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


All material for this column must bt
sent to the State office, room l0l, Bur-
lington Hotel, by the wednesday pre-
ceding the Sunday on which puohca-
ton Is desired.
The monthly conference Of the Dis
trict of Columbia Congress of Parents
and Teachers will be held January 10
Al O'Clock at the Burlington Hotel
The speaker will be Representative L.
G. Cramton.
The honors for the blue-ribbon moth
ers will be presented to the local sum-
xner roundup chairmen. who viii pre-
semi then 20 the individual mothers
At the several schools in the course OF
the next week. Also the State certifl-
Gates for the members OF the parent
teacher training class whose members
had q perfect attendance Tor the entire
course will be awarded.
Miss Ethel Bray, director of art in the
public schools, is in charge of the poster
contest. It has been decided by the
committee on arrangements for the
convention of the National Congress OF
parents and Teachers to conduct q
poster contest in order to obtain posters
for display purposes for the convention,
which will be held in Washington May
to IL. ..
All public school pupils above the
sixth grade are eligible. The theme is
welcome to the National Congress OF
Parents and Teachers, May to II.
It will be from January Is to April Is.
The poster must be made 20 by 26
inches of heavy cardboard mounts
Contestants may or may not use the
emblem coax tree). The full name.
National Congress of Parents and
Teachers" must be used. The pupil
must sign the poster in the lower right
hand corner Tin small letters, give
grade and the name of the school. The
work must be original and so certified
by q teacher The best posters will be
given honorable mention and exhibited
at the convention headquarters. Others
will be hung in prominent places
throughout the city.
Lieut. Lamb of the Traffic Bureau
delivered an address at the January
meeting of the Central High School
PIT. A. In the absence of the preSi-
dent Of the association, Calvin MilanS,
Mrs. Louis M. SaXton, vice president,
presided. Following the meeting, par
ents and teachers met and discussed
their various problems.
The wheatley Association met jan
uary 8. Mrs. L. H. Magruder, State
chairman for the Child Welfare Maya
zine, spoke on the value of the ma
tional publication. An educational pro-
gram was presented by the seventh
grade pupils of Miss Millichampe, dem
onstrating visual education in the
school room. Miss Motyka, first grade
teacher, gave a demonstration on
teaching children to read by modern
methods Miss Gantley, eighth grade
teacher, B class, explained the help re-
ceived from children's supervised &C
tivities outside the school room Miss
Austin, administrative principal OF the
wheatley School, explained several
phases of school work of interest to the
association.
William Knowles Cooper, secretary OF
the Y. M. C. A., addressed the Park
View Platoon School Association on
"The Youth of Today"
Resolutions were Endorsed for a flve-
year library program and for a chill
dren's tuberculosis Sanatorlum.
New plans for an addition to the
Park View Platoon School have been
approved by the Board OF Education,
Mrs w. T. Zimmerman. educational
chairman, explained the plans. A res
olution was Endorsed that the plans be
accepted.
A violin solo was rendered by Robert
Bodkin, ga, and a piano duet by Alice
Louise Scott and Bernice DriscoN,
Additional publicity concerning COM
naitteechairmen is being directed by
Mrs. Thomas E. Grimm, publicity chair
man, The platoon school attendance
banner was won by Mrs. Pollockis room,
IS present. platoon banner was
won by Miss Griffith, II present.
study classes are: Legislation. Tues
day, 10 to 1880; parliamentary law
Wednesdays, 10 to 1880, open 70 an.
Social hygiene institutes, 10 am, as
follows: Mondays, Mount Pleasant
Public Library: Tuesdays West School;
wednesdays, Hine Junior High School:
THURSDAYS, mcfarland Junior High
school; Fridays, John Burroughs
School.
DR.. Frank w. Bailou, superintendent
Of the washington schools. gave an
address to the Woodbridge Association
Thursday evening, at the school.
Miss katherine B. Watkins, kinder
earten supervisor of this city, addressed
the Brookland Association Monday on
the Organization of Mothers Clubs.
The association voted to indorse the
bills before Congress providing Tor a
sanatorium for tubercular children. ana
for the extension of the District Public
Library system. A card party was an
nounced for February Is.
The Petworth Association met IN the
school building, January 8. The asso-
ciation voted to send $40 to the
Juvenile Protective Association. The
IS prize for attendance was won by Mr.
Plotzman's kindergarten.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harmon Randall en-
tertained with musical numbers, ac-
companied by Robert Firestein. pianist
Miss Katherine Watkins, kindergarten
supervisor Of Washington, gave the adj
dress Of the evening.
The Edmonds Association presented
the school with an electric radio Tor
Christmas present. 1t was announced
at an executive meeting January z, by
Miss Mortimer, principal. that the chill
dren are enjoying the educational pro-
grams offered by the different broad
casting stations.
The regular meeting of the asSocia-
ton will be held tomorrow at pm.
A card party will be given by the
association at the school January ID
At 8 pm.
The Langley Junior High School
Association uill meet TUESDAY, evening