The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-03
Townswon1en AM in q BustLe IOuer Parent-Teacher Meet

All over the city mothers and housewives are keeping the family and all the servants busy polishing up the premises. Everything must actually reflect the images of these home engineers.
 For the eighth annual state con vention of the Alabama Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teachers asso- citations Is to meet in Birmingham December 6-s, Wednesday to Friday. And lots of visitors and delegates are to be present.
 Furthermore. there is great hurry over getting reports ready for read ing before the body; and typewriters are humming and the muse being called upon to produce-and make 1t snappy.
 The convention will assemble sev- eral hundred women and visite~s, who will throng to the Sunday School building of the First Meth odist church. For the organization includes representatives from each state Mothers circle, Parent Teacher association or organization other wise affiliated and in good standing.
 And, as practically every school in all the cities, and many rural nave SuCn Htiplul iliaries, there will be a small sized. mob here.
 Each president of an association Is being urged to attend, and is al- lowed one delegate in addition for every 25 members of the local or ganization.
 Visitors Invited
 Every unaffiliated school welfare organization Is also being invited to send visitor. For by such meth ods, the advertising of the great good work can go on-and the bless ing of such bodies added to eommu- nities which are now without such splendid citizenship clubs. For school association not only tries to establish sympathetic attitude toward education, and be an inspira- tion to the pupils to do better work, but it's endeavors reach into almost every phase of the school activity.
 For instance these clubs find out why child is not progressing in studies as he should. Maybe it's lack of foundation ambition at a students home; or it may be a learner is hun gry and is unable to think of his head for being too conscious of the empti- ness of his stomach.
 Help the Undernourished
 There are undernourished little folks who register at the school desk each year. They are quietly supplied each day with milk they cannot af- ford. This builds their bodies. Again, child is ragged, cold--and greatly in need of things for his physical well fare that make it almost impossible for him to do his best educational work. Funds are obtained-and the entrant is made normally warm, and as physically respectable as any of his critical small buddies.
 Again, the work of these organiza- tions includes the training of stu dents in the niceties of social life and affairs, and promotes many hum dreds of god plays and assemblage as well as baby shows. The latest help to keep up the phyical being of those who will be students in a few years, and encourage talent of every variety noted among the ranks in young book followers.
 Delegates Welcomed
 The delegates and visitors will ar rive wearing their badges as they descend from the trains, so that they may be easily spotted and given at once the proper welcome 10 the Magic town. The credential and registra- ton committee will be in session Wednesday at 10 o'clock and at p. m, the same day at the Methodist Sunday school building. These delegates now are rapidly sending in their names to the hospitality chair man, Mrs. B. c. Bracken. 6030 Second avenue, south.
 The hostess proper for the assem- blaze is the Central Parent-Teacher association of Birmingham. The visitors will dine for breakfast at the homes of their hostesses and at noon Thurday and Friday, the lunch con committee has arranged with the Y. W. C. A. for a special 50 cent lunch tp be served at the associated clubrooms. Supper will be had at the various cafes In town. At noon for the board of managers, local chairman and special visitors, the