Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1925, Page 26

NEW . U. PRLICIES ' T0 BE MADE SOON Regents’ Meeting This Month to Bring Announcement From Officials. Vital policles affecting Georgetown Unfversity during and bearing directly upon Iits future growth prob- ably will come before the annual meeting of the hoard of regents. which will be held this month, with the president and directors of the university in attendance During the first three months as presfdent of Georgetown, Rev. Charles W. Lyons, J., has carefully re- frained from making any public an- nouncement with regard to the pro- posed building program at the uni- versity and other matters in connec- tion with the endowment campaign That this policy of silence is to be broken soon Is Indicated by develop- ments that are just beginning to come to a head. Studled Plans Carefully. President has been st worl endowment plans noe coming to Georg. . a work which required he was not familiar with what had been accomplished during the first year of the campaign. Rather than make some premature announcement of definite plans which might have to ba be changed later, Father Lyons has refrained from glving publicity to changes he program that are being worked out For the benefit of alumn! who have contributed genercusly of their time and money toward the development of a “greater Georgetown was sald that steady progress has been made ring the last three months, with a result that the endowment association and the university offi- cials are in complete accord Questions pertat to out the first step in the building program at an early date will come befora the meeting of the university regents. It is understood that the plans have been practically com- pleted and awalt merely officlal In- dorsement Meanwhile alumni in the operation meating Lyons at on the carrying the work of organizing parts of the coun- ests of university and expansion has with marked success. ticularly strong socleties have organized in New York, New Eng- land and the East. and excelient re- sults also are reported from the Western States. This work has been aided greatly by the recent publica- tlon of the Georgetown Register, contalning the names and addresses of all ving graduates of the uni- versity inte co- been Par- been Classes to Be Resumed. Clas=es will be resumed in all de- partments’ of the university this week, marking the close of the two- weeld vacation period over Year. The college, law, medical, dental and foreign service schools reopen tomorrow, while the senlor college students report next- Wed- nesday for class work With the beginning of the new year there will be a renewal of in- terest in scholastic events, the chiefl ofy, which will be the forthcoming production of the Mask and Bauble Club. In selecting the popular comedy. “It Pays to Advertise,” as the first vehicle, the Mask. and Bauble Club has departed from its former policy $f presenting only Shakespearean drama. Rehearsals will be held beginning this week, the cast for the perform- ance having beem announced. Ar- rangements have been made to stage the performance in the hall of Trin- ity Church, in Georgetown. which Is admirably adapted for theatricals. It was in this hall that the perform- ance of “Hamlet” was given by the Georgetown club last season. Cadets Face Grind. Capt. William Bergin, United States Army, commandant of the Re- serve Officers’ Training Corps unit, is getting ready to put the cadet corps through a hard grind.of drill- ing Immediately after the college reopens. Georgetown is making an extra effort this year to win recogni- tion from the War Department as a “distinguished” unit This rating will entirely on the record achieved by the battalion during the scholastic year and the showing made at the final nspection by the R. O. T. C. officers of the general staff, which comes shortly before the June commencement. The men are entering into the spirit of the com- petition, which is particularly keen jn the 3d Corps Area, in which are located strictly military schools of the typs of Virginia Military Insti- tute. Sergt. Michael J. Donohue, coach of the rifle team, is preparing for a busy seagon in view of the intercol- legiate riffie matches in which the Georgetown team Is entered. While handfeapped by an unusually large numbar of new men who have never befora received training in mark- manship, the team nevertheless is showing good results under his coaching., While Georgetown may not capture the intercollegiate cham- plouship this year, the team is ex- pected to make a good showing Debate Set for Frid The second prize debate between the senfor and junior debating so- cleties of the Georgetown Law School will be held Friday evening. An- nouncement of the contestants and other " details will be made later. John Burke Walsh was the winner of the first debate held last month. Frank L. Morginson, jr., editor of the Georgetown Journal, is faced with the problem of selecting from @/ great mass of manuscripts the best siert story, essay and verse submit- %ad in_the prize competition pre- Wiously announced by the Journal Qiash vrizes of §15, $10 and $5 