The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-14
Promoter of the Past.


treatment of the subject ] shall con-
slider woman as the promoted of the
past. the sustainer of the present, and /
the handspring, the developer and the 4
progress impclling motor of the future
in public cducation in her dual cnpac-
ity as thought director and trainer in
the School-room, and as mother, the
queen of the home circle meath her
own vine and fig tree. Between the
home and the school there is the in
dissofuble tie of interest which cam
not be sundered without injury to both.
& What is the most important factor in
the protection OF this dual Develop
ment? Since God spoke and chaotic
matter sprang into form and comeli-
ness, creating the Earth and the hills
We're clothed with verdure ind the
valleys teemed With animate creation,
woman achieved the first success In
4 The exercise of that subtle persuasive
( power that brought man willing vic
tim to her feet, although in that sue
cess she violated and broke the first
commandment.
Clothed with conscious power. llich
became imbedded iii the warp and woof
of her being and nature, and possibly,
in atonement for her crime and eN-
~ patton for her offenSe, it has been her
mission to lead the infant from the
moment Of his lisping prayer at her
maternal knee though the plastic,
moulding period of youth. into the de-
relopment of manhood and womanhood.
This creates the thought Of woman
in her capacity for leading, directing,
developing, educating, and suggests
i her relation to, and her part in, edu-
cation, and for the purpose of our sub
r ject, in public education. Her inher-
ent qualities as her endowment by
nature and her self created attributes.
when cultured. perenlneiitiy fiji her for
Al ,t,,,, 1,,Sl 4 Nov,
l.in the school, and guarantee the best
possible results, to the little child.
the central figure and the tieto of inter-
4 est between the school and the home.
r. Upon the success of one depends the
success of the other. The aim of one
lshould be the aim of the other. the
development Of the little child in all
Z that is purest and best"
AS the Mother.
Considering Woman as the Mother
in the Home, Superintendent Britt
Il Observes:
las the child develops, there grad
ually awakcns in him attributes which
make Impossible for him to respond to
similar qualities in the mother, says
the psychologist.
The embryonic mind unfolds to the
gentle. persuasive, loving touch OF tho
mother heart and mind, and tho awak-
ening stamps the maternal attributes
s. upon the young life.
The fundamental agency OF tho
4 earliest education Is the family, really
the mother, and her impress is tho
sfaping, the. moulding OF young life
developments =
She inYuses and implants in the
& little mind her qualities, and the pro
cess of assimilation and appropriation
# begins; although the evidence is not
visible, yet 1t is there.
Under the magic of her heart and
mind touch, educative and developing
the awakening of infantile nature dis.
closes the incipcnt attributes of the
mother.
"She is preparing the liatle one 70,
transition from the nursery school IL
the secular perhaps. the public school
of wider and more comprehensive
81 scope"
AS a School Patron.
He then outlines tho duties that dc
volve upon the mother as a patron o
the school, and says:
She should impress upon the min,
of the little one that God has commit
cd TO her care and Keeping the i'm
portance OF education.
She should impiant in the infant
mind the germ of desire for an cdli
cation, and nourish and stimulate ii
growth.
she should, in season and out. civ