Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20

prizes tOf the pest piiuiioo@NS -,
by pupils of the school were AWARDED;
Eleanor Hitz won first prize and
Esther Bright second prize IN inc
girls group, while Howard CheeneS
took first and Thomas Steel secohu
prizes in the boys group.
The certificate of superior group
which was recently awarded TO the
school by the National Congress VI
Parent-Teacher Associations was pr
scented TO Miss II. +. King princlpal
of the school by Mrs. t1nls H. MOTIFS
president of the association.
4 resolution was passed indorsing
the work of Miss Lucy Hopkins. Nun
grade teacher in the keene Schooi
for the past 10 years, who mas Just
been transferred to the w nittlet
school. Mrs. G.. i. Grove, teacher OF
the fourth grade. won the class pan
ner for attendance. So
Miss Florence Adams OF DahNi,e'
Va. entertained with impersonatloh
recitations. Speeches were mace pS
Mrs. +. r. kalmbach. Mrs. James r.
Ryler and Mrs. w. +. Lady of the
District Congress of Parent ieachel
Associations and Leon {. Palmer OF
the National Cathedral.
New members admitted were Mr..
and Mrs. r. G. Berger. Mrs. James r..
Lacy and Mrs. Robert I. Anderson.
Mrs G. S. Frazer, clothes conserVa-
ton chairman OF the Dlstflct Col,-
cress. gave an outline of that branch
of the work to the Edmonds assocla-
ton Monday afternoon. play,
washington Crossing the Delaware,
was presented by the following sixth
grade pupils under the direction OF
their teacher, Miss Wasney, and Miss
Clements, director of the dramatic
club: Maurice Riddlemoser, Gilbert
Hall, Russell Gwinn. Matthew Mol
lory. Laurence Gingell, Joseph Aron'
off, Louis Tinter Walter Chism,
Andrew Shannon, Charles Peterson
William Mayo. Fern Byrd, Louise
PAYNE and Roberta Young.
The following committee chairmen
reported: Delegate to congress. Mrs.
r. ID. Lewis: membership, Mrs. George
Hid; milk, Mrs. Hayden; Child Wei
fare Magazine. Mrs Girling; school
betterment. Mrs. Charles Springer;
publicity and reading circle. Mrs. r.
L. Grinder; Preschool Study Circle,
Miss Jaquette; ways and means, Mrs.
Shannon.
Mrs. Shannon reported that ar
rangements for a card party to be
given in the school March % at s
pm. had been completed. The banner
for best attendance was won by Miss
Wasney's sixth grade room.
The Fillmore association will meet
tomorrow at o'clock. Lieut.. Comdr.
George *. Stoddard, newly elected
president, will preside.
A meeting of the Wallach.Towers
association was held at Wallach
Oh n i
to purchase playground equipment for
the Wallach-Towers School. The ban
ner for the best attendance of parents
was won by Miss Mercier's B.A
class.
The Parent Teacher Association of
the Henry d. Cooke School will meet
Tuesday evening. Mrs. Susan Root
Rhodes, director of Fairgrounds, will
talk on Juvenile Delinquency Re-
duced Through influence of Play
grounds" Miss Mary Louise Charlie
ton, mezzo-soprano, will sing.
A meeting of the p. r. A. of the new
Brightwood School was held at the
school March s. Raymond Bresnahan,
the president, presided. 1t was voted
to equip a hospital bed for the clinic
and to fence in the plot for the pro-
posed school garden.
Miss Hartley entertained with solos. |
w. w. Wheeler spoke on The Pre- |
school Child" The teachers were in |
their various rooms from 1880 pm |
until s o'clock to receive parents or
friends.
A meeting of the James F. Oyster
p. I. A. was held at the school March
IA. At the conclusion of the business
Miller, stressing the Importance Of the
care of the child's teeth. He also gave
some data about Dental Health Week,
which occurs in April. Mrs. Rauscher
spoke on the Roundup" and there
was skit entitled the Three Bears"
rendered by some of the first-grade
children. Children of the first-grade
class also gave some recitations and a
Dutch folk dance.
The March meeting of the Langley
Association was held in the Lincoln
Road Methodist Church because of
work on the construction on the new
assembly hall at Langley. DR..
Murphy, chief medical inspector of
the District schools, gave an illuminat-
ing talk on the work of the nutrition
clinics in the schools. Mr.. Draper,
principal, told of the work being done
at Langley in behalf of underweight
children.
An illustration of the guidance work
done in the 7-B grades was given by
Florence Brill Frances Dowden,