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THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO D C, FEBRUARY 21, 1926 - PART 1. 15,000 Educators From All Parts of Nation Throng Capital for 59th Convention 10,000 CH[LDV DEATHS EACH YEAR { HELD DUE TO LACK OF TRAINING| Educators Told Half of Those ow Killed by Aec-! cident Could Be Saved by Proper Safety Educa- tion in Schools—All Day D “One-ha school of the 20000 children of ze now killed 1 cident ench vear can be saved by ty teaching i publ teaching which furthermore has genuine e value This message was fnpressad on sev eral thousand educators who sathe in the Washi Auditorfinn nighe Albert Whitney, 1ice n. Na > spoke on in Its shools. w E Movement ton to Edne “The Joint_one o the Study the Nt : il was the méeting of the thousands promine edr S ho the Denartment « ~onvention That the themaelves o vestorday perinten Emphasizin should « teach « selves coming : Whitney continued Ou herited Fdueation r educat noof today is larsels an inheritance m o time when edn cation in the fundamentals of Hvi such as safety, health, citizenship and character-training was had in the home. and hence was not a purt of formal educati But toder beciuse of the complex character of cur clv- ilization and conditic »f living this training cannot be had In the home and therefore must be tauken over by the schools. The average home, if it | 1s to ‘come back, can do only with the aid of the school “The outsanding task before the schools today 1s to bring education into closer relationship to Hif Charles H. Judd of the University | of Chicago. speaking in the place « Secretary of Commerce Hoover, told | | his fellow educutors that “safety is necessar a2 a school subject today beciuse the untrained intelligence o1 | a child is not audequate in an uz»" which is supplied with the mechan- | feal contrivances that are utilized by | our modern civilization. | University, and ussion Held. .Iud:t! to live in| is in an}| word an | A swiftly school.” My el ire continued children nment which AL sense of the wnatural environment moving automobile is dangerous be- 1se the rate of human movement is piiparatively slow. One must pro- tect oneself 1 automwible in ways wholly t from those by vhich an individ would protect nimself from a horse aund carrfage. he plea for sarety education | therefore, (o the acceptance ot education which will in- - 1ot only adaptation to the me- chunical environment, but also adap- tutio t miustry and woclety. In this sense, fewv education is mere- Iv un introduction to a general course in citizenship. Other speakers last night were Dr. Guy M. Whipple, secretary of the soc- ‘Introducing ihe Vewrbuok on ucation” Zenos Scott, ¢ sehouls, ngtield, ringtleld Handles and Dr. A. B. of education * Connecticut, Hartford. on “Sum mary and Bvaluation of Safety Ldu cation.” “must an ey impor I ntendent Mass., on “Hov Discussed All Day. The Washington Auditorium ing last night brought to a close a full days' discusslon of the safety problemi as it relates 1o the public schools of the country. Speakers at Central High School yesterday morning and afternoon on the program of the education division of the National Safety Council were Mrs. Suzanne Morin Swing of New York City, Miss Minnie Nielson, State uperintendent of public Instruction, North Dakota: Miss Ruth Streitz, Columbla University: Mrs. Frances Miner, director of health and safety for the Louisville schools: Dr. E. George Payne, New York Universi Miss elyn Holston, Springfield, Mass. Havold Rugg, (olumbia A. W. Whitney, After the speaking the Dramatic Club of the Wilson Normal School. under direction of Miss presented a morality play Knowledge Driveth Away Fear. meet- it Iy PLAN TO ENTERTAIN | HOOSIER DELEGATES Indiana Society and Alumni As- sociation to Give Get-To- gether Dinner. The Indiana State Soclety and| Washington Alumni Association of Tndiana University will give a get- together dinner at the New Willard Tuesday evening in honor of Hoosfer delegates and visitors attending the National Education Association meet- ing. At the Nationa Education Asso- elation meeting each year the Indiana dinner has become a regular feature, and is one of the two college dinners, the other being attended by