Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-19

colored People Present Co.
Operative Plan to Monday
Evening Club.

committee to promote better feeling
| between the white and colofed people
OF Washington il being planned by
| the local branch Of the National As
| ISOLATION for the Advancement OF Col
G0red People.
The plan was outlined to the Mon
day Evening Club in letter from c.
w. Banton, executive secretary. read
at the meeting Of the organisation
at the Cosmos Club last night. The
| letter requested the club to name a
| delegate to the proposed inter-racia1
| to the executive board for report
| later.
The letter called attention to the
race riots of last year and voiced the
intention of the association to work
for the prevention Of such t1ogsdies
| In the future.
The meeting was devoted to discus
which has been carried on In the pub
lie schools Of Washington and
throughout the country during the
! past few years.
Urges Health Steps.
Walter s. uHord, temporary chair
man OF the meeting, urged the mem-
Ders OF the club to work for the On.
iargement Of the medical and dental
Inspection forces in the schools.
Dr Joseph A. Murphy Of the Dis
trict health department, detailed to
school inspection work, also empha-
sized the need for moro dental clinics
in the schools. The four now in
operation are inadequate, he said.
MRS: Ernest R. Grant who directed
the health crusade in the local
schools, presented a lantern slide lee
and other interesting scenes taken in
connection with the crusade.
Mrs. Grant said $4,000 local school
children took part in the movement
the first year and $4,000 the second
year.
Miss M. Grace Osborne, associate
director of the health crusade move
ment Tor the entire country. gave
brief talk on the results obtained
elsewhere. There are now 100000
children enrolled In the modern
health crusade movement, she said.
girls have given pledge to brush
their teeth, wash their necks and ears
and take plenty Of sleep In . well
ventilated room.
Improvement In Health.
The observance Of these simple
rules Of hygiene by SO hrgs . num-
Der Of children cannot fail. in Miss
Osborne's opinion. to result in a
marked Improvement in the health
Of the future men and women of
Commissioner Mabel T. Boardman
was elected to membership. A letter
was read from Mrs. Louis Rrownlow,
wife Of the former Commissioner, re-
signing as second vice president be.
cause OF her removal to Petersburg,
Va. She asked permission to remain
in the club as . nonresident member,
which was granted. with the suSges-
tfon that Mr.. BfoWnlow be invited to
do likewise.
Other new members elected were
Mrs. Henry @. Ferguson. Mias Kash-
Miss Eleanor N. Hough,
Charles A. Bowman, Miss F. E. Thomp-
son, Rev. DR.. John O'Grady and Miss
Margery Downey.
Personnel Of Committees.
President Seldsn NJ, Ely announced |
for the winter - follows: |
Executive commtttee-JohR Doiph, |
DIR. William c. Fowler, Mrs. r. Thomas
West. Mrs. James Lansburgh and AL |
lon Willett. |
Membership committee-Mrs. WAL
ter s. Unord. chairman; Walter B. |
Patterson, Mrs. Olive Ross, Miss Vira
giniA Ross and Miss Natalie Mathews. |
Reception committee--L,ouis A. 81
mon, chairman: q. e. Dunkum. Miss
and Miss Edith Goode.
Banquet committee-Mrs. r. Thom- |
as West, chairman; Mrs. ". ID. Bige-
low, Miss josephine Golden, I. E. |
Stein and George Curtis Shinn.
Committee On schools Arthur |
Deerin Call, chairman; Allen n VII. l
lett and A. J. Driscoll. >
Remedial loan legislstton-WtlliamI
81. Baldwin. -
The church and sociaisservies-Mrs. |
A. J. McKefway. -.
The Juvenile Court. wilmer Lat
inner.
A modern municipal lodging house |
Miss Aline E. Solomon.
Provision for the care OF the feeble
s. Wilson,:
Supervision Of dependent and neg
lected children-Mrs. Whitman Cross. !
- Housing-Mrs. Ernest p. Btcknell
Health supervision of school chill
dren-Willard S. Small.
Special scheols--W. B. Patterson.
Aopen-air~ scnooh-Dr. Joseph A.
Murphy
Use Of school buildings as social
and civic centers-Miss Cecil B. Nor
ton.
Municipal care and supervision Of
the tubercular-Dr. William e. Fowler.
Child labor legislation-Mrs. Larue
Brown.
Social hysiens-Dr. George M. Ko-
Der.
Infant welfare-Dr. Joseph 8. Wall.
Griffith.
STANDARDIZATION of charities-wai-
ter 8. Unord.
Press and pubncity-Francis De-
Sales Ryan.