Milford chronicle., 1950-02-17
FELTON, School News

On Thursday evening, February
?. the FELTON, p. T. A. observed It's
second birthday in the high school
auditorium The guest speaker foI
the evening was S. Merston Fox
president Of the Delaware Congress
Of parents and teachers. Mr.. Fox'l
topic for the evening was entitled
The Citizen Child"
The highlights Of Mr.. FOx's spe.
ech are as follows. All Of US are In.
terested ia the welfare Of our chill.
dren. The administrative theme o.
the National p. 7. A. is "The Citi.
zen Child and his destiny In a Free
World" The point is to prepare oul
Theme today IS very similar to the
theme Of DR.. Bertram Fowler on
Education is Preparation For Cit,
izenship" written October %, 1924
There is a lesson in this: We are
treading roads that have been WELL
trcdden. Our teachers and eduoa.
tors have been working on this
theme in preparing our children
for useful citizenship for a Ions
time. That does not mean We are
working on a stale purpose. We
are learning a lot, at least we have
had the opportunity to learn a lot
We have a time proven purpose to
keep In mind. I would choose to
hang the thought Of the citizen
child as a sort Of guiding star to
fix our gaze upon.
P. 7. A. has a number of different
mediums to guide each Of us to-
ward that goal One Of our difficult
ties. though is that we lack con-
tinuity. Very often our new set of
officers have only attended meet
tngs once or twice before and they
are not too we'll informed as to
what should be the guiding prin-
cipales. The p. T. A. does a mum.
Der Of things to try to give that
information to all people. National
publications are sent to the local
organizations each year. The man
ual Is the basic publication, It is
very important to know what you
are driving for. The detectives
which are striving for are written
on back Of the membership card.
They are: I. To promote the well
fare Of children and youth in home,
school. church and community 2.
To raise the standards of home life.
3. To secure adequate laws for the
care and protection Of children and
youth. 4. To teachers may coope-
rate intelligently in the training Of
the child. 5. To develOpe between
educators and the highest advan-
tages In phsical, mental, social, and
spiritual education.
Delaware did a good Job in get
ting through several major items
OF legislature. Mr.. Fox told of sew
eral communities throughout the
country that Overcame bad school
situations. A workable plan TO
follow: think first, then gather
facts and finally do things to bring
about changes. The N. E. A., A. A
U. W., A. c. E. and WOmen's Clubs
working together did the job.
General information" a pamph.
let gives a good picture of what the
P. T. A. is, its structure and Obiec.
tives. There is a unique thing about
the p. I. A. It Is a national Organi.
zation, the largest unit of its kind
for a local unit in self governing
All the local units act under tn;
same broad detectives and princi
pies and those Objectives and prin.
ciples are written into the bylaw.
The bylaws must have a clause
about the dues being inclusive.
There are many publications
which offer inspiration to the P. L
AS. The titles of some of these are
as. follows: Why you are needed
in p. 4. A." It needs your interest
YOUR strength, yourself, your sup
port, your cooperation and your in
port, your cooperation
and your interest and your
support, your cooperation and your
words. The School Lunch Pro-
gram" Freedom to Grow" This il
an outline Of one of the themes Ol
your p. T. A. magazine. "The Pre-.
school Child" "The Elementary
School Child" ''The AdOlesceni
School Child" "The Elementar,
School Child" and others. The PTA
magazine can be subscribed to at
$l.25 year.
Mr.. Fox told Of a survey made in
ClaremOnt to determine the num-
Der OF rooms required in the sch
OOl. He stressed that the board of
Education consists Of four people
They are working people. When
you have q working problem come
up before them they cannot always
take all the time necessary to plan
q community prOgranS. The P, T. A.
has a lot Of man power and they
can serve the board and administ-
ration on cooperative basis. When
they find out what the board needs
they can cooperate by development
ClaremOnt established what they
called the Planning Committee. .
The Planning Committee was ap-
pointed jointly by the president OF
the p. 7. A. and the Board Of Educ
alton. Those three people got to-
gether and determined who in the
community were stable persons
and interested in helping the board
work out some Of the problems
they. are confronting.
Mr. Fox closed his talk with
these words: II you ask people to
do a general job they viii say they
are busy. Brake the problem down
% Its various elements in your
community. then If you ask that
person 70 do a special job he will
help you.