Evening star., 1925-11-29
.Parent-Teacher Activities

The first Parent-TeaCher Institute
ever held in the District of Columbia
took place November 10. There were
TWO sessions. and the Parent-Teacher
Association members feel that both of
them We're 50 successful that such an
institute will become = yearly custom
in the District. AT the afternoon ses-
sion the presiding officer was Mrs. j.
n. Saunders. first vice president of
the District uf Columbia Congress,
and the speaker was Mrs. Arthur Wat
ktnS, executive secretary of the Ma
>onal Congress of Parents and Teach
ers. Mrs Watkins explained on a
chart the organization or the national
and the many activities OF the dlllef-
ent departments \ short play, THE
Defeat of Folly" was given by group
of children from the dramatic section
of the Park View School under The di-
rection II their teacher, Miss Grace q.
Never. The evening session had fol
presiding officer DIR. Frank Ballou.
superintendent of schools. The speak
er was Mrs \. H. Reeve, president of
the National Congress of Parents anC
Teachers who spoke of the lmpor-
tance Of Parent-Teacher Association
work ana Of the relation OF the Paf-
cnt-Tearher Association to the school
session was furnished by the Inter
Junior High school Orchestra under
the leadership OF Ludwig f.. ManolE.
musical director Of the Combined
High School Orchestra@ and by the
Iuter-Junior High School Festival
Chorus under the leadership uf Mrs.
Janet Torbert DuriuG the evening
Nyer Rather, from the Powell Junior
High school, played several Nioln
solos.
The Teuleytuwn Parent-Teacher
Association will assist Mrs. Fraser III
the clothes conservation room next
Friday Mrs. FRASER has had MANY
appeals for clothing, To be sent 10 the
clothes Conservation Room. l464 Co
Iumbia road. There are hundreds rt
school children who are unable L" AT
tend school and set IN educ@tion b"-
cause they do not have suitable cloth
ing Mrs &. :. Fraser is the CHAIR
man and the garments are gwen Only
10 children Of school age who are rec
commended by either the teacher on the
school nurse. The members OF the
different school clubs take turns in
assisting Mrs Fraser on the Fridays
OF each month. when the garments
are repaired and made over for imme-
diate use.
Mrs Joseph Randall. chairman Of
the Shoe and Rubber Fund, has called
ii meeting OF her committee NedneS-
uay afternoon in her home 3 46 Nine
toeuth street. when it will make ar
rangements for q card party to he
held early in January fer the benefit
of the Shoe and Rubber Fund.
The staff or the national Office Will
be he guests of the organization at
a Thanksgiving party which VIII take
the form Of a dinner next Nednes-
day evening at the Cosmos Club.
Mrs. g. s Lady. pre-school chair
man. called meeting in the home of
the president Of the District congress
TUESDAY afternoon for the purpose
OF forming committee on pre-school
edu 7ation, through whose efforts 1t
IS hoped To organize pre-Schooi moth
erS' study circles throughout the city.
Those present were Mrs. J. II. Cor
man. Mrs J. II. MoIireu. Mrs. Arthur
Mann. Mrs Harry VI. Stuu, Mrs. G.
r. Herman, Mrs. 7. II. Young. Mrs.
a r. Huck and Mrs. II. 4. TitloW.
Mrs Lady hopes that the efforts of
this committee will have the support
and the cooperation Of all the T. T. \.
Mrs. Lady has been asked TO speak
at the monthly meeting OF the Park
noon and at the meeting of the Maury
P r A. Tuesday night. December 8.
The Peabody Hilton p. 7. y. will
meet Tuesday afternoon at 2:3O
o'clock.
A meeting of the Bryan Parent
Teacher Association was held No
vember %. with the new president.
Mrs. Gertrude NJ Donovan, presiding.
A report OF the luncheon held \oyem-
ber 10 was given by Mrs. Stork.
chairman Of the committee, and $l39
was cleared. \ report to use a little
more time in buying machine for
visual education was given by Mr.
Buker. chairman of the special com
mittee After the business session
Mrs Hulz. chairman of the enter
tainment committee, introduced Judge
Kathryn Sellers, who gave a talk
on some very interesting phases of
her work Miss Esther Narshman
rendered three readings. Mr.. Stevens
gave demonstration of the visual
education series Homemade cake
and ice cream We're served.
Tho Rrightwood Park Mothers
Council held its meeting in the Social
Service Hall of the BrightWoOd Park
Methodist Episcopal Church Miss
Rowena Schmidt. administrative as
SiStant to chief OF Home Economies
Bureau and associate specialist in
foods and nutrition, spoke on the
psychological feeding of children.
The monthly meeting of the Slater
Langston and Twining ParentTeach-
er Association held November ~ was
presented with a program of enter
iainment and instruction by the Sla-
ter-Langston Mothers Club. Follow
ing a series of musical selections and
q playIet by parents and children,
three school officials rendered brief
instructive talks. First Assistant Su-
perintendent Garnet Wilkinson urged
public support of the school admins
tration's efforts to provide pupils with
free medical treatment, that physical
defects may he reduced TO a minimum.
The research officer. Assistant super
intendent Howard II Long, indOrsed
Mr. Wilkinson'S address. John {.
Male, supervisor of divisions 10 and
H. landed the views of the Governor
of Michigan in so far as they deplored
the softening effect of the too in
dulgent education of today on the
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