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

All material for this column must be
In the State Office, Room 101, Burling-
ton Hotel, by first mail on Wednesday
morning preceding the Sunday on which
publication is desired.
The Board of Managers of the District
of Columbia Congress Of Parents and
Teachers will meet in the directors
room of the new National Education
Association Building, Sixteenth and NJ
streets, at 100 pm. Tuesday.
The Parent Teacher Institute was held
October S in the Franklin Administration
Building. Dr. F. w. Ballou, Superin-
tendent Of the public schools, and Mrs.
Hugh Bradford, president of the Ma
tionai Congress of Parents and Teachers;
Mrs Joseph N Saunders, State presi-
dent. and Mrs w. T. Bannerman spoke.
Mrs Bradford later held an informal
reception.
The monthly conference will be held
October 20, at 1870 p.n in the Wilson
Teachers College.
Mrs. M. w Buell., State chairman of
program service, will be in the State
Office for consultation with local pro-
gram chairmen, until further notice. on
Wednesday Of each week, from 1890
am. to 3 pm.
Mrs. Walter c. Jones, State chairman
of national publications, will be, in the
Office october IA from 10 to O'Clock
to meet the publications chairmen OF
the local associations, and talk to them
about the value of these publications
and to give them he Presidents package,
the handbook and membership cards.
Cook
Teachers night was held Tuesday
evening by the Cook Association.
Keene.
The years program has been COM
pleted and the theme is The Childrens
selected: October l3, Article II,
Safety; November 10, Article g.
schools; December 8, Article l, Child
Trairing"; January II, Article Is,
Family Security; February 9, Article
10, Child Education; March 8, Article
Z, Home Safety; April IL, Article 10.
''ZEoalth''; May 10, Article 16, Child
Protection"
The association is giving Wednesdays
for the month of January to the Student
Aid Work, and are planning Student
Aid Sewing and Study Circle this Win
ter
The association has also taken the
first week in November for its Juvenile
Court work
A board meeting was held in the
school Monday afternoon and the first
regular meeting of the association will
be held October Is, at o'clock, in the
school.
Woodbridge.
The Woodbridge Association will meet
at the school October Is at $50 pm.
At a meeting of the executive board
1t was decided to hold a membership
drive from October Is to November !,
and prizes are to be distributed to all
rooms enrolling over so per cent of the
parents
Mrs. Horace White has been appointed
student aid chairman and Mrs. W. G.
DurtSoe has volunteered to help her.
The association will meet the evening
Of october %
Wesley Heights.
The executive board of the Wesley
Heights Association met at the new
Horace Mann Sch3ol, October 8, at SIS
pm. Grade mothers were announced
as follows: Mrs. Allison Hylor Miller, 10;
Mrs. Arthur L: Lowe. "a; Mrs. Royal
Rommel 2B; Mrs c. Everett Lancaster.
3A; Mrs. Stephen Cornwell Hopkins, BIB;
Mrs. Alexander Thomas, 4A Mrs Ruth
CurtisS Butler. ABB Mrs. Earle w. Wal
lick, 5A; Mrs. Barrerd Sn1yth 5B; Mrs.
Charles Clark. GA: Mrs. j. OConnor
Roberts. and Mrs. Clarence A. Lane. 6B.
Mr.. Draper. supervising principal of the
drSt division, spoke.
Wheatley.
New Methods in Education" will be
the subject Of the talk by Or. F. w.
Ballou, superintendent of public schools,
at the Wheatley Association meeting
october Is at 3 o'clock. Mrs Ruth Hall,
art teacher, will speak on What the
School is Offering to Promote the Wise
Use OF Leisure Through Extra Curricula
Activities" Bicentennial participation
will be in charge of Mrs. Walter C.
Jones, whose subject will be George
Washington Patron Of Education. and
How We Can Further Education by
Simple But Effective Methods" Prizes
will be awarded to the children who had
best home gardens during the Summer
by Mrs. Helm. Garden chairman Slides
OF the 1881 Sum. n garden activities
at Wheatley will Re shown by Miss
Stohman, garden teacher. Wheatley