Fort Madison High School - Madisonian Yearbook (Fort Madison, IA)

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16 THE HIGH SCHOOL TIMES of man Surely she who understands so well the econom1cs of the home IS capable of understandmg the economlcs of the commonwealth The traxmng of men who are to have charge of the v1t1l affaxrs of the natzon IS and 1lw1ys has been IU the lnnds of women Women have entered the profess1ons and the remun eratlve vocatlons and as 1 result no londer regard marrnge as an 1nst1tut1on necessar11y to be entered mto to prevent starvatlon but is the consummatmn of an ldeal that ms the hlghest ln lufe All arguments ag nnst the woman m pubhc l1fe have been answered by her successful achlevements and that whxch men have called 1ntu1t1on has been 2 FN' gy mx Wai!! proved by the best acadenuc and pr 1ct1cal tests to be sxmply the power of qu1ck and log1c1l FCHSOHIHB That faculty accompimed by wonmn s natural energy and ab1l1ty to do thmgs 111 lkes her 1 power 1n pubhc afllurs w1th wlnch to be reckoned S1nce she his shown herself so unselfxsh nn her 3.Il1b1t1Ol'1S so unquestlonably at least the equal of man IH copmg w1th socnl and econom1c problems and so 1nd1spens-able 1 futor 1n the mdustrnal world surely every mstruxnent should be placed ln her hands that can be wlelded for the betterment of soc1ety and every encourmgenlent offered her ln her noble work of uphftmg humanmty , fa' 'l llilwmfC-g7- q XllIl1.,L 4 'T 3 fs,- . . 2 L T L ,- . . . 5 . ,i . , . f . . . . . T , 2 . L 1 L L 5 C e I c . C X e ' . ' I Q . . . . L , b . 1 - - - K . - C , . , . v . C C L - ' 2 L , Q 1 ,ff ,. ... ggi 4, k , y ' ll ' i .. Z' If ', . r Y Q .- . I 4 1 -SST Sf: QS35 ff I V sg? ss ,f as 50 Q! T 'L 5 Ss 51, f , ,g - -f V 4: A , E' ,f , f -, 1- 1-I. F ' -1 1 -V- AL--.l X ggi- 1 'f- S - , ' . . , -7 ' la ' , S- , -Q XA K ' ,fn if f V , f- ' - A - , D

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Tl-IE HIGH HIGH SCHOOL TIMES tl1e Ch1ldrens Hosp1tal Soc1ety supported a med1cal cl1n1c and It wls found that n1nety mne per cent of tl1ese errmg clnldren were 1n need of med1cal atten t1on All th1s work started by women 1S now taken over by the publxc To Ellen H R1chards IS due much of the suc cess of the movement for sc1ent1f1c tra1n1ng1n the schools of EIYIS for home l1fe The efforts of Maude Younger called the Helen Gould of San Franc1sco 1n behalf of workmg g1rls wa1tresses ID part1cular are worthy of the hlgh6Sf P13158 Born and ralsed 1n the Cl'1V1I'OIlIllCIltS of of her less fortunate sxsters To ga1n a practlcal knowledge of cond1t1ons she left her comfortable l1on1e and worked 1s a wa1tress 1n many hotels from New York to San FTZDCISCO a1d1ng and encouraglng those w1th whom she worked Then resummg her own pos1t1on of l1fe she put forth all tl1e strength of her powerful personahty and wealth 1n an endeavor to ga1n leg1slat1on 1n favor of the workmg gxrls of Cal1forn1a Though opposed by many of the pol1t1ca1 bosses of the state she at last succeeded m gammg I11l1Ch of what she des1red Supreme among the chem1sts of today stands Madame Curle who d1scovered the wonderful sub stance rad1un1 not by acc1dent but by expenment and pat1ent reasonmg from cause to effect The aclnevements of the var1ous women s clubs and assoc1at1ons of the Un1ted States are remarkable At the meetmg of the Federat1on of Women s Clubs 1n San Franc1sco last summer twenty four resolut1ons were passed 1nd1cat1ng the d1rect1on 1n whlch then' work IS to be turned 1n the next two years Most of these resolut1ons dealt w1tl1 two subjects wh1ch v1tally affect the welfare of the nat1on pubhc health and the stablhty of home l1fe fhese women mtend to courage medxcal atte 1'1on fox scl1ool Chlldrell and to provlde out door scl1ools for those wl1o 11eed them They also endorsed the Whxte Slave T1 affic Act of out more st11ctly than heretofore 'lhe moral and soc1aleffect of the stage be1ng very great they w1l1 attempt to 1nculcate h1gher 1deals for th1s nat1ona1 ln st1tut1on and w1l1 endeavor to bzmg about a conference wlth the leadlng newspapers suggestmg concerted effort to e1ther d1scont1nue the com1c supflements or altez the1r character by subst1tut1ng really humorous and art1st1c matter All these and many more thmgs for the general good are be1ng accomphshed by women who are tak mg a promment place 1n publnc l1fe Are men accom phshmg a great deal more? The work of the women IS needed for man 1f not g1ven an 1mpetus IS too 1n cl1ned to plod along m the same old road He needs the shmulus of woman for woman IS the consc1ence 15 ln - 1 - ' 11 . . . , ' 1 1 1 ' I 1' . ' . ' 1 ' ' .1 . . . , . . . en- . ,, . . . , . 1 . l . 1 1 - 1 - wealth and luxury, she became interested in the lot June 25, 1910, and urged that its provisions be carried . , H . 3 r , . , V . 1 K 7. X . Q' . . , . Y . . . - 1 1 .I 'r . ' ' , V l Y ' 7 . . - . q 1 . . , V . . - , . , . , . . . . . . . . v . .

