The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-09
PARENT TEACHERS PAPER IS READ BY
 PRESIDENT KlNZIE

ftUt NhhuNlNAANAif . ANt+f' '-
 testing paper and it is published at Ithe request of many of tho mem lbers and others who were unable to lattend that meeting. The paper was as follows:
 My Friends and Co-workcrs;
 This is the third regular meeting lof the Treadwell Parent-Teachers' Association. The first meetings Iwcre given principally to organiza- tion and the business of afRllatlon with the Washington State Parent Teachers Association and the Ma ltional Congress of Mothers.
 All of this having been accom- Ipushed, with most satisfactory re- lsults. I. as your president beg to lbe allowed at this meeting to lspeak briefly of the purpose of our Organization and what we hope to accomplish this year.
 A broad and unseldsh spirit of lservice prompted the organization of this circle and as the spirit back of any movement makes of 1t a sue cess or failure. We may well feel lsure that our efforts to serve and benefit the future citizens of Alaska Twill not prove fruitless
 Just few years ago such asso- lciations had not been thought of. Jour mothers and grandnothers, while no less devoted or conscien- tlous than WIG of today. were too busy, most of them wrestling with Ithe material needs of their small sons and daughters to pay very much attention 10 the school and Ithe teachers problems. They were wonderful mothers then, l hasten Ito add, and most of them brought lup families Of fine, God-fearing sons and daughters, but, oh, the odds Iagainst which they had to contend!
 We take so many things as a matter Of course. Modern conven- fences Of all sorts that were un- heard Of -ready-made clothing, electric lights and appliances, steam Iheat. canned goods and prepared floods and dozens of other things Ithat would make up a varied but lvcry important list.
 am inclined to think that not many years ago a number of moth- CTS, good, devoted mothers too, hcav- led sighs of relief when they had put up Johnny or Mary's nice, solid Luncheon and bundled them off tc lschool to stay until four o'clock or lso. The mother had her own nu- merous duties and Johnny ard Mary were the teachers problem lexclusiyely. during che long school day.
 She was usually given the admon- lltlon Spare the rod and spoil tho Ichlld" and left alone to work ou, lthe question of her pupils as best Ishe could.
 That the Johnnys and Marys, to lsay nothing Of the teacher, survived Is wonder to some of us who per haps swing to the other extreme now.
 But that is neither here nor there. lThe manner of life, the methods m teaching the household appliances have all changed but human na- Lure does not change very apprec.a- bly, the problems of the mother, Ithe teacher and the child are just about the same today as they were thirty or forty or a thousand years ago, but we mothers arc here nov to meet these. questions and to do our part in trying to solve them.
 We do not intend to let the world sweep by us in it's progress. We are resolved to be more efi- lcicnt in the work God has given us to do. For that purpose we arc bound together in this association to help our children. our neigh bors children. the school and the community
 We propose to meet here one af- ternoon in each month to discuss ways and means by which we can best accomplish our work. In these meetings VIC shall observe certain rules of order and decorum to avoid friction and misdirected effort We expect a frank and free discussion of any point concerning the wei fare of the school or the association but we also wish to feel that no member will allow any personal prejudice or feeling to intrude in auy of these discussions. We must be broad minded and patient in our dealings as far as possible but VIC must also be just.
 Let us work together earnestly land harmoniously and the bur den will be light for all if no one Ishirks.
 Our purposes must be kept in mind. ITO raise the standards ol home life and "To develop wiser better trained parenthood" are only two of them but if we accomplish these two things, we shall have done our part in the struggle for better parents" better children. ' better homes. better schools" and a better world in which to live. AMERICAN TONNAGE
 GROWlNG-GREATER
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