Evening star., 1923-12-16

education n e,
and his children are now pupils IN
the public schools. With man VI
his well known integrity and SINGER
ity of purpose on the board of educa-
tion the District schools nave hiuoii
cause for qualification.
The December meeting OF the DIS
trict of Columbia Congress OF MOTH
ers and Parent-Teacher Assoclat.o
will take place next TUESDAY at h.fo
pm. in the Ebbitt Hotel. with MIS-.
Giles Scott Rafter presiding. The
speaker will be Miss Rose HARDY
whose subject will be "Co-Operatioi,
of Parents in Primary Educatioh.
Miss Hardy is the head of primary
Instruction in the Washington schools.
Mrs Hudson Will speak brieny on
the Constitution Of the United states,
and there will be a short drill In
parliamentary law conducted by MIS-;
Nanette Paul. Mrs. William "olr
Smith is in charge of the program.
The singing of the National Parent
Teacher hymn will be led by Mrs.
Cecil Phelps Clarke. who has charse
of the musical programs at the
NEE etings. After the meeting there
will be a reception for Capt Peyser
so that he can meet the mothers OF
all the members of the school CLUBS
These meetings are always open ones
and the public is cordially invited 10
attend.
| Now that the Christmas sale has
passed into history 1t Is interesting
| facts it developed. Tuesday at the
final meeting of the committee the
| dominant spirit was one OF service
This trait is shown by the L. L: A.
members to a remarkable degree. The
| feeling of helping others and forget
| ting self is very strongly IN parent
teacher work. not only by the parents
I but by the teachers also, so that the
greatest benefit must come TO the tie
which binds them together-the chill
dren. At no time has this splendid
helpful spirit been shown to such a
dgree as in the rainbow fete, When
parents and teachers worked together
/ in order to bring the greatest good
to the greatest number"
1t Is impossible to stress too strong
| ly the keen interest the hotels and
merchants of Washington have taken
! in the Parent-Teacher Rainbow Fete,
as testified by their generous contrf-
| buttons. The management of the
| Ebbitt left nothing undone to con-
tribute to the success of the sale and
| TO provide comfort and conveniences
| for those who did the work. The
cards which were sold were designed
| by Mrs. Minnigerode Andrews, who
also wrote the poem.
When the Shriners were here last
summer many OF them sent the Wash
ington papers back home SO it hap
pened that the president of the Mar
an account of the cook book. wood
IridgeRecipes," published by the Lang
don p. Z. A, in the Parent Teacher
column in The Sunday Star. She
wrote to the association for more in
formation, and the cook book and also
copy of the Congress of Mothers
and 2. 7. a. were sent to her. A few
days ago the Langdon association re-
ceived a five-pound box of California
fruits from Sacramento, which was
exhibited and sold at the Rainbow
Fete. AS a means of recognizing the
part the Shriners played in this pleas
ant exchange of courtesies, an Aln1as
Temple Shriner helped to auction off
the fruit.
The Child Welfare Magazine. which
is the official organ of the National
Congress of Mothers and J.. T. A, will
publish in an early issue a sermon on
the value OF education which was re-
Gently preached by the Rev. William
a. Masker in St Marks Church here
Every Washingtonian should read the
sermon and all the other splendid ar
ticles which are published each month
in this magazine. Mrs. c. 2. Clarke,
113 18th street northwest, is the spe-
cial chairman for subscriptions for
Mrs. Joseph Sanders. chairman of
the health committee. has issued the
following report: "The health COM
mittee is much exercised over Condi-
tions prevailing in many of our school
buildings. The question Of proper
lighting presents a definite handicap
to every child in those schools which
have no fixtures TO supplement the
daylight on these dark winter morn
mittee feels, that electric lights
sible moment; also the dingy walls
Of the light which succeeds in getting
into the room is lost because of their
condition. More attention should be
paid to the adjustment of the shades
and the removal of dark and shiny
objects, to the end that glare be elm
mated while the light remains suff1-
cient for the children in every part of
the room. Many children will have
to thank the disregard of these fea-
lures for definite eyestrain and it's
attendant bad effects on the general
health, to say nothing of the draw
back to their scholastic progress. Our
health department is earnestly re-
questing the efficient lighting of every
schoolroom and this committee heart
lily seconds the motion and hopes for
prompt action in this matter"
At the last meeting Of the Maury
Home and School Association the So