Evening star., 1923-09-23

This column is conducted under the
auspices of the District of Columbia
branch of the National Congress of
Mothers and Parent Teacher Asso-
Citations.
Despite the heavy enrolment Of
| pupils in the public schools this year.
it is gratifying to know of the ample
supply of teachers. The only thing
now is to readjust the seating ca
| pacity so that every section of the
city will have classes full time. 1t
is hoped that in a few months time
the crowded sections will be supplied
with ample room. and the useless
/ portable buildings removed from the
| sections not needed.
| The Home and School Association
! of Eastern High has the following
report: Four regular meetings held
| during the past year. Besides the
/ business session the pupils OF the
| school entertained at each meeting.
These entertainments were In charge
of the teachers. and were instructive
as well as entertaining. One OF the
plays dwelt on Correct Speech, an
| other on Shakespeare" Arthur
| Robb was again elected president OF
( the association. Mrs. Sandoe, the
!
Edwards was elected. Ray ). smith
lis treasurer.
Now that the schools are again
| open the task of weighing ana meas
uring the children is once more De
| fore us. The chairman of the hea!tn
| committee desires to cooperate with
! those schools in which this service
is being started by the mothers. Sne
wishes particularly to emphasize the
] in
tail of this work. since its value Is
( in a great measure dependent on
| this point No child should be given
white card whose weight is under
| that shown by the chart to be the
average weight for his height, NOT
even if there is only difference OF
a fraction of a pound. The impor-
tant point is not how many whlte
| cards can we give, but how many
! children we can help. 1t IS deslTdpIe
! to keep a record chart for each room
and note improvements or iapses IN
| the individual as we'll as in the grace.
The membership chairman OF the
District of Columbia Congress OF
Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associa-
tions is anxious to call a meeting OF
her committee in the near future and
present a plan whereby the MEMBER
! ship of the school clubs Will be IN
creased. Every president OF cruz
is asked to send the name ana aooress
of the membership chairman 10 mrs
Andrew Stewart, 1442 Clifton street
| northwest.
It is a source of satisfaction to the
health committee to note the interest
being manifested in the question OF
sanitary drinking fountains for the
schools of our city. This committee
started an active campaign for the
installation of such fountains some
81 fNYrT pInlu
in one of the large buildings were
shut off during an epidemic or diph-
liberia in order to reduce the spread
of the disease because they were con-
sidered a menace by the health de-
lpartment. OF course, these fountains
! were still menace when they were
turned on again and in similar cases
It is most important that sanitary
fountains be installed in all the
schools as early as the revenues OF
the District will permit. The health
officer of the District of Columbia has
made exhaustive tests and has urged
that only the proper kind of fountains
| be bought for use by our children. II
has been through his cooperation
that they have been installed in as
! cooperation of the Commissioners we
| feel hopeful that the entire system
will be supplied in the near future.
!. There will be meeting of the board
of managers of the National Congress
of oMthers and Parent-Teacher Asso,
Citations in Cleveland on October 2,
and 4. There will be some very i'm
portant business discussed, and after
the board meetings the mem bers are
invited to attend the state convention
of .the Ohio branch in Newark, Ohio
on October 10 and 12.
The Kenilworth Parent-Teachers
Association held the first meeting fol
this season in the school Wednesday
| afternoon. The meeting was well at
tended and several new members join.