Evening star., 1938-12-18

really be none too many.
Names of children to be remem-
bered have been coming in to Mrs
Charles Sinclair, who is in charge
of the parent-teacher end of the
toy campaign, and she has been
checking and clearing" them to pre-
vent duplication. so far as is possible.
But she feels there are still many
children in the schools whose names
have not yet been sent to her. but
who will be without Christmas toys
If they are not supplied in this way.
She hopes that all student aid chair
men, teachers or principals who
have children to report, will do so
without further delay. Her tele-
phone number is Emerson 1921 and
her address is 3707 Window place
NV.
Busy Day Tomorrow.
Tomorrow will be a busy and
crowded day for the parent-teacher
women whose task it is to sort,
classify and wrap the toys that have
been collected. Toy headquarters
have been opened at 6l2 Thirteenth
street NV, and if you were unable
to attend any of the matinees, and
wish to make a contribution, you
may do so there.
1t has been, and still is, a big task
that members of this organization
have undertaken to do, when they
joined with The Washington Star,
Warner Bros. Theaters, and the
Metropolitan Police Department in
this campaign. But it has been a
labor of love, for each woman on
the committee has kept in mind the
promise that "inasmuch as ye did it
unto one of the least of these /" = =
We did it unto Me"
And SO with the closing of this
campaign for another year, and the
consciousness that the women of the
Parent-Teacher Association have
done hard job cheerfully and COM
petently, may we all hope that the
children who receive the toys so gen.
erously donated by Washington peo-
Pile, will have as merry and happy a
Christmas as it is possible for them
to have. And am sure that every
one who had any part in this cam
palgn, however large or however
small, will have a happier, pleas
anter, more satisfying Christmas
season because of it.
At meeting on December 13. the
Board of Managers of the Dis
trict of Columbia Congress of Par
ents and Teachers indorsed the
proposals contained in the report
compiled by the Committee on
Public Education in the District
OF Columbia. This Endorsement
followed a talk by DR.. Lloyd E.
Blauch, a member of the Presidents
Advisory Committee on Education.
A meeting of local mental hygiene
chairmen and presidents was held
December Is under direction of the
State chairman, Mrs. H. E. Duerst.
Mrs. Aileen Burton, chief social
worker of the Washington Institute
OF Mental Hygiene, was guest
speaker.
Fillmore.
Miss Katherine Patterson will
speak on The Aims and Purpose
of the Junior Service Cub" tomor-
row at 8 pm. A Christmas program
will be given by members of the
fourth, fifth. and sixth grades. Hos
tesses for the social are Mrs. Carl
Whelan and Mrs. Joseph Worley,
grade mothers for the fourth grade.
Congress Heights.
The association will sponsor a
community Christmas carol sing
Wednesday at 8 pm. More than so
school children will take part in
presenting The Lost Carol"
The diphtheria immunization will
be given Tuesday at 10 am.
Due to interest in many charit-
able and civic organizations extend
ing the helping hand to the more
unfortunate ones at Christmas. the
association is postponing the deliv-
cry OF baskets until January 6.
Powell Junior High.
A meeting will be held Wednesday
at 8 pm. The pageant, why the
Chimes Rang" produced annually
by the school, will feature the en-
tertainment. A stocking shower for
the benefit of the Student Aid Com
mittee will be held.
Hearst.
A meeting will be held tomorrow
at PM. The "toy shop" will be
open for exhibition. Much of the
work displayed was done by the
students. All toys will be donated
to the Christmas toy campaign.
Stoddert.
Miss Anna Halberg, of Wilson
Teachers College, will speak on
Curriculum Reconstruction in
Terms of Child Development" to-
morrow at pm. The musical pro-
gram will include community sing
ing of Christmas carols.
Bryan.
Toys and candy canes will be
distributed this week to those chill
dren who otherwise would not know
Christmas.
A short business meeting will be
held Tuesday at tbs pm, followed
by a Christmas play written and
given by the children, entitled
"Glimpses Into Others Christmas"
The play will be reenacted on Thurs
day for the children of the school.
Hubbard.
The association will meet Tuesday
at pm. at Wilson Teachers Col
lege. Following the meeting pupils
of the Hubbard School will present
a Christmas program entitled, why
the Chimes Rang" Wilson Teachers
College orchestra will furnish music.
Bancroft.
Open house for parents will be
held Tuesday at pm. with a dis
play of renovated and new toys.
A churus of children, dressed in
capes and caps, will sing.
Stanton.
The following Christmas program
will be presented tomorrow at & nm