Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-10
Parent-Teacher Activities

i who will be unable to attend in the
afternoon.
"a healthy body and happy,
healthy environment, industry, recrea-
ton and rest" were outstanding points
brought out in an address before the
Henry D. Cooke School Association
Tuesday evening by Miss Anna D. Hal
berg. principal of Wilson Normal School.
Musical selections were rendered by
Miss Amelia Bates and Elwood Back
enstoss, pupils of Mime. Won UnSchuld.
The milk committee of the school,
Mrs. John F. Steele, chairman, pre-
sented to the school a set OF history
picture slides from the surplus money
on hand from the sale OF milk In the
school.
Reports of officers and committee
chairmen were read. Seldom Adams of
the National Education Association be-
came member OF the association.
Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, State presi-
dent, will be the speaker at the meeting
of the Powell Junior High School Asso-
citation, February 13, at 3 o'clock, in the
school auditorium. Founders day will
be celebrated by candle-lighting cere-
mony. Afterward cake will be served to
| those present.
The executive board will meet at 2
o'clock in The library.
The association was host to the Feb
ruary graduating class at an evening
party, January 81, at the school.
The Joseph r. Keene Association will
hold its Founders day celebration and
birthday pageant in the school Tuesday
at 8 pm The guests of the evening
will be Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, State
president; Mrs. j. N. Saunders, first vice
president; Mrs. A. H. Tolson, and S. E.
Kramer, first assistant superintendent
of schools
The Edmonds Mothers Glee Club has
been requested to sing before the as
sembly at a meeting of the Stanton Park
Citizens Association tomorrow evening.
Mrs. A. L. Phillips, chairman, plans to
hold rehearsals each Wednesday morn
ing at her home.
The Edmonds' Association win meet
al the school tomorrow at pm.
There will be meeting of Local Child
Welfare Magazine chairmen at the Bur-
lington Hotel Thursday at pm.
Founders day will be observed at the
meeting of the Blair Hayes Association
next Thursday at 8 pm, at the Hayes
School. Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter will be
the speaker and the Singing Mothers
Chorus will be at this meeting.
A playlet depicting the founding of
the Parent Teacher Association will be
given as Founders day program by
the Ludlow-Taylor Association February
90, at the Taylor School.
The Parent-Teacher Association rep
reSentatives to the Juvenile Protective
Association will meet Thursday in the
Epiphany Parish Hall at las pm.
A special meeting of the executive
committee of the Cranch-Tyler Associa-
ton was held in Cranch School. A card
party will be held February Is, at pm,
at $50 Seventh street southeast. Mrs.
S. R. Fuller, Mrs. James Hayden and
Mrs. Geutner were appointed as COM
are to be assisted by the grade mothers.
A meeting of the association will be
held tomorrow, at which time the can
dle-lighting ceremony, to celebrate
Founders day, will take place.
Community singing, led by A. r.
Grosskurth, featured the meeting of
the Home and School Association, Feb
ruary /, at the Stuart Junior High
School. Mrs. John w. Davis reported
from the District Congress and Mrs.
Hillman read the State presidents mes
sage.
Mrs. S. E. More, legislative chairman,
read three resolutions which were in
dorsed by the association, one advocat-
ing free text books for all District chill
dren, one to keep the quota of Dis
trict normal graduates who may apply
for teaching positions at its present sta
tuS and one indorsing the Cramton
bill providing for Fairgrounds, park
ways and parks. Copies of these were
sent to members of the District COM
mittee in Congress.
Mr.. Hawkins, teacher of printing,
gave talk on that subject. Henry Gil
ligan, member of the Board of Educa-
ton, gave an address. Miss Gilligan, a
teacher at Stuart, gave two violin solos,
being accompanied by Mr. Jackson. A
group of girls under the direction of
Mrs. L. H. Magruder and Mrs. Hilllnan
gave a playlet concentrating the
thirty-second anniversary Of Founders
day and later served birthday cake
to all present. The girls taking part
we're Margaret Gendreau, Dorothy FAINT,
Catherine Cooper, Marian Johnson,
Dorothy Jaeger, Leona Harris. Helen
F'oote, Mildred Gore, Anna LoBuono,
Irene Mercurio, Martha Holt, Mary Ann
Holt, Eleanor Kelly, Ida Souter, Mary
Root and Inez English. DIR. Schwartz
asked for close cooperation of the pa
rents with the school and also thanked
the association for $50 worth Of balls re-
Gently given to the physical training
classes. 1t was voted to give through
the Community Chest SIS to the shoe
and rubber fund of the District Con-
gress. and SO to THE Juvenile Protective
Association. The banner for largest at
tendance was won by Miss Allwine's
section, 8B3.
The executive committee of the
Woodbridge Association viii meet Thurs
day at 2 o'clock In the study of the
Woodbridge School. Music classes. under
the direction of Miss Elizabeth B.
Drewry, special teacher, representing
the Community Center and Public Shcool
Departments, were organized at Wood
ridge School last Friday afternoon.
These classes are under the supervision
of DR.. E. N. G. Barnes, director OF music
for the District Of Columbia public
schools.
Following is Woodbridge honor roll for
the third term: Sixth grade, Fanny
Cali; fifth grade, Thelma Stansbury;
fourth grade. John Reilly, Harriet Da-
Wis, Anna Sniegoski, Patricia Pratt,
Marie Schrodt, Richard Robertson; sec
ond grade, Frances Crilley, Jack Fire
stone, Harvey Major, Mary Benson,
Alline Dietz, Marcella Libonau Donald
Avery, Robert Bradley. Frances Dwyer,
Donald Luke, Malcolm Weiss, Jean Dun
bar, Mary Frances Flemer, Frances Tai
bert, Marjorie Lyon; first grade, Ellen
Simplex, Lois Target.
The Singing Mothers Chorus, di-
rected by Mrs. E. L. Norris, will give a
program at a meeting of the Curtis
Hyde Addison Association tomorrow at
8 pm in the Curtis School.
The next engagement is at the meet
ing of the Blair-Hayes School, to be
held Thursday at pm. in the Hayes