Evening star., 1928-04-08
Parent-T Teacher Activities

The joseph r. Keene Association will
/ meet III the school Tuesday at O'Clock.
William &. Smith. president OF the Pal
mctto Coffee Co. viii address the aSso-
ciation on the subject OF Coffee" and
prizes will be awarded for the best bird
houses built by the boys and slris OF
the school, which viii be on exhibit N
I that evening.
! The state Convention Of the District
/ Of Columbia Congress of Parent-Teacher
/ Associations will be held April 23 and
( "a at the Raleigh Hotel at 1880 o'clock.
/ A get-together luncheon has been
! MANNED. 1t will be held April -, at
! pm. st the Raleigh Hotel. ReSerVa.
+ tions must be made not later than April
81 Tickets may be purchased from the
/ Office or from Mrs. William II, Rowe
/ State chairman of convention. Gao LeN-
inston place northeast.
/ The report Of the years work must
be at the office. 500 Eighteenth street,
! April IS. in order to get 1t into the
( 1928 year book.
The program OF the convention of the
National Congress of Parents and Teach
ers, to be held in Cleveland, Ohio, April
/ 80 to May S. has been sent out An
interesting part of the program VIII
be the following courses: Parliamentary
law. parent-teacher associations. reCre-
alton and pagesntry and publicity.
The wheatley School Association met
in the school building last week. Two
boys Of Mrs. Van DrieSens class fen-
dered a duet, "Old Black Joe" A cho-
rus of Girls from Mrs. Brooks room gaze
several numbers. Miss hdStin, prin; l.
pal. thanked the association for the
encyclopedias and the 500 arithmetic
tests Mrs. c. SayleS gave short talk
on sex hygiene. The president, Mrs.
+. Jones. requested the memOers to
attend the PIT A. raining courses at
George washington University.
Mrs C.. SayleS reported that she had
signed up for the Summer roundup. A
card party was planned for May 3. pro-
ceeds 10 be used for playground equip
ment. A membership drive was planned,
Miss Austin selected two mothers from
each grade to call on the parents who
were not members. Miss Lacey pre-
sented a picture Of the furniture made
by the children of her room. Mrs. D.
| Thour was elected publicity chairman.
Miss H. Bruins room won the prize for
having the most mothers present.
The following oficers were elected at
the annual meeting of the Curtis-Hyde-
Addison Association Monday evening;
Mrs. George Irving. president; Mrs.
Helen Wagner first vice president; Mrs,
Curtin, second vice president; Miss
| Keliher. secretary; Mrs. Welch. treas
ureT
! Copies of the bylaws of the aSsocia-
ton. which had been printed by the
| class in printing at the Abbott Voca-
| tional School, we're distributed. Mrs.
Martin of the Abbott Vocation School
gave an exhibition of baSketry and
paper flowers which was very much
! enjoyed.
The next meeting. May 8. will be a
social evening with a speaker on junior
high schools.
Election of officers will be the prin-
eipai event of the next meeting of the
Ednnonds Parent-Teacher Association.
/ TO be held April II at 2:30 pm. An
executive session vas held Tuesday, and
the work was planned for the ensuing
meeting. A luncheon was given March
/ 81 and was patronized by many mothers
and delegation from the Ninth Street
Christian Church.
Forty-seyen honor pupils from the
Evander Childs High School of New
York City, accompanied by Mr.. Lewis
and Miss Woodman of the history de-
/ partment. visited Central High School
/ March 30. Members Of the Cog Club
acted as guides to take the visitors
on a tour Of inspection OF the building.
Miss Helen Coolidge. assistant prin-
/ cipaI: Miss e. NJ White Of the faculty
and Miss Crawford, together with the
/ following members Of the Parent
/ Teacher Association, Mrs. Andrew
Stewart, AIRS. Louis Castell. Mrs. B. H.
Flanagan. Mrs. II. B. Mayhem, Mrs. L.
] NJ. Saxton and Mrs. G. c. Van Leer
acted as iaostesses. Ice cream and cake
were served In the housekeeping rooms.
The Tenley-Janney Association met
Monday in the auditorium Of the