Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-28

May Day-Child Health Day.
Wednesday is May day-Child Health
day and the State chairman of thu
Summer roundup committee requests
every association to hold obServances.
The Children's Hospital is prepared tx
examine a large number of children be-
tween l and pm. for the Summer
roundup. Any group which is not close
to a child hygiene station and could not
arrange to have examinations at the
school should arrange to take the chill
dren there. Those who wish to take ad-
vantage should call the State chairman
for full information. There will be play
activities on the outside of the hospital
SO that those who must wait will be en-
tertained.
Examinations will be held also at the
following schools: Force-Adams. Ban
croft, johnson, Edmonds, Petworth
Brookland Peabody, Takoma Park
Woodbridge, Henry and the following
child hygiene stations: Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital, 925 Twenty-second
street, $50 Q street, 900 Maryland ave-
nue. northeast, 1927 Georgia avenue
20l2 Rhode Island avenue northeast
480 E street southwest, 1905 Pennsyl-
vania avenue southeast and 1901 Tai
bert street southeast, between 10 and IL
am
ANY further information can be OBJ
tanned from the State chairman, Mrs.
H. N. Stull, 40S Fourth street northeast.
Lincoln 6241.
Education for Worthy Home Mem
bership' will be the topic Of the thirty
third convention of the National Con-
gress of Parents and Teachers here
beginning May and continuing through
May IL and IL.
The opening session of the conven-
ton will be in the form of vesper
service at the shrine of American pa
triotism in Arlington. Sunday afternoon,
MAY S. At this service the speaker will
be Bishop James E. Freeman. Music
will be furnished by the Marine Band, a
chorus of high school students and Miss
Gretchen Hood, soloiSt. The presiding
officer will be DR.. Randall j. Condor, a
national vice president.
Monday morning the national preSi-
dent, Mrs S. NJ N Mars, will make
an address on the topic Of the conven-
ton. From that time until Friday night
there will be conferences, round table
discussions and section meetings on
every activity of the Parent-Teacher
movement.
There will be speaker at each of the
on the chosen topic.
The founders dinner" May will
be an event of importance when all
those who were present at the first
convention of the organization will be
honor guests.
The State president of the District
of Columbia, Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter,
will preside at the dinner and the super
tntendent of schools, DR.. F. w. Ballou,
will be the POSTMASTER.
Proctor L. Dougherty, Commissioner
Of the District of Columbia, will extend
greetings to the delegates and visitors.
Mrs. A. H. Reeve, president of the Inter-
national Federation Of Home and
School, and the other by w. j. Cooper
commissioner of education. Other
honor guests will be DR.. George Kerby,
president of the National Education
Association; Mrs. Frederick Schof
honorary president of the National Con-
gress of Parents and Teachers, and Mrs
David o. Mears, honorary vice president
of the National Congress Of Parents and
Teachers.
On Wednesday of convention week
there will be a pilgrimage to Mount
Vernon, where a tree will be planted tc
the memory Of George Washington
Some of the outstanding committees
of the national movement will hold
luncheons during the week at which
speakers of national reputation will
talk. These include the humane educa-
ton committee" the Summer round
un." and the thrift" committees. The
publicity bureau and the child welfare
magazine department will have eacf
a dinner at which unusual programs
have been arranged.
At the final session Of the convention
the speaker will be Ray Lyman Wilbur
Secretary of the Interior. Recreation
and play for adults will be held during
the week and there will be several rec
reation hours" under the direction VI
j. w. Faust of the American Play
ground and Recreation Association
Plans are being made for several sight
seeing trips and social events.
Every session Is open to the public anc
everybody who Is interested in any phase
Of child welfare work will be welcomed
The convention comedies with Ma
tional Music week so that music ir
every phase will be specially stressed
Maryland Is sending a chorus of fift,
fathers to sing q medley Of old-fash-
Toned songs at the founders dinner
May g. Every county in the State
will be represented in this chorus anC
their singing on the same program
with the District of Columbia Singing
Mothers" will emphasize the fact tina
both parents are active members o.
the Parent-Teacher movement. A grouI
Of eighty Mother Singers" will arriv'
May from Dayton, Ohio, and the,
will sing at the convention that night
The ter-High School Orchestr:
will furnish music at the flnal session
of the convention. The District o
Columbia Singing Mothers" will vel
represent their State, nnuSicaiiy, on th'
daily program Of the convention. Ther'
will be community singing, under tn
direction of DR.. E. N. c. Barnes, a
each opening session throughout tn
convention.
The State publicity committee TO
the national convention will meet II
the Burlington Hotel next Tuesday a
1870 with the national publicity direc
tor, Mrs. Laura Underhill Kohn.
THE Development of Parent Educa
ton in the District Of Columbia ant
National Parent-Teacher Associations
was the subject of q talk broadcas
over station VOL last Tuesday morn
ing by Mrs G. w. Lady, State chair
man of parent education.
Miss Frances Hays extension secre
tary of the National Congress OF Par
ents and Teachers, gave a ten-minut
talk over the same station Tuesda,
evening on the National Convention.
Mrs. E. r. Kalmbach, State vic
president and q member of the nations
publicity bureau. will speak for tel
minutes over station VOL next Tues
day at 10 80 m. on the subject Scrap
books and Exhibits" Al $50 pm. Tn
State publicity chairman for the con
vention, Mrs. j. N. Saunders, VIII spea
on High Lights Of the Convention.
The committee of art teachers, undt
the direction of Miss Ethel Bray, ms
Thursday afternoon and selected the
best posters which were made by IN
pupils of the District Of Coiumbl
schools for the convention Of the Ma
tional Congress Of Parents and Teacf