Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-30
Special Programs, Emphasiz-
ing Benefits of Outdoor
Play, viii Be Held.
MRS. HOOVER TO GREET
MAY BASKET-BEARERS
Dental and Physical Examinations
to Be Given at Hygiene Stations,
Schools and Hospital.

expected to join tomorrow in a city
wide demonstration and celebration Of
May day and Child Health day. Spe-
cial programs. emphasizing particularly
the benefits of outdoor play, will be
held at every playground in the city.
Early tomorrow morning Mrs. Hoover
will be presented with May basket by
five small children, in pursuance of the
custom inaugurated five years ago when
the celebration of May day as Child
Health day first was sponsored by the
American Child Health Association.
Three girls and two boys will go 10
the White House with the gift of flow
erS, revising the old English custom
of hanging the May basket on the door
knob and leaving it to be discovered
later by the recipient, by waiting to be
received by the First Lady. The gift
will represent the thanks of the chill
dren the country over for the president
t1al proclamation of May day.
The five children who will present the
basket on behalf of the children of the
city are Mona Laurent, IL: Rosamond
and Jacqueline Krah, IL and 10 years;
David Barker, z, and Bobby Kaem-
merer, 4.
Play Activities to Lead.
: Play activities will be the leading
feature of the May day-Child Health
day program this year 1t is estimated
that 10000 white school children, 10000
colored, 1000 parochial and all the nom
school children who CAN be gathered up
will participate.
While the children are being given
dental and physical examinations at
clinics, the Importance of sunshine and
play in the development of healthy
children will be explained to the par
#ents by speakers from medical and
dental societies.
Children will be examined at all the
child hygiene stations in the city, at
many of the public schools and at the
Chlldren's Hospital. The examinations
at the hospital will be held from to
o'clock. From 10 to IL o'clock ex-
aminations will be held at the follow.
ing schools:
Force-Adams, Brookland. Bancroft
Peabody, Johnson. Takoma Park, Ed
monds, Woodbridge. Petworth and
Henry. Examinations will be given
at the same hour at the hygiene stations
at 800 G street, $50 E street southwest,
900 Maryland avenue northeast, 1905
Pennsylvania avenue southeast, 1927
Georgia avenue, 1901 Talbert street
southeast and 2012 Rhode Island ave-
nue.. On Friday examinations will be
given at the Wheatley School from
1880 am. to pm. Hearing tests
VIII be held at the same school at $50
o'clock Thursday morning.
DR.. Schwartz Is Chairman.
Additional examinations for colored
children will be held at IL am. tomor-
row at Montgomery, Miner Normal and
st. Cyprian'S Parochial School. They
also will be examined at the hygiene
stations named and at ChildrenS Hos
pitai
DIR. f. j. Schwartz, assistant health
officer of the District, is again serving
as chairman of the May day Health
day committee. Assisting him will be
DR.. Joseph A. Murphy, in charge of the
physical examinations at all health
centers. and DR.. Stephen c. Hopkins.
chairman of the committee on oral
hygiene and public instruction of the
District of Columbia Dental Society.
More than 100 members of the dental
society have volunteered their services
for the examination and treatment of
the teeth of poor children, and will give
this service in their own offices.
DR.. Viola Russell Anderson, director
OF child health education of the Asso-
citation for the Prevention of Tubercli-
losiS. will make the rounds of the
schools and health centers where the
examinations are to be held.
Junior League Is at Work.
Ttyf1f
supporting the program, having offered
their cars to convey the children TO
and from the examination centers. Mrs
Walter Edge, wife of the Senator from
New Jersey, also has offered her car
for this purpose. Other members of the
Junior League who have registered in
clude: Mrs. Dunlap, Mrs. Eugene
Butler.
The Potomac conference of the
Seventh Day Adventists has announced
that it also will observe Child Health
day.
The Adventist elementary schools in
Washington, Takoma Park. Arlington.
Capitol Heights, Vienna, Va, and
Spencerville, Md will be closed To
allow the pupils TO take part. as
Mrs. c. p. SorenSon. educational sec
rotary OF the Potomac conference, will
have charge of the program, which will
begin at 10 ann Addresses viii be made
by Rev. w. f. Martin, president of the
Potomac conference. and Prof. j. p.
Neff, educational superintendent of the
Columbia Union conference.
Queen TO be Chosen.
A May queen will be chosen from the
school that has received the greatest
percentage of gold stars and with the
children who have received gold stars,
will form the court. The gold stars will
be awarded to children who have cor
rected all physical defects during the
year.
While athletic contests are in progress
during the afternoon. under the direc-
ton of Mrs A. w. Truman, free clinic
will be conducted in the sanitarium
under the direction of Drs. A. w. Tru-
man. the medical superintendent; d. E.
Davenport, C.. II. Wolohon G.. II. John
son, r. L. Runk and Hollis Russell.