Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-10-07
To Unite Parents, Children, and Teachers
Is Effort of Great Child Welfare Movement
SPLENDID TALK BY MRS.
TATE IN HIGH SCHOOL
AUDITORIUM.
ATTENDANCE WAS LARGE


| ton of all the world Of children un-
derstood as they should be, loved as
| they ask to be, and SO developed as
they NIGH, be, would more than be-
gin the millennium" was the Keynote
Of the talk given yesterday inlstthe
high school auditorium by Mrs. .
Tate, of Portland, Ore, vice president
of the National Congress OF Mothers,
and the Parent-Teachers' Leagues OF
the United States.
Large Audience.
In speaking to the n hundred and
seventy-fiye mothers and teachers
assembled to hear her, Mrs. Tate, a
slender, gracious little lady, began
her talk with the history Of the move
ment which for ten years has been
busy in it's work of uniting the home
and the school. 1t was started by an
Eastern woman, wealthy, with a
charming home, and from her hus-
band all the help with the children
that she needed. This woman yet
was perplexed and felt keenly the re-
sponsibility placed upon her in the
rearing Of her children. It appalled,
her when she thought Of the thous-
ands of mothers in this broad land OIL
ours who did not have her supports
to give them aid; alone, how did they
feel with that incomprehensible prob
lem before them? From this thought
grew the movement which has result
ed in thousands of organizations
which have for their primary aim to
develop wiser, better-trained parent
hood and to bring the school and the
home in closer relationship to each
other, so that the child may not be
obliged to spend his impressionable
years in two camps, neutral, If not
actually hostile, to each other.
Should Organize.
Among the few states not organ
lied into branch societies of the Ma.
i;ional Congress are Montana and the
Dakotas, and Mrs. Tate %entreated her
hearers to organize and help their
children, their homes and themselves.
Results Beneficial.
The results are unfailingly benefi-
cial, as illustrated by a story the
speaker tod concerning her own
little son. Just after his mother be-
gan to attend meetings, where self
control happened to be the present
topic, he came up to where she was
sitting at the sewing machine, and
dropped the drawer of odds and ends
onto the floor. The first impulse OF
the tired mother was to speak GROSSLY
to the penitent child, but remember
ing her studies on the question of
self-control,, she said gently, 'Isr,t
that too bad! Come, dear, help
mother pick them all up" A smile
drew the corners of the little mouth
as the child answered: 'Oh, mother,
you are such a nice mother since you
began to go to those meetings."
Vital Problems.
The next part of the talk was given
over to a discussion of the vital prob
lens which confront the mothers and
teachers. Mrs. Tate, emphasized the
fact that children need training, men,
tally, physically, and spiritually, from
ttheir infancy. If mothers would only
take the time to study the. question
for a little while each day, the child
ren would respond more easily to the
efforts Of the teacher, because of the
early development of the senses and
faculties. BY this, precocity is not
meant; people do not realize that
nine-tenths of the children are under.
developed both spiritually and men
tally, because of lack of proper guild
ance in that direction, while yet un-
der che age of six.
A child hygiene committee is need
ed in every community, both rural
and city, to see that the children are
physically taken care Of.
Some Questions.
Questions which would inevitably
COM up in the organization of a club
were taken up, discussed and wv
ed by the speaker. The inspiring ad-
dress was closed with an e~ntraaty for
parents to get in touch with the teach.
er and discuss their children's weak
ness and strength with them. Know
them, and through you they will I'm.
derstand your children better than
they possibly could otherwise.
Business Meeting.
Mrs. Hughes, the retiring president,
requested Mrs. Tate to act as tenn
porary chairman during the business
meeting which followed the talk.
Officers Elected.
The following were elected:
President, Mrs. Neff; first vice
president, Mrs. Kupitz; second vice
president, Mr.. Bolt; secretary, Mr..
Root; treasurer, Mrs. Howell.
Will Affiliate.
1t was decided to affiliate with the
National Congress of Mothers and
the Parent-Teachers League, the new
organization to be- called the Bis.
marck Parent Teachers League.
The following were named by the
new president as a committee on the
Constitution and Bylaws: Mrs.
Hughes, Mrs. Hollst, and Mrs. Robin
son.. The committee will report at
the next meeting, which will be called
by tho president. Twenty-four new
members joined the League yesterday
afternoon, making a total membership
of over seventy.
Musical Numbers.
Mrs. Tate's address was preceded
by a charming piano solo by Miss
Blanche Myers, and a delightfully."- rem.
dared song by Mrs. John A. Larson.
Left Last Night.
Mrs. Tate resumed her journey last
night, going on to jamestown, where
she will speak this afternoon. After
speaking at other points in North Da-
kota, Mrs. Tate will spend a week in
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