Evening Star Newspaper, October 28, 1923, Page 45

he SPORTS, (This is ons of a seriss of lessons which out the most impertant peints the bey now who wants to learn to play feot and play it right.) ‘HE man on the receiving end ot a forward pass has as big.a job as the passer. He should run fast and low to be as little noticed as possi ble, heading in the direction of an open space, and trying to get ahead of the defensive back. Sometimes this can be done by making a bluft at the defensive back as though at- tempting to block him. He will jump to the side and let the runner go by ®0 that he is.in the open. As he runs to the open he should turn his head and eyes in the direction of the pass- CATCHING PASSES How to Hands. ‘00 much stress cannot be lald upon well drawn hands. They mark the difference betwesn a good cartoon and # poorly drawn one, and do much to carry out the expression of the figure. ,A hand drawn in its simplest form, &s in figure 1, brings out these char- acteristics: The line AB, which di- vides the hand into halves, Is also the line at which the fingers begin. Fin- Halloween Crown. Proclaim yourself king of the Hal- toween party by wearing a Halloween crown hat. Make it yourself from & strip of paper twenty-four inches long and ten inches wide. Fold the length in half, and again in' fourths, that the strip now measures ten by six inches. Keep the “folded edges at the sides. Four inches | from the base draw a straight line from fold to fold. An inch and a halt from each folded edge on the new line. make a dot and from the dots draw a slant linc to the center of the top of your paper to make the tongue. Cut from the fold around the pointed tongue and on to the other edge of the paper. Fold in the four flaps to make the top of the crown. The hat will appear more crown- like if you now round the corners between the four sides, Cut them in scallops or polnts if you wish a fancier crown. Paste the hat togeth- Jer to make a box and then catch the four points at the top. Finish with a tissue paper fringe pompon, or lantern or cat faces on the sides. — Nothing Less. A girl in our class says that if she gets zero in a recitation it means s0 STORIES, er, but keep the body straight ahead. As the pass.comes the eyes should be right on the ball. When possible it should be caught like a punt; that is, by extending the arms and letting the hands ease and gulde the ball to the chest and helding it there with one hand under it and onc above. ‘When the pass has to be taken on the run, with the ball coming from the side or over the shoulder, or very high, it should be pulled down as a basket ' ball player catches a ball | without catching it against the body. ', The receiver must never mak®o the _ml lake of putting the hands up too noon, as this slows up his speed. N <! Cartoon gers 1 and 3 are about the same length, wille finger 2 is the longest of all. The little finger 4 is two- thirds the length of No. 2. | In the other figures I have shown | the positions most commonly used. 1f you will practice these diligently it will be easy to originate other pos | tions as you need them. Don't forget | that you have two hands yourself, and | can always use them as models. Pose your hands In various positions and draw them carefully. KoBNIG War Horse Dies George Washington, a famous general, and war horse of another famous general, is dead. He was the property of Gen. Pershing and served his master in the world war. Pershing has ridden the horse since the exciting days of Villa's pur- suit on the Mexican border in 1916, Later, when the animal carried the commander-in-chief in France, he, was gassed. From that time on he declined in health and was sent to the United States, where he had noth- ing to do but romp in pastures. His fifteen years, made more weighty by the hardships he had endured, hung heavily upon him. It was finally decided to end his suffer- ings and send him to the happy pasture land, namesake of —_— Yes, Isn't It? “It's hard,” said the sentimental landlady at the dinner table, “to think that this poor little lamb should be destroyed in his youth just to satisfy out appetites.” 2 “Yes” replied the smart boarder, struggling with his gortion, “it is nothing to her. tough.” Picture Products of “The Boot.” T YRRHENIAN SEA Note, here. 1t is the hottest country of the land, but troductions. products. 