The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-02-21


make it better. You are only one
mother with perhaps a little outside
Influence. You think your own
thoughts, but they do not go far to-.
wards solving the problems that face
the children when beyond homo In.
flucnco. Get six mothers TO organize
a Mothers Circle and your influence
is increased Get twelve and again it
is doubled Get fathers on an advisory
council and keep them informed Of
what YOU are studying and trying 10
do and the influence is again more
than doubled Get your mothers
circle and an auxiliary To the school
and its opportunity and power for good
is multiplied many times. Have
every mother in the county a member
Of a mothers circle I'm her vicinity.
and hold an annual county conference
Of mothers to consider the welfare of
the child in home. in school and com.
munity and the outside things YOU de-.
prcciate for the children will have to
go. Bring all the mothers Of th. state
into annual conference for the welfare
Of the child and your own childron's
opportunities vii be far beyond what
they are when mothers sit each one
In her own home thinking and wish.
ing things that might be improved but
without the strength which comes VI
organizing unable toaccomplish much.
Mothers organized are n power which
no man wishes 20 resist They ask
what they will for children and Iegis.
laturcs and educators listen with re.
spect Gentle. little mother. in your
busy life I'm the home. do not forget
that your children are citizens Of the
nation that for them YOU want the
natiCn 20 do all hat will elevate the
possibilities of life and health for all
children, and that by joining or form
ing your little local circ'c. or perhaps
a dozen mothers YOU can be a part of
a county, state and national organiza-
ton of mothers. whose sole object is
to give 70 every child chance to de
velop physically. mentally and moral.
The Value Of Kindergarten
(By Geneva L. Bower Principal
kindergarten Department. T.. u
There has been much criticism of
tho l.ipd.ruart.,, t..,,,... 4.
benefit 10 so few. If the kindergarten
were only of benefit TO the few it
would be- well worth its expense The
children at kindergarten age receive
Impressions that can never aftorward
BE- eradicated; it offers opportunity
for the proper outlet and development
of those activities which are so often
checked at home or are allowed TO be
FILTERED away. II gives the child the
social intercourse which Is as i'm.
portant for him as for the adult.
However, the value on the kinder.
garten does net rest with the child.
We all realize the state is dependent
upon its system of education.
Where shall this system begin?
Froebel recognized that It must begin
with the mother. And one of the
greatest benefits that we have receiv.
ed from kindergarten has been gained
from the great movement for the study
and understanding of the child which
has been taken up by mothers all
over the United States.
And the value that is recognized by
almost every up to date teacher of the
primary grade is the value TO the pri
mary grade. The kindergarten has
paved the way for a better under.
standing of the problems and difficul.
ties of the primary teacher. Recog
nizing right activity in the kinder.
garten has helped MS to recognize
right activity for the children in the
primary grade.
Then too it has been of great helm
to the geenral school curricula The
school is having TO meet new social
conditions The value of the Old ed
ucation was not so much in the little
red school house as in the farm where
the boy had a chance to do things and
TO think things out for himself What
are the qualities we need in the citi-
zenship of our state? Initiative.
leadership, the good Of the whole To be
| placed before the good Of the indi.
vidual, personal responsibility. those
are scme of the qualities needed In
what way does the child get these
qualities? Not by doing sums, al
though these may be necessary The
child gets these qualities through d.
rect activity, These ideas are based
on kindergarten principles.
We believe then that the most IN