Columbia University alumni. Indiana_ Univer- sity has contributed many leading edu- cators and counts 35 coilege and uni- versity executives and presidents as drawn from its graduates. Invitations have been accepted by Postmaster General New. Everett Sanders, secretary to the President; John H. Edwards. Assistant Secre- iary of Interior: the entire Indiana congressional delegation and other Tndianians in public life. Among the visitors will be David Starr Jordan, president emeritus of Leland Stan- ford; Chancellor Ernest J. Lindley of Kansas University, President Frank Aydzllotte of Swarthmore Col- lege, Jesses H. Newlon of Denver, past president of the National Edu- ation Assoclation, and many others well known In the educational world. From Indiana University will come a large delegation headed by Presi- dent Willlam Lowe Bryan, W. A, Alexander and Dr. Agnes Wells. dean of women. Representative Purnell, president of the Indlana Society and alumnus of the university, will preside as toast- master at the dinner. The officers of the alumni association are Bicknell. president; Mrs. Warren R. Clardy, vice president: John J. Rein: hard, secretary; John Fesler Lance, treasurer, and James L. Fleser, Miss Mary K. Wells, J. B. Gwin and Cam- den R. McAtee, executive committee. CONSIDER FRANCO PLANS. Spanish Cabinet Debates Whether He Will Return by Air or Ship. MADRID. February 20 UP).—The cabinet under the presidency of King Alfonso this afternoon considered Comdr. Franco's return to Spain, whether by ship or by air, but came to no concrete decision. Definite action awalts the recelpt here of Comdr. Franco's plans as to continuation of the flight to Chile and from there northward to the United States. There exists. however, a decided trend toward Franco's return by ship. Newspapers as well as the public argue that should Comdr. Franco con- tinue his flight and come to grief it would not only terminate his return fiight but also tend to impair the bril- liancy of his feat in fiylng from Spain to Argentina. N. E. A. PROGRAM Today's important events in the program of the department of superintendence of the Natiomal Education Assoclation and allied organizations follow: a.m.—Clancy Memorial Break! fast, Raleigh Hotel. p.m.—Pllgrimage to Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery. p.m.—Department of Superintendence, Vesper Service, Memorial Continental Hall. p.m.—Commission on the Curriculum of the Department of Superintendence, Gridiron room, New Willard Hotel. p.m.—Legislative Commission of the National Education Associa- tion, National Educatios n Assoclation Building. TOMORROW’S EVENTS. a.m.—California Delegation Breakfast, Willard room, New Willard Hotel. Department ington Auditorium. 5 a.m.- a.m.—International Council for Children, Bullding 5, G of Superintendence, General Session, Wash- the Education of Exceptional eorge Washington University. am.—Luncheon for lowans, by Iowa Congressmen, Dining room, House of Representative: noon—Delegates to the World "ederation of Education Associa- tions LuncHeon, Powhatan Hotel. p.m.—Education Association of the District of Columbla Luncheon, Ballroom, Mayflower Hotel. p.m.—Department of Elementary School Principals, Washington Auditorfum. p.m.—Department of Deans o ational Association upervisors. Committee of ¢ Women, Wardman Park Hotel. High School Inspectors and room, National Hotel. p.m.—National Society of College Teachers' of Education, Corcoran Hall. George Washington University. p.m.—Supervisors of Student p.m.—Department of Superintendence, Topic Group Teaching, National Hote! B," The and Technique of Supervision, Baliroom, New Willard Hotel. 216 p.m.—Department of Superin Relation of _Public Schools to Religious Topic Group “B,” the Instruction, tendence, Auditorfum, First Congregational Church. 5 p.m.—Department of Superintendence, Topic Group “C,” Oral Hyglene in Washington Unfversity. p.m.—Department of Superini Single Salary Schedule, p.m.—Department 215 of Superintendence, the Public Schools, Stockton Hall, George tendence, Topic Group “D,” The Hall of Nations, Washington Hotel. Tople Group “F,” The tional School Correspondence Plan of the Junior Red Cross, p.m.—Department of Superintendence, Topic Group “F, pert Janitor, Sunday Church. p.m.