4} how like a high-heeled boot is the peninsula of Italy shown ranges. and lemons, raised extensively, are recent. in- ine, cereals and silk aré among the most important Europe. The olive is a native to l 1 | \ PUZZLES, Wiitten and Mustrated by Edward MeCandlisk. OMMY TURTLE was carrying in some wood for the kitchen stove. As he passed the door he noticed a row of ten or twelve big, vellow pumpking drawn up in military ! formation along the wall. “Hello, Jessica! sald Tommy to Ma Turtle. “What's all &' blg pump- kins about?” “Dem punkins?’ replied Ma Turtle, “Why, dem punkins is for @ jollifica- tion. Next week, come Tuesday, is Halloween. and Pop Turtle is glvin' one o' his rousin’ stag pahties.” “Halloween it 15" replied Tommy. | “Deed if it ain't!. ‘tirely slipped my mem'ry. It ain't !goin' to be much of a ‘stag party, though,” he continued, “cause I gwine to 6lip in a few of 4' women folks to kind of balance up.* “Go casy on d' women folks," Ma Turtle advised. “One woman can spoil a good stag pahty any time." “Yes,” Tommy replied, “an’ it only !takes one good henhawk to break up a hen pahty, sho' 'nuff—" and Tommy laughed loudly at his own joke, Ma Turtle joining in and enjoying the Joke, too. anyway,” -said Ma Turtle ipresently, “if you got any provender to 2dd to @' ‘freshments on dat poble occasion—why, small favahs is thank- | tully recelved.” | “I reckon I might rastls around| {#na scare up a few odd melons, and roastin’ years, and such truck,” Tommy replied. “Stuff’ll have to be | requisitioned, though,” said he. “ ‘Requisitioned? * inquired Turtle, “what's dat?" wants, an’ get what you're get- | Tommy replied. “It's a word | What covahs a multitude of sins.” | This was too deep for Ma TFurtle, | who went back to her cobking. at the back door., and about a; The everyday workings of t in large part depend upon principiea for their operation. This does not necessarily mean that the: princi- ples are complicated. In fact, some are so simple that boys and giris may easily understand them by expsriment. ing with them. The articles Kere tell ments with materials you may: find in | your own hame. Oxidgfion and Burning. P,\R'r of the alr which we breathe is composed of an element called | oxygen. When oxygen unites with | other substances a compound sub- | stance is formed. This uniting is called oxidation. We cannot see oxi- dation, but we know it takes place by its results. Oxidation produces heat in’small or large quantities. Iron rusts, or oxidizes, at & very low temperature. In animal Eife oxi- dation takes place and the heat pro- duced gives the animals the energy to move about. When oxlidation takes place 8o rapidly that a flame is pro- duced it is commonly called burning. The Mystic Maze hat mystic maze; If you'd inquire What caused his ire : 1 fancy a howi.he would raise. 6) IGHT this way for the ‘mystic maze!” sang_gut the “barker” at the carnival. The twins, Don and Doug, stood outside and stared long- ingly. “I1 guess I'd rather go on the ferris wheel again,” decided Dous. Don counted over .his remaining nickels thoughttully. He looked again at the Inviting sign. “Guess I'll go in,” he declared, and in he went. He'd no idea what a mystic mase was like, but it sounded thrilling, all right. You probably wound round and round in a tunnel or something until you got lost. Clutching his hat tightly, Don went down a long, narrow, poorly ‘lit cor- ridor. He could hear some cne else coming along behind him, but he didn’t turn around to-see who it was. The corridor made a sudden turn and bump! Don's head hit something and down he went. He scrambled up, and there, in the dim light, he saw Doug staring at him. He must have decided to come In after all and had come down & different entrance. “Look here, Doug, you'd better watch where you're going,” muttered Don, angrily. “Gosh, you surprised me, bimping into me aréund the cor- ner like that!" “Look out yourself, dunce,” ireplied Doug, in a high, squeaky, mocking voice, that he sometimes used to tease Don. : Don was thoroughly angry. He wasn't going to let Doug into him and then moek him abobut it after knocking him down. “You take that back,” he demand- ed. There was no reply.. Don's fist shot out and struck something very “Ha, ha! laughed Doug, ahd Don felt his hand on his shoulder. “I came up behind you. Think twice before you go taking swings like :that at glass walls." = i | | | “Not Here” Darkness is an absence of light: 0old is an absence of heat, and flunk- ing 1s an absence of mind. ,.s._l? o L SR e R ALLOW=3 Dat fack done| ' = RIDDL ES, 4 later came staggering back, loaded|thrown out and his toes turned in, | down with big bags of potatoes, corn, cabbage and onlons, which he dumped on the floor close to the wood box. Halloween arrived, as Ma Turtle the guests from the nelghborhood of “Dat's- Army slang for ‘take what | the Big Pond began assembling at| the Clay Bank. First to arrive was Brother Bullfrog., who came hopping down the road, wearing & new pink walsteoat. Next came Brother Rac- coon, Brother 'Possum, Brother Fox The heat_energy necessary to draw trains, drive automobiles and keep our houses and bodies warm all comes from the burning (rapid oxidation) of carbon. Light a candie fwo or three inches long. The candlg, which ib & carbon composition, isfinited with the oxy- gen of the air to produee burning. If you look carefully you can see four divisions of the flame. The blue, cup-shaped portion at the base of the __THE 'SUNDAY ‘STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, OCTOBER | which showed that he fully expected | to enjoy himself—which he might well do, because Po pTurtle’s crab- | apple and roastin' year parties were | Ma | had predicted, and along about dusk | famous. The guests continued to arrive in groups of twos and threes. Pop Tur- tle stood at the front door with a|day As|In' you about his garden patch, yis- each guest arrived he cxtended his|tiddy evenin'>" large box of grape-leaf cigars. hand and said: “Good evening! Have a che- Safe Experiments in Science | wick is where the burning is com- pléte, for the oxygen of the air has free access to the flame. In the dark portion ‘in the diagram there is no burning, for the oxygen is united in { the outer portion of the flame before it reaches the inside. In the luminous (dotted) portion of the flame the burning Is only partly complete. The whole flame is surrounded by a thin mantle you can hardly see. ‘To prove that the inner part of the flame, biack in the picture, does not burn press a plece of paper quickly on it until it almost touches the wick. | You will find there is a charred wing on the outside where the burning took place, but it incloses a space where the paper did not burn. If you set a chimney over a candle with space below for'the air to come up, supplying oxygen, the candle burns. Remove the sticks that hold up the chimney and the candle goes out. If you hang a piece of tin down the center of the chimney, making two channels, a draught will be created, the air going down one side and the smoke being drawa up the other sid GIRL SCOUT NOTES At the organization meeting of Troop 26, Girl Scouts, September 7, eight girls were present. On October 19 there were thirty-two girls en- rolled and enrollment was closed with four patrols, eight girls In each. Mrs. W. H.-Alexander is captain, with Miss Evelyn Webb and Miss Margaret Tuckey lleutenants. Bight- een girls have passed the tenderfoot test and all of these girls are pre- paring for the second-class test. The boys of Troop 70, with their scoutmaster, Ellis Middiefon, and the girls of Troop 26 meet in the same bullding on Friday nights. These| two troops are going to have a Halloween party together. There are four committees, with two boys and two girls op each. These committs are on games, entertainment, deco- ration and refreshments. Voluntary contributions from boys and girls will buy all the refresh- ments, except those the girls will prepare, such to be held in the Presbyterian hall at 13th and Fairmont streets. Troop 1, Mrs. Harrls Franklin, cap- tain; Mary Coleman Worthington, scribe, met at the Adams School, Tuesday afternoon. Janet Rutter, Catherine Platt and Elizabeth Garber have been made first class scouts. The new members of this troop are: Sarah Clark. Eugenia and Margaret Olney, Anne and Elizabeth Hale and Sarah’ Sudler. ‘The officers for this year a Pa. trol leaders, Janet Rutier and Cath. erine Platt; corporals, Margaret Held and Evelyn lker; flag bearers, Olive Bowman and Margaret Worth. ington; chairman, Margaret Straight; pecretary and scribe, Mary Worth- ihgton and Ann¢ Hale. Plans for increasing the troop treasury were talked over. _“Troop 4, Mrs. Loretta Murphy, captain; Leah Woods, scribe, heid the first formal meeting, Wednesday at 3:30 p.m., with excellent attend- ance. r the opening _ceremonieés patrol . corners were held and the tenderfoot candidates were helped by the patrol leaders, Leah Woads and Dorothy Claypole. Lieut. Wiley helped the second class candidates. After patrol corners a Halloween party was discussed and plans were made. At 5 o'clock “taps” was sung and the meeting adjourmed. A court of honor meeting was held by Lieut. Wiley and the patrol leaders, during which plans were made for the com- ing meeting. Four new members were present. The patrol leaders and the lieutenant rerrmnttd the troop the Star building. “The regular mieeting of Troop 10 was held at