Evening Star Newspaper, April 19, 1925, Page 49

Parent-Teacher Activities The District of Columbia Congress of Parent-Teacher Associations will hold the first “‘athers’ nipht” of the season at 8 p.m. April 22 at the Ebbitt Hotel. Will C. Barnes of the Forestry Service will give an illus. trated talk on “The Flowers and Trees of the National Parks.” Mme, von Unschuld will present to the organi- zation an American flag, which is the gift of a foreign-born mother to the ents of the children of the Nation’s ‘apital. There will be a program of music under the directon of the music chairman of the organization, Mme. von Unschuld. There will also be an address by a prominent speaker., The monthly meeting of the Dis- trict of Columbia Congress of Parent- Teacher Associations was held Tues- day afterncon in the Ebbitt Hotel, with the president. Mrs. G. S. Rafter, in the chair. The Juvenile Court chairman, Mrs. E. R. Kalmbach, read 2 letter the organization from & Judge thanking the Parent- ~ 7 Teacher Associations for their support for her reappointment as Juvenile Court judge. The health chairman, Mrs. Joseph Sanders, introduced a mo- tion, which was indorsed, asking the authorities to introduce clinics” as part of the school health system. The membership chairman, Mrs. Andrew Stewart, reported that the organization has increased fts membership since last Apr The music chairman, Mme. von Unschuld, reported that the neighborhood music classes are proving a success. One of the most important matte which resented to the assembly was a petition to the Board of Education that the board in the request an adequate priation to maintain and super ¢ :chool playgrounds during daylight every day in the year ex- pt Sunday. This petition was signed the represer*atives of Parent. eacher Associations from every part of the District of Columbia. ganization unanimously elected its president, Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, as| a nominee for the citlzens’ sory council. The Edmonds Parent-Teacher Association had the largest represen- tation present askin budset ppro se all William T. Bannerman, educa- of the District of C: lumbia Congress of Parent- Assocfations, will officially represent | that organization at the Progressive Education Convention in Philadelph April 23, 24 and 25. Mrs. Joseph San- ders, the health chairman of the Dis- | trict of Columbia Congress, will also | attend the convention. There will be an address on “Investments for Women” in the Mayflower Hotel to- morrow at 11 o'clock by Mrs. Henry Clarke Coe of New York AITS, tion chairn 4 At the request for helpers from Mrs. | Fraser the clothes conservation rman of the District of Colum- bia Congress, the following Parent- | Teacher Associations have volunteered to help with that work during the Fridays in May: First Friday; the Central High Parent-Teacher AsSocia- tion; second Friday, Maury Parent- Teacher Association; third Friday, the Wallach-Towers Parent-Teacher Ass ciation, and fourth Friday, the Brent- Dent Parent-Teacher Association. The three delegates from the Dis- | trict of Columbia Congress to the na- tional convention in Austin, Tex., will leave Washington on Wednesda; night, April and go to Austin b way of New Orleans. They expect to | reach Austin April 26, in time to| register before the formal opening of | the convention, April 27. The dele- | gates who will represent the District of Columbia are Mrs. Giles Scott Raf- ter, Mrs. J. Saunders and Mrs. Willlam Wolft Smith. A meeting of the Blair-Hayes Parent-Teacher Association was held Thursday, with the president, Mrs Magruder, in the chair. The chalr-| man of the benefit movie per- formance reported a profit of $70. A committee has been appointed to \ arrange a school luncheon in May. The assoclation voted to give $10 toward the convention expenses of | the District delegates to the Texas convention. The attendance banners were won by the classes of Miss Gil- | bert of the Hay Mrs. Kennefick and Miss Naylor of the Blair. The executive committee of the Langdon Parent-Teacher Association entertained the teachers and the su- ng principal, Mr. at the 3 3 acher at the dinner, ceting which fol- | alk on head of Association, pre: and so at the lowed, when Mr “Lead On.” J. the probation dep: ent’ of Juvenile Court, spoke on th Cind Needs of the Juvenile C . chorus of p from the seventh | ind_eighth des sang. The pi ceeds of candy sold at this meeting will be used to purchase balls and bats for the Lenox School boys, who have been printing notices for the Langdon association this Winter. The Langdon Parent-Teacher Association is enrolled as “A Month” in the Homan Calendar of the District of Columbia Congress, by which the funds are being raised to send the District delegates to the national con- vention in Te: The initial meeting of the Parent- Teacher Association of the Van Ne School, Fourth and M streets south- cast, was held April 3. Officers were clected as follows: President, Mrs. T. \]&. Goddard; vice president, Mrs. J. “P. Bankston; secretary, Miss K. E Richardson, and treasurer, Miss M. 1. Woolnough. The association plans to meet April 24, at 2 p.m. The Petworth Home and School As-| sociation met April 7. The association voted to purchase a new arithmetic de- vice for the lower grades of the Pet- worth School, and voted money to install chinning bars at the Allison street portables, The surface of the school grounds is in a very bad con- dition and a resolution requesting the thorities to improve this condition dwas passed. It was decided to hold the usual| Spring lunch in May. All the money received from this lunch is used to purchase playground equipment. Pia- no solos were p'aved by Miss Kathe- rine Blake and Miss Muriei « LRewl, entitled the “Employme \gent” was presented by the Inem- Ders of the literary committee of the Petworth Woman's Club. Those who ‘ook part were: Mrs. M. W. Knowlton, Yirs. W. S. Rvon, Mrs. R. C. Smith, .. Wirt Taylor, Mre. H. F. Fitts, \Irs, Frederic Bourdon, Mrs. F. B. Ee Veber, Mrs. Janette Cavanaugh and Mrs. G. M. Beckett. A meeting of the Central High Par- ent-teacher. Association will be held April 30° at 8 p.m., instead of on the usual third Tuesday of - the month. There will be a short pro- gram by pupils of the school and offi- cers will be nominated. The Cranch-Tyler Parent-teacher As- soclation will meet tomorrow 3:15 p.m. in the Tyler School. A musical pro- gram has been arranged by the pupils of different grades. The Maury Home and School Asso- ciation will meet tomorrow at 8 p.m. Gall Bonham will give a talk on “Home Responsibility of the Child.” A program consisting of recitations ignd the presentation of “Cinderella” will be given by pupils of the third grade. At a recent’ meeting funds were appropriated to buy instruments for a kindergarten band. The repre- sentative of the Juvenile Protective Association. Mrs. MacDonald, gave a » geport of recent work of this associa- “vision | next | the hours | bY Mrs. Wayne B. Wheeler, a pl: The or- | discussed certain maladies of school | given for the purchase of necessary | ments were intended to be used. | duty. Tts tion. Mrs. Fraser, chairman of the clothes conservation for the Congress of Parent-Teachers, gave a talk on the work of her department. This association has a 100 per cent mem- bership of teachers and to show its appreciation an Eastern luncheon was given them by the chairman of mem- bership and the grade mothers, the guests being Miss Davis, supervising principal; the president and secretary of the association and two former teachers, who maintain their mem- bership in the Maury association. The Tenley Parent-Teacher Associa- tion met at the school, April 6, with Mrs. Churchill, vice president, presid- ing. The meeting was opened with the singing of “America” and the sa- lute of the flag. Mrs. Buel, treasurer, reported a “‘growing” fund for play- ground equipment. The fourth grade, Mrs. Reed, teacher, and the third grade, Miss Young, teacher, were tied for having the most mothers present at this meeting. A meeting of the Bryan Parent- Teacher Association will be held, April 24 at 7:30 p.m., in the assembly hall of the school. Mrs. Dalyrmple, | the president, will preside and ad- dresses will be given by Brig. Gen. Amos Fries and former Representa- tive Caleb Powers. Refreshments will be served. The H. D. Cooke Home and School ‘A!!ochllon met in the school audi- | torium, April 7, with its president, | Mre. W. H. Ro: in the chair. 1t was | voted to give §25 toward the fund for | defraying the expenses of the dele- gates to the national convention. There followed a program consisting of Spring songs that was presented ylet entitled “The Coming of Spring” by the little pupils of the fourth grade |in Miss Standiford’s class; an address | by Dr. James A. Gannon, in which he children, and a brief talk by Capt. Julius I. Peyser of the Board of Edu- cation. Following the program a social was given at which ice cream and cake were served. The Columbia Junior High Parent- Teacher Assoolation meeting this month will take the form of a joint meeting of the Parent-Teacher Asso- clation of the six junior high schools in the first nine divisions in the city, to be held in the Wilson Normal School assembly