The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-09
By DOLLY DALR YMLE

secured the cooperation of the Ma tionai Child Welfare association, and of the National Playground and Rec reation association. Ten denominations have entered into this campaign for the, observance of 'Children's Week in the local schools. They are the Meth odist Episcopal, the Presbyt erian, U. S. A., the Southern Presbyterian. the Church of the Disciples. the Christian church, the Congregational the United Brethren. the Methodist Protestant the Reformed and the Methodist Episcopal church, south The aim of the cam paign is to bring childhood to the at tention of the whole membership of each local church; to emphasize the two great facts that the place of the child in a nation determines the place of that nation in civilization, and the place of the child in the church de- termines the place of that church in the Kingdom of God. The slogan of the movement is Give more thought to childreni' the motto is, Of such is the kingdom
 "The chief feature of the week will be meeting of the church membership of each church taking part. At this a programme will be presented emphasi.- ing three influences affecting children, namely, Children and Moving Pictures, Children and Their Sunday School Les sons Children and Family Worship. The first subject grew out of survey which has recently been completed over the south and west. Careful surveyors visited many moving picture theatres and checked the films shown by means of questionnaire of 10 points, as follows; First, marriage intrigue or unfaithful- ness; second, divorce; third, immodesi dress; fourth, social or individual drink rws~lr .nJi nc sixth, interior of houses of ill-fame, gam bling dens, etc.; seventh. realistic strug- gle of girl or woman to defend honor; eighth, undue freedom of contact be- tween the sexes; ninth, indecent cabaret dancing, and tenth, tense, nerve-raclSinG scenes. The surveyors were asked to note the children and boys and girls in the audience and to observe their reac- tion to parts of the films. The result of this survey was remarkable and has been put in pamphlet form for use by the cooperating denominations on 'Chii- dren's Week. There is no wholesale de- nunciation of moving pictures in the movement. They are recognized as the greatest educational agency in the world today There is, however, an attempt made to point out the incalculable harm that is being received by children and growing boys and girls who are per mitted by parents to attend continually all types of moving pictures.
 All of the leaflet material used dur ing children's week has been syndicated so that each of the cooperating denomi' nations uses the same general pro gramme and the same leaflets" saie Mrs Kennedy. Birmingham Sunday schools are busily engaged in preparing for this campaign. Some large schools have challenged each other as to the home visitation, which is one of the Tea lures and as to attendance at the spe cial meetings The city of Nashville has challenged Birmingham as to the com pleteness of the observance and mucf
 interest has been aroused by the process
 'In closing, let me say that it always gives me joy to come back to Birmins ham, this city with it's splendid mel and women, this city with soul Some times l think it may be said, as II similar fashion k was said of anothe long ago. When I die. you will fln' Birmingham written on my heart.