The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-17
DR.. McKeever Urges
ArdmOre to Form a
Community Council

r H"'iiZeu anu dlilildteu win the uutlOi-
al organization.
W need To create public opinion
for child welfare work. Mrs. Dick
said, "and we can do much by uniting
forces,
Help the Coming Generation
The matter of obligation to ones
own family and the importance OF
civic responsibility was emphasized by
DIR. Carstens of New York, the next
speaker. Perhaps no man In Ameri-
ca is so well informed on social prob.
lens as DR.. Carstens who has devoted
many years to the study of this parti-
cular life Of work. A plea for the
child, for the home. and the better.
lnent of the marriage avs which will
result in the giving the coming genera
tion a better chance was forcefully
brought out.
Mother and Daughter Movement
DR.. Searson of the University of Ne.
braska stressed two points which he
urged the most careful consideration.
First" the speaker said, II hope all
mothers will interest themselves in the
protection Of childhood and mother
hood, in order to reduce the high death
rate now resultant from neglect. Sec
ond, l woul urge the promotion of
the Mother and Daughter movement.
We must place more emphasis on the
Importance Of caring for the girls. /
rope the time will come when girls
can be made as safe as boys, can go
anywhere with the same degree Of
safety as our boys"
Tribute to Richards
Special tribute to the management Of
the public school system was paid BY
each Of the speakers. In concluding his
talk. DR.. Searson said, III you all
maintain the standard set by your
schools, you will succeed in you wei.
fare work in Ardmore." Unstinted
praise for G. W. Richards, superinten.
dent Of the schools. his corps Of teach.
ers. and the system Of work, was
given. The mothers were assured that
their children were in deed and in
truth getting their moneys worth"
by DR.. Searson who said that m any
thing. you are not giving enough TO
your schools. You have a wonderfully
well organized system OF schools and
under one Of the best superintendent"
he said. The fact hat Ardmore has
4 mothers club in each ward also The
Junior and High schools, making u
total of six clubs working with the
schools, was highly praised by Mrs.
Dick who stated hat this is the first
city in which this was found.
DIR. McKeever May Return
Or. Mckeever expressed the desire
to return 10 Ardmore SOM time within
the near future 10 confer with citizens
on the suggestions set forth. He
stated that in Is minutes he could out.
line a program that would meet neces.
sary requirements to make Ardmore
the city M. citizens desired. 1t is lik-
ely that DR.. McKeever will be brought
back here and his program for the city
obtained.
Some knowledge OF DR.. McKeever
and the magnitude of his work
throughout the nation is gained from
the following brief sketch:
DIR. McKeever was born in a log
, cabin on the Kansas prairie: was in
turn cGw boy, farmer. country school,
teacher. professor Of philosophy in the
Kansas Agricultural college 10 years
head OF the department of child Wei
fare In the University Of Kansas since
1913.
He Is the author OF Training tbs
Boy Training the Girl Outlines OF
Child study. Man and the New Demo
cracy.' etc. and is perhaps the mos
voluminous writer on child life in Anne
Iicu.
HE is the author Of the Home
Training Bulletins "A series Of pam
phltts which have aggregated som,
five million reprints, and which hav,
circulated In all parts Of the English
sp,aking wurid. one of them 'Th,
ti.Ircttr smoking Boy has beer
ta'slIicl into many foreign tongues
"As the head of the child welfar,
work a. Kansas. DR.. McKccvcr con
cciNcl ~ the plan iur Offering u priz,
nj 81 10000 ~ thc city proving by
its efforts lasting through a year I,
h. the be, place ,u the state for bring
ing up ,lii'r,u. ONcr W cities enter
~ ucti\, .Hto tbs campaign.
-Four %u,.,uu"uns per week DR.. NJ,
LovN,i lHs hrvu contributing a hrlc
cdi urial ou Juvenile training and >o
c%ntiungl problems tu "a syndicate q
M%c,r"puiitan dailics nggrcgating abou
3OOO.Uto readers Nearly 600 of thes
articles have thus Tar appeared.
~ II lecturer he has become wIdel
known throughout the nation. and h
j. The originator of the Communit
Juvenile Welfare Institute"
i0cal S' akers Tel of Work
Preceding the address by the Judges
representatives. OF the various ciyi,
clubs made brief talks setting fortl
the objec' OF their organizations.
Perhaps two OF the most importan
talks were made by Mrs. W. H.. Bun
nit. representing the Mothers clubs
and rMs. Walter Dilworth. represen,
ans the Federation OF Church sccie
tics
Mrs Burnitt reviewed the work q
tire Mothers through the past 10 or 1
years, dwelling at length upon tn
difficulties overcome, and the fina
success 81 the now sis splendid OF
ganizations. She told how In reallt.
the clubs are Parcnt!Teacher associa
t,ns because Of the close cooperate
VI the fathers In n undertaken
promoted by the mothers,
Federation VI Church Societies
Mrs. nilworth's report was rNcei
tionall, Interesting. she said In part
'uur federation VI church societies Ia
The integratiOn ui the forces IT AN IN
churches In the city is a visible tar
gibic unity VI organization aud fellow
LN... -. a-..N. Ia a. H. "