will Bp awarded for the best short story, é8say and verse, respectively, and ach of the prize winners will be phblished in the Journal. AMERICA ONLY GAINED BY WAR, SAYS RUSSIAN Tchitcherin Points to Economic Ad- vantage to United States From Struggle. By the Agthclated Press. PARIS, January States s the only 3—"The United nation that is get- ting real solid nd durable benefit out of the World War," ieorge Tehitcherin, the Soviet forelgn minis- ter, sald to the Petit Parisien’ Mos- cow correspondent in answer to a question regarding the present rela- tion of the United States to Europe. “America's economic pressure on the European states,” Tchitcherin oentinued, “ts augmenting day by diy. Such a situation of inequality must, on the whole, be considered unhealthy. It must be added that recently the American Government has profited by its international strength under the direction of Se: retary of State Hughes to act In the sense of aggressive imperialism and in the Far Bast has presented & menace to China's independence.” Two airplanes make trips twice a day between New York and Dixville Notch in the White Mountains, carrying pas-|when Senator Harrison criticized a.| wengers, mail and newspapers, 'THE SUNDAY' STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C l Current News Events History. Martin Luther was the first cartoonist, and he used .caricatures to attack .re- liglous institutions of his day with great success. His cartoons were reproduced from wood cuts he carved himself. These facts were made known by Rev. Fran- cis Betten, an historian, addressing the American Catholic Historical Assocla- tion in Cleveland last week. The method originated by Luther is used today in every political campalgn, he declared. Recounting the activities of the last year of the official review issued by the League of Nations declares that the league has now passed the point where failure to obtain results on any particu- lar problem imperlls that institutions xistence. The troublesome issue of the French debt, which occupied a large part of the front pages of Americdn, British and French newspapers last week, appears to be approaching a settlement with word from France that she has opened negotiations with Secretary Mellon re- garding the payment of her debt. A note signed by M. Clementele, French finance minister, has been sent to Secre- tary Mellon, and while it has not been made public is understood to suggest a 10-vear moratorium for France. The un- official character of the note, however, leaves its importance open to much speculation. A detachment of American marines has been Janded at Nansing, China, to protect foreign residents following the looting by Chinese soldiers of a number of large silk stores in the clty Texas, which has just elected a wom- an governor, will have thfee woman jus- tices on the Supreme Court of Texas, the retiring governor, Pat M. Neff, having appointed them as a courtesy to “Ma” Ferguson, the incoming State executive Educational. The country watches with intrest the outcome of a row precipitated in KKansas last week when Gov. Jona- than M. Davis removed Chancellor E. H. Lindley, of the University of Kan- sas for his “spirit of aloofness and aristocracy,” failure to come in con- tact with individual students, political activity, procrastination and incompe- tency. Gov. Davis' term expires Jan- uary 12, and he has intimated he will not appoint a successor to Chancellor Lindler. About 400 students and their parents, meanwhile, have petitioned Governor-elect Ben S. Paulen to re- appoint the chancellor when he takes office. Trinity University lina changes {ts name to “Duke” university and thereby receives the benefits of a 340,000,000 trust fund established by James B. Duke, power and tobacco magnate. The univer- sity’s benefactor made the change of name the only condition, in return for which it reeeives $6,000,000 for build- ing purposes and 32 per cent of the in- come from the trust fund. in North Caro- The Senate last week passed a local measure providing for compulsory school attendance in the District. The measure, sponsored by Senator Capper of Kansas, has the backing of the Board of Education. The bill, which ts planned to replace the present law enacted 16 years ago, would require school attendance of all children be- tween 7 and 16 vears of age in the District. . t The House subcommittee which now is considering the District ap- propriation bill for the fiscal year be- ginning next July 1 has received the urgent request of District school au- thorities for a budget of $12,500,000— the largest ever asked for public schools in the District. Education in American schools showed unprecedented progress dur- ing 1924, with more real achievement taking place than in any year re- corded, according to Commissioner of Education John J. Tigert. Twenty- five million pupils were enrolled in the public, elementary and high schools during the last year, he sta with universities and colleges caring for more than 700,000. Scienc: One after another the wonders of science were unfolded here last week to a gaping public, which watched the news each day