The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-05
PATRONS PART
IN THE SCHOOL
At Annual Meeting Here OF Fed
Grated Clubs Mrs. Campbell
ReCites E>lrpOSe Of Members
PRES. R. J. EDWARDS ATTENDED

Il. j. Edwards president o. the
hourd Of education, spruks In parallels
to some extent, or ut least lie did at
the annual meeting Of the Federated
Patrons clubs at the high school Fri
day afternoon. lie said he did not IN
teud 10 make known what his course
on the buurd would be- but after action
mad been taken he would explain. lie
said he expected there would bc some
differences between him aud the mem.
brrS Of the patrons clubs but they
would be- honest differences
President Edwards said the school
bOnrd Is spending a large sum " mon
ey on the schools Of this city aud that
every effort IL being mudc now to
bring them up To- the highest standard
lie discussed the importance ~ select
Ing good teachers and said II is being
done to the best ability of the members
of the bOurd
Reports ~ the president, secretary
aud program committee of the feder.
ntcd patrons clubs were rcnd aud ap,
proved aud the proposed amendments
to the constitution were all voted down
50 that with the exception ~ striking
out the fourth article ~ the cUustitu-
tion 1t remains intact
Presidents Report
Mrs. X. NJ Campbell president OF
the federation, read her annual report,
(which wns the principal one Of the
meeting. She covered the whole field
" the schools and gave In detail the
work that has been done by the pat
rons clubs.
In the rompIeyity Of our lives In
these days VI civilization, said Mrs.
! Campbell, mo problem looms before
us 80 lnrgc ~ that " the child Phil
osophcr philanthropist, statesman. stu.
dent none feels the subject unworthy
of consideration The bettermcn Of
child life IN the nation engages the
attention OF the greatest minds la our
land. and even the nation itself In Civ.
ing most careful consideration TO The
matter Never before In the history Of
the world has the feeling Of rcsponsi
billty for the welfare Of others been
~ strong While conscience, stirred to
action, even from the beginning has
cried; Am my brothers Keeper
never before has the hpurt Of the
world been 81 touched aud the cry an
swcred from humanity 1 AN my
brothers keeper!
"On every hand are 10 be- found the
agencies working for the Improvement
NJ the moral. social and industrial con.
dltlons Of those who mny he termed
the less favored people u our land
Standing out ~ the logical place to
put our efforts, as the work product
i've Of most good In really bringing
about better conditions, Is always the
work for children
Nowadays We accept almost ns an
axiom the statements Every child
has right to he we'll born. aud every
child has right to fair chance In
the world
Meaning Of Education
Public education stands As one of
the foundation stones upon which our
government was established by pub
lic education we mean the giving OF
every child In our land the chance to-
develop morally and physically into the
type of manhood and womanhoOd max.
ing for high class citizenship. only by
such means can be built great ma
tlOn. The highest duty Of the nation
X ia the youth NJ the land the high
...tI I,,V.s - IN community L. -. La.
boys and glHs Of tlNt community, and
the highest duty ~ the parent IN 10
the human soul created aud brought
into the world
1T has been thought proper Ia set
apart one day In the year on which TO
celebrate Mothers Day II into the
celebration can n brought an apprecia
tiOn Of the dutiC0 privileges OF the
highest type Of motherhood, well and
good II has been said that the moth.
or grooming over her own baby In IT,
cradle is unworthy ~ her motherhood
unless her heart goes ont In love and
sympathy for every other baby In th
world aud she Ii willing to do what she
can that other children may have the
same chance In the world that she
wishes for her own loved one
Because every child In the land II
entitled 10 the hest educational ad.
vantages, we have today the patrons
clubs All over the country, under va.
rious' names, during the last dozen or
more Of years, there have sprung up
organizations having for their prime
objects the closer relations between
teachers and parents and better un.
derstanding ~ the chidren's school life
on the part of the parents.
During the past year some very ex.
cellent work has been done by the
twenty-three patrons clubs OF the Ok
lahuma CITY schools. Al the school dis
trict comprises not only the schools
within the city limits, but several
smaller schools IN the outlying district.
we might hope that the patrons OF the
other schools would organize aud az.
flliate with the federation"