Evening star., 1923-07-01
Parent-T Teacher Activities.

This column is conducted under the
auspices OF the District Of Columbia
branch OF the National Congress of
Mothers and PArent-Teachers' Asso-
citation.
The public schools of Washington
have suffered a serious loss In the
voluntary retirement OF MISS Alice
McNantx. ths principal and eighth
grade teacher In the Edmonds build.
Ing. Owing to Miss McNantz's modest
and retiring disposition. comparative
ly few people appreciate her splendid
qualities both as q teacher and as q
principal. The teachers In her build
ing and all those closely associated
with her. realise what an Inspiration
and help she always has been to her
pupils. Years aFo> she determined
that she would retire before age had
made her detriment to the system,
so true to her unselfish habits she has
competent and up.to-date teacher.
The school system 70 to be congratu..
lated on having possessed a teacher OF
such ability and the teachers and
mothers of the Edmonds pupils are
disconsolate at her retirement. She
her spirit and the ideals she has in
stilled In her pupils will last for more
than one generation. The teachers
in her building loved her as a valued
friend. and members Of her Parent.
Teacher Association consider her the
inspiration for theft success. y. In the
words Of Wordsworth, she is "A
woman nobly planned, to love, to
honor and command"
An intarastt,r s>.. .n -.
known the other day showing the
value Of this Parent-Teacher column.
Mrs. Byler. the president of the
L.angdon- John Burroughs Parent
Teacher Association, received q letter
from Parent Teacher Association pres
ident In Sacramento. Calf, In which the
Californian stated that her husband
had attended the Shrine convention
and had sent home Sunday Star in
which she had been much Interested
In the Parent.Teacher Activities. and
sne wrote to Mrs. Byler to make some
inquiries about the Woodbridge Cook.
book. which had been mentioned in
the Parent-Teacher column.
AS there has recently been q meet.
lish code for the use OF the flag,
1t Is earnestly hoped that when the
schools open after the summer vaca-
tion. there will be nag In every
classroom. Since the pupils are ex.
pected to pledge allegiance to the
y appalling to think Of the number
OF 'ciassrooms where there are no
nags. This particular part OF the
school equipment should be supplied
by some OF our many patriotic or
gantzations. Another matter which
should receive attention is the die
tionartes In the schools. Many of
these books are very old and battered.
one parent-teacher association re-
Gently requested the board OF educa-
ton to give this matter some atten-
tfon: The recently organized parent
teacher association of the Morgan
school raised funds right after they
organized with which they placed q
flag and a dictionary in every class
room in their building.
The mothers Of the Edmonds School
took the pupils of that building on a
picnic Thursday to Montrose Park in
Georgetown. Each child was given
several balloons and ice cream was
served after lunch. Races were held
and prises given to the winners.
Those children who won were Andrew
shannon twho won twice), Elisabeth
Frits. Dorothy Clark. Anne Mullen,
Susie Mullen. Dorothy Talbert, James
retz. Esther Belnick and William
blanchard. After the children had
run. the mothers had two races, those
winning being Mrs Fritz, president OF
the ciDb, Mrs. Grinder, Mrs. Hid and
Mrs. Belnick.
A pArent-teacher association In The
one distinct organization in the Dis
trict of Columbia that seeks to bind
the parents to the school and secure
their interest in the better education
can have continued success unless
there is genuine spirit Of helpful
ness on the part OF the parents and
| a sincere desire on the part of the
teachers and school officials to un-
derstsna the educational needs Of the
home. 1t is declared The task of
educating all the children Is q tre-
mendous one, and too great for either