—Conference of Business Managers Assembly Hall, American Red Cross. = ' the School Hall, First Congregational in School Systems, Ballroom, Burlington Hotel. p.m.—Department of Rural Education, Auditorium, Department of the Interior. p.m.—City Teacher Training tional Museum. School Section, Auditorium, New p.m.—Educational Research Association, Masonic Temple. p.m ational Association for Hotel. p.m.—National the Study of the Platoon or Work- Study-Play School Organization, Rose room, Washington Assoclation of Secondary School Principals, Auditorfum. Central High School. = = p.m.—Committee on Community Relations of the National Educa- tion Assoclation, Boardroom, American Red Cross Building. p.m.—Committee on Visual Education of the National Education Assoclation, Committee room, American Red Cross Bullding. p.m.—Committee on Resolutions of the Department of Superin- tendence, Committes ros om “A,” Washington Auditorfum. p.m.—Board of Tellers of the Department of Superintendence, Committee room “B,” Washington Auditorium. .m.—De; P Baucational Research Hotel Lafayette. p.m p.m.—Dinner for Katherine P. tment of Deans of Women, Tea, American University. Association, Dinner, Gold room, —Kappa Phi Kappa Dinner, New Willard Hotel. —Phi{ Sigma Sigma Dinner, Raleigh Hotel. Blake, New Willlard Hotel. p.m.—Department of Superintendence, Genersl Session, Washing- ton Auditorium. .m.—Annual Benefit Conoert, Geo z Hospital, Gymnasium, George W ‘Washington University ‘ashington Untversity. LOCAL NOTABLES WHO WILL HELP ENTERTAI PICK EDUCATION'S BIGGEST FEATURE Six Prominent Educators Answer Question Bearing on Instruction. “What is the biggest American education toduy Six prominent educators, including John J. Tigert, the United Stales Commissioner for Education, who | will participate tomorrow in the con vention of the Departmant of Super- | intendence of the Nutivnal Education Association, answer the foregoing question as follows The improvement in rural schools; | reorganization of the curriculs; the opportunity to outlaw war; the Nation-wide movement to have every child who enters school for the first time 100 per cent free from remedial defects; muking the proper points of contact between the work of the school and the work of the home and community and the threaf of ellectual imperialism by certain colleges “is the biggest challenge on the horizon." These answers were given tively, by Dr. A. k. Winship, editor of the Journal of Ilducation, Boston, | M nd for more than 50 v active in educational work as teacher, lecturer and editor; Commis- sioner ‘Tigert; Katherine D. Blake, principal of L. D. Blake School, New York City, and who will be ziven a specfal testimonlal dinner tomorrow evening In honor of her long service in education: Mrs. A. I1. Reeve, presi- dent of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers: J. W. Crab- tree, secretary of the & ociation, and M. L. Wright of Greenville, N. C. editor of the North Carolina Teacher. thing in respec- | Curricula Worn Out. Dr. Winship. in referring to the improvement in rural schools, de- clared the consolidation of one-room schools and township and union schools gives tens of thousands of country children as good school privi leges as city children have. Commis sioner Tigert explained “our curricula are largely outworn and out of date. A good many agencies are at work upon {t. I hoj . greater attacks upon this sul the immes future than in the vears just hehind us “The great need in our school clared Miss Rlake, * willingne: face fearlessly the facts of li listen to the voice of vouth have the courage to tell the trith no matter what tradition is thus assailed. Unless the teachers of every country combline to teach the truth that war is not the defender but the enemy of the home; that the only hope of civil tion is world co-operation; that all mankind are brothers and equally en- titled to ‘life, liberty and the pursuft of happiness’; unless the teachers so combine, we shall jazz on to destruc. tion." Mrs. Reeve pointed out the contri- bution that can be made by parents to education. “The first definite move- ment fo place squarely where it be- longs—upon the home—the responsi- bility for sending to school a child ready to be