Alamogordo news-advertiser. (Alamogordo, Otero County, N.M.) 1912-1914, 1913-04-12

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subject from another point of view
will appear in these columns soon
1.-The Editor.
By voluntary, mutual agreement
| parents have come to believe that
in the majority of cases, the best
way to educate our children, is tc
send thcm to our public schools
There they secure the best invesl.
ment of time, the accumulated ex.
parience of the best methods oil
teaching, and most important of all
they learn to adjusS themselves to
5uperiors and equals in such ways
that fit them for their proper du-
ties as coming citizens. The teach
ers thus become the parents sub
jtltutes, representative in this
| 1ll-important work OF WISE Judi
1icus, youthful education. Since the
acme, then, supplies the raw ma
terial, out of which is to come our
uture citizenship, what duties do
We parents owe to our schools? Let
ne enumerate. First. Prenatal or
vellborn. Indifference to prenatal
onditions as to our children's ply
'ical--bodily and mentll--wellbeing
Is suicidal and criminal. If one or
10Th OF the parents have been ad-
dicted to the use of tobacco, liquor,
drugs, or sufferers from unnamed
diseases, cur children are handicap
ped from birth, and sooner or later
the school finds sach out. "The
hereditary inf!unece OF the foregoing
Is accumulaLiYe nd malignant" :"
How many Of our children suffer
from extreme nervousness, impaired
memories. weakened, diseased con-
stituttions aud defective faculties!
With what fear and trembling many
dear boy or girl attends school,
every moment of which is agony to
The child! WHAT dread of recita-
tion before it's fellows and the
teacher, And why? Brought in
to the world, with an abnormal. su-
pers2nsitiye disposition, as a result
of imperfectly understood prenatal
tendencies, all unknown to the
teacher, and never considered by ig-
norant, or more or less thohghtless
pafentage, whaC a battle the child
is called upon 10 wage every day!
Instead of sympathy, what sarcasm,
broWbeating, fauitfinding, often
sment, is ministered by par
ent and pedagog. Were parents
wise TO these aFeaa pre- natal laws
of human life. what multitudes of
our children would find the school
a paradise instead of veritable
perdition. There can not be a
sound mind where the physical or
ganism is imperfect. True self
control must precede true culture.
Attention must precede retention.
There must be the training of the
will before there can be the true
of the intellect. Given
properly self-controlled parentage,
then our children may be expected
to enter the arena OF education ply
sically and mentally equipped. Par
ents, for the sake of your own hon
Or. for the sake of The good OF your
country, and for the sake Of the
glory Of our Creator, give your
children every advantage due them,
by seeing to it they are wellborn!
Second: Dietetic. Well-Dorn-I
well-fed Growth rquires proper
nourishment. That implies there
shall be quality as we'll as quantity.
Study hygiene-at least enough to
know what lines of diet are best
tor your chiidren's physical and
mental development. A stomach
loaded with swine's f'csh is not a
q,
tai work. Our Jewish friends can
yet instruct us. Many a days reei-
-ation has been valueless because
of non-digestiDle dies. The stom-
lch, and not the brain, was at
fauit. Put more brains into caring
Tor the stomach and the stomach
will amply repay the brain. Hun
ger unsatisfied win hinder zest for
knowledge. Feed your child's ma
chine-box wisely and splendid re-
turns will follow your efforts.
3. Disciplinary. Well-born, we'll
led, welI-trained. "order is Heav-
ans first law A home, where
lnarchy reigns. is a poor recruiting
ground for well-behaved children I'm
he school room. Many parents
'ancy they are ruling by love when
n reality they are ruling by H.
,ense. Proper self-control OF the
,hild must be secured before there
AN be proper self-culture. It must
De taught, If not by moral suasion,
hen by muscular suasion, that |
proper discipline is necessary TO
'btain the highest good the school |
'ffers. Parents have no right TO |
'xpect the teacher to do much with |
'htldren unframed In wise diaei- |
'line. Every minute spent by the
eacher In securing proper order in
he room is SO much time wasted |
hat ought to be given TO instruc-
ion. Seek TO cooperate with the
eacher. IL you have been negli-
,ent or incompetent In discharging
our parental duty here. second ev-
ry effort on the part Of the teach
II TO correct your wrong. Make In
uiry as to the conduct OF your
hiidren at school. as well as In
'oing 10 and from school. II prop
r moral or muscular suasion has
cen given at the school. don't un-
10 all its efficacy by sympathizIng
Tith the misereant and thus breed
ebelllon against properly constitut-
d school authority. instead of
econciling the child to a wise and
chastisement Remember