Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13

She was assisted by pupils of the
Buchanan, Wallach, Cranch, Tyler and
Bryant schools, who played piano selec-
| lions.
A membership prize was awarded to
Miss COINS room, with Miss Wills room
second and Miss Pope's room third,
| the last two receiving honorable men
ton. Mrs. v. A. White read the State
| presidents message.
The following committees were ap-
pointed for the card party to be held
! at the school building, February II,
| at 8 PM: Mrs. M. Stokes, chairman
of ARRANGEMENTS: Mrs. M. LaMarche,
! subchairman; Mrs. H. Owens, chair
man of prizes; Mrs. A. Dyer, SUBJ
chairman and Mrs. v. A. White, chair
man of sunshine"
The Dixie prize was awarded to Miss
Wills room.
| The Johnson Association met January
g.. Miss Harriet Garrels, instructor OF
| art in the District schools, gave talk
on the Beauty and Influence Of Art
| in the Child'S Life" Miss Pomona
Newman of the johnson school faculty
rendered a group of songs, accompanied
by Mrsa Grace Stanley Stevens.
Miss Grace Lind, principal, spoke
of the need of a library in the schools,
and the association voted to expend
$75 as start in making comfort
able and home-like library for the
teachers and parents.
The first two chapters of Parent and
Teacher" by Mason, were taken by Mrs.
John Edwards and Mrs. Robert Grier,
at the meeting of the Bunker Hill AS
ISOLATION January 3. It was voted to
nave school luncheon during February.
! Reports were given by the juvenile
protective committee chairman, CLONES
conservation chairman, child health
chairman, child welfare chairman and
the parent-teacher bulletin chairman.
Mrs. o. G. Jones' room won the pic
ture for the best attendance Of mothers.
Mrs. l.. L. Smith and Mrs. w. II. Bar
| ringer presented gift to the retiring
president, Mrs. William Daniel.
The music department announces
that the regular lessons of the COM
munity piano classes will be open to
visitors during the week beginning to-
morrow. These classes were organized
in october, and the work accomplished
will be demonstrated In an informal
way. All parents and friends are most
cordially invited to attend.
The program for the week follows:
| January 17-Benjamin Franklin's
birthday, 1.-The Father of Thrift"
January 18-Home budget; budget,
high school boy; budget, high school
girl
January Down your own home
Apartment life detrimental to welfare
of children.
January 2O-Thrift Christian vir-
ture, as taught by the Bible.
January abandonment life insur-
education safe.
January 22-Thrift education in the
public schools. More vital than Latin
and French.
January 23-school thrift banks.
Educational value.
The State chairman of health, Mrs.
Joseph Sanders, has called a meeting
Of all local health chairmen for Tues
day at II o'clock at the Burlington
Hotel.
The course of four lectures is being
given on social hygiene: The first
| lecture was given during last week by
DR.. T. W. Galloway, with the following
schools as centers: The West. Tues
| days; the Hine Junior High, Wednes-
days: the Mcfarland Junior High,
Thursdays. and the John Burroughs.
Fridays The Mount Pleasant Branch
Library served as the center for that
district on Monday.
In his first talk, DR.. Galloway spoke
on "Parenthood and How to Make
Better Parenthood."
The second lecture comes on the same
days in these centers, from 10 to 1880
am. At this second meeting DR.. Gal
loway will take up some of the major
| problems in sex-character education
of the pre-school child and develop the
technic of handling them.
His third lecture will be devoted to
similar problems Of the early grade
school child.
At the fourth meeting the junior
high school age group problems will be
considered.
Herbert S. Wood, tax consultant and
former assistant director of the u. S.
Bureau of Efficiency. will speak on
The Necessity of Budgeting Public
Funds" at the study class In legislation
Tuesday at 10 o'clock at the Burlington
Hotel Harry Gilligan, member Of the
Board of Education, will explain the
provisions of the proposed bill to pro-
vide educational leave for teachers.
The new park and playground bill re-
Gently introduced by Representative