The Washington times., 1914-06-16

OF parents IN keeping ech00k 6kop
dren from those who arc sac1, -
install sanitary towel service N
the schools, to give classes Of bon
and girls instruction In the gym
nasium Of the Wilson Normal
School and. among other problems
OF the schoolroom, to bring about
reduction in the size of Glasses
and to do away with afternoon
classes for very young children.
To monthly conferences the MOTH
ers are invited. To the evening
meetings parents and friends are
invited and the public welcomed
Some of the Topics.
Among the subjects discussed ~
these meetings were the Services
Rendered by the Parents League"
Play as Q Factor in Education" ~
DR.. Phflader p. Claxton:" The Be-
lection Of Books by Dr. Bower
man: Tho Crowded Condition OF
Schools" Colds and the Prevention
Of Nose and Throat Trouble" py
DR.. walter Wells: The Evils Of
Easteriins: Sn Ths Duties Of The
Clark: How Music is Connected
With the Best Development Of Child
ren,'' by DR.. Tomlins, director oe
music; "A Message From the Under.
world to Mothers" by MIS- Mary
Emerson Jackson. and many other
A series Of musicales was also
arranged
The Parents League has found tts
most effective Held for w;rk in fts
attempts to secure proper provision
Tor Fairgrounds. No situation has
proved more absorbing, aud nowhere
in the city Is greater need for until
cation of the present meager tacili-
ties and for immediate action on the
part Of those whose duty IL " to
provide places where children can
grow and develop their play in
stincts.
Conditions have been studied In Q
I.ainstaking. impartial, ani thorough
manner, to find the source CT delay
and difficulty in attaining what the
people desire. In a letter drawn up
August z, the Parents League pre-
sented to the District Commissioners
Fairgrounds be placed under the
2 Eoard of Education as the maaAa
best adapted Tor lniffcation of ne
system.
As Local CenterA
II has In every way tried to en-
Courage the wider use of the schools
as social centers. and at present has
merged the progress Of playground
interests with the group work In
schools. especially those that have
already formed boys clubs and 9TH
er social centers-
II during the summer Of 1914 chn-
dren have the opportunity TO play
in school Fairgrounds of the north
west section of the city. instead Of
in the streets or the Inadequate and
crowded municipal playgrounda It
will be due to the united efforts Of
the Parents League and the school
authorities.
Within the school. the Parents
League has through Its COMMITTEES
on problems, sought better corydf-
tions in several hearings before the
Board of Education. receiving from
them assurances that their requests
will be honored within the pawsr
of that body.
Nothing has been left untried by
the league to provide additional
school rooms to reduce the crowd
ing that will surely occur IN the
year l9l4-1S15 to even greater de-
gree than the year Just ending.
One of the most enthusiastic
members of the Parents League
has described its particular value
In its strength as a corporate activ-
ity to compel higher standards It
might be called lighthouse IA a
sea of life," a means Of protection
and a guide from dangers confront-
ing the community.