Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-11
'Parent-Teacher Activities

All material for this column must be
sent to the State office, room 101, Bur-
lington Hotel. by the Wednesday pre-
ceding the Sunday on which publication
is desired.
The ways and means committee has
arranged card party in the Chestnut
Farms Auditorium, Twenty sixth street
and Pennsylvania avenue, tomorrow
night and every school will be repre-
Sented by its parents and teachers.
This party is planned to enable the
members of the different school aSsocia-
tons to get acquainted and every group
is requested to have as many tables as
possible.
Mrs. A. H. Fast, 3615 Seventeenth
street northeast, is the chairman of
the ways and means department.
The monthly meeting of the executive
board of the District of Columbia Con-
gress of Parents and Teachers will be
held in the Burlington Hotel Tuesday
at 1880 pm. Matters of vital impor-
lance concerning the work in the or
ganization will be discussed.
1.-THE Parent-Teacher movement Its
place in Education" will be the topic
for the training class Tuesday morning
There will be 30-minute address on
this topic by Selden Carlyle Adams.
from the National Educational ASsocia-
ton.
A question pox will be placed at the
door and there will be time allowed
during the discussion period for read
ing and answering these questions
which the members OF the class may
drop in the box as they enter. A "Ques-
tionnaire" on last weeks topic will be
read by Mrs. A. c. Chambers, president
of the Force Adams Association, and
the answers will be read by Mrs. j. M
Cries. president of the Cooke Parent
Teacher Association. This QUESTIONABLE
will be prepared by Mrs. E. r. Kahn
bach, and its purpose is to emphasize
the Importance for every parent-teacher
member to know the History and OBJ
jects of the National Congress of Par
ents and Teachers" that being the
topic at last weeks class.
There will be six sessions, on six
consecutive Tuesday mornings, from
November to December IL, and at each
one there will be Commute address
on vital subject pertaining to tue
parent-Teacher movement by some one
who is an authority on that particular
topic. These classes will be held in the
Burlington Hotel and will start at 10
o'clock.
The director of the class is the first
vice president of the State, Mrs. j. N.
Saunders, 1918 Porter street.
The revised rating points for the
State honor roll will be announced at
an early date. Mrs. j, S. Davis, 142
Kentucky avenue southeast, of the Bryan
Parent Teacher Association, has accept
ed appointment to the Craftsmanship of
the honor roll, and will receive reports
of accomplishments of the local asso-
Citations. Several changes will be made
in the rating points this year, and an
| nouncement of these changes will be
made through this column.
John Burroughs Parent Teacher AS
ISOLATION is trying to interest the par
cnts in good movies for children. At the
meetings of this association each month
! the list of recommended films in the
Child Welfare magazine is read, so that
members may be on the lookout for
these pictures. This association plans
to join with neighboring associations
in requesting the neighborhood theater
to show suitable films for children on
Friday nights and Saturdays.
The executive board of the Langdon
| Parent Teacher Association met at the
home of Mrs. James Hall, first vice pres
| sdent, November 2. The president, Mrs.