Evening star., 1928-09-16
Parent.Tcacccr Activities

With the opening of the public schools
tomorrow active work in parent-teachel
circles will begin. During September
notices of local meetings or committee
activities should be sent to Mrs. E. r
Kalmbach, 3007 Twenty-sixth street
northeast Notices should reach the
above address on Wednesday preceding
the Sunday on which publication is
desired.
Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, president OF
the District of Columbia Congress OF
Parents and Teachers, will hold impor-
tant conferences this week with national
committee heads, before going TO
Charleston, S. c., for the meeting OF
the board of managers of the National
Congress of Parents and Teachers.
Mrs. Laura Underhill Kohn. manager
of the publicity bureau of the National
Congress of Parents and Teachers Will
be in Washington this week on her way
to the national board meeting in
Charleston. While ir. Washington. Mrs.
Kohn will have conferences with A
number of the District of Columbia
parent-teacher workers, including Mrs.
z. r. .Kalmbach. one of her bureau
assistants Mrs. Kalmbach will be in
charge of the exhibit of publicity scrap
books at the national convention here
next Spring.
There will be "scrapbook confer
ence of TO- September 20. at / pm,
at the Burlington Hotel The makers
of the 10 publicity scrapbooks which
were selected by the District of Co
lumbia to be sent to the national con-
vention at Cleveland last Spring have
been invited to attend this conference
with the head of the national publicity
bureau, Mrs Laura Underhill Kohn,
who will go over national rating points
for scrapbooks with the local chairmen
who made the books. This conference
may result in changes being made IN
method of rating and 1t is important
and desirable that the chalrmen make
every effort to attend.
The monthly meeting and rehearsal
of the singing mothers of the District
of Columbia Congress of Parents and
Teachers will be held at the Burlington
Hotel tomorrow at l:30 pm. The
executive committee of this organization
will meet at luncheon at 1890 at the
same place.
ANY local parent teacher association
that is not represented in the singing
=
or more singers to this meeting. 1t is
desirable that new singers enroll as
soon as possible so that they may have
the opportunity to rehearse during the
Fall and Winter and be in the trained
chorus for the national convention
meeting in the Spring.
The president and director is Mrs.
Eppa L. Norris, 1908 Twenty-fourth
street northeast. Names of new appli-
cants should be sent to Mrs. j. B.
Lerch, 2945 Mills avenue northeast.
Friendship House Association has an
nounced a street carnival to be held at
S26 Virginia avenue southeast next
Wednesday. High lights of the carnival
will be the program by the children of
the house at 4:30 pm; the buffet sup
per from to Z; Theodore Tiller in an
entertainment for children at 1880 and
dancing in the street from 8 to 10
o'clock In addition the usual carnival
booths and an exhibition of the hand
work of the children will be held.
The funds derived from the carnival
will be used to provide milk. bread, ice
and other provisions needed for the care
of the little folks kept during the work.
ing hours of the mothers. and parent
teacher members are invited to attend
and help the cause.
Mrs. j. Sanders. chairman of health
of the District of Columbia Congress of
Parents and Teachers. has under her
department the following committees:
mental hygiene, physical hygiene and
social hygiene.
The State chairman will endeavor to
carry out the following plans during the
year:
/. To supervise, encourage and CO.
ordinate the work of the committees In
the department along the lines approved
by the State board of managers or ex-
,ecutive committee, and to give advice
or suggestion on plans of work when
deemed advisable.
3 To represent and report for the
chairmen of the department at the
meetings of the executive committee.
and to see that the required reports are
made at board meetings and conven-
tionS
3. To supply the chairmen of the
department with an outline of their du-
ties, both general and special.
4. To conduct. when required de-
partment conference at State or District
conventions. which shall include brief
outline of the purpose of the depart
ment, given by the director and dis
cusSion of the plans of the work, led by
the committee chairmen.
S. To encourage and stimulate gen.
eral health work in the various districts
or counties depending upon State or
ganiZation) and to make an annual re-
port to the national director, preferably
in March
s. To furnish twice a year an article
on the general work of the committees
one of these for the State publicity
manager and one for the State bulletin.
Z. To keep and pass on to the sue
ceeding State direction records of the
work of the department.
8. To establish and maintain the
closest cooperation with the State
Board of Health and to see that no
chairmen undertake any health project
without the approval of such board.
9. To keep an itemized account of
expenses incurred and submit to the
treasurer as required.