Evening star., 1925-04-12

The monthly meeting of the District of
Columbia Congress of Parent Teacher
Associations will take place Tuesday, at
l:45 pm. at the Ebbitt Hotel. There
VIII be a parliamentary law drill con-
Quoted by Mrs. William Wolff Smith.
This will be the last regular meeting OF
the congress before the National Con-
vention and the special convention
committee, of which Mrs. Louis Cas-
tell is chairman, will make a report.
The association will elect delegate
to the Citizens Advisory Council.
Meetings are open to the public and
everybody interested in child welfare
work will be made welcome.
The executive board met Tuesday
afternoon in the home of the pres.-
dent. Important matters were dis
cussed which will be brought to the
regular meeting of the congress for
consideration.
The April issue of the District of Co.
lumbia Parent Teacher, the monthly
bulletin of the District of Columbia
Congress, will be ready for distribution
Tuesday.
The general topic of the national
convention, which will take place in
Austin, Tex, from April q to May
2. will be Home and School in Edu-
cation" There will be addresses by
educators of national reputation
throughout the convention.
Mrs. f. II. Daniel. chairman of the
Parent-Teacher card party, reports
that the school associations are CO.
operating in this enterprise. The
party will be held in the Columbia
Country Club April II. The funds
raised will be used to send the Dis
trict of Columbia delegates to the ma
tional convention and to help pay the
general running expenses of the or
ganization.
The Board of Education will hold
meeting in the Franklin tomorrow
at pm. to which all civic organiza-
tions have been invited. Every
school parent-t teacher association should
send a representative to this meeting
who will be prepared to make known to
the board the needs of the building he
or she represents.
The John Eaton Mothers Club met
Monday afternoon in the Cleveland
Park Club with the president, Mrs
Phillip Sidney Smith, in the chair
The pupils of the BIB grade presented
tion of their teacher, Mrs. McCaghey
The speaker was Dr.. La Sale, who
told of the work being accomplished
by the intelligence tests in the Wash
ington schools. After the business
meeting tea was served.
The Edmonds ent-Teacher AS
sociation met Monday afternoon with
the president Mrs. J. II. Fritz, in the
chair. After a short business meet
ing Mrs. Z. r. kalmbach gave an in
reSting talk on the Juvenile Court
Pupils from the differentN grades fur
nished q program of songs, dances,
recitations and piano solos. The at
tendance banner was won by the
eighth grade. The mothers of this
association have just concluded
weighing and measuring the pupils
and were gratified to find that less
than Is per cent OF the Edmonds
children ere below normal, while over
80 per cent of them are normal. This
association will hold a card party in
the Northeast Masonic Temple April
90. G. A. Hid, the vice president OF
the parent-teacher association, is the
chairman in charge.
The Congress Heights Parent
Teacher Association met April ., with
the president, Mrs. Scherer, in the
chair. Nominations of officers viii
take place at the next meeting, May
Z. This club will give a play in the
Catholic Auditorium, April "a. at
o'clock The club was entertained BY
pupils of the kindergarten under the
direction of their teachers, Miss Wells
and Miss Meuch.
The waIlach- Towers Parent-Teach'
er Associa ton held the April meeting
with the president, Mrs. e. w. Pat
terson, in the chair. The principal OF
the school, Miss Rawlings, read an
u the IadiCA tlOT