The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-28

mend the helpful and sincere sunport |
given the appropriation bill and to the /
proposals of the board by Representa- |
tive George L. Durham. He said no |
more sincere and sympathetic aid was
given by any man in the general assem- |
bly,.
Musical selections by the high school |
orchestra and double quartet opened
the evening session, and each number |
was heartily received Rev. D. e. /
Trout offered the prayer of invocation
and Mrs. Pier appointed a committee
for the nomination of officers and
resolutions committee
Mrs. Milton p. Higgins, state pres
ident of the Massachusetts branch and
national vice president of the Congress
of Mothers, was introduced, Mrs. Pier
calling attention to the fact that Mrs
Higgins had been in parent teacher
work many years, had attended many
meetings and had taken a deep inter
est in the work
| Togetherness was the keynote of the
address by Mrs. Higgins, who said she
was inspired with enthusiasm to see
! the parents and teachers work together
She said she had just come from the
national board meeting in Kansas City,
| Mo-. and spoke of the great enthusiasm
of the West, saying if we didn't look
| out New England would be behind. She
| also attended the convention of teach
ers held recently in Chicago and
brought out the fact that in some
places in the West and middle West it
| is the policy to raise the salary of the
/ teachers 500 a year each year they
/ remained in the town or city
! There are three things, said the
| speaker, with which Parent Teacher as
| sociatiops have to do in influencing
| life. The first is the home Taking up
each letter in the word ''home, . she
| said it should look after the health, a
haven where the boy or girl can go for
sympathy or advice; happiness, which
should be everywhere in life; hope and
| q heaven on earth; where obedience
should be taught; ownership of a stock
| company where each member of the
| family has share; and an opportunity
| to develop and grow mentally as well
| as physically; where morals, and good
| morals, should be taught that the bows
| and girls may understand the meaning
| of life, manners which speak so much
| for the home influence and "bringing
/ up; to endeavor to do, to show ener-
| gy and to have enthusiasm.
| Her second thought was of the school,
and in the same way she took each let
| ter of the word showing what it stood
for; to see, seek and study; to have
| courage, be cheerful and make a choice;
| to hear, to heed and to hold what is
| learned; to observe and to operate when
the understanding is gained; TO think
| of ourselves, of others and to work and
strive to 60 Overt the top; to look,
and to learn the lessons we have set
| before us.
Community of life was the third
thought Mrs. Higgins brought ont, and
choosing the shorter word she said it
spelled loyalty, inspiration, faith and
| efficiency.
The Home and School was the sub
| ject of a lengthy address by Prof. G.
W. Winslow of the teacher training
school in Westield. Mass, who took up
in an exhaustive way the history of the
| foundation of education in New Eng
land and compared the days of old with
| modern days. He said the schools meant
more 70 the country than the army and
| navy; the sehoolhouse, no matter how
poorly it is equipped, is mores compe-
| tent than any battleship; the schools
are here to fight ignorance and crime
in order TO maintain high ideas for hu-
man democracy set forth by the in
splred spirit of Abraham Lincoln so
years ago on the battlefeIds of Gettys,
burg, tossteach what America stands
for, for liberty and public order; the