Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-05-06

Inere is PARENTS L ehcHeTS Cluu
IN Yerington. Its object IS readily
suggested by the title. For some
5 ttime its efficiency has been poten-
:; TALLY weak because of the indiffer-
ence of the parents belonging to it,
and failure, perhaps through lack of
II time, on the part of the teacher mem
-o bers to vigorously excite the interest
of parents in the objects and pur-
pose of the club AS in many other
relations in life the Indifference to
progressive movement usually comes
"; from those whose interests are the
|, greater The interest and respon-
:. sibilities of the parent far exceed
those of the teacher, although the
q latter is paid to perform his or her
duties, while the parent contributes
; conscientious and Industrious, no
. matter how intelligent. the teacher
may be, there are conditions, in
+. dividual characteristics and inf1u
ences in the school that can only be
controlled and influenced by the
= teacher when the parent renders ac-
tive and intelligent cooperation. In
the old times the good morals of the
pupil were guarded by short religious
exercises usually doctrinal or dog
matte, according to the creed Of the
: instructor, and of a character too
frequently influence colored by the
condition of the instructors stom-
ach. These mummeries performed.
\ the teachers functions for the day
were usually terminated after the
listless Rotations of the pupil per-
! functorily rendered and forgotten as
soon as the dispeptic pedagogue
dismissed the school at the end of
: dismally uninteresting and dull
day. When such conditions existed
the number of children who acquired
but the merest elements of education
\ was so small that the total ignorance
of about IA per cent of native born
American citizens prevailed. As long
as child obeyed the letter of the
: stupid rules of department that then
prevailed, his morals were of no con-
Germ to the teacher. Fighting oppo-
sition as doggedly and determinedly
as it has been interposed, the pro-
gressive parent and the progressive
teacher have, in two carnations so.
improved the conditions of the school
and its environment, that instead of
being the penal institution portrayed
by Dickens and his contemporaries.
the average child today in the up-to-
date school no longer breads the
signal bell, and in larger towns and
cities knows only the small call bell
that summons him from the school
4 yard into the class room. The as
sembling of large numbers of children
from all classes of homes and home
environment presents one of the most
serious problems of education. In
the large cities with its large corps of
trained scientists the details of the
problem are more readily controlled
than in the smaller community where
the duties of the teacher are more
general. A degenerate child in a
school can by it's its evil influence
undo the most scientific work of
years, and may ruin the lives of hun
dreds of children, then to be followed
by crime and degradation through
generation after generation. Nearly
every grown person can remember
some such character in the school of
his childhood. Many havce seen
the dire and criminal results follow
ing the contamination of degen-
crate child in the school which could
have been prevented had there ex-
listed the intimate relation between
the parent and teacher. followed by
the cooperation for which the parent
and teachers clubs are organized. No
community is free from danger and
this community is not immune. As
the school year ends the necessity of
preparing for the ensuing trem APP
pears. During the school vacation
parents and teachers should not
overlook the fact that the vacation is
for the pupil and not for either pa
rent or trustee. There can be no
vacation in their duties to the child
until the child passes entirely from
their control. When the child SO
passes from authority and control OF
parent and teacher the responsibility
of parent and teacher to humanity
and to society begins. Is the Pa
rents and Teachers Club of Yering-
ton to die? 1t is more important than
many believe and grave evil will fol-
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