The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-02-13
MEETING OF PARENT
TEACHER ASSOCIATION

The regular monthly meeting of the
Parent Teacher Association was held
yesterday afternoon at the high
school, the president, Mrs. E. A. Os-
borne, presiding. The meeting was
opened with charmingly rendered
piano solo by Miss Elizabeth Bennett,
student at the high school.
Rev. c. w. White gave a timely ad-
dress, his theme being the close re-
lationship between the child. the home
and the school. He spoke of the i'm
portance of instilling in the child re-
srect for authority in the home and
said in this connection that child
who has respect for parental author
ity is very easily governed in the
school. He also spoke of the critical
period of the young from fourteen to
eighteen years of age, when they are
so misunderstood, not even under
standing themselves. He touched upon
the dangerous influences surround
ing them at the present time and
closed his discourse with the familiar
couplet of the "Bird With the Broken
Wing" but unlike Pandora, he failed
to release from this box of troubles
the hope conveyed in the last stanza ::
"But the bird with the broken piniOp
Kept another from the snare,
And the life that sin had stricken
Kept another from despair.
Each loss has it's own compensation,
There's healing for each pain.
But the bird with the broken pinion
Never scared so high again."
Whites address with greatly appre-
ciated vocal solo.
A discussion followed this which
was led by Mrs. Wesson. She deplored
the fact that it is no longer possible
to interest young people in the simple
forms of entertainment to which their
elders had been accustomed. and en-
phasized the danger in the habit of
frequent automobile rides in cars fill
ed to more than capacity. In this con-
nection it might be well for all par
ents to realize that our children are
living in a different era than the one
in which we were rearer, and that the
Epworth League is no more. likely to
go back to spinning the plate than the
jazz artist is to return to the minuet.
We have to face conditions as they
are, not as we would like to have
| them, and the most logical solution to
the problem is to make our homes
such am influence for good and high
ideals that the dangerous outside in
fluences will have little effect on the
| child's character. To endeavor to get
the viewpoint of the child and youth
| is great factor. and with the SYM
pathy and companionship of the par
ents at all times, it would, seem the
bark of the young person could not go
| far adrift.
Miss Macdonald and Miss Sheppard
of the high school spoke few words
| regarding the Importance of home
study.
Mrs. ]. A. Manly favored the au-
dience with beautiful vocal solo. and
was accompanied by Mrs. C.. w. More
men.
The treasurer of the organization,
Mrs. ]. L. Edwards, reported cash on
hand $769. This is the amount raised
by popular subscription by the campus
and equipment committee of which
Mrs. E. T. Helvenston is chairman
Mrs. Helvenston read a splendid re-
port and had checks not yet turned
over to the treasurer which swelled
the fund to 1884, with prospects of
further increasing the amount to the
| thousand dollar mark. This sum is to
be used Immediately to install some
| apparatus to be decided upon by a
| competent committee and it is assured
that before the present term of school
closes, Ocala will have made the first
great step toward modern. up-to-
date playground. Mrs. J. j. Gerig,
sub-chairman of this committee, made
a verbal report of many minor accom-
plishments about the school grounds.
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