Evening star., 1924-06-22

nj This column is conducted by the
:. District of Columbia Congress OF
of the National Congress Of Parent
Teacher Associations. Headquarters
&26 5th street northwest.
Roy Wolfe is the new president oi
the West p. T. A. This association is
h one of the largest and most progress
Sive school associations in the city
The first prize for membership ever
offered by the District OF Columbia
. Congress was won by this association
ta The officers of the District of CO.
lumbia Congress of Parent Teacher
Associations will meet during this
. week and appoint the chairmen of
tho departments, which will compose
The executive board next year.
The compilation of statistics in con;
rection with each elementary and
tunior high school in the District of
Columbia by the committee on edu-
cation of the Congress of Parent.
d. Teacher Associations was approved
cy the board Of education at its meet
ing June IL. The work of gathering
the information has been completed
owing to cooperation on the part OF
school principals and division chair
raen, and when the facts have been
statistics will be available which the
congress has long needed. 1t is the
purpose of the congress to ascertain
the necessary facts to bring this COM
pilation to date once a year, and IT is
hoped that the aid in meeting some
of the most urgent needs of the pub
lie schools may result.
The sixty-second annual meeting
of the National Education Associa-
,tion will be held in Washington, June
90 to July 4. The National Congress
of Parent Teacher Associations has
i = ian mn
ing in connection with it July l, at
o'clock, to discuss the relationship
between the two organizations. Ad-
dresses will be made by Miss Olive
Jones, president of the National Edu-
cation Association; Hon. Payson
Smith, commissioner of education.
Massachusetts,; Miss Jessie l. Lou
derback, president, Association OF
Visiting Teachers. and by officers OF
the Parent-Teacher Association. A
, will be held at the Women's Univer-
sity Club, June 80. at $50 pm
In acknowledgment OF their efforts
for the teachers salary bill the Dis
trict of Columbia Congress of Parent
Teacher Association has received a
copy of a resolution of appreciation
from the officers and school teachers.
q The resolution was adopted at mass
meeting and signed by F. c. Daniel,
S NJ. Ely, Edith c. Paul. Allen Davis,
NJ. Gertrude Young, NJ. Florence Gore.
Elizabeth Hawxhurst- Eve Hurd
Willis, a. Grace Alden and H. May
Johnson.
The Edmunds Parent-Teacher Asso-
citation, at the special meeting held
last week. decided to purchase shrub
berry to beautify the front of the
building for the prize which they have
just won for having the greatest rep
resent tation at the monthly meetings
of the District of Columbia Congress
Of Parent-Teacher Associations. This
membership prize is generally some
article for the decoration OF the build
ing whose association is victorious,
Irut the Edmunds building is so beau
tFully decorated with pictures that
the parents and teachers decided they
would like to have the ground beau
titled.
Peabody Hilton Parent-Teacher AS
sociation gave the graduating class
a party Monday evening. Games,
Miss Gertrude Young, principal of
the school, and Mrs. r. Holt, retiring
president. we're recipients of choice
flowers from the association. Mrs.
Lady, the newly elected president,
was received. Peabody Hilton won
two division cups. one for ball and
the other for track. They also came
second in the track meet of all city
schools. As Peabody has been in
athletics only three years, the chill
dren are to be congratulated. Her
man Riley was captain of the track
team and Pauline Stansbury of the
schlog team. On Flag day, Miss
NaylOr, head Of physical culture, gave
out the buttons and certificates to
those who passed the health tests.
Nine hundred children of the school
took part that day in drills and ex-
ercises on the school grounds. Mrs.
Lipscomb, treasurer of the associa-
ton, reports S133.07 realized from the
luncheon held recently.