Evening star., 1939-04-23


climate of Washington, as well, is
especially adapted to practically
every kind Of flower and Towering
shrub.
It is most disteartening, there
fore, when flowers that have been
carefully planted and lovingly tend
ed are ruthelessly destroyed by the
thoughtlessness Of people to whom,
apparently, the fundamental law Of
mine and thine" is unknown. In
many instances children who to all
appearances have never been taught
to regard as sacred the property
rights Of others tread unseeingly or
unthinkingly on cherished plants,
swapping off blooming flowers, dam
aging beyond salvage prize rose
bushes or treasured iris or any other
kind of flower.
Most people bear with children in
the exuberance Of play, realizing
that Washington has many areas
where play space is highly restrict
ed. No one minds q child retrieving
ball which has gone out Of bounds,
but there is no excuse for the whole
sale disregard of property rights by
children-and some almost beyond
the age of childhood-who race
helter-skelter through gardens and
yards, trampling and destroying
everything in their paths.
The principles of good citizenship
might well be employed in these in
stances, for nothing is more foreign
to a good citizen than the violation
Of the rights and privileges of an
other. Few are willing to believe
that violation Of another's property
by boys is deliberate attempt to
be annoying: rather, one would
think 1t is thoughtlessness, but a
thoughtlessness which should be cor
rected.
If parents would instill into the
minds of their children the ever
workable golden rule, there would
be little disturbance of property or
possessions Of others. Rather,
there would undoubtedly be an ef-
fort to aid in protection of valued
possessions, no matter to whom they
belonged.
A meeting of Junior high school
presidents will be held Tuesday, at
IL am, IN the N. E. A. Building.
AT the meeting of the Board of
Managers on Tuesday the following
additional delegates were elected
to the convention of the National
Congress of Parents and Teachers
in Cincinnati May ID: Mrs. Ira
Marine, Mrs. Thelma Richardson,
Mrs. Van Lippard, Mrs. Gene Starr,
Mrs. M. A. Kennedy and Mrs. Hugh
Dryden.
The board reaffirmed its stand in
the matter of the Wilson Teachers
College and went on record as re-
questing the Senate District Com
mittee to restore to the 1910 appfo-
priation bill the item of $4,000 to
be used for the purpose of securing
plans and Specifications for the new
building.
Mrs. M. Joseph Hanley, chairman
Of the Crippled Children's Commit
tee, reported that 60 pairs of eye
glasses have been furnished by her
committee. through the D. C.. Con-
gress of Parents and Teachers, to
children unable to secure them
otherwise.
Mrs. Vivian Raywid, president of
the Cook School Association, has
been elected representative of the
third school division to the State
Board of Managers.
Mrs. Alice Manning. historian of
the D. C. Congress of Parents and
Teachers. is calling a meeting of
local unit presidents for Tuesday
at 10 am. in the N E. A. Building
to explain and clarity the local unit
report blanks.
Robert L. Parsons Of the Corcoran
Gallery Of Art will speak on the
Biennial Exhibition of Contempt
rary Oil Paintings on Tuesday, at
10 am, in the auditorium of the
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