developing from the meetings of the American Asso- ciation for the Advancement of Sci- ence, a gathering which brought to- gether more prominent scientists in Washington than ever before. It is impossible to touch any but the high spots in a summary of the interesting facts brought out by those who read papers before the meetings, but some of the outstanding points follow: Heart disease now outstrips tuber- culosis and other ailments as the fore- most killer of humanity, and has be- come a seglous economic menace. Official tests have proved chlorine £as worthless as a cure for colds and diseases of the respiratory tracts. American-born familles may be in danger of disappearing before the in- vasion of foreign-born, because of their failure to raise larger families. Willlam Jennings Bryan's theorjes on evolution are not_only based on pure assumption, but represent an actual danger to religion, thus show- ing the need for a closer union of sclence and religion. Radlo and the stars have made ob- solete the old methods of determining the longitude of observation stations by the telegraph. Chimpanzees not only appear to think, but do think, and it is highly possible that chimpanzees, with their high intellectual development, may be taught to read and write, or at least express themselves by the use of sym- bols of a sort. The sun, which has been hurling out 4,000,000 tons of energy every second for the last billion years, will con- tinue to do so for another fifteen thousand billon years at least, with no increase or decrease in the work it does. ‘While mankind may look upon the sun as the ultimate of brightress, there are many stars many times as bright. The “menace” which the radio holds for the theater was brought home as never before last week when, for the first time in radlo history, famous stars of the opera sent their golden volces on the air for the entertain- ment of milllons, who paid nothing for the privilege. The New York thea- ters on Thursday night, when John McCormack and Lucrezie Bori, stars of the Metropolitan Opera Company, sang to the microphone, showed a sig- nificant decrease in attendance. As other stars of the opera will sing in a series of concerts arranged by a phonograph corporation, the theaters are wondering how to combat some- thing that seriousiy threatens their revenues, There is little the Govern- ment can do about it, and about the only step left open is to bind actors together in a compact which twill pre- vent their entertalning radio au- dlences free, while the theaters en- tertain empty rows of high-priced scats. Political. While the Republicans in the Sen- ate and the spectators in the gallery looked on with keenest enjoyment a famlily row between Senator Bruce of Maryland and Senator Harrison of Mississippi, both Democrats, was fought Monday. The trouble started ‘man ‘who happened <o ba_a. Summary of Important National, Foreign and Local Affairs Specially Arranged for the Convenience of Students. Senator Bruce and it developed into a give-and-take word battle over who was to blame for the Democratic de- feat in November. Geography. Mexico has asked the United States to return the “loan” of a small island, “Plichilinque,” In the Gulf of Mexico. The island has long been used as a coal- ing sation for the United States Navy. Its use by the United States first was granted by the mayor of La Paz, near- by, and later confirmed by Benito Juarez, then President of Mexico. “Geography is @ basic subject” and should be Included in the courses now offered in the high schools of the country, Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor, pres- ident of the Natlonal Geographic So- clety, declared In an address last week before the Association of Amer- ican Geographers. A real knowledge of geography is essential to under- standing the news, he sald, and would stimulate the more intelligent read- ing of newspapers. (eography enters into history, sclence, literature and group in northeastern Japan, suffercd even the languages, he sald. Kushiro, an island in the Hokkaldo its 108th earthquake for the month of December, last Sunday. That made about three a day. The disturbance was clearly Indicated on the selsmograph at Georgetown University. Civics. The Senate will vote this week on the President’s veto of the postal pay bill at the last sesslon of Congress. Meantime, administration forces have been “stirring thelr stumps getting ready o substitute proposal to gl the employes an Increase In pay, and last week the Senate post office com- mittee reported out a bill providing both for an increase in salarles and an increase in rates. It would be effective April 15, this year; and ter- minate February 15, 1926. The Navy will be investigated after all. After a .Senate committee had decided an investigation was unnec- essary the House naval committee last week voted to inquire fully into the condition of the Navy, and it will question Secretary Wilbur next week In the meantime, news comes from the White House that President Cool- Idge is hopeful, although not certain, that there will be another interna- tional naval disarmament conference within the