Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-12

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devoted it's best efforts. Speaking for
the board of education of the city,
which has at heart the interest OF the
children under it's care, l beg you to
accent our best wishes for the success
of this congress.
"The board of education has occasion
to be grateful to the local members OF
your organization here for the splendid
announcement and cooperation they
have given to the teaching staff and
for the intelligent way in which they
have carried out their good sugges-
tions.
"I earnestly hope that none of you
will feel unduly the heavy responsible
ity involving your cooperation with
this work, but regard 1T as noble
duty which brings it's own best reward
with the accomplishment Of your splen-
did purpose"
Greets the Mothers
DR.. Ernest C. Moore, superintendent
of the Los Angeles city schools, greeted
the delegates and visitors on behalf
of the schools and on behalf of the
child study circles. Mrs. w. w. Muir
phy, president of the California Com
gress of Mothers, gave welcoming
address.
Mrs. Frederick Schoff, president OF
the National Congress of Mothers,
spoke of the time five years ago when
she stood on the platform and urged
the adoption of the Congress OF Moth
ers in California. She said
THAT was only five years ago anc
now California has one of the strong
est and largest state organizations II
| the United States"
An interesting discussion on tne
| "Co-operation of Home and School
was led by Mrs. Edwin c. Grlce, cnalr'
man of the national committee OF
parent-teacher associations, and many
teachers and presidents of the chilo
study department took part.
;object of Congress
The board of managers of the Ma
tional Congress of Mothers, composed
of the national officers and the state
presidents, met in the morning and
the different objects of the congress
were set forth, namely, TO raise the
standards of home life; to develop
wiser, better trained parenthood; to
give young people, ignorant OF the
proper care and training of children,
opportunities to learn this, that they
may better perform the duties or par
enthood to bring into closer relation
ship the home and the school, tnat
parent and teacher may cooperate IN
tellisently in the education OF the
child. to surround the childhood of the
whole world with that loving, wise care
in the impressionable years of life that
will develop good citizens, instead OF
lawbreakers and criminals; TO use sys-
tematic, earnest effort to this END,
through the formation of mothers
clubs in every public school and else
where: the establishment of Kinder
gartens, and laws which will adequate
Iv care for children; in the firm beliei
that united. concerted work for little
children will pay better than any other
nhilanthropic work than can be done;
to carry the mother love and motnet
thought into all that concerns Oh
touches childhood in home, school
church, state or legislation; TO interest,"
men and women to cooperate IN the
work for purer, truer homes. in the
belief to accomplish the best results
men and women must work together;
To secure such legislation that VIII IN
sure that children of tender years may
not be tried in ordinary courts, pu'
that each town shall establish JuVenlie
courts and special officers whose pusl,
ness il shall be to look out for that
care which will rescue instead of con-
| firm the child in evil ways; TO Work
for such provisionary care in lndlVlu,
ual homes rather than institutions; ano
to rouse the whole community 10
| sense of It's duty and responslpliity u
the blameless, dependent ana nesiecleo
children, because there is no phllan-
thropy which will so speedily reduce
| our taxes. reduce our prison expenses
reduce EXPENSE of institutions for cor
rection and reform.
Work Is Civic
The work of the congress is civic
work in it's broadcast and highest sense
Also the women pledged themselves te
work for all the points decided upon a.
meeting of the National Educatlona
association in Chicago in February-t'
work for q compulsory school law
backed by a good child labor law II
every state, as every child should bt
educated; to endeavor to obtain in every
community a we'll built, we'll equipped
we'll cared for building in which II
carry on school work; to secure norma
schools of definite standard, minimum
professional requirements, withou
which no one may be permitted e
teach, and a minimum salary, for lesi
than which no one may be asked tt
teach, as all teachers would be thor
oughly trained and well paid for theii
:. work; to urge that in every state pro
vision be made for placing all school:
under the care of trained superinten
dents, as schools should be under ex
pert supervision in order to accomplish
their best work; to introduce in al
! schools training for the hand as wei
as for the head and definite instruction
in ethics and civics.