LEAGUE OF MOTHERS

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 114, 16 May 1934, Page 13

LEAGUE OF MOTHERS

AFT^R SCHOOUPAYS-rWHAT ?

A pleasant and successful meeting of the' Kejljurn branch of the League gf Mpt,her'a "was held recently, when fl^ere was a sk?ge attendance of nieniI>PTS. ' ' ' The. speaker on this occasion was Miss Margaret Lprinier, whose wide experience in the education of girls made her treatment of the subject chosen ("After Girls''" gckpqjdaysWWhat?") particularly yajuable. ' ' ' ■ ' Miss Lorimer stressed the need for the wise.employment of leisure during ppstrscjbool years," i.e., fpurteen to nineteen. The; choice of something recreatiye to both mind and bpjly, such as music, painting dresj-desighing, etc., was iecpmmeided. Wide reading among the best authors in English' literature was adypcatea. "But it is important," gaid" the speaker, "that judicious superyisipn of reading should be exerjjißett."'" Fresh air and exercise were otimmended as; bebg beneficial to both, njind and body," in inducing health and a sane mental .p'utlpipt. : The choiee_ of a, career, such as nursing^ pr teaching was recommended, since" in these the special qualities of womanhood were eniphasised Tana used to their best advantfige; "' Miss Lorjmer touched on the influence'of the-Great War and the subsequent social -ugheayals on the mental putlppk of this" generation j in an age of grieat scientific development a new freedom of tlipught and action had arisen, with- the" tendency towards the decay of hpjne life. The aeed for combating "the "detrimental effects of this new "freedom; was urged; above all the post-school girl" should be surrounded with the beautiful things of

life, literature ana art, Miss"p'pri9 Black sang several spngs .delightfullyV aß.d' both iliss Lprimer and Miss "Black" were accorded hearty Votes "of thinks at* the cpnclusion of thei afternoon. '"^ea served by an efficient comniittee and the usual social hour cpncluded a particularly ' enthusiastic inecting.