THE WOMAN IN THE SCHOOL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 700, 28 December 1909, Page 3

THE WOMAN IN THE SCHOOL.

What, tho teacher in the school says : has,- of course, cousddferable/.weight with' the child, and'may . be' regarded as im- : portant by : lho father and mother in'.the ■ homer there-are ; liniits: to this au- ' tWity/'and 'the 'boundary.' line . was ' amusingly pointed out at the Teachers' Conference,;says a Sydney.paper, by one of. the members,/ Miss Chandler. If a ! father attempts, to show ; hisjson ; how to f do a sura in; arithmetic, he may .be. toUl, * "Oh! father, tHat .is . wrong. .. Teacher does not do it' that way." But lot the mistrcss'.of a school undertake to adviso ' a mother;about hygiene, and,, the ■ caso >is. altered. "We then," said Miss Chandv ler, "hear observations. about 'old maids' children.'" '>(taughter:).-.\The ''difficulty--1 which :thns : manifests itself," sheconsid--1 ers/ would. be ' removed bjv the .'appoirit- ' -mailt of'itlecturer.in: J\ygiene, ' as : !'whaS. "the ydoctor;' -says.'. is neyt-ir 'ais--1 puted -by Ta . parent.The' ignorance of f mothers, I 'she, pointed .'out; was serious Jn , its infant mortality;/and it s ; was,. o£ 'teachers 'to''sic that the j. girl&;'sent out; of ! the schools were.eduE cated in their.; most sacred duty,'the care of'.children—a 'view '• which thi; conference ' loudly .'applauded, v ' -Incidentally .Miss j Chandler provoked amusement, by 'invit- : ing someonb to give a reason for the fact _■ that a -mastsr , who ! was not regarded by j the department as competent to' teach needlework should be considered ' qualij fied; to judge, it'when he became .an. inspeoto'r.: A motion which she proposed in j : favour or''the'-' appointment of. a 'lecI .turer in\hygienc, a . directress of needlework,: and. a 'directress .of cookery, who ;■should work togetherto: the teaching of domestic; .science, ,wois r agreed V to.. .• v ; ' ; ~V^ ... . , . •