Evening Star Newspaper, November 15, 1925, Page 24

rey THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., NOVEMBER 15, 1925—PART 1. ATION OBSERVES EDUCATION WEEK U. S. Government as Well as| Organizations i_n Program to Start Tomorrow. | | | | | | American Education week, that period of the year chosen for the en- tire Nation fo dedicate itself anew to the great task of universal edu-| cation for democratic living, W n tomorrow in virtually . town and hamlet through 1 wan | 1u- | nent | nt | become a pe erican i clal se in promotin, which the we pends.” Special Days Designated. No mapped week, alt and the defintte program has been out for obser ce. of the ough the American Legion tion Associa- | tion have desig pecial toples | for consideration on the varfous days. For instanc rrow is “Constitu dayr"; “Patriotisla_ da Wednesdsy School and Teacl a C Vi “jon i “Knevn Yi “Community unday “For School da and Health God and Country daj During the week every community 1s urged te. study not only its educa plant, but also its educational { and the community and atma phere in which children are brous up. Parents are en¢ouragad to vis! teachers and teachers visit parents in an effort to solve the common prob- lems of children. “Let the week, says the Naticnal Education Association, “be a time of deeper understanding on the part of the people of the role education has plaved, is playing and must play inY the life of our great democracy.” School Dedications. Parent-teacher assoclations, moth- ers' clubs and puplls of the publi: &chools will join in the observance of the week in Washington. As a spe- cfal feature Supt. of Schools Frank . Ballou has planned to dedicate two of the District's new schools— the Ifalth School, at Thirteenth and Allison streets, and the Bernard T. Janney School, in Tenleytown. Dr. Ballou also has instructed 13 of the wchool officers to prepare statements concerning the public schools for pub- lication during the week. The Janney School will ba dedicated Thursday and the new Health School the following day. Walter B. Pat- terson, director of special activities in the schools, has arranged an elaborate | program_for the dedication of the| Health School, which will mive the| public the first opportunity to inspect | this new building. DR. R. B. VON KLEINSMID HONORED AT LUNCHEON Delta Phi Epsilon of Georgetown University Entertains President of Southern California. Delta Phi Epsilon, Professional Foreign Service Fraternity, George- town Universit. held a luncheon at! the University Club Thursday in hon- | or of Dr. Rufus B. von KleinSmid, president of the University of South- ern California and national president of the fraternity. Among the 40| members present were Dr. Willlam F. Notz, dean of the School of For- eign Service, and Dr. Richard S. Har- vey, faculty member of Georgetown Unlversity. Thomas D. O'Keefe, president of Alpha Chapter, presented Dr. von KleinSmid to the members. Dr. Notz paid a high tribute to Dr. von Klein- Smid as one of the outstanding lead- ers in American foreign service edu cation. Dr. von KleinSmid was honored by the United States Government in be- ing appointed one of the five promi- nent Americans representing the TUnited States in the third Pan-Amer- jcan Congress, which was held in Lima, Peru, last December. In ad- ditlon, the University of Southern California sent him as its representa- tive to the educational institutions of the republics of Latin America. In 1921 Dr. von KleinSmid was sent as a representative of the Pan-American TUnion and the Department of State to South America. On that trip the Unlversity of San Marcos, the old- est educational institution of South America, conferred ¢n him the de- gree of doctor en filosofia y letras. ‘The Unlversity of Mexico also con- ferred on him the degree of doctor of laws. ARMISTICE éXERCISES AT SHAW JUNIOR HIGH Officers Who Served With Ameri- can Forces in France Guests of Honor. Armistice day was observed at the ®haw Junlor High School by a spe- clal assembly. The guests of honor were Capt. Harry O. Atwood, Lieut. Frank Coleman and Maj. West A. Hamilton. These officers tvere in active service in France when the armistice was