Show R Recreation Cr Ho i The Th i H Home ne Discussion lon by Maude Thompson 01 The joke is on me to be asked to discuss a subject of f this kind before a body of women like the Home Economics The joke will be on you though for this is Friday It never gets worse so you kno know what to ex ex- Home is the cradle of humanity human human- t ity To it is given by God the I continuance of the ra race e. e It is I Ithe the original institution to care f for r and train the children They come with the innocence of Heaven Hea with minds and bodies impressionable to all that is pure and good and the shaping of these tender little ones is given during the early ye years rs of ollile life almost al almost almost al- al most exclusively to the parents The growth of every child is the story of a sleeping beauty in hi which pt play y takes the part of a a prince This play is the primary form of education lecause ac ac- ac- ac is the tn sole Bole rn means means ns of edrica- edrica on ti under der the rul rules s of f tiie J home in p Part rt of its active energies were organized b by the parents ar b but t usually on oh the basis bash of of the childs child's own own s self impelling lin- lin Imp im impulses p pulses pulse l e h hence e the cus- cus e. e p power pea ea of pf cus torn tom among the savages savages So the Home functioned ned as as tide my institution n for chad t l 11 n i tI I ng un t ne w need t P pf develoP among thead lOU tuc s t n Ul of t writ Will Will- in i created the n need d fOr earning to read the written So the th school aros arose ItS w was was s s symbolized by br th the three Rs RB The sch school there therefore fore was stood and stands t tchi to to- chi defy idY as a one ode one gi great t i l loin in institutional l center ent r I o la life He Heis is 11 controlled cOl kid and help helped d in part by home and andrt part rt by s 's school These p two W J. J iii aid iVon Wonderful team teamwork teamwork teamWork work for a a along long time The childs child's social s-ocial life lif was taken care care of by them in conjunction with th the church With the rise of modern industrialism industrialism in in- and related social changes the home industries the rho old family life the space and in the house yards and community have been eli eli- The old opportunities for and education have been squeezed out of the home and community The child can canno can canno no longer enter into the highly specialized activities activities' of the par par- These Th ch 1 n. n t d angel 6 are c II ing the Home and it if is not functioning funs funs' as it did A A. new problem problem problem pro pro- blem is staring us in the face It must b be a s serious rio s one judging from the thunder bolts we have I been hearing lately Mrs A A. H H. Reeve president of the National Congress ss of Parents and nd Teachers Teach Teach- Teachers ers ers declared declared at the Itah Educational Educational tion Atonal ional American American Am Am- rican Parents a a. a putting themselves them themselves themselves selves out of President Coolidge at the Y M M. C C. A A. convention last month said Make Parents control the children take the job off the state This week Judge Bonner of Iowa says secret ret marriages are breaking U. U S. S Homes Now the q question estion is where are we at f fault ulf and how can we solve our problem T I 0 |