The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-05
PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS
ACTIVE IN WASHINGTON CITY
DO Coed Work in Capital City's Public Schools-seventy
Different Organizations COOPERATING win teachers
in Welfare and Development OF Schools.

tent hands Dung WOfiitL " 20 iloHi
business managers of the right klnd
shnuld find q splendid field for their
endeavOrS on the same plan that any
firm or store follows. Many OF the
fine western hotels are managed 10y
college women, and photography nas
made fortunes for women as Wen as
men. .F
The advantages that any chlld
would get in serving apprenticeship
in the regular trades such as MILL
merry, dresS-makinS, etc,
| while still in the grades is obvious.
The value of such training to the
Young artist or music teacher, VINO
| could thereby put dollars in her pock-
| ct While she is waiting to sell her pic
lures or get pupils enough to pay her
board, is above question. The same
is applicable to the prospects Of the
boys. The law or medical student has
a much better grip on life if he has a
working knowledge Of some other
than his chosen vocation, by which
to pay his tuition and later his office
rent, while he is waiting for the
clients and patients to come.
Discovering Aptitudes.
B.! "The main idea is that during the
progress through the grades the pupil
is pretty sure to discover q certain
aptitude or preference for a line of
work that he Will De interested in per-
lCtl1!iS lilE III o. AS wv AAN
printers. electricians, carpenters,
: searnstresses, milliners, laundreSses
5 and countless other commonplace ar
D tisans are always in demand, and
= there is always money waiting to be
+ paid for this class OF work.. while
that of the artist and the singer is not
. SO necessary to the daily comfort Of
t the public.
I'VE shoul remember that the pub
e tic school is for the masses of the
people, and that the schools should he
n adapted to the needs of the masses,
e and not try to adapt the masses TO
the schools.
There are many other important
e subjects which the mothers of this
- city are working over through their
school clubs and associations. Simpler
is dressing for girls, getting clerks for
le principals, grade mothers or sociaI
.e service workers for each grade, and
better nourishment for all children
are a few of the problems which have
ir our attention now. BY better nOuriSh'
I'd nent l mean just that, many boys anG
er girls either do not get UP early enough
n or do not take sufficient time to ca
substantial breakfasts and lunches
IS. and the question of diet for growing
of school children is such a vital on
that some Of the clubs are going t.
IS make a special study Of it. Man,
OF mothers do not understand that child
e. rem Of different ages require differen
of foods, and that the better the need
O. Of each child are met, in his diet, i
r. a general way, at least, the better hi
he mentality will be.
in w are striving to arouse in a
mt parents a sense of their responsible
I'd to the school. The school children ar
the citizens Of the future, the parent
Oh or the next generation. They are
ty, sacred charge to the community, an
TT must be reared to fill their place
cir worthily. To combat the changir
Dol customs OF the age We must get b.
my meath the surface and get a firm no.
ar on the real child.
ich Most of all the object Of these clu1
TO Is to nave all parents become acquail
ted with all Of the teachers Of the
children, and we hope also to see
each building q paid school mothe
)rl- matron or chaperon, herself a teach
eat who may aid the principal and 9th
the teachers and look after the girls at {
the times.
This cooperation of interest on pa
600 of teachers and parents carries wi
)m- It the prevention of many evils viii
ana we have had to deplore in the pa
ing and the attainment Of much high
'out standards in the future"
IN Some Of the Associations.
ear Out of such a large number Of 2
lpiis tive organizations it is only possible
OF cite q few to illustrate more fully :
not sort of work the parents of pub
looi. school children are interested in,
o TO the Chevy Chase Home School Cl
Teen mas not only purchased a picture n
chlne for use in all Of the grades +
it mas established a lunchroom. VIII
9 as has materially reduced the Dercanta
: OF absence. Last year they contrib
dnA .eo tHe money for a summer school
their making which 49, auu HdInlno
,nnS ana which they still keep up. As
ppeo result of their work they recently =.
'ainn 5r'outed $50 to their branch Of
~ 80 M, A. which they made al
o,. pazaar from the sale of their hast,
ia All "A portable school is the object Of II
tuho present energies. Their officers are
: enc Iollows: President, F.. F. Collad
ionoaI nrse vlce-president, E. F. Graha
avs . s e Vice-president. Miss S. Dess
a9s q secretary, Mrs. G.. w. Stone anG \
cora Ludwig. treasurer "n0 n
.iiiaS cleveland Park School and Com,