Evening star., 1925-11-29

COuntryS S manhood. and pleaded Tor
more of the stricter. habit-uraininS
type of the past. The association
elected Mrs. Julia West Hamilton and
John Pinkett as delegates to the Fed
Grafton OF Parent Teacher Associa-
tionS. presented a brief case to Miss
Morris as a tribute for services to the
association prior TO recent promo
ton from that vicinity. and received
report from Mrs. Walker. president OF
the Slater r-LangSton Mothers Club, on
the lectures of the recent social n.y.
T, giene conference headed r" DR.. EXner.
The entTeacher Association OF
the Blair Hayes Schools not at the
Hayes School with an abundance OF
so members and the prsS.dent, Mrs.
Magruder, presiding. Fsbiowing >the
opening exercises, Miss .z<aig OF the
uealtn center demonstrated by charts
and pictures the advantages of milk
N the diet of a growing child. Re
ports from the various ChaiTrnen OF
committees followed and the closing
feature of the meeting was a demon
,tratiOn OF the daylight lantern pur.
haSed recently by the association for
use in both schools. The attendance
banners were won by the SA grade
Of the Blair School. Mrs. Hobbs. teach
er. and the banner at the Hayes Is
shared hy the classes of Miss Beller
ana Miss Berley these grades tying
in attendance.
The PowelI-J Ohnson- Bancroft Par
ent-Ieacher Association will meet De
Ccmber at o'clock il the Mount
Pleasant Branch Public Library. The
I speaker will be Miss Mary Dabney
| Davis. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. educa-
/ Jionist Of the Bureau of Education.
, no vii in 4 In hl Ii.
Help for Child Study
\ luncheon for the children was
-iven IL Carbery School NCN emher
- hy the Carherv Parent Teacher
y Association. with Mrs. John W. Davis.
chairman, and Mrs. d. +. Manning,
vice chairman. Sandwiches, cake.
ice cream, salad. etc, were sold. and
$50 profit was made from the sale
of these articles. The association re
Gently presented the school with Il
filing case for school papers. lawn
benches for the school ward and 4
stupWatCh TO be used in tests.
The lecture on Education Is
Growth" was delivered by Mrs. Mari
eta Johnson of Greenwich. Conn, at
the Hamilton Hotel Tuesday.
The series of health films that have
been given at the neighborhoOd mov-
inG picture houses In the northeast,
northwest, southeast and southwest
We're reported a success. There is
only one more to he held, and that is
an adolescent film. which is TO be
given at the Savoy December l.
Hine Junior High Parent Teacher
Association met November l9 with the
president, Mrs. r. X Middleton, in
fhg fn1l Dl,a
were appointed: Mrs. James Hayden.
finance: 7. W. Stone. legislation Mrs.
NJ. NJ. Lyle. membership; Mrs. X. II.
Seaton. program: Miss r. +. Thoms-
sen. publicity. Miss II. l.. Clark was
appointed delegate to the District of
Columbia Congress of Parent
Teacher Associations and Miss
Mena 5. Reece to the Juve-
nile Protective Association. A plea
was made for Girl Scout leaders. A
Thanksgiving play was presented by
the dramatic club of the eighth grade.
directed by Miss r y. Roach Mar
saret Fowler recited the prologue and
Wilbur Barrows acted as interlocutor.
The cast included Greta Williams,
Eloise Stauffer. Viola Canter, Joseph
sullivan. Rolen Painter and Randolph
tiammerdinger. The double quartet
of the glee club rendered two seleC-
tions. The members OF this quartet
are Caroline Reece, Juanita Davis,
Audrey Whitcomb. Catherine Farmer
Richard Mudd, Harry Schronrack
Russell Brown and Robert McCor
mack. A reading was given by Carrie
Sutton. Mrs. Barker's section re-
Ceived the award for having the
largest number of parents present.
The Randle Highlands and Orr Par
ent-Teacher Association met Novem-
ber 10, Mrs. Streitberger, president
presiding. Motions We're carried to
purchase more Fairgrounds material
and to request the division of classes
into a and B grades and the appoint
ment of a coaching teacher at the Orr
School and a relief teacher for the
Randle Highlands School. Miss Rose
Lees Hardy, assistant superintendent
of schools, gave talk on "Intelli-
gence Tests" The attendance banner
was won by the third grade, Miss
Emmons, teacher. A cake and candy
sale will be given at the schools De
Cember ,.
The program at Columbia Junior
High School during Education week
was as follows: Wednesday, with
Mrs. J. G. Shannon as guest Of honor
the pupils and teachers of the seventh
grade presented a short play depict
day, with Mrs. Otto Neerhoff, presi-
dent of Columbia Junior High 2. T. A,
as guest of honor, the eighth grade
gave short talks on the activities of
the school; Friday, the ninth grade
entertained with play. The guest
of honor, Mrs. A. l.. Barrows, first
vice president of the association, gave
a brief talk.
The new Janney School has been
the recipient of five framed pictures
from Miss Flora Henley and Miss
Grace Lincoln Temple of the Art
League. These We're brought from
Belgium by Miss Henley for the office
of the principal, Miss Blanch Pulizzi.
Two large colorful pictures, selected
( especially for children, have been
suitably framed one, by the Art
! League, the other by the Tenley-
Janney p. T. A, and will be hung in
| the halls.
The word cotton is derived from the
| Arabic "kotun."