Evening star., 1941-11-13
Maryland Congress
.P.-T. A. Announces
Officers for 1912
Mrs. Stanley 6. Cook Is
Named President at
Silver Spring Meeting

New officers of the Maryland Con-
gress of Parents and Teachers
headed by Mrs. Stanley G. Cook of
Indianhead, president. will be in
stalled at a banquet tonight at the
Indian Spring Country Club. Silver
Spring, marking the closing session
of the three-day annual convention
of the congress.
| Other officers, announced this
morning. are Mrs. Grace Downln,
| HagerstoWn first vice president +;
Mrs. Edmund H. Skirven, Chester
town. second vice president: Mrs. c.
A. Morey. Sharon. third vice presi-
dent: Mrs. A. Gordon Fleet. An
napolis, fourth vice president; Miss
Lillian c. Compton, Cumberland,
fifth vice president: DR.. J. D. Black
well, superintendent of the State
Teachers College at Salisbury, sixth
vice president; Mrs. Fred H. Cook,
Baltimore. seventh vice president;
Mrs. Homer v. Hart, Hagerstown,
recording secretary; Mrs. Levi T.
Wilson, Annapolis, treasurer. and
Mrs. A. R. Wells. Silver Spring,
corresponding secretary.
The congress, at its meeting to-
day at the East Silver Spring School,
also adopted a number of resolutions
and Endorsements. Among the more
important are:
A resolution approving the recon-
mendationS of the recent Statewide
school survey and pledging the as
sistance of the organization in car
rylng OFT the recommendations. One
of the proposals urges a l2-year
system OF public education through
out the State instead of the l1-year
system now effective in the majority
of counties in Maryland.
Another resolution urges an early
enactment by the Maryland Legis-
lature of adequate food, drug and
cosmetic legislation, including those
provisions which will afford the
greatest consumer protection.
More Funds Sought.
Improvement of the vocational
rehabilitation program in the State
is urged in a third measure, which
recommends that additional funds
be located Immediately for voca-
tional rehabilitation. 1t points out
there are now 300 persons who have
applied for rehabilitation, but who
cannot be served because of lack OF
State funds to match the Federal
funds now allocated to Maryland
The Congress indorsed the policy
that all Federal appropriations for
the education and training of in
school and out-of school youths be
allocated to the United States Office
of Education. and that these funds
be allocated by this agency to the
State Board of Education and
through the State boards to local
boards on the basis of need.
The Congress reaffirmed its in
dorsement of: Continued support of
the Neely motion picture bill, COM
munity recreational programs for all
age and economic levels. libraries
and bookmobiles for each county.
a stand against the prevalence of
indecent literature on newsstands.
cooperation with authorities in the
suppression of the traffic in mari
huana, an increased State appro-
priation to meet the urgent demand
for adult education classes in all
the communities of Maryland, vigi-
lance of the membership against the
diversion of funds from education
and other essential services for
children.
Mrs. F. H. Cook Speaks.
A high light of yesterday mornings
session was a talk by Mrs, Fred H
Cook. director of health and chair
man of social hygiene, who spoke on
social hygiene. which is a new activ-
ity of the Maryland PIT. A.
Advocating a wider educational
program in the schools on the con-
troll of veneral diseases, Mrs. Cook
urged that lectures on this subject
that have been given in various Sec