Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-03-13
CHILD LIFE CONFERENCE
Permanent Benefits to Be SECURED By
Local Committee. Suggestions
Made BY Workers In Regard to
Wauseon Social Life.

That permanent benefit may come
to this city through the child life con-
ference held here last week an organ
lzatlcr is to be brought about to di-
rect all efforts affecting child life.
At meeting of interested men on
Wednesday of the conference C. D.
Greenleaf was selected to head a COM
nittee of three people of his own
choosing which should provide for
such an organization. And in this
address of that evening DIR. Forbush
suggested that each of the women's
clubs appoint one member of a CEN
tral committee which should cooper
ate in the work. He suggested like
wise the formation of clubs within
the churches and also in groups of
families both for boys and for girls,
using, if practicable, the plan of the
Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls or
ganizations.
1t has already been decided to hold
weekly story hours for groups of chill
dren in the public library, the story
hours to be on Saturdays, in the fore
noon, and conducted by local women,
several of whom have volunteered for
the work. The children who attended
the story hours conducted by Mrs.
Paulsen last week at the library and
the slightly older children who par
ticipated in her play hours and play
festival at the school houses are en-
thusiastic to have these times of rec
reation continued. The games Mrs.
Paulsen taught ere new as well as in
any locally conducted festival. One
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Mrs. Paulsen's story hour was the in
senting nearly one hundred characters
in the familiar Mother Goose Rhymes.
These dolls, which are merely bottles
transformed by paper and cloth to i'm
oersonate dolls, are fully as attract
i've as wax dolls and have the added
advantage of being practically inde-
structible nd capable of standing
erect. 1t is expected that sets of these
lolls will be secured for the local
story hours. Assurances that such a
story hour can be successfully carried
On here come from Ligonier, Ind,
Ulace similar in size to Wauseon,
where the plan has been in operation
IN the public library for some time.
The idea of holding child life con-
ferences in cities and towns is new
one for the American Institute of
Child Life and Wauseon now has the
distinction of having been the first
p'ace that such conference has been
held by the institute. The institute
IS a national organization having on
it's administration board such well
Known men as Ben Lindsey and the
Two university presidents. David Starr
Jordan and G. Stanley Hall.
While in Wauseon DR.. Forbush.
president of the Institute and noted
juvenile expert. together with his as
sistants, Mrs. Heller and Mrs. Paul
sen, held private interviews and gave
counsel to many parents and schoo'
children, later basing their recommen-
1ations made in public upon condi-
tions revealed through these inter
views. DR.. Forbush has promised
that the Institute at Philadelphia will
keep in touch with conditions in Wau-
seon, inviting correspondence from the
'ocal committee ana all who may be
interested. If it is so desired the In
stitute will send another of its rep
resentatives to Wauseon after several
months to assist the local committee.
One of the hopes expressed by DR..
Eorbush was that the public schools
and library should become social cen
ters both for parents and for chill
dren.
The conference except for the tick
ats purchased by individuals, has
been of no expense to the people OF
Wauseon or to any organization in
this town.