Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-05-06

of the Child" 1t was held under the
auspices of the National Congress- of
Mothers, and invitations to participate
therein were sent to practically every
civilized country. This congress was
followed by a second in 1911 and a
third in 1914. and the >'-';~- i Con-
gress of Mothers in each instance
stressed the International character of
these meetings. In reality, however,
foreign governments failed to support
these congresses by sending official
delegato although several countries
We're unofficially represented and var
iOus others sent greetings and mes
sages. 1t was the intention to make
these congresses international in the
broadcast sense, and invitations were
not restricted to the countries OF the
Americas. The congress to be held in
Buenos Aires, therefore, may justly
claim to be the first Pan-American
Child's Congress.
"The purpose of the Congress-" ac-
cording to an editorial note in the Bull
letin Of the Pan American Union
washington. d. c. for March. "as
outlined in the official program which
has been ublished in Spanish and in
English and which . being distributed
throughout the countries of Pan
America, is to study all matters rea.
tive to the child itself, in it's relation
to the family, to society, and to the
State. The program provides for the
division of the multifarious subjects
to be considered into seven principal
sections, viz. Legislation, Hygiene,
Education Psychology and AnthrOpo.
logy, Aids to Mother and Child. Socio.
lOgy, and Industrial Legislation. Each
of these sections will be provided with
presiding officer who is specialist
in that particular line of study, and
with a special secretary
To give an idea Of the scope OF in.
quiry and study for each of the sec
tions an outline OF the subjects to be
dealt with under the section Of Hy-
g;.ne will serve as an example. Among
the subjects officially assigned are
I. Should the physical atl inte;iec-
tual education consolidate the meth
DDS of pedagogical and hygienic cul-
ture in the primary school? 2. Ply
Geological. physiological, and patho-
logical effects on the pupil (day or
boarding) Of the sedentary habits Gus.
4omary in faulty methods of education.
3. Domestic and social causes Of in.
fantile diseases and mortality. 4.
Should the education of feeble, back
ward and defective children be the
concern of the institutions of public
education or preferably of special and
complementary institutions for the
preservation of the pupil?
Other topics recommended for the
consideration and concerning which
papers prepared by experts in such
matters will be submitted to the sec
ton of Hygiene include such subjects
as Scholastic Health; Physical Educa-
ton. Intellectual Hygiene; Social Hy-
giene: Education and Scholastic Hy-
giene: Teaching of Hygiene; Schol.
astic Pathology: Administration OF
Scholastic Hygiene, etc. 1t may thus
be seen that every phase of the sub
ject of hygiene as applied to the child
will be studied and discussed. So
will all the other sections take up like
lines of study in their respective
spheres. In other words, this Con-
gress promises to be the most thor
ough study of child welfare in all its
phases, in the light of the most adj
vanced theories and scientific re-
search, that has ever been undertaken.
Large delegations from the United
States and each of the Latin Ameri-
can countries are expected to partici.
pate, and the Congress has aroused
the interest of the most thoughtful
and progressive elements in every
American country