next year. Calling for an appropriation of $331,131,114 to maintain the Regular Army at a strength of 12,000 officers and 125,000 enlisted men, the Army appropriation bill was reported to the House last week. The President. President and Mrs. Coolidge re- celved 4,000 citizens and shook them by the hand in their annual New Year reception at the White House In addition, the old custom of their reception to the cabinet officers, Army and Navy officers, the representatives of the judiclary and leglslative branches of the Government and the diplomatic corps was repeated. The colorful and impressive ceremony wa: marred by the death of a man who stood in the line waiting fo be ra- ceived by the President. His death recalled a similar episode in one of the receptions tendered by President Arthur, when an Ambassador dropped dead just after he had shaken hands with the President. Economics. Persons living today will see a pop- ulation of 250,000,000 in the United States if the present rate of increase Is maintained, according to state- ments by Prof. A. B. Wolfe of Ohlo State University before the American Statistical Assoclation in Chicago. He does not belleve, however, the present rate of increase will continue, Reflecting the enormous strides 1 radlo, the Radlo Corporation of Amer. ica announced last week that sales during the past year o v totaled $50, Washington is in for over its rent situation. been introdiced In both Congress for continuation of the pres- ent Rent Commission, and the real estate men plan to fight the measure as an encroachment on the rights of Individuals. The new bills have been changed, those in thelr favor main- tain, to meet objections of the courts to the old measure. another fignt Bills have houses of Senator Borah of Idaho, chairman of the Senate foreign relations com- mittee and author of the resolution in the Senate which resulted in the armament conference here, will pro- pose another one, and this time he would have the conference consider not only the reduction of naval arma- ment, but the economic readjustment of Europe. He believes the Dawes plan of reparations, now in opera- tion, will have a good effect -on stablizing conditions in Europe, and he thinks this plan s a step in the right direction. But he malntains the present muddle over International debts can only -be solved by the na- tions {nvolved gathering around a conference table and discussing the situation. One of the great issues to be settled Is the amount of repara- tions Germany will pay eventually. This never has been decided definitely, and Senator Borah considers the ques- tion the “keystone” upon which the whole ecopomlic structure of Europe now rests. The Senator proposes to embody his plans in a resolution he will Introduce in the Senate. Presi- dent Coolldge, while favoring a dis- armament conference, i{s not sure of the feasibllity of combining it with an economlic conference. Uncle Sam begins the payment of bhis debts to the soldiers by mailing out §00,000 adjusted compensation certificates on New Year day. They involve $750,000,000. The certificates will continue to be malled out as they are drawn. The cabinet officers in New Year statements predict a coming year of national prosperity, an era of good feeling between the nations of the world unparalleled in history. They recount the progress of the Nation last year—a period marked by peace, industrially and internationally, and look forward to greater strides in the year to come. GIVE SCHOOL $100,000. NEW YORK, January 3.—A gift of $100,000 from members of the Mo- Alpin family to the Unlon Theological Seminary was announced tonight by Dr. Arthur C. McGiffert, president of the seminary. The gift is to estab- lish the McAlpin Library Foundation, in memory of the late David Hunter MeAlpin, New York hotel man, who was & director of the seminary from 1872 to his death In 1801. . Arrested on Leaving Jail. PROVIDENCE, R. I, January. 3— Felix Justice, 33, who today com- pleted a. sentence here for passing bad checks, was delivered to Kansas authoritles to be taken back t Lansing o complete a 10-year' -e_J tence for forgery. The Detroit po- lice haye been asked to be notified When-he completes his Kansas term, as he is wanted in Michigan for a 1 Tranpactiond . ... .. WINTER TERM POINTS TO RECORD Opens With Largest Enroll- ' ment in Institution’s His- tory, Is Claim. National University opened its doors Friday night for the Winter term with the largest enrollment in the history of the university. The great. est increase has been in the college of finance and business administra- tion. The following new courses are being offered in the law school for the first time: Trusts and monopolies, Roman law, government contracts and claims, international claims, internationai law and forensic oratory. All of the added courses In the law school are open to the third and post-graduate year clas: Other Courses Offered. Other courses offered in the law school are: Bills, notes and negoti- able instruments, equity, municipal corporations, conflict of laws and private international law, interna- tional law, law of damages, principles of