Evening star., 1942-01-11

but he never connects the circum-
stance with the way they spend their
lunch money.
OF course there are students who
may do brilliant work on inadequate
lunches and others who cannot keep
up to them in spite Of the most care
full counting of vitamins and calo-
ries by food conscious mothers. But
their success Is not because of sweets
and fats they eat but rather in spite
of them. Or perhaps because care
fully planned breakfasts and dinners
at home offset the hot dogs and
their accompaniments.
Wholesome food can be palatable
and attractive, as witness the pic
lures Of succulent looking foods in
advertisements. We need to edu-
cate children from the earliest pos
sible period to choose the fruits,
vegetables, cereals and sweets that
are good for them" without brand
ing these sturdy allies of disease re-
sistance with that particular phrase
which never serves to popularize a
food or a pastime.
A meeting was held last week Of
OUR Emergency Nutrition Committee
and Mrs. Ola Day Rush. homemak-
ing and home education chairman,
to hear her explain the plan for a
District nutrition program and to
learn in what way the parent
teacher organization could take part.
Our problem is to give parents
practical directions for effective as
well as economical meals for their
families. 1t is our desire to supple
ment charts of vitamins and their
uses, which some parents have
neither time nor inclination to work
out, with definite instructions for
preparation of foods. We can tell
school children the necessity OF
eating green and yellow vegetables
but 1t is the responsibility of the
parent who prepares or plans meals
to carry the teaching to its fulfill
ment by serving so attractive meals
that he will ask for more!
Out of the discussion at this meet
ing was evolved a plan with three
obi6ctives: First. to cooperate with
Miss Grace Lind, supervising prin-
cipal of the fifth division, in max
ing survey of all school lunches to
learn how they might be improved; +;
second, to make specific plans for
carrying into the homes the edu-
cation on nutrition given in the
schools; and third, to obtain from
parents personal experiences which
might help in furthering the general
program, and to publish and circu-
late these findings after they have
been arranged and classified &C.
cording to their value.
We may thus succeed In popular
lzing the slogan of the District Com
Eat what you want after
you have eaten what you should!"
The Board of Managers OF the
District of Columbia Congress of
Parents and Teachers will meet
Tuesday at 10 am. in the N. E. A.
Building.
GiOt JuAA4VE
The association will meet Tues
day at 2 pm. A candy and bake
sale will follow the meeting.
Stuart Junior High.
The association will meet tomor-
row at 8 pm. William Armstrong,
District afraid warden of the
stanton Park section, will talk on
Defense Problems in the North
east" Chairmen of the school
committees on fire, police, medi-
cal and morale will discuss what
the School Is Doing to Protect the
Children During School Hours"
The program will be concluded by
selections from the Boys Glee Club
and the school orchestra.
The association is sponsoring
tour of an optical company We'd
nesday at 2 pm.
Mckinley High.
Sixteen members have already en-
rolled in the Red Cross Home Nurs-
ing Glass under the leadership of
Miss c. R. Sheehan. Members may
enroll up to and including Tuesday.
The class meets in the Langley
Junior High School and will con-
tinue for six weeks on Tuesdays and
Fridays from to 3 pm.
DR.. Chester w. Holmes will be
guest speaker at the meeting Tues
day at 8 pm.
Buchanan.
There will be a meeting of the
association Tuesday at 2:45 pm.
Identification tags for the chill
dren are being made under the
auspices Of the PIT. A. Members
of the association are assisting
teachers in the night vigils required
by the defense program. Canvas
coverings for doors and windows are
also part of this program.
January 81 will be observed as
bundle day.
Jefferson Junior High.
The association will meet tomor-
row at 7:30 pm.
Edm0nds- -Maury.
Nutrition" will be the topic for
at the meeting tomor-
row at 3:15 pm. in the Edmonds
School. Entertainment will be fur
nished by the Glee Club of Eliot
Junior High School under the d.
rection of Miss Hannah Bonnell.
At recent meeting OF the Ex-
ecutive Board members volunteered
to assist the AFRAID wardens in
manning the schools, and donation
was made for first-aid supplies to
bge used in the schools for civilian
defense.
Langley Junior High.
The Executive Committee will
meet tomorrow at l::30 pm.
The Red Gross Home Nursing Glass
meets every Tuesday and Friday.
Randle Highlands Orr.
The association will meet tomor-
row at pm. in the Randle High
lands School. A puppet show will
be presented by a group Of the
students.
Members of the association will
make a tour of a local ice cream
plant Wednesday. The bus will
leave the school at 1890.
Raymond.
The association will meet tonor.