The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-17
only One More Session to be Held in
Association Year, Which
Has Been Most Sue
cessfui One.
INTERESTING PROGRAM
RELIGIOUS Training Of the Child, by
Mrs HornisF, and Studies and
Occupations, by Miss
Martin

ers' association held yesterday after'
noon In the assembly room OF the high
school. the president, Miss Solomon,
appointed the nominating committee
which will nominate officers for the
next year, the same to be elected at
the April meeting. The committee ap-
pointed is Miss Carrie Gilmore, Mrs.
Lillian Mcdowell, Mrs. Frank G.
BeardsIey, Mrs. Maude Larson and
Mrs Phoebe Stafford.
The president announced that the
April meeting will be the last meet
fng for this year. The program Will
consist of sort of open parliament at
which every member is asked to con-
tribute an item of what has been
gained personally from the years
course OF study. DR.. Reid announc "a
the inter-scholastic debate to be held
in the high school assembly room on
Friday night, and urged the attend
arce of the parents and teachers.
SUPERINTENDENT Aldrich announced
free entertainment planned for March
25 in the high school assembly room,
sent out in the extension course Ut
the engineering department OF the
Iowa college at Ames. The evening
will be given to demonstrating the ed
ucational possibilities of the moving
picture shows. The program for the
afternoon consisted of two excellent
papers, among the best given during
the year.
Studies and Occupations.
The first was Studies and Occupa-
lions of Children. given by Miss Fran
ces Martin, who said in part: "Edu.
cationaIly, this is a period when inter-
ests can be given a definite and per-
manent form, if the parent and teach
Ter provide the materials for the child
to work with and if they surround him
with a life that is worth imitation.
The child at an early age has inter
ests outside his own narrow circle,
although they are still interested in
persons. The interest in the how OF
things In OF slow growth, it arises In
about this order, reading, writing,
numbers, science, history, and liter
ature. That is, child first sees the
advantage OF knowing how to read be-
fore he sees the use of learning how
to write. 1t is unwise to force the
young child to study during a given
period; he must learn to think befo.e
he learns to study There are num-
Der of devices that can be used to
aid the child in thinking and cannect-
ing little story with a picture or a
card. Little children are not able 20
do much studying alone, they have
neither the capacity or the incentive.
The word study might be frequently
used in talking with little children and
in connection with interesting things
so that they may not associate study
with an uninteresting dog-eared book.
Study thus comes to mean the solu-
ton of delightful problems of hand
work, reading, dramatic play and
games. Efficiency and not informa-
tion is the watchword of the TWEEN
tieth century, and is the educational
ideal. Brain and hand must work to-
sether in the solution OF LIES prob
lens. Hand work gives the child an
opportunity to express his mental
image, and gives him opportunity for
efficiency in social service. The chill
dren should be allowed to share their
work with another-to lend a hand.
II is the child who is permitted 20
show the finished article to a neigh
Dor who feels the glow of creativity.
The business OF the primary grades is
not to give information but to teach