legal llability, real property, com- mon law pleading, moot court law and practice, patent law, suretyship, equity cases, federal procedure, jury trial, case analysis and legal research, legai debating and extraordinary legal remedies, Including habeas corpus, ete. The Winter term will end March 16, and examinations in the law school will be held March 17, 18 and 19. ’ Finance nnd Business. The following subjects given in the law school will be available to stu- dents in the college of finance and business administration: Trusts and monopolies, bills and notes, surety- ship. government contracts and claime and international claims. The course in {nternational clalms covers international law from the viewpoint of the private litigant and is taught by Prof. Le Ro The following subjects will be offered students in the college of finance and business administration, many of them being new: American history, political theories, geography of commerce. political science, eco- nomies 1, modern history, business psychology, American State Govern- ment, American political theorles, short story writing, economics 3, English composition, real estate prac- tice, law of sales, real estate law, corporation organization, management and finance and Investments. Prof. Andrew J. Newman, professor of for- elgn trade, will have the subject of geography of commerce. Political science will be taught by Prof. George J. Schulz; American State Govern- ment and political theories, by Prof. Myers; economics, Dr. Whitney, and investments by Prof. Willlam H. S. Stevens, professor of marketing. New courses In public utilities and mar- keting also will be offered. Realty Attractive Feature. Probably the most attractive of the new courses offered in the college of finance and business administration and which, apparently, is attracting the largest number of business men to enroll for the course, is the realty course, in which a thorough course in real estate law and allied subjects Is ofered. The university has recognized the efforts of the American Realty Asso- clation to prevail upon the larger universities throughout the country to add courses in real estate, to be taught by professors qualified in the fleld, in an effort to put the business upon a professional footing, and by a system of instruction made avallable to business men acquaint them with the possibilities for enlargement of the scope of the business, and also to warn against sharks in the business. The course will be conducted by competent instructors who have made a study of the subject, and is not a series of lectures by real estate men, who may be well qualified to deal with certain phases of the subject, but, in most cases, who have very littie knowledge of the subject In its entirety. The subject is commenced with the ordinary real property di- visions, and is developed through the entire fleld, including psychology of advertising and salesmanship. Emphasis on Branches. Among the branches on which em- phasis in the study of the subject fs based are: Running down land titles, acquisition and conveyancing, preparation of papers, deeds, etc. brief outline in untechnical language of kinds of realty fees, life, dower, courtesy, years, joint, common, en- tireties, bullding and straight loans, financing, title insurance settlements, settlement certificates, easements, the bankruptey act and its relation to real estate; conveyancing and mort- gages by corporations and fiduclaries, valuations, appraisments, building and loan associations, judgments, liens, taxes, construction of leases, collectfon of rent, etc. The course will be glven on Mondays, Tuesday and Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. Under the new term arrangement recently adopted by the university, students may enter either the law school or the college of finance and business administration for the first time and commence the study of their chosen profession. First-year subjects carrying the same welghts as those offered at the beginning of the Fall term are offered, thus making it pos- sible for the new student to com- mence at the beginning of any term. By taking the Summer term work this Summer the new student will be able to enter the second-year class at the beginning of the next school year. Activity of Fraternities. Several of the fraternities and school organizations held meetings during the holidays. A school dance is being planned for the latter part of January, and other social affairs will be held. Debating by both the Alvey and Miller debating societies will be re- sumed Saturday night. The debate between the winners of the recent intersociety debate and the debating team of the Woodrow Wilson Club will be held during the month. D. J. Fuqua is president of the winning so- clety team, and M. J. Lane president of the Wilsorf Club. The regular monthly meeting of Phi Beta Gamma Legal Fraternity will be held Friday night. J. H. Whittington is chief justice of the fraternity. e — GULF SHIPS OVERDUE. Fear Felt for Fate of One With 200 Passengers Aboard. MBXICO CITY, January 3.