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NORTH SHORE BREEZE: 
17th CHILD-WELFARE CONGRESS 
National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations to be 
Boston. 
Held May 15-20, at Copley-Plaza, 
The 17th Child-Welfare Congress to 
be held in this country will be held be- 
ginning next week on Thursday and 
continuing through the following 
Wednesday. This is really‘the nation- 
al Congress of Mothers and Parent- 
‘Teacher associations. It will be held 
in Boston, with the Copley-Plaza ho- 
tel as the headquarters. 
A number from Manchester plan 
to attend, besides the chosen dele- 
gates from the local Parent-Teacher 
association. Mrs. D. T. Beaton, a 
vice president of the Massachusetts 
association, is one of the prominent 
workers in this national congress and 
is on the committee on information. 
Following is the complete program: 
Thursday May 15 
Annual board meeing of National 
Officers and Managers, Io A. M. to 1; 
2.30 to 4. 30 Pp. M. Registration of 
delegates, 2 to 6 P. M. 
Opening session, 8 Pp. M.: Invoca- 
tion, Rt. Rev. Wm. Lawrence, Bishop 
of Diocese of Massachusetts. Greet- 
ings, Mr. Franklin P. Dyer, Superin- 
tendent of Schools, Boston; and Mrs. 
Milton P. Higgins, President Massa- 
chusetts Branch, National Congress of 
Mothers. Contralto Solo, Miss Helen 
Grinnel Mears, Essex, Mass. ‘‘Guard- 
ing and Guiding the Children of the 
Nation,” Mrs. Frederic Schoff, Phila- 
delphia, President National Congress 
of Mothers and Parent-Teacher As- 
sociations. Greeting from Interna- 
tional Kindergarten Union, Miss Lucy 
Wheelock, Boston. Greetings from 
National Kindergarten Association. 
Friday, May 16 
9 to 10 A. M.: Conference of Presi- 
dents of State Branches, National 
Congress of Mothers. 
10 A. M.: Child-Welfare Work for 
1912-1913; Annual Reports of Presi- 
dent, Vice-Presidents, Secretaries, 
Treasurer, and Auditor. Reports of 
National Department Chairmen. 
2.20 p. M.: Baby Saving, The Chil- 
dren’s Bureau, Miss Julia Lathrop, 
Chief, Washington, D. C. Discussion 
on Baby Saving Work by Mothers, 
opened by Mrs. S. H. Whitten, Hol- 
voke, Mass. Character Building by 
Parents, Prof. E. P. St. John, Hart- 
ford, Conn. Visit to Museum of Fine 
Arts. 
8 p. M.: Invocation; Some Vital Re- 
lations of Home and School, Hon. P. 
P. Claxton, U. $. Commissioner of 
Education, Washington, D. C. Dis- 
cussion. Sustaining Offering for Mo- 
ther and Child Welfare Work. Music; 
“Recreation of Children,” Mr. Joseph 
Lee, Boston, President Playground 
Association of America; Discussion. 
Saturday, May, 17. 
g to 10 A. M.: Round table: Mrs. 
David O. Mears, Essex, Mass., Vice- 
President National Congress of Mo- 
thers, presiding. 
How Parents’ associations in Church 
and School Help Parents and Chiil- 
dren; ten-minute talks by Mrs. Mil- 
ton P. Higgins, Worcester, Mass., 
President Massachusetts Branch, Na- 
tional Congress of Mothers; Mrs. 1). 
S. Eldredge, Rochester, N. Y., Presi- 
dent New York Assembly of Mothers: 
Mrs. Ceo. K. Johnson, Philadelphia, 
President Pennsylvania Congress of 
Mothers; Mrs. Henry A. Harman, 
Rutland, Vt., President Vermont 
Branch, National Congress of Mo- 
thers. Discussion: 
10 A. M.: Suitable Programs for Pa- 
rents’ Associations, Mrs. Orville T 
Bright, Chicago, Vice-President Na- 
tional Congress of Mothers. 
