The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-01-14
Parcnt-Teachers
School Patrons and Faculty Enjoy
an Evening Discussing Educa.
tiOnal Matters.


an Evening Discussing Educa-
tional Matters.
Last Tuesday evening, notwith-
standing the stormy night there was
goodly attendance at the parent
teachers meeting, which was arran-
ged by the local w. C. T. U. at the
parlors Of the Congregational
church. The meeting was called
to order by Mrs. M. H. Wiseman,
who acted as chairman and called
upon County Superintendent Sou
der, as how best to make parent
teachers meeting helpful to both
the schools and the community, and
under the headings of wit, wisdom,
will and work, the superintendent
through out some helpful hints as
to how the cooperation of parents
and teachers could be made to at
tain best the results in making real
students Of the boys and girls in the
schools.
Rev. F. E. Morrison was called
upon, and referred to the peculiar
necessity Of the home and the school
cooperating in the moral training
Of the child, and suggested that
much Of the difficulty in the school
work was occasioned By the lack Of
dicipline in the home. He thought
we were likely to overdue the
amusement matter for the chill
dren, and that there was generally
so much Of this that there was
little time for study or school
work, and that to secure an edu-
cation even in this day required
application and work. DR.. Fer
guson on behalf of the board Of
education gave a talk on the physi
cal examination of students, show
ing how it had originally been in
stituted to control contagious dis
eases, but the idea had grown until
all the progressive schools Of the
leading cities Of the community
had adopted it as an important
feature Of the school work, and
that it had been the means Of help
ing thousands of backward pupils
who had been laboring under de-
fective physical conditions that
handicapped them, without their
being aware Of it. The coopera-
tion of the parents in this new
feature Of the physical examination
is earnestly requested by the board,
and at some later time a report
Of the results Of the examination
will be submitted. The physicians
who are to conduct the examination
have agreed to do this work
without fee, SO that the new fea-
ture is not intended as graft for
the medical profession.
Supt. Glenn, of the city schools,
spoke of the desire on the part of
the faculty Of the school for the
closest cooperation of the teachers
and parents and heartily endorsed
the getting together in such meet
ings as the present one, and sug-
gested that something Of q perma-
nent organization Of this character
be effected.
DR.. G. g. Goodman gave q talk
on the care Of the teeth, and show
ed how the lack Of proper care re-
suits in diseases Of the most SER
ious character, and how chronic
troubles are often the result Of de-
ceased teeth and gums.
DR.. Nav gave q talk on the eye
and its defects, illustrating it with
an enlarged picture Of the eye and
its parts.
DR.. Flett talked on the nasal and
throat troubles and explained
the important part the nose or
gans play in breathing properly,
and stated that the adnoids and
enlarged tonsils were causes Of
serious trouble to many children
who were otherwise in good health.
Two Of the teachers, Miss Maxfield
and Miss Koefed also gave short
talks, the former stating what the
! first grader was supposed to have