Evening star., 1923-10-21
Parent-Teacher Activities.

This column fs conducted under the
auspices of the District of Columbia
branch of the National Congress OF
Mothers and Parent Teachers Assoc
Citations.
The District of Columbia Congress
of Mothers and Parent Teachers AS
sociations held the first meeting of
the season Tuesday afternoon in the
Ebbitt Hotel with the president, Mrs.
Giles Scott Rafter, in the chair. Miss
Mary Frances Glenn sang solos. Mrs
Robertson gave a brief explanation
of the Florence Crittenden drive, now
in progress. DR.. Frank w. Ballou,
superintendent of schools, told briefly
the reasons for the new five-hour
daily program for primary grades;
he also told of the number of build
ings that have been repaired during
| the summer and the number that
! have been equipped with electricity.
j He spoke of the important bills re-
! lating to schools which will be in
troduced in Congress, and he asked
the members of all school associa-
J tions to familiariZe themselves with
! the different bills.
! Miss Lily Kanely of the District
branch of the American Red Cross
! Association spoke of Home Hygiene
and the Care of the Sick" The
! Christmas sale was approved by the
/ organization. and the general chair-
man. Mrs. a. NJ. Bags, announced d
| in the week and perfect plans for the
sale, the date of which will be an
nounced very soon. several otnsr ne
chairman reported on the work OF the
various departments. These meet
| ings are always open to the pu2iic,
and everybody interested in child
welfare and the Washington schools
| is cordially invited to attend.
! The middle Atlantic states council
of the National Congress of Mothers
and Parent-Teacher Associations Will
! and 2. Our organization is entitled
| to send our president or her repre-
! sentative and five delegates. The Dis
/ trict president, Mrs. Rafter, expects
| to attend and is anxious to take at
! least five delegates with her.
| The need for a permanent head
quarters is becoming more ana more
urgent as the cold weather comes.
The clothes conservation work cannot
ibe conducted unless some centrally
/ located room can be provided. Mrs.
IG. S. Frases, chairman. has received
many calls for clothing from our
| school children. but she cannot ade-
! quately carry on the work under e
| present conditions. The Christmas
| sale, which will take place early in
| December, is to raise funds toward
obtaining headquarters for the Dis
trict of Columbia Congress of Moth
ers and Parent-Teacher Associations
Mrs. A NJ Baggs, the chairman, has
called a meeting of her committee
| tomorrow afternoon at O'Clock, In
the Ebbitt Hotel. Every school as
sociation is expected to send a mem
ber to this meeting. The time and
place for the sale will be announced
! at this committee meeting and Mrs
Baggs will give a full outline of hel
plans, and it is important that every
school be represented.
Mrs. Judge Toison will give a
luncheon Tuesday at the Rochambeau
to some of the active chairmen who
are keenly interested in the Christ
mas sale.
Mrs. Virginia White Speel has call
ed a meeting of her committee at het
house, 1755 N street, at o'clock
Tuesday afternoon. Each school as
sociation is expected to send a mem
ber to this meeting. Mrs. Speel will
discuss all bills pertaining to school
legislation; also the mothers compen-
sation bill.
Mrs. e. L. Glenn has been appointed