signed. They gave vivid accounts of their experiences, and counseled the students to strive always for the ideals for which the war fought. The school sang the songs familiar in. war days, such as “Tipperary “Dear Old Pal of Mine,” “The Y Are Coming,” “Rose of No Man's Land.” At the close of the exercises Maj. Hamilton presented to the school |- @ large photograph of the battlefield monument erected to the memory of fallen comrades by the survivors of the d United States Infantry of the 157th Division. . At the November meeting of the Shaw Parent-Teacher Association the following parents were elected mem. | bers of the executive committ J. M. Carter, John Highsm William Audrick. SORORITY TO CONVENE. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority will held its eighth annual convention at Howard University December 28 to 31, inclusive. It is the oldest national organization of its kind, and had its birth at Howard during the 1907-08 ecademic year, since which time fort: odd chapters have been orzanized throughout the country. The nation basileus Is Miss L. Fear} Mitehelt of | Cleveland, Ohio. There are two local | chapters—Alpha, or undergraduate chapter of Howard University, with Miss Bernice Chism as basileus, and Xi Omega, or graduate chapter, with Mrs. Harriet B. Allen as basileus. Xi Omega, as hostess chapter, is making elaborate preparations for the entertainment of the visitors The campus of Howard University is to be the scene of many of the sorority’s festivities. A huge Christ mas tree, electrically lighted, will Ferve as & algn of greeling. { Hutchins Dr | ization are fourfold: (1) To stimulate | | Memorial Chapel Wednesday at the '| SCHOOL PAPER MAKES “FAIRY STORY” EXPERT TO ADDRESS ARTS CLUB Dugald Stewart Walker, Coast-to- Coast Traveler, Listed for Talk This Evening. Dugald Stewart Walker, who for 12 years has been veling from st to coast ling fairy tales to audiences of »oth children and own-ups, will ddress the Art ub at its mes ng this even the headquar- ers 2017 1 street, in one of the serles of mu and literary DUGALD WALKER ind s b Walker is tor of note and is the 1 hooks of fairy tales, \ his reading on, Mr is a producer of pageunts, in he mauk » of symboli h an to the spiriatal ring he produced’the ennial 30 nights. lub during ighbors in Albion K. evening, Novem- ime evening, “The ¢ Genevieve Wim- cent talks at the club have ireat Pietures and the Art Them,” by Miss Alice Ke. Sunday, i Wollt Iso an illust thor of sever talks at the A this month will be the 011 satt includ On ‘ovember Mrs. mith, chairman of ng a reading of The Raven,” by Beginning today also there will be two exhibits on view at the Arts Club, one an exhibition of photo- graphs by Clara E. Sipprell of New York, and the other, “Hawailan Sketches,” by Mrs. Ana W. Marvell, of California. s NAVY YARD WAGE H Fewer Complaints ‘[his Year, Representatives of employes of the the countr tunity, beginning tomorrow, to tell the general wage board of review of the Navy might e rds have been recelved at the de rtment, and before they in e employ present in effort to have the local bos ommendation there have been fewer complaints this year than ever before against the rec- ommendations of the local wage boards. The hearings will be conducted in the Shipping Board conference room, 2911 Navy Department Building, and will be started tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, before the board, consist- ing of Capt. Frank Clark, aide to the Secretary of the Navy for navy yards; F. S. Curtis, chief cierk of the Navy Department; William D. Bergman, ap- pointment clerk, and A. J. Berres, rep- resenting the American Federation of Labor. Under the law new wage scales for navy vard workers are prepared in each. “The local boards are required to collect data on the pay for similar work paid by private industrial plants in the vicinity and adjust naval wages and other |t conform to them. Their recom menditions are submitted to the de partment for final review, and before passing on them the men are giver the right to appeal from the decisions of the local board. BANANA ALETON HELPS RED COSS Italian Fruit Dealer Raises $100 by Sale at Muni- tions Building. EARINGS