Evening star., 1924-08-03

This column is conducted by the
District of Columbia congress of
Parent-Teacher associations. branch
of the National Congress of Parents
and Teachers.
The special committee of the Dis
trict Congress of Parent-Teacher AS
sociations; which was appointed to
take up the matter of adequate
facilities for outlying schools, has
held a number of meetings. This
committee after careful consideration
had come to feel that the best be-
ginning that could be made in reliev-
ing the existing congestion in these
schools would be the adoption Of the
work study play or platoon system
in the Takoma and T.. V. Brown
schools. With this in mind a meet
ing of parents was held in the Tako-
ma public library on Monday evening
last to hear a report from the COM
mittee. The meeting was well attend
ed, not only by parents of Takoma,
but by a large delegation Of parents
from Chevy Chase, including Col. +.
M. Anderson, the president of the
Chevy Chase Parent-Teacher Associa-
tion. There were also present rep
resentatives from a number of other
outlying schools. Mrs. Marie w.
Hodgkins of the Board of Education,
DR.. E. G.. Kimball, supervising prin-
cipal of the third division: Miss X. X.
MacQueen. principal of Tax oma
School; Miss Frances S. Farley.
principal of Park View School: Mrs.
education committee Of the District
congress: Mrs. +. r. kalmbach,
chairman of the Juvenile Court com l.
mittee of the District congress, and
ficers of the District congress were in
attendance.
After the report of the committee,
Miss Alice Barrows of the United
States Bureau of Education. who is
specially in charge of the work
Study-play department of the bureau.
made an address explaining the phil
osophy as we'll as the practical opera
tion. of the work -study-play or pla-
toon system in graded schools. Miss
Barrows answered all questions that
were asked, and then called upon
Miss Farley, principal of the Park
View School, which is operating un-
der this system, to explain its opera
ton at the Park View School, and
what was thought of the system by
the pupils. teachers and parents. MISS
Farley explained that all who were
connected with the system at Park
View School were most enthusiastic
in its support. Miss Farley also an
swered a number of questions asked
by those present. After discussion
from the floor a motion was carried
unanimously and heartily urging the
adoption of the work k-Study- play sys-
tenn in the Takoma and l.. V. Brown
Chevy Chase) Schools. and that ar
rangements be made that this system
be ready for operation in these
schools when they open in the fall.
In conjunction with a committee from
the Takoma and Chevy Chase asso-
Citations, the special committee of the
District congress is going ah cad in
it's efforts to carry out the wishes OF
the parents as thus expressed.
Mrs. A. II. Reeve, president of the
National Congress of Parents and
Parent Work" before the
summer school of George Washington
University. The lecture will be given
in Concordia Chapel, Twentieth and
G. streets northwest. August IL, at IL
o'clock.
The outstanding accomplishing mt of
the Brookland Parent-Teacher As
sociation for the year has been the
nstallation of electric lights. They
had an appropriation of $3.50 for a
new drinking fountain and the ap-
proval of school officials for new
piano. The association is consider
ing the purchase of a machine for
the projection of slides.
The. John Burroughs ParentTea CHI
er Association has weighed and meas
ured the pupils of the school twice
during the year. served milk lunch
es daily, furnished the school office
with a rug. comfortable chairs and
pictures. They purchased play
ground equipment and are now rails
ing the money for purchasing a,