Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-30
PAR;ENT-TEACHERS
ISSUE YEAR BOOK
Interesting Information Is
Given in Regard to the
Work of the Organization
in This State.

The Idaho Congress of Mothers and
Parent Teachers association has is
sued its year book for 1915-1917. Mrs.
j. x. Dickie is president of the Idaho
congress. The year book contains
some very interesting and valuable in
formation as well as tells the objects
of the two associations. The Fore
word" of the year book follows:
Through this first issue of its year
book. the Idaho Congress of Mothers
makes it's formal bow to the public as
a state organization. A careful study
of its contents, the history of the as
ISOLATION, its aims and purposes, past
achievements and future plans, justify
its existence and present a strong claim
for public recognition and sympathy.
The congress believes the chief asset
of any state or nation is not it's ma
terial wealth as measured by statis-
ties, but its personal wealth as mea-
sured in sane, healthy and useful citi-
zens. 1t believes that in the making
of good citizens, the motherlo love, TO
become an efficient force, should be in
diligently directed i'll the training Of
childhood and that the home should
cooperate with the school in such
training. BY the union and co-opera-
ton of these forces toward a wisely
trained citizenship, the congress sets
for itself the heroic task of making Il
better state and better nation. and I'LL
timately, better race"
AIMS AND PURPOSES.
The aims and purposes are outlined
in the year book as follows
To raise the standards of home life.
To develop wiser, better trained par
enthood
To give young people. ignorant of
the proper care and training of chill
dren, opportunities t. learn this, that
they may better perform the duties OF
parenthood.
To bring into closer relations the
home and the school, that parent and
teacher may cooperate intelligently in
the education of the child.
To surround the childhood OF the
whole world with that loving, wise
care in the impressionable years Of
life, that will develop good citizens. in
stead of law breakers and criminals.
To carry the mother love and mother
thought into all that concerns or
touches childhood in home, school,
church, state or legislation.
To interest men and women to CO.
operate in the work for purer, truer
homes. in the belief that to accom-
plish the best results, men and women
must work together.
FOR NEEDED LEGISLATION.
To secure such legislation as will in
sure that children of tender years may
not be tried in ordinary courts, but
that each town shall establish juvenile
courts and special officers, whose bust
ness 1t shall be to look out for that
care which will rescue, instead of con-
firm, the child In evil ways.
To work for such probationary care
in individual homes rather than insti-
buttons.
To rouse the whole community to a
sense of its duty and responsibility to
the blameless, dependent and neglected
children, because there Is no philan-
thropy which will so speedily reduce
our taxes, reduce our prison expenses,
reduce the expense of institutions for
corrections and reform.
The work of the congress is civic
work in it's broadcast and highest sense,
and every man or woman who is in
terested in the aims of the congress is
cordially invited to become a member
and aid in the organized effort for a
higher. nobler national life, which can
only be attained through the individ-
nal