Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-15
PARENTS VOTE FOR
A VISITING CLUB
Large Crowd at High School On
Friday Evening Last.
Evening Meetings = Be Held Thrice
Yearly With Monthly School Visits.
All Adults Eligible.

Fathers, mothers, teachers and 9TH
ers filled the high school auditorium
last Friday night and very pleasantly
spent the second evening of the gath
erings arranged with the idea of
bringing the parents and the school
board and faculty into closer rela-
ton and harmony.
The evening began with several
reels of moving pictures, one being
The Old Curiosity Shop" and ano-
Their one being scenes in Japan, taken
by DR.. Dorsey of the Field Museum,
interspersed with vocal selections by
Mrs. Ora Sitter, accompanied by Mrs.
c. F. Budworth.
Mr.. Adams announced the second
part of the program and Mrs. E. ].
Austin spoke on the possibility of or
ganizing a Parents and Teachers
Club" Mrs. Austin read a paper on
''The School, the Parent and the Pu-
pill" outlining her views on the rela-
ton that should exist between the
three factors in the child's education.
E. ]. Morse next talked, and very
wittily state a few OBJ jections to
the social center idea, also giving
what appeared to him as advantages.
Mrs. Nellie Okey Mink spoke of the
advantage in having sound, whole
some, healthy teachers and how i'm
portant it was to have a high stand
ard of well being in the schools.
Mrs. Carl Alt outlined a new idea
in the relation of the parent and
teacher. when she expressed the hope
that the new teachers coming into
the community would be made to feel
thoroughly at home and given hOspit
able treatment by the fathers and
mothers of the community Mrs. Alt
believes that a teacher can do much
better for the child if she is given the
friendship of the parent.
County Supt. E. G. Brick spoke of
the size of Grant county, it being on
ly 80 square miles less than the ter
ritOry occupied by the state of Rhode
Island, and how difficult it was to keep
in touch with the school conditions
of the district at large
Mr.. Brick believed that solemn
duty lay between parents and teacher
in getting better acquainted for the
child's good in many ways. There is
only one rule with children, said Mr.
Brick, and that is they are all differ
ent. Mr. Brick said that very fire.
quently physical defects in the child
were not corrected by the parent and
very often the father or mother be-
came angry when the child's draw
backs were called to their attention
Failures in school are due to some
condition outside OF school," said Mr.
Brick The speaker said that teaching
conditions were different nowadays,
and urged visiting of the schools by
the parents to see what the modern
ideas are 1t is the few who under
stand what is necessary in school
progress who improve conditions, ac-
cOrding To Mr. Brick.
Richard Meyer, Jr., was called upon
and Mr.. Meyer said that he came rath-
er to learn than to talk. Mr.. Meyer
approved of some things expressed
and disapprOved of others Mr.. Meyer
pleaded guilty TO being an ''old fogy'
about schools and candidly believes
the old method just as good or better
than the new Mr. Meyer remembers
having to learn the multiplication ia
bic SO thoroughly that he surpasses
his own children in this respect
Mr. Meyer urged the parents to ex-
anime their children's report cards,
and said that in his experience low
marks were always accompanied by
asIOw deDOrtment
The chair outlined the constitution
and bylaws of other like organiza-
tons. Every person in the district past
p years of age is eligible and become
a member of the club when it is or
ganized. The evening meetings are
held three times yearly and afternoon
school visiting meetings, monthly.
BY unanimous vote the constitu-
ton and bylaws were adopted and
Mrs. Carl Alt was elected president of
The club by acclamatiOn Mrs. E. ].
Austin was elected first vice president
with duties to act as executive in the
presidents absence, and Mrs. Geo. B.
Clementson as second vice president
and chairman of the social committee
Mrs. Nellie Okey Mink was elected as
secretary and treasurer.
The meeting broke up about 1920
when the visitors in body adjourned
to the domestic science rooms where
he young ladies' of the class had pre-
p AIRED a light lunch for them.
CHANDLER CAR AGENCY,