Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-24

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District OF Columbia Congress of
Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associa-
tionS, headquarters, the Appeals
building, 426 9Th street northwest.
Mrs. Joseph Sanders is the presi-
dent of the Johnson-Powell Mothers
Club, and is the very efficient health
chairman Of the District of Columbia
Congress of, Mothers and Parent
Teacher Associations. She has planned
Il mass meeting under the auspices
of the health committee, to be held
in the auditorium OF the Interior De-
partment next Friday night. The
public is invited, especially all wom-
ems clubs having school or health
chairmen. Mrs. Sanders will hold a
meeting of her committee in the Eb-
HIT Hotel tomorrow at = o'clock.
The reception committee for the mass
meeting Will consist of the president
and ahe health chairmen of each
school association and the members
of the executive board of the Dis
trict of Columbia Congress of Moth
ers and Parent-Teacher Associations.
The regular monthly meeting of the
District of Columbia Congress of
Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associa-
tons was held Tuesday afternoon in
the Ebbitt Hotel, with the president,
Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, in the chair
DIR. William Mather Lewis, president
of George Washington University, and
Edwin c. Barnes, director of music
in the public schools, were present.
DIR. Lewis spoke of the Importance
of American homes in the lives of the
youth of today, and Mr.. Barnes gave
talk on the music in our schools
and announced the music festival.
which will take place in Central High
School May l, and 3.
There We're several resolutions
passed by the organization. One was
to send the education chairman, Mrs.
William Bannerman, to Chicago to at
tend the conference of platoon school
superintendent and principals. Mrs.
Zimmerman will attend this confer
ence with Miss Farley of the Park
view Work Study School, and
both were invited by DR.. Tigert. the
United States commissioner of educa-
ton. The Legislative chairman. Mrs.
Virginia White Speel, presented two
resolutions. which were passed by
the assembly One was the indorse
the teachers salary bill as prepared
by the board of education and known
as the Keller bill, and the other reSo-
luton was to indorse and commend
the action of the board of. education
in installing electricity in the school
buildings and in restoring the stand
ing committees Of the board and
holding public meetings.
Nine. Won Unschuld demonstrated
the value of giving children thorough
musical instruction by having two pu-
pills from her Junior studio play on
the piano. One of the children was
from the Johnson Powell School and
the other from the Maury School.
The Edmonds Parent-Teacher Asso-
citation had the largest representation
present Mrs. Nanette Paul conducted
a brief drill in parliamentary law. .
The building fund for the mothers
building is steadily growing. Mrs.
~Tolsun gave two card parties in the
Rochambeau Thursday afternoon and
evening, the proceeds Of which were
for the building fund and the shoe
and rubber fund.
The District of Columbia Congress
of Mothers and Parent-Teacher ASSo-
Citations extends the sympathy of the
organization to the parents and
teachers ofzthe Bryan School OH the
recent death of their principal, Miss
Phillips. Miss Philips was active in
parent-teacher work.
The publicity chairman has re-
ceived the first preconvention news
Of the national convention of the
Congress of Mothers and Parent
Teacher Associations, which is to be
held in st. Paul the first week in May.
The convention will open with a ban
quet May at the Hotel ST. Paul.
Miss Boyce, president of the Inter
national Kindergarten Union, will be
one Of the guests of honor. Tuesday
evening the speakers will be Miss
Alma Binzel, on Training for Par
enthood." and DR.. Bird t. Baldwin.
on Child Development" Wednesday
the meetings will be held in the Uni
versity of Minnesota, and DR.. j. j.
Tigert will preside. Other speakers
will be the president of the univer-
sity, DR.. L. d. Coffman: Carl H. Milan
secretary of the American Library
Association; Prof. Charles c. Memphis
of the University of Virginia, DR..
Minnesota, and our national presi-
dent, Mrs. a. II. Reeve. Other speak
ers who will be heard during the
convention will be Miss Julia w. Alb
bot, "Pre-school Work.; Miss Flor
ence NJ. Hale. Country Life; Mrs.
Orville T. Bright. High School
Work" and DIR. William Byron For
bush, Boy Problem.
For four years since the District of
Columbia Congress of Mothers and
Parent Teacher Associations made
the survey of the conditions of the
buildings and found that the school
Fairgrounds were inadequate the or
ganization has made a persistent eff
fort to remedy these conditions. There
are no supervised school Fairgrounds
except during school hours. when the
teachers and janitorS are in charge.
In summer and on holidays the school
Fairgrounds, such as they are, are
locked and the children in crowded
residence communities are forced to
play in the streets, thus endangering
their lives from traffic. A large part
of the equipment on the school