New Britain herald., 1915-11-11
IF PARENTS OF SCHOOL
 CHILDREN.

SAALDnEN.
 days gone by it was the excep-
 rather than the rule when the
 CTS and parents of children
 I'd on questions pertaining to
 cula or other kindred sub
 There was always an an
 hism manifest between these
 forces. Parents thought one
 teachers another. But now
 different Those who have
 ted their lives to the wonder
 ubject of pedagogy, who have
 1ced themselves on the altar of
 c service so that the youth of the
 may be taken off the procrustean
 of ignorance have won a note
 hy battle. They have brought parents of school children around
 he proper way of thinking, have Tn the fathers and mothers that
 Hangers supposed to have lurled he class room were mytnlcal.
 was all brought about partly
 ugh legislation, compelling chil-
 to attend school; partly through
 ation, showing the parents the
 and partly through the fore hnce and kindness of the teach
 in other words, conquering an nature. Where. lives there Int who does not want his or her
 boy or girl to have more privl-
 than somebody else's little boy irl? And that trait of human
 re has been, if not obliterated, at
 subdued. There has been bond
 o-operation established between her and parent. Right here lew Britain we are seeing the Is of this union. The boys and
 are profiting by the work being
 by their elders who have united kr the banner of the Teachers i Parents association,
 very man or. woman in the city of
 Britain who has a child attend. the public schools of New Britain Eld take an active interest in the .hers' and Parents association of
 Britain. Every man and woman, y mother and every father should yitally interested in this organiza- They are all de facto members. that is not all; they should attend the meetings and enter into the ussioris. As attendance at the ftings are the only dues imposed, Ely time IS not so valuable that the |ents of school children can afford tay away .. l is proposed by the members of Teachers and Parents associa- ] to present during the coming ter series of lectures pertaining |the development of, the children. ||ther,- the association has pur- [sed a motion picture machine and Ends to exhibit eancational films the meeting x snhTough this |aium the pairs M teachers ! have an oppoIt ttn1t of seeing lat isEgood and nat is detrimental |the children Y4These moving pie les, as we understand it, are not hnded to take on the frothiness tof hickleodeon's exhibit, nor yet the nor and glare of a professional |ovie' show. On the contrary, the bjeots chosen will, be carefully se- ted ones from the fields of trave |dF literature. They WHIP be first Pwn to the parents and, if approved IT afterwards be presented to the Eungsters. Surely that is goot n. Far better than allowing the lung minds to become absorbed ir Rnes shown in some moving picture ets~o, oooJCSl0 CdI1OL WILL |opriety be discussed within tht bred walls of the home.
 That then is only one of a numbel ways in which the parents, by co |eration with the teachers, can hell cir children. It is a wholesome ant ,ble thing to look after the littl' es. And, having brought them into c world it is the duty of ever, other and father to see that Johl Mary, or William, or Jane, ha' cry advantage offered by tn hools. And that, in substance, i hat the Teachers and Parents as lciation aims to bring about. Ever, erent should go to the school wher, or her child is registered and ex Fess an intention of lending help Ps hand. And do it now.
 s9 9ulee likely many of those war ref ft L