the home of its new captain, Miss Hazel Scanlon, on Co- lumbla road, at 3:30 p.m. Saturday as cakes and candles. This will be a masked party, and is/ Madge Carter entered th this meeting. s The girls were shown how to make blue prints of leaves by Miss Vera Lawrence, the lieutenant of the troop. The entire meeting was spent by the girls in making the blue prints, The girls of Troop 14 met Friday, the 19th, In the basement of the Force School. Plahs for work to be done for scout rallies were discussed, ., fWO games, “prisoner’s basq ‘cities,” were played. Betty Seeds has been made secretary of the * eoop 17, Mi ToOD 17, Miss Fitzmorris, captai Dorothy Petty. scribe. held 'its rogn. lar meeting October 19 at the North- east Catholic High School. The girls decided to hold meetings at 7 o'clock on Fridays. This troop has acquired & new basket ball and is prepared to play on Thursday. Two girls were appointed to take care of the ball and permission to play with it must be obtained from them. The girls de- cided to go on a hike Saturday. Troop 28 Miss Evelina Gleaves, captain: Edna Simpson, scribe, held its third meeting Thureday, at 3:30. The patrols went to their respective corners and learned how to make knots. Bach knot was learned with an accompanying story. A court of honor meeting was held. Troop 29, Miss Hilda King, captain; Nanette Oembitz, scribe. heid its first meeting since June on Tuesday at the captains apartment. ~The meeting was called to order by Scout Leah Guggenhelm. Plans for getting new members for the troop were discussed and ways of earning money for the treasury were suggested. Examina- tions for regular scout work and merit badge work ware discussed. The tenderfoot tests will be taken by several of the girls lext week. At the meeting last Monday Bea- trice Mandell acted as chairman. Plans for giving a play were talked over. Officers were elected as fol- lows: Rhoda Friedman, secretary; Beatrice Mandell, treasurer; Nanette Dembits, scribe. A new member, Re- ina Ottenberg, entered at this meet- ng. : On Monday troop 41 of the Girl Scouts held" Its regular meeting at the cabin in the waods near the Mary- land School. The cabin will be used in the future except during stormy weather. It is neafing completion and the fireplace and brick oven were tried out. The first matter discussed was how to furnish the cabin. A committee of six girls was sppoint- ed by Capt. Chafee to decide sbout this. " Representatives from each pa- trol were appointed to form a hospi- tality committee. On account of her inability to be resent at the practice games, otte eeler has resigned as man- v How is your wife? | Presently Tommy went whistliag out | and Brother Wood Plgeon. Drother | How is your family? hour | Wood Pigeon walked with his chest | root. d Girls’ HANDICRAFT, SCIENCE, ' | tree stump. | ager of the basket ball team, which | vided 1923~ PART 2. All the folks gathered in the main room of the Clay Bank, where a big wood fire was blazing in the stone fireplace, and every guest lit his cheroot and drank & tufnbler of hard crabapple clder, and fraternized with the other guests. Before very long the main room had acquired a min- 8lod sroma of grape leaves, corn silk and skunk cabbage tobacco, offset by the pungent odor of ripe apples and roasting corn. Nothing in particular happened, ex- cept that when Ma Turtle stepped out of doors for a minute to get some sweet milk she bumped into a ghost dressed up in & pumpkin head and a feather bolster. Ma Turtle screamed, and the “ghost” turned out | to be Brother Jack Rabbit, who was always considerable of a rogue on such occastons. “Land sakes, Brother Jack Rabbit!” exclaimed Ma Turtle, all out off breath, “do, please, don’t skeer me no mo' that-a-way. I done went and took you for @ old Ka-joogala Man All the guests appearcd to enjoy an immense evening. Brother Rac- coon took two glasses of hard cider and began bragging about how he had whipped three wildcats single- ! handed. Brother Bullfrog fell asleep | &and had his coattails bobbed. Little | Billy and Susle Turtle had a special | table all to themselves, out under the | Along about 10 o'clock the party| became quieter, and one by onme the | Halloween guests begun putting on| their big coats and trundling off | homeward, after thanking Pop Turtle for a “very enjoyable Halloween eve- ning.” “Tommy,” sald Ma Turtle the next “what was Brother Raccoon tell- “He was jes' sayin',” replied Tom-| my, with a laugh, “that he thought he saw somethin’ familiar about dem | roastin’ years. mMeets at the Recreation Club play- ground Tuesday afternoons. Molly