Fourth Vice President (Social Welfa.re)As s i sta.n.t
SecretaryTree.surer -
Principal of Whittier (Adviser to Executive Board) -
Ways and llea.ns Chairman -
Publicity Chairman -
Hospitality Chairman -
Health Chairman -
Safety Chairman -
Garden Chainnan -
Council Representatives -
Mrs. 'l'heo. Kiesselbach
Mrs. Carl Merting
Jlrs. J.P. Va.nee
Mrs. R. D. Green
Yrs. R. C. Abbott
- Mrs. c. C. igga.ns 14iss Selma ult
Mrs. Clayton Watkins Miss Fmm.a :Madsen - C. L. Culler
- Mrs. o. H. Stuve
:Mrs. Wm.. J. Loeffel
Mrs. llin.. • Stoner
Mrs. R. E. Cochran
Mrs. Ray E. ice
Mrs. E. D. Skudler
1lrs. F. A. Hay!J Krs. J.M. Anderson
President - Mrs. Theo. Kiesselbach
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PARENT-TE
LINCOLN, 1 E BR AS KA
WEEK
"Good, better, best , ne ver le t it rest, Until your good is better and your better best."
MEMBERSHIP- E OLLMENT WEEK
Octoh r 3-10 1 37
Ho,v T O Bu1LD AP. T. A.
1. INFORMED LEADERS.
2. APPEALING PROGRAM.
3. WORKING MEMBER SHIP.
4. CONTROLLED ENTHUSIASM.
5. HOSPITALITY AT WORK.
6. DESIRE TO REACH OBJ ECTIVES.
7 . VISION OF THE IDEAI..; P. T. A.
8. COOPERATION BETWEEN HOME AND SCHOOL.
9. A CONSCIOUSNESS OF~HE CHILD IN OUR MIDST.
THE OBJECTS F THE P . T. A.
1. TO PROMOTE child welfare in h ome, school, church, community .
2 . TO RAISE the standar ds of hom e life.
3. TO SE C URE adequate laws for th e car e and prot ection of children.
4. TO BRING into closer relation Le home and the school that parents and te ac hers may cooper a t e intellig e n tly in the tr aining of the child and to develo p between educ a t o rs and the · general public such united efforts as w i ll secure for every ch i ld the high est advantage in physical, mental, social, and spiritu al education.
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How To KILL AP. T . A
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1. DON'T COME.
2. IF YOU DO . COME, COME LATE.
3. IF IT IS TOO WET OR TOO RY, TOO HOT OR TOO COLD, DON'T THINK OF COMIN G .
4. KICK IF YOU ARE NOT APPOI N TED ON A COMMITTEE, AND IF YOU ARE, NEVER ATTEND A COMMITTEE MEETING.
5. DON'T HAVE ANYTHIN G TO SAY WHEN YOU ARE CALLED UPON.
6. IF YOU DO ATTEND A MEE T ING FIND FAULT WITH THE PROCEEDINGS, AND WORK DONE BY THE OTHER MEMBERS .
7. HOLD BACK YOUR DUES OR DON'T PAY THEM AT ALL.
8. NEVER BRING A FRIEND YOU THINK MIGHT JOIN THE P.T.A.
9. DON'T DO ANYTHING YOU CAN POSSIBLY HELP TO FUR, THER THE ORGAN IZATION'S INTERESTS, THEN WHEN A FEW TAKE OFF THEIR COATS AND DO THINGS, HOWL THE P. T. A. IS RUN BY A CLIQUE.
THE HOME AND THE SCHOOL
The work of the home and school goes hand in hand. Both are concerned with the welfare of children. The fullest possible cooperation on the part of the parents and teachers is the surest way of be~t serving the child's in, terests. Parent -Teacher week is observed early in the school year in order that no time may be lost in gaining a full understanding of each child's needs, and cultivating a spirit of mutual effo rt jn each child's behalf.
Teachers and pupils will take much pleasure in welcoming you to the school during Parent-Teacher week. It is hoped you will find it possible to visit your school often during the year.
M. C. LEFLER, Superintendent of Schools.
A PRINCIPAL INV ITES You
At the beginning of this school year we who are actively engaged in school work, urge parents to keep in closer t ouch with the work ·by visiting I_llore regularly than in the past. You are b y, we realize, with your home duties. No one has so important a place to fill as the homemaker. But we who are attempting to carry forward a work second only to the home maker bespeak at least a minimum of your time. Teachers and pupils need your encourage, ment and inspiration.
Many of our parents have taken advantage of visitation week in .the past. Won't you help make this a banner year i n attendance? It is an opportunity to meet the parents of the pupils with whom your children will spend a year of very close association. Since you are personally and vitally ·interes t ed in our future citizenship you can ill afford to neglect this opportunity. Make this year one of happy participation in school activities. YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED at this time to visit us the first week . in October.
SADIE BAIRD, Principal Elliott _ School.
A CALL TO THE PARENT
Enrollment time for your child in school is enrollment time for you, his parents, in the P. T. A. Your membership dues of twenty-five cents a year will mean a very definite service to childhood. Your interest in and support of your local P. T. A. program activities will mean added strength-greater service. Anyone interested in the welfare of the child is urged to attend our meetings-to enroll. We need your help in order that we may help others.
MRS.
V.
A. RANDALL, President, Lincoln Coundl of Parent-Teacher Ass 'ns.
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
At this time of year when reports are 1 being given of work' accomplished, let us not .get the impression that the work of the local unit or council is over for the summer. Vacation brings new problems and hazards to young people. There is work to be done in heal th, · safety, recreation, Victory Gardens and other war acpivities.
Changes in personel of committees should not interfere with the activities of the Parent-Teacher Association. Parents and Teachers immediate concern is where and how the children ' will be occupied during the summer. Will they hav·e work that is safe and healthful? Will they be supervised in the home an~ on the playground?
'Ne recommend wide distribution of the article, 11 Ado~escents and the War.• 11 presented in this bulletin. Parents and teachers can create public sentiment sufficient to arouse communities to the needs of children in wartime · through concerted effort.
·niat will Parent-Teacher Associations do about the approaching crisis in Education, explained in the Joint Report of the Education Association, the State School Boards Association and the Nebraska Congress of Parents and Teachers, which have been mailed recently. Support of education is a fundamental aim of the Parent-Teacher Association.
:P Or-vYl QJ m. 1=1~ President.
ALL OF US .ARE NOT GETTING PROPER NUTRITION
A dramatic illustration of the toll trhidd.en hunger" is taking is to be found in the experience of the Army. Out of a million ·men examin•• ed by Selective Service, May, 1941, and about 550,000 examine4 by the . Army, a total of 380,000 were found unfit for service. Commenting on this, Brigadier General Lewis B. Hershey said, w•.. It has been estimated that perhaps ·one-third of the rejections were due either directly or indirectly to nutritional deficiencies. In terms of men, the Army has been deprived of 150,000 men who should be able to do duty as solt-. diers. This is 15% of the total number which have been physically examined by the Selective Service System," said General Hershey.
As late as 1936, more than one-third of the families in this country had diets that were in obvious need of improvement and only about one-fourth of the families had diets classed as good, according to a survey by the Bureau of Home Economics, U.S. Department of Agricultu~e More ill-fed families were found amoung the lower income groups, of course, but room for much improvement was indicated in diets at all i:· come levels. Income does not insure good food habits. Today, with our greater national income, there is less economic reason than ev~r for American families not to have proper diets -- provided they lea£n proper nutrition and practice it. (Office of War Informatio~.)
STATE BOARD MEETING
The Board of Managers which met April 13, Hotel Cornhusker, Lincoln approved a joint report of the executive committees of the State :JEducation Association, The State .School Board Association and the Nebraska Congress of Parents and Teachers, presented by Mrs. Pierce. This report deals with Approaching Crisis in Education and the possible solution. A copy has been [mailed to the state board members, assistant district directors, council and local presidents.
Dr. Harold Morgaffigave statistics on the activities of the Maternal and Child Health Division of the State Health Department showing that the death rate of mothers and babies has decreased from 5.13 in 1936 to 1.8 per thousand in 1942. There has been a like decrease in the mortality rate of infants. The consensus of opinion was that the influence of the Nebraska Congress should be used against any reducti~n of funds for this work by the appropriations committee of the legislature. • , I •
The committee elected to nominate a president, first vice-president and treasurer for 1943-1946 follows: Mrs. R.E. Dooley, Mrs. Floyd Perrin, Mrs. Ralph Hamr.1ond, Mrs. W.J. Shively, Mrs. Harley Lofton and Mrs. Harvard Morehead. The committee elected to nominate chairmen for 1943-1946 is: Mrs. Ed Greiser, Mr. Franl<: Seivers, Mrs. H.T.Jones, Mrs. E. L. Forney and Mrs. Laverne J. Smith.
Mrs. C.M. Duff was elected alternate to the president to the National Board Meeting. ·
THE ELECTION OF NATIONAL OFFICERS WILL BE DONE BY MAIL due to the cancellation of the National Convention. It was necessary to . elect Nebraska's full quota of thirty accredited voting delegates. They are: · Officers: Mrs. Ma:rk Pierce, Mrs. C.l~.Duff, lirs. Ca,rl Greisen and Mrs. Charles A. Snyder. First District: !~rs. R.F. Richmond, Mrs. George R. Thurtle, Mrs. E.L. Forney, Ers. G.R. Pinkerton and :Mrs. John Linderholm. Second District: Mrs. J.F. Lukovsky, Mrs. Leonard Miller, Urs. Thomas Beeson, Mrs. A.A. Fenger, Mrs. Laverne J • Smith, Mrs. Basil . Smith, Mrs. John 11:oran, lirs. H. T. Jones, Mrs. C.ll. Ball, Mrs. s. U. Powers., l•frs. A.E. Ingram, Mrs. Maurice l.:cKenzie., Mrs. Harvard Morehead. · Third D istrict:Mrs. J. N. Cox. Fourth District: ~rs. L.H. Parker, Mr. Frank Seivers~ llrs. Orville Ruby, Mrs. Adolph Betz. Fifth District: Mrs. Harley Lofton. Sixth District: Mrs. Ralph Hammond and Mrs. Irvin Ritthaler.
Mrs. Harvard 1:orehead presented the suggested program plans for l.9431944 which we~e accepted. ~rs. Floyd Perrin presented the changes offered by the committee on State Standards. These were approved.
The resignations of u:r. Meents and :Urs. Kemp were accepted. J .F. Lukavsky, Omal1a, was elected to fill vacancy in Citizenship. It was suggested that Ers. L. P. llcCoun be asked to serve as music ohairr.10.n.
October 3-10 was designated as Parent-Teacher Week. Mrs. Carl Greisen Mrs. Fred Easterday and Urs. Laverne J, Smith were appointed to take charge.
llr s. Dharles A. Snyder, llr s. C. H. Brugh and l~r s . . J. F. Lukavsky were appointed on the Convention Management Committee~
By LILLIAN J. JOHNSON Executive Secretary Ryther Child Center
Here is a straight-from-the-shoulder answer to the question, 11 What can be done for our youth in these restless times?tt Don't read it if you don't want to know what you as an individual parent can doU
A 'NOl/.l.AN recently asked me hov1 in the world we v;ere going to keep adol~scent girls from going down town at night and "picking up" strange soldiers and sailors. She thought that the police nere very much to bla,ne because she knev1 this sort of thing was going on unchecked. I asked her with some concern to what girls she referred, and to my amaz.ement she indicated she was talking about he -r own daughter and her neighbor's daughter. I inquired with some surprise why they let them go, and she said, "Oh, you know adolescents--they don't listen to us."
In a longer discussion with her as to how a situation had come about in which her 14-year-old girl had ignored her advice in a matter so vital, she told me of her ovm background in whicn her parents had had complete control of her and she hadn't dared to think for herself. Consequently, she !1ad brought her children up free from "repressing inhibitions," leaving them to develop their own 11 initiative.n While we talked, her little 6-year-old was climbing my fence, defini~ely trampling upon my flowers. Her mother asked her twice, rather apologetically, to be careful, but the child went her way. Finally I said with exasperation: "You really must get off ~Y fence." The mother looked at mE with sometning like shame and embarrassment and told me quite frankly that she didn't believe in speaking to children like that.
Possibly this woman's parents had gone too ·far in over-emphazing parental control but centainly this uoman was erring pretty seriously in another direction. ·nhat made the situation sadder still was that she felt all the articles published in parent magazines· definit.ely suppor~ed her stand, and she began to quote me this or that . theory of child guidance. I must admit that at the Ryther Child Center right now we are far too busy dealing with our immediate problems to find much time to read the current magazines so I don't know what is published in them. Also I!m aware that there is a period vJ1en educators seemed to be saying something of that sort, but the best of modern thinking in the field of psychiatry today has long since abandoned such a position. I recently heard~ a leading psychiatrist say that between overindulgence and over-severity in the training of the child, over-severity was certainly 'less dangerous to the welfare of both the child and society.
