The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-10-21
BY Anne Goodwin Williams. Nation
al Kindergarten and Elementary
College,

al Kindergarten and Elementary /
College,
Who is James teacherP" We ask
ed of the mother of a charming little /
eight year old girl. The mother |
mentioned the name OF James teach
er in the public school and then to-
gether we performed some arithme- /
teal problems to prove that Miss /
Bennett" was -only one of James /
many teachers and that her teach /
ing hours were less than those Of
some of the others.
Suppose, we said, that Jane sleeps
from seven o'clock until seven then
in a year she has 4,2S0 waking hours
and only 1000 of those hours are
spent in school during the year
What OF the $3.50 hours remaining?
Who is teaching Jane, then? She
is certainly learning. Sometimes
her playmates are her teachers, with
lessons sometime helpful, sometimes
harmful. The fathers teaching
ing hours are limited to Sundays and
holidays with an occasional evening
hour; the Sunday School teacher
may get twenty-five hours year, but
Of COURSE, the real teacher is the
mother. Every day of the year, she
teaches her little daughter; even
during the child's sickness lessons
continuee, lessons of patience, gen.
tlenegs and 3elf-control.
III anyone were TO ask of the
school teacher that she teach music,
are literature, domestic science and
manual training, she would know it
was impossible. And yet, that is
just what is demanded of the moth
er as an educator.
Music! Yes, she is teaching music
when she sings at her work or helps
Jane select good music for the Vic
trola insead of jazz. And as she ar
ranges her home tastefully with ap-
propriate pictures, she is often un-
consciously forming the child's taste
in Art.
What stories shall I read to the
children" we Undergraduates are
asked again and again by eager
mothers who feel that ordinary
trashy" stories are not good enough
for the children who are so greatly
influenced by the stories they hear
and read.
The mother knows-this wise
mother educator who is asked to
, teach domestic science, how neces-
sary it is for her little daughter to
learn helpfulness in household du-
ties. II cant iron big things yet
but l can iron all the handkerchiefs
daddy's and NINE" said little Jane
, with pride.
!, Actions are judged right or wrong
according to mothers approval OF
disaproval She is, indeed, the great
teacher of morals. slip in behind
:, those people so the conductor won
. see you | heard a woman say to {
!, little boy one day as was boarding
: crowded street car. He succeeded
!. in 'fooling the conductor" and il
getting a definite lesson in cheating
and in dishonor.
Religious training, as well a
moral, is part Of the great task an,
u the joyous task of the teacher-moth
er,-and is it not glad sign TO
! future America that so many moth
p ers of our great country are, in thei
y hearts, uniting in the prayer Q
n Motherhood" so beautifully give
:. by Eleanor Robbins Wilson in re
Il cent number of Good Housekeeping
e $50 short time at my command
q These children that l hold tonight,
= God give me grace to understand
s Wisdom to guide their steps arigh
J. That l may be throughout the lane
= A lamp unto their feet for light.
vs. $50 short a time do small hand
= cling,
le With confidence of habvhood