[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 19 (Thursday, February 13, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H528]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE PTA

  (Mr. BARR of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARR of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, our Nation continues to benefit 
from one of the greatest educational systems on the face of the earth 
due largely to the efforts of two groups of very special people. I 
speak not of Washington bureaucrats but rather of the parents and 
teachers in our local communities who work together tirelessly on 
behalf of our children.
  I proudly commend Parent and Teacher Assoc. across America for their 
efforts to fight for schools that are safe and in which our children 
are taught values and knowledge that we hope will last them a lifetime.
  I am also proud because Cobb County, GA, in the seventh District of 
Georgia is the birthplace of Alice McClellan Birney, the original 
founder of the PTA, which on February 17 celebrates its 100th 
anniversary. A special service will be held next Monday at Marietta 
High School in Marietta, GA, commemorating Alice McClellan Birney, and 
the millions of parents, teachers, and students whose lives she has 
touched.
  On this 100th anniversary of the PTA, I urge my colleagues to join me 
in honoring Alice McClellan Birney and the millions of men and women of 
today's PTA's for the commitment and foresight they have exhibited to 
launch and continue this vital institution, an enduring living legacy 
to better education in America.

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