Evening star., 1928-11-04

Streckelfus contributed to the program
Committees were as follow: Punch
Mrs. G. r. Burley, chairman, MIS-
Clyde Freed, vice chairman; ice cream
Mrs. william II. Rowe, chairman, Mrs
Norman Sandridge and Mrs. Alex Greg
ory. vice chairman; cakes, MRS. stun
chairman, Mrs. Biggs and Mrs. Roiano
White assistants; grab bags. Mrs. frame
and Mrs Grove, chairman and wee
chairman, respectively; canoy. MRS. "a
K Wine and Mrs. Stanley Schrader'
general assistants, Mrs. Lamb, MRS
Henry Fones, Mrs. Alice Davis, Mrs
Williams, Mrs A. r. GroSskurth, Mrs
B. Moore, Mrs William Walton, Mrs
Robey, Mrs. Cover Koockogey and Mr.
William H. Rowe.
The principal. Miss NJ. Gertrude
Young, assisted the general chairman
Mrs, John w. Davis, and Mrs. George
Fox, president of the association:
At the meeting Of the association 10
be held in the school November at
80 pm. Dean Ruediger Of the George
Washington University Will give a talK
on Mastery of the Tools; Technique
and Spirit of Learning"
The executive board of Columbia jun
| ior High Association met at luncheon
last Monday. The several committees
made reports. On the program for the
meeting three parents have been IN
vited to give tlve-minute talks upon
What They Expect Their Child to Re-
ceive from Columbia Junior High"
Mrs. j. B. Lowell, chairman of the
program committee of Patrick Henry
| Association, announces the subject OF
the meeting November 9 will be Good
| Citizenship" The subject will be in
troduced by James C. Ingram OF wash
| ington, instructor of the Y. M. G. A,
after which all members of the aSsocia-
ton will be invited to join in the dis
| eussion.
The executive committee and about
| 20 members of the Francis Scott Key
Parent Teacher Association were pres
| ent Monday to welcome Miss Weldon
and her staff of instructors to the new
| school, Prayer, songs and salute to
| the flag opened the days session, with
| 1876 pupils in attendance.
| The Wallach-Towers Parent Teacher
| Association gave a luncheon in the as
| tober Is and 26 The association is
making drive for a larger membership.
The John Burroughs Parent Teacher
Association will have three afternoon
meetings. with table discussions, after
a paper on subjects vitality interesting
to parents. For the night meetings
there will be fathers night, a mothers
night and teachers night, with a
notable speaker on each occasion.
Four new committees were selected
at the last meeting and the following
chairnen were elected to each: Mrs.
fnxN II EsxA ~. A
child welfare and founders day; Mrs.
Harry Smallwood, social hygiene; Mrs.
Chester Gulden, parliamentarian and
legislative chairman; Mrs. Joseph
Koons, grade mother chairman,
Mrs. G. A. Hodgson, health chair
man, reported plans we're under way
for weighing the children, also that a
clinic for underWeight children would
again be held this year if as many as
20 children were inferred.
The Henry Polk Parent-Teacher AS
Sociation will meet November S at 3:l5
pm. Mrs. Woodward, kindergarten
teacher, has organized mothers study
class which meets every Tuesday at
1880 pm. at Henry School.
Economical Aspects of Traffic Safe
ty'' will be discussed by George E.
Keneipp of the A. A. A. at the Park
view ParentTeacher Association meat-
ing November at pm. in the school,
The Trail of CareleSSneSS," a traffic
safety play, will be presented by Miss
Meyers, teacher of tiramatics in the
school. The Singing Mothers will en-
terrain with musical numbers.
Owing to November being election
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Parent Teacher Association scheduled
for that date has been postponed to
November 8. The association has ar
ranged short program for that eve-
ming. including music and a speaker,
and ell friends of the school are invited
to be present. a%
What Is the Child Reading? Does
It Matter?'' is the subject OF. next Fri
day nights meeting at Bancroft
Baroness Irene Ungern, principal of La
Colline School viii develop the general
theme. Miss Flanagan, chiIdren's IL
brarian of the Mount Pleasant Branch
Library, will explain how the library
co-operates with the, home, the school
and the child SO that the child may
have available the right reading ma
terial. One of the teachers of Ban
croft will take up the subject from the
teachers viewpoint, showing how the
child's reading background influences
| his work in the scf1oolroom. ~
The legislative committee of the Cen
tral High School Parent Teacher AS
sociatfon submitted at the executive
| board meeting october 25, through it's
| chairman, Joseph A. Burkart, set of
bylaws for the guidance and peration
of the association.
Calving MilanS. president of the as
sociation, presided. Mr.. Miller, prin-
| cipal of the school, made an address.
Mrs. Edward c. Wilson, chairman of
ways and means committee, suggested
the adviSability of holding a card party
for the benefit of the school activities
in oysters auditorium, November Il,
lat 2:30 pm.
Miss Ellen Lombard of the home de-
partment, Bureau of Education, will b
the speaker at the meeting of the Home
and School Association of the Stuart
Junior High School November 7 at
2.30 O'Clock
The Cranch-Tyler Parent Teacher
Association met in the kindergarten
room. Tyler School. The election of
officers resulted as follows: President,
Mrs. j. Devlin: vice president. Mrs.
Stanley r. Fuller; secretary, Miss B.
Philpitt; treasurer, Mrs. John Tolson
The next meeting of the association will
be held in the Tyler kindergarten Mo-
vember at 3 o'clock.
The Singing Mothers Chorus of the
Congress of Parent Teacher Association
under the leadership of Mrs Eppa L.
| Norris. will give program for a meet
ing of the parent-teacher association
at Park View School, Wardner and New
| ton streets. November at 1880 pm,
also at Peabody Hilton School, Fifth
and c streets northeast, November 0 at
+ 1880 PIN.
The Parent-Teacher Association of
the Bethesda Chevy Chase High School