Modern specialists point out that a developing child is not yet a sufficiently mature personality structure with enough background of knowledge and experience to make most of the decisions of his life valid decisions. To try to force upon him a premature kind of self - -~ ~eliance is as likely to precipitate him into anxieties and fears as into u.nrestraineti~license. In either ca.9e, he is denied prot.ectiv.e.,
the other child v1:ent on endlessly, query and ans vt er, v: i th mounting hostility between them.
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I do not mean to imply that checkin g adolescents enough to protect them Hhile res p ecting their developin g personalities and their growing need for independence is an easy ta'sk · . It requires that the adult be alert to every opportunity in which the child can exercrse his orJ·n judgment and discretion ;;ihile holding v1ith g reatest tenacity to those dan g erous areas nhere he may injure hi mself. And the control must oe so enforced. that the child is left in no doubt as . to whether or not his loving parent is honestly concerne d for the child's well being or is in an e g o contest vii th him because the parent likes. to control the child.
Also, the more adequate and resourceful a child thinks the parent to be in the mana g ement of his OV•in affairs tne more likely the ci.1ild is to res 1)ect the parents• advice in his. Ther e . are few ar g uments more deadly to encounter than t11e child's derisive taunts that the parent himself has not mana g ed life too intelligently. A humole request that the child profit by the parent 1 s errors, as nell as his wisdo m, is very disarmin g ~ . My own father once met my forthright challenge with an extremely easy, 11 I know, ou,t if you 1 re not going to be a finer person than I am, -r1hat is this reproduction business all about? 11
That the normal s~ing of youthful rebellion has been greatly accentuated by the war, that the conta gion of universal unrest has spread to'boys and g irls, that p ri mitive drives seem to be asserting themselves with :m ore violence, is unde n iable. But I still feel that if any par e nt ( or any staff pe r son . at the Rythe r Child Center) cannot say simply or directly to a child of adolescent age: "You can't g o do irm to ti1e d ock and pick up a sailor, 11 or "You ·must be in by tv1elve o 'clock," or any other of the important -thin g s necessary for the child's welfare-- a nd win the c h ild's respect-- then a pretty serious stat e. of affairs h~s arisen. I doubt, however, if having the police arrest such girls is the answer. . I Yrnuld suggest that such parents immediately seek the help of so me educator, social Vi orker or psychiatrist who could help to stead y the tottering family control. . --Wastlington Parent-Teacher.
NATION~L BOARD MEETING
National Meetings v1ill be held May 9-14 Hotel Sherman ., Chica g o. There will be a Seminar for State Presidents and National Officers, a State Presidents Conference; a pre-election and post-election board meeting and Workshops on th e J ar Pro g ram.
On Nednesday evenin g there will be a dinner honoring Mrs. B. F. Langworthy, Past President, out g oing officers and national chairmen.
Mrs. Gail Po vrnll and ~ .£ rs. l/Iark ?ierce will attend and serve on the election board.
adult guidance until such time as he is able to exercise his own faculties with assurance. I 1 ve frequently seen parents asking . a child to make a decision which places upon him so heavy a -burden of discretion that you see - the child wavering, frightened and confused. Yet this same parent will often be found indulgently tying a shoe lace the child is quite able to tie for hims.elf; or giving advice on how he should maneuver his wagon, which might very well be left to his own t~ial and error judgment.
True parental skill lies in so arranging the tasks and decisions of the child's life that at no time is he overtaxing his lioited knowledge while constantly developing raore and 8ore resourcefulnesa and wisdom. Few adolescent girls knou enough o:f the uorld of men or of their o.m emotional potentialities to be able to make a valid judgment as to the nisdom or lack of \7isdom of picking up dates and, until they do knou, parental control must hold.
But there is no reason uhy this authority has to be exercised wit~ cruelty or undue vigor. If the parent has gently, but firmly establish~ ed from infancy that there are certain things a child may not do, and cemtain other things that he just must do, a relaxed expression of parental opinion ·,iill be enough to hold the ordinary child in check. · The difficulty is that . so many parents let the child go his own uay u~til a really serious crisis arises, and then try to force their ·.1ill upon a child vholly unprepared to respect it.
The grain of truth in all this early psychology is that parents frequently enforce a kind of supervisory relationship upon the child \7hen he might '•;rnll be left to himself. It is un-Ni se for children to b~ exposed to too ;;ide a margin of parental praise or blame on matters where neither praise or blame are too applicable. If the child is go~ ing to school and making something like fair grades, honestly enjoying ?~ssociation vli th his comrades, and not too greatly resenting his teachers-- ·irnll enough might ·;1ell be left alone. There is no reason Hhy he _ should be subjected to his parentst hanging anxiously over his report card or s·/:elling in unjustified delight ~;hen he happens to go above his average. If he . is making something which he is thoroughly enjoying, where all his creative energy is free to experiment, adults shouldn't be constantly standing over him, suggesting that he do it this vay, or that it is better that Ti ay, or that isn't he a smart boy, or isn't he a stupid boy. My o·.m early effort a at dressmaking ·,~·ere completely thv1arted by an overdextrous mother Hho insisted that I achieve her dexterity in one bound uhile being exposed to her critical eye.
Modern psycholo gy has also p~inted out that frequently a child does not understand v1hy a request is being made of him and that he is entitled to an honest explanation. Some parents carry this to extreme and go on and on explaining the obvious. The other evening I was in a home ~here the children of t~o different families came in to make a quite absurd request to go do\m to~n after the dim-out to see a ship launched. They had just gotten confidential information about it. The one parent began a long argument in a quavering and some,1hat irritated voice about hov: t~1is just couldn 1 t be allowed •.• "because, because, because ... 11 The other parent looked his enterprising child straight in the face and said iilith good nature: "I think it is p;robably just a false rumor, but any·;my, this is a school night and you have to get to bed ear.ly." They understood each other perfectly. Nothing more was said b-etvrnen them, and there was no ill wi 11. The other parent and
SECOND DISTRICT CONFERENCE
Mrs. Basil Smith, Acting - District DiTector I
The Omaha Council was hostess to the Seventeenth Annual Conference of the Second District of the Nebraska Congress of Parents and Teachers, on A1)ril 6, 1943 at the Castle Hotel, Omaha. •
The Conference was attended by 201 delegates, including past presidents, assistant district directors, state board members and four visitors· from Iow~.
A splendid exhibit included local scrap books; the State Legis1.ati ve Program~ l~ational Congress Wartime and Summer Round-Up Leaflets; material on Victory Gardens, Red Cross Volunteer Services, Crippled Children~s Seal Sale, Venereal Disease Education and Tuberaulosis.
During the business session of the Conference a motion was made to wire State Senator Charles Tvrdik, supporting LB 329, a bill relating to adoption of children, which ia now before the Legislative Committee.
There was an open discusaion of parent. war time service whi~h was clos.ed by Mrs. C. M. Duff, Advisor to dis~ricts on budgeting our ~ime. Mrs. Floyd Perrin, State Standards Chairman, explained and unswered wuestions concerning the Standards.
Mrs. Mark Pierce, State President, highlighted the morning with ·her mesnnge based on the book, "Oommuni ty Life in a Democracy," an official publication of the National Congress. Mrs. Pierce advised strongly against mothers going into war work and leaving children without adequate supervision.
At the noon luncheon, Dr. H. M. Corning, Superintendent of the Omaha Public Schools, greeted the delegates. A Victory garden quiz followed Yvi th ¥rs. Laverne Sr:1i th, Council President and garden comr.1i ttee chairman, acting as quizmaster. Mr. H. P. Heidel, Victory garden speaker's bureau member, and Dr. Earl G. ReeQ., Chamber of · commeroe Agricultural Ohairwan, asked questions of the delegates. · Those wno answered correctly were awarded prizes consisting of War St&ilps, World Herald Victory garden books and garden seed packages.
Mr. Billy Meyers taught the gr9up the Victory garden song,"GetOut and Dig, Dig,. Dig." -
A feature of the afternoon session was a concert by the Omaha Council's all-city Mother singers' chorus under the direction of Mrs. L. P. Mccoun witl1 1:iss Irene Goosman as accompanist.
Dr. Elwood Rowsey, pastor of the Dundee Presbyterian church of Or.1a.ha> also Minister of the Air,- heard at 9:00 A.1'1. each Sunday mJrning - talked on "Books in Time of Stress." The books reoommendisd. were,-
11 The American Canon° . "Let the Peonle Know" .i: 11 Storm Over the Land,n
by Daniel Marsh by Norman Angell
by
Carl Sandburg
"The Secret History of the American Revolution," - Cari · Van Dor.en "The . Wisdom of China and India," - Lin Yutang "Time to Inquire, 11 - Sar:auel Crowther 1 "I Saw the Fall of the Philippines," - Carlos Romulo "On Becoming a Real Person," - Harry Emerson Fosdick
The one day Conference closed with Mrs. llark Pierce giving a resum.e of the day 1 s program and installing Mrs. H. T. Jones, Ot1aha P.T.A. Council President in 1937-1939 and State Radio Chairman, as Director of District Two of the Nebraska Congress of Parents and Teachers. She succeeds Mrs. J. Wiley Anderson of St. Paul, Nebraska.
Mrs. Leonard Miller, President of the Columbus Council, served as recording secretary of the Conference,
We are indebted to the Omaha Council, particularly Brs. Laverne Smith, President, also L~rs. S, u. Powers, lllrs . J. F. Lukovsky;, and Mrs. Sa1:mel Theodore me1:1bers of the Council's conference comDi ttee, for their generous hospitality and untiring efforts for our comfoxt and the success of the Spring Conference.
CONGRATULATIONS, City Councils, for dual services rendered the past year!!
In addition to carrying out the rebular duties of providing informa- tion and inspiration to local officers; promoting the use of con g ress publications and acting as a medium to further the national and state activities, you have upheld and strengthened the local school programs and cooperated with local health departments and other agencies "in carrying out the _war program. MEMBERSHIP FIGURES
Membership Remi"ttance by
Mrs. Laverne J. Smith State Membership Chairman.
ATTENTION LOCAL PRESIDE~TS
Your LOCAL UNIT REPORTfor 1942-1943 and your ANNUAL PROJECT REPORT should be sent as soon as possible to the State P.T.A. Office, 720 So. 22 st., Lincoln, Nebraska.
Six ·cents postage is necessary when you mail your State Standards REPORT to Mrs. Floyd Perrin, 414 So, Madison · st., Grand Island, Nebraska.
NOTICE TO PRESIDENTS
Your Congress Parent-Teacher Association is enti tled -. t ·o a local unit package, which contains manuals and other materials essential to the planning and promotion of the activities and projects of your unit.
Assure your 1943 president of prompt receipt of your local unit · package by filling out this blank and returning at one& to Mrs. Charles A. Snyder, 4911 Webster st., Omaha, Nebraska.
The mailing list will be made up as soon as these blanks are xeturned. Our first mailing of publications should be abo~t July 1st · and the second .mailing in late August.
PROGRAM Oii1 T tm WRIT'I'IER t?.T.A. MEETii\JC-S 1937-1938
October 20
November 9
November 19
Decenber 14
7:30 P.M.
2:00 p.~.
7:30 P.M.
2:00 P.M.
January 11, .1938-2: 00 P .M.
February 8
March 8
April 13
May 11
2:00 P.M.
7:30 P.M.
Reception - Open HouseIntroducing the school to the patrons.
"Thrift", by Pr? f. H. C. ?illey. Father and Son Party.
"Thrift in Heal thi', by Dr. E.W. B.ancock.
Group discussion - aThrift in Time''. . M:r. W. A. r.:cMullen, :hrs. Inez Boschult, Mrs. C. E. Saal, and Mrs. C. B. Ellis
"Thrift in rfoney 11 , by Prof. J. H. Ennis.
Panel Discussion of ilyouth' s Place in lf-odern Societyit. Prof. o. H. ~erner, Rev. Max W. Burke, Judge John L. Polk, and Rev. Ray E. rtice. other and Daughter Party.
2: OC: :i: .M.
2: 0 0 ·p M.
nTeac.i.1.in 6 -yoi.lr Child .Respect for Othersa.
