WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 211, 5 September 1924, Page 3

WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

CONFERENCE RESOLUTIONS. EXAMINATIONS AND COMPETITIONS. DUNEDIN, this day. j At this morning's conference of the' Council of Women a remit was carried deploring the present examination sys- . tern as applied to secondary schools ' except for pupils intending to 'proceed to the university, but supporting the suggested system of accrediting instead. j Other motions were carried: —"That a I child under the age of 10 be debarred | from entering any hotel bar, even if it be in its parents' care, and that chil- j dren under the age of 15 be debarred; from selling sweets or papers in theatres; ! that a married mother should have equal rights with the father as guardian of i her child. j The conference endorsed a remit from ' Gisborne protesting against publication of details of conversation in divorce and illegal operation cases, and a remit, was carried deploring a tendency to bring very young" children before public as i performers on the concert platform or professional stage. One speaker said doc-) tors deplored the fact that mere infants I performed before large audiences. She had known one child to be a nervous wreck for quite a time after such a, I performance. Dr. Emily Siedeberg described coinpe- j tition festivals as a curse to childhood. 1 During discussion on a. Wellington' remit, "that the legislature censor sensational pictoral hoardings as well as mov- • ing pictures," Mrs..Moore (Wellington) -expressed the. opinion that some Ameri-1 can films should be debarred from entry, i Many thousands of pounds went to America annually, the. only return being sensational rubbish with a demoralising efferrt on children's minds. j ; ■ - ======== i