Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-08
Parent-Teacher Activities

1 auspices OF the JUSTICE OF SOtu"Osu
Branch of the National Congress OF
| Mothers and Parent.T eacher Associa.
tions.
How many are going to the ma
! tionaL convention in Louisville, be-
. ginning April %? 1t is very impor-
| tant that the District of Columbia
shall be we'll represented and we
hope that many of our members Will
| be able to attend. The national con-
| ventions are always Interesting, but
| this one will be unusually so because
of the many pleasant social events
planned by our Kentucky hostesses.'
together with the number OF impor-
tant questions to be discussed and
| the election of national officers.
! We are entitled to send as voting
delegates our four officers Cor their
alternately and one delegate for each
| thousand members, but any member
=, of our association Is privileged TO
attend and 1t Is earnestly hoped that
many of our members VIII aVaii
| themselves of this opportunity. Let
| us show our sisters in the states that
| though we are small in territory we
are large with enthusiasm that par
ent-teacher work in our national
| ca pital is secand to none.
| The card party to raise FUNDS 10
| send our delegates to the national con-
yention will be held in the Womans
City Club on Friday, April 20. There
! In
at 1890. Tables seating four Will be
SIS apiece. which includes the lqnch
and prize We know that every FAR
| nt-Teacher Association will enthusl-
astically cooperate so that this event
4 will be a great success, both socially
and financially, as all are eager that
the District should be fully repre-
Mrs. T.. H. Daniel Is the general
chairman, the rest of the committee
being Mesdames F. T. Shun, J. II.
Parsons, Joseph Randall. q. T Shan-
non, Louis Freeman, A. w: Boswell,
1B, III. Flanagan, A. K. Wine. A. >.
Castell. William Levy, c. b. Sanborn
and L. d Smoot.
The Weightman Parent-Teacher
| Association is setting good example
| by helping to send their president as
4 a District delegate to the national
convention.
During the past year the Juvenile
court committee of the District Conz
gress of Mothers and Parent Ieacner
! Associations. has been attending
| regularly the Wednesday morning
sessions of the Juvenile Court. These
| visits. were begun with the IDEA OF
Investigating the conditions under
which dependent and delinquent chill
dren connected with our public SCHOOLS
4 ~ pf.a y~4 NJ
| drens' Guardians. Continued attend
| ance at the court, however. served to
J enlighten members of the committee
on many other phases OF the work
being done by the court for the chill
dren of the District. Findings of this
| committee are of vital interest to the
| Congress of Mothers. as our children
| come under the influence Of the court
| in many ways. The committee was
| impressed with the fine work being
| done for the protection OF the chill
dren at every point. and with the
need for an adeQuatae and up-to date
! Juvenile court law. Many efforts
| toward getting needed legislation
passed by Congress having failed In
the past, il is at once evident that an
organization which would undertake
| to educate the public in matters re-
lating to probation work, and which
would serve to consolidate the efforts
| made from time to time. by various
l
| lation. would be of great value. Such
an organization, the District of CO.
lumbia Probation Association, was
| formed Tuesday afternoon at the Ju-
venile Court building. 203 Eye street
| northwest. when Judge Kathryn Sell
| lers presided over a gathering of rep
resentatives from every important or
ganization in the city. Mr.. Charles
L. Chute, general secretary OF the
National Probation Association. out
4 III ~ u ,fwn tfrNv,
| and the need of such an organization
here, and after some discussion 1t
was voted to form the District
| branch. Judge Sellers. as Temporary
| chairman. was authorized to appoint
| a committee to draw up plans of or
| ganization. The Mothers Congress
| was represented at this meeting by
\ the president. Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter.
and by the Juvenile Court committee,
consisting Of Mrs. E. r. Kalmbach,
Mrs. ]. w. Byler and Mrs. L. d.
Smoot
knowledge is power" and unless
we know exactly what We want in
| educational methods 1t is useless to
| expect progress.
The following outline is submitted
! for consideration of educational COM
/ mittees In case no definite study plan
has already been adopted by the
| chairman on education of the District
i
tions. Mrs. William F. Bannerman:
iI.-Educationa1 Methods and Progress.
/. Does the public school system Of
| today consider and develop individual
| talents and initiative in children or
! does it tend to Standardization? Ex-
plain.
school system?
| 8. What do you know of the work.
| study. play system?
\ Ar
! system?
S. What are the outstanding char
act eristics of each?
| 6. Which in your judgment is best
munity from moral, mental, physi-
cal and economic viewpoint?
! Z. Is the operation of the $50 plan
and the work study-play plan under
one school system practicable?
! 8. When changes in school sys-
| tenn seem advisable, whence should
| arise the initiative? With whom
| should the final decision rest?
! 3. What is the largest number of
pupils you think there should be in
an ideal class?
-. What is your opinion of CO.
e lcation? In elementary schools?
| High schools? Colleges and universe
ties? Why?
| tases of large and small schools? Ele-
mentary? High schools? Colleges?
Reading suggested: t"All the Chill
dren of All the People" William Haw-
ter of the Great City," Angelo Patri,
Macmillan; Schools of Tomorrow"
Johr Dewey, E. P. Dutton & Co;
"Shackled Youth" Edward Yeomans,
Atlantic Monthly Press: THE Punish
ment of Children" Felix Adler, Abing-
\ dcn Press. New York city.
| H.-schooI Personnel.
| 1. In what relative order would you
place the following teaching Qualifica-
tons: Scholarship. teaching ability,