taught, has been made by the National Congress of Parents and Teachers in its Summer round-up of children.” Elaborating on his point of proper contact between the work of the school and the work of the home and community, Secretary Crabtree said: “We have attached importance to the matter of acquainting the public with the schools ually important with this is the matter of acquainting the teacher with the public and its essen- tial needs. The purpose of all this Is to work out policles and curricula and AMONG Upper, left to Newark, N. J.; Mrs. Horn, Hale, L} ht: Francls G. Blair, State ey L. W. Wilson, E. C. Broome, superintendent of schools, Lower, left to right: 8. A. Courtis of Detroit, Mich., head of c! ldent State University of Towa; Mrs. e rural agent, Augusta, Me.; 3 2 Members of the N. E L. Haycock: Asst. Supt. of convention bureau. Left to right, bott High; Charles Hart, pri A, Washington convent chools Raymond 0. Wilmas g 01 E. G. Kimball, supervising principal; Allan Davis, prine cipal, Eastern High Nibyl Baker, Cent “CULTURE” EXCURSION TRIED OUT IN GERMANY | | Railroads to Take Country People ' to Great Cities at Re- duced Rates. By the Awsociated Press BERLIN. February 20.—The German federal raflways will make a novel experiment tomorrow, when the first“kultur express’ will start from | Marburg for Cassel. On thte train! excursion gates will be charged which | will enable the peasants and citizens | of small towns not only to see the| sights of the big city but also to utilize its cultural facilities. The rallway administration h: hired the Cassel state theater for a | special preformance for those making | the excursfon, at which half the usual admission will be charged. Guides will be provided for the museums and historic places. If this experiment is a success, “kultur” expresses will be run on Sundays to Berlin, Cologne, Dresden and Munich at regular intervals. establish practices of making real conticts between the school and the fields of public und private need Mr. Wright leveled a lengthy at tack at the “‘threat of intellectual im perfalism by certain colleges.” em- phasizing the “selective admission™ feature. “If 1 catch the drift of what the term ‘selective admission’ means,’ he declared, “it means this: Since there are more students who want to enter certain colleges than these col- leges can admit, the colleges will ar- range to give ai Intelligence test to all applicants and then admit the brightest ones.” “If the college,” he continued, “owned no duty save to the Intellec- tual, and if education were merely a matter of training the intellect, and if the purpose of a college were mere- J¥ to turn out highbrowed intellec- tuals, and if a sufficient correlation existed between intelligence test scores and college work, then there might be some argument for ‘se- lective admission’ on the basis of in- telligence test scores. “If the colleges are going to accept only the most intellectual, why not follow the same procedure in the high school, and then why not follow it on down to the grammar school and the primary grades?’ B Anti-Finnish Duties Suspended. Discriminating duties upon Finnish vesselg have been suspended by Presi- dent ‘Coolidge, Finland having sup- plied “satisfactory proof” that no such duties are now imposed by it upon American vessels. gflnelpfl e . Jessle M. Fink, A. E. Winship, editor Journal of superintendent of public instruction, g:um Philadelphia High School for 1 . ommittee, left to right VISITING EDUCATORS Haris Ewine f Schools Robert . Washington ipal, Business ral ( SURPLUS DECLARED AMONG TEACHERS Excess of “Competent Tim- ber” Reported Growing Throughout U. S. cuching is a profession of grow- ing popularity with a surplus of com petent timber which gradually grown in proportions over the last five years.” This situation obtains generally all over the United States, according to leaders in the Assocation of Teuc who last night concl sessions at the Hotel Harrington It was pointed sentatives of the ing to the ion, which annuall places 40,000 teachers ut an rag salary of $1.500. t the Board of Fducation of this city has found this to be a fact, and only a few weeks ago they asked the United States Bureau of Education to ald them in tightening the qualifi ers in the local school system The reason for the growing surplus of teachers, it was stated, not is due to the fact that men women are being lured by more tractive salarfes than prevuiled erals years ago, but that many ex teachers are forsuking the husiness field “for their old love.” Preceding the annual banquet night the agencies’ group has ational ' Agenc 1 two days to fhe repre. 