The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-09-25
PARENT. TEACHERS
ASSOCIATION MEET
Meeting Of Parent-Teachers' Assoeiar
ton at Gymnasium Friday Eve.
Ming Well Attended
REV. ROBERT KARR MAKES TALK
Work of'church and School Go Hand
in Hand, Said the Speaker-Miss
PAUL Also Speaks. NJ

." ~ 80 So.
i The Parent-Teachers Association Of
the Denison schools held their first
meeting of the year on Friday eve
ming. The meeting was largely at
tended and all enjoyed the excellent
program arranged. The gymnasium
was tastily decorated for the occasion
autumn flowers being used In profu-
sion.
Supt. c. E. Humphrey called the
meeting to order and briefly explained
the purpose Of the association and the
good which Is bound to result IN co
operation between parents and teacR
ers. 81
Mrs. &c. M. Jensen, president Of the
Central School Teachers club.
was introduced and gave an excellent
address. She brought out the tact
that every parent should look at their
children from the teachers viewpoint,
and suggested that teachers should ~
so look at the children from the par
ent's viewpoint Mrs. Jenssp's re-
marks were full of good points.
The high school quartet sang two.
selections which were heartily en-
cored. @ ;s
| Hon. Carl F.. Kuehnle was to have.
addressed the meeting in behalf Of tho
school board but as he was called out
of the city, Supt. Humphrey stated
that our school board Is for anything
for the betterment Of the schools o.
Denison and is entirely In sympathy
with the Parent-Teachers Ass0ciar
ton movement and anxious to CO.
operate in every way possible to make
| it a success. q
One of the features of the eve
Inings program was the address by
Rev. Robert Karr, pastor Of the Pres
byterian church, who spOke< OF ths
relation between the Church and tha
| School," Rev. ,Karr Is always pOp1-
lar with Denison audiences and his
address Friday evening was excepf
| tionally good He stated that tH0
work / OF the school and church go
hand in hand and that there Is no
rivalry between them Neither ihsti.
tuition according to- Rev. Karr.l could
hope to succeed without the other.
fand both are necessary to the hap
tpiness and prosperity Of the civiliz16
world. His remarks were we'll ~
ceived and he was heartily appl1ud6d
lat the close Of his 1ddress.
County Superintendent Of Schools
! r N. Olry, appeared next on the pro-
gram and spoke Of the cooperation
necessary between the town and rural
teachers to the county superintend-
ent's office. ~
The girls high school quartet rem
dered two selections which were OF
ceptionally good. b,
! Miss Mabel PAUL., supervisor Of the,
grades, made few brief remarks. She
stated that she had never taught In =
city where there was Parent Teach
ers organization. and thought that;
much good would come from this or
ganization. She brought out the
fact that the home life Of students Is
one of the important factors in =
child's education, and often times
parents did not appreciate this re-
sponsibility. Miss PAUL stated thatl
teachers as a rule endeavored to get
the parents viewpoint Of the children
but even then, there are conditions
which are hard for teacher to solve
| She spoke of the necessity Of cO-Opera-
tion between parents and teachers.
and the school board and thought
there was every indication that this
spirit prevailed strongly In Nopison.
| Miss Josephine Kinney rendered
two beautiful violin selections and
Miss Anna Sollinger gave two very
clever readings. Following the pro-
gram, a social hour was enjoyed by all.