Evening star., 1927-05-08
Parent-T eacher Activities

in the Publicity Bureau by noon oil
the Wednesday preceding the Sunda,
on which publication is desired. Ad
dress D. G. p. r. A. Publicity Bureau
800 Eighteenth street. Apartment 81
The executive board of the Distric
of Columbia Congress of Parent
Teacher Associations will meet at thu
home of Mrs. Joseph Sanders, 261:
Tilden street, Tuesday at 1870 O'Clock
Tea will be served at 4 o'clock.
The 1927 Summer roundup fol
physical examinations of the children
who will enter school for the first time
next September is under way. With
the cooperation of the Health Depart
ment and the school officials much
work is being accomplished, but suffi
cient doctors are needed to make the
examinations.
The campaign opened May /, Child
Health day, and closes November
Mrs. Harold r. Smalley is State chair
man in charge of the entire campaign
and the following local chairmen are
canvassing their neighborhoods for
children and arranging for examina
tions:
Mrs. A. Lee Thompson, Bancroft
Mrs. A. r. Hopkins, Barnard; Mrs. w
IT. Wilkinson. Blair r-Hayes; Mrs G. II
knight, Bradley; Mrs. Brook, Blow
Mrs. L. Cecil, Brookland; Mrs. Joseph
Connoly, Bunker Hill; Mrs. NJ. A
Hodgson, Burroughs; Mrs. Stullman
Cranch-Tyler; Mrs. G.. w. Irving, Cur.
fis-Hyde- Addison; Mrs. Curry Broom
Eaton; Mrs. Grace NJ. Cisel, Emery
lexington; Mrs. r. d. Rands, Fill
more; Mrs. Jesse c. Smith, Grant
Mrs. Parker Kienle, Greenlea; Mrs. N.
c. Corbett, Henry-Polk; Mrs. l.. NJ
To Il 4,
Johnson; Mrs. r. T. Wyche, Keene;
Mrs. NJ. r. Coe, Langdon-Wo Woodbridge;
Mrs. n. Cooper, Maury; Mrs. w. c.
Gannaway, Mount Vernon Place
Church; Mrs. Suzanne w. Rauscher,
Oyster; Mrs. Fred s.. Walker, Park
View Mrs. II. n. Stull. Peabody Hill
ton: Mrs. Albert Reid. Petworth; Mrs.
Henry a. Edmore, Randle-Orr; Mrs.
Anna Yadkowsky, SmallWood Bowen,
Mrs. Charles +. Foster, Stanton; Mrs.
II. r. Smalley, Takoma Park; Mrs.
Thomas Smith. Thomson; Mrs. Caryl
Burbank, Weightman; Mrs. w. II.
Whiteside, Whittier; Mrs, j. r. Alt
mann, Wallach-Towers; Mrs. BERTHE
Gibson, Van Ness; Mrs. J. r. Cox,
Tenley-Janney, and Mrs. William H.
Rowe, Carbery.
The Grant P. T. A. met April 2S. A
card party for the benefit of Grant
School was announced and tickets
distributed. The =. T. A. agreed to
buy the books on social hygiene, rec
commended by DR.. T. c. Galloway of
the National Social Hygiene Assocf-
alton. The program consisted of an
entertainment by the kindergarten
children, talks by Mrs. George w.
Lady. pre-school chairman: Mrs. II. Z.
pHi IF
Teacher; DIR. Louise Taylor Jones,
child specialist; Mrs. w. P. Roop, So
cial hygiene chairman, and Miss M.
NJ. Barrett, kindergarten teacher.
A theater benefit will be held June
Q. at the National Theater.
The Thomson P. T. A. will meet
Tuesday at pm. Music interpreta-
tion will be illustrated by the la
grade in charge of Miss Appler. Elec.
ton of officers will be held.
DR.. r. Mccullough spoke on 1.-THE
Care Of Teeth" May 2 before mem
bers of the P. T. A. of Jefferson High
School. The talk was preceded by
the presentation of a play, 1.-THE Bad
Baby Molar." by pupils Of the school
Miss Dorothy Zimmerman gave sew
GraI comic readings.
Reports on the selection Of a new
site for the Jefferson School was
given by J. Millard Hall, chairman of
the committee from the P. T. A. on
the selection of school site. and by
s. Schaeffer, chairman of the COM
mittee from the Southwest Citizens
Association. A unanimous vote was
taken in favor of site on the water
front overlooking Potomac Park.
A resolution was passed that a let
ter Of sympathy be sent to the family
of the late Mrs. III. Freeman, the
first president of the Jefferson p. 7.
A. A play will be presented. May 10
by the p. T. A. and a theater party
June for the D. C. Congress. Sec
tion S-B-1 won the banner for at
tendance.
The regular meeting of the Maury
Association wills be
held Tuesday evening in the school
building. Stephen E. Kramer will be
the speaker. A luncheon is to be
given to the teachers and officers of
the association by the grade mothers.
The Bancroft Parent-Teacher Asso-
citation met in the school Tuesday aft
ernoon. Reports were read, including
one by Mrs. Helmuth, chairman of the
committee that managed a recent benz
eft card party at the school, at which
$216 was cleared. Miss Rose l.. Hardy,
assistant superintendent in charge of
grades L to s, gave a talk on Some
New Trends in Education" Tea was
served by the hospitality committee
and a social was held.
The Reservoir-Conduit Road Asso-
-.
School Tuesday at 3:15 pm. Mrs.
Hatchett, Mrs. Stebbins and Mrs.
Stanford will give reports of the Pa
rent-Teacher Association convention.
Miss Esther Scott will speak on chill
dren's gardens. Mrs. Hatchett will
give a. talk on first aid.
A meeting of the Randle Highlands
Orr Parent-Teacher Association was
held at the Orr School April % at
o'clock. Plans were discussed for a
motion picture show to be given
May II.
The third grade in the Orr School
and the sixth grade in the Randle
Highlands School will have a party
as q. reward for having the most
mothers on the roll. Mr.. Graef asked
that the association make an effort to
have manual training school in this
section. Mrs. Roop, social hygiene
chairman of the District Of Columbia
Parent Teacher Association, was the
speaker Of the evening. A musical
program and refreshments concluded
the evening.
The Service School PIT. A, met at
the school last week. Mrs. w. p.
Roop. chairman Of the social hygiene
committee of the District of Columbia
PIT. A. gave talk on sex hygiene.
Mrs. g. Rahm Stilson, who attended
DIR. Galloway's lectures held recently
I'm the Franklin School Building, gave
an outline Of the subject as presented
at the meetings. An executive meet
ing win be held at the home OF the
president, sos Fourteenth street, this
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