New Britain herald., 1916-04-28
MOTHERS CONGRESS
 CHOOSES OFFICERS
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Il tS&L. IIdlli up d Cnllu III the way he should go and he will not depart #from it." The speaker urged the nec- @essity of training rather than mel e Bleaching and showed by concrete ex- amples how much can be accom- plished by intensive training. It is necessary to determine at what age the child is to be trained, sad MT. Cook, and he argued that the train ing could not begin too early. The child is always too young to be pun lshed but never too young to be trained. A good mental and moral start is necessary and when mother begins with her child by insisting that It Have regular feeding and the right amount of sleep she has laid the foundations for right training. The speaker scorned the idea of treating a child as a little adult and Striving to bring it with the parents as a model Dr. Cook analysed the ehilds emotions to show the need of training If the child kicks. if it is selfish, destructive and shows other traYss generally considered wrong it should not be punished, but rather the parent should perceive the need
 
 pression of selfshness may indicate 3 desire for possession and the child should be taught what ownership means. MT. Cook said he once knew 3 another who sought to make her child unselfish by taking everything from it, but in the end the child, grown to manhood, landed in the penitentiary because he never was of
 Treasurer's Report
 At the afternoon session at the High School yesterday, Mrs. F. F. Belden of Rocky Hill, treasurer made her report as follows: Ma tional endowment fund, $36.9S; prxeident's fund, $25.52; balance s57.50; total, $120; general fund re- ceipts, $485.52; expenditures, s337.15; balance s14S.37. The treasurer's ac- count was admitted and reported correct.
 Club Reports.
 Following came reports from vari- ous clubs in the state. The East Hartford Parent and Teachers as- sociation came first. This club has thirty eight members and is very active holding numerous meetings during the year. The Greenwich Mothers club reported a successful year with many lectures and other activities
 For the New Britain Parents and Teachers association, Miss Mary C. German reported She told of lectures and entertainments and the purchase of the moving picture ma cSine, which is being used extensive 1T-f fx1 fIA< e.oI1~ led for went over until today as a number of the delegates failed to ap- pear. The meeting closed at o'clock with vocal selection by Mrs Harry E. Horton and an address by Mrs. Milton W. Higgins, president of the Massachusetts branch.
 Holmes For Preparedness.
 Following dinner and a reception to the visiting officers and delegates at the Center church chapel last evening, Superintendent of Schools Stanley H. Holmes delivered an ad- dress on "Preparedness'' MT. Holmes spoke strongly for the need Of train Ing and preparation for war and used Germany as an example of the result of preparedness to the dis advantage of Great Britain where
 
 war and the nation suffered in con- sequence MT. Holmes paid a high tribute to the Germanic system which compels strict obedience to law and order and in time of peace educates for war. He said we have been watching events abroad for the past twenty months with the hope that peace would come, but instead we are threatened with war. This is a time for patriotism and loyalty which the country has a right to expect He felt therefore no need of apologizing for bringing up the subject of pre- Saredness. It is not, he said, sub Ject alone for congress to decide, but requires the consideration of all, and especially parents. We want to know if we have raised our boys to be sol diers and whether they are prepared for this purpose. We regard war with terror and dread milftarism, but we are not believers in peace at any price. These facts should be considered. While our boys might be Courageous, they are untrained and could not hope to survive in war under such conditions. Our army is inadequate and the state military is but handful and insufficientlv trained. Volunteer service in past wars has proved that when untrained men go into battle they go not to fight but to die.
 F'avors Training Reserve Force.
 As a solution to the problem, MT. Holmes urged the necessity of train ing a reserve force until it is harden ed and prepared to stand against an enemy. It is vitally necessary and any scheme of preparedness which does not consider training is doomed ito failure. Military training does not Invite war any more than locks and keys invite burglars, he argued. There ic nf