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46 WILMETTE of . the association consisted in sending me numerous little mimeographed not.ices requesting SOc for dues. Of course, I never had SOc on hand when these notices -came. And at once my family began to ~~hound" me to get SOc and become a member. More follow-up reQuests came from the school, and at last I made it a point when in the village to get even · change and sent it on to the teacher in- self defense. Whatever became of my SOc I cared not. I wiped my hands of the whole affair. In the course of the year I attended only one meeting. I had a nice time and resolved not to miss another. But I never came dgam. The officers and teachers who del ega ted me to this convention showed rare intuition, for there never was a moth er who needed enlightenment on this subject more than T. T wi sh to thank them heartily. LIFE May 20, I9li month's copy, and was much relieved tc, find that my children are not abnormal as I was beginning to suspect, but t·~1at my problems were the problems of en·ry well-regulated family. I wish I had spent that lOc sooner, and saved my sdf a lot of worry, and a night's sleep. The convention theme was Bettt·r Trained Parenthood. What a shock that ·would have give n the army of mothe rs u short time back, when just the wor<l"'"mother" and "moth e rhood" were supposed to cover a multitude of virtu~~ . We . have grown broad enough now t <· know that "motherhood" doe~> not brint-:.· with it the complete t echnique of child training. ~Io"'t mothers ar untraine tl for their work, and lea rn It by painful experien<'·' with th e ir own children. Tht· teach er on th e ot·:..t·r hand, has a IH:an and a det-p mate rnal instin c t for th·· childre n or she would not be ahle to stay in the c hu;sroom year after year. Arl<kc1 to this she has a training and a t··chniqu e, a knowle dge and pow c·r that gi\· , . ~ h e r a ·I)la ce and ah influl'nCt.· in the li\'t · ~ of the children unde r ~1cr ca.n:·. Talk owr the diffi c ulti t:H with tilt · t eachl'r and pool your ))OWt·r, and YtHll ' ehild will gTt·atl:r profit. B ·little tho ' t Pa<'lwr and her kn owlt-dg-t', and yuut· ehild lost·s grt>atly. Honw and sehool. t eaclw r and mother inU·ract for ultimat· good if tlwy undt·rstand t'Ht'h other, fnt· h a rm if tlwy d o not. '\Villiam :\fc.Andn·ws n ·ry intt·rc·sting-l y outline<l Uw gTowth o f tht· ]Jrl·st·nt 1'. T. A. somewhat in this fa::;hion. ..-----------------.! Parent-Teacher News (Report of Illinois P. T. A Council Session) The 28th annual meeting, of the Illinois council of P. T. A. was called to order on Tuesday, April 19, 1927 at .Quincy, Ill. There were approximately 250 delegates registered, representing 7,400 members in Illinois, and over 900 as sociations. Of this large and representative group, I undoubtedly was the only one present who was uninformed as to the diversified scope of Pa.r ent -Teacher work. Of course, I knew that P. T. A. stood for some sort of union between teacher and parent, but who started it. what its object was, and what it was doing, I knew not. l~p to this time, I had rather imagined that the P. T. A. in \Vilmette was made up of a group of women, who for want of something else better to do, had decided to form an association. This a ssoc iation, to my mind, had only a nuisance Yalue. The chief amusement in this country is spent directly or indirectly for education. The business of handling this vast sum, and the g:eat amount of detail involved is sandwiched in, in the work of several other departments. Surely, with su-ch an expenditure, the mothers and teachers and tax-payer s should he entitled to a department of education at Washington which could carry on this work intelligently. Establishing such a department is the work of the P. T. A . The object of th e P. T. A . is to pro mote c hild wPlfare in tht· honw and school-to raise the .s tandards of h o m e life , and to st·t·UJ't' more ad Pquatt· Ia ws for the can· and protection of womt>n and 0~1ildrt:> :L To bring int o <'loser r e lation th e h o m {' and school so that parents and t eachers may co-operate intt'lli gen tly in the training of the child. Promote Child Hygiene C hild Hyg·it' nt', in importance ""t·n greater than Child Education, is anotlwr branch of t!H·ir acti\'ity. .