Evening Star Newspaper, May 23, 1926, Page 12

WORK ON TECH HIGH 10 START IN JULY Buildings Will Occupy 25- Acre Site—Bids to Be Opened June 3. Construc (i\m_v—vl' (l:;\;\ Mck Technical High School. to be lo nd and T ipal Architect Alb: on the project been advertised, and present plans they will be opened June 3. The contract will be award- ad several day later. The school will cost approximately 000, exclusive of the equipment. proposed stadium, athletic field shrube:y and other esthetic treatment »s of the cost of these other features are now being ured by Mr. Harri Will Be Georgian Design. Distinetive - in every detail, the building will be three stories high, Georgian in design, with its shops and laboratories centered in one wing. and th femic departments in the auditorium will project of its rectangu large pla dium, A Loused in | connected | « corridor. | 1n building will be situated ner of the large site, one| alleling T street, and the treet. Numerous en- Le provided for both ar. The auditor- Bids a grading, An he cente overlool Le proposed vinasium will b building L in one wing sther irance: wings, fum h 1ot be neces: ing community activities and other affairs to pass through the school building. The plaza in front of the nee to the auditorium will accommodate hun- treds of There will be ‘wo driveway: @ street and the other from R street. The Langley Junior High School vill be separated from the academic ving of the new building by the T treet driveway to the plaza or in- rerior court. School Opposite. | School on Lincoln road | at Prospect street stands virtually | diagonally opposite the new school. With the erection of new McKinley, irtually all property within the wundary of T street, Lirguin road, R ~treet and Second street, With the ex- eption of & small corner of improved sroperty on Lincoln road from Pros- Ject street to T street, will be occu- Jied by the three schools. This por- ion of improved property is shown m the accompanying sketch by a heavy line. The tennis courts shown in the sketch are used by the Langley Jun- High School, and just beyond them is this school's base ball fleld. McKinley's hall field will be in the enter of its stadtum. The dotted lines on the diagram of he Langley Junior High School indi- cate the proposed extensions for thi building, which will contain two gym- nasiums, an auditorium and additional | classrooms and shops. An apropri- atfon for these increased facilities is provided in the District appropriation bill for the next fiscal year, which be- ‘omes available July 1, and Mr. Har- 1is plans to start work on this project almost simultaneously with the con- struction of new McKinley BiG NEW JERSEY AIRPORT TO JOIN NUMEROUS LINES Largest in Country for Passenger and Mail Services Soon to Be in Full Operation. Dispatch to The Star. \" YORK, May 22-—The largest t in America for the operating of United States mail and passenger- s nearing compl J. The Colonial The Eme! tion at Teterboro, N. * Transport, Inc., announces the rting of the first regular aerial nostal and express service from Teter- to Boston on July 1 are heing mada for f mall at Teterboro to ound for Chicago. Connec- also planned with the Na- Pacific Air the trans fanes b Transport, th and the rporation to tween points Although only n be carried the fi early start of & is expected. The factory is buildin fieet of three- engined “fool-proof” air liners for the service, some of them to be used for il and express will st few months, an pussenger lines okker Aircraft | peting represented the Hine, Jeffer- | the bo; LAYOUT OF NORTHEAST’S BIG THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGT NEW SCHOOL PLANT Street, MCKINLEY TECHNICAL * HIGH STHOOM,. i bounded by Second street, Map shows how McKinley High, Langley Junior High and the Emery School will be located on 25-acre site, street, Lincoln road and R street northeast. R Street. N. LANGLEY CADETS WIN JUNIOR TITLE! i Macfarland and Columbia| Next in Order—Annual Custom Established. Langley Junior High School tri- | umphed in the first junior high school | competitive drill, held at the Eastern Stadium vesterday afterncon, when the company representing this school and captained by “Peck” Hawley, 15 vears, was adjudged the best of the vepresenting «s many junior high chools, by the judges. Langley held a safe margin of four points over the Macfarland Junior High School, which was second. The Columbia Junior High School com- pany took third honors. Others com- son and Powell Junlor High Schools. | Large Attendance. With their officlally authorized uni- s, composed of white duck . black ties and sailor hats, the organizations made an excellent | appearance, much to the gratification | of the hundreds of their schoolmates | and parents who thronged the fleld | to witness the drill. | After the judges had decided upon | the winners, the Langley ecompany | was summoried to the front, as is the | custom at the annual senior high | school competitive drill, and presented | with a silk flag by Asst. Supt. of