Evening star., 1923-09-09

(Th6 column Is conducted Under the
auspices of the District of Columbia
branch Of the National Congress OF
Mothers and Parent Teacher Associa-
tions.)
The first world conference of edu-
Gators met two months ago in San
Francisco Calf For ten days the
delegates of sixty nations-orientals,
Europeans, Britains and Americans
met together under massed national
flags to discuss their common prom
lens and. above all, to further world
friendship. Their primary task is to
fit pupils for the circumstances OF liv-
ing that prevail in their community.
There is one general thing all nations
can develop and educate, and that is
character. Man is Goo's greatest
pride, therefore it behooves parents
and teachers to make the best Of
their opportunities in molding the
character of the future generations.
If you will stop to think that the real
cause Of the late world war was sell
fishness. then how important that we
comings of all nations Let not money
be the idol Heretofore. children
finishing high school and college
looked forward to trade. profes-
|, sion or calling that will bring them
the most dollars. Ambition should
not be retarded, but the foundation
for good. honest character should
not be overlooked. one of Americas $
greatest forces for good is the public
school. The schools of any locality
should be conditioned by the needs Of
the community that they serve. The
schools of Nevada have never been
like the schools Of Massachusetts, nor
the schools of Alabama like the
schools Of New YORK. The schools in
the District of Columbia have their
own problems which should be solved
in a way that will best suit our
children.
Washingtons public schools will
this fall for the first time in ten
years. There will be an increase Of
100 teachers. Fifty-two graduates of
the normal schools last spring have
been given positions on the teaching
force this fall. We welcome Miss
Ann-M Howard. newly appointed
teacher, who has completed plans for
introducing visual education into
Washington schools. All exhibits
will be in classrooms and none will
be in motion picture theaters The
dreams of the Congress of Mothers
and Parent-Teacher associations are
coming true one by one. even though
they be slow in coming.
Mrs. J. y. Saunders and Mrs Eir-
ginia White Speel. first and second
vice presidents of the District of
Columbia Congress of Mothers and
Parent Teacher Association. visited
Mrs G. S. Rafter. president of the
organization, at her summer home in
Maine during August. when they
planned the work of the organization
for the coming winter. particularly >
the Legislative work of which depart
ment Mrs. Speel is chairman.
Too much stress cannot be laid on
the importance of the Child Welfare
Magazine. This magazine is the Off
Cial organ Of the National Congress SIS
of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Asso-
citation. and is published monthly.
Besides containing much valuable in
formation on all subjects pertaining
to parent-teacher work this magazine
keeps the readers In close touch with
the work of the different state
branches. The national president.
Mrs NJ W. Reeve is the editor.
In this column on July % there
was published an appeal to the citi-
zens of Washington TO help keep the
school Fairgrounds open when the
buildings were closed. At that time
the statement was made that thirty
school grounds had been opened
during the summer and that the
municipal Fairgrounds departme mt
, needed help from the citizens of the
city to carry on this work. II Is d
great qualification to note from a
! recent published statement that Mrs
Rhodes hopes to keep twenty of the