The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1910-03-03
THE MOTHERS CLUB.
What is Being Accomplished by
the Organization.

Mrs. Hart furnishes the Reveille
the following sketch of the Moth.
ers' Club, together with the inter
esting paper by Miss Staggers:
The Mothers Club of the Port
Gibson public school is doing
much for the moral and material
welfare of that school. 1t was OF.
ganized in October with Mrs. R.
w. Magruder, president; Mrs.
Hattie Hart, vice-president, and
Mrs. M. H. Rogers, secretary and
treasurer. The dues are ten cents
per month and this fund, when
large enough, will be given towards
the improvement of the schools.
The meetings are held the first
Friday afternoon in each month.
At the last meeting our subject
was "American Citizenship Safe
guarded by the American Home" +"
Papers. under this subject were
read and discussed by Mrs. Rog-
ers, on "Responsibility of Family
LIFE; .The Need of Civic Ideals
in the Home, by Mr.. McKinstry.
Miss Fannie Naasson discussed
.'Why have Home and School Life
Failed to Establish Civic Ideals in
the Home" Miss Essie Lee Stag
gers wrote the following paper:
THE HINDRANcEs OFFERED BY NEWS
PAPERS TO THE DEVELOPMENT
OF CIVIC IDEALS IN. THE
YOUNG.
Civic ideals in. the young are the
ideals they have regarding the laws
of the home, town, state or coun-
try. These ideals are instilled in
the minds of children by the par
ents, guardians, teachers, authors
and newspaper men. Many news
paper articles demoralize, corrupt
and even destroy the CIVIC ideals
that should be fou.ta in all child
rem.
To be good citizens children must
have the best of training. Their
minds and hearts must be pure and
undehled. Who is the one to Gre
ate and cultivate this spirit of pur-
lily in the. child's heart? Should il
be a newspaper reporter or some
other such person, or should it be
the parent OF the childp All,
though some may be, will answer
in favor OF the parent or guardian.
IYet we, as mothers and teachers,
do not strive as we should to keep
children from reading the unlawful
land unspeakable deeds found in
the newspaper of to- day.
] Mothers should supply theil
i children with the best of literature
and should keep before them a.
| examples the best and purest mer
and women of our country, and no
Those who have proven themselve:
TRAITORS and law breaking citizens
they should read to them only th'
best pieces they.fnd in newspap
| ers; they should share all the joy
land sorrows of their children, b
their constant guide and compan
lion, and win their confidence 81
] that they viii not do anything Q
read anything to iniure their char
acters while the mothers back i
turned, they. should be wise in TIL
choice of companions for thei
children and should encourag,
them to- entertain their younl
friends in their own home instea'
! Iof going elsewhere.
Next. what should a child
character be2 When child i
born into the world, it is free from
corruption and sin. Its as lnno
lcent and pure as an angel of God
lit knows, not the meaning of temp
tation and sin; but unless tn
lmother watches very carefully owe
this little creature as it grows fror
: lbabyhood to childhood, fror
childhood to youth. il will pas
fronnaunder her loving eyes and b
misguided and misled by someon
else. Then its pure character wi
nl,be on.thesway to destruction.
4 A "Funny Paper" IS injurious
: many ways to children Of tendt
{ Iyears, and it should not be allowe
!. Ito be: a part ofahome literature,
dfleast not often. The comic papt
e III, ~. ..s,asnatae a. longing IN II