Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-11
Parent-TeaCher Activities


4 congress of PIT. A. Publicity Bureau,
500 Eighteenth street, apartment 81.
The executive board of the D. c.
4 Congress of Parent-Teacher Associa-
s lions will meet at 500 Eighteenth
street, Tuesday. at 1880 o'clock.
The council of presidents will meet
8 January 9 and 10. The publicity in
. stitute will also be held. Mrs. Laura
) Underhill Kohn. manager OF the Ma
\ 1ional Publicity Bureau, will conduct
i he institute. Every president and
& every publicity chairman is expected
4 10 attend.
The Stale publicity chairman has
Is called attention to some important
: rules for publicity that must be OBJ
q served: First-When the notices arc
written by hand it is necessary. to
s send only one copy to The office.
y Second-If the copy is typewriter.
y only two copies are needed. Type
: write on plain paper and double space
IS leaving Finch space at the top of the
& page.
The attention of the local publicity
chairmen is called to the coming eN-
4 hibit and selection of publicity scrap
4 books Last year the District of Co
z lumbia was allowed to send 10 local
: scrap-books to the national conVen-
= ton in California. The National Pub
= licity Bureau has sent to the State
i office the rules which will govern the
q exhibit of publicity scrap-books at
q the coming convention in Cleveland.
= Zach State will be allowed to exhibit
j eight local books and the State book.
The State chairman of scrap-books,
4 Mrs. kambach, is suggesting mat
{, each local publicity chairman save all
publicity, pictures, announcements OF
\ meetings, etc, pertaining to their as
= sociation and delay the making of
\ their scrap-books until after the pub
licitv institute. The State chairman
Ais planning to have scrapbooks at the
Ainstitute for examination by the local
@.hairmen and hopes also to be able to
offer suggestions as TO the making of
ALhe books. See that all clippings are
%dated and the name of the publlca-
stion from which they are cut is noted
Afhereon If all material is dated and
%classified it will be a simple matter
sto assemble an attractive scrap-book
later on.
Rating points and rules for making
Ahe publicity books will be published
: in the State bulletin for January,
(which will be distributed at the De-
$cember meeting of the Congress.
The music appreciation work for
Sthe school pupils of Washington is
= progressing Through the co-opera'
ation of the management of the Fox
ATheater and of Adolf kornspan, the
sconductor of the Fox symphony Or
echestra, this opportunity is MADE pos
Ssible for 200 school pupils to hear the
saturday rehearsal of the SUNDAY
Asymphony concert.
Mr.. Kornspan prepares each WEEK
"a program of the music TO be played
with an explanation of each NUMBER.
NAt the bottom of the program sheet
%is a statement by Mr.. Kornspan stat.
ding his desire to help the students OF
saNashington in their study of music.
sDuring the rehearsal he shows ahG
sexnlains each instrument to the pu-
Apils.
! The pupils from the Force-Adams,
Henry, Thomson and Fairbrother
schools attended this rehearsal De-
cember 3, and the pupils from the
sKeene, West, Johnson and Bancroft
acre in attendance yesterday. Next
sSaturday the pupils from the PARK
View, Emory lexington, Gage and
Monroe schools will go.
All inquiries and questions regard
ing this activity should be addressed
TO the chairman, Mrs. j. n. Saunders,
3618 Porter street.
A meeting of the executive commit
lee of the John Burroughs Parent
Teacher Association was held Thurs
day at the school. The regular meet
ing of the association will be held
next Thursday at 3 pm.
The health committee. headed by
Mrs NJ. A Hodgson as chairman, mas
been issuing health cards to the chill
Fren after the weights were made, and
following the issuance OF these cards
q meeting was held December 5. The
ssneeting was opened with a short talk
Inv Miss Emma s. Jacobs, head OF the
domestic science department of the
public Schools of the District. DIR.
Murphy, in charge of medical inspec-
afion in the schools, gave talk COW
sering a large number of subjects per.
1aining to child hygiene and answered
questions.
The second lecture will be given in
Ahe schools tomorrow at 100 pm.
All classes are working on Christ
mas carols, plays and stories. Mrs.
Todd's class, Sab, entertained at as
sembly with patriotic selections last
Tuesday.
Al committee of three mothers has
volunteered to take charge Of the
children of all mothers who wish to at
tend the District congress of Parent
Teacher Associations, to be held De-
eember 20 at las pm.
I The Brent-Dent Parent Teacher
Association will meet at the Dent
school tomorrow a pm. Miss EliZ-
sbeth Hummer. supervising principal
of the seventh division. will be the
Speaker. The Brent-Dent Glee Club,
nnder the direction of Mrs. Amy S.
King, win sing Christmas carols.
\ Barnard Parent Teacher Associa-
Nt-;I Of ha sob la
1evening at o'clock. A play, Dick
ems Christmas Carol" will be given
sDecember 90 by the school children
sunder the auspices of the association
at .Macfarland Junior High School
auditorium.
The Parent-Teacher Association {.
sFairbrother-R ossel School met in the
Fairbrother School December /. A
speech was made by r. w. Straw
bridge. principal of the jefferson Jun
Tor High School, on THE Aim and
Work of the Junior High School"
= An entertaining program was given
.5y fifth grade pupils. Reports were
made by Mrs. Calvin Welty, secretary
Mrs. @. s. Fraser. treasurer. and Mrs
aR. q. Carraher, administrative prin
Acipa
$ The association approved of the re-
*tention of married teachers who have
demonstrated their ability as teachers
between 50 and 40 organizations
swefe represented at the group meet
singS held at the home of the state
Achairnan Mrs. w. T. Bannerman,
Aduglng the week of November % to
sDeGember ?. Subjects discussed were
the elective school board. reduced car
sdare for children. teachers single sal
Aary. schedule, relationship of admins