The Washington times., 1911-05-12
TEACHERS
CLUBS TO Be AIDED
BY SCHOOL BOARD
Plan Better Organization,
With Central Body and
Regular Meetings.

A more perfect organization for sepa.
rate parent-teachers' associations and
the establishment of a central body in
which each individual organization will
be represented is the plan which is to-
day being perfected for the Board OF
Education at its next meeting.
1t was stated today by Superintendent
of Schools Stuart that so rapidly and
successfully have the dozen or more
parent-teachers' associations grown
since their institution about a year ago,
that every means will be adopted to
put them on the strongest possible foot
ing as a permanent feature of Wash
tngton's public school system.
The suggestion for a central body at
which delegates from individual asso-
Citations can meet, perhaps once a
month, or even at longer intervals,
came from the joint meeting planned by
officials of parent-teachers> associa-
tons in the Ninth grammar division, of
which DR.. H. M. Johnson is supervising
principal.
Believing that the organizations will
be of inestimable aid in school work,
members of the Board of Education and
private citizens have given much time
to the work of establishing the as
sociations.
Began Year Ago.
The movement began a little more
than a year ago, and it is largely
through the enthusiasm of Superinten-
dent Stuart and Superintendent of In
termediate Instruction S. e. Kramer,
that the organizations have been so sue
cessfully established.
Until this year, however the Board of
Education took no determined stand in
favor of them. lAt the board meeting
of April IA, last, the members author
tied their president, Capt. James It. Oys-
ter, to appoint a committee to encour-
age the growth of Parent-Teachers' As
sociations. This committee was ap-
pointed as follows: Chairman, Earnest
H. Daniel. Elizabeth Hoeke and DR.. W.
" Tunnel
This committee is expected to make a
long report on Parent-Teachers' Asso-
Citations at the next meeting of the
board. In this report II will he pointed
out that the associations have thrived
better in the suburbs than III thickly
populated Centers of the city. The rea-
son for this is said to be that newer and
younger families reside in the suburbs
and that also there is more of a ten
dency among residents of suburban CEN
ters to fraternize.
Another part of the report, ii is said.
will point out some of the many advan-
tages of such associations. The report
will argue that in the matter of educa-
.tionaI work, discipline, punctuality,
health, proper pastimes out of school
hours and cooperation between parent
and teachers the association will be
great factor in development and ad-
-yancement along the lines mentioned.
For Meeting Places.
Better facilities for meeting places
and programs of speaking at these meet
ings ultimately will occupy the time and
consideration of tno committee. They
have found, in their short study of the
situation, that already, in many school
houses where meetings are held, light
ing facilities have been installed. Here.
tofore, in the main, these meetings nave
been in the afternoons Hereafter, 1t
Will be the object of members of the as
sociation to hold the meetings at night
so that the fathers may attend
Schools where the most flourishing
Associations are now established are:
Chevy Chase, Takoma Park, Cleveland
Park, Petwortn, Brightwood, Hubbard
School, Munroe School, Blow School at
Benning, the LogSn, a colored school,
and the RroOkland School