PTA Seefies) Salem, Ore.
Vision, Good Sense PTA Basis
Vital Factors
Are Stressed
By President
(Editor' not: Th following
recounting of "The Parent
Teacher Movement" was written
exciasivery for this ipeclal sec
tion by Mrs. Helner Liadstrora
of Astoria, president of the Ore
gon PTA congress, whose photo
appears on Page t of this see
Mo and about whom there Is
brief sketch en Page Z).
Here is the parent-teacher
movement viewed as part of the
living design of the American
scene.
The National Congress of Par
ents and Teachers, largest volun
teer organization of its kind in
the world, takes its strength from
two great insights of its founders.
The first recognized that parent
hood, an immensely important
job, was being gravely misman
aged in the year 1897. The sec
ond saw that the home could not
then as it cannot now be iso
lated from the rest of the com
munity. In short, as this nar
rative proves again and again,
the PTA idea was never one of
good intentions alone. It was
from the beginning made up both
of vision and of practical good
ense.
Harry and Bonaro Overtstreet
in their book, "Where Children
Come First," identify the source
of energy in the PTA idea
ingle-minded concern for the
child. The singleness of purpose,
they point out, enables the parent-teacher
organization to disre
gard differences of race, religion,
politics, and class to concentrate
on the welfare of the child. At
the same time, in the Overstreets'
apt phrasing, the parent-teacherj
organization eany learnea mai
"good will must be coupled with
food skill" and that before the
child can be helped be must be
understood.
Definite Objectives
For more than 50 years the
National Congress of Parents, and
Teachers has dared to want a
world in which every child alive
may enjoy sound health, spiritual
security, careful nurture, and
wise schooling. To achieve these
objectives it has:
Developed public attitudes
sensitive to the needs of children
Objectived
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To promote the welfare of
children and youth in home, school.
church, ond community.
life.
To raise the standards of home
To secure odequate laws for
the care ond protection of children
ond youth.
To bring into closer relation the home ond the
school, that parents and teachers may cooperate intelli
gently in the training of the child.
To develop between educators and the general pub
lic such united efforts as will secure for every child the
highest advantages in physical, mental, social, and spirit
ual education.
and youth in home, school and
community.
Built a backlog of public opin
ion so strongly in favor of our
public school system that state
a n d, community lawmakers,
boards of education, and other
official agencies have appropriat
ed greatly increased funds.
Donated hundreds of thousands
of dollars in scholarships to stu
dent. planning to enter the teach
ing profession.
Published without interruption
since 1906 an official magazine
devoted solely to the welfare,
education and protection of chil
dren and youth.
Established thousands of study
discussion groups and radio lis
tening groups concerned with
parent education.
Supports Vital Issnes
Again and again, as this ac
count unfolds, the National Con
gress is revealed successfully
supporting vital issues without
violating its own cardinal princ
iple of nonpartisanship.
"A survey at the legislation in
which the National Congress has
been actively interested through
out the past fifty years," tbe au
thors observe, "would be a roster
of what the most civilized men
and women in America have cared
about . . . No organization has
worked more constantly or more
effectively, or with a member
ship more widely representative,
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to make good intentions become
the law of our land."
The History of the Oregon Con
gress of Parents and Teachers
begins with these words:
"The first Parent-Teacher ac
tivity in Oregon was motivated, by
an interest in high school stu
dents." Promoting High School Parent
Teacher units and giving assist
ance to these groups is still one
of our major concerns. In 1905,
Mrs. Frederick Schoff, National
President, visited Oregon and or
ganized The Oregon Congress of
Mothers, August 19, 1905. Mrs.
C. M. Wood was elected first State
President (1905-1907).
Became Law la 1913
In 1912 the first legislative
measure to be known as the
Mothers' Pension Bill was spon
sored by the Congress of Moth
ers. The bill became a law in
1913, making Oregon tbe third
state in the union to have a Moth
er's Pension.
Also in this year, Parent-Teacher
leaders endorsed woman suf
frage over the protest of the na
tional president
Today, 1954, we find our 109,
481 members busily at work in all
of the areas of work that have
ever been of concern to parents
and teachers: helping to build
a better world for all children
everywhere.
And so from here, together wt
go forward.