4 agencies belong out last lected the C. W. Cary, Hart- , Conn.. president: B. F. Clark, Chicago, vice president: W. H. Jones, Columbia, 8. secretary and treasurer. Executive committee: H. A. Mitchell, Des Moines, Towa, and Myrton Bryant, Philadelphia. The principal speakers at vester- da; sessions were John H. Bev eridge, superintendent of schools Omah; br.; C. J. Albert of Chi- cago, C. W. Mulford of New York. and Seeks Son in Capital. Mrs, T. Plunkett, 38 Bell street, On- tario Otta Canada, has written to the police here seeking word of her son, Thomas Plunkett, who is known to have been in Washington last July S&Hn‘flald. !} teacher training school section, department of superintendence, N. E. A nt departmen Education, of elemen n, Mass.; ations for teach- | illas B, Owem: presiasnt {CORCORAN TO BE OPEN | FOR EDUCATORS’ BENEFIT Douglas Volk Portrait of Lincoln Placed on View Especially for Occasion of Convention. { The Corcoran Gallery of Art will be | open not only this afternoon. but to | morrow forencon and eveninz as well, for the benetit of the superintendents and ers uttending the convention sion Douglas Lincoln, en Toward None," been placed on view. s por- which has been apy both artists and historians, 0 be ulated throughout the United ates by the American Federation of Arts primarily for the benefit of school children, As a boy Douglas Volk sat on Lin coln’s knee when his father, Leonard Volk. was making his portrait bust. Mr. Volk's father who made A1l known life mask of Lincoln. rtrait is the result of vears It represents Lin- In in a contemplative mood. Both + likeness and as a spiritual inter- pretation of character and personal ity it has been pronounced admirable. | 1t has the approval of Robert Lincoln, {son of the martyred President. | The Corcoran Gallery of Art will be n this afternoon from 1:30 to 4:30; rrow from 10 z.m. to 2 p.m_and |from & to 1030 p.m. The evening ning is especially for delegates to N. E. A. convention G. A. R. ELECTS OFFICERS. Charles V. Petteys Heads Depart- ment of the Potomac. t oved Charles V. Petteys was elected com- mander of the Department of the Po- tomac, Grand Army of the Republic, at a meeting in the G. A. R. Hall last night. Other officers elected were: George H. Kuehnsman, senior vice commander; A. B. Bennett, junior vice commander: R. E. McBride, depart- ment chaplain: Thomas McKee, sur- geon, and Henry A. Johnson, national council of administration member. D, Booker, William M. Bobb, D: Beatty and Frederick Shortslee were chosen as delegates to the N tional encampment. The newly elected officers will be installed at the final meeting of the encampment, Tuesday night. —_— In Central Africa the natives believe that trees possess spirits, and a weird ceremony must take place before a tree can be chopped down. THE PROMINENT SPEAKERS AT N. E. A. CONVENTION ‘orson, superintendent of schools, Iris; E. C. Hartwell, superintendent of schools, Buffalo, N. Y.; Dr. bt .3 Em;slt Rapids, ; Florence M. of Chicago Normal College, Grand IN.E. A. CONVE 15,000 EDUCATO TION OPENS TODAY RS THRONG CITY — s Pilgrimage to Tomb of Unknown Soldier at Arling- ton and Vesper Service With Address } Freeman Featu tinued from First Page ) supported this measure for a number | of years. Election of a president of the Department of Superintendence to succeed Dr. Ballou 15 scheduled for Thursday. Dr. Ballou as president of the De partment of Superintendence will place the wreath at the foot & the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier this afternoon on behalf of his fellow edu cators. The Columbian Male Quartet will sing “Rest. Peacefully Rest Aa “Brave IHeart. Sleep On W Abernethy, Calvary Baptist Church nounce the invocation at the vesper Ser e this afternoon, which will be broadeast by Jio. The Washington Quartet will sing and Rev. Dr. Wal ce Radcliffe, pustor