The Washington times., 1913-11-22
WASHINGTON TINES BUREAU.

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The Parent-Tescher; Association of
Anacostia prepared Its program for the
season at a meeting yesterday after
noon in the Van Buren School, in w
street, which. was attended by many
OF the. parents and the. teachers III the
suburb. A committee had been engaged
in interviewing parents in. the town to
make them acquainted with the aims OIL
the association, and as result num-
Der who had not taken part In any pl
the previous meetings were present
when Mrs: Joseph King, the president,
announced the opening of the meeting.
The association adopted a-novel pian
of arousing interest IN the work OF tne
schools ana of the organization among tne
parents in the community, in deciding 10
introduce the question box into the Van
Buren School and ketcham school. a
box is to be established in each school,
and people who are deslrous OF learning
anything; about the school problems, the
courses pursued, or the life OF the pup is
IN the class rooms will deposit their
queries in these boxes. The questions
will be taken out and answered at the
meetings OF the Parent-Teacher Asso-
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The. discussion centered principally
about the question of home study.
Whether 1t is beneficial or not was de-
bated, with q division in sentiment. Inc
majority seemed to favor 1T, prov. ded
there was not an over amount required.
The adoption of the program for the
coming season was entered into. II was
agreed thar the January meeting Will
take the form of an evening meeting TO
which the men of the suburb will be In
vited. Judge Latimer, OF the Juvenile;
Court, lis TO make { the address. The
February gathering viii be an after
noon one at which DR.. Eva Folkmar is
to be the speaker In March there Will
be an inspection Of the pupils work in
,l~s.
ton Of OFFICERS will be held. There will
be no meetings in December or April.
Committees were announced as fol-
lows: Program-Miss Little, chairman;
Misses Graves, Woodward. Thonssen,
Mrs. r. A. Pyles, Mrs. NJ Z. Cornish,
the Rev. w. Oscar Roome, jr,,. the Rev.
G. Leroy White, and the Rev. George
NJ. Cummings; membership committee,
Mrs. A. G. King. chairman; Mesdames
]. C. Winterwerp. "A. B. Garden. C. F.
L:nger, and Frank Blinn; press COM
mittee, Mrs. Charles F. Roberts, chair
man; Mrs. ]. w. Tolson, and Mrs. s.
N. Frazier. -t..-
Many improvements are being made
in Fairlawn, the former Christie home,
which was subdivided and is being de-
veloped by o.. {. Brothers, jr. Streets
are being graded and otherwise i'm
proved, and several houses are to be
built there. A number have been put
up already. Brick buildings constitute
the type that prevails in that section. I
The work of opening up the Pitts.
tract. adjoining Cedar Hill, the home Of
the late Frederick Douglass, goes on
daily, and will soon be completed. This
will be. one of the most attractive sites
for suburban homes, in this region, as
1t overiooks. the city and is between
Anacostia and the Fort Stanton dis
trict. Some street extensions are likely.
to be asked for in this territory.
Guy Lincoln, of Raleigh street, Con-
gress Heights, will build a private gar
age of metal In the rear of his nome.
Howard Brady, an Anacostia business
NAV. W having n two-story addition