Evening star., 1928-10-28
Parent-Teacher Activities

All material for this column must be
sent to the State ONCE. Room 10l,
Burlington Hotel, by the Wednesday
preceding the Sunday on which publi-
cation is desired.
Book week occurs from November IL
90 II and many associations are plan
ming to celebrate it in some way. Miss
Latimer, librarian of the children's de-
partment of the Central Public Library
st Ninth street and New York avenue,
will give information for programs
Monday evening, November 5, at 8
o'clock. Miss Bulb, Miss Clark and
other members of the staff viii be
present.
The get acquainted" card party of
the District of Columbia Congress of
Parents and Teachers will be held No
vember IL at the Chestnut Farms Dairy
auditorium, Twenty-Sixth street and
bridge or five hundred may be played.
The committee in charge is as follows:
Mrs. Louis B. Castell, Mrs. Arthur H.
Fast Mrs. John Davis, Mrs. Harry
Leishear. Any of whom will welcome
reservations.
The District Of Columbia Congress of
Parents and Teachers offers PAM
phlet called Discussion and Group
Outlines of Social Hygiene Leaders,"
which is the first outline for leaders
to be published by this State congress.
This pamphlet is the work Of the State
social hygiene chairman, Mrs. w. P.
Roop. Copies may be obtained at the
State ofice. Room 10l, Burlington
Hotel
Mrs. Roop conducts a class for the
social hygiene chsirmen of the differ
ent school associations every WedneS-
day morning from 10 to 1880 o'clock
In the Burlington Hotel. Her topic is
The Wa" Life Begins"
Mrs. H. B. ArmeS, social hygiene
chairman Of the Powell Junior High
School, conducts a class in this work
Tuesday mornings from 10 to HAS
o'clock in the Mount Pleasant Branch
Library, Sixteenth and Lamont streets.
The topic If these classes is Parent
hood and Character Training of Chill
dren."
Any chah man Of the Summer round
UP who hiss not already sent in the
final report of the Summers work, to-
gether With the story of the campaign
as conducted by her association, must
act quickly in order to receive credit
in the State chairmans report. These
reports must be received by Mrs. Harry
N. Stull State chairman, 408 Fourth
street northeast, by October 80. as that
is the last possible date that will permit
her to include it in her report, which
must reach the national chairman
before November /.
American education week is observed
each year during the week that includes
ArmiStice day. For 1928 the dates are
November SILL. This is a week of re-
dedication to the cause Of universal
education. Its purpose is to develop a
fuller understanding of the schools
their ideals, achievements and needs
The program, arranged by the National
Education Association and the Ameri-
can Legion, is built around the seven
objectives Of education.
November 5, health day, directs at
tention to the fact that health is the
foundation Of personal and social we'll
being.
November 6, home and school day.
emphasizes that home is the central
institution by which civilization is ad-
vanced.
November Z. know your school day,
has for its central thought the school
itself.
November 9, school opportunity day,
stresses that work is the foundation of
progress.
November 9, citizenship day, calls at
tention to the fact that schools train
the youth Of America to become good
citizens.
November 10, community day, empha-
Sizes that education is lifelong enter
prise. The ability Of the individual to