The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-21
Committee on Education
Wants a Change, in the
Country's Textbooks

BUFFALO. n. y. oct. 81 The re-
port of the. committee on education
was read by the chairman of the com
Tnittee. Pauline Steinmen. and was as
follows:
Believing that every last reform is
based upon Individual growth, the
National Woman Suffrage Association
at the meeting held in Chicago. Feb.
1907, adopted a resolution author
izinS the establishments of commit
tee on education.
There was time when education
meant more brain development,
certain proficiency in the three RS,
today we realize education to be moth
| ing less than development, and In IT'S
I last existence, evolution. 1t is but
natural therefore. that a committee
on education shold be of the ut
most importance to a cause which Is
so closely identified with the pro-
gress of the human race, being but
a part of the great struggle of hui
mainly for individual freedom.
The ways in which such com
rnittee can be useful are numerous.
There are however. four lines OF
work along which your committee
proposes to more particularly direct
tie efforts.
First of ali we wish to supply lit
G. CEatuECs. LOT IAISLiiiGS7s f'CNEss'
4 ing selections on the subject of wo-
/ man suffrage, humorous and other
wise, to be used in schools. colleges
! and also at social gatherings: there IS
I a demand for just such literature
/ which up to the present time has bee
| but inadequately supplied. This part
I of the work is already in the hands
! of Mrs. Rachel Foster Avery.
/ second, your committee aims to
4 have in every state q standing COM
! lnittee on text books. Those who
have the opportunity to look into the
matter know that many of the text
books used in our school are written
! from a one-sided point OF view.
Those on history and civics especially
1 are not written with a proper appre-
! citation either of woman's work or of
! the changes which have been brought
about in government through the
same forces which have tended tow
! ard the liberation of woman.
The fault lies not with the pub
/ fishers. but with us who are satisfied
| with such text-boolSs. We shall find
| the publishers very ready to supply
! Just the kind of textbooks we want,
as soon as we can show a demand for
| them, and with more and moro wo-
( men in the teaching profession and
! on boards of education. this ought
/ not to be such difficult matter.
i Third. one OF the most potent in
| huences for equality and woman suf-
! frage Ia the Mothers Club, or Parents
! Organization in connection with the
j school Here ut least the mother is
of equal Importance with the father.
| She is the one to counsel with the
/ teacher and by so doing. she not only
| brings about a better understanding
| between home and school. but she
i awakcns to n deeper sense of her re-
( sponsibilitis. As she begins to under
+.
4 children are being educated. she can
I not help but realize the need for
4 women on boards of education. and
! from school of suffrage, therefore, It
! is the aim % this committee to estab-
! lish in connection with our schools,
I mothers. or wherever possible, Par
!! ents' Clubs. sometimes called Pa
( irons Leagues Besides from being
I in themselves factors in the cause of
4 suffrage, these organizations arc able
| to work directly for the cause in
i many ways. For instance, pictures of
| the pioneers in suffrage work may bo
( presented to the school. and through
F! the corporation fthe teachers the
! opportunity may he secured to give
/ brief talks before the school chill
dren on the life and work of these
4 women These organizations may
/ also be instrumental by keeping In
! close touch with the teachers. in In
/ troduClnB. Seu-RONGFnIheuI lucas INTO
! our schools. This idea, which is taxi
ing such strong hold of our best ed
! ucators at home and abroad. Is di-
! rectly preparing girls as we'll as boys
| for citizenship and suffrage. for under
! the self-government plan girls as well
as boys vote and hold Office. There
fore, the fourth line of work. which
| this committee wishes to encourage
lis the self-government plan in our
/ public schools, moro especially the
plan described in the Brownies Sys-
| tenn OF Child Training. rs the La
/ grange City plan, for this plan elm
mates entirely anything In the nature