AR SET Against Decisions of Local Boards. Nearly $100 was raised for the Dis- trict Chapter of the American Red Cross to swell the roll call fund yes- terday through the auctioning of a truck load of bananas by Salvadore Scalco, local fruit dealer to Govern- ment emploves at the Munitions and : Navy Buildings. Sounds Like Local. Scalco, a native pf Italy interjected From the Kasper. Stockholm. during his auctioneering that hfr felt “You were out with Miss Kalson | ke€nly the big opportunity the United : States had given him and he had not last night. It must have been pretty | forgotten the help the American Red expensive?” s had given Italy. “Two and a half dollar: Maj. Hesse, superintendent of police, “Is that all?” ranted permission to Scalco for Yes. hington navy yard and naval stations throughout will be given an oppor- Department any reasons they have for iucreasing their es during the calendar vear 1976 reports : from the wage are placed the representatives of the wre given an opportunity to ‘mation and data in fect uled the banana sale, and when an officer on duty n the Navy Building intes rupted the auctioneer, were presented, and tinued. Col. Charles B. Drake, head of Dis- trict Boy Scouts, yesterday assigned more than 200 troopers to the roll call headquarters to aid in the distri- bution of 8,000 Red Cross posters. The posters were distributed throughout the city in record time of two hours. James H. Johnson, manager of Garfinkel’s, yesterday announced that Jullus Garfinckel had wired in- structions to head the store adver- tisements with announcement of the Red Cross roll call. Mr. Johnson per- arranged the window display Garfinkel's epilomizing the Cross. Mrs. Harry C. Barnes, secretary of the District pter, last night an- nounced the assignment of volunteer workers to duty at the Earle Theater, as follows: Mrs. Joseph F. Cottrell, chairman; Mrs. Alfred Maybach, Mrs. Fred H. mith, Mrs. Willlam §. Bowen, Mrs. Carl F. McKinney, Miss Catherine Donnlan, Mrs. George P. Hill, Mrs. Robert O'Brien, Miss Esther Foote, Mrs. C. O. Chudt, Mrs. C. M. Seaman, | A Mrs. Willlam T. Carpenter, Mrs. J. B. Woolmugh. Miss Catherine Harman and Mrs. Clarke. credentials the sale con- dis lin Smokers of Latvia have it harder, for taxes on both tobacco and matches have been ralsed Newton W. Preston, tary of the Y. M. C. A., died sud- \tou | denly Thursday at 6:30 pm. at his home, 5316 Forty-first street, of heart % services held tomorrow at 2 p.m., Congregational Preston was a deacon. Winter will officiate, terment will be in Glenwood Ceme- tery. Mr. wife, daughter, Mrs. Edwin D. Birchard of ., and two sons, Glenn ston of Plerre, S. Dak., and E. Asheville, N. Born ber 8, early he learned the printing trade. er went to Nebraska and for a time a newspaper at he was married to Miss ited Church, F. Donald Preston of this ¢ in Rockville, Mr. Preston spent the part of his life in Chicago, where Rev. Conn., N. W. PRESTON RITES WILL BE HELD TODAY Night Secretary of Y. M. C. A. Vic- tim of Heart Attack—Had Lived Here Since 1909. night secre- will be at the First where Mr. Frank- and in- is survived by his Preston; a it Septem- He Arlington, Mabel F. Meade in 1883. Later with their two children they moved to I mont, Nebr., where Mr. Preston fof eighteen vears n praf Fremont Normal College. tive in Masomc and Uud i ganizatio He came to Washir ary to Represent Latta and later Representative phens. He was later connected with the National Democraitc Committec and Salvation Army. entereq tn employ of the Y. Willlam Knowles general secretary of the Y. uf. C. A night pald tribute to Mr. Pre a letter to association members. He was ac- PUTNAM GOING TO BOSTON Washington Newspaper Man I Transferred. BOSTON, November 14 (#).