Newark post., 1912-02-28

what the Parent Teachers Asso-
ciation hopes to do and what it is
doing in that Sussex town.
On Tuesday evening. February
18th. the arcnt-Teachcrs Associa
ton held its regular monthly
meeting in the Milford High
School Auditorium. with the pres
id"nt Mrs. Harry l.. Grier presid-
mo. After hearing reports from
commuters. Rev Howard II. Quigg
was introduced and gave a most
interesting and instructive adj
dress ON the work of the Parent
Icarhrrs Association and of the
possibilities OF great good to the
home and school that must follow
this cooperation. not throwing
the whole responsibility on the
Teacher Of the moral as well as lit
crary improvement Of the chill
dren. That parents should have
something definite and correct
concerning the teachers tasks. At
the conclusion Of Mr.. Quigg's $ ad-
dress he was given rising vote of
thanks.
With the consent Of the writer
the address is printed below and
it is hoped that everyone interest
ed in child welfare will read it.
Mrs. Robert f. Lewis. president
Of the Dover Parent-Teachers AS
SoclatlOn. was present and gave
an interesting account of what
they were doing in Dover. Mrs.
&. w. Marshall told of Founders
Day. February 18th. when the
congress was organized by Mrs.
Theodore Bicrny of Washington.
ID. G.. and Mrs. Phoebe Hurst Of
Denver. Colorado.
Delegates were elected to the
National Convention of the Math-
rrS Congress of Mothers to be held
in st. Louis. Mo-. March Goth 10
Doth. 1912 Mrs. Carmpan and
Mrs Allan Ninyard. delegates,
and Dr. Edith Phelps and Mrs.
Edgar Mahan. altcrnatcs. The
next meeting will be on Tuesday
afternoon. March 18th. from 3.3O
TO ) o 'cloc. All are welcome.
Great blessings to our children
are within the reach Of your Par
cnt-Tcachcr Association. When
your chairman asked me to speak
to you had no information as to
the Mothers Congress or this de-
partment Of its work. The tasks
which the Congress sets Itself, and
the aims if seeks. are of the high
est quality and most urgent I'M
portancp The Mothers s Congress.
gathered by Mrs. Theodore Birney
and Mrs. Phoebe Hurst. in Wash
ington. in 1897. may easily turn
ont to be the beginning Of the
mDst important agency, instituted
in modern times for the service of
future generations Of young folks.
1t may live to sec the death Of
many movements which now look
large in public esteem and find it.
self growing in social power when
they are gone. Not to mention the
other purposes which the Congress
pursues there is crying need in
every community Of this land for
some organization to discharge
the functions which this Parent
Teacher Association assumes. The
home must cooperate i'll the cU!
tural achievements of the schools
or render these achievements nu
gatory. TO show the entire re
sponsiblity Of the physical. mora
and literary Improvement OF chill
dren on the teachers is to load The
teachers down with impossible
duties. To send out every morn
ing clean. obedient and health.
children to the schools. witt
shining morning faces. swee
tempers and honest purposes. /
the duty of every father AM
mother. Parents should knoN
something definite and correc
concerning the teachers tasks
Not the few parents who alWay
do but the many who aiWay
don t.
Whether for good or for evil tn
home is the most powerful socl'
unite on earth. and as long as hl
manity is made up of men. wome
and children. the home will con
tinue to be more influential tha
all other institutions together. Tl
church. the school and the goverl
ment combined will be unable
stand against the influence whi'
il wields. The substitution
modern parental indulgence f
the ancient parental tryanny do
Al, hand i,an from