10.30 to 11 A. M.: Round table: How 
Parent-Teacher Associations Help 
the Teacher, the School and Communi- 
ty, Mrs. Walter Leroy Smith, Malden, 
Mass., Chairman, Parent-Teacher De- 
partment, National Congress of Mo- 
thers. Mrs. Charles Brenton, Dallas 
Center, Iowa, Mrs. S. E. Whitten, 
Holyoke, Mass. Mrs. Earl William 
oinith, Boston. 
II A. M. to 12 M.: Why the Boy 
Goes Wrong, Dr. M, V. O’Shea, Madi- 
son, Wis. 
12 M. to I P. M.: Discussion, five 
minutes limit: The Home’s Respon- 
sibility for the Boy Who Goes Wrong; 
The Church’s Responsibility; The 
School’s Responsibility; The State’s 
Responsibility. 
2p.M.: Play Festival with Boston 
Kindergarten Children on. Boston 
Common. Folk dances and Songs. 
Band of Music. Seats for Delegates 
_to National Congress of Mothers. (If 
rainy, Festival will be held in Ar- 
mory. ) 
5 to 7 p. M.: Copley-Plaza Hotel, 
Reception by National Officers to 
delegates and visitors. 
7 Pp. M.: Child-Welfare Banquet. 
Tickets $2.00. Orders should be sent 
to Miss Lucy A. Wheelock, 134 New- 
bury Street, Boston. 
Sunday, May 18 
3 Pp. M. : Copley-Plaza Hotel, The 
‘Responsibility of the Church to Par- 
ents and Children. Program arranged 
by Henry F. Cope, D. D., Secretary 
Religious Education Association. 
The. Rights of the Unborn Child, 
Rev. H. S. Bradley, Worcester, Mass: 
Children’s Religious Rights in the 
Home, Mrs. Benjamin S. Winches- 
ter, Boston. 
Round Table: A Parents’ Associa- 
tion in Every Church: What is Its 
Scope and Object? 
Monday, May 19 
9 to 10 A. M.: Round table: The 
Press in Extension Work, Mrs, Edgar 
A. Hall, Chairman, Chicago, Ili 
To to 11 A. M.: CHILD*-WELPAKE 
Macazine, Mrs. Howard W. Lippin- 
cott, Philadelphia, Chairman, Maga- 
zine Committee. 
Ir A. M. to 12 M.: Child Welfare 
Legislation, Miss Mary S. Garrett, 
Chairman, Phiadelphia, Pa. Discus- 
sion: Mothers’ Pensions, Mrs. E. R. 
Weeks, Kansas City; Mrs. Wm. B. 
Owen, Chicago; Mrs. G. H. Robert- 
son, Jackson, Tenn.; Mrs. Robert 
Park, Wollaston, Mass. The Next 
Forward Steps for Juvenile Court 
and Probation Work. Protection of 
Working Children. 
8p. M.: Invocation. Contralto Solo, 
Miss Helen G. Mears. The Educa- 
tional Value of the Drama. Sustain- 
ing Offering: The Country Child, 
Lantern Slide Lecture, Hon. Logan 
Waller Page, Director Good Roads, 
U. S. Department of Agriculture, 
Chairman Country Life Department 
National Congress of Mothers. Dis- 
cussion. 
Tuesday, May 20 
9g to 10 A. M.:. Mrs. Orville - T. 
Bright, Chicago, Presiding. Round 
Table Symposium by Presidents of 
Parent-Teacher Associations and 
Mothers’ Circles. The Responsibility 
of the Local Parents’ Association to 
State and National Congress of Mo- 
thers. Five-minute limit for speakers. 
10 to 11 A. M.: Round table: What 
Would You Do to Increase the Effi- 
ciency of the National Congress of 
Mothers and Parent-Teacher Asso- 
