Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-20
Parent-Te acher Activities.

(This column Is conducted under
the auspices of tho District of Co
iumbia branch of the National Con-
gress OF Mothers and Parent-Teach-
| ers' Associations.)
Mrs. q. B. Rafter. president of the
District of Columbia Congress of
Mothers and Parent-Teachers' Assoc
/ Citations, is the press chairman for
the sixteenth annual, conference Of
the National Probation Association.
now in session at the New Willard
The organization was we'll represent
| ed at the annual luncheon, which was
combined with the Rotary Club week
| New willard May I6. The Juvenile
| Court committee. of which Mrs. t.
Kalmbach is the chairman, has at
tended every session OF the confer
| ence.
During the National Conference OF
Social Work The SshooI" will be the
subject of discussion. beginning next
Tuesday. DR.. Helen T.: Woolley OF
| Detroit Ia chairman. There will be
| many inspiring meetings. and the dis
| cussions .sill be most interesting TO
all who are active in parent-teacher
| work.
The Walach- Towers Parent-Teach-
ers' Association held the final meeting
| of the year on Thursday afternoon.
The Bradley Mothers Club held a
meeting Thursday afternoon. Mrs.
G. 8. Rafter was the speaker. The
| mothers are planning for big meet
ing In June. The president, Mrs. Hun
gerford, presided.
The newly organized Mothers Club
| at the Southwest School held a meet
ing Tuesday night.
The May meeting of the District of
Columbia Congress of Mothers and
tParent-Teacher Associations was held
in the Ebbitt Hotel Tuesday after
noon, with the president. Mrs. G. S.
Rafter, In the chair. The reports Of
the six District delegates who at
tended the national convention in
Louisville were read and the banner
presented to the District for sending
its full quota to Louisville was given.
/ Miss Maud Alton, head of the Ameri-
canixation School, introduced one of
her pupils, Sol Orleans, a young Rus
sian boy, who has only been in Amer
lea two years. but who made an ad-
dress on Washington and Lincoln"
which had been written and taught to
him by an elder brother who is also
| pupil in the AmericaniZation
School. Mrs. Rider. from Niagara
Falls. who Is one of the New York
| states officers. made an address.
A resolution Of sympathy was sent
to the District of Columbia Child
Welfare Society on the recent death
of its president, Miss Gwynne, who
also was an important chairman in
the parent-teacher organization. The
! officers for the coming year. who were
elected at the April State convention,
were installed.
! The annual picnic will take place in
| Montrose Park, Georgetown. June r.
/ and the Jackson Parent-Teacher As
| sociation will be the hostess
Il IL
| made reports were Mrs. G. S. Rafter,
Mrs; ]. n. Saunders. Mrs. c. A. Wise
| well, Mrs ]. F. Randall, Mrs. j. NJ
Bischoff and Mrs. l.. 8. Wolfe.
The Congress Heights school gave
a pageant entitled THE Victory OF
! Health Over Disease" Thursday. The
! principal OF the school managed the
performance. in which the pupils took
part, the Mothers Club was the host
ess and the Navy Yard Band fur
/ nished the music.
The recently organized +. r. A. OF
| the Kenilworth School held the May
| meeting Wednesday afternoon. The
| treasurer reported that the recent
food sale profits were s31, which will
be used for playground equipment
Mrs. J. C. Lingebach. the president
| was in the chair and gave details fol
a days of the week bazaar" which
the association will hold on the after.
! noon and evening of June 16. TIL,
committee in charge is Mrs. William
Brown. Mrs. I. d. Wiseman Mrs. r. L
Jennings, Mrs. H L. Johnson and Mrs
@. 5. Lyles. In addition, the follow
ing officers will manage the sale
President Mrs. Lingeback. Vice Presi
ldents Mrs. j. s. Clarke and Miss NJ. E
Bannon. Secretary Mrs. C. II. Bale!
and Treasurer Mrs. H. Ames TIL,
| special guest at the meeting was tn,
! first vice president of the Distric
Congress of Mothers and P. T. A, Mrs
j. n. Saunders.
The Randall Highlands P. T. A. viii
meet next Wednesday afternoon In
tho school. Mrs. William Wolf Smith
will speak on The, Imagination o.
the Child"
The Edmonds Mothers Club helt
the final meeting of the year Monday
afternoon, with the president, Mrs
j. II. Fritz, in the chair. Miss Mar