Evening star., 1934-04-15

COnVentlOn OInClally opens at III AIN.
Tuesday. Reports of State officers
and chairmen will be given.
Visitors from the Middle Atlantic
States Council Of Parents and
Teachers will be present, and the
following members of this group will
speak briefly Tuesday afternoon on
What My State Is Doing to Train
Today's Child for TomorroW's
World: Mrs. w F. Little, president
M. A. S. c.. Mrs. Walter Green
wood, president Pennsylvania Con-
gresS of Parents and Teachers; Mrs.
Charles Cooley, president New Jersey
Congress of Parents and Teachers;
Howard T. Ennis, president Delaware
Congress of Parents and Teachers.
Mrs. Frederic Schoff, past national
president and historian of the
M A. S. c., will give a short greeting
DR.. John Rathbone Oliver. Johns
Hopkins University, will speak We'd
neSday morning on Fears of Child
hood, Adolescence and Youth;
Wednesday afternoon Miss Esther
Requarth, from the Playhouse, Evans
ton, Ill. and the Gateway School of
New York, will talk on The Child
1TOnllSe NOC PrODlem.
Invocation for the opening sessions
will be pronounced by Rev. Irving w.
Ketchum, Peck Memorial Chapel, and
DR.. Charles T. Warner, ST. Adams
Parish.
There will be community singing
both days.
The annual fellowship dinner will
be held Tuesday at 7 pm, Wardman
Park Hotel. Reservations may be
made at the State office, 1901 Six
teenth street, or with Mrs. T. H
Young, convention chairman, not
later than l pm. April II. Pay
ment must accompany reservation.
Registration for the convention will
be held tomorrow, from $50 am. to
4:3O pm. in the N. E A. Building,
Sixteenth and NJ streets, and from 9
to $50 am. on Tuesday at conven-
ton headquarters.
John Quincy Adams
A meeting will be held Wednesday
evening in the school. There will be
an. activities exhibit" which will con-
sist of representative work from each
classroom in the school. DR.. Victor
Alfaro will give a short talk on the
advantages Of pre-SchoOl children be-
ing physically fit before their entrance
to school in September. This exam
ination is on May day, under the su-
perviSion Of the Summer Roundup
Committee of the association There
will also be short dramatic reading
by Miss Flood, and a fashion show
will be presented by the girls of the
sewing classes.
The association viii sponsor, for the
benefit of the new library fund. an
operetta, Naughty Hollandaise," April
27, by the boys and girls glee clubs
of the school, under the direction of
Mrs. Paris, music teacher of the school,
Wheatley.
The following slate was presented
Tuesday at the meeting by Mrs Nina
Russell, chairman of the Nominating
Committee: President, Mrs. Edna Raw
lings; first vice president, Mrs. Helen
Thomas; second vice president, Mrs.
C. c. Martin; third vice president, Miss
Florence Mortimer, principal; treas
urer,a Mrs. R. H. Hillsinger; recording
secretary, Mrs. Gene Starr; CORE
spending secretary, Mrs. Roy Reed;
historian, Mrs. Margaret Burneston.
Election will be held at the May meet
ing.
The revision Of the Wheatly bylaws
for 1884 will be in charge of Mrs.
Margaret Burneston.
Mrs E. Rawlings. leader, announces
the completion of the present series of
of
60 parents were enrolled.
Phoebe Hearst.
The Executive Board met Monday,
the president, Mrs. j. E. Schwab, pre-
siding. Plans were made for the meet
ing tomorrow at pm. This is the
annual dads" night. J. E. johnson
will preside H. w. Draper. supervis-
ing principal of the first division. Is
guest speaker. Robert Davidson will
entertain and Louis Potter, jr., will
furnish some cello selections, accom-
panied by his father, Louis Potter.
Henry d. Cooke.
The Executive Committee met in
the teachers room last Tuesday.
Spring activities consist of lunch
con in May and a piano and dance
recital June l.
Langley Junior High.
E The association will meet in the
school next Tuesday at pm. The
Extra Curricular Activities Committee
will have charge of the program. On
April "a the association will sponsor
a card party at the school.
nch-Tyler.
The association met April 9 in, the
Buchanan auditorium, Mrs. Mangum
presiding. The following were elected
on the Nominating Committee: Mrs.
Laurence, chairman; Mrs. Morlarty
and Mrs. Weakley.
Mrs. Moore'S room won the banner
for having the largest number OF
parents present.
Mrs. Davis spoke on "Chlldrens
Recreation" Mr.. Weens gave piano
selection. Music was also furnished
by Alice Tyrell's miniature Hawaiians.
A bingo party will be held for the
benefit of the association at Southern
Diaries April 16 at pm.
! The April meeting will be held in
the'school tomorrow night. The guest
speaker will be Miss Ella Gardner OF
the Children's Bureau, Department OF
Labor. A feature will be the showing
of a two-reel moving picture of scenes
at the Century of Progress.
The Summer Roundup Committee,
under the supervision of the chair
man, Mrs. j. ]. Sanders, and the vice
chairman, Mrs. Bernard Mestikin. has
been preparing the children of the
neighborhood who will be years old
by November for medical examlna-
ton to be conducted on May 2 at the
Raymond School. with the idea OF
preparing them for kindergarten.
Benjamin Stoddert.
A business meeting of the associa-
ton was held last Monday. Miss Ida
Lind, director of elementary schools,
smoke on "DeyelODment of the Whole