Greely was chosen as the new ma: ager, with Marie Eastman as her as- sistant. The girls discussed plans for & card party to be given in the near | future. The regular meeting of troop 34 was held Monday evening in the Ana- costia Methodist Church Hall at 7 o'clock. After lining up for opening cere- monies 2 business meeting was held. Esther Rankin gave the report of the last meeting. The girls then di- into classes. Alice Fowler in- structed the tenderfoot group. The second class group was directed by the captain, Vera Lawrence. - A sew- | ing club was formed. i Evelyn Hazel, Vera Inscoe and Esther Rankin represented the troop at_the Star building. Ethel Cooksey was elected scribe at the meeting. The troop will have a Hailowe'en | party on Monday night. The girls of Troop 46, Miss Mildred Averill captain. are selling Girl Scout cookies at a pharmacy on East Cap. itol street. At its meeting Monday evening the girls were drilled by Ar. Weldeman. On_Saturday, October 13, approx mately 110 Girl Scouts and officers met at the Star bullding and were shown how a newspaper is made. A most interesting hour was spent there by the Scouts. BOY SCOUTS Troop 15, Cleveland Park, of which Capt. F. T. Norcross is scout master, came off victor at the big scout round-up held at the Wilson reserva. tion, Burnt Mills. las Saturday. 1t won first place in first ald und scout pace, and first, second and third places in first class signaling. Troop 33, Takoma Park, Maj. Frank Moorman, _scoutmaster, won second place, with a total of twelve points to its credit, and troop 12, Sher- wood, H. L. Webster, scoutmaster, third place. with nine points. Troop $7, Brookland, scored six points. and Troops 2 and 90, five points each. A large delegation of scouts was present to witness the presentation of the Camp Roosevelt awards and of the cups won in the contests of the last year. Huston Thompson, president of the District of Columbia Boy Scout Council, awarded the camp and contest prizes, while Colin H. Livingstone, president of the na- tional councll, awarded eagle badges to Scouts Philip Herrick, Arthur Kimball and John A. Collett'of Troop 15, and to Scout James E. Douglas of Troop 61. Brig. Gen. Lloyd Brett addressed the scout leaders’ training class last Wednesday evening at George Wash- ington University, at its opening sesslon. The class was organized as a scout troop and divided into pa- trols. Eight patrol leaders were chosen: Lester G. Wilson of Troop 1, Archie W. Davis, Troop 2; H. L. Webster, Troop 12; Maj. Frank Moor- man, Troop 33; Thomas A. King, Troop 40; Ellis S. Middleton, Troop 70; Dr. T. F. Murphy, Troop 91, and Father J. S. Martin, Troop 93." . At the session next Tuesday eve- ning, Rev. Paul H. Furfey will dis- cuss’ “The Educational Function of the Scoutmaster.” This class is open to any man in- terested in boys, whether connected with the scout movement or not. Any man interested may secure fur- ther information ffom Edward D. Shaw, executive at the Boy Scout headquarters, in the Phillips bullding. Standard troop contest regulations for the year ending May 31, 1924, have just been announced by the lo- cal Boy Scout headquarters. Every. troop which attains during the year an established standard of proficiency in troop organization, keeps records properly, passes personal Inspection of uniform and equipment, makes an established grade in advancement land holds the requigite number of meetings and hikes will be granted 'the honor of being called a standard troop, each member of which may wear a red felt star designating this distinction upon his uniform. ' The i signed the letters of incorporation on | Monday afternoon troop making the highest record will haves its number engraved upon the Washington Star trophy and will be entitled to act as custodlan of the same for a vear. The following troops won this dis- tinction during the past year: 1, Les- ter G. Wilson, scoutmaste: 10, \ —_— wn P ADVENTURE, JOKES, _Parent-Teacher Activities. uspicen of the District of Columbi: ranch of the Natiomal Congreas of Mothers and the Pareat-Teacher Asmociations. The proposed program of the Dis- | trict of Columbia Congress of Moth- ers and Parent-Teacher Assoclations for the scason 1923-1834, follows: November 20—Miss Katherine Wat- kins, “Kindergarten, The Founda- tion of Education”; December 18— Miss Rose L. Hardy, “Co-operation of Parents in Primary Education”; January 15—Mies Emma Jacobs, “Domestic Sclence”; February 19—Mr. Barnes, “Music in the Public School March 18—Miss Alice Deal, “The Junfor High School™; April 15—Miss Jessie La Salle, “Intelligence