Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-23

man, = violinist from the Marine Band.
and Miss Gladys Price. There was a
large attendance. and the banner was
won by the seventh grade Of the Brent.
Miss Forbes teacher.
The Brgihtwood Park Parent-Teacher
Association will hold an open meeting
tomorrow night at 8 o'clock, in the
school.
Members OF the Madison Parent
Teacher Association were compli-
mented for the interest they have
taken in it's organization. eff
ected two weeks before. during an
address by Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter
a two-day luncheon for the children
Of the school, netting a large sum Of
money and winning the friendship of
the children by the quality of the
f1ve-cent dishes offered. A novelty OF
the luncheon was that on the second
day many of the mothers in the
neighborhood used 1t to supply home
needs. At the last meeting 40 new
members were added to the District
Partnt-Teacher Association.
Reservoir Parent-Teacher Assocfa-
ton has a twofold object for the
coming Winters work, the one, pro-
viding special equipment like a MINI
eograph for increasing the teaching
facilities; the other, arranging the
monthly meeting programs along
lines that will demonstrate clearly
the power and opportunities In the
home which, IL developed fully. will
make the child successful in it's school
life. At the November meeting Miss
Reynolds of the Bureau of Education
gave a talk on the need for constant
and close corporation between pa
rent and teacher and placed upon the
home the main responsibility for the
child's progress day by day. neigh
borhood mothers circle to study the
pre-school child will shortly be or
ganized for the benefit of mothers
who have ono or more very small
children.
The Maury Home and School Asso-
citation met November 10, the presi-
dent, Mrs. C. p. Clark, presiding. 1t
was voted to dispense with refresh
ments at the night meetings and ap-
ply the sum necessary for such re-
freshments to charity. An appropria-
ton of $25 was made for the shoe and
rubber fund. Mrs. Eta Zahn, dele
gate to the Congress Of Parents and
Teachers, gave an account of the Oc-
tober meeting of that association.
Mrs. Fred Nelson, chairman of health,
| reported that lis parents requested
| the Schick test for their children and
that the test was being given that
day. The chairman of ways and
means, Mrs. Elmer Cummings, report
ed that the luncheon given November
| was a success. The proceeds will
| be used for playground equipment.
The attendance banner was won by
| the seventh grade. r. H. Daiker was
named delegate to the Public School
| Association. Mrs. Dietrich Norman.
| 1404 B street northeast, is chairman
| of clothes conservation for this asso-
| citation.
Miss Clara Herbert. assistant libra
rian of the public library, spoke on
| Right Reading for Children" before
| the November meeting of the John
| son-Powell Bancroft Parent-Teacher
| Association. Mrs. Joseph Sanders,
| president, presided. Mrs. B. Herman
spoke of the work OF Alexander
Stewart in and for the schools of the
| District. Mrs. Roy Howard, chair
! man of the program committee, out
| lined this years program. 1t Will
| deal with the agencies in Washing
| ton which may be used for benefit of
| the schools and school children. This
promises to equal in interest last
years program which was printed in
| the Parent-Teacher Association Bulle-
tin. Miss Gilpin, physical director at
Central High. has been engaged to
oversee the athletic activities of the
girls. Mrs. Sanders held a special
conference with the grade mothers at
which she assigned them duties on
club membership, serving milk lunches
and weighing and measuring the chill
dren.
A meeting of the Parent-Teacher
Association of the Thomson and
Webster Schools was held the eve
| ming Of November IL in the Thorn
| son School.
The special subject under discus
sion was the Schick test for immunity
from diphtheria, which 1t was pro-
posed at the previous meeting to re-
| quest the board Of health to intro
duce into those schools. Consider
able opposition to it has arisen among
the parents and there were speakers
for and against the movement. 1t
will be discussed again at the next
monthly meeting.
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