The .Parent - Teachers Association of Nb.ittier School will hold Open Rouse on ·.vecinesday, Oc-':'ober 20 , fro n ?: 30 to 9: 00 P M There ~ill be a short prograre including brief talks about the school by four t(achors, and the glee club will sin 0 • All the teachers will be present to meet the parents The P.T.A. requests that children should not come unless their parents co:.ne wi tn them .
Mrs • C W. fa tkins, Secretary
Mrs . T . A. Kies3elbac, President --t::,••·
About 800 attended the first P. T. A. open house at Whittier school Wednesday. The program was as follows: Girls glee club, songs, under the direction of ~rs. Katherine White; Mrs. T. A. K1esselbach president of P. T. A., introduce'd C. L. Culler. Mr. Culler's greeting and introduction of faculty members; Miss Mary Wilson, talk ''Home Economics Work;" Mis~ Dorothy Green, "The English Department;" Miss Anna B~thune "Library·'' Homer Gamm1l, "Shops·" Miss 1 Selma Hult, ''The Office 'and Its Functions." The pupils introduced their parents to\ • the teachers. -------
P. T. A. HOLDS OPEN HOUSE
Whittier P. T. A. held open house, Wednesday evening, Oct. 20. Children introduced their parents to their teachers, and the follo\\ing program was presented: Miss Mary Wilson talked on Home Economics, Mr. Gammill on Industrial Arts, Miss Green on Academic Subject s , Mrs. R os.. 01 Physical Educa\ tion, a!ld Miss Bethune on Library. A group of the girls from the Glee Club sang.
Whlttier-'I'he P. T. A. will hold open house at the auditorium at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday. After the program the school children •ill accompany their parents to their rooms, where they will meet the teachers and view the work of the children.
\ More Than eight parents, teachers and pupils a tended the first open house ne at Whittier Junior high school Wednesday evening. Th girls glee club, under the ~irection of of Mrs. Katherine Wh,te, ~ang a group of numbers and Mr • F. A. Kiesselbach, president, intrp uced C. L. Cull r, principal, 'ho spoke briefly and introduced several faculty membe r war sch disc WM e Eng nna Bet Homer Garn Selma Hult the office and its :functions. * ,i, •
Movember
There will be a meeting of the ~~1ittier ? . T A on November 9 , at 2:00 P . M.
The Girls' Glee Club will sing and Professor ~illey of the College of Agriculture will talk on nThrift" .
Whittier - The P. ,,,_ A. will meet Tuesday at 2 p. m. Dr. II. C. Filley will speak on "Thrift," and • the girls glee club under the di- rection of Mrs. Kathryn White and accompanied 'by Mis Marian Munn will sing. Father and son night will be Nov. 19.
•And We Shall begin w it h the P. T. A. meetings of yester .. day, Whittier P. T. A. m~t Tues- day afternoon with one hundred in attendance. Dr. H. C. Filley, a · the speaker of fhe afternoon and had :!or his 1ubject " ·ha Is Thrift?" as he them for the year'• progr i 'Thrift In L iving." Th • ls glee club under the direc • of Mrs. Ka+hryn White, ang a group of selection and Mrs. T. A. Kiesselbach, presi- dent, gave a report of the tatc conv ntion. Mrs. Frank Hayes gave the council report and !rs. E: E. Brackett reviewe he P. T. A. magazine. The 9A mother icted as hostesses for the soc al hour.
Whittier P. T. A. met with 100 I present. Dr. H. C. Filley gave a
foundation talk on ·"What is Thrift," the thei:y.e of the P. T. A. for the year being "Thrift in Liv- ing." Follo ~ing i the program: Girls glee clup, so}'.\gs, Mrs. Kathryn White, directo ; Mrs. T. !A. Kiesselbacb, presi nt re rt of r the state convention~ tr Frank Hayes, council report; Mrs. E. E. Bracket view ot t e P. T. A. magazine Jrollo in_g the program the 9-A motn~r w r :hostesses at a luncheon.
TO TEE J' THERS :
The annual Father and Son n get - to - g ·ether" will be held Friday evening , November 19 , at 7 :30 P . M.
'1.'tl e Vhittier band will play, and Mr R.. o. Bennett will speak After the prograri1, refreshments will be served and the fathers will be given an opportunity to visit the shops
A charge of 5¢ each is made for refreshmen~s .
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WHITTIER-The P. T. A. will entertain at a father and son partv Friday at 7:30 at the school. R. O. Bennett, of the police deP,art- m-ent, will speak on "Safety.
300 AT WHITTIER SCHOOL FATHER AlW SON BANQUET
Three hundred attended the father and son banquet of Whittier school Friday evening. Prof. Roy E Cochran presided, and the school band, under direction of Lyle Welch, gave selections. Wayne Keim, president of the civic league, welcomed the fathers, and W. M. Stoner made the response. Lt. R. 0. Bennett, of the traffic staff, talked on "Lincoln's Traffic Problem." Refreshments were served. In the late evening, the shops were inspected.
Three hundred attended
en c Pr rv d, followi n inspection o
December
The Whittier P&T . A . will eet Tuesday , December 14 , at 2:00 P 11
Dr. E. W. Hanc0cl will speak on the subject, ilrp_wift In Health" . A mixed choru.s will s::..n6 Christmas car =..s r,1d :-rs ., -:ay Rice , in cc,stur1e , wi1.l te 11 of Christnias custo1::s i1.1 Ir.di.:1.<,l
Whittier-The P. T. A. will meet Tuesday at 2 p. m. Dr. E.W. Hancock will speak on ''Thrift in Health/' and Mrs. Ray Rice will talk on "Christma Customs in India." The mixed chorus will sing Christmas songs. The 9-B mothers will be hostess s for the social hour. •
The P. T. A. met in Whittier's auditorium December 14. Dr. E. W. Hancock spoke on ''Thrift in Health." A mixed chorus of 7B's under the direction of Mrs. White, sang Christmas carols. Mrs. Ray Rice in costume, told of Christmas in India.
January
The Whitti e r P T A will meet T esday , Jan uary 11 , at 2:00 P~ [ . There·will be a group·discussion on the topi c, "Thrift In Time ", le d by Mr w . A McMullen , Mrs . Inez Boschult , Mrs C . E Saal , and Mrs . c . B Elli s, with general discuss i on a f ter the opening t a lk s. Wayne Keim will play a triL~pet solo , and Katherine Rice will g i ve a cello solo
The 8A mothers will be hostesses
Whittler.-The P~ T. A. me~ts Tuesday at 2 p. m. W. A . • IcMullen rs Inez Boschult, Mrs. C. E. Sa~l and Mr C. C. Ellis will con - 1 duct group discussions on ."Thri~~ in Time." Katherine Rice W1l: give a cello solo and Wayne Keim a trumpet selection. The 8-A mother :vill be hostesses for th~ ocial hour
ONE HUNDRED attended the meeting of the Whittier P. T. A. held Tuesday afternoon. After the business meeting Mrs. E. E. Brackett reviewed the P, 'l. A. magazine and Mrs. Frank Hayes gave the city council report. Katherine Rice played two cello numbers and Wayne Keim played a trumpet s o 1 o. A discu sion on "Thrift In "'ime," was given by W. A. McMullen, Mrs. Inez Boschult Mrs. C. E. Saal and Mrs. C. B. Ellis. The 8A moth rs were hostesses for the social hour.
One hund Whittier P. ';I'. A. meetin at which he foll • gr pr ente<l: Mr Ha tY co nctl Yt; herin t \'O cello e 1, tr4mp ,i o chult, . B. and W. A.. ussion on ''IThtift in •A mothers ·ere s sse at the social hour.
•P.T.A. SPONSORS
LINCOLN FILM
Whittier's P. T. A. is sponsor- ing a sound film tonight, Friday, March 4, in the Whittier auditorium. The proceeds from this movie are to go for welfare work. Heretofore, a variety show with original plays has been given, but this year the program is about that never-to-be-forgotten man, Abraham Lincoln.
The film shows his life from the time he was born in 1809, to the time of his death in 1865, picturing his courtship days, his marriage, his service in the leg- islature, his fighting in the Indian War, his law-practice and the debates, his work as the president of the United States, and, latt-r, as the Great Emancipator.
Although the admission is only ten cents, just think what all the proceeds are to be used for-free lunches, tonsilectomies and glasses for needy Whittier pupils. No wonder the P. T. A. is so enthusiastic! We think you will be too.
A Donald Duck film will be an added attraction.
BENEFIT SHOW WAS SUCCESS
We suppose you all know the results of the ticket-selling cam- paign for the Abraham Lincoln program, but the P. T. A. and everyone are so pleased about them that we are giving them again.
The total number of tickets sold -was 1,090, and of these 996 were sold by Whittier pupils. It is said to have had the largest turnout for an evening perfor- mance in some time.
Again the Whittier P. T. A. thanks you, girls for selling 511 tickets and boys, for your fine efforts in selling 485. The free tonsilectomies, 1u n ch es, and glasses for needy pupils will be appreciated, we know.
Also the very ambitious pupils who sold so many tickets individually are to be congratulated. They are as follows: Edwin Green of 103 sold the highest number of tickets which was 18. Next came Dick Mahaffey of 208, and Roy Cochran of 105 each selling 15. Albert Abbot of 312 followed right along with 13 and next came George Kuwarnoto of 104 selling 10. Sara Mae Van Hook of 318 and Earl McCoy of 307 sold 9 tickets each, while Grace Spargo and John Eberhart of 220, and Ronald Mills of 318, sold 8 tickets.
Mr. Strawn's home room, 103, sold the most of all home rooms with 62 while Miss Zamzow's ! room, 318, ranked a close second I with 61.
The Whittier P.T.A. will r.1eet Tuesday , February 8, at 2 : 00 P ~. in roo~ 101~
Mrs . Eunice Heard will talk on 11 Thrift In Happiness 11 • There will be nusic by tne W:"littier Girls' Glee Club SA mothers will be t l e hostesses.
Whittier-The P. T. A. meets Tuesday at 2 p. m. Mrs. Eunice Heard will sp e ak on "Thrift in Happiness," a nd music will be furnished by the chool. The 8-B mothers will be hostesses for the social hour.
ONE HUNDRED attended the meeting of Wh.ittier P. T. A. held Tuesday . afternoon. The girls glee club gave a short musical program entitled "Seasons," assisted by Carol Lee Anderson, flutist, under the 'direction of Mrs. Katherine White and acc~mpanied by Mrs. Marie Riley. Groµp sir. ·.: g was led by Mrs. C. E. Saal accompanied by Mrs. Ray Rice. Mrs. Eunice Heard gave a talk on "Thrift In Happiness," and Mrs. Roscoe Abbott spoke briefly on Founders day. Mrs. E. E. Brackett reviewed the P. T. A. -... ~azine and the council report was given by Mrs. J. M. Anderson. The association v o t e d to sponsor Drinkwater's historical talkie movie on "Abraham Lincoln" on March 4. There will also be a short comic given at the same time.
• * * A bout 100 attended the meeting of Whittier P. T. A., and the foll owing program was presented: Mu ical program, "The Seasons," g i rls glee club, assisted by Carol L e e Ander on on the flute and di r ected by Mrs. Kathryn White, a ce mpanied by Mrs. Marion Ril e y; group singing, led by Mrs. C E. Saal, accompa(lied by Mr.s. Ray Rice; talk, "Thrif i• ness." Mrs. Eunice , "Founder Day," Mrs. bott; · review the P. zine, ]yfrs rac repor , l\ was vote T sor a his in ture on Li presented March 4. A will also be pre ented.
W P. T. A. spo to t Ftid t 7 :30 in The Whltti a full J .h e, •'Abraham hi hown and also Proceeds will be
The Whittier P .. T A ill 4neet Tuesday, March 8 , at 7 :30 P-.M .. There will b0 ,.1 panel discussion of 0 Youth' s Place In Mode~n Society" by :.~ r. 00 E. ,:i2:"'ne:r~ Judge E . B. Chappell, and Rev. t= ax T , Ht~rke.
The boys' gj_ae club will sing. briefly on State Day. Richard ~ 'Haffey will talk
Mrso T. A. Kiesselbach, President Mrs . C •_.,. \fa tkins, Secretary
Whittler-The P. T. A. will meet Tuesday at 7 :30 p. m. The program will include songs by the boys glee club and a talk on "State Day," by Richard Mahaffey: Participating in a panel discussion on "Youth' Place in Modern Society," will be Prof. 0. H. Werner, Rev. Max W. Burke, Judge E. B. Chappell and Ray E. Rice.
WHITTIER P. T. A. met Tuesday evening at 7 :30 at the school. The boys glee clu~ sang a group of songs and Richard M'Haffey, president of ~he boys Civic League spoke briefly on State Day. Prof. 0. H. Wer?-er led a discussio on the subJect "Youth's Place .in Modern Society." He was a .isted by Judge E. B. Chappell, Rev. Max Burke and Rev. Ray Rice.
