Arizona republican., 1921-02-25
MODERN CHILD |S. PROBLEM TODAY. FUR THE PARENT
Father And Mother Have Job If Would Know Own geny, President Of University Tells Mothers COngreSS

J
 Congress
 When your high school miss comes | to the university she is a finished | product,' declared Dr. R. V. von Klein | Smid, president of the state university, | in an address on The Modern Child | and His Modern Parent" at the ban quet last evening which opened the seventeenth annual convention of the l Arizona Congress of Mothers and Par | ent-Teaeher Associations.
 The modern father and mother would have job on their hands if they would know their own offspring said the speaker of the evening.
 Dr. von K1einSmid held the interest ed attention of the more than 225 men and women who attended the event The capacity of the Woman's club was taxed to the utmost to seat the dele gates from all over the state and the members of the local associations who arranged the affair last evening and the program for the all-day conference today.
 The banquet was served by a group of high school girls and during the early evening hours a we'll arranged program was presented leading up to the talk given by the head of the state university. Governor Campbell, who was scheduled to extend greetings, was unavoidably detained until late hour but when he arrived he was given a cordial welcome and made a brief talk, which was received with enthu- siasm.
 Dr.. von kIeinSn,id Introduced | Mrs. J. c. Norton, who has been president of the congress for 10 years, presided.
 The last speaker to be introduced was Dr. von KleinSmid who frankly stated in his introduction that the young people were no longer finding s'their all in all in home environment" 1 They are reaching out in the world" he said. The social child is your con | tcern and mine. There was a time when I thought it was not the place of the school to do for the child what the parent ought to do, but have changed my mind. The school is compelled to stand in the place of parenthood in the majority of cases
 There is the modern mother who attempts to go her extreme daughter one better, and the modern father who would keep his son running at high speed" the university president said. l but he also made reference to the mother and father who mean busi- ness,' and whose daughter removes the "cootie nests" from her ears in the high school dressing room before she goes home from school.
 
 the opinion of the speaker influences are operating that make for the "cootie nests and the "pom pom noses" These influences he also planes for the type of dress worn by the high school girl which, he holds, are entirely in keeping with the draw ing room
 Uncomfortable Socially
 The speaker declared that while the l physical well being of the child was never so well cared for as at present, the social contact was absolutely un- Icontrollable
 'The American home has changed in the last generation and cannot do for the child what it did generation ago." he asserted. as he pointed out the diff ferences Your children know more about the social organization of the town than you do," he charged. "The fact that the American home no longer possesses a playroom has placed so- lciety outside the home"
 In drawing comparisons the speaker lrecalled pleasant hours in the back yard and the lot across the way that no longer appealed even to the S-year-old, who was far more enthusiastic over a picture show
 What about the contact of the pie ture show2'. he asked, as he reminded his audience of the fact that the pro- gram might have an excellent picture the impression of which would be dis Esipated by the next offering.
 Censoring Doesn't Solve
 Censorship does not solve the prob- lem, for the pictures are censored from the viewpoint of the man ard woman not by the girl or boy. Even if the child does not attend the motion pie ture theater he cannot get away from it's influence for the boys and girls who see the picture bring it into the life of those who do not go," he said in speaking of one of the influences parents cannot control. Despite the many influences he characterized as , "deviIish,' the speaker declared that progress. was being made toward better , things.
 We tolerate the influences because young people like them and we like . young people," he said in conclusion, as f he made telling plea for the spiritual , element
 "The social control outside the home , must come in the employment of the ! spiritual force which will bring to the p young people an understanding that I will furnish them with the right judg-
 ment of being fine, worthy and true"
 There were a number of wortf : while features on the program, whicl opened with a number by the higf 1 school orchestra. In an address o1 l NelCOme Mayor w. Il. f1unkett eA- tended the cooperation of the city with the congress of mothers in carry ing on it's welfare work. The response was made by Mrs. John Langdon. sec ond vice president, who will be elected president at today's meeting if tho plan of the caucus is carried out. Supt. Loper Speaks John D. Loper, city superintendent of schools, reported the regional con vention held at Sacramento, wher business and professional men joined with educators in consideration of thu educational problem.
 \ "The consensus of opinion was tha 4 the American school system faced ; k crisis, which was held to be the teacher E shortage" said MT. Loper. He safC E that figures presented at the gathering demonstrated that the number O E young people entering the norma \ schools for teacher training was on tn p decrease, while the number registering E at colleges preparatory to entering business or professional career wa k on the increase. The question o K What can be done to enlist more il E the ranks of teachers? was answere' K with better salaries" said MT. Loper. The superintendent stated that il the western states Phoenix ranked