Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-14

IN the state ONCE ktOOkH iUls Burlington
Hotel. by the wednesday preceding the
Sunday on which publication is desired.
The State convention of the District
of Columbia Congress of Parents and
Teachers win be held Tuesday at 1890
o'clock. in the Burlington Hotel, in the
form Of a luncheon, during which the
State officers and chairmen viii make
their annual reports.
A number of very attractive posters
announcing the convention of the Ma
tional Congress of Parents and Teachers
in washington the week of May 5 have
been made by the pupils In the schools
and sent to the State office.
It Is expected each school in the Dis
trict will be represented in the poster
display. All posters must be In the State
ONCE by April is.
Ribbons will be awarded to the young
people who make the best posters which
will be placed in prominent places about
the city and at convention headquar-
ters, the Washington Hotel.
Pennsylvania'S sponsor for the ma
tional convention is Mrs. j. p. Holloway,
1880 E street northeast.
Station WEAF will broadcast over the
National Broadcasting System the yes
per service at Arlington, May 5, from
to 8 o'clock.
David Lynn, architect of the United
States Capitol, is planning to have the
Capitol lighted and officers instructed to
escort the delegates of the national con-
vention throughout the building, May T.,
at o'clock.
A chorus of singing fathers from Bal
timore will sing at the Founders dinner.
Judge Katherine Sellers of the Dis
trict of Columbia Juvenile Court will
entertain the officers and delegates of
the convention of the National Congress
of Parents and Teachers at tea at the
Women's City Club, May 6, from 4:S0
to pm.
The willard Hotel has assigned one
of its parlors, opening on F street, for
an exhibit room for work done in the
Washington schools, and for display
of reprints of famous pictures from the
Metropolitan Museum of Art during the
national convention.
The Congressional Library will be
visited by the delegates at 6 O'Clock on
May Z. Arrangements have been made
to have dinner served in the cafe.
Every Tuesday, morning at 1890 am.
station VOL will have a short Parent
Teacher program. The outstanding
chairmen will give talks on the activi-
ties of their departments. Mrs. Joseph
Sanders, State chairman of health, will
broadcast over this station next Tues
day.
The publicity scrapbooks are begin
ming to arrive at the State Office. Six
books have been received from New
Jersey and New York has sent word
that their books are on the way. The
judges who will rate the books from
the States have been selected from
the local publicity chalrmen. The Dis
trict of Columbia books will be rated
by Mrs. Laura Underhill Kohn, mana
ger of the publicity bureau of the Ma
tional Congress of Parents and Teachers
Each State is asked to send eight
local publicity books to the national
convention, and all local books in the
District Of Columbia must be in the
State office by April 20, so that a Sc
lection may be made.
The scrapbook rating committee met
at the Burlington Hotel last Tuesday
and re-rated four of the ScrapbookS
which went to the convention at Cleve-
land last year, and awarded gold stars
to all four books. which were from the
following associations: Bancroft, Force
Adams, Bryan and Stanton. All OF
the books which went to Cleveland have
now been given gold Stars. except the
Mcfarland Junior High School book
which has not been sent in for re-
rating.
The Singing Mothers Chorus gave O
program of parent-teacher songs at q
meeting of the Parent-Teacher ASSo-
citation of the Mount Vernon Place
Church last Wednesday.
The business meeting of the chorus
will be held tomorrow at so pm in
the Burlington Hotel.
Summer roundup registrations must
be on the regular form, which will be
mailed upon request. For information
call the State chairman, Mrs. H. N.
Stull, 408 Fourth street northeast, Lin
coin 6241.
The State health chairman, who is
also a member of the executive commit
the Association for the Prevention of
tuberculosis, is DESTROYS of securing the
cooperation of every association. She
Is addressing a letter to the presidents
or health chairmen of associations
holding meetings, requesting that they
take notice of this campaign in some
fitting manner in their meetings this
month.
The committee has material in the
way Of literature for distribution and
some posters. If you have not heard
rom her phone the secretary, Main
1888.
The Mcfarland Junior High School
Association will meet in the school next
Friday evening at 8 o'clock.
P1L. T,,-;o~ II;rI, Ooho01
Association will meet tomorrow at 8
o'clock. Mrs Margaret Merritt, di-
rector of vocational guidance work at
Jefferson, will explain the new guild
ance program used by the Junior high
schools. E.. c.. WoodSon, representa-
tive from the Kiwanis Club, will explain
their program throughout the country.
The glee club will entertain. The
association will give supper April IL
at the school.
The Thomson Association met Tues
day. The first grade, directed by Miss
Appetizer, presented q Spring play as
the opening number.
It was voted to send two delegates TO
the state convention luncheon, the
rest of the tickets being taken by the
different members. A committee was
appointed to list the repairs and altera-
lions needed for the school this Summer
and to submit this to the school board.
Plans were made for the Summer
roundup work. and Mrs. H. c. CARR
son was appointed Summer roundup
chairman. 1t was arranged to have the
regular weighing and measuring OF the
children next Thursday and Friday.
The nominating committee was made
up as follows: Mrs. T. S. Gaddess,
Mrs. M. c. Johnson, Mrs. II. G. Garri-
son. Mrs. M. Foreman and Miss Zeid-
ers of the kindergarten.
The Brookland Association met at
the school Monday at pm. Gran
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