—Uncer- tainty still exists as to the fate of several of the vessels caught in the recent storm in the ‘Gulf, among them the. small Mexican steamer Tamaulipas, with 200 passengers and the crew on_board, which, was en route from Vera Cruz to Frontera when the hurricane broke out. She still is unreported, but hope s ex- pressed that she sought refuge In some sheltered cove and rode out the storm safely. The crew of the schooner Yalton, which was wrecked at Gutlerrez, just south of Tuxpam, was today reported saved. The steamer Covarrublas is proceeding from Vera Cruz along the Gulf coast, attempting to locate the sohooners 1sidoro and Rayo, which JANUARY 4 1925—PART 1, YOU AND UNCLE SAM Series of Educational Articles Telling How Federal Govern- ment Is Organized and How It Functions—Written Expressly for School Children. No. 25—The Work of a Member of Congress BY WILL P. KENNEDY Don't think that the job of a mem- ber of Congress, either in the Senate or National House of Representatives, is one of unalloyed happiness, suc cess, popularity and opportunity—far from that. It is as discouraging and disheartening as any ambitious young man ever entered upon. There are in Congress today actual- Iy scores upon scores of men who were rated as “world beaters’ back home, who, with their spirits broken, have settled into “Innocuous desuetude’” and are just moving along in a rut. Remember, that in your own com- munity there is just one Congressman whom you see seldom and about whom you read in the newspapers rather frequently. In Washington there are 435 members of the House and 96 members of the Senate—531 Congressmen in all, so in Washington soclety they are not a rarity and so do not get uncommon attention. A rising young lawyer, setting some store by his talent for oratory, per- hdps after several terms in the State legislature, comes to Congress—and 99 times out of 100 drops out of sight and public natice. He gets little or no chance to make a speech in Con- gress and In the mat! of committee asstgnments falls to get appointed to such committees as would be most helpful. Becomes Errand Boy. Then he is swamped with letters trom his constituents who seem to imagine he {s just an errand boy for them in the Capital. Right off, he has demands upon him from more than 100 persons seeking jobs—and most of these want important posi- tions for which they have no quali- fication. He is kept on the run from one Government department and bu- reau to another—and there are hun- dreds of them; for example, the De- partment of Agriculture alone is housed In more than 25 buildings in all corners of the city. The new member of Congress is sorely tried in mind, body and spirit to even appear to be endeavoring to do something toward meeting the demands of constituents. And dur- ing and after all this he is subject to severe and biting criticism in his home district because he has not been able to do more. In his own party and in other parties there are men who want the honor of being Congressman who are quite ready to censure him unfairly without evén knowing what he is up against. In his zeal to do all he can for the home folks each Member of Congress must be constantly on his guard against being led into a false position by specially Interested groups with some ax of their own to grind. They importune and petition him, often- times to do something that they real- ize will be agalnst his own best inter- ests and those of the majority of his constituents He has a salary of $7.500—where oftentimes he was earning $10,000 or $15,000 or more in his own profession or business. He makes the sacrifice for the honor that comes to his fam- ily through his being chosen g Mem- ber of Congress, or through & patri- otic spirit of public service—only to throw himself wide open to all sorts of criticism. Expenses Run High, Qut of the $7.500, he has to main- tain a residence “back home”; he has to pay the cost of moving family and furniture to the Capital; he has to maintain apartments in the Capital and feed and clothe himself and fam- ily; he and his family have to dress better than when in his home com- munity, and attendance on social functions is an added expense; he has to entertain visitors from his dis- sightseeing or on business bent; he has frequently to finance constituents who “go broke" while on a visit to the Capital; he has to make frequent contributions to charitable as well as political organizations; he has the ex- pense of both primary and election campaigns every two years. Few members of Congress can live on the salaries they receive and have to dig into savings. Members of Congress are constantly schooled to suffer much and say lit- tle about it. Of course, they are human and all have thelr faults and some, vices. They come from all walks in life, each with some par- ticular abllity which led his fellow citizens to send him to Congress to represent them. Some of them have small town ideas and some of them have ideas that embrace the universe. It is the rubbing together of such men from all parts of the country, with all sorts of experience that gives us laws that pretty well meet conditions generally—an honest con- census of the will of the people. Spends Full