hall, Tuesday at 8§ p.m. The meeting will be -addressed by Dr. Valerie S. Parker of New York City, chairman of the Social Hygiene Committee of the National Congresses of Parents and Teachers. Children will not be admitted. Instead of the regular April busi- ness meeting the Johnson-Powell- Bancroft Parent-Teacher Association spent Wednesday afternoon visiting the various departments of Powell Junior High at the invitation of the principal, Miss Bertie Backus, and the teachers. During the last perlod the children gave a program in the audi- torium. The new 20-piece orchestra made its first public appearance under the direction of Mr. Manly. Wednes- day the assoclation served lunch to the teachers and pupils of Johnson and Powell. The proceeds will be chool equipment. (Continued from First Page.) | important functions intrusted to it. Our forefathers equipped the ma- chinery of our Government with a set of safety devices, and these instru- There is a good explanation of the Senate's awakened interest in its re- sponshility for the appointment of honest and efficient executive officials. Has not the country recently had an unfortunate experience with a Secre- ary of the Interior, in control of the vast public domains of the nation, and with an Attorney General, the director of the most vital department of the Government, and with a direc- tor of the Veterans' Bureau, which expends one-tenth of the enormous Government expenditures? Is not this good reason why the Senate should hesitate about accept- ing the ipse dictum of any president in the future when he submits ap- pointments? The alleged scandals revealed, some- times b all political observers awakened the United{ tes Senate to a realization of its| ction in the Warren case | is illustrative. It was not an attempt to embarrass President Coolidge. The Constitution presumes that a Senator, | as much as the President, should perform his duty as he sees it. The best proof of the Senate’s sincerity in the Warren case is that the action was taken finally by the President’s own party. The minority in the Sen- ate is numerically unable to defeat | any appointment. E Factor in Warren Decision. Entering into the Warren decision was a feeling which I have increas- ingly observed amomg Senators dur- ing my six years in Washington—a feeling that for many years past, with a few rare exceptions, regardless of which party occupied the White House—the office of Attorney General has not been filled by men of the legal acumen, experience and ethics that should guide the great National Department of Justice. Repeatedly during the past six vears, on both sides of the chamber, 1 have heard the opinion publicly ex- pressed that the word “justice,” which America blazons high upon her es- cutcheon, has been dimmed. This de- partment must be restored to the lofty and honorable position which the legal profession, as well as the public at large, believe it should oc- such has been the hope of the vers in the Senate, it was said. Their hopes became a demand. * K K % Aaline of Treaties The other conspicuous executive function which the Senate shares with the President is the making of trea- ties. of differences that have arisen be- tween the White House and the Sen- ate over treaties submitted by the former to the latter, notably the Ver- sailles treaty, would deprive the Sen- ate of its present powers. The Senate did not reject the Versailles treaty. It did modify it—materially, if you please. Efforts have been made to change the provision in the Constitution re- ate for ratification of a treaty nego- tiated by the President. Resolutions have been introduced in Congress which aimed to reduce the necessary vote in.the Senate to ajmere ma- Jority. It does not seem to me that we can afford to tamper with one of the most admirable safeguards that our fore- fathers in their wisdom bequeathed to this Nation. The framers of the Constitution rec- ognized that the most delicate func- tion of our Guvernment is the direc- tion of its relations with foreign coun- tries. Treaty laws are the highest laws of the land. I believe it would There are some who, because ! quiring & two-thirds vote in the Sen- | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHING’J.;ON. D. C, APRIL 19, 1925—PART 2. s Marie C. Reid, her g place recently in the Washington Hotel. 