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WILMETTE LIFE May 28, 1926 SUBMITS REPORT OF STATE P. T. A. MEET I Mrs. Kendrick, Delegate to Parent-Teachers' Association Convention Reads to Women ~<1TE : The report of the . Parc11t- Teacher associatiol! co11i'Ci1tin11 llt!d n.'tt'lltly at Clzampaiy11, Ill., ·which is f'ri11tcd btlow 'Zl'OS read recently at thr awilla I mccthrg. of tire CcntralEllll'()H·:-; Jfat,· ~urcl Pan"IIf-Tc~hrr association hv his life and at the same time add to the beauty of our state. I believe that at every session every speaker stressed the fact that the first six years are the permanent directive force of a child's life. The story is told of the. architect . who, seeing the foundation the builder had put in said, "Make it larger ," and \vhen finally it met specifications sa id , "Now go as far as you like." The de sire to do well bv vour chitdren is perhap s the mo st ·u,;iversal of all human aspirations. Nevertheless, parents are everywhere perplexed . teachers are puzzled and often discouraged, promising welfare programs are wrecked and whole communities arc baffled by the ever recurring prob!ems oi childhood and youth. New and better approaches to the se. problems mu st be found . The essential fact s must be ascertained and the aims clea rlv defined. And as we listened to the speakers who arc studying the various problem s and children 'w ho pass through their hand s we realized the eve r increas in g sy mpath etic under standing which should exist between parent and child. Dr. C .R. Griffith of the University of Illinois, in his address on "The Business oi Parenthood," said the relations gf parents and children should be an intimate personal organism and that we as parents have the bu s ine ~s of living well to keep unsullied the stream of life. Then Dr. Thrasher of Illinoi s \V <: ~ !cyan unin·r sity spoke on the "ubjtct "\\'hat is th e matter with our youn~ people." 11r ~. B. F. Langworthy, in a previ o u s address had sai d that "not bing" was wrong with them, but that it is simJ ly customary fo r each older ,. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~·~~~~~~~~~~~ Afrs. H '. R. Kt·ndricl..·. r.:·icc prcsidtnf of the orgdui:;ation. By ~1 rs. \Y. R Kcndrirk ( Delegate to state P. T . A.. Convention) In the Champaign (Ill. l :\cws oi April 28. wa s the ht·ading. "P. T. A. close s ~tcetin g-P ie ad for Child \Vl'l fare." This article said. "The 192o conYenti on of the Illin ois Council of Parent-Teacher association is hi~ton- . " Delegate s departed for their f10mes Thursday aftern oo n expressing th e h elief that the Champaign-Crhana meet ing ·as one of the best co nventions ever h eld and with r c nnv ed vigor and enthusiasm to return to tl1 e ir ho nH' association and relate th e JJ C\\' idea s and plans which they 0 htain rd from the three day mectir1g. And so it wa s with your delegates who wi sh to pass on t0 vou some o f the poignant thoughts per.meating that meeting. We had speakers in the general ~n ~ions and conferences in th e nwrnint!. The thre e conferences which T \\' ;·1.., ahle t o attend wrre the ~f other's SttHh· Circl e. School Beautiful. and Prog-rat11 Sen-ic e. Tn so many di ~ trict s \\·e find the '\fother's Circles working successf ully . ' In K e nwoO<l sc h ool of Chicago thrv have o rganized them in groups of 20 and thc.v ar e so popular that th C'\· a r r meeting 0nce a week. Six groups. ha ve heen organi l "d in that srhool and more werr in th e making. Mrs. Firm ing, chairman of this committee. suggested that such circles could · he Clrganized hy grades and n o t nec cssa ril\· held t o the pre-school child . \Ve wer(' glad t o say in \Vilmett e wr haH' a pre -s chool agr '!\{other's cluh organized. membership in it. however , not limit ed, hut it is an enthmia . tic group anxi0u s t0 further their helpfulne ss in . thi s contact. I Home Builders Clean "Warmth Without For I ) ~ I I ' )' Work" Be Sure to Spectf) a Gas . Ftred Boiler '· ') ' Need For Beauty 1\o ci\'ilization is complete or· r ea l unle ss it combine s the esthetic with the practical. ").fan cannot live hv bread alone," rightly inte·rpret e<l mean·s that he must have foo<.l for the mind and so ul as \\·ell as the bodv. Tl1e ultimate aim of the School Beautiful co mmittee is to have the child absorb with his growth a love nf the beautiful hoth in nature and art. In nature to under stand the prairie and what it produce s. Through the medium of the sc h ool hou se . with the concerted effort of parent, teacher. and pupil it is the privelege of the Parent-Teacher a ssociation t o make the sc hool hou.s es of our s t ate noted for the heautv of their surroundings. to restore local vegetation and make them bird sa nctuarie s. And so the state council urges that every Parent-Teachers association have a "School Beautiful" committer to see that the school ground are made beautiful with native trees. sh rub s. and flow ers: that the scho0l grounds are made hird sanctuaries and time given in clas s work to st udv of the birds; that good pictures are pfaced in the rooms and corridors and sculpture placed effectively in the huildin~s . Drinking fountains can be beautiful as well as useful Original paintings have particular worth. For work of present day Illinois artists consult \V. ']. Hamilton, superintendent of schools at Oak Park. 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