Evening star., 1927-11-13

All material for this column mus
be sent to 500 Eighteenth street
Apartment 81, on Wednesday. be
fore Sunday in which the publicit!
will appear in the paper.
The District of Columbia Congress:
of Parent Teacher Associations Wll
meet Tuesday at las o'clock IN the
auditorium Of the Interior depart
m mt, III yhteenth and f streets. Dr
w r. Galloway of the Nationa
Social Hygiene Association, New
York, will speak. There is strong
connection among the rs organlZa
tions for the silver loving cup whlcn
.xoes to the association having the
largest attendance at the monthly
meeting of the congress.
Mrs. J. II. Molineu has been ap
rointed State chairman Of member
shin. This past week she has sent z
letter to every local president ano
definite instructions to their member
shin chairmen asking that every asso'
ciation appoint a membership chair
man and their names and addresses
he sent TO the State office, 500 Eight
eenth street.
Mrs. A. II. TAYLOR has been ap-
. pointed distribution manager Tor the
State parent-teacher bulletin.
For the past month Mrs. F.. J. Dowl'
inc. state clothes conservation cnalr-
man. with her assistants, has been
active. There have been many ap-
meals from the principals and teach-
ers for clothing, especially for under
wear for small boys. Every case IS
visited bv the chairman Of the asso-
ciation from whose school the appeal
comes.
The Reservoir-Conduit Road Asso'
! citation observed the THIRTEEN an
niyersary of the beginning or the
Reservoir School at it's meeting AT
the school Tuesday evening. henry
W. Draper, supervising prlnclpai Oh
the first division. and Mrs. Giles scout
Rafter made addresses. MRS. Charies
Depue sang, Miss Dorothy Morse
+ gave readings, Miss Priscilla Lane
) played cello selections, with piano ac-
compartment by Mrs. Adams. MISS
Llufrio. principal of the schooi, ana
one of the vice presidents of the as
sociation. presided. The association
Endorsed the resolution, passed by the
Congress of Parent. Teacher Associa-
tions. recommending a reduction in
carfare for school children.
Announcement was made OF
theater party to be given at the Dunn
barton Theater next Friday after
noon.
"Proper Nutrition Of School Chill
dren" will be portrayed to the parents
and teachers at the meeting of the
Langdon Association at Langdon
School, November IS, at 8 pm, by
means of slides obtained from the
visual education department. Miss
Emma Jacobs, head of the domestic
science department of the public
schools, will speak on the subject.
The John Eaton Mothers Club met
Monday afternoon in the Cleveland
Park Congregational Church. The
club voted to change the name to
Parent-Teacher Association and admit
the men of the community to member
ship. The association also voted to
urge the erection of a two-story as
sembly hall addition to the school in
stead of the proposed combination
gym-assembly hall, which is admitted
ly unsatisfactory. 1t was decided that
the organization use a special fund in
its possession to obtain a framed pho
tograph of the late Benjamin Murch,
former supervisor of the first division.
and hang same in a suitable place in
the John Eaton building. Mrs. A. II.
Reeve, president Of the National Con-
gress of Parents and Teachers, and
Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, State presi.
dent Of the District of Columbia, sent
messages, which were read by Mrs.
Franklin Jones, John Eaton vice pres
ident. Reports were submitted by
Mrs. Franklin Jones, chairman Of the
program committee, and Mrs. Sheri-
dan Ferrie, chairman of the Juvenile
Court committee. Mrs. Cary Fl. Brown
announced plans for moving picture
benefit which she is arranging for the
John Eaton Association. Miss Clara
Herbert, assistant librarian OF the
Public Library, made an address. Tea
was served by the hospitality chair
man, Mrs. E. L. Cochran, assisted by
the officers of the organization.
The Joseph r. Keene Association
met in the school Tuesday and op-
posed the proposed bond issue for the
District Of Columbia and favored the
proposed plan for charging children
using street cars going to school only
one-half fare. The zoning regulations
plan governing residential sections
was also approved. Miss H. E. King,
teacher Of the eighth grade, again won
the banner for attendance. Miss Anna
D. Holberg, principal of the Wilson
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