Quotient and Its Value”; May 20—Dr. Rebecca Stoneroad, “Physical Development.” One of the most important depart- ments in the National Congress of Mathers and Parent-Teacher Associa- tlon is that of the “Parent-Teacher Association in Church.” . There is a great tendency all over the country to emphasize the physieal training of children and to try to build up stronx bodies for the growing minds. It is most important that our children be &iven healthy bodies, but it is just as vital that tbeir moral or spiritual nature be developed, too. There must be close co-operation between the home and the church, so that parents may know what the church schools are teaching and so that the parents can help. The District of Columbia has an able chairman for this work in Mrs. Gilbert Hutchinson of 619 Tth street northeast, and who will be glad to help organize am association in any church. Last Sunday in St. Mark's Chyrch the assistant rector, Rev. W. A. Masker, preached a sermon on the value of education, In part Mr. Mas- ker said: “We hage a large class of people in our midst from which is rawn the greatest part of what we call our criminal class. The civil government fights against these people when it should rather guide them into useful lives. The civil] government neglects them when they | are children. It fosters an economic | an@ industrial system which compels them to be born In poverty, to grow up in crowded streets, to snatch a little schooling before they must be- gin their efforts at self-support. And | then it puts them In jall because they do not obey the rules of civil life, rules for which they have never been shown any convincing reason other than a policeman’s uniform. We | spend more on our system of police | and courts and prisons than it would cost to give the children of our whole population a_proper environment for | their birth, thelr growth, their educa- tion, their ‘training for useful citizc ship and happy life. We do not p vide them proper oppertunity to play because we consider it too expensive to take the necessary land for play- grounds. We should be wise enough and keen enough to realize that it would be more profitable to give every child a good place to be born in. a good place to live and play and BTrow up in. proper nourishment fo. his body and proper training for hi; mind and his moral and spiritual life. The Petworth Parent-Teacher Asso- ciation met October 7 in the Petworth Baptist Church, with R. §. Hart. the} president, in the chair. The chidren of the school presented a play in con- nection with fire prevention week under the direction of Miss G. L. Lad- ®on. The origin and purpose of junior high schools was explained by Howard P. Safford. principal of the new ~ Macfarland Junior High. Dr. E. G. Kimball, new supervisor of the third division, spoke and vocal solos were rendered by George E. Cowles. Through Mrs. Tolson the first contribution of one hundred dol- lars has been made to the mothers' bullding for the District of Columbia Congress of Mothers and Parent- Teacher Association. Tt is especially fine for the first contribution toward permanent headquarters to come through Mrs. Tolson, because as Mrs. Jennie T. Holtzman she was a charter member of the National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Asso-| ciation and was one of the three who | May 16, 1900, since which time she has been a very active worker in the organization. The Christmas sale committee met in the Ebbitt and designed the genéral plan for thi: fete. It will be a rainbow fete with a pot of gold at the foot of the rain- bow; there will be a bookshop, a game room, toyiand and a tea garden Thomas J. Kelley, scoutmaster: 12, Howard L. Webster, scoutmaster; 15, Capt. F. T. Norcross, scoutmaster; 20, A, 1. Williams, scoutmaste! . Rev A. J. Torey, scoutmaste ., Maj Frank Moorman, scoutmaster: . 39, G. W. Cooke, scoutmaster; 40, Thomas A. King, scoutmaster; 46, J. P. Hovey, scoutmaster; 51, Dr. F. M. Woodward, scoutmaster; 52, Charles M. Marsh, scoutmaster: 63, J. W. Talley, scout- master; 70, Ellis S. Middleton, scout. master; 73, Paul Robbins, scoutmas Frank Sherwood, scoutmaster; 12 William Schulthels, scoutmaster. The following men have recently been commissioned as officers of the Boy Scouts movement in Washingtan: Flather, fleld executive, which comprises southeast, st and northwest south of M street and east of 17th street; George H. Parker, deputy commissioner of divi- sion 9, comprising Arlington county, Va.; O. E. Melnser, formerly scout- master of Troop 12. assistant deputy commissioner, Division ¥: George Harris, assistant