Schools Stephen E. Kramer. Each of the companies w on the field 20/ minutes. | Col. Wallace M. Craigie, U. S. A., in| charge of both the junior and senior | high school cadets, reviewed them. | After the drill he announced he was | highly pleased with the showing of | as were the junior high | ncipals. { Will Be Annual Event. | As a result of the success of yester- 1 day's drill, the holding of a separate | arill for the junior high school stu- | dents will be an annual custom. In | the past the junior high school boys | have drilled together with the senior | high school cadets. The Cadet Brigade Band plaved as he white clad students performed their maneuvers. Judges were Col. Leroy ". Herron, Reserve 'm Woodworth of 1 and C. E. Beckett, physical training director. Ox Used in South America. In Venezuela and Colombla oxen | still are widely used as beasts n(: burden. They are slow, but they are | sure and will pack more than a mule. | In Bcuador as many as 32 oxen are | school htseeing flights over New York and h <. oked together for pulling especially loads. A Well Wired Home Enables You to Enjoy Many Electrical Conveniences—We'll Wire Yours Right Make “Worth-While” Gifts h e suggestion of a fine Lamp . where he sang topical songs for the Census of Ages Of Capital Firms Being Conducted The Merchants and Manufactur- ers Assoclation is making an age canvass of Washington business firms and corporations to deter- mine just how old some of them are and also to answer the inter- esting question of which can boast of being the oldest of them all. Charles J. Columbus, secretary of the association, said yesterday that this query hafl been heard so often that the only way to answer it was to obtain some actual fig- ures on the quest. So he issued an invitation to all corporations, vidual businesses in t have been estab lished for 25 years or more to let the assoclation know just what their age is. Tt has been said that a number of firms here are more than 75 years old. DR. BALLOU SLATED FOR ANOTHER TERM Re-election as School Head June 2 Regarded as “Mere Formality.” . Frank W. Ballou, superintend- ent of schools, is slated for re-elect for a new term of three vears at the next meeting of the Board of Jduca- tion to be held on Wednesday, June Edwin C. Graham, president of the board, indicated last night that the selection of Dr. Ballou to succeed | nimselt was “a mere formality” in the minds of the members of the board. The term of Dr. Ballou expires on 30, and brings to a close his _— : | sixth vear at the head of the public b ONDON, oy, 32 () London | school system. During Dr. Ballou's forced to go barnstorming and who | g terms the schools have developed foreed f0,B0 barnstorming and Who | yspidly and his relations with mem: e L oo, the rgors of the one-| hers of the Board of Education during Who' for 25 years was in musical | he past few months have been more ¢ S wsieal| jarmonious than have O e im0 the [GHllety: |intstoty o the | achool s otable achievemen ACTOR DODGES PRCVINCESi i delectation of his auditors. He has now branched out as a va- | @dministrations have been the instal riety, or vaudeville actor, and says he | tioi the €33 plan, making the believes that even yet he will be able | Junior hizh school an integral part to “dodge the provinces.” He is 54, 0¢ the school curriculum and the en- vears old, and when not doing his | actment of the five-vear building pro. turn on the stage claims he is a good | &ram, which by 1931 is designed to golfer, fisherman and walker. His |bring the schoolhouse accommoda- friends do not deny the latter allega- | tions up to a peak where there will be tion. a seat for every school child. GERANIUMS SMALL THRIFTY PLANTS 1 0 IN YOUR FAVORITE COLORS NO PHONE ORDERS FILLED That Grand Yellow BULBS 2:¥ 0|;;p:s5 Ri? $ Tt T -Year- ushes l 50 DANess ies Dahlia ior ..o Guadie CALIFORNIA PRIVET $6 and $8 E A C H Tuhe Roses e See Our Display of Thom Artific»i.ntl 98C Select Them Now Large Zinnia Seed, Special Wall MEMORIAL Flowers OPEN EVENINGS Exceptional Values package for .. 25¢ KRAMER’S, 916 F St. N.W. Inspect Today () D. C, MAY 23, 1926—PART 1. POLICE COURT BILL PASSAGE LIKELY Measure Expected to Come Up in House Tomorrow, With Approval Indicated. Shed New Light Voluminous records of the Army | from its organization in 1776, now in the custody of the adjutant general of the Army, {nclude many of great historical importance, according to a statement issued by the War Depart- ment. A few of the most valuable of these records are listed as follows: Original oaths of office of Gen. Washington and his officers at Valley Forge in 1778, including Lafayette, De Kalb and other foreigners who patriotically volunteered; muster rolls of all wars from the Revolutionary War down to the present day; orig- inal account books, orderly books, Jetters and narrative records of the Revolutionary War, and captured records of Brigade of Foot Guards, British Army. There are also Revolutionary War commissions signed by John Hancock as President of the