The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-10-21

| Morning groios In all their pastel
shades today adorn both the Terminal
and Union stations, and the court
| house auditorium in honor of the
| Mothers Congress and Parent Teach
| ers' convention which opened here THIS
| morning md viii he In session the rest
| of the week. The morning glory Ia
also the chosen flower OF the Parent
Teachers association,
The congress advocates educating the
parents In all that pertains 10 the
child, summer camps for babies and
mothers. evening meeting with fathers,
visiting nurses, town and rural dis
tricts. probation officers the three IRIS"
which II says stand for righteousness.
responsibility and respect. supervised
community Centers and Fairgrounds,
keeping children In school through the
school age. a child hygiene department
on every health board, and physical In
spcCtion of school children.
The congress was called to order at .
o'clock with Mrs. Eugene Crutchor,
state president, and Mrs. ED S. Houk.
vice president. East Tennessee, presid-
W. J. Loaring Clark, rector OF st.
Pauls Episcopal church. In the
absence OF Mrs j. 7. Jones the COM
mnnity singing was directed by Mrs. A.
5. DiCkey
Mrs. Paul j. Kruesi. president OF the
Hamilton County Federation and Mrs.
Herman Ferger. president OF the City
Federation, each made brief remarks |
OF greeting. Addresses OF welcome were |
made by city Supt. r. l.. Jones and |
response was made by Mis-. Il. W. Hale. |
vice president at large which WINS fol- |
lowed by the presidents report and |
message.
What wortd Needs.
Declaring that tbe education that the
world "A a "a
type to train for better parenthood. Mrs.
Eugene Crutchcr. Of Nashville, state
president, delivered n most interesting
address nj her annual report and mos
sage to tho associations from all over
the state represented Mt the meeting
being held in the assembly room OF the
court housc,
THE highest aim OF the Parent
Teachers association is TO reach the
parents. OF the children In the schools.
ana through the united efforts of both
parents and teachers apply tho best
methods for the development OF the
children in the three dimensions OF their
spiritual, the mental, and
the physical" she said
Mrs. Crutcher especially stressed the
necessity OF Legislation for child In Dor
1t this time, urging TINT every teacher
and parent keep surveillance over the
children with whom they come into con-
TACT to see that they are not ollowcd
10 work under the licensed nge for
,hild labor, and that the conditions
Under which they work are not such as
10 inJure their health or their morals
THE first requisite for meeting the
'hild labor problem as II affected the
Parent Teachers association" she said,
is for the members or each association
10 know the conditions in their own
ocal community. In this connection
here are Eeveral suggestions thnt !
'hould like TO make to you:
u. study the qualifications required
" law to receive n work permit. Copies
" these qualifications may be received
rom office OF the state factory inspector
It Nashville.
q study the way the permit is Is
'ued In your own community.
- See who has been responsible for
tho laws In your section. Has
I been the truant officer, the proba
Ion officer. the factory inspector, tho
nine inspector. or who7
q. What forms Of labor are not Cub
Get to any law
IS. What are the hours for tho boys ,
md girls employed In drug stores ana ,
messenger services? !
e. Go TO the juvenile court ana see ,
What cases OF working children havo /
'con tried. and see whRt Ia the relation !
nip between the delinquency and the +
Iature OF the chld'H employment" T.
Birth registration was mentioned by q
irs. Crutcher as being especially Inn
orthnt. and she urged that every
association in the
tate take action to see that the birth l
laws IN It's community |
we're enforced
Lunch Mt Church.
At lz;16, following the conclusion OF |
hrs. CrutChcr's address, the meeting
djourned Tor luncheon, which WIS
by the kosmoH club ana tho .