The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-04-23

growing sentiment against oorpuial
punishmeyL Fanders it essential that,
as an olsn;, aiiitional emphasis be
given ethical instructio on, nnd"r the
authority OF government. Differ as
people may in matters OF geology. no
one will qurIel with the teacher whose
lessons help to make a child more
truthful in word, more gentle In deed,
more rure in the habits of lite.'
This expresses the general impr e>sion
we havh held regarding teachers, and
with it We have been content, ceasing
to interest ourselves further, or to in
quire ii we do not owe to those same
teachers the iespnu1ibility OF cooper
alton. Mich il baing said today of
the cooperation OF parents and teach
ers. IL has been the consummation
devoutly to be wished and toiled for
by many educators for years. Today,
through the agency Of N thers' or
ganiZations aud mothers meetings,
which are happily growing IN mum.
bers as the world steadily proGr esses
to better things. this opportunity Tor
helping our children IL recognized
and dwelt upon. This CO operation
has existed exceptional Cases IN
the past. but n0V.eyen with our awak-
ening along these lines Uf thought,
| how many mothers can be- found who
visit a schoolroom unless it be upon
some special occasion?
Some one has said "Ihe mother
must accompany her child not only
to but through the schoolrOom door
She must understand tho aims OF the
| Ikannhnp hn rtprip nina NJ tupntul anh
moral unfOIdment. She must know
the reasons for pursuing certain meth
ods, for certain permissions, for GER
tain prohibitions. And she must
know that thi vital knowledge can
not De cleaned Ey occasional verbal
messages sent or received thi ough the
child, or by occasional incurslons into
the intellectual field, or sporadic WIS.,
its to the schoolroom. She must have
a real knowledge OF the educative
value of cuIricula, of the taxing pow
er of mental effort, of diet demanded
in sedentary life, of the intention of
surroundings In the growth OF oharao-
ter, the place and power of social
contact In the development of the
life, and an intimate knowledge of
the foice at work, the temptations
presented and the manner in which
they are to be overcome. Such know
ledge comes, not by instinct, but by
intelligent and educated insight" "
Truly the responsibility of mother.
hood lie great indeed, and increases
as the complexities of modern life
multiply. And those in whom exists
the conscientious desire to attain In
some degree the ideal in motherhood,
dare not carelessly disregard these
opportunities. Those upon whom the
responsibility of motherhood has rest
ed but lightly, seem to drop its slight
hold when the child starts to school,
turning it entirely ovet to the teach
on even in that which pertains to
moral as we'll as mental wellteing.
When not in school, the streets and
sidewalks contribute their shape to
the training of such children. In
school the teacher becomes, not the
!, second mother, but the real mother
indeed, and upon her falls the burden
of srousing and developing the belt
traits
! Many children, far more than we
/, like to think, are allowed to reach
the age of six without having learned
that necessary lesson of life, the lea
son of obedience; obedience that
rests upon perfect trust, and at time
when it Is so easily acquired.
Q A prominent educator in discussing
- the tendency of present day parents TO
fail In eXacting obedience, says this is
= manifesting itself in our country in a
lack OF reverence for law Mothers
K who would be indignant to know that
Q any one thought them unkind, cruelty
r allow seeds OF seltishness, discomfort
0 and dsobedience to grow; and they
Z do grow like had weeds, and must
o eventually bring sorrow and suffering
/ in after years How nobly have the
g thousands OF conscientious teachers
taken up the task of wedding cut
. these undesirable traits and instillirg
= in the child nobler and better ideals
e When we think of all tho teacher has
o done in the past, aud her willingness
0 to do even more In 3the future, does
! it not seem as 1t parents should beal
{ their tull share? those who have a
vision of better things should seek to
0 arouse feelings of responsibility In the
. needless, the thoughtless and the self
l satisfied; the latter being perhaps
, the most difficult to deal with, fo,
! self satisfaction though solaoe to the
$ possessor, has ever retarc ed progress.
III An excellent feature OF one large
a mothers organization Is the effort to
S establish intelligent and helpful CO.
operation of parents and teachers by
; means of monthly meetings held in
! each grade, where mothers can talk
3 freely with the teacher.
. lbe mother is in position to know
| much that the teacher does not know
: about aud the teacher has an opror-
I tunity to speak in general way of
! matters, which. ii spoken of individ-
ually, would perhaps cause otfense.
) Occasional evening meetings, which
the fathers us we'll as mothers, teach.
ers and school board can attend, have
been founed inspiring aud helpful.
Inviting the chlld's teacher to share
, kha hnsnikaliky nf kha hOma hv mn vi a b.