and
Principals of New York has recently beer
formed, including about 700 members, oil
about one-third of the, men teachers OF
New York City, and representing al
branches of the teaching force, Tho OBJ
ject of this organization is to protest
| against and prevent If possible the grant
ing of equal pay for men and women
teachers Resolutions were adopted con
demning the liberal attitude of two Of
the New York papers, and a storm Of
Kisses greeted the mention of the names
Of Senator McCarren and Assemblyman
! Conklin, who introduced equal pay bills
in their respective branches Of the legis-
! lature. A resolution was passed opposing
the McCarren-Conklin bin on the ground
/ that II sought to bring about radical
| departure in the educational, social and
economic policy of New York by estab
fishing a wage law not recognized in the
! administration of any other department
! Of the state or municipal government. The
meeting finally adjourned in the midst OF
an uproarious protest against a certain
| speaker taking the floor.