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THE HIGH SCHOOL TIMES Tendenc1es Toward Practrcal Educahon Esrnuz Dxmxh Bhmsow SAIUTAIORIAN E are proud and Justly so of our splend1d pr o g res s 1n both the sc1ence and art of educat1on But iw Watt Olin J! P we are glad to say that we are begmnxng to recogmze that wh11e sc1ence and art are a great part or the modern educatlon yet they do not lnclude even 1n the1r w1d est sense tl1e need ofthe ch1ld and of the young people of today And s1nce we see the lack of the pr1ct1cal tl1lI'1gS and that those thmgs wh1ch we have do not supply what the chlld needs we naturally must take up w1th what we know w1ll be useful and pract1 cal to the ch1ld through all h1s hfe Th1s tendency toward practxcahty IS not a th1ng of the last five or even ten years but lt 1S a very very gradual develop ment Away back 1n the M1ddle Ages there was the feelmg of the lack of the tlungs whxch the chlld most needed Th1s feehng xncreased slowly but surely and lt has crept down through these years growmg stronger and stronger first to the Academxes of the New England States and thence to us There rs much d1scuss1on even today as to what IS meant by practxcal educatlon but SIHCC educat1on1s to help a ch1ld to make the most of h1s Ulllld and body surely a pract1cal one IS that wh1ch t1a1ns h1m to make the most of them IH the partxcular lxne whzch he fol lows for h1s llfe work The most 1mportant bus1 ness of the chxld IS growth and lt IS educatxon s duty to ass1st that growth It IS all r1ght to g1VC a ch1ld a certam amount of O1l'l3.I'11CTltdl educatlon but he should have at least two thlTdS of h1s tune left IH whmch to recexve a pract1cal one lust IU the last few years the growth of our pract1c'1l educatxon has been tremendous We are realxzlng more and more that we should not tram the few r1ch who l1ve more or less upon the labor of others but that It 1S the duty of the schools to tram the great mass of humamty who move forward thxs great natlon of ours IH 1ts progress and do the work of the world When we come to cons1der just what the term a pract1ca1 educat1on covers we find that 1n It w1dest sense lt 1ncludes Manual Tramxng Domestxc Sc1ence Phys1ology Phys1calTra1n1ng Agr1culture A Busmess Course Pol1t1cal Economy CIVICS and vocat1onal work When one thlnks of most of these he allows h1s mmd to adopt h1s tlrst 1mpress1on of It wxthout look1ng 17 - - - - ,, I , 1 Y 1 . . 1 . . .1 gg E l ' D I ' A I A I ' - xl-D Y 7 5 . V . V . . - , 0 . V4 , , l . . . .- N X . , an 'N -A ll A ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' l lj 'KC J U . , . . . '5i!'1'l YT, if ' ' . . . ' , U ' . . . h , , c 1 I 1 N17 r K, . d 4 ' C ' Y - . . . . . . ,, , . ,, . . . Q , v . . . 1 . . . 1 . V , , l . . 1 . 1 ' - v