Palisadian., 1925-04-17
A Parent Teacher
Alphabet
BY M. M. MACK
Reprinted From the Bergen Evening
Record at the Request of the Local

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p. T. Unit.
(Twenty-six statements about the
National Congress of P. T. Al
A-Associations of the National
Congress of Parents and Teachers
Associations have been formed in
every state in the Union with nearly
100000 members. Forty-seven states
and the District of Columbia are or
ganized as State Branches of the Ma
tional.
Better Films Committee selects
motion pictures suitable for children
and for adults. List is published
monthly in Child Welfare Magazine
and State Bulletins.
C-Country Life Committee gives
suggestions for better homes, better
schools, and better cooperation be-
tween parents and teachers, in rural
districts.
D-Domestic Science is considered
by the Committee on House Econom-
les. The chairman prepares programs
for loca, associations and gives advice
regarding wellbalanced diet, school
lunches and the family budget, prob
lens relating to the welfare of the
home-visual, humane and physical
is promoted by literature, correspond
ence and publicity. Reading courses
for parents and children are provided
by the Home Education Division of
the Bureau of Education, Washing
ton, d. C.
0Family Life Standards are
raised through the formation of Par
ent-Teacher Associations and Child
Study Circles for the discussion of
problems relating to the welfare OF
the home and through reading courses
and literature.
| G-Guidance of Youth is considered
in the Mothers Circles and Parent
Teacher Associations, emphasizing the
necessity for deeper realization of
the duties and responsibilities toward
childhood
H-Health is promoted through
medical and dental clinics and litera-
ture on the subjects of food, exercise
and sanitation.
Immigration and Citizenship
Committee gives advice to those seek
ing to train generation of better
citizens.
Juvenile Protection Committee
seeks to emphasize the fact that
obedience to law is liberty"
K-Kindergarten Extension Com
mittee gives information concerning
the value of kindergarten training
for young children and urges the en-
actment of States laws for wider es-
tablishment of kindergartens.
L-Legislation for Child Welfare
under the six Ps": Peace, Prohibi-
/ tion, Protection of Women in Indus
try, Physical Education, Protection of
the Home and Public Schools.
M-Magazine-Chi Welfare Maya
zine is the national official organ con-
tanning programs for local associa-
tions, news of worth while activities
in the States and articles on child
welfare.
N-National officers, National chair
men of committee, and National ex-
ecutive and field secretaries desire to
be of all possible service in the work
of the organization.
-Office-National Office of the
National Congress of Parent-Teacher
Association is located in the Nation
al Education Association building, at
1901 Sixteenth street N. w, Wash
| ington, d. C.
Literature, books, leaflets and loan
papers on subjects of interest to or
ganizations are sent out. The execu-
tive secretary welcomes workers
from the field and is ever ready to
give assistance in conducting the work
in state and local groups through in
terviews and correspondence.
| P-Pre-School Circles Cor Mothers
Study Circles) Committee prepares
leaflets containing directions for or
ganizing and conducting the work of
groups of the mothers of young chill
dren, and answer inquiries concern
ing child study and child training.
Q-Quarantine regulations concern
ing contagious diseases in the home
and the school are discussed in local
associations and strict observance ad.
vocated.
R-Recreation for children and
adults stressed through emphasis on
the need for supervised Fairgrounds
and the value of games which devel-
op the mind as we'll as the body.
S-Social Standard Committee
makes study of the factors determin-
ing the kind of entertainment suitable
for the children and youth, the proper
time and place for such functions, the
need for chaperonage, and the wise
use of leisure time. Information is
disseminated on these subjects
through correspondence, literature,
and Loan Papers.
Thrift Committee stresses the
wise saving and spending of time,
money and effort.
U-University lectures on the work
of Parent-Teacher Associations given
at Columbia University during the
summer of 1921 resulted in credit
courses in 1922 and 1923 summer ses-
sions. A demand for similar courses
has been made by other colleges and
normal schools.
V-Visual Education Committee
makes study of this new and i'm
| pOrtant method of instruction and