Evening star., 1925-11-15
Parent-Teacher Activities

Columbia Congress, made an address.
and officers for the coming year We're
elected. The prize for the best dec
GRATED room. was won by Mr.. Smiths
| SB grade. Refreshments were served. ;
The Peabody. Hilton Card Club will
meet at the home of Mrs. G. w. Lady, !
514 street northeast tomorrow at
pm.
Fairbrother Parent Teacher Associa- |
ton met November 8 at the school, |
the president Mrs. Rollie White. pre-
siding. The following officers were
elected; Mrs. Rollie White, presiding;
| Mrs. Miller, first vice president; Mrs. F!
Keys, second vice president: Mrs. LII !
liam Skinner. secretary: treasurer, Mrs. |
George Fraser. Miss Anna Beers and
DIR. Murphy spoke on the nutrition |
class to be established at the school. |
Refreshments were served.
The Bethesda Girl Scout Troop, ;
| under Capt. Peters, gave a demon |
stration before the pupils Of the Jan |
ney School at the Wednesday morn i
ing assembly. Miss Wiley, director |
of the Brownie Field Scouts, outlined |
the work of her organization for the |
boys and girls to 10 years old.
All members of parent teacher |
associations in the District are invited |
to attend the annual meeting of the |
Juvenile Protective Association to be !
held in the Gold Room of the Shore !
ham Hotel, tomorrow evening at |
8 o'clock. Miss Grace Abbott, chief |
of the children'S bureau, will be the
principal speaker.
Brightwood PARK Parent-Teacher |
Association met Monday evening. Mrs. !
T. II. Mullenberg, president. presided. !
Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter spoke. Mrs. !
Henry c. Clark spoke on the Gasque |
bill. The following committees were |
appointed: Mrs. II. S. Parsons. educa-
tional; Mrs. f. l.. Berry. health. Mrs. |
h. r. Goss, entertainment; Mrs. O'Con- |
nell, public school: Mrs. d. c. Shankle, |!
publicity. The executive committee. |
in addition to the officers, will consist |
of Mrs. Edward Flanagan. Mrs. E. |
L. Goss, Mrs. G. Trew, Mrs. L. Holz |
and Mrs. P. NJ. Baxter.
A meeting Of the Congress Heights |
Parent t-Tteacher Association was held |
at the school, November 5, at 2:3O |
pm. The secretary gave brief re- !
port of the meeting of the District of |
Columbia Parent-Teacher Association.
Miss Wells, kindergarten teacher. re-
ported that she had succeeded in hav-
ing milk delivered each day for her
children. The club voted to furnish |
milk to those children whose parents
could not pay for it. The domestic |
science teacher gave a lecture on the
Relation of Food 20 the Bady by Ex-
pert Dietitian."
The Edmonds Parent-Teacher AS
sociatton met Monday afternoon and
voted to purchase a watch for
the school. Mrs. Fftz, the outgoing
president. was presented with set of
silver salt and pepper shakers by the
club. Mrs. Joseph Saunders, the orig /
inal president of the club, now the
president of John Eaton Parent Teach
er Association and first vice president
of the District Parent-Teacher Asso-
ctatfon, gave talk. An entertain
ment was given by the fifth grade.
The Edmonds Parent Teacher AS
sociation held luncheon for the bene-
MT OF the playground.
The Parent Teacher Association rep
resentatives to the Juvenile Protec- /
tive Association met at 1000 Vermont
avenue Wednesday afternoon. Mrs.
Benjamin P. Zebley, chairman, presid-
ed. The officers are as follows: Mrs
Bright, vice chairman; Mrs. III. S. De
Merrett. membership chairman. The |
new executive secretary of the Juve-
nile Protective Association. Miss Couf-
son, who succeeds Miss Dorothy Allen,
was welcomed. Definite plans were
made to assist in enforcing the child
labor law in the District and with this
end in view a brief resume of the law
is outlined.
The Parent-Teacher Association of /:
the Douglass ss-Simmons School met
Thursday at o'clock a the Simmons
School and indorsed the five year build
ing plan and movement for ade-
quate dental staff in the schools Of the
District of Columbia and instructed
the secretary to write to the Board of
Education thanking 1t for the lights
in Douglass School and requesting
that the lighting system be improved
in the Simmons School. Officers were
elected as follows: Mrs Effie N. Cole
man, president: Mr.. J. E. Robertson,
vice president; Miss Q. c. Hutchins,
treasurer. H. H. Long, assistant
superintendent, in charge of research.
addressed the meeting on TESTS and
as conducted in the
public schools. A committee was ap-
pointed to study the social conditions
or the community and find out the
cause Of elimination of children from
the elementary schools before the age
of Is. Armistice day was observed
Wednesday, the pupils being addressed
by w. l.. Washington. !,
The West School Association met
November 6. the president, Roy Wolfe,
presiding. Mrs. Mitchell, chairman of
entertainment for the month, presented
the following: Banjo selections, Mr..
McCauley; recitation. DIR. Huddle.
Miss Fowler's class won the attend
ance banner. Miss Pattison, the
principal, reported the purchase Of a
time clock. books, chairs for the kin
derGarten and coaching classes /
The Langdon Parent Teacher Associ.
alton met November at the Langdon
School with the president, Mrs.
Garman. presiding. The meeting was
addressed by Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter.
Mrs Newman of the school faculty l.
gave a talk on her vacation trip
through Europe. Slides were shown.
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