The Washington herald., 1922-03-15

to keep In close touch with the
school authorities who attend to
the business details and improve
ments." she continued.
Urges Home Co-operation.
Mrs. Brennan contended that
community betterment Is sure to
result from union OF school and
home and that by becoming ac-
quainted with the actual conditions
existing in the schools the parent Is
better qualified to assist In an in
telligeir manner and to aid In me
elimination of complaints.
by being In close touch with the
schools, parents will realize more
fully the responsibilities which de-
vofve upon them at home and will
be better able to discharge the du-
ties of parent to child attend
Ing school than would otherwise
be the case. The influence of in
telIigent and interested parents CO.
operating with the teachers and
school officials viii tend to make
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and desirable place a. well as .
nnee may be expec ed and the petty
annoyances which dampen the en-
thusiasm If the pupil and often
drive him from the school will DO
materially reduced" Mrs. Brennan
argued
Not Restricted to Parents.
In thei- drive for membership the
Parents and Teachers Association
emphasizes the fact that the organi-
zation Is not closed to those who
are not parents. They ask that
every public-spirited citizen of
Washington who has tho interests
Of posterity at heart become a mem
Der of the oreanization and strive
to improve the deplorable condi-
tions which the children of the Dis
tr.ct are compelled to face in order
to secure an elementary education.
Conditions have changed. they
argue. and the next generation will
have a more complex world to deal
with than that of the present day.
In order to meet the contingencies.
both social and economic. that will
arise in the future. the new gem
Grafton must be well educated and
In simple justice to them the par
ents of today must not neglect their
duty.
Urge Continuance In school.
One of the evils existing in the
public schools of the District which
the Parent-Teachers' Association
will strive to remedy Is the ten
dency on the part of pupils to leave
school after reaching the eighth
grade. This practice in many cases
is encouraged by the parents OF
the child who believe that this ad-
yanced education ran he disnense0
without detriment to the future
citizen.
In no better way can the parent
be- brought to realize the value OF
high school education than by
becoming a member Of the Parent
Teachers Association which through
one of its departments is providing
clothing for those children whose
parents are in such circumstances
that they would otherwise be COM
PEELED to take the child from school.
The association, II was explained,
surrounds the giving of this assist
ance with the utmost secrecy in or
der not to embarass the child or the
parent. Discarded clothing is COL
lected by the members of the asso-
station and made over for the chill
shoes were not available of a size
to fit the child. new shoes have been
provided.
The best way to get assistance.
the association points out, Is by
helping ones self. and by doing all
that they can possibly do to help
the schools. the parents may expect
more and speedier assistance from
1epislatinn