The Denver Jewish news., 1922-04-05
Who Shall Teach Our
Children
COUNCIL URGED TO FURTHER
LEGISLATION.

The National Council of the United
| ish Women Is member. has urged
action in behalf of the following pro
| pOsals: compulsory education in every
state for children between the ages
vision in every state for special grad
rntiOn and, instruction of immigrant
children; the Home Teacher plan for
adult women of foreign birth; and
dirEct citizenship for women. indie
pendent of husbands citizenship.
In recent address. delivered in
the east before II large gathering Of
women interested i'm educational prob
lens. Mrs. Alexander Wolf of Wash
ington. ID. C.. National Chairman of
the committee on Education, of the
Council of Jewish Women. spoke on
the subject. "who Shall Teach Our
Children" Referring to the question
of teachers. Mrs. Wolf said:
"As we think of these things that we
may do for the children of others. the
poor and the stranger. let us think
of the basis upon which the work
primarily rests. the public school sys-
tenn. that enfOlds and embraces our
own children as well. 1t is trnc
that we of today demand specialists,
the best and highest of each profess
sion. that there may he no error in the
treatment of the eyes or the thront.
or In legal matters or in the consirnc-
ton of buildings. or any of those nf-
fairs which are our personal concern.
But what of the minds of our chill
dren? Are we equally alert to know
that the man or women. who. next to
the parent. has the greatest influence
on their lives. is n person of sound.
balanced intellect? Statistics show an
appalling number of teachers in the
United States who have merely grnm-
mar school education or less. We
learn of large number Of Normal
or Teacher schools. but their full out
put per year is not nearly enough to
supply the vacancies in the rnnks.
Granted there are plenty Of teachers.
we must realize that an enormous per.
centage of these tachers are under
grade, undeveloped. most often under
paid.
tAs women. as mothers. as dcs-
cendants of that people t, VIII I'm ctlu-
cation has always been n sacred trust.
lot us look to our children and to our
eva responsibility in this matter. Not
In n day. no. II n year. hut With :n2
will to begin now. let us each devote
herself to the betterment of the city
that is our home. Introduce investi-
CATION. Follow upw with demands
that the acknowledgements of women
can now SO adequately re-enforce. In
s!st that our teachers he the best, and
let us give our best, our boys and
girls, to devote themselves to the an
cient and noble profession of pedagogy.
Victory Hugo has said: There is no
force in nature so strong as an idea
that has found its time" This il
the idea of the day, of the country.
1t need fear no opposition. it must
sweep aside all argument. Our future
generations must learn to see clear
ly, to think fairly and to act upright
ly: education is power"
Council Juniors to Convene in Chicago
The Junior Auxiliaries of the Coun-
ell of Jewish Women will meet in
biennial conference mt Chicago, ON
April %, "a and %. The sessions VIII
be held at Temple Sinai Centre. COM
mittees under the direction of Mrs
NJ. l.. Purvin president of the Chi
cago Section. and the officers of the
Chicago Juniors. are making all prep
,rations for this important convention.
Mrs. Isaac Halparn of st. Louis. Is
National chairman of the C0unciIs
committee on Junior AuNiliaries.