The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-19
MISS JOHNSTON
IS OPTIMISTIC.
FEEDER ALTON on
MOTHERS CLUBS ON col

Meeting in the mothers room in the
Ia high school building, the Fed
Grafton of Mothers Clubs of Rich
mond and Virginia began at 10 O'Clock
FRIDAY morning an all day conferences
on the home and school. Addresses
were made by the president, Mrs
II. L. Whitlock, Miss Mary Johnston.
Miss Elizabeth Cooke, Miss Lottte
Evans, DIR. j. A, c. Chandler and Mr..
+. w. Duke s
In her talk on Collective Mother
mood Miss Johnston spoke OF tha
coming woman and the high influences
for good she may exert. Problems az Il
temperance, arbitration, conservation.
economic betterment and educatfua
m st be met and women must piGGx
themselves on the ethical side In al
OF these. Her debt to the future ana
the race can be paid only when the
mother has allied herself with the
forces for good, for as the mother IL
SO viii the race be. 4 great awaken
in ghas taken place among the Wo~
men in this community in the paat
year. believes Miss Johnston, and the
promise Is apparent OF a yet wider
and greater awakening, ... N &. 81
Our Girls" was the subject OF MioasI
Cookies paper. She stated condltiCnass
as they are to-day in the world 0f
poverty. where purity is battered for
livelihood, and said that the better@
ment of these conditions can be o.
fected only when employees have been
forced to pay livingfi wages to xfrla-
in their employ.
DR.. Chandler spoke on the relation
of the home and school and rave
many practical suggestions on the
question. How Can the Home ~
More Helpful to the SCHOOL," Th<
problems and needs of vocational ed
ucation were presented by Mr.. r. W.
Duke, who, as superintendent OF tn
Mechanics Institute, has had mM0HS
experience in this line OF work. Tho
great problem Of taking care OF tH&g
thirteen and sixteen year old boy CT
best be solved by vocational school
said Mr.. Duke. who does not thtnE#
that the night school meets this meet
The work of the Mechanics Instisu40
is Just scratching the surface OF thtu ~
in Richmond. continued Mr.. DukH@s
who does not believe that the scho6
will ever take the place of the ahQnsS IN
but that it will do much to increas
the efficiency of the shop.
A brief account of the Formations &fsS
the junior clubs in the HiRhlAH5
Springs school was given by Mis- L0<s
tie Evans, principal Of the schu4n
These junior clubs, which were oreNm
lied at the suggestion of a mothex
the school, have fostered . high -
ity OF school spiIit, and have a1AcG
many practical improvements IN 91
decoration. surroundings and eQN10
ment Of the school.
The program for the afterno0n 4
sion, In as follows: 81 q
Invocation. Rev. J. b. Spiers. SO s's
p. M.--The Mothers Clubs
Is It aud Why Mrs. J. h. 0pieGqs4Ss
$40 r. M.-~Usas Of Mothers C3U
Mr.. Albert Hill. assistant supeKan4<
emit of schools. sssss
$40 r. M-Dpen ait schools,
Ada Van stone Harris. snpaG9
Kindergarten and primary sdAnAa1z
city schools. M
8 p. Mural Schools, J. NJ
ford. ex-secretary Co-OperAtivo
cational Association.
$40 p. M--Need Of Co-0peGo
in Rural Schools, Mr.. Arthue
Wright, superintendent 09V
schools. 7
s:4o P. M.-How Parents H.
School Work. Joseph II. Sam
principal Bellevue School. SYS
4 p. M.--piacussion \. IN as
4;20 p. MIS- Definite.
Training In Truthfulness and
Given In Home and Schooie x2
Gillette.
:, 4:40 n. M.-Discuasion. Es
There VIII b : lecture ~ N4.
sti6 on Oral Hygsisnaa - tSo
Marshall High School FRIDAY 4l
ct SIS o'clock. g38l