Evening star., 1942-11-22
By MRS. r. c. ELLETT,
President, District of Columbia Congress of
Parents and Teachers

tan 10 pdIelll-IGaCQeG people at the
present time as the sixth annual
George Washington University Par
ent-Teacher Institute, to be held at
the university December l and 2.
There will be daily sessions at 10
am. and 1:30 pm. and the main
events will be held in Room 102.
Hall of Government.
Miss Myrtle Moore, chairman of
the committee which has planned
the institute, has been ably assisted
by Dean James Harold Fox of the
school of education of G. w. U. and
the other members of her commit
tee: Mrs. Florence Rogers, Mrs.
Evelyn Bright Buckley, Mrs. Alma
Hudson and Mrs. Edward r. Seal
The theme of the institute is
This Is War! How Are We Meet
ing It's Challenger" and it will be
developed as its implications reach
out into the home, the church, the
school and the community.
Wartime Needs of Children.
Beginning Tuesday morning, after
greetings from the university by Dr..
Cloyd Heck Marvin, president; from
the public schools by Robert L. Hay
cock, first assistant superintendent,
and from an original sponsor, Dean
William Carl Reudiger, the topic,
The Curriculum and the Wartime
Needs of Children ~ will be discussed
by DR.. Carroll Reed, assistant super
lntendent of schools.
Following his addrHs >the insti-
tute Will break up into three groups
for discussions on as many perti-
nent subjects.
Dr.. Reed will act as moderator for
the first panel, whose subject will be
What Wartime Changes in the
Curriculum Are Needed?' Others
on the panel will include Mrs. Edna
M. Bohlman, curriculum depart
ment, District Of Columbia public
schools; Miss Aagot F. Noidby. as
sistant principal, Calvin Coolidge
High School; Sidney B. Hall, assist
ant r.'ofessor of education. George
Washington University; Mrs. Rich
ard B. Alexander of the Jannev
P-TA, Mrs. Hildegarde Davenport
OF the John Eaton P-TA and S. Jav
McCathran, legislative chairman of
the District P-TA.
The second panel, the subject of
which is Can the Schools Satisfy
New Wartime Demands Without
1mpairing the Education of Pupils?"
will be led by DR.. B. H. Jarman,
assistant professor of education,
George Washington University. and
others in the panel will be Miss
Edith Williams, principal. Carberry-
Ludlow Schools; Howard Stafford.
principal. Macfarland Junior High
School, L. G. Hoover, principal.
Central High School: Mrs. Ruth
K. Webb principal, George Trues-
dell School; Mrs c. D. Lowe, past
president of the District P-TA. and
Mrs. Y. D. Mathes, seventh vice
president, District P-TA.
Third Panel on Program.
The third panel will concern itself
with the question, What Changes
Are Needed in School Guidance
Programs to Meet War Needs?" DR..
Walter Z. Hager. president Of Wilson
Teachers College, will lead this dis
cussiOn.
Others participating include Mrs.
Mildred Percy, head Of the depart
ment Of guidance and placement,
District Of Columbia public schools;
Mrs. Florence N. Cornell, principal,
John Quincy Adams School and
president Of the Guidance and Per-
sonnel Association of the District
of Columbia; Mrs. Frances Doggett,
counselor, Central High School;
Miss Martha Poole. counselor. Nc.
Kinley High School; Earl T. Will
llams, counselor Anacostia Junior
Senior High School; Dr. Charles
Cofer, instructor in educational psy-
chology, George Washington Uni
verslty; Mrs. Clinton Ward. third
vice president, District P-TA, and
Mrs, f. NJ Nelson, president, Nc
Kinney High School P-TA
At l1.45 am. the three groups
will again merge into one and sum-
marics of tho three discussions will
be given by the leaders of the
groups. Mrs. Donald Warren, sec
rotary of the District P-TA, will
act as scribe for these summaries.
After the luncheon recess the in
stitute Will convene at 1:30 pm.
with Dean Fox presiding. DR.. John
Lund, senior specialist in education
of school administrators, United
States Office of Education. will pre-
sent the program of the High
School Victory Corps" following
which there will be a discussion of
this vjtally important subject, led
by DR.. Chester Holmes. assistant
superintendent Of schools.
Others participating will be Dr.
George NJ. Rawlins. jr., head of the
science departments. District of CO.
lunlhla public schools; Hugh Smith.
principal Jefferson Junior High
School; Lester T Walter, principal.
Powell Junior High School; Mrs.
George Jacobson and Mrs. P. A.
Taylor of the P-TA.
Dr. Iook to Speak.
The second speaker OF tho after
noon Will be DR.. George F. Z0ok.
president, American Council on
Education, whose subject will be
The Effect of the War on Col
]oees." A general discussion will
follow with DR.. Paul DouClaSS, prcsi-
dent, American University; DR..
Hager, president, Wilson Teachers
College; DR., Marvin, president,
Georgc gctOWn University. the Rev
Edmund A. Walsh, S. j., vice presl-
dent, Georgetown University, and
the Rev. George Johnson. associate
professor of education. Catholic Uni
vcrSity of American participating.
On "Wednesday, again beginning
at 10 am, Miss Elsa Castendyck.
director of social service, Children'S
Bureau Department of Labor, will
speak on Homes Face Their Great
est Challenge" Three subtopics
will be discussed following Miss
Castendyck's address. they being
Home Nutritional Problems" by
Miss Eleanor En"ight; Day Care of
Children Mrs Henry p Chandler