The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-09-16
MRS. GALES ROOM
HAS PARENT-TEACHER
BANNER FOR MONTH

mas Il AhEN L. EAChEh
~ BANNER FOR MONTH
The Pa rtnt-Teacher Association
held its first meeting for the school
year 1922, at the high school, Fri
day afternoon, Sept. 9th, at 3:15
o'clock. A representative body of
mothers and patrons attended the
meeting, and manifested great inter-
est in the plans for the. years work
Afte;: the opening prayer, the roll was
called, so that each child whose moth
er was present at the meeting might
have a star placed to its name in the
room to which it belongs.
As an additional incentive for at
tendance at these meetings, the Asso-
citation has provided a banner, which
is to be displayed each month in the
room which has the largest numbee
of mothers present at the preceding
meeting.
In opening the years work. the
President reviewed briefly the mat
ters of vital Importance to the
schools which the association has al
ready accomplished. and urged the
women to take, for their motto during
the current year, this thought: "To
cure is the voice Of the past; to pre-
vent is the divine whispering of to-
day" In speaking further of the fu-
ture of the organization, she inn
pressed upon the women that they
must feel responsibility fer the
health and morals of the child, es-
pecially in the new relationship to
children outside her own home. These
must be the chief concern of every
mother in the community-"they are
the bricks with which we build to-
morrow" The wrongs to children
committed by those who think they
are most devoted to children were
spoken of, the only child who is al
lowed no companionship with others
of his own age, the pampered child,
the precocious child who is pushed
forward on every occasion, The child
who is made to believe shat he is
right and the teacher is wrong-these
children are as truly wronged as the
neglected child who is a charge on
the community.
It is the duty of every parent to
know more about the school which
has charge Of his children so many
hours Of the day, and it ieyolves up
on the mother to secure the best pos
siole health conditions for her emil
dren. This is especially important in
view Of the fact that at the present
time the government is paying for
present ornaments and pas. vars
J28 per cent Of the national rgnds
and for education only Is Of l per
cent.
Improved sanitary conditions.
music supervisor, recess for the
grade rooms in the high school buili-
ing, and the weighing and measuring
Of the children are>a few Of the
things the Association has already
Accomplished; the coming year has
many new projects that viii take The
tme and attention OF every mother
interested ID the welfare Of their
,nldreA's physical training for all
grades, that ever these VINO do not
make the teams may have the oppor-
tuO.ty OF Developments; something to
be done for the left out child in the
way Of supervised fairgrounds: look
ing to the future, that the grades in
The high school building may have
=chool q their own, not only that
hey may have a school Of their own,
Iut that the m0-a. tone Of the grades
may be protected simple dccas for
he E.gh SchCG. glIl--waarc this has
been carried cut. it has been f0UaG