The boys glee club of son°s at the Richard Mc~f Boys on Sta e day. ed a d' cusof Judge rke anrl h's Place
MOTHER DAUGHTER • PARTY IS HELD
The Mother daughter party given each year for the purpose of bringing together the girls, their mothers, and teachers was held Tuesday, April 12, at Whittier. Mrs. Shike' s drama classes put on a one act play entitled "A Place Where Violets Grow. nspeaking parts were taken by Elizabeth Smaha as Jon a than, Frances
IHelser as Tom, and Portia Eitel as Martha. The girls' glee club sang five numbers, Brahm's "Lu1laby," "God is Love," "Wonderful Mother of Mine," "April Shower,'' and Little Old Lady."
Helen Bennett, the girls' civic league president, extended a welcome to the mothers and Mrs. Ray Rice gave the response. After the program, the girls conducted their mothers to the gym where they introduced them to their teachers. A social hour followed and refreshments consisting of cup cakes and dixies were served.
The Whittier P.T. A. will mee t Tuesday, April 12, and the bus- iness meeting will o pe n p r omp tl y at 1: 3 0 in roo m 101. There will b e an e lection of of f ic e r s .
Th is meetin g is the ann ual r.: other-Daughter par t y. be a play, nwh er e Viole t s Gro w", by t he drama clas s . g l ee club will sin g o He l e n Be nnett, Pr c sid€n t of th e J un lo r Ci v ic Leagu e will we lco me t h e mothers and Mrs. wi l l r e spond.
'11here will The girls' Girls' Ray Rice
Mrs. c. W . Watkin s , ... e cr e tary :Mrs. T. A. Kiesse lb ac h , President
THE DAUGHTERS of Wh ittier school entertained the mothers at a party 'fuPsday afternoon at the school. Helen Bennett, president of the Girls Civic league, welcomed the guests and Mrs. Ray · Rice gave the res p onse. Harriet Hays acted a s mistress of ceremonies and an n ounced the following program: girls' glc~ club ; under the direction of Mrs. Kathryn White and accompanied by Mrs. Marian R iley sang "Lullaby," by Brahms a nd "O'er the Hills,'' an oid E nglish rr..elody; the double sextette sang "Wonderful Mother of Mine 11 ; "April Showers .. ; and "Little Old
ILady"; short play by the. drama class u n der the direction of Mrs. Shi k es "Where the Violets Grow." A social hour followed the program.
Preceding the p a r t y the P. T. A. held a short business meeting and elected the following officers: Mrs. Frank Ha y es, president; Mrs. C. B. Ellis, first vice-president; Mrs. C 1 a y ton Watkins, second vice-president; Mrs. Will Schnase, third vicepresident; Mrs. H. C. Turner, secretary; Miss Emma Madsen, treasurer. Mrs. Hayes was named delegate to the district convention.
Mrs. V. A. Randall, spoke on the coming of Dr. Regina Wiemas the first two weeks in May, and the group voted to share in the expense.
Whitt ier- The P. T. A will have a m other and daughter party Tuesday. A short business meetin g will. precede the program w h ich is to consist of a play ''Where t h e Violets Grow," by the d r ama cla ss. T he girls glee club wi ll sing a group of songs and H elen B ennett,, president of the Civi c league, will welcome the m others. Mrs. Ray Rice will give I t he resp onse. Refreshments will l be serve d during the social hour.
Whittier . . a t a the followin offi ers for tffe: coming ye resiv ke p seer ..• ,1 ecre~ reasu 1 ep-1 r e convention Apr1 rs. , Randall an - I nounced that Dr. Regina Wieman t of Ch ld he here. Funds were d to ard the expense ming. 'I:h daugh~ra P. r. A. m~he~ enter latter at a party at the school and Helen Be:onet I welcom e d t he mothers. Harrie t Hays announced the program, I which was as foHows: Girls glee I club, several numbers, under the I direction of Mrs. Kathryn W h ite: accompamed by Mrs. Marian Riley; double sextet, two numbers; Mrs. Shike 's dramatic class, l ay, 1 "A Place Where V'olets Grow." Mrs. Ferguson's art c1ass made paper violets fo carry out the l theme.
SECOND WEEK OF LECTURES
Dr. Wieman Speaks at Two Meetings Sunday.
Following one of the most suc\!essful week's of lectures and conferences she has ever experienced, Dr. Regina Wescott Wieman announced Saturday her program fo r the second week of her stay in Lincoln in the interests of "The Family and the Community,'' according to Miss Rose Shonka, who has been in chai:ge of arrangements for the meeting
Opening the eek will be two etings Sunday, the first at 3 p. m. It will be a mass meeting t t. Paul Methodist church, open the public. Dr. Wieman will speak on "The Modern Family and the Church.'' At 6 o'clock she will be at a conference and supper at the Y. W. C. A. For men and women, her subject will be "Guidance for Marriage."
At 3 o'clock Monday afternoon and again at 7:30 Tuesday evening Dr. Wieman wi11 addr e ss elementary teachers of the schools, and parents on "Elementary Education and Family Life." The Monday afternoon meeting will be at Whittier, and Tuesday night at Irving junior high school.
Monday night at 7:30 at Whittier, and .,Tuesday afternoon at 3, the audiences will be secondary teachers. and parents. Her subject will be "Functional High School Education for the Youth of Today."
Wednesday will be spent by Dr Wieman on the university city campus, and Thursday at th~ agri- cultural college. Friday she will talk at an adult conference at the Cornhusker hotel at 9 a. m.•
Dr. Regina Wieman will sponk at Whittier Monday evening at· 7:30. Parents, teachers and friends of junior and senior ~igh school students are most cordially invited to hear her
The regular mooting of Yvl:.i tt icr P T j_ has beer: postponed until Monday , May 16.
The Whittier P.T.A. will meet Monda:... ., r~:a - 16, at 2:00 P.i-r!.
The bovs' rlee cL1b will sin:. There wi 11 be a ~la~:-- by Mrs. Shike ' s Drama ~lass.
The new officers will be installed Executive Co~ ,ittee will be hostess~s. b~- r.;rs. B. A .c~and all. The l?l s2.se notify :ronr friends
c . , , ;: . ·/ atkins,
Urs . T. A. Kiesselbach, President
Mrs. Fred Sehnert and Mrs. Gene Allen were elected the new council representatives at the meeting of the Whittier P. T. A. which 4.5 attended Mrs. Frank Hayes gave the council report and Mrs. E. E. Brackett reviewed the P. T. A. magazine. Report of the I council chairmen were given and Mrs. W. H. Schnase gave a report I of the district convention at Bene- , diet. The boys' glee club under the direction of Mrs. Kathryn White, sang. A play "National Heritage" was given by Mrs. Carolyn Shike's drama class. Mrs. v_. A. Randall installed the new officers. Announcement of Fun day at Capitol Beach June 9, was made. Members of the executive committee were hostesses.
Whittle -The P. T. A. will meet at 2 o'clock !londay afternoon. Mrs V. A. Randall, past president of the city council will install the new officers, and the boys glee club, under the direction of Mrs. Katherine White, will sing. There WHITT ld its is al o to be a short play by the drama class under the direction of Mrs. Carolyn Shikes. Members of the executive board will/be hostesses for the social hour.
Mony-:five s glee !Mr. oup of arolyn short Hericommittee d Mrs. port of eld at E. Brackett
Sehwere entall 1notfimade be Cap9. th tive as s for hich :followed
MID--YEAR PROGRAM
Presented by Pupils in Music and Drama Classes
Under Direction of
MRS. KATHRYN M. WHITE
MRS. J. RAY SHIKE Accompanist
MRS. MARIAN MUNN RILEY
WHITTIER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM ,,,
JANUARY 14, 1938
SELECTIONS BY THE ORCHESTRA
"Francaise Militaire"
"Home On the Range"
"Parade of the Tin Soldiers"
"Sailors' Hornpipe"
Saint Saens
Arr. by E. DeLamater
G. Peerne
Arr. by E. DeLamater
LADY FRANCES
One, Act Operetta by OTIS M. CARRINGTON
Presented by the Girls' Glee Club
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Lady Frances ( assuming role of maid)
Bridget O'Harrigan, Irish Servant Girl
Ella
Maud
Claire Susie , Jennie
Lucile
Freda
Miriam Emily Fay
Hazel Alfrey
Helen Alt
Betty Anderson
Lillian Bauer
Betty Blunk
Florence Bock
Letha Bodfield
Marilyn Paynter
Harriet Hayes
Mary Louise McGinnis
Betty Shullaw
Carol Martin
Leota Wright
Lois Lawson
Romaine Ross
Barbara Wise
Katherine Rice
Mary Kierstead
Alice Booth
TIME: Saturday Before College Opens.
CHORUS OF COLLEGE GIRLS
Fern Freeman
Margaret Glantz
Helen Greenhalgh
Iona Jensen
Eleanor Hackstock
Virginia Hanners
Olive Hartman
Mary Ellen Bonebright
Jean Bryant
Betty Caldwell
Elaine Carlson
Doris Clayton
Lillian Cook
Maxine Cook
Evelyn Crouse
Lillian Derr
Mary Derrick
Marjory Egger
LaVon Emery
Ruth Emmons
Marjorie Estes
Margaret Fish
Betty Holwuttle
Frieda Kildau
Donna June Klippert
Betty Knaub
Adelia Korella
Jean Leslie
Dorothy Lewey
Ruth Lewis
Maxine McCabe
Genevieve McCleary
Dorothy Mathews
Betty Meyer
Rachel Michel
Jeanette Miller
Leah Miller
Genevieve Mutchie
Phyllis Owens
Clara Pappas
Betty Parker
Helen Patrick
June Penningroth
June Rausch
Donna Belle Recroft
Hazel Reynolds
Lois Scdoris
Marian Schleiger
Helen Schmuck
Dolores Schneider
Betty Schwarz •
Claire Shader
Melba Sloniger
Dorothy June Smith
Margaret Stoddard
Bonnie Strayer
Janet Wetzel
Frieda Schmidt
Furniture loaned by Hardy Furniture Company
THE CLOTHES OF OTHER DAYS
Presented by THE DRAMA CLASS
Arranged by MRS. J. RAY SHIKE
Nelda Oltman
Jane Leonard
Marion Priest
Jean Smith
Helen Walker
Phyllis Beckman
Marilyn Paynter
Marjorie Estes
Mary Dunn
Frieda Schmidt
NARRATORS
JESTERS
THE MODELS
Mildred Clark
Grace Shamp
Mary Ellen McFarland
LaVerne Graves
THE MODERNS
Ruth Neff
Lorraine Fisher
Valerie Bignell
Alice Booth
FRESHIES
Betty June Playford
Helen Kiesselbach
Don Horen
Birdene Rudder
Mary McBride
Mae White
Dorothy Talbott
Alice King
Charlotte Peterson
One-Act Operetta by OTIS M. CARRINGTON
Presented by the Boys' Glee Club
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Charles, President of Wanta Pie Fraternity ,
Jack, a Medical Student
Fred, a Law Student
Bill }
Paul Three Stars of the College Football Team
Rod
Joe }
George Upper Classmen
Jim
Harry }
Clarence Frank
TIME: About 8: 00 O'Clock of An October Evening.
Nathan Beezley
Roy Cochran
Ernest Cruder
Dale Dunkle
Charles Dyar
CHORDS OF UPPERCLASSMEN
George Johnson
Alan Krieger
Edwin Loeffel
Robert Lynn
Howard Stacy
Jack Kennedy
Don Schmidt { Robert Kersey
Kenneth Ritzman
William Lee
Wesley Ma1?er
Don Hall
John Eberhart
Edgar Barratt
Edward McNamara {
Roger McNeil
Willis Markey
Kenneth Neff
Charles Northern
Alvin Polick
ISSUES ATHER AND SON WEEK STATEMENT
Rev. L. N. Blough Says Ne d for Fellowship, Better Understanding. With father nct on \veek at hand, Rev. L. Blough, chairman of the church participation committee, makes the following statement:
There is a real need for better understanding anrl clos.er fellowship between fathers and their sons. Surely any benefit that can come to our world by more creative and constructive living on the part of men and boys as a result of thi co-operative action i not only sorely needed but greatly to be desired. Team \ ·ork is necessary not only for winning in baseball or football, but for winJ ning in the great game of life. It may be the time for dad to carry the ball but he will need son to run some interference or do some blocking. But dad cannot carry the ball all the time. and he may have to get ipto the line and hold \·hile the boy gains some yardage or executes a forward pass.