Decorations
Are Work of
Many People
Decorations in use at the PTA
convention are the work of many
PTA unis and other organiza
tions largely outside Salem.
Mrs. C. A. Fratzke, Indepen
dence, is chairman of the com
mittee on decorations planning.
She has been assisted by Mrs.
Frank Beer, Corvallis? co-chairman;
Miss Margaret McDevitt, art
supervisor of Salem public
schools, as consultant; Mrs. J. W.
Carr, West Salem, Mrs. Fred
Commons, Corvallis, Mrs. Harold
Elbert, West Salem, and Mrs.
R F. Schmidt, Silverton.
A replica of the large seal of the
National Congress of Parents and
Teachers has been placed at the
back of the stage at the Salem
High School auditorium. This is
the work of the art department
of Corvallis High School, under
the direction of Clarence A. Bates.
Corvallis students who worked on
the decoratien are Phyllis Nelson,
Frank Beer, Jerry Joiner, Chris
Moser and Leland Hill The frame
of the seal was designed by Paul
Holloway who also planned the
Special Edition
Your friends would like to
see this Special PTA Edition,
made possible through the co
operation of Salem merchants.
PTA Speaker
11 -t-
DR. THOMAS BENNETT
Dr. Thomas Bennett will speak
at P-TA General Session II,
Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. He is
associate professor of philosophy
at Willamette University and re
ceived his BA degree from West
Virginia, his Ph.D. at the Uni
versity of Chicago. He was for
merly dean of Kendall College,
Evanston, 111., and professor of
philosophy at Fairmouth State
College in West Virginia. He
came to Willamette in 1952.
'Keys" on stage at the Elsinore
theater.
Murals for the walls in the Court
house have been painted by stu
dents of the fifth grade at Salem's
Bush School. Miss Alice Robinson
is their teacher. Murals similar
to those were the basis for the
"Freedoms Foundation at Valley
Forge" award won by this grade
during the past winter. As a re
sult, Miss Robinson and one of
the students, Clara Sloan, were
awarded a trip to Valley Forge.
Pictures used in the Cave Room
of the Senator Hotel also were
made by this group.
Eighteen hundred favors for the
four dinners scheduled for Thurs
day were designed and printed in
the Salem High School Graphic
Arts shop by Jim Anderson, high
school junior, under the direction
of William Mets, instructor. This
project will be entered by the stu
dent in a' national contest.
Benton County PTA council, di
rected by Mrs. Fred Commons,
president, did the hand cutting
on the favors, assisted by stu
dents of the Franklin Grade
School, Corvallis, and Benton Coun
ty Campfire Girls.
Table decorations and favors
used at the board of managers'
dinner Tuesday night were pro
vided through the courtesy of the
Keep Oregon Green Association.
The Retail Florist Association
has donated flowers for head tables
at the four dinners to be held
Thursday. The Oregon folders to
be used at the regional lunches
were obtained from the State of
Oregon.
Students of Central High School,
Monmouth - independence, pre
pared the Founders' Day posters
which are on exhibit at the con
vention. Mrs. Barbara Wolf is the
instructor for this group.
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1955 Jubilee Year for PTA;
Convention to Be in Portland
Next year 1955 will be Jubi
lee Year for the Oregon Congress
of Parents and Teachers.
The organization was started in
Portland in 1905. At that time
it was known as the Oregon Con
gress of Mothers, a branch of the
National Congress of Mothers
which was organized in Washing
ton, D. C, in 1897.
The first Oregon group was de
veloped from a home training as
sociation. The first meeting was
held at the First Presbyterian
Church, Portland. First president
was Mrs. C. M. Wood, who took
a leading part in starting the con
gress. Assisting Mrs. Wood in this
work was Mrs. Robert Tate, Port
land. In 1924 the name of the organ
ization was changed to Oregon
Congress of Parents and Teach
ers, at the time the change was
made in the title of the national
group.
Membership of the Oregon Con
gress is now 109,481 in 603 local
units. This is an all-time record
and is an increase of 3,073 over
the 1953 high. Included in this
total are more than 35,000 men,
more than 6,300 teachers and 27
new units.
The state convention during the
Oregon PTA's Golden Anniver
sary year in 1953 will be held in
Portland.
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