Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27
Parent-Teacher Activities

Congregational Church, gave an ad-
dress. Section SA2. teacher Miss
Adelaide Field. won the first So prize
offered by the association for the larg-
est representation of parents in pro
portion to the. number of pupils in the
class. A similar prize will be offered
each month.
The Hubbard Ra ymond p. T. A. me,
Monday evening at the Hubbard
school. II. {. Phillips was elected
vice president The chairman OF build
ingS and grounds reported that the
Engineer Department of the DISTRICT
of Columbia had $4,000 to eXpend on
Raymond School grounds Mrs. susie
Root Rhodes, director OF municipal
and school Fairgrounds. talked.
resolution was unanimously adopted
that the association uphold the Board
of Education in its request that CON
gress appropriate money for "a adul-
tional teachers. 4 Victrola was pur-
chased for Raymond School. =,
Miss Grace Temple, art expert. VIII
select pictures for the slNth-graue
room. for which $50 has been appro-
priated. Mrs. II. {. Phillips gave
report on the work of the Wilson Nor
NAL Community Center. Milk lunch
reports showed that more than $zl1
had been expended and 4,2l0 bottles
of milk had been used. There was
community singing. with Mrs Phlinps
as the accompanist. The banner Tor
attenda nee was won by MRS. SchultZe
| class, grade 6. Hubbard.
An account of the birthday celebra-
| ton of the District of Columbia CON
gress of Parent Teacher Assoc1atlons
was given by Mrs. Williams at the
meeting of the Truesdale Associatlon'
lnC [
was urged by Mrs. Barry. president OF
the association that more interest oe
shown in the clothing conservation
movement.
The school has under consideration
| the purchase of a lantern-Sllde ma
chine. Miss Smith. new schooi prln'
| cfpal. was introduced to the aSsocl-
alton. 1t was voted to nave plctuse
| purchased to be loaned to the grace
| having the greatest number of mothers
nresent every month. At the emu or
the year the picture will be given per.
manently to the room having recelVeu
'the loan" the greatest NUMBER OF
times. One picture will be purchased
every year Miss Johnson, grade III,
will receive the picture this MONTH
The thirtieth birthday anniversary
| of the National PIT. A. was celeprateu
at the meeting of the Blair-Hayes r.
T. A. February L. at the Blair School;
| The pre-school chairman announced
study classes for the mothers and
| urged all to read the books prescribed
by the committee. Miss Cralsnlil. So,
pervisor of the school, gave resume
of the work Of the national ASSOCIATION
since it's founding. An appeal was
made by Miss Craighill for an increase
in members. The birthday candles
| were lighted by the president, MRS.
| Magruder, assisted by &c girls. Mum
bers were rendered by the Blair School
Trio. Refreshments were served, In
Guiding a large birthday cake. the at
| tendance banners were won Dy the 10
grade. Blair, Miss Allwine. teacher,
| and the sixth grade, Hayes, Miss Cor
dan. teacher.
The Fillmore Association met Feb.
ruary II. Lieut.. Comdr. George r.
Stoddard, u. S. N, was unanimously
elected president, vice Gilmore L. Bur
dette, who retired, due to pressure OF
private business. The members were
| entertained by pupils of the fifth and
sixth grades in group singing. Re'
freshments were served by the hosp1-
tality committee. The next meeting
of the association will be held March
81, in the Fillmore School.
meeting of the John Burroughs
PIT. A. was held February II. re-
port was given on the course OF lee
lures being held at the Carnegie Ii
brary on child training. Miss Brack-
EFT, kindergarten teacher, and Mrs. {.
K Hodgson, health chairman, who
were enrolled to take the course. at
tended the first lecture. Mrs. Law
son, teacher of the second grade, won
the monthly prize for the largest at
tendance of parents. Mrs. G. s. Raj
ter. president of the District of Column
bia Congress of Parent-Teacher Asso-
Citations, delivered an address on our
Children's Recreation Hours"
Mrs. Byler, chairman of the Juvenile
Court committee, was present In the
interest of the Juvenile Court bill to
be brought up for amendment by the
District Commissioners. After the
meeting a group photograph was
taken of the association.
The James F. Oyster Association
met February II in the assembly hall
of the school. There was a program
in celebration of the thirtieth ami
versary of the foundation of the Ma
tional Congress of Parents and Teach
ers. The exercises were presided over
by Mrs. Harrell. president Of the as
ISOLATION. and included a p. II. A.
| aSoant DIV SlAtn RTdue puplIS, amy
Kressin, Nancy Thompson, Frances
Luchs and Marian Waldman;
vaudeville song and dance by Peggy
and Betty DE Mol: a number Of
second and third grade children exc
cuted folk dance and "setting-up"
exercises We're given by the fifth
grade. There was a minuet by Char
lotte Kahn and Charlotte Revness
and dance by Catherine Kelly.
Beryl Summers, Evelyn Hagan and
Mary Wales. Dances were rendered
by Mary Virginia Trammell, Bee Wee
Hill and Jack Gendow. Mrs. Giles
Scott Rafter gave an address. Fol
lowing was the ceremony of lighting
the birthday candles by the same
children featured in the p. T. A..
pageant. and the cutting of the cake
Dr. Emile Berliner. inventor. was
present and witnessed the first prac-
teal demonstration of his newest in
vention, the installation of acoustics
in the assembly hall. In an interest
ing address he explained how 1t
worked. Mr.. Kramer. assistant su-
perintendent of schools. praised DIR.
Berliner's work. Refreshments were
served and a social followed.