Arizona republican., 1922-03-23
ANNUAL MEETING
Of CONGRESS Of
MOTHERS TODAY.
Three-Day Session Begins
This Morning-Prog
For Conference Includes
Well-Known Speakers.
TOday's Program

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9 a. m.-Resistration of dele
oates, mezzanine floor, Hotel
Adams.
10 a. m.-State board meeting,
blue room, Hotel Adams.
1880 o. p1.-ExecutiVe board
luncheon, Splendid grill.
p. r.-Reoeption in honor of
Mrs. Milton p. Higgins, national
president, Woman's club, First
avenue and Fillmore street.
3 p. nn.-Open meeting at the
high school auditorium.
With delegates in attendance from
every part of the state, the annual
conference of the Congress of Moth
ers and Parent Teacher Associations
win open here this morning in a
three-day session, which is being
looked upon as one of the most i'm
portant ever held by this organiza-
tion.
The conference will include the
transaction OF the necessary business
Of the organization, the consideration
of the problems with which it is con-
fronted, addresses by the foremost
women Of the state, and social affairs
in which the delegates will be intro
duced to those to whom is given chief
credit for the results which have been
achieved by the congress in the past
and those which are anticipated by it
in the future.
National President Here
Chief among those who will attend
the conference are Mrs. Milton p.
Higgins, national president, who will
deliver greetings from the national
orga nization; Mrs. John Langdon
president of the Arizona branch; DIR.
X. w. Jameson, dean of women at
the state university. and Miss Elsie
Toles, state superintendent of public
instruction.
DIR. Jameson arrived in Phoenix
last evening. being met by number
Of the members of the local council
Her presence at this conference is re-
garded with peculiar satisfaction by
those in charge of the convention be-
cause of the prominence she has
achieved in her work for women and
children and the success which has
attended her efforts in their behalf.
She has been concerned with this
kind OF effort during almost her en-
tire lifetime, and she brings to the
consideration of problems attending
it vast experience, a deep insight
and a clearness of vision which make
her interest and participation in the
conference invaluable.
The conference will begin at
o'clock this morning with the regis
tration of delegates on the mezza-
nine floor of the Hotel Adams At 10
o'clock the state board will meet in
the hoters blue room. and at 2:3o
the members OF the executive board
will gather for luncheon at the
Splendid ~rill. At 2 o'clock in the
afternoon reception will be held at
the Woman's club in honor of Mrs.
Milton p Higgins, and plans have
been arranged to make this one of
the outstanding features of the con-
ference
Public, Meeting Tonight
The actual opening of the confer
ence and its first public meeting will
he held at the high school auditorium
at o'clock this evening. The pro-
gram is an interesting one. and it is
expected that hundreds of Phoenix
women will attend this meeting to
become acquainted with those who
are making the Arizona branch OF the
congress a success and who are also
giving it definite place in the prog
ress of this part of the Southwest.
The meeting will be opened by an
orchestra number, which will be fol-
lowed by an invocation by the Rev.
Philip Y. Pendleton. pastor Of the
Central Christian church. The dele
gates and audience will then be led
in community singing by Mrs. H. d.
Ross.
Willis H. Plunkett. mayor of Phoe-
nix, will welcome the delegates in the
name OF the city. while John d.
Loper, superintendent OF the city
schools. will welcome them on behalf
OF the local schools. The greeting Of
the local council of Parent Teacher
associations will be delivered by Mrs.
NJ T. Phelps, president of the council,
the response being made by Mrs.
John Langdon. president of the Ari-
zona branch Of the National Congress
Of Mothers and Parent Teacher Asso-
Citations.
A greeting from the national or
ganization will then be given by Mrs.
Higgins, after which Miss Bessie
Barkley will sing MY Tribute" the
words OF which were written by Mrs.
Higgins. Addresses by Miss Elsie
Toles and Dean X. W. Jameson will
bring the first day of the conference
to a close.