Days, How does a member of Congress spend his day? Usually he gets to his office by 9 o'clock. He spends about an hour and a half on his mail, with his secretary. He apportions out the work that the secretary can do for him. Then he usually attends a committee meeting until noon, or if he has no committee meeting he visits Government bureaus in the in- terests of some constituents. From 12 to 5 or 5:30 he spends what tims e can in the House chamber listen- ing to debate, conferring with his colleagues on some matter concern- ing his district or of national im- portance. In odd moments he keeps as nearly abreast of his office work as possible, and in a few rare quiet mo- ments prepares his speeches. These speeches are more often printed In the Congressional Record under “leave to extend remarks than actually made in the legislative chamber. Much of the time of members fs wasted in hurrying from their of- fices to the legislative chamber to answer a roll call.. They dare not miss the call because it might be on some matter of party interest or af- fecting their district. Not once in 100 times s the call really necessary The member eats his lunch at what- ever hour may be most convenient— often it is a sandwich and bottle of pop and an apple munched in the cloakroom. Just Everyday Man. He plays golf for exercise and rec- reation and attends social gatherings just about the same as the general run of men everywhere throughout the country. The congressman is not an idol or super-man, nor is e always an ideal citizen—he is decidedly human. The “Founding Fathers” intended that he should be one of the people, close to them, so that he could sympathetical- ly represent them. The lot of a congressman is a hard one. His constituents should not make it harder by demanding that he do things he cannot or should not do, or by urging him to father legis- lation that properly should be han- dled by their own city council or State legislature. On the whole members of Congress are a pretty sensible lot, and bob up smiling no matter how sorely their strength and spirits may have been tried. (Copyright, 1924, by Will P. Kennedy.) (The twenty this serfes will be “Uncle Sam’s Dally Newspaper.” It will be printed in sixth article in trict when they come to Washington BOY S Of chief Interest to Scouts during the closing week of the old year was the C. M. O. banquet, held at Hotel La Fayette on Monday evening. A hun-| dred and twenty-five members of the Camp Roosevelt honor organization were present and enjoyed the biggest time in the history of the tribe. Manager W. M. Kochenderfer had made the gold room available, and it was a rollicking joy-filled room as Scouts feasted and recalled innumer- able experiences at camp. A big turkey dinner was only the beginning of the fun. Following this, there was Dick Nash with his great rope stunt and his “Will Rogers” com- ment on the funny side of life at Camp Roosevelt, and Jim Hall, with his cigar box' fiddle, and “Wampus Cat” Stuart, with his “Uncle Josh ‘Wetherby” stories of camp adventure that set the house in an uproar, and “The Whale,” known to polite society as Commodore William E. Longfellow of the American Red Cross. L. A. Snead, president of the Dis- trict of Columbia Boy Scout Counetl, and Edward D. Shaw, executive, were guests of honor, and delighted the scouts with their reminiscences and stories. Scout Odell Whipple sang and Scout Paul Brightenburg gave a couple of violin solos, while one of the hits of the evening was an origi- nal Camp Roosevelt song, words and music by Scoutmaster Worth E. Shoults of Troop 20. Edgar Chase read a special edition of the Rough Rider, the camp paper that records all jokes and scandals while camp is in session, and Phil Herrick, newly elected president of the C. M. O., told of the purposes of the organization and hopes for the future. Camp Dfrector Linn C. Drake was toastmaster, and Assistant Execu- tive H. B. Holbrook and many of the old camp staff were present. Of great interest to all was the con- ferring of the third, or honorary de- gree, for the first time on twelve sec- ond degree Scouts who had been nominated by the Council of Sachems for that distinction. In the future, only five Scouts will receive this honor each year. Those invested with the honor were Bradford Abernethy, Troop 63; Arthur Cole, 49; Philip Herrick, 15; Arthur Kimball, Sea this paper next Wednesday.) COUTS honors have been earned and con- ferred than in any two previous years, 1923 alone excepted. Thirty-two Scouts secured the high- est possible rank, that of eagle, and 65 the second highest, that of star. Over a thousand more merit badges were granted than in any previous year. Scouts assisted in two community good turns during the holidays. On Christmas eve they were present as ushers and guides at Washington's community Christmas tree celebra- tion, and last Monday they assisted in the taking of a pedestrian traffic census in the downtown business sec- tion. In this connection Charles H. Ruth of the Washington Association of Building Owners and Managers highly commended the Scouts for the manner in which they handled the