Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-30
STATE MOTHERS
CONGRESS- IS TO
OPEN THIS WEEK
DIR. Finegan on Program to
Open Convention at Leb-
anon on Thursday

The Pennsylvania State conven-
ton of Mothers Congress and
Farent-Teacher Associations will be
helG at Lebanon. October ., 3 ard
4. Plans have been made fo- the
most successful aE,l interesting con-
Ventior in the history of the Con-
Sress. The State president, Mrs. T..
r. Herman, of Somerset, viii. pre- :
side. DR.. Thomas e. Finegan, new
State Superintendent of Education,
VIII open the convention Thursday
evening with an add, ess on "How
Farent-T'eacher Associations Nav
Cooperate With the State Board of
Education"
Mrs. Frederic SchoT, the national
president, will be present and speak
on Training Young Women For
Motherhood" Hugh Magill, secre-
tary of the N. E. A., will attend the
convention and on Friday evening
speak on What School Patrons Can
Do to Help Education" Miss Ellen
Lombard, head of the home educa-
tlon division of the Federal Bureau
OF Education, will conduct a round
table on program making. Miss
Nutting, Of Erie, will outline the
ethical work she has been doing
with the high school girls in Erie.
This course the girls, 600 of them,
love so much-and, as it is an ex-
pertinent which the school authori-
ties do not yet finance-they finance
it themselves by selling sandwiches
at lunch and recess time.
superintendent S. E. Weber, of
the Scranton schools, will talk Sat
urday morning on THE Kinder
garten AS An Americanizer," and a
film made under the auspices of DR..
j. IL. Francis, former superintend-
ent OF the Los Angeles schools,
showing AmericaniZation work in
Los Angeles, will be shown. The
Parent-Teacher Associations are an
effective medium for Americanizing
the adultA foreigner, especially in
the Amerfcanization of the mother.
I'VE can reach women i'm their
homes less by organization than by
personal services, less by system
than by sympathy, less by crowds
than by quiet talks over the chill
dren," said one of the leaders.
The convention at Lebanon will
close on Saturday with a picnic and
drive through the beautiful country
about Lebanon. Mrs. Herman is
sues an earnest request that all Off
GERS of local associations, members
and interested friends attend this
convention, as many problems and
plans affecting child welfare in the
State will be discussed.
All wishing entertainment or
names of boarding houses should
address Mrs. Edgar Weimer, Leba-
non, chairman. of the entertainment
For hotel accommoda-
tions, engage rooms early at the
Hotel Weimer. The pre-convention
board meeting will be held at the
Hotel Weimer on Thursday at 2
p. NJ.
Members of the State board of
Mothers Congress and Parent
Teacher Associations are: Presi-
dent, Mrs. e. L. Kiernan, Somerset;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. Will
liam Brice, Jr., Bedford; treasurer,
Mrs. w, E. Greenwood, Coatesville;
Mrs. Charles Long. Wilkes-Barre;
Mrs. II. Clay Beistel, Greensburg;
Mrs. o. d. Finnegan, Coatesville:
DR.. L. e. McGinnes, Steelton; Mrs.
Otis Kiefer, Williamsport; Miss Jane
Pressly, Erie; Mrs. f.. A. Weimer,
4hlo II. -. MY IlIlS-
burgh; Mrs. Thomas f. Hope,
Coatesville; Mrs. Joseph d. Sterrett,
Erie; Mrs. Anna Mount, Oil City.
The national officers are: Presi-
dent, Mrs. Frederic Schoff, Phila-
delphia; secretary, Mrs. A. A. Bir-
ney, Washington; treasurer, Mrs. II.
n. Rowell, Berkeley, Cal.
The Lebanon Chamber of COM
merce will -entertair the convention,
on Friday with a drive to Mount
Gretna. The Woman's Club of Leb-
anon will also entertain on Friday
afternoon with reception.