The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-11-05

order. To our homes and families we
are still responsible for the cleanii-
ness, wholesomeness, order and hui
man justice, which were once a mat
ter Of personal supervision.
We shall have to gain them
through the Consumers League, Pure
Milk Commission, State, County. and
City Boards Of Health and other pub
lie agencies. and especially through
the schools. 4.
1t is possible to give here only a
very brief summary of woman's
work for the specialization Of the
school. merely selecting the most inn
portant kinds of work and a few not
able instances
Probably the largest number Of or
CARNATIONS are interested in domestic
science. manual training, industrial
training, vocational studies, technical
and trade schools. Their efforts ex-
tend all the way from "agitating for
for more buildings SO that manual
training may be added" to securing
permissive law, as they have in
Arizona. and supporting the work at
heavy expense The clubs have given
a very large number of scholarships
for education in this and other direc-
lions. They have secured for in
dustrial pursuits a regular place in
the curriculum of many schools and
colleges.
Next In popularity are the very
numerous efforts to improve and
beautify school grounds and school
houses For identifying one school
building 100000 is reported from
Oregon, SO on across the continent to
Maine. where improvements are re-
ported in 500 school buildings and
grounds.
Following the migration of home
interests into community life we find
Women's organizations beginning to
aid the schools in looking after the
extra time as well as the extra tasks.
Day nurseries are supplied that those
children may be in school. whose
mothers are in factories. Kinder
gartens also are so provided.
For the young girls and boys who
must so to work even at the legal
age night schools are provided; also
vacation schools and Fairgrounds for
all. The Chicago clubs help support
eleven Fairgrounds; the Women's as
sociation of New Haven maintains
three summer schools and three play
grounds; the Council of Jewish Wom-
en- and others in Baltimore conduct
vacation schools and Fairgrounds.
this is only the beginning of the list.
Smoe school buildings are being used
| for social centers. for instance, the
Patrick Henry School in St. Louis
was opened by members of the Social
Service Conference, mostly club
women, one evening week Boys
from 5 to II were trained in ath-
/, letics in the gymnasium at the same
hours. in another room, lectures. Ian
tern slides, and music were enjoyed
by from 500 to 700 women and child
lren.
| A comparatively recent line of eff
{, fort being prosecuted with vigor and
great success, usually by the school
authorities themselves, is medical in
lspection of schools; to this volun-
teerz association might add nurses and
welfare committees.
These more personal matters Of
physical well-being might be left to
| the home. But there is plague
of homelessness among the poor. .
naturally accompanied by other
| plaques which spread to the best
homes if not Systematically discover
led and checked.
Mrs. Richards proved at the Bien-
NAL, by straight line of statistics,
the relation between health and clean
hands. She pointed out that the
mother of old saw that the children
washed their hands before eating;
which the rush of modern life pre-
vents the present mother from do
ling. Evidently we shall have to
| "socialize" even the washing Of
hands.
Three additional lines of school
| improvement in which women have
the most intense interest are: special
care of exceptional children, train
| ing In morals and the study of civics.
| The mothers heart is always most
tender toward the feeble child; al
ways wishes supremacy that a boy
shall BE good boy" and secretly
hopes that he will be president.
Passing of necessity, various 9TH
er undertakings one comes finally to
la form of endeavor which is probably
prophetic. This is community inter-
est in securing for teachers better
equipment. appreciation and pay.
longer tenure of Office. and classes
Of more reasonable size.
A principal who has gained re-
markable results says, Fifteen is the
ideal number for one teacher
Judge Lindsay, approached with
todays problem and asked what we
could do to help most. said that the
one thing which would do more good
than anything else would be to have
enough teachers, SO that each teach
er could be the real friend of every
one of her pupils.
Miss Jane Adams has recently
pointed out the fact that evolution is
method not force--that the force
must be supplied Fortunately for
this evolutionary process the force is
ready. After productive work left
the old time home, there followed for
the privileged class of women thus
left at leisure a period of bewildered
responsibility. Then came the i'm