Evening star., 1923-03-18

fumbid branch OF the National Con-
gress of Mothers and Parent each.
er Associations.
The District Of Columbia Congress of
Mothers and Parent Teacher Associa-
tions has a membership Of nearly
$4,000 and is composed of all the
school associations. SO tina; it repre-
sents the only organized union OF par
ents in Washington. The teachers
who compose the other half of this
union ars IS important factors i'll
the life Of the ch;id as its parents,
The physical. mental and moral
training Of every child is absolutely
The work OF it's parents and teachers'
30 that close cooperation between
these two is most important and this
close cooperation. can only exist
when the two are associated together
n a parent-teacher association. Each
school association works for its ind
ridual needs but al Of the groups COM
hined make up the District Of Columbia
congress of Mothers and Parent
Teacher Associations. which IN turn is !
state branch of tac Ma iOn.ti Congress
"f Mothers and I'artnt-Tea"il'" Asso-
,.iution$.
When our District branch was first
organized there We're ouly Il few in
terested mothers. but now thousands
Of parents and teachers compose it,
membeFship; snf1.tion Ths m2ttS ;, Of the or, or
School children" and the several de-
partments are working in close CO.
operation with the Health Depart
ment, Child Welfare Society. Pro-
gressive Education Aesncia tion and
every other active association which
concerns itself with work for chill
dIen. Though its uemb berShip Is com
posed OF parents IN eveIy n;i-t OF the
District Of columbia ana many of
"u' school t,acGei. : = Hlso llem-
n~!s. this Crgpni2;. tiuu has 10 head
quarters aud ha2 been Tor years de
pendent on the courtesy of our local
hotel managers Tor monthly meet
lng place. One of our important de-
partments, the clothes conservation.
'tdS been moved eight times during
NE last five years and our material
Is now stored in the cellar OF the
! chairman'S house AS this depart
merit works entirely for our school
children the lack Of permanent head
quarters is very detrimental. making
work difficult.
AS Washington has even home
:or destitute animals it would seem
nat an organization which works
entirely for the good OF our chill
dren should have i permanent home.
If each school association viii help
as solve thi" problem We are sure 70
get suitable headquarters where We
can meet and carry on our work,
unique feature Of the, national
convention i'll Louisville win be state
pres ldentS day. VIII our president
'e there to make a report She will
II we all help TO send he:.
The Mothers Club OF the Randall
highlands Orr schools meets the third
"Wednesday OF each month in the
orr School. This club has been or
1Zssf -.
! membership, the president being Mrs
G. Y. Blakeney While other sections
~ the District are Clamoring FOR
Fairgrounds. perhaps 1t is not gen
"raliy known that this rather remote
section OF the southeast had donated
. 1t eleven years ago. when the Ran
1an Highlands School was built
about THREE acres OF ground. Moth
lns has been done to heautify this
ground up TO the present time. Plans
are being discussed by the club and
hopes entertained that some i!n,nedi-
ate action may be taken whereby the
children in this vicinity will have a
>fully equipped and up-to-date Dlav-
ground worthy of the name.
card party for the benefit OF the
Fichard kingslnan school playground
Will be given by the Parent-Teacher
Associat ton at the Masonic Temple.
\ih and F streets northeast. on Fri
day. March %. at O'Clock Tickets.
20 cents. Come and spend a plea SAINT
tNenirg and help make the play
ground pleasanter place for the
AiddiCs"
The Parent-T eacher Association OF
he Force School met on Monday after
noon. March l.. Only business was
transacted. The Force Fairgrounds are
undergoing extensive improvements and
A playground teacher has been secured
FOR the remaining term. The next meet
ing will be held at the Washington Club.
April 9, at S.
The Edmonds Mothers Club held
the regular monthly meeting on Mon
day afternoon. March II. The newly
elected president. Mrs. J. H. Fritz
was in the chair. After the business
meeting some children's nightgowns
were shown the club. These gowns
were made by one Of the members
out Of the garnle nts worn by the Ed
1nonds children in the demonstration
FOR Safety week and are to be turned
over TO the clothes conservation de-
partment. All OF the costumes worn
by the children will be utilized in
rhis manner.
The Henry-PoIk Home and School
Association held an overflow meeting
on Tuesday evening. March l3. There
was a program contributed by Miss
Meyers, who gave several recitations:
Miss Rena Zlotnick, who danced: Mr.
Decker. piano solo. Mrs. G. S Rafter
was the speaker Of the evening Mr.
\. j. Driscoll from the Nidcity Citi-
zsns' Association, also spoke.
The Parent Teacher Association Of
Observation-Disclosures