Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-01-17
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Schools

of food were discussed by Dr. Cora
Smith King in lecture on THE Well
School Mothers Club Thursday after
! noon. She told how to combine foods
so that the greatest good might be
obtained from their use.
Mrs. Ida f. kebler. president of the
Parents League, suggested lines of
, work along which the schools of Cap
! itol Hill might work. The placing of
matrons in the public schools of the
District was advocated. Mrs. kebler
pointed out the need of assistant prin-
cipals in the schools.
That motion picture playhouse in
| the vicinity. of the Maury had prom
Used to cooperate with the school in
obtaining educational pictures for Fri.
days and Saturdays each week was
reported by Mrs. A. W. Prescott. chair
| man of the motion picture committee
Mrs. William b. Hardy. president of the
Federation of Home-School Associa-
lions of the Seventh Division, urged
the members to attend the class in
parliamentary law. which meets every
Friday afternoon at the Hilton School.
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Arrangements are now complete for
a dance to be given by the field and
staff officers of the High School Cadet
Regiment al Mrs. Dyers, 1919 r street
| northwest. Friday evening.
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| Roscoe c. Bruce. assistant superin-
tendent in charge of colored schools.
| was in New York the latter part of
/ the week. attending a conference of
social settlement workers.
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| The Household Arts Club of the pub
! lie schools is to hold a joint meeting
with the Baltimore Manual Training
Teachers Association at the Armstrong
Manual Training School Friday and
| Saturday.
| Three sessions are to be held, Friday
! 2 pm. and 8 pm. and Saturday 10 am.
| The afternoon session of Friday is to
be addressed by Roscoe Conkling
and Daniel A. Brooks on 1.-THE Balti-
more Manual Training Teachers Asso-
citation. Its Purpose and Work"
The evening meeting is to be ad-
dressed by Supt. E. L. Thurston on
I "Dignifying the Vacations Through
The program is to be interspersed with
| musical selections. A business meet
ing will be held Saturday, 10 am. The
public is invited.
| Practical suggestions as to how to be
more efficient in the home were given
| by Mrs. Julia w. Shaw, assistant di-
rector of domestic science in the school.
at a recent meeting of the Parent
| Teacher Association of the John F.
Cook School. The meeting was we'll
attended.
Secretary Beckett of the colored Y. NJ
&c. A. urged parents to see that their
boys grew up under the proper guild
ance. Miss NJ. P. Shadd, supervising
principal of the eleventh division. sug-
gested numerous activities in which
the organization could engage with
| profit to the school, the home and the
neighborhood. She urged that the use
of the lot adjoining the school be
| obtained for a playground.
Musical selections were furnished by
MIR. Aiken of Hampton Institute. Miss
IL. G. Moten and the orchestra of
| Boy Scouts. Discussion Of the ad-
dresses followed the meeting.
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Wider use of the school plant was
| urged at a meeting of the Teachers
Association of the colored schools at
recent meeting. at the 18th street
ment was made that DR.. c. G. Wood
son is to speak before the teachers in
the near future on Education of the
Negro Prior to 1860"
Several committees were appointed.
They are: Committee on intoxicating
thrift in school children and parents:
| J. E. Johnson. G. H Murray, Mary
Cromwell: committee on school prob
lens: e. H. Lawson, Misses M. Tancil,
N. Dyson and o. Cromwell, w. P. Mont
gomery: committee on membership. ].
| C Wright, Misses E. A. Chase and X, U.
| Alexander, R. B. Greene. Benjamin
ments: NJ. L. Washington, Misses Vasti
| Turley and A. Cornell, DR.. c. G. Wood
son, G. Smith Wormley, B. Hartgrove