emeritus of the |New York Avenue Presbyterian ‘hurch will give a Scripture readi | This will be followed by Bishop Free address. ; District Commissioner Fenning will welcon when they gather for their first gen eral sessfon at the Washington Audi- | torium tomorrow morning. Rev. Dr. pastor will pro Frederick A. | the educators Tigert First Speaker. John J. Tigert, U of Education, wil and his talk o S. Commissioner be the first speaker. What is Elementary Education For?" is expected to sound the keynote of the conclave. Two other prominent Monday morning speakers will be Mary McSkimmon, president of the National Education Assoclation, and Frank O. Lowden, former Governor of Illinofs. The ses. stons will be punctuated with singing under the leadership of E. N. C. Barnes, director of music in the local school system. All Phases Covered. Ivery phase of education is covered Ly the 14 allied organizations co operating with the department of | superintendence. They {nclude the re- search specfalist, kindergarten and primary supervisors. high school and | elementary school principals. college | teachers of education, specialists in | rural education, deans of women and vocational directors “The Nation at Work on the Puhlic School Curriculum.” is the title of the Fourth Yearbook of the department | vention | his local Bishop re of Meeting. This of the coope systems scatiered United States, all work revising the The forewcrd Book states ihe r 300 schoo throughout the chich are at courses of study the Fourth Year v superintendent of school with the problem of securing : able curriculum for hobl svst Curriculur making i the centralfproblem of the e m. Al that in es from diffi n or result is don thi h the publ nade if th part in the citizens. Hun ems frankly have ntial revisions of study must be hed prog courses Diser ress thi fourth the me mat are tion. The commission on the curri under whose direction the f book was prepared, “the adoption of re culum by a school & policy advocated. The of this country must curriculum must fit the ment, and to_this m v dapted to the able for teuchir tem. Furthermore riculum would soon ufte it up to dute. curricul r suggestions and informa alun th vea o s made s mot adop! “What tendence through riculum is to effect in a vigorous problems of cu in every school s its which is being distributed at the con- State: A méssage of greeting to members | of the department of superintendence | of the National Education Association | who convene in Washington today | for their fifty-six annual meeting, was issued yesterday afternoon by the District Commissioner The word of welcome, signed by | Cuno H. Rudolph, Lieut. Col. J, Franklin Bell and Frederick A. Fen- ning, follows: “The Commissioners of the District of Columbia extend thefr heartiest greetings to the department of ' su- perintendence of the National Educa tion Association. They hope that the sojourn of these superintendents in the National Capital will be pleasant and helpful. iways grat!fying to the Cor missioners to have the citizens of the States visit Washington in order that they may be impressed with the beau ties of the Capital of their countr “The National Education Associa- tlon is an organization in which the future of America rests to a large de- gree. as the teaching of the youth of the country and the development of character and patriotism in the fu- ture citizens of the United States is & matter which depends larcely on the educators in the public and other schools of the country. SUPERVISORS OF NATURE - STUDY HOLD MEETING Speakers Discuss Question From Standpoint of Individual Experience. The National Council of Supervisors of Nature Study and Gardening held its annual meeting yesterday in as- sembly hall of the Red Cross Building. At the morning session, J. A. Hol- linger, director of nature study, Pitts- burgh, considered the advantages and disadvantages of limiting the course of nature study to one large unit for each grade in the elementary schools. He was followed by Charles W. ley, Lincoln School, New York City; Emilie Yunker, Louisville, Ky.: Supt. Jesse L, Smith, Highland Park, IIL: Clarence M. Weed, State Normal School, Lowell, Mass., and Sarah E. Griswold, director of nature stud Colorado