Evening star., 1923-07-01

I, the home Or the school working alone.
3ut with a wisA cooperation the force
at work is more than doubled end TIE
task becomes comparatively easy,
| home and school association or
Mothers Club Is q unifying force. 1t
| supplies the cc-operative spirit. 1t
brings the homo and the school closer
together. These associations interest
Themselves In the study and solution
of a great number of problems which
ment Of the child.
These associations will be success
ful Just to the extent that they at
| the welfare of the children In the
| schools and in the neighborheods
| First OF these problems relates to the
| health OF the children. Under that
! mental fnspection, school nurses,
weighing and measuring the children,
school lunches. milk lunches and all
| matters concerning the health OF the
child. 81 4,
The next important investigation
dertake relates 30 the recreation and
play or the children of the neighbor-
hood. What are the provisions for
play IN the school7 What do pupils
of different ages do during the re-
cess and after school hours? II there
is q playground, IS It supervised? =?
| Along with this Investigation should
come the knowledge OF the amuse-
! ments and other recreations OF the
neighborhood. How frequently do
the children attend the movies? The
| theaters? Do the boys hang around
! the corners. the garages. the pool
rcomsz Do the girls promenade the
| streets? In other words, what do
| they do with their leisure timer Is
| the association of the boys and girls
property supervised? IT.
| The parent-teacher association
can help in the regular work OF a
school. There is opportunity for
very earnest work. No school In our
country can do all that 1t should do
To-Day without the cooperation Of
school An up-to-date school must
have adequate equipment for effect
! I've work. Also pupils should follow
| 4 program outside of the school
which was not required OF them in
teacher association becomes well es.
| tablished SO that it can do serious
| work. then problems connected with
\ regular school work should be con-
sidered. The association should see
| that adequate equipment for the
| teachers Is provided. Parents should
| remember that it is not for the teach
ers advantage but the welfare of
the children that adequate equipment
is obtained.
A topic Of great Importance is how
the local school is providing for the
| needs Of Individual children Is .
gifted child permitted to go through
! the school more rapidly than a dull
| child? What is being done for chiI-
| dren OF superior natural ability so
that they will not waste time and
Is being done for the child who has
marked mechanical ability but who is
not especially studious? Is IT be.
iieved that all children are about the
same or can be made the same by
/ training and education?
The association should study new
educational movements, 1t Is pointed
Lout. Are there facilities for manual
arts and household arts? Is there
provision for school luncheons? Does
every boy and gnl have access to .
gymnasium? Ae there athletic ia
cilities for all the children? These
matters are all of great Importance
and progressive schools are studying
them today. A forward step In re-
spect to any of them cannot be taken
] tion of parents.
The Importance of right reading as
a factor in the upbuilding Of cffarac-
ter Is generally recognised and is one
or the most important subjects for
consideration: the association with
| very limited means can arrange with
the Public Library for a collection of
books. N-
The Importance of every association
having real live chairman OF le 9is.
iation Is stressed by Mrs. Rafter, the
| District Parent-Teacher Association
president. In a recent article she said
III the mothers in Washington who
have children in the schools had
spent some time at the Capitol last
winter during the session of CONGRESS-
.hey would realize how necessary II
is for women to understand what iee.
isiStfon means and how necessary IL
| - ior every parent-teacher associa :
tlon TO have a well organized lexis-