Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-08

came and caused the postponement of
the session until the following May, one
year later.
November Is, 1906, the seventh annual
meeting was held in the Ebell club
house. At this meeting Prof. James A.
Foshay was quoted as follows:
There is no question but that these
meetings have been worth while"
Strong evidence of this was shown
at the time of the earthquake. Three
hours after the cry for help reached
Los Angeles telephone messages had
called circles together, and word was
carried to all schools, thus enlisting
the teachers and children in the relief
work. By II o'clock train was speed
ing northward with $4,000 boxes of
lunch, seven large packing cases of in
fants' clothing, supplies consisting Of
needles, thread buttons, darning cotton
and other small articles. The congress
certainly showed itself to be worth
while.
At this meeting Dr. e. C. Moore, then
the new superintendent of city schools,
appeared for the first time. He spoke
OF the lack of knowledge of schools on
the part of the public and urged greater
confidence and more faith in the
schools. There were 1876 delegates pres
eight schools. The emergency commit
tee made it's first report The little seed
Of emergency work had been sown for
some time and when the disaster Wis
tied the north it grew and blossomed in
a night.
At a directors meeting held in June
1907, the president appointed a stand
ing committee on emergency, Mrs
Chalmers Smith, president. Thus was
begun, in a systematic and practical
way, the emergency work which has
been carried on so successfully. Through
this committee not only are food and
clothing provided, hut money also is
furnished for worthy pupils who other
wise would be compelled to leave school
and work. The noble mothers connected
with this work are highly appreciated
by every member Of the congress.
Eighth Session
The eighth annual session was held
November 10, 1907, Mrs. Stevens TAX
ing the chair in the absence of the pres
ident. At this meeting the revised con-
stitution was adopted and the new
name, Parent Teacher association, was
taken. Mrs. Chalmers Smith was
elected president. She delivered an ad-
dress before the board of directors
January, 1908, urging loving kindness
in the work,
Excellent reports were received at
this meeting, showing great activity In
every department. In May Of the same
year another important step was taken
when a membership was secured in
Maternity cottage In September an
other board meeting was held, i'm which
Miss Mary +. Ledyard reported for the
committee on legislation the following
new rulings:
The Parent-Teacher association shall
be auxiliary to the public schools.
Whenever a local association is formed
in a community it shall be permitted
to hold it's regular meetings in the
schoolhouse, and it shall be the duty
of the principal and teachers of the
school to further the work of the circle
in every way possible. No pay enter
tainments shall be held in the schools,
and no tickets shall be sold there, and
the schools shall not support or assist
any commercial undertaking whatever
"All programs to be given in the pub
lie schools shall be submitted before
hand to the superintendent for his ap-
prevail"
Mrs. Chalmers Smith, the president.
congratulated the congress upon having
at length received official recognition
from the board OF education"
Lle HdiuSj CAAu oLuuy ClTCle, was
not considered broad enough to en-
brace all that the Congress of Mothers
wished. Therefore the name Parent
Teacher association, which gives the
teachers the feeling that they are in
cluded in the great work as much as
are the fathers and mothers. Not all
of the circles have adopted this title
and the new constitution, but the ma
jority have done so.
At the present time the association
in Los Angeles has sixty-one associa-
tions and fifty-seyen other associations
throughout the state.
In this paper is included sufficient
general data. but comparatively little