Milford chronicle., 1932-04-22
PARENT-TEACHER
ASSOCIATIONS

1AOUC1A / 1U1W
The morning session of the An
nual Convention of the Delaware
Parent Teacher Association which
will be held in the Capital Theatre
in Dover on Saturday. April 80, will
be devoted to the special business of
the association. Officers will be cleo
ted to serve for two years. The
years work will be summarized by
President Howard u. Ennis and
other officers and by DR.. Agnes Sny-
der of New College, Teachers Col
lege, Columbia University, advisory
member of the State Program COM
mittee.
Registration will begin at nine
o'clock. Each association is invited
to send its president ami one dele
gate for every zen members as
shown on the books of the State
Treasurer.
The Delaware Parent-Teacher AS
sociatiOn, like similar associations
in many other states, has been in
terested in a state House Confer
ence" to bring home to the people of
Delaware the findings of the White
House Conference on Child Health
and Protection. In the afternoon the
convention will merge with the May
Day-Child Health Day program ar
ranged in accordance with the pro-
clamation of President Hoover. The
theatre will be turned over to the
planning committee for the state
House Conference" called by Cover
nor Buck to investigate the cOndi-
tiOn and needs of the States chill
dren. The Governor will make an
appeal for citizen cooperation IN
carrying out the proposed iuVesti-
CATION. Mrs. f. G. rallman. General
Conference Chairman, will explain
the general organization plan. DR.. c.
A. Sargent, May Day Chairman for
Delaware, will make n specific plea
for citizen cooperation. Other lea
lures of the afternoon session will
be a dramatiZation by Parent-Teach-
er units of what citizen cooperation
has meant to the State of Delaware
and singing by members of adult
music classes under the direction of
Glenn Gildersleeve. state Director of
Music.
Garnett C. WilkersOn. First As
sistant Superintendent of Schools,
Washington. d. c., will be The prin-
cipal speaker at the annual cOnven-
tion of the Delaware COlOred Par
ent-Teacher Association at State
College for COlored Students. near
Dover, on Saturday, April %. Other a.,
features of the program will be Il
discussion by Miss Eta J. Wilson, :
Executive Secretary Of the Delaware
Parent-Teacher Association, of the /
work done during the year, an in !
depreciation of the work of State
College by students, a health lesson +
by the Newark school, and art OK :
hibit from Lewes, a George Wash ,
ingtOn program by Milford Juniors, |
and music by the Ellendale Juniors.
Registration will begin at 9 o.
clock Each association is urged to
send its president and one delegate
for every ten members as shown on
the books of the State Treasurer.
DR.. Agnes Snyder at the last of >
series of Parent Teacher AsSOcia-
tiOn meetings in Bridgeville, on April =
nth commented on some classes she
had observed in Sussex schools that
day. In one instance, DIR. Snyder
said: "The children were conscious
of their goal. They were not under
orders but were working with the
teacher with the purpose of attain
ing certain results. The first step
toward any goal is to want to do it
and to know why it is done. Re-
viewing her day DR.. Snyder remark
ed: Each teacher was giving to the
children of her best. That's what
teaching means. That's what every
mother and father can do. Give i
them of your best. The school is
only one of the agencies. Every
mother, father, sister, brother, news
paper, movie, book, etc, is II means
by which children are being edncat-
ed all the hours of the day.
Reports on the School Child's
Home Time were given as follows:
After School, Mrs. Anna Messick;
Evening Meal. George r. Macklin; {
Home Study, Mrs. Elwood LittletOn. [
Mrs LittletOn's report provoked ami
mated discussion. Protest was reg {
istered against The requirement of an
amount Of home study. 5
Suppose said DR.. Snyder. that |
parents timed the home study done
by their children. Children differ.
Until that fact is driven home. we're {
working in the dark. We cant hold {
ali the children to the same stand |
ards. Don't nag the children be-
cause they cant make A grades. c
Never stop looking for the thing that I
each child can do well and develop S
hat in him. If task is unreason- v
lble from the parents point of view, !
sec the teacher A teacher doesn't {
know all the home conditions. She 4
amt do her best until parents give a
ier every scrap of information that &
will make il possible for the teacher r
O dovetail home and school. 4
DR.. Snyder urged that parents vis- h
/ school and that teachers visit b
homes. Contacts with parents Ii
treas important for teachers as d
something out of book" Il
Glenn GilderSleeve, State Director {
If Music. led group singing before
he business meeting which was con- Il
luctad hv Haorpa ~ Markliu in tha 1,