The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-21
Year Book Issued Parent Teachers
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TT WILL be of interest to many ' \ throughout the state who arc in touch with Alabama branch of the National Congress of Mothers and Parent Teach CT association, to learn that this year the association has published year took, the first one issued in several years.
 The booklet was edited by Mrs. Scud- der Ryall. chairman of publicity for the organization. The book is bound in blue, the organization color, and contains much valuable informa tion Among the items is list of national : officers and committee chairmen, as well as state officers and committee chairmen, the bylaws and constitution. reports of many committees, the state presidents address as well as that of the former president. and list of the associations which are affiliated with the state organization.
 The opening pages of the book give the aims and purposes and says: Lord give the mothers of the world More love to do their part;
 That love which reaches not alone The children made by birth their own, But every childish heart,
 Make in their souls, true motherhood Which aims at universal good"
 The greatest public interest, the one which will count most in world prog tsss, Is to have every mother give her best thought and her own companion ship and teaching to her children-for If every home dit. that the world would be different place.--Mrs. Schoff.
 To raise the standard of home life. To develop wiser, better trained parent hood.
 To give young people. ignorant of the proper care and training of chil- dren, opportunities to learn this, that ehey may better perform the duties of parenthood.
 <. To bring into closer relations the nome and the school, that parent and teacher may cooperate intelligently in the education of the child.
 To surround the childhood of the whole world with that loving. wise care in the impressionable years of life, that will develop good citizens. instead of lawbreakers and criminals.
 To carry the mother-love and moth er-thought into all that concerns or touches childhood in home, school. church.. state. or legislation.
 To interest men and women, to CO., operate in the work for purer, truer homes. in the belief that to accomplish the best results, men and women must work together.
 To secure such legislation as will in- sure that children of tender years may not be tried in ordinary courts, but that each town shall establish juye- nlle courts and special officers, whose business it shall be to look out for that care which will rescue, instead of confirm the child in evil ways. To work for such probationary care m individual homes rather than insti- tutions.
 To rouse the whole community to a sense of its duty and responsibility to the blameless, dependent and neglected children, because there is no philan thropy which will so speedily reduce our taxes, reduce our prison expenses. reduce the expense for institutions for correction and reform.
 The work of the congress is civic work in its broadest and highest sense. and every man or woman who is in. terested in the aims of the congress is cordially invited to become a member and aid in the organized effort for q nlgher, nobler national life, which can cniy be attained through the individual homes.