count. At the last sesslon of the Court of Honor for 1824 Scout Basil Postle- thwaite of Troop 11 was granted the rank of life and star. Merit badges were granted to Scouts, as follows: Ronald Brown, 10, carpentry, craftsmanship, fireman- ship: Louis Magruder, 10, carpentry, craftsmanship, firemanship; Ray Mat- son, 33, first aid, personal health; K. Smith, 33, craftsmanship, handl- craft; E. Seldel, 33, conservation, handicraft, hiking; R. Farnsworth, 40, cooking, pioneering; H. Y. Trout, 40, cooking, ploneering; Edward Hub- bard, 43, lifesaving: Elliott Murphy, 42, pathfinding; Robert Gordon, 64, civics; L. A. Ban, 70, electrioity; Nathaniel Everard, 70, pioneering; ‘Willlam Everard, 70, scholarshi Arthyr Claxton, 70, marksmanshi; Robert Praetorius, 70, photograph: Kenneth Stubbs, 70, photograph Harry Cacalman, 73, personal health; Robert Shostick, 73, forestry; Lewis Silverman, 73, firemanship; James Wilson, 96, first aid; Robert Micke: 100, bird study, electricity: Frimble Sawtelle, 100, public health; Basil Postlethwaite, 11, athletics, first aid, ploneering; Francls Wayland, 100, automoblling, painting; Donald Dow, handicraft; R. Steadman, 100, automo- biling; Ellwood L. Koch, 100, first ald to animals, masonry, carpentry; F. M. Thuney, 100; marksmanship, automobil- ing and swimming. During _the last two weeks the Scouts; Albert McPherson, 74; Ben Morgan, 42; Wilbur Myers, 49; Homer Smith, 71; Willlam J. Stephenson, 100; George Strong, 67, and George Wales, 15. The C. M. O. has grown in the four years of its existence to have a mem- bership of 325 Scouts who have re- ceived honors at the summer camp, and now functions 4s an all-year, or- ganization, with many activitles pro- moting the welfare of the Boy Scout movement. Officers elected for the coming year at a recent meeting here were: Phil Herrick of Troop 15, president; Ar- thur Cole, Troop 49, vich president; Homer Smith, Troop 33, secretary, and ‘William Stephenson, Troop 100, treas- urer. Announcement was made of the in- tention of the tribe to establish an honor award of a solld gold medal to be conferred, as occasion warranted, upon members of the C. M. O. who save life or otherwise distinguish themselves by outstanding service to Camp Roosevelt or Washington scout- ing. The biggest year for Washington Scouts was 1924, not only in the mat- ter of enroliment and number of troops, ‘but in Scout accomplishments and _advascement sy welly Court of Reviews has ceitified to the advancement in rank as indicated of the following Scout: First class—Paul Bust, 93; D. Caldwell, 64; J. Williams, 70; H. Klein, 73, and Joseph Rosenthal, 73. Second class—Howard Thornett, 10; Bernard Boyd, 16; Henry Camper, 16; Carl Sophles, 30; D. Trimble, 5; Amel Saul, 5; Willlam Donegan, 4; Leroy Lawson, 4; E. Crampton, &; Charles McCray, ©6: Henry Lethridge, 5; Henry Shaw, 5; Charle: M. Houghton, 105; Willlam Vine, 105; George Arnold, 106; William Albou, 105; J. Weller, 56; R. Speich, 44; D. Moore, 44; Robert Beck, 44; F. Tharin, 47; M. Burke, 73, and T. Jones, 42. A swimming meet, under the aus- pices of the Colored Scoutmasters’ Round Table was held at Dunbar High Bchool last week, as a feature of the community center bazaar. The troops participating were 501, 502, 504, 505, 506, 508 and 512. A prize plaque was awarded to Troop 501, of the Lovejoy Community Center, for having scored the highest number of points. Troop 508 of St." Augustine’s Church ‘won second place with a score of 25 points, and Troop 512 of the Metro- politan A. M: E. Church third place with 33 peista Iadiyidusl were awarded to Scouts winning first, second and third places. The judges for the meet wers Lieut. Charles G. Young, Fleld Execu- tive Charles A. Bell and Assistant Scoutmaster James L. Armstrong. Four lifeguards, Howerton, Walker, Jackson and Fallin, were on the job. Events were won by troops as fol- lows: 20-yard swim, Troop 501; 60- yard swim, Troop 512; 100-yard swim, Troop 501; plunge for distance, Troop G08; underwater swim, Troop 512; egg and spoon race, Troop 508; fancy diving, Troop §01; distant swimming, Troop 69l; candle race, Troop 512. The meet was well attended by Scout parents and friends. Assistant Bxecutive H. D. Holbrook was in charge and also spoke. He announced that a scoutmaster’s round table had recently been organized for the pur- pose of raising the standard amons colored boys and increasing the morale of the troops. Meetings of the round table will be held at the Twelfth Street Branch, Y. M. C. A, on the fourth Sunday of each month. Invitation was extend- ed to men who were Interested in the Boy Scout movement to volunteer their help. Assistant Executive Holbrook in- troduced Lieut. Charles G. Young, president of the round table, who pre- sented individual prizes of ribbons to Scouts French Burke, Troop 501, Lovejoy Community Center, of which Benjamin E. Whitaker s scoutmaster; to Scout Sldney Norrls, Troop.508, St. Augustine’s Church, of which Leo P. Wilson is scoutmaster, and to Scout Joseph Johnson, Troop 512, Metropolitan A. M. E. Church, whoss scoutmaster {s Norman Kafser. 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