Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-20

on which publication Is desired.
AL local associations will unite in the
annual State convention April % and
% at the Washington Hotel. The
theme of the convention will be Char
acter Education"
The Middle Atlantic States Council
will also convene ct the same time, and
delegates to this council will be guests
at the various meetings of the State
convention.
Registration must be made at the
hotel from to 10 am. Only registered
delegates are entitled to vote, and names
OF these delegates must have been filed
at the State office before Tuesday.
Ali resolutions to be presented at any
meeting must be IN the hands of the
committee on resolutions, Mrs. William
T.. Zimmerman, chairman, before pm.
Tuesday.
Among the speakers will be DR.. Frank
w. Ballou, superintendent of schools;
Rev Albert N. Lucas, headmaster of
st. Adams School for Boys Representa-
tive Mel J. Mas of Minnesota, J. Lee
Allen, Mrs. Arthur c. Watkins and Mrs.
william Wolf Smith.
The fellowship dinner" will be held
Tuesday, pm, at which Joseph Burk-
art, president of Central High Parent
Teacher Association, will act as toast
master. Music will be in charge of the
Singing Mothers, and Mrs. Eppa l..
Norris will direct. Mrs. Walter c. Jones
is general chairman of the convention.
The monthly conference of the Dis
trict of Columbia Congress of Parents
and Teachers was held Tuesday in the
Burlington Hotel Central High School
led in attendance Reports were given
by the following State chairmen: Mrs.
L. H. Magruder, Child Welfare Maya
zine; Mrs. w. P. Roop, social hygiene;
Mrs J. w. Byler, Juvenile Court: Mrs
L. B. Castell, corresponding secretary;
Mrs Walter G. Jones, State convention.
local Summer roundup chairmen. Mrs.
H. N. Stull, State chairman of Summer
roundup, presented DR.. Joseph Muir
ply, chief medical examiner of the pub
lie schools, who spoke on The Value OF
the Summer Roundup
All registrations for the Summer
roundup must be in by May !, child
health day. Posters for use in the work
are at the State Office and may be OBJ
tanned at any time by local Summer
roundup chairmen.
Az Tie Array eAdIIll-
nations will be made of the chest of all
applicants in addition to thorough
physical examinations during April and
during the first two weeks in May.
Garfield Hospital, Wednesdays 2:3o
pm.-Dr. Coulter. George Washington
University Hospital, Fridays 100 PM
DR.. Bier; Tuesdays l to 8 pm.-Dr.
Coulter (Aiss Mullen out-patient super
intenden). Childrens Hospital Tues
ThHrSdoUS aY1d FridaVC n
Drs. McLenden. Greenlaw, Symmonds,
Bier and Nicholson. Providence Hos
pitai, Fridays, 1890 a.m.-Dr. Nichol-
son. Emergency Hospital, Fridays. to
2 pm.-Dr. Brotman. George Wash
ington University Hospital, Thursdays,
2 to 3 p.m.-Dr. MandeloS. Health De-
partment, Children's tuberculosis Clinic.
512 Eye street northwest, Mondays and
Fridays, to IL am.
The tuberculosis Association has
made arrangements to pay for the cost
OF X-ray films used during this early
diagnosis campaign during the month
Of April In the various hospitals, and
it Is felt that all children examined for
tuberculosis should be given a chest
X-ray. The following clinic will be held
for colored children; Freedman's Hos
pital, daily except Wednesday, to 2
pm, DR.. Hugh Simmons In charge.
Local associations are cooperating
with the District of Columbia Model
Aircraft League in the kite contest to
be held April "a. at Chevy Chase Field,
Western and Wisconsin avenues at the
District line. The contest is open to all
from Washington. Ninety ribbons will
be awarded for beauty of design, work.
manship and performance. Contestants
will be divided into the following
groups: Sub-juniors, juniors, seniors
and father and son.
Miss Esther Scott, director of ele-
nentary science In the public schools, is
the general chairman. Registration
begins at 1880 pm. and closes at 3 pm.
The following associations have sent
their scrapbooks to the State office:
Langdon. Wheatley, Park View. Jack
son, Keene, Ten.ey-Janney, Edmonds,
Bancroft, Carberry, Brent-Dent, Emery
lexington, Columbia Junior, Gordon
Junior, Jefferson Junior, Bowen-Green-
leaf, Maury. John Burroughs Grant,
Fairbrother-Rossell, prookland, Bryan,
Woodbridge, Peabody = Hilton, Hine
Junior, Stuart Junior.
The eight most perfect books will be
sent to be exhibited at the national con-
vention In Denver, Colo, May 1924.
AL others will form an exhibit at the
State convention, Tuesday, at the
Washington Hotel
Robert Haycock, assistant superin-
tendent of schools will talk at pm
Tuesday over VOL. His subject will
be "A School officials Viewpoint Of the
Parent-Teacher Movement"
Mrs. E. j. Bowling, State chairman
Of student aid. requests the local chair
men to send her all notices, reports or
nIlhlfrifu cfifHpnf aid irnpopdio fpIJy
so she may complete the exhibit to be
sent to the national convention at Den
yer next month. The State chairman
Is anxious to make this exhibit note
worthy, as other States do not do this
type of work. Send all material to Mrs.
z. J. bowling. 2o26 Lawrence street
northeast. The volunteer mothers will
not sew at the Bureau of Health Edu-
cation next Wednesday because of the
State convention being held on that
DAY.
Bancroft.
At the pre-school health day held at
the Bancroft School last Monday 81
children under kindergarten age were
given free examinations by DR.. William
Sweet and DR. Edward Grass These
children ranged in age from ID months.
the youngest to years.
The Dads Club. the familiar name
Oy WHICH the IdCIleTS organization Oh
the Bancroft is known, will meet on
April 20.
Blair Hayes.
Annual election was held April 10 at
the Blair Hayes association as follows:
President, Mrs. Maud E. Meyer; second
vice president, Mrs. S. Elliot; secretary,
Miss Katherin Hughes, a teacher;
treasurer. Mrs Reed Martin; historian
Mrs L. Magruder.
Mrs. Ralph Walker, the Summer
roundup chairman, has taken up her