Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-02-01 | Page 10 | New Programs Received by Utah P.-T. A. Leader

New Programs Received Received- By Utah P. P T. P.-T. T. T A. A Leader A public publio welfare program designed primarily for seni senior r high high school parent teachers associations associations' has been prepared by the Nation National National Na Na- tion l Congress of f Parents arents and Teachers and ami forwarded to to f Mrs frs Arch J. J West Vest president president- of the Utah congress of the national or or- Mrs West plans to di distribute tribute copies of the program to each unit of the Utah Congress of Parents and Teachers during Feb Feb- The program is designed for tor a series of ot nine meetings The National Congress of Parents Par Par- erts and Teachers promotes a public public pub pub- lic lie welfare program through committees committees com corn on juvenile protection legislation legislation legis legis- lation library service motion pictures pie pic tures recreation and safety Work Vork Related The work of ot all these committees Is closely related For example juvenile protection is concerned with preventing delinquency and with the treatment accorded juvenile juvenile juve juve- nile delinquents But one Important important important tant ant factor in preventing delinquency delin quency is the provision of ot opportunities for tor wholesale activities durIng during during dur ing leisure hours This immediately immediate Immediate- ly brings the work into conjunction with recreation motion pictures and library service Juven Juvenile le pr protection is also interested interested inter inter- ested in the problems of ot child labor but safety is likewise concerned with the protection of children engaged In street trades and other hazardous occupations In Inthis this suggested program program program pro pro- gram the fields of activity of these several committees are coordinated and integrated into one series that contemplates contemplate both study tudy and action ac ac- ac- ac tion Mrs West said that the first firt step stepto to be taken after distribution of copies of ot th the program to each un unit t will be beta to appoint as a small all working committee to be known as the public pub pub- lic lie welfare pla planning group to tot function c- c tion for tar the d duration r of the program and to guide its exec execution Uon Planning Group Group The planning group first will study the plan piari with a a a- adaptIng adapting adapting adapt adapt- ing it to their loc local l conditions In Interests In- In and nd needs heeds The next step will be o to find well qualified discussion discussion dis dis- cuss ion leaders and speakers for forthe forthe forthe the first first- three meetings The rhe t third ir step is to plan a program of ot activity activity activity ity directed toward the achievement of ot specific ends that have b been en thoughtfully selected Preliminary to this selection ii it will be necessary to find out what other organizations and agencies are doing along the same or similar lines and to determine how the T. P.-T. A A. effort may be coordinated with that of ot other groups Themes of ot the public welfare program program program pro pro- gram to be undertaken by the Salt Sail Lake City Council of ot Parents anc and Teachers will be announced next week by Mrs A. A R. R Curtis president dent