deputy commission- er; Division 4, Edwin Blakelock: Di- vision 6, P. L. Ricker, assistant depu- ty commissioner, Divislon 7, and the | following new _scoutmasters: Arthur J. Houghton, Troop 105, Glen Echo, Md.; Kenneth Kraglow. Troop 67. Trinity M. B. Church: Erie L. Poff, Troop 32, Church of the Transfigura- tion; Earl B. Saunders, Troop 43, Pierce School; H. E. Thomas. Troop 83, Emory M. E. Church; V. V. Dick- son, Troop 93, Holy Comforter Church; Rev. Paul Furfey, Troop 99, ; St. Martin’s Roman Cathoile Church; | A. L. Smith, Troop 117, Rosslyn, Va. Paul _Garber, Troop 139, Mount Ral nier, Md.; Thomas L. Degnan, Troop 94; Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church. At a meeting of the court of honor last Tuesday evening the following scouts were awarded merit badges: Troop 3—Robert Keeler, swimmin Troop 10—Carl Ackerman, cyclin safety first; William Ackerman, cy- | cling, safety first, ploneering: Barl | Dawson. cycling, safety first, ploneer-| ing; Miller Dorsey cyeling, safety first; Henry Hoffman, cycling. safety ] first; Clarence Stauffer. cycling, safe- | ty first, pioneering. Troop 15—C. M. Gilbert, physical development, crafts- | manship; Warren Kimball, cooking, ! pathfinding. Troop 33—Jack Crosby, personal health, public health. Troop 40—Harry Smity, conservation, ma-! chinery; Sydney Smith, machinery. Troop #3—Sam McGlathery, cooking, firemanship; James Mercer, cooking. public health; John Swartwout, fire- mans Vernon Robbins, automo- biling,” firemanship. Troop 67 — George Tolson, cooking; firemanship. Troop 70—Nathaniel Everard, ireman- ship; Donald Stubbs, poultry keeping Kenneth Stubbs, poultry. keeping, safety first, firemanship. ~Troop 71— Frank Brumby, jr. public health. Troop 91—Elliott Murphy, first aid to animals, horsemanship, public health. Troop 100-—George Holley, carpentry, firemanship; Lewis Atkins, safety first: J. F, Marquis, painting; Alden Snell, safety first; John Wackerman, carpentry, cooking. ! new work—tnat | sale will be used | Mott School, {clation. | increasing where there will be a continuous en- tertdinment. There will also be @ number of booths where articles of cvery Qescription will be sold and every amsociation is urged to gather contributions of every kind. The funds raised by this sale are to pay the running expenses of the organi- zation and to furnish money for head- quarters. Every assoelation president In Washington must appoint a chair- man {o represent school on this committee. Please send the names and addresses to the general chair- man, Mrs. Albert M. Baggs, 2324 Ash- mead place. Telephone North 4050. At a recent meeting the Parent- Teacher Association of the Henry D. Cook School Capt. Julius Peyser was elected president. There was some discussion of the five-hour schedule for primary pupils, but the principal of the school asked the parents to ;reserve criticism until the progran, had been thoroughly tried out. At a recent meeting of the Associa- tion of the Brightwood School Wil- liam E. Evans was elected president, The.Mothers' Club of the Edmonds School has started to issue health bul- letins to the puplls. The first one has just been distributed and ls confined to “the care of the teeth.” Last week the pupils of this bullding were welghed and measured and it was found that only 12.7 per cent of the total enrollment are 10 per cent un- derweight. Just a year ago the red cards were distributed In this school to over 30 per cent of the enrollment. ‘This demonstrates the value of milk as all of the children who showed marked improvement drink milk. The Bryan Parent-Teacher Assoc tion held the first meeting of the year last Friday night when the officers elected In May were installed with great c eremony. Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, president of the District of Columbia Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Association was the main speaker. Mme. von Unschuld. music chairman from the same organ- ization also spoke. Liloyd Tyler, one of the pupils, played several planc solos and the pupils of Prof. Wunder- lich played several orchestral num- bers. The following chairmen’ were appointed: Membership, Mrs. L. A Kennedy: refreshment. Mrs. J. C. Hat- ton; health, Mrs. Galliher; press, Mrs. H. D. Boynton; entertainment. Mrs, .J S’ Davis and executive, Miss G. A Phillips, the principal of the school Mrs. G. R. Linkens, the retiring pre: t. was the installation officer a: new president is Mrs. C. L. D: rymple. The Kenilworth Parent-Teacher Association_met October 17, with the president, Mrs. G. A. Lingebach,/in the chair. Mrs. Henna