\me rican l'itize nshlp, kindergartt->n, tlu· ~1igh school, bettt>r films, ju\·c nilt · vrntt·C'tion, c hil<l labor laws tht· suprt-ssinn of saladous litc1·aturc and pit:tun·s, IL·g hda.tion, .parliame ntary law, prt·l's and public ity, <'hild. study c irel~·s , saft'ty and ht>alth t·ampaign~. and on and on, a ll <·onw within the direct acti\·ity of th·· P. T . A. Mothe r s will finrl a gTt·at lwlp in ~olv ing their daily prnhl ... ms in tlw Child "'e lfare mag-azin. ·. [ ~Jkllt 1 Oc· for la st Want Cabinet Chair fir st jolt on arriving- at Quincy was to find a capable wide -awake group of teachers and mothers who \verc doing vital things. Not a gossiping tea-drinking group. The National P. T. A. is endeavoring to . establish a department of education at 'Vashingto n. One- seventh of the money s pent ~[y Depicts Drama Imagint· a drama in thn·t· al'ts. A.C'I'-1 The tame pare nt. This part·ttt vusl1t ·d tlw littl e birds o ut of the nc·st :1t the tendt·r agl; ot six, and with man ~ misg·i\'ing-s in llt'r ht·a rt co n~ign ed tltt' d1ild to his fat·· with a tt·rribl u monsttT C'all<!d "a t t>adwr." Tht· nwt·~11'r rh'\'· 1· ~l1t't tlw tt ·aclwr, an(l indt ···d rH·\' t· r W· ·nt anywh!'rt· rwa1· the school. She kn· ·\\. nothing about the sf'h(tOI <·urri,·ulum. A<'T-II Tl11· ])lot thi<"kt ·ns. Tht· moth e rs grow lJoldl'r. Pt·ri o di ea lly a "~nH: Ilin~ comm itt t·t·" , ·isikd the 1"ehools. Tilt · ))rin<"ipal's oflko · wa !; the n·ct·]Jtion rllt·lll and t·!wn· tlw "snwlling- cornmitt··t·' ' mado many \'aluahlt· s ug- g-t·stion~ to tht~ ]H' itw ;ll al as · to just how tcJ run his St' IH,., J. Th· ·Y "tip))f·rl him of(" t o many st·t'l'· · t~ J w · should know ahout his to·aching- st;tff. Oftt·n t lw rt ·ct· pt ion t· n(Jt.d by tht· ":-;nlt-11ing- t'Olllntit lt't·" ti'lling a tt·aC'lJo ·r or t w ·. wht ·r·· slw was " gdting off at." · Af'T-11 f A J.:Tt :at bro:l<lt·ning- of idt ·:t~ lllt·ting- on a frit ·ndly <'tillllllon g-round H< ·l't· w·· find tl11 · moth··rs and tt ·:t l'll· ·r:-with a < 'Ollllll·tn purp11~·w . T ·}Jt> pn ·s·· n r rl ; ·~· P. T. "\ . :\n a"sodatlon, o r corporal t io n, if you likt ·. \\'c · mig-ht say that t Ito elrama t' nflt ·cl "And tiH y li\'t ·<l happ il :f·n·r a ftPr." Xt·xt Y··ar I hopt' that <·\'t·ry \\'i llrll·tt·· moth t· J' who IHt s a · <·ltiltl in tllt'!o>C ~dHuol~ . will soonc·r ;ulmit t11 ho ·r frit·nds and nt ·ig-lthors that slw nt ·\'t·r illtt·!Hbo~ to p : 1 ~ lwr hills again, t·: tan to a d111it that sht· j .. sw·it a "hack-n umi )I· J·" TH·t t 11 l11: :t n :t· ·ti\'t· willing- \\'(IJ'kt·r in this Par. ·ut-Tt·ac ·l <·r asstwia tit·ll. 'rrs. Hollo · 1 :ullick sCJ n, ~~os 1 :rt>t'n".'"'d a\'t ·nuP, \\'ilnwttr·, TIL ·~ I Kenilworth Youth Hurt When Struck by Machine Destined to great achievements John '\fontonaro. re si ding with hi~ patents, '\lr. ancl !\frs. Arthur ~fon tonaro, at 52() Linden avenue. Keni lworth, wa s painfully injured when struck h_ ,, a car driven by Miss Maria n Pag(', ~ll :\shland avenue, \Vilmctte, at the int<:r sect ion of \Varwick road at11l ?\ldrnse a\'l'nttc 111 Kenilworth la:-t Mo_!lday. Young- '\fontonaro, it was reported t u the Kenilw o rth polic(.', was riding on a. bicycle on M clrosc a venue and wa "' struck hy the Page car as it wa:; being drinn north on \Varwick road. Hl· was placed in a car and taken to thl' E,·anston hospital where he was attrndcd h.v Dr. Frederick Christopht:r of \Vinnet ka. The injuries, it was. found. were apparently con fined to two scYcre scalp wounds and painful abrasion.:. about the knee:;. [t was necessan·. ho\\'ever, to take several stitches in the wounds, after which the boy was rl' turnec\ to his home where, it is sai1L he is rccon:ring rapidly. ACCELERATION APPEARANCE ANNUAL CHURCH SESSION The annual ~necting of the \Vilmct:t· Baptist church is to be held \V cdnl'~ day evening, May 25, in the church parlors. The session will include :t' l)anquet served at 6 :30 o'clock. to ht ~ollowecl hy a business meeting, and a program of pageantry and song provided under the direction of the \Vo ·man's society and choir of the parish. 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