Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-11
Parent-Teacher Activities

her ACTIVITIES
Girl Scout Troop will entertain small
children whose mothers are attending
the meeting.
Tenley- Janney.
The Executive Board met at the home
Of the president, Mrs. Horace Drury.
Special stress will be placed on student
aid. Mrs. Miner Buell., Program chair
man, who is also chairman of the Pro-
gram Committee of the District of Co.
lunbia Congress, offers series of nine
meetings, one to be held each month.
dealing with The Wise Use of Leisure, "
taking within its scope every phase Of
child welfare. Tie phase to be discussed
at the meeting on October 9Th Is The
Value of Leisure Wisely Used" Mrs.
P. B. Bosch, second vice president will
lead the discussion.
The study group will meet Thursday
In the Tenley School at 1870 o'clock.
The topic for the year Is Parents and
Their job" The subject for the first
meeting will be Why Parents?" Mrs.
Ruth Rouse is the leader of this group.
Bancroft.
The Bancroft Association met at the
school October 6. An invitation was ex-
tended to the pre-school mothers to
attend the regular meeting of the as
sociation November 8, at which time
DR.. Sinclair Bowen is to speak on THE
Pre-School Child"
A card party will be given at the
Bancroft School November 4. DR.. F.
w. Eallou, superintendent of schools,
and MIS-. Harriet F. Saunders. preSi-
dent Of the District Congress, made ad-
dresses.
w. H. Powell Elementary.
An Executive Board meeting was
held Monday in the teachers room of
the school. Committee work for the
coming year was discussed by each
chairman.
A meeting will be held Monday at 8
pm. in the school auditorium. The
speaker is Representative Robert Rams
peck of Georgia, who is a member of
the Powell Association. The musical
program includes a solo by Miss Helen
V. Harper, lyric soprano, to be accom-
panied by Mrs. w R. Little, and Miss
Grace Powell, VioliniSt, to be accom-
panied by Miss Catherine Benson.
Park View.
The Park View Association met Oc-
tober !. The members were greeted
with an opening address by the princi-
pal. Miss Emily scrivener. The Chill
dren's Charter" was the subject Of the
meeting. Miss Katherine Cook of the
United States Department Of Educa-
ton, explained the origin and forma-
ton OF the charter and the meaning of
each phrase. A large framed Charter"
was presented to the organization by
three past presidents of the Park View
Association, they being Mrs r. H. Pres
colt, Mrs Thomas E. Griffith and Mrs
Nora K. Brammel. They are all still
active in the association.
A card party. under the supervision
Of Mrs. R. H. Prescott and Mrs. w. o.
Hancock will be held in the Park View
School, October 16.
Mrs Nora K. Brammel was appointed
chairman of Child Guidance.
Shepherd.
A meeting of the Alexander r. Shep-
herd Association will be held October
Is at O'Clock at the home of Mrs.
Willard H. Wright, with Mrs. R. w.
Flnlay as co-hoSteSS.
johnson.
The Johnson Association will meet at
the school October Is, at pm.
Bowen Greenleaf.
The Executive Committee of the
-Greenleaf Association met Mon
day at the Bowen School. Preceding the
meeting luncheon was served by Mrs.
Cook, the president, in the science room
OF the Bowen School.
Whittier.
The Whittier Association will meet in
/ the kindergarten rom October IL at
Sis pm. This meeting will be in the
form Of reception for the new school
principal. Miss Elsie Green whose ap-
pointment followed the retirement last
year of Miss Helen Nichols The presi-
dent is Mrs. David T. Gates
EdmundS- Maury.
The EdmundS-Maury Association will
meet at the EdmundS School October
IL at 7:45 pm. Mrs. Harriet Saunders,
State president, and also first president
of the EdmundS' Parent-Teacher Asso-
cation, will speak on The Challenge
Of the Childrens Charter"
Tuthill.
At a meeting of the Tuthill School
Association, Dr. Margaret Mary Nichol-
son spoke. A child STUDY group is con-
Quoted by this association under the
direction of Mary Mae Roos, and IS held
the first Friday of each month at the
school at $50 pm. Following it is the
regular monthly meeting OF the aSsccia-
ton.