Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-23
CONGRESS OF MOTHERS
Third Annual Session to Open in This City
February a.
Addresses of Welcome by Mrs. Il. w
BirEey and DIR. Whitman, Res
pecti>cIy-Thc Program.

The National Congress of Mothers will
hold its third annual meeting in this city
| in February, from the 18th to the 18th in
elusive, and Will include its program
speakers who are authorities of wide repu-
tation the subject which they will pre-
sent. The meetings of the congress will be
held in the First Baptist Church, 10th and
o streets, where the first congress was held,
ana the headquarters for delegates and
visitors will he the Cairo, which is within
two blocks of the church
The congress will open Tuesday, Febru-
airy II. with address of welcome from
Mrs. Theodore W. Birney, president, and
| also from President Whitman of Columbian
| University. The response will be made by
| Dr. Mary Green, president of the Household
Economic Association. There will be re-
ports from delegates, which will give an
idea of the wide and extended scope of the
organiZa ton, although SO recently formed.
Mr.. Lawrence Hunt, former president of
the George Junior Republic, is expected to
speak on The Duty of the State in Train
ing Children for Citizenship" and there will
be a discussion of the subject, which will
be open 10 all. Tuesday evening the presi-
dent and officers of the congress will hold a
| reception in the parlor of the Cairo.
Business Session.
Wednesday morning will be devoted to
| business, when officers and committees will
| report the work of the year. Wednesday at
| go Parental Duty in Education" will be
| the subject of an address by Mrs. Joseph +.
| Mumford, honorary vice president of the
| congress, ana a prominent member of the
| Philadelphia board of education. An open
| discussion of her paper will follow in which
| Prof. VIM. 3. Powell, superintendent of
| schools in the District of Columbia. and
| Miss Edith WestCott, principal of the West
| ern High School of this city, will take part
| DR.. G. Stanley Hall of Worcester Mass
| will give an address Wednesday evening on
| Adolescence"
| Thursday morning will be devoted to
| business and the election Of officers Thurs
| day afternoon DIR. l.. Emmett Holt of New
| York will speak on The Physical Care of
| Children" and Environment VS.. Heredity"
| will be presented by Rev. Hastings II. Hart,
superintendent of the Illinois Children's
Home and Aid Society.
DR.. strong's Theme.
The Supreme Peril of Modern Civiliza-
ton" will be the subject of a lecture by Dr.
Josiah Strong. president of the League for
Social Service, New York, Thursday even
| ing, and he will be followed by DR. VIM
| Fl. Tolman, secretary of the League for
Social Service, New York, who will give
an illustrated lecture on Industry IDEAL
| lied: or Studies i'll Labor Institute"
| Friday morning will be devoted to a lee
ture by Miss Wheelock of the Boston Train
ing School for kindergarten, on 'Frobers
Text Book for Mothers" which will also
be discussed by others prominent in kinder
garten work.
Friday evening "Civics in Education" will
h the subject of address by Mrs. Thos
Kirkbrde of the Civic Club of Philadelphia
and Mrs. Herman H. Birney. a leader in
university extension work. will speak on
| Literature for Children"
Prof. Mary Robert Smith of Leland STAN
| ford University will give an address Fri
| day evening, taking for her subject Does
| the Curriculum of Schools and Colleges Fit
Young Men and Women for the Duties of
Life?"
| \ lecture on Religious Training of Chill
| dren" will he delivered by Rev Chas Wood
| Philadelphia
| The Office of the congress is Washington
| Lean and Trust Building, Washington
| d. c.