"The slogan for father and on ·eek, rov. 7 to 14 inclusive, is 'shoulder to sho u lder , hand in hand, for our own and other lands.'
"We are looking out farther into life than the home or immediate communitv. We see a nation in need of the bei::t manhood pos ible if the high ideal out of which it was created are to be mainta ined. Mor e than that we see a world about to ~ommit suicide for 1 lack of friendship, brotherhood anct love. Fathers and sons can huilct to ether - for a new ideal- i ·, a new soc iety, a new brother- hood in which that thing of in- comparab:e value, pel'sonality, sh"ll b 0 reverenced and regarded r,s sacred. We see mutlitudes of people whose sky is falling and whose horizons a1 e closing in on , thc 11 for lack of the vision of a 1 rigtheons world of men."
The following program that ha~ b een adopted by the several co- operating organizations:
S:•ndar , recognition o f sons am1 father I n t·e churche:;; ons take fahers t o ch"rc'. 1. • ·or dal•, .;chool dn.y, fathe r. will v is it &(·:--ool on an y day of the wee !{. ~ ues :l::: y , Vo tlon day, a study of life v,or' c opportunltle~. \ V.?:!nenda:,, Home day, fa th er:< and sons ar ;)und fhe fireside ·ith the whole family. Thu - sdar , Civic day , table conversa ti on, fl "CP l•'rid :i. y, parent - teacher meeting and 11c :100J i;1rtherini:: !'-1-.turday, R ecreation day, a day of£ ·Ith fathnr an'.! sons: father and on swim at the Y 1 C. A. Sunday. 14th go to church dar; fathers t:il c. sons to church.
TE ACHERS E TTERTAIN M R. AND MRS. CULLER
On Octob er 12, th e Whi tt ier fa cul ty entertained Mr. and Mrs . Culle r at an a nni ver sary dinner at t he Y. W. C. A. Th e t oa stmist r e ss was Miss Ma ry Wil s on. The t oasts were pla nn ed u s in g t he letters in Culler's name. Mr. Gammill gave a to a st on Courtship, Mrs. Worrall on Uncerta int y , Mrs. Childres s on Life, M i s s Peterson on Love, Miss Bertha Gre e n, a for me r Whi t ti e r teacher, on Engag e ment , and Mrs. Shike on Restriction s Mis s Hult gave a talk on Se n ti m e n t I and presented a gi f t fro m the fac ul ty to Mr. and Mr s. Culle r
ASKS DADS ATTEND CH
Bim s n Sets Monday a bate for Father, S!>.11 Visits . Des ign a g ay as school da f a • 0 :tt a Q • • t de i t§i~g ners to visit tltei chf dren tuna. In a. plea for sup- port of father an son eek h said, "Whether you can Zrisit school or not, dad s,. you rill be abund antly repaid by taking part in the opportunity which may be Y~t:rs, thru your schoo4 church, civic or fraternal group, to b part of this worth while cele- bration."
The Y M. C. A. which spon sors the wee k will hold open hou s e thruout the pe rio d Many ch urch e and coun y co mmuni t ies p lan o bservanc es La.St year more th an 7,0 00 took part in county event and P . T A. programs drew 2,485. Judge Cha pp ell, general chairman and ay Rice , 'Y' boys ork s c~ retacy, xpect a till larger pa ti cip a tion this year
Ed [to r {a ls· And
Features
FOUNDED IN 1867
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IICl"""ll~e- u1. Lrre cnua IS - - T.he-_ summer playground is taken into consideration, in relaone. Vacation camps for· both tion to the ize of th - plot being b ' •~" d ·_ c 1 , th A Icultivated • _oys an g1r "s 1s ano er. • • third is the school garden pro- 0th r Fac;:tors. jeds sponsored by the Lincoln Other factors are general apParent-Teacher council. • general appearance, arrangement
• The sch _ ool garden activity dif- a nd varieties, the child's work and knowledge of the garden, fers from the others in that it and the background of the child. embodies none of the vacational Environment, and obstacles that element·, while giving the boy must be overcome aside from those and girl some·way to utilize his or met in the garden itself, are covner spare time. Then, too, it is ered largely in this latter factor. based on • character building, one Under no circumstances does a of the fundamentals of camping judge fail to take into considand recreation activities. eration the original condition of In addition to making gardens, the plot on which the ·garden is under the program set up by the being grown. The facilities with P. '1'. A., unselfishness is taught which to do the work also are along with thrift. And last, but factors, along with production, far "" from least, there is the in- regular or irregular care, respiration to the creative, and the planting, ang sharing of surplus pleasure in accomplishment and plants, seeds, and producf! with ov~rcoming of d~fficulties, as each ethers who may need them. • chtld is "ab 1 tely on his o;wn," the rules emphasizing "do it From start to finish the sole lf ,, objective of the garden program ytmrse • is the best inter~st of the child. Gai:1~n· Proi ects. - In their rounds of more than , Lincoln's , twenty-fifth annual 110 miles, many unusual and at I school garden ' project winners the same time worthwhile acts on have been ,determined and are an- the part of the children were disn_o,;unced h~re· by Mrs. Floyd Per- covered byt he judges. In each rm, P. T. A. general chairman. instance these revealed as nothOf the more than 1,000 entrants, ing else could, the value of the no less tha:p. 750 won prizes, or project -as- a character building will receive certificates of merit. agency.
For the purpose of the contests O t t d" M k the entrants. are divided ' into u -~ CID mg ar s.
Middle row, FJftli and Sixt three classifications. They . are One of the most outstanding children in \ th ~. third and fourth was the work of Allen Edward, a judges. It was a formal affair, let grades; the fifth and sixth fourth grade pupil whose home tuce bein, sed for th divisio grades; and · those in junior high. is 4440 Greenwood street. Al- the open spaces, triangular To enliven tne 'spirit of the com- len is a home-bound boy. Not- shape, being filled with lo -gro petitions, there are two divisions withstanding this, - he entered the ing vege b es, maintaining t in each cl.\ ;}ficatioir: one for boys contest with a garden containing symmetry needed to match t ffl the , t~ef for , girls. 4o square feet, containing the re- lettuce. Roberta's garden was ·,.,·i1i·he reqH¾rement.c; for all groups quired number o! varieties. Some only formal one found. ~FR the sp,rn_e. Inspectors who weAre flo~ers. ·+ , Markers of all izes and kin ~~%-tch th,e 11rogress _ of the gar- llen did not come :'7 1 -hm the were found, the variety being a dxp1-, and t9)e chiW must main- st'1 ect class _of th ree wmn_e:s, ~mt I most as large as the number t~m an a~curate record of costs, was well w1thm the cert1f1catlon • • • ime, disposa'i of the crons when class, and receives a special cer- child~en m th e conte 5 t Bi~as h tificate. al~ ~mds, and ~oys and girls ered, a~d.other phases. At another home there was a miniature, v:ere m abundance. Re91i1late Size. garden containing well arranged Varied Me th0 ds. Mai nt en an Ce Each garden must contain not celery caobage, rooted parsley, Almost as varied as the gardens b less than ~5, nor more than 300 okra, peanuts, and popcorn. Pea- were the methods used in making e poultry house, arn, square feet. ·This rule was made nuts were !ound in a number ot records of the work, production, t L • c L a .-1 o r effective in the summer of 1937, places. sales and many other items re- 8 ·~ q~".--,_ 1\"'1~ nt!• 1:'='t"...'l'.~~ -., f with a view to placing all chil- Roberta Buell had a very un- quir d by the rules. Probably the sellmg tomatoes, until he had dren on an equal basis, and the usual garden, in the opinion of the most unique was that of a girl. e~ough to buy a case of the same \ kind of vegetables, already canned.
I.At this and other homes the same thing was done with green beans, pe~~ othe~. var~eties.
·School Gar Contest Here Co m in~S, Vac ation , Thrift And lnge
By FRED FASSETT.
first two seasons have shown ii r-r~IN THIS b -d to be "entirely satisfactory/' usy work-a ay Although a garden must contain
world there is no one quitg ~ii~ifi~~e~~e:, i~~ini: ~rt~~~e:r~ ,< s.u busy as those who are busy flower garden alone is not eligi trying to kegp children busy ~~tf~i:ai~iz~h~itt ~~r~:liven a during the sum.mer months. In One of the inviolable rules for the accomplishment of this end the judges, is that all gardens must 1t • sev,eral happy solutions have be a growing, and producing sethegn ~found.' ~e a:~~e a~tea~~ j~t•l:::· ctn~a~: 't '.t}18-_ summ~r playground is taken into consideration, in rela- , / 1 one. Vacation camps for both tion to the size of th1 plot being l)o;is' and girls is another. A cultivated. third is the school garden pro- Other Factors. Jecis sponsored by the Lincoln Other factors are general apPCirent•Teacher council. !~~er~larT!W::rar;:, • The school garden activity dif- and knowledge of. the garden, fen; from the others in that it and the background o! the child. embodie~ ·none of _t~e vacationa l Environment, and obstacles that eleme?ts, wh_lle g1vmg.. the , boy must be overcome aside from those ~nd girl so~e way to utilize h~!'II ?r met in the garden itself, are cov-
1her spare time. Then, t?o, it 15 ered largely in this latter factor. based on character building, ~ne Under no circumstances does a of the fun~amen~l~ _of campmg judge fail to take into considand recr~8:t1on activit~es. eration the original condition of In addition to making gardens, the plot on which the garden is under the progr~m set up by the being grown. The facilities with P. '!'. A :. un se !fishness Hi taught which to do the work also are along with thrift. An~ la st , ~ut factor~ , along with production, fa7: f~om least, there. is the m- regular or irreaular care, respiration to the crea~1ve, and the planting, and sharing of surplus pleasure. in acc.on:iplts~ment and plants , seeds, and produce with iriaoi~ 1~fc~3~{~u~~e~it
50 ~~~~ ethers who may ne.e~ them. the rules em phasizing udo it ~roi:n start to finish the sole
yt>urself '' ?bJf;tiv: of th e ga rd en program Sixteen boy• ocd 9Irl• won pl'ilH Jn I.he 25th •Garden Projects. lS In \he~~t ;':;~~~~st oif m~:e OnrJual school ,;crrden contHt •pon,ored .by the P. r. A.• Lincoln's "'.; tWenty-fifth annual 110 miles,. many unusu.al and at and Jud9fn9 in which was only recenlly completed. sc hool gardi!n project winners the same time worthwhile acts on 1.be wfnn8u. Jell to right, qnd 11:te schooh 11:tey attend: h ave been determined and are an- the part of the children were dis• Lower row, Third aad Fourth 9radH-HeJlmut
Carter. S15 WhJtl r .,treet, Hartley: Eugene Leonard• 5318 l'nox .slreel, GD Fleet; Dorolhy Ekblad, 720 Norlh Tbirly.fourth .slree Harlley: Belfy Engel, 1335 Norfh f"'enty-!Jut slr t CHnlon: and Alma Ste"'art, 2927 Norlh flltJelh ,tree. Van FI t. no,unced he.re' by Mrs. Floyd Per- •~overed byt he judges. In each Sienknecht. 320 North thlrtJeth •ltHI, Hartley: G.ol'q• Teddy Schul~. 4 302 Baldwin annue, nor .shown, rin, P. T. A. general chairman. !nstance these revealed as noth- PickreJJ, 111 i street. Park; Jo Ann Baue,., 4214 M Ot the more than 1 000 entrants mg else could, the value ot the ,,,..,,, Hawilloue; Irene Hulbert, $143 Garland sfreet, Top tow, tu ht9h-l'urt Slentneeht, 320 Horth no less than 750 wOn prizes , o; project as • a character building Van FJHI. thirUeth street, U11; Roberla Buell, 1832 South Twenly-second st !tTlav: and :ihltley Staat•. 3435 will receive certificates of merit. agency. Nol 1n plclur•: Earl Pferce, 3220 Potter .,,.eef: and Orchard streel, ier. th!'or~~:a~~rp~~~ ofd;!1ide~ontr;: Outstandinq Marks. Susa;,1::;~mcrr~w~Ol Fi:;;n !~:tn'~;:;;en;~a:::!:a.raJd three classifications. They are One ot the most outstanding
Owen Brahler , pJdure. children in the third and fourth was the work of ~Hen Edward, a judges. It was a formal affair, let- I ~he had her repor~ a11 classified grades; the fifth and sixth ~ourth grade pupil whose home tuce being used for the divisions, m a wee b.arrel., It was no larger greides; and · ~hose in junior high. Js 4~40 Greenwood 1treet. Al- the open :t:pace.!!, triangular in tha.n those m which tacks are sold. To enliven fhe !;pirit of the cOm• 1e!1 JS a !'ome•'!>ound boy. Not• shape, ~g tilled with low-grow- This she had close at hand., held to j~e~!~0h"~1~\1lfh~a~foen:l:ie ~~;i~~;: :~:!r 0iir~ !h~~r~:n ;~~~:~t4~1::ctel!m;~t.a~:~l :~: th ;u~;r~~i~gbio ~h!j~~g:S11:.a:rs• '111 the o<jief for g.irls. 40 square feet, containing the re- lettuce Roberta'c:: garden was the fact that they discovered "garde1 ; ,.,rhe req.41remenl,:; for all groups quired number of varieties .. Some only l~rmal one found. vem~cular." Among the mar.iy ex ~FR the sP,,tt1_e. ln!.p~ctor!. who were flo~ers. Markers of all sizes and kinds press1onl'I they heard, wa!. this ref- w~tch th!:\ Pr.rogress of the gar- Allen d1d not come :w1thm the were found the .variety being al- erence to a girl, by her aunt: "She 1Pp:t:, and' t?ie child must main• select claf!- .of three wtnn_e:~. but most u la;ge B!=i the number of has a green hand." A~ked the \~l,tl an a~~µrate record of co~l<;, was well w1th~n the cert1.f1catlon children in the contest. Birds of meaning of the phrase, the aunt time, dispcisal ot the croos when C!a~s, and receives a special cer- all kinds, and boys and girls in said: 41 EVerything she touche~ ttJhered. aqd other _phases. ti(~f t:tlother home there was a miniature, \\:ere in abundance. grows.."
