Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19

DR.. Homer j. COuncllOr addressed
the Truesdell Association last Tuesday
District of Columbia Congress of Par
ents and Teachers entertained with
several songs. The association pre-
Sented Mrs. E. L. Norris, their leader,
with a corsage of flowers in the school
colors.
1t was voted to write lette request
ing the extension of the Sherman Cir
Gle bus to Illinois avenue and Ingraham
street.
Mrs. B. Segal reported that 81 moth
ers responded on Health day to the
Summer round up campaign. DR..
Aaron Nimetz, Dr. Thomas Linville and
DR.. Preston Haynes were assisted by
three muses. from Walter Reed Hos
pital Another clinic will be held at
the school some time this month to &C.
commodate those unable to attend the
first one.
Mrs. J. H. Bilbrey announced that
the school luncheon would not be held
this year owing to other activities OF
the association.
Miss Kathryn Brown, 2A-3B, won
the emblem for highest attendance.
The May issue of "Tuesdell News" will
be published the latter part OF this
week.
The Association of the Business
High School met May Is. Mrs. Andrew
Stewart, State chairman OF Parent
Teacher Associations in Senio-' High
Schools gave a talk on the State bulle-
tin and the monthly conference and
methods of procedure to increase mem
bership.
The nominating committee. of which
Mr.. Allan Davis was chairman, pre-
fAnA nft1npfS
for the incoming year: For president,
Mr.. Frost Mill; vice president, Mrs
w. r. Slant: secretary, Mr.. Arthur G..
Cole; corresponding secretary, MISS
Florence Grant; treasurer, Mrs. K. S.
Outwater.
The school orchestra, under the
leadership Of Miss E. L. Thompson,
presented several numbers and the
mixed glee club sang.
Allan Davis spoke on Fifty Years IN
the High School
Eighteen children were examined at
the Health Center, 925 Twenty-second
street northwest, by DR.. j. S. Stone and
DR.. r. L. De Saussure, assisted by Mrs.
Mcdowell, for the Grant Association
on May day.
Mrs. Parker, assisted by Mrs. Will
lians, took Is children to the dentlst
in the afternoon.
Officers were installed at the last
meeting of the John Eaton Association.
The ceremony was performed by the
State president, Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter.
The officers are: Mrs. J. N. Saunders,
president; Capt. Sheridan Feree, first
vice president; Mrs. G. E. White, record
ing secretary; Mrs. T. B. Shoemaker,
corresponding secretary, and Mrs. l.. H.
Stephenson, treasurer.
The program was presented by the
pupils of the school. THE Vision OF
the Parent-Teacher Tree" was pre-
seuted by the following children: 1sa-
belle Ronvillian, Stockton Strong. Ella
Powell, Ellen Lee Snodgrass, Donald
Pabutte, Mariana Evans, Betty Jane
Stout, Robert Zachary and Frederick
Brown. Incidental music was played
by Mrs. E. w. Posnjak.
This brief pageant was given at the
Founders dinner during the national
convention, and was repeated Tuesday
night for the benefit of the parents and
friends of the actors. 1t was written
and directed by one of the teachers,
Miss Viola Offutt.
a song, Farewell to the Parent-Teacher
Association" by the 40 children of
Army and Navy officers who are leaving
Washington in June. This song was
written by Teddy Dannemiller as
tribute to the members of the Eaton
Parent-Teacher Association, as he is
one of the group which is leaving.
A musical program of violin and
piano numbers was given by group of
John Eaton pupils, under the direction
of the music teachers, Mrs. Laura Ward
and Mrs. Harriet Young Crandal.
Mrs. L. B. Castell, the State ways
and means chairman, gave a short talk
on the Parent-Teacher benefit theater
performance in the National Theater,
June 4.
Refreshments were served in the
Josephine Burked Museum, under the
direction Of Mrs. E. T. Legg and Mrs.
A. F. Dannemiller. The teachers re-
ceived the parents in the classrooms