Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-06
HOME is MENACED,
DELEGATES HEAR
MRS. MARRS DECLARE
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Germs Mr.. Robson said, "as we'll as
by educational agencies, show that
department OF education doing research
and investigation to make this informa-
ton available will effect economies
amounting to tens of millions of dol
lars every year to the taxpayers and at
the same time afford to the students
better educational facilities
He emphasized the pressing need for
Government aid to education in view of
the presence in America Of 5000, 600
nliterateS and $4,000 900 more who
cannot read or write intelligently.
Several solos were sung at last
nights session by Mrs Nicholas c.
Sinnott wife of former Representative
Sinnott from Oregon. She was accom-
panied by Mrs. Cecile T. Clark.
Wreath Placed on Tomb.
More than 900 people witnessed the
placing Of wreath on the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier by Mrs. Mars of
Texas, president Of the organization.
yesterday afternoon at Arlington. The
ceremony was to include the United
States Marine Band. and to be broad
cast from the Arlington Amphitheater,
Owing to rains in the morning, 1t be-
came impossible for the Marine Band to
take the instruments to Arlington and
ington the earlier part of the ceremony
was held and broadcast from the hall
Of nations, with the Marine Band par
ticipating and Right Rev. James E.
Freeman, Bishop of Washington, as the
principal speaker.
The placing of the wreath was pre-
ceded by short address by Mrs. Mars,
who expressed the desire Of the National
Congress of Parents and Teachers to
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She was assisted in the placing Of the
wreath by Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter,
president of the District congress. A
prayer for peace and International I'M
Outstanding in the future was made by
DR.. Randall J. Condor of Cincinnati,
as chaplain of the congress. detach-
ment of cadets selected as representa-
tives from the several Washington high
schools, mounted guard over the Tomb
during the ceremony.
Students from the high school at
Highland Falls, Mich, also placed a
wreath on the tomb.
Not only is parent education being
pursued as never before, but adult edu-
cation in every FORM" Mrs. Mars said.
The idle and parasitic class is giving
way to a serious minded, StudlouS class,
alive to its responsibilities to the next
generation and to society. In this new
has been ploughing for more than 30
years. 1t has been creating new pub
lie attitude toward the home which is
more and more expressing itself in a
demand for specific training in family
relationships, in child care and in home
making"
Descriptive Force Active, Warning.
But with all that advancement, Mrs
Mars warned that 1.-The fact that there
are powerful influences at work to break
down the home only serves to redouble
our efforts to strengthen and re-
indorSe it.
TT will take hard thinking, hard
study of educational methods" she
added, land careful organization to
bring up future generations with such
standards and ideals of life that they
shall be prepared to establish homes
capable of meeting worthily the social
and economic changes which come with
each generation. But it is worth the
effort, for the home Is the foundation
fails the Nation fails
MY wish is that this convention will
establish high principles and educa-
tionally sound procedures which we
may adopt and follow during the COM
ing year as we work to bring back to
the home the things of the home, to
articulate the home with the school and
to adapt the home to the changing con-
ditionS OF life"
Or. ButterwOrth Is Speaker.
DR.. Butterworth, who addressed the
delegates conference on Programs for
Parent-Teacher Associations, pointed
out the most important fact to bear in
in nj &c
human activities start with a realiZa-
ton that there Is a need to be met"
A.. Discussing eXtra-curriculum activities,
the speaker said that this is phase of
school life that calls for handling by a
highly trained specialist. one who could
apply himself wholly to the problems
at hand with a clear understanding of
all they involve to the schools as well
as the pupils. 1t was in this connec-
ton that he warned the congress it
would be very dangerous" for a Par
ent-Teacher association to try to sup
plant the school board in dealing with
such problems as a whole.
One other point he dealt with was
the difficulty in getting the best people
of the community" to take an active
part in school activities.
Mrs. Hugh Bradford, third vice pres
tdent, who spoke on other phases of
program planning, said that the Ma
tional Congress. instead of aiming to be
a reform organization Is dealing with
preventive matters in handling the
problems of child, school and home
Sectional Meetings Today.
This afternoon the convention will
break up into sections and State meet
ings devoted to pre-school associations.
high school associations, college and
church relations.
From 4:45 to pm. Judge Kathryn
Sellers of the Juvenile Court will be
hostess to the delegates at the Womens
City Club.
Tonight at o'clock at the Washing
ton Hotel the Founders diner will
bring messages to the delegates from
Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, president of the
District Parent-Teacher Associations;
William John Cooper, United States
commissioner of education, and Mrs.
A. H. Reeve, president of the Inter-
national Federation of Home and
School.
DR.. Frank w. Ballou, superintendent
of schools IN the District, will be toast
master, and Commissioner Proctor
master, and Commissioner Proctor l..
and guests.