Congress; original returns of supplies of the Quarter- master Corps, Revolutionary War; President Lincoln's personal _tele- Part of the day tomorrow has been allocated for consideration of District legislation awaliting action on the House calendar. The remainder of the day will be, used for consideration of the rivers and harbors bill, a special rule for which was adopted by the House today. House Leader Tilson agreed yes- terday that he would allow important Voluminous Records of Army Since 1776 on American Wars grams, 1864-1865, most of which are written in_ his' own handwriting; President Johnson’s telegrams and telegrams of Gens. Grant, Meade, Hooker, Pope and Burnside. Papers of Gen. McClellan and Gen. Halleck are included; original notes in pencil | of Gens. Grant and Lee arranging for the surrender of Appomattox, April, amnesty papers of the Civil | the draft rewrds of the Civil ; records of the Freedman's Bu- reau, and original records of the vari- ous departments. divisions and posts of the Army. Other papers constitute the records of the Indian campaigns, Confederate state papers and original letters addressed to the Secretary of War from men prominent in the country’s history. There is a fascimile of the seal of the Confederate States, and also of the Confederate States war department. The originals of these seals never came into the pos- sesslon of the United States Govern- ment. District measures that are not highly controversial to be called up tomorrow and Chairman Zihlman of the Heuse District committee submitted him a list of the measures awaiting action with a tentative statement of the order in which they should be called up. The Zihlman bill providing for a new Police Court Building has the unanimous agreement of the District committee, and Chairman Zihlman has been instructed by the committee to | call this measure up first on the next | District day, so there is every r- ance that this bill will be MRS. COOLIDGE TO LAY STONE FOR GIRLS’ “Y” President's Wife Will Officiate at Building Site Tomorrow Afternoon. tomorrow. Mrs. Calvin Coolidge wil the Ca o Zihlman also has stated| COPNeF stone of the new building of | that he will call aalalso, hus stated | the Young Women's Christian Asso- for a new Public Utilities Commission | C/tion at Beventeenth and K streets distines trom o tlities Commisslon | tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'elock. | District Commistioners « which’ mear | The ceremonies will open with a se- | ure also - enmmoners, which meas:| ection by the United States Marine people’n” counens® (FTOuslon for 4| Band. Rishop William 1. McDowell people in public utility matters, piscopal Church | ‘This bill for a new Public Utilities | ' ion. Responstve | Commission has the suppoct of the | Ferding will led by Mrs. | Board of District Commissioners and | Anomas 12 Brown. "Mrs. Robert E.| of the Citizens Advisors crmrend | Speer, president of the national board There is no opposition to it among of the Y. W. (' A. will speak. A | members of the District committee, prayer will be offered by Rev. Joseph | practically all of whom fee| that o is| R Siz0o, pastor of New York Avenue the most important Distyiet measine | Presbyterian Church, and chairman of now awaiting actlon. the international good will committee | = g of the Iederation of Churches. Sev- | | eral hymns will be sung. under the prfifii’“;‘l" 15, as before the’war, the | leadership of Mrs. Wayne B. Wheeler. | Piincipal coal exporting country after | A metal box. containing the history | firent Citain, and the United States |of the Washington organization writ- | I anext in Importance, with Poiand [ten by Mrs. Wood Pulsifer: | 3 | articles of incorporation, a copy of | the specifications and photostat of the building, lists of the board of trustees, copies of the daily newspapers and other literature will be placed in the corner stone. An American flag, the gift of Miss Elizabeth Pierce, charter member of the board of directors, also will be placed in the box. STUDY OF CHRISTIANITY | BY HEBREWS IS URGED | Rabbinate Preparation Should In-i clude Such a Course. Rabbi | Wise Tells Class. By the Asociated Press | NEW YORK, May 22.—Jews prepar- | inis for the rabbinate should study der Christlan as well as Jew scholars, so they may learn the Chris- tian point of view, and Jewish scholars should teach in Christian institutions. 0 that the students there may learn the Jewish point of view, in the opinion of Rabbi Stephen 8. Wise. In a statement issued today in con nection_with the graduation exercises of the Jewish Institute of Religion, of which he is acting president,” Rabbi Wise advocated exchange of profes- sors between Jewish and Christian theological seminaries, on the ground that such interchange of thought is “alwolutely essential for modern re- liglous toleration.” GERMAN NATION SUED BY PRINCESS MILITZA Sister of Late Grand Duke Fried- erich Asks 14,500,000 Marks for Share of His Estate. ted Press. 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