Evening star., 1940-01-07
BY MRS. C. d, LOWE,

ny V1xS0s ~ ~ AOVES
President. District Of Columbia ConGress
| Of Parents and Teachers.
Now that the Christmas holidays
are over, I am sure that we are all
turning our faces and our minds
toward the tasks confronting us in
the coming year. The year just
finished has been a busy one for
parent-teacher people-as am sure
it has been for every one who has
had part In the community and
civic life Of the city.
In our own organization We find
many things accomplished, and
many more in progress. We find
adult education classes established
among our membership, where
mothers are finding time to do
many of the things, which with
other arrangements would have been
impossible. There are classes in
several phases Of home economics
home care Of the sick; first aid for
the injured and Ill: clothes con-
struction; elementary and advanced
interior decoration; ceramics, and
last, but not least, several study
groups organized for the express
purpose Of discussing child-rearing
problems.
Programs being presented at reg
ular meetings of local units bear
the names of many outstanding
people OF Washington and vicinity
and the subjects treated range all
the way from Diseases of Twins"
discussed by a member of the Med
ical Society of the District, to trav-
elogues depicted by both still and
moving pictures. A further exam
ination of the record shows that
satisfactory progress Is being made
IN establishing and maintaining
friendly and cooperative relation
ships between parents and teachers
and between parent-teacher groups
and other civic and welfare organi-
ZationS
Within the next few weeks pre-
liminary plans will be presented by
our health department for the 1910
summer roundup Of children. Al
though this yearly examination OF
the 5-year-olds does not occur until
May, much work must be done in
order to insure a smoothly func-
tioning project. Services OF doctors,
dentists, nurses and mothers must
be secured; surveys of neighbor-
hoods adjacent to elementary
schools must be made to round up"
all the children who will be of school
age in September, to notify parents
OF such children that the examina-
tions will take place and to invite
them to take advantage Of the
opportunities offered through their
local parent-teacher units. In fact,
every effort is made to see that
every child Of S is given a thorough
physical going over" so that reme-
dial defects may be noted and
the summer months be available for
the correction of such defects before
the children enter school in the fall.
From the above it will be seen
that 1910 bids fair to be just as busy
and just as profitable to parent
teacher people as they care to make
it. The opportunities are here-all
that Is needed is for each person
to take advantage and make the
best of them.
A meeting of the Board of Man.
ayers of the District of Columbia
Congress of Parents and Teachers
will be held Tuesday at 10 am. in
the National Education Association
Building.
At the meeting of the Executive
Committee last Tuesday, May Il
and % were set for the annual con-
vention meeting. Mrs. Emil Smith.
who acted in the same capacity last
year, will head up the Fellowship
Dinner Committee.
Mrs. Clinton Ward announces the
Junior and senior high schools may
call for their Art School catalogues
at the office. Please get them
promptly.
Central High School.
A meeting will be held January
Is in the music room of the school
at BIS pm. A symposium, After
High School, What?" arranged by
Miss Myrtle Moore, will include l..
A. Hoover, principal Of the school;
E. r. Lowman, director of personnel,
Hecht's Department Store; DR..
Chester A. Holmes, assistant super
intendent Of schools in charge of
high schools, and DR.. Mitchell
Dreese of the George Washington
University as speakers. Opportunity
for discussion from the floor will be
given.
Musical numbers will be furnished
by the Girls Glee Club, Of which
Mary Cheynoweth Is president.
Grant-Weightman.
DR.. William D. Klein will speak
on Child Health" at the meeting
at Weightman School Thursday at
3:15 pm.
At the Executive Committee meet
ing Tuesday plans were made for
series Of luncheons to be given by
the association at both schools.
Wheatley.
| A feature Of the fathers meeting
being held Wednssday ct 9 pm. viii