The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-06
CITY SCHOOLS
TO Be HOSTS
FOR PARENTS
Open House Sessions Mark
Start of Education
Week Here.
MANY TALKS ARRANGED
Programs FoStered to Give
Public Understanding
of Problems.

All indianapolis public schools,
beginning today, will engage in their
first general celebration of Ameri-
can Education week in recent years.
All grade schools in the city, at
some time during the five days, will
hold open house. Every effort will
be made to have the greatest pos
sible number of parents attend
these affairs, since it will be their
best opportunity to learn about the
purposes and methods of the schools.
In most cases, the schools will hold
their open houses at 7:30 p. m.
Teachers will be in their school
rooms to receive the fathers and
mothers and to discuss with them
their children's problems and train
ing.
Programs Arranged
Following the inspection by the
parents, each school will present a
program. Qualified speakers will dis
cuss the problems of the schools and
in many cases, the children them
selves will present short programs.
Many projects and pageants are
under way in schools throughout the
city, celebrating American Educa-
ton week.
The six public high schools of the
city will present elaborate programs.
At Broad Ripple high school there
will be daily talks in the audito-
rum. Today, four pupils will dis
cuss contributions made to educa-
ton by health, home, citizenship
and morals. Tomorrow will be visit
ors' day Lieutenant Governor M.
Clifford Townsend will speak on
Does Education Pay?"
Supper to Be Held
A program by the Parent-Teacher
Association tomorrow night will be
preceded by covered dish supper
at $50. Education as an Invest
ment' will be discussed by KARL v.
zimmerman, principal, Wednesday.
The Indiana Central college choir
will sing Thursday. Albert Stump
will speak on Loyalty" Friday.
At Washington High school eight
minute class periods duplicating,
except in length, regular periods,
will be held Thursday night, with
parents at the pupils desks. This
demonstration will be part of a
Parent Teacher program and will
follow chile supper. DIR. Stanley
Coulter, dean emeritus of Purdue
university, will address the pupils
at assembly Tuesday on "The In
creased Responsibility of the
Schools"
Movie to Be Shown
At Manual high school Wednes-
day, the Rev. Dobbs F.. Gilman.
Second Reformed church pastor,
will speak at assembly. The Chorale
Club and the banquet orchestra will
provide music.
Emmett A. Rice, vice principal,
and two pupils, Evelyn DeWeese and
Carter Tharp, will speak at Educa-
ton Week exercises at Shortridge
Wednesday.
A motion picture, "Tech at Work, :"
depicting activities of the school
during one day, will be shown at
7:30 and 9 Wednesday at Technical
high school. All classroorns, labora-
tories and shops will be open until
1890 at an open house the same
night.
DIR. johnson to Speak
DR.. Mordecai Johnson, Howard
college president, was to address
the assembly of Crispus Attacks
high school today. Education week
programs will be presented daily
and the school will be open for
inspection Friday night.
Education week also will be
recognized by many clubs and or
CARNATIONS throughout the city
where talks on the subject will be
heard.