Springs, Colo. kach consid- ered the question of nature study from the standpolnt of {ndividual experience and study. The afternoon session opened with an election of officers and was fol lowed by speakers, among whom was E. Lawrence Palmer, American Na- ture Association, considered what proportion of the | time .should be given to the teaching method. Mrs. T. W. Adams of Kansas City a director of the National Wild Flower Preservation Society, made a short ad- dress in which she stressed the ad- vantage of teaching preservation of native flora in nature study work. Her talk was illustrated by posters, cards and outlines to be used to arouse the interest of puplils. WILL INVESTIGATE RAIDS. Prohibition Official Ordered to Go to Key West. KEY WEST, Fla., February 20 (#). —H. M. Tuckett, deputy prohibition administrator at Miami, has been or- dered to proceed to Key West to in- vestigate the recent raids in Key West by prohibition officers, A number of places alleged to have been selling liquor were raided and the proprietors placed under arrest. ‘Those arrested were turned loose from the jail thé same night by the sheriff on the ground that he had not recefved any commitment papers. The deputy marshal here has re ceived instructions from Benjamin E. Dyson, United States marshal at Jack- sonville, to rearrest the men in ques- tion. These orders were carried out, the men being arralgned before the United States. commissioner for a pre- liminary hearing. All of those arrest- ed were released on bond for their ap- pearance before the United States Courty ) | of this city, who CITY COMMISSIONERS |PRIMARY TEACHERS WELCOME EDUCATORS Express Hope Visitors May Bene- fit From Sojourn in Capital. TO MEET TUESDAY Special Session Arranged for Kin- dergarten and Early Grade Instructors. large ce of kinder rs and t | s e for the Dr ment of Superintenden and a special sess: has been arranged | Supervisors and T of the International Union and Primaty Edv Hotel Tuesdav The general istrution in Rel Primary Pro are Prof. W. W | of Chicago, on Supt. Zenos S | on “Spec intendent”: visor of kinde: San Franelsco, and the Teache University of Mir tional m conver for this grov the Council of ining Teachers Kindergarten the Natiopal Councl of at the Mayflower ernoon pic will ba “Admin m to Kinderzarten fon Educ Kindergarten-primar and others engage: work in connectior grades are invited t the Hotel La Favette luncheon at the M: day for both of w hould be made before hand Washington Auditorium, it was nounced. MATHEMATICS SESSION “ENDS WITH BANQUET Harry English Is Chairman of Na- tional Council Committee. supervi dministra with the Many Join Discussions. The National Council of Mathematics conclud technical discussion b banquet at the ) night. Harry English w. of the local committee, Those who spoke during the ses sions Austin. Pro David Fugene * " Col- lege: Willian Rochester, N Y.; Prof. William D. ltee : ers’ College: Miss Marie lumbus, Ohio: Fdwin W. Maywood, 11L: Trof Madison, Wis. ling, University of R. Mirick Lincoln S University Evans and Dr. a Teache! a dav holding Hotel las s chairman V. Ballou 5-CENT GAS TAX 0. K.’D. Governor of Kentucky Signs Meas- ure to Pay Road Debt. FRANKFORT. K. (#).—Gov. Fields yes State tax on the State tax on other liquid fuels commercially usable in internal combustion engines, which he advocated to pay off the,State rode debt. The bill provides that the new tax { shall remain In effect until July 1 1928, when it will revert to the former 3 cents. Kerosene, fuel and crude {oil Is exempt. Gasoline now selling at 23 and 24 cents throughout the State is xpctd to b raised 2 cents. OFFERED AID TO A-PPEAL. Civil Liberty Union Would Help Manila Councilman. MANILA, February .20 (P).—Council man Antonlo D. Paguia, recenth twice convicted of sedition and in sulting language toward Gov. Gen Wood, in a political campaign, re ceived & cablegram today from the American Civil Liberty Union, New York City, offering him financial as sistance (o appear to the highes courts. Paguia already has taken steps to appeal to the Insulir Supreme Court He received two prison sentences, one of four months, the other two months. Constantinople has industrial workers. bruary 2o ay signed the and al nd all 20,000 weoman