Evening star., 1940-10-27
4fh parenf-1eacher
Institute Opens 2.Day
Session tuesday
Education in Defense
And in Democracy
Among Subjects

Leaders In parent-teacher work
in the District Of Columbia will
gather for the fourth annual
Parent-Tea Institute at George
Washington University next Tues
day and Wednesday to discuss the
Preparation for Tomorrow's OPP
portunities."
During the two-day meeting,
which Is jointly sponsored by the
university and the District Of Co.
lumbia Congress of Parents and
Teachers, noted educators will be
heard on the contribution parents
may make for tomorrow's opportun-
tiles. AL sessions will take place in
the Hall Of Government, room 102,
Twenty first and G streets NV.
Several hundred delegates. rep
resenting more than 60 member
groups and more than 10000 parents
and teachers in the District Of
Columbia, will attend the sessions.
DR.. Carr to Speak.
DIR. William George Carr, sec
retary of the Educational Policies
Commission, will deliver the princi-
pal address of the opening meeting
on Education for Defense" DR..
Carr is responsible for the publica-
ton of Purposes of Education in
American Democracy" which is said
by educators to be among the best
documents of its kind in recent
years.
The opening session of the in
stitute will convene at 10 am. Tues
day. DR.. Cloyd Heck Marvin,
president of the university; DR..
Frank w. Ballou, superintendent Of
District Of Columbia schools, and
DR.. William Carl Ruediger, pro-
fessor emeritus of the university,
will greet the delegates. DR.. Rue
digger, former dean of the school Of
education, is the founder of the
Parent Teacher Institute. DR.. Cars
address will follow these opening
remarks
Mental Problems Topic.
In addition to DR.. Carr, other
speakers at this session will be DR..
Walter jackson Freeman, professor
Of neurology at the university.
speaking on Mental Problems Aris-
ing Out Of War Situations" and
Edwin Warren Jones, director of
the District Employment Center.
who will speak on Employment
Problems and the Defense Pro-
gram" This will conclude the morn
ing session.
In the Tuesday afternoon session,
starting at 1:30, speakers and their
subjects are: DR.. James Harold
Fox. dean of the universitys school
of education, The Home as an
Educational Institution; Mrs. Flor
ence H. Rogers, supervising princi-
pal, District OF Columbia schools,
How We Learn in the Schools of
Today" and DR.. Robert Wendell
Evans, administrative principal. Dis
trict Of Columbia schools, How the
Community Environment Affects
the Life of the Child" Mrs. C. D.
Lowe, president of the District Con-
gress of Parents and Teachers, will
preside at all sessions.
Child Welfare Topic.
On Wednesday the morning pro-
gram will be devoted principally
to the welfare Of children. Speakers
will include Miss Edith lockwood,
specialist in child welfare services,
Department of Labor: DR.. Ella Op-
penheimer, director. Bureau of Ma
ternal and Child Welfare. and Miss
A. Madorah Donahue. chief. pro-
tective service, Board of Public
Welfare.
The Wednesday afternoon session
will consist of a panel discussion
on practical implications Arising
Out of Previous Discussions. DR..
Mitchell Dreese, dean of summer
sessions and professor of educa-
tional psychology at the university,
will serve as chairman Serving on
this panel will be DR.. Thelma Hunt.
associate professor of psychology; ;
DR.. Ruth Emma Coyner, assistant
professor Of education, and DR.. Bur-
nice Herman Jarman. assistant pro-
fessor of education, all of the uni
versity staff.