Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-11
SCLUBWOMEN OF THE NATION
Launched-W War Nothers Hold National Board Meeting
National Congress Of Parents and Teachers.

ofiicsrs and Of chair1nen Of the various
nafi6Aal officers has not been n1ade
public, but several OF the sectional
chairTnanships have been reported.
Dr. Martha Kramer, of the KANSAS
State Agricultural College was elected
chairman OF the food and nutrition
section, Miss Clara M. Brown Of the
University Of Minnesota. win head
the home economies education section,
while Miss Hazel Manning was as
signed to the craftsmanship OF the
textile and clothing section.
The institution economies section
which Includes dietitians, restaurant
and tearoom managers, will have
Miss Effie Raft as the new chairman
Miss RAFT ts from the University OF
washington. Miss Evelyn MetZger
culture has accepted the chairman
ship Of the related art section. This
department OF the association deals
with the application of art in clothing.
textiles and household equipment.
Two chairmanshipS have not been
reported yet, those of the home eco
nomics extension section and the home
economics and business section, the
latter one of the newer and most
interesting sections of the organiza.
ton. 1t is made up of women trained
in home economics, who are employ
ed by commercial concerns such as
manufacturers of food products, house.
hold equipment and big advertising
agencies, as well as home economics
journalists and special writer's. Miss
Bess Rowe OF st. Paul., Mimi, Is
the retiring chairman. The newly
elected heads Of these two sections,
together with the names Of the new
national officers, will be announced
next week through headquarters, pro-
vided thesreports have reached Wash.
ington by that time.
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MISS ALICE L. EDWARDS. exec.
IVA utive secretary Of the American
Home Economics Association. who at
tended the annual meeting OF the
group in Minneapolis, Is vacationing
at her old home in Oregon and ex.
pects to return to Washington at the
end of the month. Miss Edwards,
who has been serving in the capacity
of executive secretary since last
FEBRUARY, formerly YVES head OF the
home economies department or the
Rhode Island State College OF Agri'
culture.
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MRS. ARTHUR C. WATKINS, ex-
AVA ecutive secretary OF the National
Congress OF Parents and Teachers,
with headquarters at 1901 Sixteenth
street, left Washington June to give
short courses of instruction at various
universities of the country for college
and postgraduate credits, in the edu-
cational aspects Of the parent-teacher
movement.
Mrs. Watkins is a pioneer in this
work, being the first to offer a parent
teacher course for college degree and
for postgraduate credits. Seven years
ago she was asked to serve as an IN
structor at the Teachers College OF
Columbia University in this particular
work and her course there was the
first Of its kind in the country, per-
haps in the world. Since that time
she has been asked to give similar
courses during the Summer months
in particular, at many OF the leading
universities.
A two weeks course at the Univer-
sfty of Tennessee in Knoxville, inaug-
urated Mrs. Watkins tour of instruc-
ton this Summer. This was followed
by three weeks at the University of
Georgia, where she had a large class
OF teachers and undergraduate stu
dents.
From Athens. Mrs. Watkins jour.