Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-09
Educators Denounce Parents
Who Throw Responsibilities
on Teachers Instead of AS
suming Them,
DIVORCE QUESTION
FIRMLY SIDESTEPPED
William B, Jones Of Chicago Is
Reelected Secretary for a
Long Termi Resolutions
Waited With Interest,
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st. Paul, Mimi. July Sex in
struction placed ON the same basis
as spelling and arithmetic win be-
come So common that it viii lose it's
sacredness." asserted Or. Charles H.
Keene. of Minneapolis supervisor of
hygiene and physical training before
the National Education association
today
1--WE should have but fhc strongest
condemnation for the wealthy, club
going woman who has not the time
to teach her children the fundament-
al truths Of life, but would throw the
responsibility upon teacher or a
football coach. he continued.
+ As speaker after speaker expressed
similar views. It became apparent
that the added duty Of teaching sex
i hygiene would not he placed upon the
American teacher If it could be pre-
vented by the association.
Aims of Education.
j Principles and aims of education
formed the topic of discussion AT the
general session tonight. Election OF
officers and reports Of various COM
mitteos is the principal work on to-
morrows program.
Outrageous. is the way Dr.
Keene expressed himself when he
spoke Of how "shiftless' mothers are
sliding their responsibilities upon the
teachers
1--WE talk about the inability of the
pooref- mothers to teach their ehil-
ldren regarding personal hygiene, but
4 il Is not for these children we need
to have all the fear. he said. The
only thing now done in the home is
the feeding and clothing of the chill
dren
knowledge never Will compel pur-
ity." he said and added that sex in
struction in schools would hut tend
to lower the standard of morality,
and concluded
Opposes Teaching sex Hygiene.
'lf we put sex hygiene instruction
in our schools the homes OF Ameri-
ca Will continue to lose ground, and
will give up the few privileges they
now have to train the children.
Taking similar stand as Dr.
Keene, \. D. Showalter, president of
Cheney Norma school Cheney Wash,
said:
when a father or mother turns
aside child's natural question or
deals dishonesty with sex questions
he lays the foundation Of an immoral
ity which may develop into a tre-
mendous force
Miss Clara G. Baer. New orleans
and Baroness Rose Posse of Boston,
expressed like views on the subject.
Jones Reelected Secretary.
William B. Jones of Chicago was
re- e-elected secretary of the Nationa
Education council His new term viii
expire in 1917. He is the only officer
whose term expired this year.
The report Of the committee on res
olutons to be submitted at the gen
eral council tomorrow is awaited with
interest Simplfied spelling. careful
supervision Of teachers ana medical
Inspection Will he included in the res
Olutons.
The convention today declined 10
report resolutions endorsing the plils
in congress providing for an amend
lment to the constitution 20 recon-
mend congress to pass uniform mar
riage and divorce laws It was maae
known that the association VIII not
consider evils Of divorce and similar
questions at present
Common Sense Necessary.
william l.. Bryan, president ol thc
University Of Indiana, was the prln-
cipal speaker at the night session
Taking as his subject, Common
Sense and Beyond ne said
1--WE must all live IN the world OF
common sense with It's famlllaf
things. tasks and ways of dong Inc
laws of that world are harsh ana are
enforced by penalties such as failure
hunger. misery and death The worst
thing which the world Of common
sense does is to make US blind-make
Us believe there is nothing beyond IT.
self. nothing but superstitions' speeu-
lation. theories, dreams.
Mr.. Bryan did not deliver his ad-
dress entitled Trap, which was on
ltodays program
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