Palisadian., 1925-05-08
MIR. Judd Addresses
Local PIT. Unit

On Monday evening, April 27, the
monthly meeting of the Parent-Teach-
ers' Association of Palisade was held
in the Palisade school.
The treasurer reported that the
membership of the association now
reaches forty.
The first speaker of the evening
was Edward X. Judd of West Pali-
sade, his topic being Practical Hints
and the Principal Purposes of Home
Work" Mr.. Judd mentioned three
essential purposes of home work: 1.
1t impresses on the child's mind the
things they are taught in the school
room. 2. To fix certain facts in their
memory, such as in history, geogra-
ply and spelling. 8. 1t gives an op-
portunity to instill in their immature
minds that getting an education is
serious matter and never comes to an
end.
The parents should help the chill
dren with their work at home when
necessary, but more often should re-
fer the children to the dictionary and
the atlas. When they get little old
er the parents can be of great help in
advising what books to read and use.
Then there is always the question
of how much time the child should
have to play. Mr.. Judd thinks the
child should play after school and at
tend to his lessons directly after sup
per. Their time must be scheduled,
and they should not do their home
work where they can be disturbed by
other members of the family Where
it is possible they should be given
room, desk and books to them
selves.
The next speaker of the evening,
Howard Howson, was introduced by
Rev. Allan Hunter. Mr. Howson's
subject was "The History of Educa-
ton" The Parent-Teachers' Associa-
tion he said, is very significant to the
development of American history.
He pointed out the differences be-
tween the education of the days of
the Mayfiower and the present day
methods of education. Today what
the scientist says is true, goes. In the
middle ages what the church said was
true, was believed. Their religious
education and training was their
dominant interest When they start
ed public schools the children were
trained so that they may read the
scriptures. Later on famous New
England primer was published which
was entirely devoted to religious edu-
cation. Children in those days were
unmercilessly treated. Our universi-
ties were founded for the purpose of
providing an educated ministry in
America. When the War of Inde-
pendence took place the peoples
minds were so occupied that religious
education was practically neglected
for some time. Along about 1880 there
was a great revival of interest in edu-
cation, and this later proved to be the
foundation of our modern education.
These men wanted public school
to teach reading, writing, arithmetic,
ETC., and to be absolutely free from
any religious influence. Then the
quCoIloh VI Chdid dSICl oQuCdIlOn dIOSe,
and the Sunday school and home were
the solution. If you want to teach
child morals you have to begin at the
moment of birth to get character and
habits. Educators realize that the
home is the great factor in a child's
moral life. The school has the child
for five or six hours a day and the
classroom has tremendous influence
on the child's character, but the
school is only secondary to the home
in character building. The school re-
alizes it is part of it's business to
teach character, but it must have the
cooperation and support of the home.
The parents must stand behind the
teacher.
A standing vote of thanks and ap-
probation was given to both Mr. How
son and Mr.. Judd.
The question box was passed and
several interesting subjects were
brought up for discussion.
The next meeting will be Monday
evening, May %, and notice of the
speakers will be given later.