Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-18
PARENT-TEACHERS'
MAINE BRANCH OCT,
u next, PORTLAND
With Congress Of Mothers-Es-
tablished Last January at Au-
gusta, Much Good Has Been
Accomplished-1ts Aims and
Purposes.

The convention of the Maine
Branch Of the National Congress of
Mothers and Parent Teachers Asso-
citation will be held Oct ~ in this
City. The round table conference will
be held at the Portland, High school
at 10, o'clock in the morning.
The aims and purposes Of the Ma
tional congress. which was started
in 1897 in Washington, are:
To raise the standards Of home life.
To develop wiser. better trained par
enthood.
home and the school, that parent and
teacher may cooperate intelligently
in the education Of the child.
To surround the childhood Of the
whole world with that loving, wise
care in the impressionable years Of
life, that will develop good citizens,
instead Of law breakers and crimi-
nails.
To carry the mother love and moth
er thought into all that concerns or
touches childhood in home, school,
church, state or legislation.
To interest men and women, to CO.
operate in the work for purer, truer
homes in the belief that to accomplish
the best results men and women must
work together
To secure such legislation as will
ensure that children of tender. years
may not be tried in ordinary courts,
but that each town may establish ju
venile courts and special officers,
whose business it will be to look for
that care, which will rescue instead
Of confirm, the child in evil ways.
To work for such probationary care
in individual homes rather than in
situations.
To rouse the whole community to
sense of its duty and responsibility
to the blameless, dependent and ne
elected children, because there is no
philanthrophy which will so speedily
reduce our taxes, reduce our prison
expenses. reduce the expense of insti-
tutions for corrections and reform.
The work Of the Congress is civic
work in it's broadcast and highest
sense, and every man or woman who
is interested in the aims Of the Con-
gress is cordially invited to become a
member and aid in the organized eff
fort for a higher, nobler, National
life. which can only be obtained
through the individual homes.
The Maine organization was started
in Augusta last January and there
has been a growing interest in the
movement since then. Mrs. Frederic
Schoff, of Philadelphia, who is the
National president. has spent the
Summer in her simmer home in
Southwest Harbor, stopped In Au-
gusta on her. way to Philadelphia in
September and was at that time Mrs.
Delbert Adams guest. Mrs. Schoff
spoke in Wateryille. and in the Sem
ate chamber in Augusta. Mrs. Schoff,
who is an entertaining and convinc-
ing speaker, told Of child welfare
work in our Country. She stated that
with proper care of the health of the
children 100000 less babies would die
every year. AS it was now there
were 100000 that died and it would
be possible with a proper knowledge
or child hygiene and welfare to re-
duce the annual death rate 70 per
cent.
Mrs. Schoff also spoke at the Free
Baptist Church of Waterville. where
she expressed her appreciation Of the
fact that Maine is organized and in
terested in the work Of the welfare
Of children, for while much has all
ready been done, when the women of
every state come together for the ex-
press purpose Of working for the
children the amount accomplished
will be far beyond comprehension.
The officers for the State branch of
Maine elected in February are: Presi-
Dn1h Il 4E
gusta: first vice president. Mrs. W. H.
Stewart, Of Berwick; second vice
president DR.. Ethel Walters. of Fair
field; third vice president. Mrs. F. S.
Kicker of Berwick: fourth vice pres