Evening star., 1926-01-17
Parent-Teacher Activities

The monthly meeting of the District
| or Columbia Congress of Parent
! Teacher Associations will be held
/ tuesday afternoon at 1:45 o'clock in
the Hotel Hamilton. Fourteenth and
n streets, with the president. Mrs. G
| ,. Rafter, in the chair. 1t is the Gus.
tom to have the program at the
monthly meeting in charge of a chair.
man OF one Of its activities. AT this
meeting the program will be in charge
| OF the kindergarten department, OF
which Mrs. l.. w. Patterson is chair
| man, and the speaker will be Miss
Catherine Watkins. director of the
| kindergarten department in the
/ schools. Several chairmen will report
! on the work of their committees and
/ other matters of public interest will
be discussed. This meeting is open
| TO the public and every one interested
in any phase of child welfare work
| will be welcomed.
! The management of the Hotel Ham
| Lton has reserved large table for
| the PIT. a. members who wish to
lunch together before the meeting.
! The luncheon is served promptly at
! 1890 O'Clock and reservations may be
made by calling Mrs. f.. II. Daniel,
North 5737.
The executive board of the District
| of Columbia Congress of Parent
| Teacher Associations met in the home
of the president, Mrs. q. S. Rafter,
Tuesday afternoon, and many matters
OF importance We're discussed
The first issue of The Bulletin. the
official organ of the District of Column
bia Congress of Parent-Teacher Associ.
ationS, will soon be ready for diStri-
button. This monthly publication will
be financed and edited by the eXecu-
tive board of the congress under the
direction of the publicity department
OF the organization.
Tickets for the Shoe and Ruber card
party which will be held in the Elks
Hall January % will be mailed to any
one who will phone to Mrs. Leishear,
Franklin 95S. Tables can be reserved
by phoning Mrs. Carter, s03 East
Capitol street. There have been hun
dreds of calls for shoes and rubbers
for school children this Winter and
the committee hopes that the proceeds
from this card party will enable 1t
to meet all the calls for help 80 that
every child in the District of Columbia
can attend school with properly shod
feet.
Mrs. j. G. Gilbert, the District chair
man of Child Welfare day. has sent a
letter to every PIT. A. president ask
ing for the cooperation of every as
sociation in suitably celebrating Child
Welfare or Founders day on February
Il. Mrs. Gilbert suggests the follow
ing slogan, "A Thought Day for
Child Welfare VIII Pay"
The Jackson PIT. A. will meet to-
morrow at 3:l5 pm. with the presi-
dent, Mrs. Lloyd Shippen, in the chair.
The John Eaton Mothers Club met
in the Cleveland Park Congregational
Church Monday afternoon with the
president. Mrs. J. y. Saunders, in the
chair. The speakers were Mrs. Giles
Scott Rafter. president of the District
| Congress. who explained the general
work of the National Congress and the
| District Congress, and the following
| District chairmen who explained the
work of their several departments
| Mrs. Joseph Sanders, health commit.
| tee; Mrs. G.. S. Fraser, clothes con-
servation: Mrs. E. f. kalmbach and
Mrs. James Byler, Juvenile Court, and
Mrs. G.. w. Lady. preschool work. The
JOllIl EdlOl MOtIeTS SIuO ana the
John Eaton School and Community
Association will hold an open house
Wednesday evening in school. The
officers of the two associations, assist
ed by the principal of the school. will
receive the parents and the grade
mothers will act as hostesses in the
classrooms. After the parents have
inspected the classrooms there will
be brief program by the children of
the school.
A joint meeting of the Peabody Hill
ton ParentTeacher Association and
the Stanton Park Citizens Associa-
ton was held Monday night In the
Peabody School building, with Mrs.
G.. w. Lady and Harry N. Stull pre-
siding. Representative Fletcher Of
Ohio. who Is on the committee Of edu-
cation for the District of Columbia,
spoke on THE Misunderstood Youth"
Mrs. Fletcher. wife of the representa-
tive, sang several solos. Children Of
the school presented a short play en-
titled 1.-The Ruggles Family" The
Parent Teacher Association indorsed
the bill for retired teachers. The Pea
body Club presented the Parent
Teacher Association with $50. pro-
ceeds from the circle. The attendance
banner was won by the first grade.
MISS lodiIleS, lcoCilei. WI. bicSoiS VI
the citizens association told of the OBJ
ject and plans of the East Washington
Boosters Club, recently organized.
The Stanton Park Association voted
to affiliate with the new organization.
Miss Young, principal of the school,
urged the parents to attend the lunch
con to be given in the school next Wed
nesday at noon. She also told of re-
quests to repeat the Mother Goose"
play which was so we'll rendered last
year at Eastern High School, to be
given again some time in April
The Carbery Parent-Teacher Asso.
citation met Tuesday evening, in the
kindergarten room of the school. Mrs.
William H. Rowe. president, presided