The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-03-08
Has Been FOrmed-Address of
the President-NOtes

Association was organized at the Mary
land Theatre Friday night, March End,
1917. Prof. Bender acted as chairman
pro TEN, and the following officers were
elected: Mrs. J. c. Ely, president;
Mrs. E. z. Tower, vice-president; Mrs.
James Wilson, secretary and Mrs. j.
E. Harmed, treasurer. The newlyelect-
ed president took charge of the meet
ing, and the following program was
most excellently rendered:
Song School and Audience
Reading "Our Boy" Margaret Sincell
Reading Romance of a Watch"
Robert Porter
German Song, Goethe and Wilhelm Club
Address "The Relationship of
the Home and School" Mrs.J C.Ely
Song Whittier Club
Composition "Stenography as a Step
cling Stone" Charles Garrett
Composition "Othello's Speech before
the Senate Mildred Dixon
Song School and Audience
Composition Goal Tar Industry"
Robert SIiger
Recitation MY Arm Chair"
Evelyn Cheuvront
Recitation "A Latin Poem"
Winona Jones
Song School and Audience
Mrs. Ely's address above referred to,
was as follows:
Gas bring my mind and heart to this
most important subject l see before me
a triangle. The teacher, the parent,
the pupil. AS the calculation of the
triangle is limltless in the mathematical
world, so the possibilities of this tri-
angle in their physical, mental and
spiritual relations to school and home
are limitless And this would be an in
complete triangle without the all i'm
portant factor, the pupil.
20 at is because | have been pupil, a
aacher and parent, l suppose, that
'of. Bender has asked me for this
paper. Itawill be very practical touch
to a broad subject that l shall aim to
bring this evening. Magazines, papers.
conventions, educators and non-educa
tors are giving unlimited space and at
tention to the child. He has been com
ing into his own the latter part of the
18th and this wonderful Goth century.
No longer do we hear that child is to
be seen and not heard, to be crushed
and his mouth closed so absolutely that
he meyer learns to open it.
But to my subject. Why has it
been chosen? Because the teachers of
Oakland, as every where, feel the lack
of sympathy and cooperation of the
parents of their pupils. Some one will
say why do they need sympathy? Are
they not paid for their services? |
answer, the teacher has the hardest
most nerve racking profession in the
world. Can you pay men and women
who do for your children what you can
not dc for them. Who inspire them
and implant in their young minds ideals
2 that will lead them to lives of useful
ness and to high achievement? | wish
| could bring tosyou an outline of an ad-
dress heard only a few years ago from
the editor of the Christian Advocate of
Pittsburg on the public school teacher,
but the limit of this paper will not per-
nit. He was a man in advanced years.
His whole life had been spent first in
teaching and supervision, then as board
member or in some way associated with
the schools. These were his words in
closing. In all these years rarely
have found teacher who was not
Christian and who did not aim f or the
highest and best interest of the pupil.
Another will ask, why do they need
cooperation, don't they have the
methods and the school law all on their
side? Yes, the teacher is supposed to
know the methods of teaching but in
the management of the school the law
should be kept out of sight where pos
sible and with full cooperation of the
parents it could be DONE o! parent
you have given into your care the most
sacred trust. The future of a nation
is playing around the hearth stone. Is
there not great reason why you should
nov the men and the women who are
messing these lives for this world
for eternity?
II order that your children may be-
good citizens they must learn
ence. This lesson should be learn
home; it must be learned in school.
UGH of friction would be avoided
upils were made to understand
that they must obey the rules
How many misunderstood
7 be adjusted by you parents
I'D visit the teachers, talk
|, get vision from their
/ The immature mind may
stice where there is none.