The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1922-05-12
OBSERVE H DAY.
From the Mississippi Edcational
Advance of which Prof. John Rumble

From the Mississippi Edcational
Advance of which Prof. John Rumble
is Editor, the following is taken:
Recently we heard a great preacher
preach a great from a great
text. This preacher INDUCED in no
profound philosophy MOI did he en-
terrain with scholarly exposition of
theory. Among the reasons sahely
and emphatically advanced for the
breaking down of American ideals is
Parental Disregard. All that the
preacher said is pathetically and start
lingly true. The readjustment must
be made and the public school must
contribute no small part to the re-
adjustment. Towards that end we
suggest that more soul be put in the
teaching of our history ard civics.
and everything else for the matter.
1t is not mere sentiment to teach a
child to reverence home and Mother
and Father, on the contrary it is the
basis of regard and love for the ideals
that make a community strong and a
nation formidable.
We observe the birthday of men
ard ONE whose achievements we
do well to pe%rpetuate. We celebrate
the anniversaries of events that made
the nation great-A splendid means |
for the promotion of really good
citizenship. But we suggest that all
the teachers in all our schools OBJ.
serve n other day-MOTHER'SI
DAY. Friday, May 18th in the
schools, and Sunday, May 14th ev-
erywhere.
History of Mothers Day.
The following history of Mothers
Day copied from Americana will in
terest some of the readers at least:
The honor of the origination of
Mothers Day belongs to Miss Annie
Jarvis, of Philadelphia. Her mother
died in 1906. On Sunday, May g.,
1907, she told a friend whom she had
invited to remember with her the an
niversary of the death of her mother
of her desire to dedicate a day to all
mothers. Before the next anniver-
sary came she had interested many
individuals and organizations in the
observance of the second Sunday in
May as Mothers Day. AS a result of
her effort, Philadelphia observed the
day, May 10, 1908. Miss Jarvis then
became the missionary of the idea.
She wrote thousands of letters to in
fuential men in all walks of life. She
interviewed many public men and
pleaded for the observance of the day.
Since 1912 the governor of Texas has
observed the day by pardoning a num-
Der of prisoners on that day. State
after State has adopted it's observ-
ance. In May, 1913, Pennsylvania
made it a State holiday. On May 10,
1913 a resolution passed the Senate
and House of Representatives to
make the second Sunday in May a
national holiday, dedicated to the
memory of the best mother in the
world, your mother Miss Jarvis has
been the means of organizing a ma
tional and an international organiza-
ton to further the promotion Of the
observance of the day. 1t began TO
be observed in England as early as
1913. The second Sunday in May is
observed in all churches irrespective
of creed, end the previous Friday is
observed in all the public schools. The
previous day is observed in business
establishments. 1t is observed through
some distinct act Of kindness, visit,
letter, gift or tribute to show remem-
of the mother to whom gener-
al affection is due. 1t is also observed
Fathers Day, and is designed to
all family ties. Its slogan
is in honor of the best mother who
ever lived The badge of the day is
a white carnatiOn."