Evening star., 1925-11-22

Pdfent-IeaCh Associations was held
Tuesday afternoon. with the president.
Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter. in the chair.
The program was in charge of the
legislative committee, of which Mrs.
w. I. Bannerman is chairman. AS
that date had been set apart as PA
frlotiSm day" in Education week, Mrs.
Bannerman read brief paper on
that subject. James G.. Yaden eX-
planned the provisions of the Gasque
elective school board bill. Several
Chairmen of the different departments
gave reports of their work, among
them Mrs. G.. S. Lady, pre-school
means; Mrs. James Byler, Juvenile
Court; Mrs. Joseph Randall. Mrs.
Fraser, clothes conservation; Mrs. Ed
Ross, Children's literature. and Mrs.
Davis, Child Welfare Magazine.
The executive board recently sent a
letter of sympathy to Mr.. Crosby
Stoddard for the death OF his wife.
Mrs. Stoddard was a former officer of
the congress and instituted the clothes
conservation work in the District.
, The associations which will assist
Mrs. Fraser in the clothes conserva-
ton room during December are: De
cember 4, Tenley ntTeacher As
sociation, December IL, Langley
Junior High; December Is, LanSdon
Parent-TeaCher Association, and De
cember rs, Fairbrother.
The first parent-teacher institute
ever held in the District of Columbia
occurred Thursday. with two sessions,
one at o'clock and the other at )
o'clock. Mrs. j. y. Saunders, the
first vice president OF the District of
Columbia Congress, presided at the
afternoon session, and the program
consisted Of a play. The Defeat OF
Folly" presented by IL group of chill
dren from the Park View School and
an explanation of the chart of or
Ganization of the National Congress
of Parents and Teachers by the eX-
ccutive secretary of that orGaniza-
sIion. Mrs. Arthur Watkins.
At the evening session the presid-
sng officer was Mrs. q. :. Rafter.
The musical program was rendered by
the Inter-Junior High School Festival
Chorus and the 1nter-Junior High
School Orchestra, under the leader
ship of Mrs. Janet Torbert, director
of junior high music. DR.. Barnes,
director of music in the schools, SUI
perviSed the entire musical program.
Mrs. a. ii. Reeve. president of the
National Congress of Parents and
Teachers, and DIR. Frank Ballou, su
perintendent Of schools in the Dis
Irict, made addresses.
DIR. Harvey Wiley will speak on
food" during the show Tuesday
morning in the Savoy Theater
Thursday morning at 1890 o'clock
there will be shown Il film pertaining
TO the adolescent period, which is the
last of the three periods to be covered
by this group of free moving picture
shows There will no a who
will specially stress the Importance
of correct posture.
The new Health School at Thir-
teenth and Allison streets was dedi
Gated Friday afternoon. The fact
that the abominable building on
RddenSburG road formerly occupied
by this school is to be aba andoned is
very welcome news to the parent
teacher association, because they
felt that these children needed pleas
ant surroundings while they are be-
ing nursed back to IA normal health
condition.
The president of every school par
ent-teacher association has been re
QueSted to send the fun list of the
delegates from his or her association
10 the District OF Columbia congress
to the president, Mrs. Giles Scott
Idfter, 500 18th street.
Education Is Growth will be the
subject of "A lecture to he given by
Mrs. Marietta johnson Tuesday at s
pm. in the Hamilton Hotel, Four
leenth and X streets. Mrs. Johnson
is the director of the School of Or
ganic Education in Fairh"ne Ala.
\ and also of the Edgewood School of
Greenwich, Conn.
Mrs. r. buckingham is the newly
elected president of the parent-teach-
err associate in the Mount Vernon
Place Methods tEpiscopal Church
South. The next meeting of this as
sociation will be held December I at
8 o'clock, and the speaker will be Mrs.
q. S. Rafter.
The Cranch-Tyler Parent-Teacher
Association met Monday, with the
newly elected president, Mrs. r. X.
Middleton, in the chair. Mrs. Tuller
gave d report of the recent Social
Hygiene Institute This association
to raise funds to be used for the
school.
The Monroe Parent-Teacher Asso-
citation will meet Tuesday with the
president. Mrs. J. r. l.. Beane. in the
BENTLEY. The program will be given
by tho teachers.
Mrs. Mary Weeks, author of the
set of books called Parents and Their
Problems" was d visitor at the ma
tional Office last week. Mrs. Weeks
is from Kansas City. Mo, and is
called the parent-teacher mother of
The State, as she was one of the
founders of the organization in Mis-
souri,.
a meeting of the Park View Asso-
citation was held November 5, Mrs.
Prescott. the new president, presid
ing. The following new officers We're
elected: Mrs. Theron G. Brooks, first
vice president; Mrs. George Evans.
second vice president, and Mrs.
Charles II. Ruoff, secretary. This
election was due to designations of Mrs.
J. d. Bradley and Mrs. Mary L. Baker
The Gasque elective school board bill
was indorsed. The club approved the
purchase of two Victrolas and records.
one to be placed in assembly hall and
the other in music room. The next
monthly meeting wRl be held Decem-
Der at pm.
The Brookland Association met last
Friday afternoon, with Mrs. J. r. Cox,
president, in the chair. The aSSocia-
zion voted to buy a mimeograph ma
chine for the use of the teachers and
reading charts for several lower
grades. a luncheon will be held in
the near future. 1t is also planned to
have "A reception for teachers and
mothers.