• Regulate S,ze. garden containing well arranged. Varied Methods. Example• Of Thrift. I Each garden must contain not celery caBQage, rooted parsley, I Almost as varied as t~e gard~ns The judges were .ideeply inter- less than ::!5, nor IJ)t>re than 300 okra, peanuts, and popcorn Pea- were the methods used m makmg e5t ed 11 in the examples of thrift •.q.uare feet. This rule was ma de f nuts were found in a number of records of the work, production, they found. At one home a boy effective in the summer ot 1937, places sale.!! and many other items re- saved the money he received by with a view to placing all chi!- Roberta Buell had a vtry un- quired by t he rules. Probably the selling tomatoes, until he had dren on an equal basis, and the usual garden, in the opinion of the most unique was that of _ a girl. :ri3g~ t~g~~bte~a:;e~d;h:a~:~; At this and other homes the same thing was done with green beans, pe~s., a~?- other, var~eties.
Schon, Mrs H. C. Schlut-ter, and Monahan, Clinton: Mrs. Frank Heart; Mrs. A. H C. r~yN ;~· Mr~. C. C. Wiggans. JAndrus, College Vi~w; Mrs. For- Theresa; Mrs. • • C a , A~sisting Mrs. Perrin in her est GibOO, Elliott; Mrs. Marcus Sh~rida~; Mrs.. ge ~mon, work as general cl1airm.an of the Penton, Hartley; Mrs. Frank Law-I Umvers1ty .Plac~•:fi1 ~· L~~n: 1938 project, were thei-e women, son, Hawth_orne; Mrs. A. R. ard, Van Fie.et,. Jr., ·cha~~e reprerenting each P. T. A. group Capron, Irving; ,\It.rs. Guy Mc- gans.. \Vh1tb~~• d · 1is R Mae in the city: IDowell, Holm~: Mr~. John 01n.ey, Kei-sm~er, W1 ar • s • Mrs. Thomas Keelan, Bancroft; Park; Mr5. F. D. Haberko rn, Medley, H1-1velock.
ides the large number of ens that were of regulation 1ze, the judges found ~everal that 'f're too large, and could not be lJ,ltlerl in the contest. "Beautiful ~re1~!~crYf,~~•." Jfx ~t!re";~! p~~~Y__ rcts of boys, and two were grown y girls. They were Joe Laub. obert Carlson, Mearil Jacobi-, aul Bateman, Earl Dyar, Dale rkle, and Leah Laub and MariLyness.
The prizes to the winners in e junior high school competit~ns were memb~rship~ in the M. C. A., and the Y. W. C. A.
k El B Im t· Mrs IPr cott· Mrs Jta ison Lux
The others received cash, giver. 1Mrs. Fran ias, e on , • es. , : C R Lo for the pm pof.e by the Lincoln H P. Allen, Bethany; Mrs G A. Ranaolph; Mis. B •11 S gan. Woman's club I McKay Capitol; Mrs. Tom Hen- Riley; Mrs. F. G. we ,8 ara- The judges were Mrs. J. O derson,' Cathedral; Miss Vita toga; Mrs M. G. l~r, acred
-Macdonald Photo
City Council Officers of Parent Teacher A sociation
Kn. V. A, Bandall Mrs, Ra7 Rice. .Miss Annie Cocll l'tlrs. John
Pictured above are the officers of the city council of the P. T. A., who are now directing the annual membership campaign of the organization. Mrs. Randall is president; Mrs. Rice, first vice president; Miss Cogil, second vice president; Mrs, Bogan, recording secretary; Mrs. Clouse, treasurer; Mrs. Gene Allen, corresponding secretary, and Mrs. White, auditor.
Th city council P. T. A. met at I the Y. W. c. A. The scliool of in· struction, at which 28 schools were represented was in preparation for tn nm'th annual member hip drive which w 1 start Oct. 3. A short' business meeting preceded the program which was as follows:
2 p. m,-Mu1lc, community 1ingin ; pub- lclty, Melville Green; program, Mrs. verett Green; membership, Mrs. C. E. tao p, m.-Three minute d scusalons, chai:nnen. Recreation, Mrs. Fred Ea terday, chairman; Founder's day, Mrs. Ma:k Pierce, chairman; health, Mrs. c. B. Ellis, chairman; homebound c.hlldren, Mr3, l.,. • White chairman; hospital! Y, M • .l:i. 'A, e , chairman; legislation, Mrs. Roy F Cochran, chairman; libruy service, Mrs A. L. Sin am ark, chairman; motion p1ctures, Mrs. L. E. Wentz, ~hairman; mu·lc; publications and ~a azme. (na- tional), Mrs. L. E. cBrid , chairman; adult .nomemaking, Mr". R. J. (!eda.rdahl, rs. Dan Benzing, chairman; satety, Mrs. Frank rling, chairman; school ga_rdens, rs. W. Lyness, [rs. V. 1-I. Kittrell, ch irman; state day, :Mr, 1-I. Wentz, c 3 i~a~. m.-Baclq:ard pla ground awa~ds presented by iayor Cope nd; certificates ,.esenterl by M. c. Lefler. Winners ere: Vivian a.echter, Belmont; Rose Lintt, Hawthorne: David Leonard, Paul Leonard, B 11 Leonard, Teddy Sorenson, Ruth Sorenson Tommv Sorenson, Robert Sorenson, , Phiillp orenson, Don Pedersen, Sheridan; Lenore itchPJI, Gilbert Mitchell, Jackson. Re elvini; llonorable mention re: Eugen LI htner, Dick Lightner, Saratoga; Mary Lou Graham, Betty Lou Olson, Randolph; J ne arter Louise Carter. Katherine • wingle, She~ldan; lielen Weber, Hayward. IEfficiency awards went to Lenore Ml chell, ,l)bert ltchell, 1ackaon~ Tom orenson, Robert SoTenson, Irving; Vivian Waechter, B •lmont. Handy Andy prizes were giv~ o• Paul L onard, Bill Leonard, David L onard, Sheri an; Lenore Mitchell, Gilbert Mitchell, Ted oreniJen, Jack on. Th fol- lo Ing were chosen repr sentatives 11.t the tate eonventlon at North Platte, Oct. 1315: 11,Jr Mark Pierce, Mrs. John Bogan, Mrs. c. E. Saal Mr.s. G. Allen and .Miss Annie .M. T. Cogll. n red and twenty-five were pr sent.
The object of the P. T. A. is ' to bring about a definite, understandable basis for both parents · and teachers from which to worl< In the consideration of the child and his environments. Several groups within the organization are Interested in the study ot child delinquency and leisure time activities, and the association studies legislative measures which concern children, teachers and the schools.
Bogan ~ll'8. G. W. \Vlllte
The council sponsors backyard playgrounds and another project is that of the gardens in which school children participate. A major interest of the council is the part It takes In pro- viding a share of the tr~nsportation expenses of the teacher for the homebound children of Lincoln, which makes possible equal educational opportunities for all Children.
The council also contributes to
the school milk lunches for underprivileged children, and takes an interest 1n matters of community Interest, Including the promotion of better motion pictures, the sponsoring of adult homemaking classes, father and son night , and promotion of safety measures. As a climax to the year's activities, the council sponsors fun aay at Capitol Beach which attracts a large number of children.
A cit}'\\ide interpretation of the parent-teacher objectives is being promoted by the P. T. A. council and membership chairmen and their committees in observance of the ninth annual statewide membership campaign. Mr"'. E. Saal is city membership chairman and following are the chairmen of the locals; Belmont, C. Childers; Bethany, Mrs. .M. L. Quinn; Blessed Sacrament, Mrs. F. P. McCarty; Capitol, Mrs. H. C. Roberts; College View, Mrs. Pauline Ellithrope; Clinton, Mrs. Charles Sherwood; Cathedral, Mrs. Tom Henderson; Elliott, Mrs. Charles E. Saal; Everett, Mrs. Charles Meyer; Hay- ward, Mrs. H. F. Michel; Hartley, Mrs. R. A. Hartman; Hawthorne, Mrs. Claude Hollers; Holmes, Mrs. C. F. Mohr; Irving, Mrs. Albert Johnston; Lake View, Mrs. E. Bice; Park, Mrs. R. D. Amen; Prescott, Mrs. George Lewis; Randolph, Mrs. H. A. Dillman; Riley, Mrs. Clarence rmstrong; Sacred Heart, Mrs. Edith Budler; Saratoga, Mrs. William Smith; Sheridan, Mrs. Ivan DeVoe; Saint Teresa, Mrs. A. C. Brady and Mrs. T. M. Foster; University Place, . C. R. Yoho; Van Fleet, Mrs. loyd Twiford; Whittier, Mrs. Carl Mert:J.n and Mrs. J. P. ance; liar , Mrs. Bernard 1 blet
The city council P. T. A. met at the board of education and 64 were present. Mrs. John Peterson, council chairman, gave the annual report of the council, and told of the progress which has been made in the work done for the homebound children of the city since 1928. Mrs. Peterson accompanied Mrs. Mae Hughes and Supt. Lefler on their visits to these children to distribute Christmas gifts. The resignation of Mrs. J. F. Clouse, council treasurer, who will leave soon to make her home in Fullerton, wa accepted. Mrs. C. C. Wig_f{ans was chos en to take her place. r . L. E. Wentz, motion picture chairman, gave a report of the address of Rev. Joseph Murphy, given before the meeting of the Better Films council, in which the objects of the Legion of Decency were stated. Mrs. C. E. Saal reported 3,311 members of the council at this time. The following state officers and chairmen, six of whom are council members, were present: Mesdames George Wentz, George Thurt ,, E. E. Brackett, R. 0. Lansing, Fred Easterday, 0. E. Kingery, C. M. Duff, Mark Pierce and W. W. Day. CouncU bulletins were distributed.
The City Council P. T. A. m t with 65 present at the Board of Education. Mrs. Ray E. Rige, who has spent 15 years in India, dressed in Indian costume. greeted the guests at the door. She told of the Christmas observances in that country. The following pro• gram was presented: Mrs. John Peterson, chairman of homebound children, talk, thanking the P. :r. A. for co-operation in sending Christmas messages to the children; Mrs. C. E. Saal, membership chairman, .announcement of ·3,311 members: Mi s Helen Gilbert, talk, 4 'The Winter Term Classes in Health and Recreation at the Y. W. C. A.'' Miss Sadie Baird announced that a series of lectures will be pre- sented by Dr. E. V. Wiedman. Miss Catherine Lee Wahlstrom repre- sentative of the national field staff of Camp Fire Girls, of Pasadena, Calif., thanked the P. T. A. for their aid. It was voted to sponsor poster contest in co-operation with the national dental poster health contest to be held in March. Miss ni T. Cogil held question and swer program o P. T. method and procedure.