—Fdg: D. Shaw, for the past seven years ar executive in the Wil Hearst newspaper or : been named publisher of t American and Boston Adv was announced today. Mr ‘was publisher of the Ac six months ago, New York, will succ drews as publisher of the two pape C. I. Putnam, who has been pu er of the Washington He Shaw NI [ | I T T (I I HOWARD CLASSES CHOOSE OFFICERS Hisw.y Society Meets—W. H. Hopkins Is Elected President of Juniors. —— T The Histor‘cal Soclety of Howard Unive: y held its second meeting Thursday in S.ibrary Hall, university campus, and planned its activities for the school year. Discussions of the society deal mainly with current| events and recent history. | The society was organized last year by a group of students specializing in Who recognized the benefit to be gained by deep study and broad research. The purposes of the organ. | an interest in and to reward those | students who achieve high scholastic | ranking; (2) to establish a museum of | documents in the field of history; (3) to reward those whose research in this fleld shall contribute to our knowledge | of the early history and struggles of the negro in America; and (4) to stimulate and encourage propaganda which will give recognition to the deeds of the negro. | Membership in the organization is open to all students specializing in | history, but only those members who have shown superior scholarship in the ~subject will be permitted to suffrage and to wear the society's emblem. The officers of the 1925 society are: Raymond A. Lemmon, president; Nellle Holmes, vice presi- dent; Alice Mae Richards, secretary: Emory Johnson, treasurer, and Uleda Woulridge, custodian. The sponsors of the organization are Prof. Charles H. Wesley, head of the department of history, and Prof. Walter Dyson. The Chamber of Commerce of How- ard University, composed of students who are speclalizing in commercial subjects at the university, held its first meeting of the new school year Wednesday. George W. Patterson, president, gave a detailed outline of the program for the year. The junior class held its regular meeting Tuesday in Library Hall. The following officers were elected: W. H. Hopkins, president; Miss Marle Har- ris, vice president, and Miss Ruth Trigg, secretary. The Howard University Engineer- ing Society elected the following of- ficers at its last meeting: E. R. Welch, president; E. T. Winder, vice presi- | dent; F. B: Langwood, secretary, and T. E. Batson, treasirer. The dean of the College of Applied Science, Harold D.’Hatfleld, enlarged upon the purpose of the society and the benefits one may derive from it, and cited many examples of the de. mand for engineers. The. professor of civil engineering, L. K. PpWwning, a Howard graduate and al3o a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology, was introduced to the soclety. Services commemorating Armictice day were held in Andrew Rankin noonday assembly. A short talk was made by Dr. D. Butler Pratt, dean of the school of religion of Howard University. He reviewed the part plaved by the graduates of Howard University on the battlefields of France during the World War. A silent prayer, lasting two minutes, concluded the services. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell will be the principal speaker at the vespers service this afternoon in the Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel on the uni- versity campus. Music will be fur- nished by the university vested choir, under the direction of Miss Lulu V. Childers. BOW AT HINE JUNIOR | [T [T T Why? Cheerful Credit—and they have found this start! part of your city. Tattler, 24-Page Publication, Ap- pears—Arniistice Day Ob- served by Pupils. celebrated at pecial Armidgice day v Hine Junior High program included patriotic song: the school, an address by M. J House of Hine faculty, on “Reminis. | cences of Overseas Duty,” and a talk by D. A. Edward: former president of the board of education, on “Analy sis of Causes of the World War, Amer- | tca’s Part in It and the Results. | The Orange and Gray Tattler, the 24-page school paper, had its first ssue this week. Almost all articles re written by the puplls, and great interest has been shown in the sub- scription contest, eight sections’ hav- ing 100 per cent. The Rookies’ Club was addressed v representatives from other clubs. Charle: sé,” Mary Bragunier, Eve- lyn Casey, Dorothy Kelso, Helen Johnson and Frank Wright spoke on advantages to be derived from select- ing their club. The Halloween play, “White Maglc,” given by 'Migs Thonssen's 7-B Dra- matic Club, was successful. 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