The daily Alaskan., 1915-03-09
PARENT-TEACHER
 ASSOCIATION

regular monthly meeting of the Par ent-Teacher association was held in the usuai place, the assembly room at the school house.
 An interesting exhibit of some of the work done in mathematics ill Miss Keenan's room covered the tlackboar6s, while the east wall space was decorated with industrial maps, book cover designs collec- lions of pressed and mounted flow CTS, etc
 This exhibit is especially interest ing, as it represents part of the routine work of the school.
 A short business session of the executive committee and the prize committee was held before the P. TT. A, was called to order. It was decided to defer the definite an- rouncemcnt of prizes until the May meeting. Some special prizes have already been offered. Mrs. Dedman has offered ten dollars for prizes in bread and cake making; Mrs Keller two magazines for prizes in needle work. Mir. LynCh's prize of forty dollars worth of goods from his store is left to the direction of the Par ent-Teacher association. Other priz- es have been promised and there seems to be a prospect of some ln- teresting contests.
 After the routine business of the Parent-Teacher association was fin ished, a short recess was taken, at it's close, Mrs. w. C. Blanchard, chairman oi the program committee announced that the theme of the evenings program was "Child Vel fare" and that in taking this sub feet for theme, Skagway was falling into line with the Parent Teacher associations and kindred or ganizatiors in the states, since they devoted one week in February to the consideration of this subject.
 Miss Sowerby had an excellent paper on Child Labor" It en- phasized he fact that the children who were held to long hours of work in the cotton mills of the South; the coal breakers of Penn sylvaniu; the sweat shops of New York or rther cities, missed their chance Of development into normal men and women. England hal found she said, when 90 per cent Of the mill hands in such cities IS Leeds ana Liverpool had failed to pass the test for enlistment into the army, that child labor was a national catastrophy. The Alas kan law, which required all children between Nc ages of s and 16 years to attend school, the whole of the school year, was commended.
 Mir. Pedersen followed with word of thanks to the teachers Of the Skagway school for the excel lent papers which they have pre- pared from time to time for the meetings. He continued the discus sion of Child labor by giving an hi perience among the children of New York City, and also pointed out that while we, in Alaska, seem to be remote from the evils of child labor, there are industries which in time may threaten the children of this territory.
 "A Winter Lullaby" sung by W. c. Blanchard, was much enjoy ed by everyone
 Miss Keenan gave a very inter- esting and instructive Interpretation of "Wm. Green Hill and Miss Minerva" While the book was both interesting and amusing. it's mo- tive was deeper than either of these, she said, and proceeded to make others see what she saw in the book. Her discussion of the book was followed by q chapter from it, read in Mrs. SuffecoOl's enter taining style. The meeting then to meet the first Fri day in April.