Evening star., 1928-12-23

VI, 1GEpI6ccilJ1tlfCns ck'OAS OA q ~ AAH
mentary Law"
The members from the Reading
Circle of the Stuart Junior High, undel
the direction of Mrs. L. H Magruder
presented a little play on 1.-The Value
of the Child Welfare Magazine" Tht
Singing Mothers under the direction o
Mrs. Daniel H. Pratt, assistant director
rendered carols.
Three members of the chorus, sing
ing a suitable carol, presented Mrs
Rafter with a Christmas basket from
the State executive board. This gif
was accompanied by an original poem
which was read by its author, Mrs
James w. Byler.
Due to the efforts of the District O.
Columbia Social Hygiene Association
DR.. T. w. Galloway of the Social Hy'
giene Association of New York will bt
in Washington from January 6 70
February s. Each school morning o.
this period will be given to Parent
Teacher groups.
A suggestion as to handling the pub.
licity is that a notice be sent home
through the schools of these classe!
asking that those interested in attend
ing the course of four lectures SenC
10 bIlG "a GLIs
committee in their school.
Each school PIT. Association mus
be represented by at least three people
The centers selected were chosen be.
cause they had an auditorium, and be.
cause of their location-also as they
were convenient to a number Of neigh
borhood schools.
John Burroughs, Eighteenth ane
Monroe streets northeast, will be the
center for the following schools: Wood.
ridge, Langdon, Brookland and Bunker
Hill Mrs. H. j. Sherwood, chairman
and Mrs. Wallace Perry, president.
Mount Pleasant Library, Sixteenth
and Lamont streets. will be the center
for the following schools: Bancroft
Johnson, Powell, Cooke, Ross and Hub
bard Mrs John NJ Cries, chairman.
Macfarland Junior High School, Iowa
avenue and Webster street, will be the
center for the following schools Whit
tier, Raymond, Takoma, Park View, and
Brightwood Junior High. Mrs. Walter
B. Fry, chairman, and James G. Yaden
president.
West School, Farragut street between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets, will
be the center for the following schools
Brightwood, Barnard, Truesdell and
PetWorth. Mrs. H. S. Rawdon, chair
man, and Oscar A. Thorup, president
Hine Junior High School, Seventh
street between Pennsylvania avenue and
c street southeast, will be the center
for the following schools: Wallach-
Towers, Brent-Dent, Bryan, Buchanan
and Randall -Highlands-Or Mrs
Charles w. Nestler, chairman, and Mrs
w. Edward Frazier. president.
"The Value and Interpretation oil
Public School Statistics" was the sub
ject of an address by Dr.. Frank M
Phillips, chief Division of Statistics
U. s. Bureau of Education, at the study
class in legislation Tuesday morning
at the Burlington Hotel.
The following resolutions were unani
mouSly adopted at the monthly con
ference at the Burlington Hotel, Tues
day: That the District of Columbis
Congress of Parents and Teachers in
dorses the Gibson Library bill III. r
14149) providing for a flve-year build
ing and extension program for the Fret
Public Library system of the Distric
of Columbia, and also indorses th'
Capper- Gibson bill IS. 4663-H. r
1882 providing for the construction o
the Children's Tubercular Sanitariun
in the District of Columbia.
Mrs. David o. Mears, national chair
man of Founders day, made visit tc
che State Office Monday. She was or
her way from her Summer home II
Massachusetts, to her Winter home II
California.
H. w. Gibson of Massachusetts, gavs
talk on Boys" at Langdon'S Christ
mas party last Friday. Mrs. William
Collins, a former executive of Lang.
don Association, who has just returned
from a trip abroad, pointed out the ad.
vantages offered by American schools
as compared with those of the Euro
pean countries Mrs Collins visited.
Every one at the meeting was given
Christmas gift by Santa Claus, who
made special presentations to Mrs
Rafter, guest of honor; Mrs. Eppa Nor
ris, president; Miss Sisson, principal
and L. c. Shelton, who recently made
q gavel for the school.
Refreshments were served in the cor.
ridor, where there was a decorated
Christmas tree.
The executive committee of Henry
.. Cooke Association met with thu
president, Mrs. John M. Cries, in the
school auditorium Friday afternoon tt
consider the purchase of gift to thu
school.
The Randall l-Highlands-O Associa'
ton met at the Orr School December
II. An interesting review of books
by their favorite authors, was given b,
the pupils Of the seventh and eighth
grades. Mrs. Giles, children's librarian
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