spoke ' o weighing and measuring the childre also on the value of milk lunches. The Mothers’ Club of the Wallach- Towers Bchool met Thursday. Mis. Rawlings, principal of the tw schools, welcomed the mothers. A’ the elcction of officers, Mrs. H. F Wilson was chosen president, Mrs Robert F. Martin, vice president: Mrs, W. B. Frazler, treasurer, and Mre. Steward Carter, secretary. Mrs Phillips was asked to Inaugurate of calling on an mothers unable to attend meetings because of sickness. A number of the mothers spoke on the subject of the five-hour day for first and second grade children The speakers were all in_favor of abolishing the long hours. There was explained the advantages of the three-and 1f-hour day with the coaching system for afternoons, at whaich time small groups of not more than half the class, should return for instruction until 2:30 o'clock. There being little money in the treasury it was arranged to bold a sandwich and cake sale. A talk was given by Mrs. Phillips, who has been attending the con- ferences of the District of Columbia branch of the Mothers' Congress, hell at the Ebbitt House every third Tues- day at 2:30 p.m. The Publlc School Association has had no representa- tive from this school up to the pres- ent, and Mrs. J. H. Henderson and Mrs. Carter were asked (o attend these meetings The Thomas P. Morgan Paren Teacher Association will be enter tained Tuesday at a Halloween tea from 4 to 6 o'clock at the residence of Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, 2345 Ashmead place. Miss Jessie La Salle, super- visor in charge of the second divisio will spesk on “Reclassification of Children in the ol There will be a silver collection. Candy will be on sale by the girls of the elghth grade for the benefic of the school playground. All parents and friends of the school are cordially invited to be present. The Wheatley Parent-Teacher As- sociation will meet Thursday at 2:30 o'clock. Mrs. Glles Scott Rafter, president of the District of Columbin Congress of Mothers and Paren:- Teacher Association, will be the speaker. The Maury Home and School Asso- ciation will give a Halloween lunch- eon sale Wednesday in the basement of the school. Parents and friends are invited. The proceeds from this for playground equipment and a rug for the kinder- garten room. All notices for this column must bo in the hands of the chairman of pub- licity by Wednesday noon preceding the Sunday on which it is to be pub- lished. Address Mrs. J. N. Saunders, igggn northeast. Telephone Lincoln The Lucretia Mott School Parent- Teacher Assoclation met. October 13, in the assembly hall. The president. Rev. D. E. Wiseman, presided. Our principal, Miss M. L Washington, after welcoming all_new parents, explained to the parents the psy- chological tests and measurements to be instituted in the schools shortly. The money for carrying on these tests to be raised by outside agen- cles. The parents agreed to con- tribute the entire amount allotted to Mott School. The matter of hot lunches and milk service for the children was dis- cussed by the principal, Miss Wash- ington. and the eighth grade teacher, Mrs. R. S. Netherland. Mrs. Jacobs of jamaica rendertd a clarinet solo, accompanied by Miss E. A. Savoy. A tribute was pald Mrs. G. Daniels, tha domestic sclence teacher, who, after eight years of service at the Lucretia was promoted to the Shaw Junior High School. The Brent Home and School Asso- ciation met October 18 and organized a Brent-Dent Parent-Teacher Asso- Miss E. J. Dalton, the prin- cipal of the schools, presided. Dr. H. M. Johnson, supervising principal of the seventh division, spoke, and Mrs. Allan Davis spoke ‘on the opportu- nitics of East Washington for com- munity work and Mrs. Buelah Luxen Brown sang several solos, Mrs. Alfred Smith, secretary, gave a report on the work of the past year and suggested several ways for the membership. Mrs. Arthur A. Crow, chairman of the com mittee that held the garden party last May, gave a detatled report of it and statcd that $163 was cleared This fund is to be used in purchasing scales for Brent School and play- ground equipment. Mrs. P. 8. Shan- non, the treasurer, read a report. The following officers were elect- ed for the vear: Mrs. R. W. Hanson, president; Mrs. Arthur A. Crow, vice president; Mrs. Alfred Smith, secr tary, and Mrs. P. 8. Shannon, treas- urer. The association Is to meet the second Monday In every month at § p.m. at Brent School. The executive, the ways and means and the program committees are to meet next Tues- day at 2 p.m. at the school to plan & program for the year.