3 Annual Card party for Church Benefit Tomorrow The annual card party for the benefit of the Church of St. Thomas the Apostle will be held in Wardman Park tomorrow afternoon. Mrs. Harry R. Carroll is general chairman of the arrangements, and more than a hundred women of the parish will act as patrons. Sponsors for the affair are Mr. David J. Dunnigan, Mr. Leo C. May, Mr. M. B. Harlow and Mr. Joseph P. Tumulty. Patronesses are Mrs. D. S. Porter, Mrs. Charles Horan, Mrs. B. A. Singer, Mrs. T. W. Brahany, Mrs. M. J. Bordon, Mrs. Martin J. Con- nolly, Mrs. H. L. Ryan, Mrs. Joseph G. Rodgers, Mrs. N. S. Bartholemew, Mrs. Joseph P. Tumulty, Mrs. Fred C. Geiger, Mrs. Joseph A. Hayden, Mrs, John R. Williams, Mrs. M. A. Weller, Mrs. Harry R. Carroll and others. England’s air force is planned to be of sufficient strength by 1929 to pro- tact the country against “the strong- est alr power within striking dis- tance.” Perils in Senate Secret Sessions Cited by Walsh sanctioned by the President and a bare majority in the Senate. * ok ok ok Treaties Subject to Delay. Under the present arrangement ne- gotiations with foreign countries may be subjected to irritating delay and even cause vast inconvenience, but, {n my opinion, it is better thus than o risk the chance of having a foreign policy fastened upon the country by a President and a mere majority of one Senator. When the Constitution makers provided that a treaty must have the approval of two-thirds of the Senators they implied that they con- sidered it in the interest of public safety that every important question of foreign policy should be placed be- yond the control of any one political party and should command a far broader and more national approval We should not forget, it seems to me, that treaty making involves, often remotely, but sometimes directly. a policy of war or peace for a nation. It is customary for the Senate in the transaction of executive business, both in considering appointments and treaties submitted by the President, to cloak its deliberations with secrecy by going into executive session. I am opposed to secret sessions. I can conceive of only rare instances— as, for instance, when the country is on the verge of war—where an ex- ecutive session might be advisable. But what useful purpose is served by secret debates on presidential ap- pointments? 2 * Kk *x Confirmations in Secret. I have seen confirmations of public officials made in executive sessions of the Senate that never would have been made hady the sessions been open. If appointments are considered in secret, there is a special opportu- nity for the exercise of that subtle Washington social and political influ- ence that is always active at the Capital and which I propose to dis- cuss in a later article. It is only fair to say that these occurrences are rare, but that is only because con- tests over presidential appointments are rare. I know of one case—the confirm: tion of an Army officer, who vas vigorously opposed because of alleged Prussian methods and cruelty to civil- ian officers and soldlers during the war—where the social lobby was ex- erted to the limit. The Senate voted for that confirmation. I doubt very much whether that officer would have been confirmed had the sessions been open and the discussion made public. Dinner parties were held and Sen- ators were invited to attend for the sole purpose of influencing their ac- tion as public officials in the matter of this confirmation. To the credit of the Senate, the number influenced in this manner have been compara- tively few. Yet the few have seme- times been able to turn the tide.- * ok % % No Good Reasons Seen. I have never been able to recognize any good argument for secret discus- slons and secret balloting on appoint- ments to public office. I can see no more reason for them than for secret campaigns and secret elections. A prospective elective officer of the Gov- ernment submits his record to the electorate. Why should a man seek. ing appointment to office not do like wise? Is there any reason why.a man named for the Supreme Court, a life- tenure office, or a Secretary of War, with pacifistic or militaristic views, or the directorship of the Veterans' Bureau should not have his qualifica- tions openly and publicly discussed? In the Warren case the Senate voted by the necessary two-thirds majority to have open sessions. From a strict administration standpoint, executive sessions are, of course, desirable. No administration likes to go through such an experience as the Warren case. Yet there were enough Sena- tors of the majority party willing to go into open session to bring that be dangerous to make it possible for a treaty that might nullify any do- mestic legislative enac nt to be about. As a principle, certainly th public interest and not pa; pedieney should govern.. INQUIRE ABOUT OUR DEFERRED PAYMENT PLAN W, W. 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