Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-04-10
MOTHERS CONGRESS
Listened to Interesting Addresses
 Yesterday Afternoon.

| greSS of Mothers Clubs of Connectl- cut in Waterville yesterday after, noon was well attended and there were very few empty seats in Good Will hall where the convention con. vened. During the afternoon severa. instructive addresses were delivered A banquet followed the opening seS. sion.
 Berlin w. Tinker's address on Childhood and Our Schools" gave the delegates and guests much food fol thought. In part he said:
 ''The school and the home are the two influences which come into the child's life and most control it. There are differences in physica makeup which it is essential for the teacher to know if she is to afford the opportunity for the best develop ment of the child. The home and the school cannot too soon get to- gether on these points. The home ought to know about school progress the time allotted to each subject, as we'll as to the progress of the indi- vidual child. The teacher is often much depressed by the lack of inter est manifested by the parent. Not even if mother is a first class bridge player should there be the least ex- cuses for her forgetting that she has 8 child in school.
 As a matter of fact there is prac- tically no home training of children The parent thrusts the child off upor the school, but l tell you mothers thai the public school can never be nurs cry. It can never take the place o1 the home. The parent expects the school to inculcate all the cardina virtues and shirks the responsibilit! himself. The parent seldom takes any interest in the school until the chile gets into tight corner and ther something must move-either the pa rent or the child.
 The chief aim of schools is tt bring them to a point where the greatest possible amount of efficienc, can be secured along those line: which will become part and parce of the boys everyday life after h' leaves the school. When we feel thi! interdependence between the home and the school to be deeply entrench ed, then the future will open patf such as We never had in the past" The Rev NJ. J. Traynor. pastor O. St Michael's church, spoke on hom, influence and it's effect upon tn, whole life of a child. He pointed ou why home influence has such a bear ing upon the character of childreI and why parents should take grea care to have their home everything : that it should be in the eyes of th' child. He also took occasion to de nounce the divorce evil which in hi opinion leans not only towards thu destruction of the family but alst the nation. He highly praised MT Jennie G. Phillips, principal of tn Sprague school, who acted as toast mistress, with the following tribute
 The community owes a debt O gratitude to this good lady" he said She is leaving the impress of nobl work with us. She is well qualifie to look after the scholastic require ments of the little ones anl you moth CTS, can feel safe in entrusting you children into her hands"
 Mrs Francis Sheldon Bolton 0 New Haven. honorary president 0 the congress. spoke briefly. as di Mrs Walter B. Ferguson, the stat president. She responded to tn toast The National Congress O Mothers
 Two of the persons from whor much was expected at the banque were unavoidably absent because c illness in their families. They wer Mayor William E. Thoms and NIT Edward F.. Porritt who was to hay answered to the toast The Press. '"
 The menu served follows:
 Fruit Salad.
 Cream of Tomato Soup.
 Crackers.
 Oyster Patties.
 Saratoga Chips Brown Bread Sand
 wiches.
 Veal Loaf.
 Rolls. Pickles.
 EscallOped Oysters.
 Tomato Salad.
 Cheese Crackers.
 Ice Cream Fancy Cake
 Coffee.
 The address delivered by Prof Ed ward p. St John of the Religion School of Pedagogy. Hartsord. wa listened to attentively b. the dele gates and their guests. as it con tained much valuable Information Part of his address follows: There is no more damnable clas of literature than that which has 8 strong a hold upon boys. Nas, and O girls. between the ages of F and 1 : as that which makes a hero of tn outlaw who kills and makes no apol , Ogy for the crime.
 . Such stories are fascinating be cause they appeal to the heroic i'm \ pulses" he continued. The hero i absolutely fearless, more eouTageOu than the officers who attempt to aI rest him. more cunning than the de tectives on his trail and cutshoot his pursuers He robs the rich an gives to the poor.
 ~If the parent. the school. and tn Sunday school is to countsract in influence of such literature as th | u A Hs