:Mrs. C. M:. Duff insta lled the new officers at the meeti ng of th e Lincoln P. T. A. council . .r frs. Ge ne llen paid tribute to Mrs. A . ({an all, retiri n g pres id ent, on b ehalf of the council Sh e w a s p r esented with a b ou qu e t of f lowers. Dr. Adams, school p h ysician demon.,trated the a udio meter. Th e Cathedral P T. A presented each member of the c o uncil with an illustrated book on "The A.rt of Entertaining." The council vo t ed to sponsor a backyard playg ro u nd and Fun d a y at Capital Beach, to ' pay the expenses of sending Mrs. Mark Pierce to the nation a l convention in Salt Lake City. The council bulletin was distributed to the 83 present. A city wide int erest is being shown by all P. T. A. units in the series of lectures and the leadership classes c onducte d by Dr. Regina Wieman, child psychologi t from Chicago. A mass m eeting for all adu lts including paren ts and teach ers has been called for unday at 3 p. m. at the St Paul ethodist church. A special invitati on has been extended t o all P. T. A. groups.
Mr . Mark Pierce ChosenOther Officers Named. Mrs. ark P ierce was elected p r esident of t he Lincoln council of Pare nt- T eac he rs a oc i tion on Thu r sd a y af terno on at the Y. W. C A.. Mrs J am e
•ice preside n t ; Mr Mabel Baird, second v i c e p res id ent; Mr s. John Bo~an, rec ord ing secreta r y; Mrs. R. D tage , corresp nding secret ary; Mr s . A. E. -Hanneman , treasu rer, an Mrs. ::A rth u r Frost, audit r. !
r~. V A. Rand a ll. the retiring pres1 ent, w a s na me d delegate to the di st rict conference April 21 in B nedic t , :reb. Mr s. Pierce is an alte ate fo r the d istrict session, and will b e the local representa- tive a t the natio n al convention at Salt Lake cny i n May. She was also n amed co chairman to represent the P . T A on a board of educat ion c ommi t tee in charge of the c m in g vi s i t of Dr. Regina Wiem an, Chic ago child psy hologist.
Featu re of the Thursday program w a s the d isplay of 90 dental health p o ters made by Lincoln schoo l childre n. Dr. Louis Meier presented c e rtifi ca es of award to hildren w h s pp s ter had 11een judged b est f. C fl 1. sclwol superinte nde n t, talke o he importanc e of d en tal h
P. T. A. OU1U ES ITS PROGRAM FOR COMING SEA ON
A suggested program for local P. T. A.'s for the year 1938-39 built around the theme, "Changing Patterns for Group Living" has jus t been released by Mrs. Mark P ierce of Lincoln, state program chairman. This suggested program is planned to help the 24,000 members in 285 local units in Ne• braska to develop a better under• standing of the child; a broader outl ook on the pa of the mem• ber s, and to as ist in building bet• ter communitie l! a., whole. Specifi c ideas fo r programs Gn "Patte r n s for Personality,'' "Pat• terns for Citizenship" and "Pattern s f or Health " are included that l oca l P T. A.'s may m ke a prac• tic al application of the amgges• tions.
Emphasis is made on 11afety th ruout the ye a r , traffic safety e ducation having been , a ,special pr oject of tl'je national congress the p as t two years. T hree groups have been consid• er ed in planning thi statewide su ggested program: Those local a s s ociati ons thf).t need help in plan• nin g prog r ams; state chairmen w ho have p l ans to develop; th~se desiring a general theme in which & m a in objective may be develop d mont h by month. Each local association 111 choo . e from the sugge tions those things •hich may flt their community and be adapted to it.
P~ELL NEW STATE P. T.A. HEAD I'
-(AP) Photo.
Mrs. Gail Powell, assistant instructor in rural teacher traininq al Kearney · State Teachers college, was named president ol the Nebraska Parent-Teacher association. She was elected at the annual congress beinq 1 held Ibis year at North Platte. Mu. Powell was vice presldent last year.
IThe ex~cutive committee of the 1 state board of managers of the P. T. A. met in Lincoln. Mrs. Gail Powell president, announced that the state office will continue to be located in Lincoln. The execu- tive committee, on the recommen- dation of the special bulletin com- mittee, voted to continue the Ne- braska Parent-Teacher magaz· There were representatives from Fremont, Grand Island, Minden, Omaha and Li:qcoln. •
MRS. J. T. COTTINGHAM.
IState P. T. Officers
MISS BIRDIE VORHIES.
Pictured here are newly elected officers of the state I/ P. T. A. From left to right, they J are Mrs. Cottingham, Hastings,
IExecutive
MRS. WILLIS PACE.
third vice president; Miss Vor. hies, Lincoln, fifth vice presi• dent; Mrs. Pace, Grand Island, corresponding secretary, and Mrs. Snyder, Omaha, treasurer.
Photographed here are mem• bers of the executive board of the state P. T. A. which met in Lincoln Saturday. In the bottom row, from left to right, are Mr W. M. Bailey, Minden; • Mrs. Charles t:,. Snyder, Omaha; Mrs. Gail Powell, state president, Kea ney; Mrs. Willis Pace, Grand Island and Mrs. E. L. For•
- Photo bi Iacdonatd. ney, Lincoln. In the top row, left to right, are Mrs. George R. Thurtle, Lincoln; Mrs. Thomas Beeson, Fremont; Mrs. C. M. Duff and Miss Birdie Vorhies both of Lincoln.
MRS. CHARLES A. SNYDER.
D legates and repre entative from 293 local P. T. A. unit whose membership totals more than 22.000, ·i11 gather in ~orth Platte Oct. 13-15, for the 16th annnual state P. T. A. convention, the th me of which is, "The Home and New Horizons."
This year the Nebraska congress ·will honor their state president, Mrs. Percy F. Powell of I:.,incoln, ho was named Founders day chairman for the National congress at the national convention held at Richmond, Va., last May. Mrs. Powell is the third c • man to se ve since the establishment of ihis committee in 1910. A recep- tion will be given Thursday eve- ning, following the annual banqu t, for Mrs. Powell.
A preconvention meeting of the state board of managers, which , rill be attended by about 50 is scheduled for Tur iay afternoon and evening, at the Pawnee hotel. Mrs. Carl Greisen, orth Platte, &ssisted by Mrs. R. J. Irvin, presi- dent of the North Platte council P. T. A., is general chairman of convention arrangements.
The following are Lincoln mem- bers of the state board of managers: Mr Powell, Mrs. E. L. Forney, Mrs. G. H. Wentz, Mrs. W. W. Day, Mrs. Mark Pierce, Miss Chloe Baldridge, Mrs. George R. Thurtle, Miss E. Ruth Pyrtle, Mrs. James C. Lewis,. Mrs. F. H. Misner, Mrs. R. L. Cochran, Dr. G. W. Rosenlof, Miss Clara Evans Miss Birdie Vorhies, Miss Margaret Fedde, Mr Paul Bradley, Mis Clara Sla~e, Mrs. C. M. Duff, Mr E. E. Brackett, Mrs. Fred R. Eas erday, M . V. A. Randall, Mrs. P. T. McGerr, Mrs. 0. E. Kingery, and Mrs. T. 0. Merchant.
The convention program is as follows: Wedne c1 y Morn nr. 'f:30-Reglstration: exhibl
8;30-ll .45-First general sei;slon. Proces- "lonal; formal opening of convention: presentation c-r natlonlll officer an-d chairmen· rtate of!lc rs and chairmen, dist1ict predd nts. g eral convention chairman. and local committP.e chair- m n: reports of convention committe_es ; "''"rlPnl ials. convention rules, convention
Vorhle.~. character education; Mr Willis Pace hor:,e education: Mrs. J. T. Cot- tingham juvenile protection: Mr~. James C. Lewis. recr ation: Mis Fedde. home and family relationship
3 ;4j-4;30--Demonstratlon or character training project Miss Frances Kimball. Wa hin:;:ton rchool, 'orth Plntte. Re- port credrntials committee, Registration closed.
Thursday Evenin
6:30--Panquet hote' Pawnee. Addrei;i;, "A Partner hip in Guidance." Mri;. Hay s. stat!' mothersingers chorus. Re- c~ption houorin'? Mrs. Powell. national FJunders day chairman.
Friday Iorninr.
7:3(1-8:45-Meeting first. third and fourth districts.
8:00-9:30-Electlon or officer , hotel Pawnee
9:45-i:2:00--Seventh general session. business session. Adoption bud,:;et 1937-19:38; Res<>iutions; invitation 1938 con ·entlon: final rPport credentials committee: re- port courtesy committee: summary 1937 convention. Mrs. R. N. Gould: mstalla- tlon of officer by Mrs. Hayes; ad- journment. Friday rternoon.
115-Post convention board meeting hotel Pawnee.
• Early Wednesday morning a group ·of city council P. T. A. a nd local unit delegates will leave for the state convention of P. T. A. at North Platte. Oct. 13-1~. Among those going are the f<;>llowmg: Mrs. J. J. Bogan, Mrs. Irwm Har~z, Mrs. P. N. Kelly, Mrs J. C. Lewis, Mrs. Harry Turner, Mrs. C. E. Saal, Mrs. ·clara Wendland, Mrs. Char~es Meyer, Mrs. M. L. Minthorn Miss Annie Cogil, Mrs. Andrew Herzog, Mrs. Conrad Schleiger, Mrs , E H. Armintrout, Mrs. Harry Smith, Mrs. Theod~J{iesse.!£ Mrs. Fred Vance, Mrs. A. E. Hanneman, Mrs. Victor Maul, Mrs. Fred :Vance, Mrs. Everett Green , Mrs. Turley Cook, Mrs ~n - 1len Mrs. Glenn Litzenberg-, Mrs. J. B. Townsend, Mrs. E. C. Perry, Mrs. H. n. y tes, and Mrs. Roy Copley, Waverl
ST ATE P. T. A: SESSION OPENS NORTH PLAHE
Mrs. John Hayes Pleads For 'Alert Home' To Aid Civilization
NORTH PLATTE, Neb., Oct. 13 -(AP)-Society can be improved, Mrs. John E. Hayes of Twin Falls, Idaho, told the Nebraska congress ot Parents and Teachers Wednes- day, only by improving conditions in the home.
Mrs. Hayes, first vice president of the national P. T. A., empha- sized the importance of develop- ing good individual traits through home training. In an address be- fore the opening session of the 16th annual Nebraska convention she said:
"Homes, in the final analysis, must be the determining units for civilization. Until home makers realize their responsibility to so- ciety, we may not hope for any constructive development of so- ciety."
She criticized modern laxness m home direction. Too many homes, she said are drifting with the tide of popular opinion, without being guided toward definite, spe- cific goals.
Ideals For Home
"Our great need i • to determi11;e the ideals for the heme as a urut in ociety, and intelligent conference within the home seems to offer the only logical method ot determining such ideals."
She recommended three coals for modern home direction: Re- sponsibility for the fate of the individual by making each child stand on its own feet; re pect for law, order and property to develop a. "socially just" civ111- zation; and development of the individual's responsibility for the group, to develop tolerance.
"The alert home," she said, "will establish right motives for its improvement-motives which are not dependent upon destroy- ing the morale ot neighbors. . The child in uch a home will realize an incentive to go forward without stepping upon the hearts of his fellows on the way." She keynoted the theme of the convention, "The Home and New Horizons." with her statement, "The home in scanning i.s new horizons will not fail to 3ee its opportunity to build a citizenship eager to take advantage cf every oppo tunity for self dvancement, their ideals, their pro er ,y, o~ their prospects for a ancement.
P. T. A. Told Of 4 Objectives Of Vocational
Work
NORTH PLATTE. Neb., Oct. 14
-(AP)-Dr. Homer W. Anderson superintendent of Omaha publi~ schools, told delegates to the Nebraska Congres • of Parents and Teachers convention here Thursday ?esirable placement is the most important single objective of occupational training for public school students.
,. Dr, Ander n outlined the results of a survey tour which was in charge of Dr. E__dwin Lee, director of the National Occupations conference, and summarized his findings in a four poi:pt set of conclusions.
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His summary:
1. "The occupational adjustment of youth involves the public schools in a program of counseling and guidance leading to a well planned program of vocational education and ultimately to desirable occupation.
2. ''The most important single objective of occupational adjustment is desirable placement.
3. "A complete, detailed and accurate knowledge of the individual and of the occµpational opportunities of the community in which the individual lives are basic to the guidance program.
4. "The occupational opportunities and the vocational needs of a community determine the curriculum of the vocational education program of the community."
ST ATE p I TI A. CHAIRMEN
Appointments Follow Convention at .North Platte. NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (UP). The following appointments were. made by the state board of the Nebraska Parents-Teachers asso• ciation at a post-convention meeting here: "'
Mrs. Carl Greisen, North Platte, chair man or name education.
L. 1<,. Nelson. Nol'th Platte, chairman of P. T. A. worlc ln plgh schools. of 1-~ss lhf~~Ol;~~:~· i~fll:~:rc~~s. chairman I
frs. C. Duff. Lincoln, by law11.
