The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-05-23

character and the fitting for citizen
shin. Miss Rose Lucia Of Montpelier
gave some interesting statistics III re-
! gard to the standardization OF the furai
schools Of Vermont. in her address On
sBetter Rural Schools, Whose Business
liz itY. and Byron L. Clark OF Bur.
llinpton. in his address on Boys
| summarized the whole in this sentence,
~And what will ii profit man, u nc
| Gain the whole world, but lose his own
bow From the presidents message,
given by Mrs. Freeman, we take the
| following:
| Do Won make time to play with your
childreng Do You read and tell stores
to them? Do you know what they
studvY Do YOU ise the public library
Do YOU have good books and magazines
| in YOUR homer Do you frequently WISH
schoolsg Do you welcome teachers IN
your homeY Do YOU heartily encourage
worthy ambition? DO you develop sell
| reliance by your child by trusting HIM
/ To do for HIMSELF Do you teach your
child the value of money, by giving
| him a chance to make and spend his
own Do YOU teach housekeeping 70
your daughter and your son the dig
Unity of honest toilg DO you tell the
story of life to your children! do you
4 try To help other parentsg Do you
/ teach your children to be patientf DO
YOU teach yourself and your children
the value Of self controls Do you give
1.-THE best of your time and strength 70
your chiIdrens Do you pray Tor DIVINE
! help in training them?
| The evening session was opened by
i Mrs. r. w. Freeman, president OF the
lcougress. Invocation was offered by Rev
Robert Ball Of Fair Haven Greetings
| were rendered the convention by the
national president, Mrs. Milton p. Hig-
gips. and bv Mrs. David O'Meers, first
national vice president, both OF whom
were in attendance at the national con-
vention at Tacoma, Wash.
The message of greeting from the
state Teachers association was very
Z ably given by Miss Eta Franklin OF
Rutland. president Of the ASSOCIATION
at the close of which she gave, by re-
auest. ''The Fathers Creed
Ii was with regret that the members
Of the association learned of the inabil-
ity of Mrs. Ernest Andrews, president
Of the council Of Eastern Pennsylvania
~ attend. Her address on 'The Need
Of the Parent Teacher Work was very
ABLY read by her sister, Mrs. Thomas
Hack of Proctor. The other two ad-
dresses Of the evening were Parent
Power. an Unexpected Natural Re
source by Mrs. Dorothy Garfield Fish
er Of Arlington: and Equal Educa
tionaI Opportunity" by W. W. Fair
child superintendent Of schools in Rut'
land. Mrs. Fisher said, "Parent-powei
can do all--and the canal through
which this can be done is the Parent
Teacher association Supt. Fairchild
in expressing his appreciation Of the
valuable work that the Parent Teacher
association is doing, urged that this
slogan for the coming year be adopted
by the convention and by Vermont, "A
Parent Teacher association in every
school in Vermont
Saturday morning, the session wa'
called TO order by the state president
Mrs. Freeman. Prayer was offered BY
Mrs. F. G. Swinnerton of Rutland.
The forenoon was given to business
of presidents councils, reports OF tho
various committees, etc. The treasur
crs report brought out the fact that
Itotal gain Of 3ss new members had