Evening journal., 1922-05-12
MORAL TRAINING
IS GREAT NEED
(Contlnued From First Page.

proposition.
DR.. Jones predicted that II some
thing is not done soon TO improv
moral and religious education tina
\ fifty years from now there will b
one huge moral mess" Parents. h
, said. in many instances, are indif
ferent to religious training in tn
homes and that Sunday schools ar
failures along that line because
q is not compulsory for children 4
attend them and that many who d.
q attend do not do so regularly.
DR.. Jones subject was "Co-opera
ton" and he divided the subjec
into three parts, cooperation be
tween the teacher and the pupil; CO
operation between the home and tho
school and cooperation between the
State and the church in the matter
Of education.
As TO cooperation between the
teacher and child the speaker said
the teacher to be successful must
stimulate a love OF learning in the
child.
In regard to cooperation between
the home and the school DR.. Jones
said that the home 10 do its part
must uphold the disciplinary meth
ods of the school. II the teacher.
/ he said, is NJ 10 be teacher she
will be reasonable IN her punishment
| Of the children and the home should
/ stand back OF the teacher. The
home the speaker said should make
I the preparation Of the lesson a sa-
cred duty and in that should coop
crate with the teacher. Another
suggestion along this line was that
the parents should never criticise
the teacher in the presence OF the
children as that always has ten
dency to break down discipline
Cooperation between the State
and the church as 20 education was
tho last part Of the subject TO be
treated and on this Dr. Jones spent
most OF his time. The State he said
is demanding good citizenship and
the development OF moral life. he
brought out, Is necessary to good
citizenship. We cannot have good
citizenship, he said, unless the citi-
zens are grounded in moral integrity.
Moral education DR.. Jones said.
with the little time they have AT
their control. The Sunday school
plan is entirely voluntary he point
ed out, and consequently there are
many children who do not go at all
and many others who do not go reg
ularly This leaves a great need for
teaching and training children on
moral lines and the Sunday schools
are largely failures along that line.
He explained that he did not mean .
TO say that Sunday schools are not .
doing a good. for they are. but they .
are not getting the general backing I
they should get. Il know" DR..
Jones said, that there is no moral /
training in many homes"
Many parents are entirely in I
different to the moral and religious .
training OF their children in the .
home and il the child has no re-
ligious instruction. that child is /
weak in that respect. Unless there .
Is a change as TO moral education.
fifty years from now there will be
one huge moral mess. The drift is
that way. Most OF US are living on
the fruits Of our grandfather's re-
ligion."
DR.. Jones said II you take chill
dren OF today and examine them
you will find many OF them have no
sense Of truth and honor and that Il
IS well known that many students
deliberately steal in their lessons
and examinations. The child OF to-
lay, he said who is strong in her or
lis moral life is exceptional.
Many children Of today have a
lazy conception OF what moral prin- ;
iples are. II something is not done TO |
'ectify this there will soon be a
errible condition in this country"
lie said II the child is allowed 10 :
,row up without this moral instruc- ,
ion he is weakened Intellectually y
nd the grade OF citizenship Is low ;
red.
Il was at this point that DR.. Jones -
made the suggestion that the school
hildren be sent TO the churches at
egular periods once or twice a week
or greater moral and religious edu- r
alton; that It be compulsory for Fl
he children to go for such instruc- 7
ion and that they be allowed c
redits as they are in other studies. :,
n conclusion he said that there 4
must be cooperation between the a
tate and church in order to build "
p our schools and our children. a
The suggestion apparently met n
18th the approval of all the parents j.
nd teachers at the meeting and a n
~ nv =
oard Of Education be asked to give n
consideration was unanimously
iopted.
The meeting of the association
st night was presided over by Mrs. a
o. Houghton. the president. and n
as the last meeting until next Oc-
)ber. One feature Of the program l..
as the singing Of several selections u
y several children OF the sixth .,
-ade under the direction Of Miss !.
ora Wilcox, giving an illustration :,
what can be done in a short time :.
the training OF children 10 sing.
he children were Thomas Young,
erman HaDdloff. Esther Henning.
ma Fraser. Erma DurnaH. Hazel -
lnnon and Audrey Tweed. =,
At the suggestion of Mrs. Hough- =,
n, a motion was made and carried IT
request the Board of Education =,
change some doors in the High 20
hool building that now open in in =,
cad of out. Mrs. Houghton also %
ggested that more social activities n
r the school children be planned ",
lother year.
c. c. Hubert, treasurer; reported
/ paid-up members of the associa-