Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-23

All material for this column must be
in the State Office, room 101, Burlington
Hotel, by the Wednesday preceding the
Sunday'on which publication is desired
The monthly conference of the Dis
trict of Columbia Congress of Parents
and Teachers, held at the Wilson
Teachers College, Tuesday afternoon
took the form of celebration of the
thirty-third birthday of the national
organization. The program for this
Founders day celebration was in charge
of Mrs. T. A. Young chairman of Child
Welfare day for the District of Column
bia Congress of Parents and Teachers
| The meeting was opened with music
by the Singing Mothers, led by Mrs
| Ell. Norris. Mrs. F. Morris presented
M: Norris with a check for $25, the
proceeds of the card party given by the
| executive board for the purchase of
music and other supplies for the
Singing Mothers. Tt was announced
that in response to resolutions passed
by the congress asking that teacher
be placed in the Children's Receiving
Home, letter had been received from
DR.. F. w. Ballou, stating that at present
there is no teacher available for that
work and the request was therefore
/
| was suspended and several pageantS in
honor of Founders day were given by
| groups from different schools. The first
| showed a large birthday cake lighted
| with 80 candles. When Mrs. Rafter cut
the cake. eight little girls dressed in
| white, crowned with candles came from
| the cake and sang an original song of
the founding of the Parent-Teacher
Association and gave a graceful inter-
| pretative dance. These children were
| from the John Burroughs School and
were trained by Miss Florence B. Law
| son, teacher, who also wrote the words
| Of the song.
/ Children from the Joseph r. Keene
School entertained with several play
| lets eliminating in "Cheerio birthday
| greeting" the presentation of a birth
| day cake and wound up with the Keene
School yell given with will by the
following children, Elmer Hooper, Mary
Wyche, Bernard Joy, Betty Cheney,
| Taylor, Magdalen Hopkins, Dorothy
Miller, Ruth Taylor. Stephen Miller,
Marion Miller. Edna Dickens, Ethel
Ahearn and Mildred Mills. Mrs. George
Grove, a teacher, sang THE Mother
| Hymn" and THE Tree Of the P T. A."
| with Mrs. Arthur Cline at the piano.
Mrs. FINS d. Morris arranged this en-
! tertainment and took the part of the
| teacher in the playlet.
The Park View Platoon School
| furnished a six-foot copy of Child We'll
| fare Magazine, from the pages Of which
! appeared the following members of the
Tenley-Janney Association: Mesdames
| H. Drury, e. r. Duehring, G. Gerst,
| C. S. Corg, r. Hurdle, F. Ehrhardt,
Fayette Smart, Pat Loughran, S. S.
Kirby. These ladies dressed in the
costumes of 80 years ago and represent
ing the first executive board of the
organization, sang the mothers hymn
| The roll of organizations in the District
| of Columbia was then called and the
presidents, or some one representing
them, responded by bringing an offer
| ing. Mrs. David o. Mears, National
Founders day chairman, spoke feelingly
OF the early efforts of Mrs. A. A. Birney
| and Mrs. p. r. Hearst in forming the
Congress of Mothers. A parent-teacher
| pageant, THE Oracle Speaks" was
| given by q group of junior high school
presidents, led by Mrs. Franklin Jones.
Presidents are requested to enroll at
once in the 1880 Summer roundup
| campaign. Registration blanks are in
| the State ONCE and will be furnished
upon request. During March there will
be meeting of the local chairmen.
At this meeting full instructions for
carrying on the campaign will be given
1t is, therefore, important that chair
men be appointed and registrations
made at once in order to avoid mis-
takes and misunderstanding in the
campaign. For further information
call the State chairman, Mrs. H. N.
Stull, 40S Fourth street northeast. Lin
coin 6241.
The Singing Mothers will give 20
minute program over Station VOL
Tuesday, starting at 5:55 pm, and last
ing until 6:15 o'clock. They will give
concert Of Parent-Teacher songs.
The District of Columbia Congress Of
Parents and Teachers is sponsoring the
son Teachers College gymnasium each
Monday beginning March 3, through
April z, from 8 to 10 pm.
Plans for the parent-teacher carnival
to be held April 3, and In the
Washington Hotel are progressing. Mrs.
Wallace Perry is general chairman.
A meeting Of the ways and means
committee chairmen will be held Mon
| day at 10 am. in the Burlington Hotel
"
and means chairman.
Emery lexington.
Emery lexington Association cele-
! brated the founding of the national
congress at recent meeting when
n. l.. Haycock, assistant superintendent
| OF schools, lighted the 80 candles on the
birthday cake before cutting it. Mrs.
Cornett and MRS. Darling donated this
CAKE, and DIR. l.. A. Cornett contributed
15-pound cake for the children.
Ten games were presented by the as
ISOLATION to each teacher for her class.
DR.. G. E. Christian of the Institute of
Musical Art presented Charles Hyder in
violin solo. Other music was fur
nlshed by Mrs. Brook T. Payne pianist
and Mrs. jeanette H. Scott, soloist
The State presidents message was
read by Mrs. Trayner, teacher. Miss
BarnhartS third grade won the attend
| ance prize.
The executive board met Friday at
the school for a valentine luncheon !"
The last school luicheon netted SIP, so
plans were completed for another to be
given March 6.
EdmOnds.
Two scholarships for the second 60
meSter OF the parent-teacher course At
George Washington University were
created by the Edmonds Association AT
us recent meeting. These were award
60 ca 70 MRS. j. Q. Amidon and Mrs. T. j.
Wnlnerey. Mrs. Amidon has success
Iully completed the first course and
ner report on Leadership" was highly
commended by the teacher, Mrs. A. G.
watkins, and was printed in part in
tne FEBRUARY Bulletin. The material
USED IN this course is in a portfolio and
WIN De placed in the Parent-Teacher
| available to all members. wa VIC