Mrs. Paul Bradley, Lincoln, juvenile protection.
:Mrs. Charles Wareham, Kearney, school education.
Mr,. T. o. Merchant, Lincoln, kindergarten extension.
Mrs. W. W. Day, J,in coln, spiritual training.
Miss Alice Marshal, Omaha, summer roundup co-chal,man. :Mrs. R. N. Gould. Omaha, character education.
Mr Mark Pierce, Lincoln, chAirman of publ er
Mrs. Percy Powell of Lincoln, etiring state pre.sident, was presept d with a fitted traveling bag.
ENDS WITHE
Mrs. Gail Powell of Kearney New Presiden ; Awards to 49 Units.
NORTH PLATTE. UP). Mrs. Gail Powell, assistant instructor at Kearney State Teachers college, succeeded Mrs. Percy Powell of Lincoln as president of the Ne• braska congress of Parent and Friday. Mrs. Powell, who teaches rural teacher training, has been a member of the state P. T. A. board of managers since 1925, has served as first vice president and has been active on various committees.
Vice presidents chosen at closing sessions of the annual convention were Mrs. R. 0. Reddish of Alli· ance, first vice president; Mrs. J. T. Cottingham of Hastings, third vice president; Miss Birdie Vorhies of Lincoln, fifth vice president and Mrs. George R. Thurtle of Lincoln, seventh vice president.
'1 CT'he terms of second, fourth and sbcth vice presidents do not expire this year. The third, fifth and seventh vice presidents were elected for two year terms. Other officers serve three years.
Mrs. Willis Pace of Grand Island was chosen corresponding secretary and Mrs. Charles S. nyder of Omaha was re-elected treasurer, an office she has held since her appointment last April, to fill a vacancy.
Delegates attended a "eception honoring the retiring president, Mrs. Powell, and 49 local organizations were presented with cer• tificates of award. The convention proper ended at noon, but the state board of managers conducted a post convention business meeting in the afternoon.
STATE PTA . MEETIW' CLOSES
National Vice President Is Last Speaker.
ORTH PLATTE, Neb. IJP1. The three day convention of the NeI braska Congress of Parents anrl TeachE-rs closed here with the adoption of resolutions acknowl1 edging "changed social conditions" have brought new problems, and expressing determination to cope with them. The convention, in general, adopted the resolutions passed at the last meeting of the national association.
Mrs. John E. Hayes, national vice president, voi~d the theme of ,the resolutions with this statements: "The chief function for the parents and teachers of children is to find the keynote for the unre t 1 dissatisfaction and purposelessness which is manifest in every youth conference recorded in recent years and by the pitiful records of the juvenile courts and social service organizations.
"Only skilled analysis may measure with refined tests the progrGss of development of a school child; but we cannot wi h any certainty measure the degre "' of progress which might be po.sible if every force in that child's life could be defin'tely directed to produce desireable opportunities for his favorable development,"
"In any nation, progress will come, only if the masses are able to accept the idealism of the leaders, leading to a constructive social order and the children can accept guidance only if the adults • whom they respect, can come to an agreement as to the objectives ot \such gu:..id...:.a n_c_e_:_•_____
Mrs. Gail Powell of Kearney state P. T. A. president, is in Lin- coln for the December meeting of the tate board of managers to be held at the Cornhusker Satur- day from 9:30 a. m. until 4 p. m. Mrs. Powell was a guest at th~ Ceres club tea Thursday afternoon at the home economics section of the organized agriculture pro- gram. Mrs. Powell has been in- vited to attend the meeting of the delegate as embly of the Nebraska State Teachers association to be held at the Capital Friday evening. She has also held conferences with
Rev. John C. White, executive secretary of the Nebraska Council of I churches, John G. Aldrich, presi- dent of the Nebraska safety coun- cil and C. E. Bowers, secretary of the Nebraska state Teachers as- , sociation while in the city. Dr. Emilv Rorer of Norfolk, chairman of the committee on the use and effects of alcohol and narcotics, who is taking special work at the Garrett School of Theology at
Evanston, Ill., will come to Lincom for the state board meeting anct will bri g an exhibit. Mrs. Powell 1 o announces that due to the resignation of Mrs. W. M. Bailey of Minden, fourth vice president, who is leaving the state, the state board will name someone to fill 1 out this term of office. Tl}e 1938 convention city will be named Sat- urday.
"Plan your work and work your plan" was suggested as the slogan for the year's activities by ~rs. Gail Powell of Kearney, pres- ident of the Nebraska Congress of Parents and Teachers at the all day session of the state board of managers held in Lincoln at the Cornhusker aturday when pl~ns for the coming year were pre- sented by committee chairmen an~ directors of departments. Thi~ty-three members from over t~e st~te were present. A •ques- bonna1re regarding objectives for P. T. A.'s in high schools th a t may be set up in the state plans and pre_sented at the annual state ~onvenbon next October, the estab- hshmep.t of a new committee ex- ceptio~a~ child, and the na:Uing of adchtiona1 committee chairmen were included in the action taken by the ~oard during the day. Mrs. Mark Pierce, Lincoln, was named I state program chairman· Mrs Jack Bramson, Omaha, ~umme; I roundup chairman; R. H. Mccann McCook exceptional child chair~ m_an, ana Mrs. Fred R. Easterday Lm~oln, will continue as publicity chairman and -editor of the Ne- bras~a Parent-Teacher. Mrs. I. o. Lansing, Lincoln, was elected fourth vice president to fill out the un: pired term of Mrs. W. M. Balley, Minden who resigned because she is moving out of the state. Miss E. Ruth Pyrtle, Lin- coln, state legislative chairman, who attended the biennial confer-/
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t was named the 19 co~ mJin city of the Nebrahsk f p rents and Te e \ ~J•~: st;teJoa~m~us~:tafoet l I meeting a Ga le Powell of Saturday. Mr.~ t 0~ the congre , Kearney, presi en The convention was in charge. t definit e will be held in October, bu dates were not t.
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Earl Forne ' i ·
Di trict P. T. A. Head
BENEDICT, Nb. ( >.Mrs.Earl Forney of Lincoln ·was elected president of the First district Ne- braska Congr ss ot Parents and Teachers at the close of its 14th annual convention her~ Thursday. Other officers included Mrs. J. D. Goertz of Bea trice, first vice presi- dent; Mrs. E. E. Parmenter of Sterling, second vice president; Mrs. R. R. Copley of Wave1ly, historian. More than 100 deleg te att nd d the convention, at which ' M1·s. Gail Powell of Kearney, tate P. T. president an Supt. Earl W. Wiltse of York w re principal speakers.
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TRAINED FATHERS
ot Woman' Group, Convention Told.
BE EDICT, eb. UP>. Well trained fathers are needed in par- ent-teacher associations just as much as efficient mothers, Mr Gail Powell of Kearney told delegates to the First di trict conven- tion of the Nebraska congress of parents and teachers here.
''The Parent-Teacher a~socia- tlon i by no means a woman organization," Mr Pow ll said. "In some cities a large percent of the membership and th active leaders a1e men." Meetings were held in the First Lutheran church. Luncheon was served in the high school cafeteria.
Earl W. Wiltse, superintendent of York schools, spoke on "Voca- tional Guidance and Kindred Sub- jects." Officers will be elected at the close of the afternoon ession.
Mrs. C. E. Sandall of York is president of the distr ct, which em- braces 13 counties.
Planning to go from Lincoln to attend the meeting of the ' board of managers of the ebraska Congres of Parents and Teachers which w ill hold an all day session at Grand Islan d Thursday, at the Hotel Yanc e y beginning at 10 a. rn. are the following: Mesdames C. M. Duff, 0. E Kingery , Mark Pierce, E .' L. Forne y, George R. Thurtle, r: O La ns in g, James C. Lewis , T 0 Merch an t, W.W. Day, E. E Brac kett , Fre d R. Easterday, aul Bradley a nd Misses Birdie Vorhies, Cla ra S l a de, and Chloe Baldridge. Elec tion of a nomin ating committee, the n aming of delegates to th e n ational convention at Salt Lak e City M a y 15-20, and reports of committee activities based on plan s o! w ork a d opted at the Dec ember board m eeti ng will be so m e of the busine ss t o come before the me etin g Th er e are 50 members of the state bo ard representing a ll se ctions of the st a te and i ncluding elec ted office r s, com mit t ee chairm e n and the six district presidents.
r s Ge ne Allen o! L in col n was n e s t ate radio c hai r ma n a t the pring board meeting of the state P. T A , held in Grand I land. The suo-gested prog am for the year 1938-39 following the theme "Changing Patterns for Group Living," submitted by Mrs Mark Pierce of Lincoln, state program chairman, was adopted by the board. Mrs Gail well of Kearney, state pre sident, announced that she had b een named a member of the resolutions committee for the na t ional convention to be held in Salt Lake City May 15 to 20 . Mrs. M. L. M a ckey of Omaha, state membership chairman, reported 24,054 members in th Nebraska congress for the year 1937-38 , an increase of 1,524 o ve~ the previous year. There are 2 80 local associati ons in Nebraska Mrs. Powell, Mrs. Pierce, M iss Annie Cogil and Mrs. W H. Grant of Lincoln were an1ong 11 named officially to re p resent N_ebrask a at the nation al congr e ss m M~y. N ebraska 1s entitl ed t o 28 v o tmg dele gates and i t is expected tha t mo re than the 11 will go . A nom i n a t in g c om m ittee to serve for t he 17 t h annual state co nven tio n t o be held in Fremont in Octob er a t w h i ch time a se~ond fou rt h and sixth vice pres1- d en t and , a recording secretary w il1 e elected was named a s follows : :r,. rs M a ck y , Omaha ; Mr ·. J. \\ I.a.ho od, Orc h ard; Fra n k Holli ngswor t h, Ke ~ney; Mrs. c . Du ff and Mr s. Pierce, Lin li1; rs. J A . P etteys 1rs. W il and r. G. W. Gomp rt, Lym This committ e includes ntatl e flo a ~h of the
Mrs . Ga il P ow ell S e Meeing for Man ag e rs. K EAR ~EY eb. UPJ. ~l rs. Gail Powell of Kearney, pre~ident o f the Nebraska Cono-res of Par nts and Teacher , said membership n the organization inc ea ed b 1,5 24 during t h e past year. Delega es t o the n a ti o nal congre meeting at S alt L a k e City fay 15 to 20 will be named a t the state bo ar d of managers ' c o nference 1n Grand Island Wedne day The s tate a ssociation has ex tended a n invitation to the national congres s to hold it 1 939 me e tin g at Omaha Election of a no m in ating comm ittee for the tate co nve n t i on to be h e ld at Fremont next Oc t o b e r and committee report w ill p rovide ad ditional bu i ness at the Grand I sl a nd meeting.
CINCINNATI WAS CHOSEN FOR EXT P.T.A. CO rVENTIO
Cincinnati, •O., has been chosen the 1939 convention city for the National Congress of Parents and Teachers. Omaha was one of the cities which issued n invitation for next year ' s c onvention . Twelv delegate from ebraska •ent to the convention One of the feature~ ·a the educational d inner at which Dr. Caroline Woodruff, pr.esident of the ational Education association , , ra honor guest. Five regional traffic onferences thruout the Unit d State have been planned by the naUonal congress for June with Mi. s arion Telford, chairman of the congres safety committee, as chairman in charge, as follow : Sacramento, Calif.; Oklahoma. City, Okl.; Hartford, Conn.; Atlanta, Ga., and Indianapolis, Ind. The national conference has had for a special proj- ect the past two years, traffic 1afety education.
The suggested program for 1938-39 for 285 local P. T. A.' in Nebraska. with 24,000 members, and built around the theme, "Changing Patterns for Group Liv11\g," which has just been released by Mrs. Mark Pierce, of Lincoln, state program chairman, was complimented by the national program c hairman with whom Mrs. Pierce conferred while at the national convention.
Reports from over the state show a the P. T. A. i carrying on an active program that in<:l ude safety; promotion of communit recreation p r o gr am s ; health activitie~ such as procuring glasses and providing tonsillectomie!ll , dental and medical help f r children unable to pay for such g rvices; campaigns for diphtheria l munization and smallpox vaccination ; provision of milk lunches; making studies of school finances; ~fforts to secure better movie leg- islation. and work for better Ii- bra ry service.
The executive committee of the board of managers o! the ebraska Congress of Parents and Teacher!' met at the state office in Lincoln Saturday to make plans for the 17th annual convention which will be held at Fremont Oct. 12, 13, 14. Mrs. Powell presided.
