El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-17

n RS. MILTON HIGGINS. vice
NJ president of the National Con-
= gress of Mothers and Parent
J Teachers associations, aid Miss Lucy
WheeIock. president of the Kindergar-
ten training school. of Boston. Mass,
were honor guests at reception, given
Friday afternoon by the FL Paso Equal
! Franchise league, in the Edison Conser-
vatory. on North oregon street. These
two women are prominent educational
workers and have been sent here
through the national bureau Of edu-
cation TO talk or methods in child ed
ucatiOn and the relation OF the home
and the school TO the education of the
child They are speaking today at
( the high school The reception was
very informal Mrs. O. 4 Critchett. the
president OF the league. introduced the
visitors. who spoke briefly.
Mrs. Higgins talked of the unity OF
the mothers Of the nation in work and
thought for the benefit of the home
and the child She expressed her ap-
probation OF what the border people
had done Tor the militiamen stationed
here
Miss Wheelocll commented upon the
selection. of yellow as the suffrage
color. She said that yellow was the
symbol Of hope, and because OF this. II
had been selected by the kindergarten
training school. OF which she was head.
10 be the school color Tt is a most
suitable color for suffra gists because,
through gaining larger power by the
vote, women can make = more hopeful
future for their children, said Miss
Wheeiock. Miss Wheelock said she was
most favora blv impressed with FL PaSo
- a city of people who did things Il
have Just learned of your success in
the Young WOmen's Christian assOcia-
ton building campaign" she said,
when you raised s123.O00 while only
aiming at 100000. Why, If we in Bos-
ton could do a fourth better than we
started out to do, wed drop with as
thing Of course"
Mrs. J. A Rawlings was introduced
by Mrs. Critchett as the candidate for
election to the school board of the city.
Mrs Critchett paid very earnest trib-
Ute TO the ability of Mrs Rawlings.
and her efficiency as mother. a home
maker and a social and educational
worker.
Mrs. Rawlings emphasized the nat
ural fitness and adap liability of women
as teachers. She spoke OF the very
large part in the education training
and upbringing of the child that is the
mothers work. She mentioned the big
percentage Of women that are teachers.
there being over 30 percent of them in
this country She spoke of the success
tildl lidu ATTENDED the pldClng OF W0n-
en- on school boards in Colorado. Cali
fOrnia, New Jersey, and mentioned that
in Chicago a woman, Mrs. Ella Flagg
Young, had been the superintendent of
city schools and Chicago was proud of
her record Therefore she urged that
FL Paso should keep in step with the
progress of other cities and have a
woman upon its school board to repre-
sent the mothers of the city and the /
girls. in the schools.
Superintendent r. J. Tighe spoke
briefly, announcing the meetings Sat
urday at which Miss Wheelock and Mrs F!
would present their messages I
on educational work.
During the meeting a number of .
pleasing musical selections on the pho I
nograph were played by l. w Foster.
Following the talks tea was served !
and the time devoted to sOciability
Mrs. l. L. Mundy and Mrs. I. W. Foster
poured the tea. The table was at
tractively decorated with a big silver
candelabra, bearing candles under yell
low shades, and vases of yellow chrys-
anthemums. The chrysanthemums
were used effectively about the hall !
Mrs. r. NJ Peabody, chairman of the
social committee, was in charge of the
affair Assisting, as hostesses. were
Aesdames H P. Corbin. George H
Elements, David Holguin, 3. F. Jenkins,
:. J. Fennell- Misses Grace Virginia Lo-
gan and A Louise Dietrich
The affair was very well attended