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


rection of D. r. Edwards.
; The result Of the contest of the va
rious sections for first honors In the
membership drive will be announced
and the prize will be awarded to the
winning section at the regular assembly
exercises.
The executive board of the Henry
Polk Association met January 8, to plan
for the meeting tomorrow at 8 pm,
Stephen B. Kramer. assistant Superin-
tendent of schools, will be the speaker
of the evening. They will have as
guest, the State president, Mrs. Giles
Scott Rafter. The Singing Mothers
E. L. Norris, will furnish the musical
program. Miss Kent will have her
4-A-B grade pupils present a play.
Miss Woodward'S child study class
will meet Tuesday, at 1880 pm.
"objectives of the Parent Teacher
Association" was the subject of Dean
w. c. Ruediger, School of Education
of George Washington University. The
kindergarten Band, under the direc-
ton of Miss Meyers and Miss Cullen,
furnished the. music.
A motion was passed to have the
men of the association help secure the
much-needed gymnasium and assembly
hall for the school. A card party Is
to be held January 19, at 8 O'Clock, in
the Congregational Church, Lowell and
Thirty-fourth streets.
The clothes conservation chairman
Mrs. Pierce, thanked teachers and par
ents for donations in this work. After
the meeting the teachers received the
parents in the Schoolroom and refresh
%IaA &n1{ fxy
chairman, Mrs. Coleman.
Mrs Giles Scott Rafter entertained
the Singing Mothers Chorus with O
luncheon and house warming" in her
new home in the Marlborough Apart
ments, Monday.
After the luncheon the chorus met at
the Burlington Hotel for rehearsal UNI
der the direction of their leader, Mrs.
, E. L. Norris, and are prepared to fill
engagements for Parent Teacher ASso-
citation meetings at the different
schools. Their first this year is for a
meeting of the Henry-Polk School to-
morrow at pm. They have also been
| invited to sing for the Gold Star
Mothers at the Hamilton Hotel, Tues
day, at 9 pm.
Mrs. Norris has been asked to
organize and direct Singing Mothers
Chorus in Baltimore.
The executive board of the Blair
Hayes Association met January Z. The
luncheon is set for January %, at the
Hayes school.
1.-THE New Education" was the sub
ject of a talk given by S. E. Kramer,
assistant superintendent of the public
schools of the District of Columbia.
at the meeting of the Peabody Hilton
Association, January 4. Miss Emma
Gardner of the school faculty. ex-
planned the new achievement tests that
are given the pupils of the public
schools of today.
The membership chairman, Mrs.
Minkhouse, presented a five dollar gold
piece to Miss Hesse, second grade
teacher for having 100 per cent mem
bership of parents of her class. Miss
Hesse also. won the banner for having
| the greatest number of parents present
| at the meeting.
Miss Vandine, kindergarten teacher,
gave a piano solo, and Nathan Clark,
accompanied by Mrs. Nathan Clark,
entertained with humorous musical
numbers
After the meeting the parents were
| lnVltcQ 10 UlcGt CIlC ICdCACAo IA VAlSh
class rooms and to inspect the build
ing, which has been newly painted.
The Schick test was the subject of
an address by DR.. Harrison of the U.
S. Public Health Service at an evening
meeting of the Tenley-Janney Asso-
citation at the Tenley School Audi
torium, January Z. The committee OF
the association in local charge reported
| he %ncf commissioned
on Monday to 1913 pupils Of the school.
other features of the meeting were
plays presented by the members OF the
kindergarten and first grade, and by
the seventh grade. The welfare COM
mittee reported that they had dis
tributed 10 Christmas boxes. Refresh
ments were served after the meeting.
The association of Business High
School will meet Wednesday evening.
at 8:15 o'clock at the school. Mrs.
Henry Grattan Doyle, member OF the
Board of Education, will be the
| speaker.
A play will be presented by students
of the high school under the direction
of Miss Galbraith, dramaticS teacher.
Music will be furnished by the
| orchestra.
The Keene Association met TUESDAY
| in the Keene School. A resolution
thanking Mrs. Tolson for her remem-
brances to the Singing Boys OF Keene"
vas unanimously passed. This resolu-
ton was introduced by John Hopkins,
jr., one of the IL boys. The member
ship chairman, Mrs. Howard Cheney,
reported one new member, Mrs. L.
| Meiklejohn. A program consisting OF
solos by Frank A. Goebel, accompanied
by Mrs. Goebel; short talk by Lawrence
B. Choate, national president OF Broth
erhood of st. Andrew; reading by Mrs.
J. C. Brown, play written and presented
| by the pupils of Mrs. Helen Brunhouse,
| fifth grade teacher, were given. Will
liam Hoover, former pupil of Keene,
gave saxaphone solos. He was accom-
panied by Mrs. Arthur Cline.
Mrs. Beulah Drake, teacher OF the
sixths and seventh grades, won the at
tendance banner.
In preparation for the national con-
vention to be held in May, the national
program committee met here January
IL and r.. National officers attending
this meeting were: Mrs. S. M. N. Mars,
president National Congress of Parents
and Teachers; Mrs. E. G. Mason, first
vice president; Mrs. Hugh Bradford
third vice president; Mrs. Louis De