Evening Star Newspaper, November 3, 1926, Page 23

§40,000,000 ASKED THE BALLOU SEES PRESSING NEED FOR MORE SCHOOL BUILDINGS FOR CITIES' CHESTS| Dictrict “Superintendent Usges Eaithéul 150 Communities Will Wage ¢ Drives to Raise Funds for Charity Work. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, Noyvember 3.—Com- munity chest campaigns in nearly 150 citles are ready week. Budgets approximating 000,09 2:e to be met. Beginning adelphia < Angeles, Kansas $40,- mber 7 Louls, Detro't, Cleveland v wil! start drives from which $20,000.000 must be realized. Of these cities Cleveland has the Jargest amount to pledge, $4,600,000 heing nece: . Philade'nhia is ser ond with $3,500,000, and Detroit and 1o0s Angeles are tied for third with $3,200 000 In mid November citles including Akron, Birmingham, Co'umbus. Dal Dayton, Denver, Hartford, Hous- apolis, Montreal, v r Richmond and will start drives for from $500,000 to $950.000 each Smaller cities, raising from $° 0.000 each, include Albany, Aurora Bay City. Bridgrport, ‘hattanooga n, Hoiyoke ew Bedford 1, Tacoma and five large citles New York. Boston Pittsburgh and shingion, remstn outside the com munity chest fgld at the present. The #imuitaneous £ this _year “mark the fir: ment of a The community ches movement started 12 years ago and is now oper- ated In more than 250 cities tarough- out the United States. Py WALKER WILL FILED. Mrs. October Minneapolis, Baltimore. and St. Josephine Walker, who dled left $1,000 to her mother, “'Nicholson, by the terms of her will filed today for probate. The remai s left to her daugh- ter, Virginia Winetta Walker. The American Security and Trust Com- pany and a sister, Mrs. Nellie Hall, ure named as executors and guardians of the daughter, with directions to provide for her education and for fre- auent medical examinations during her minoritv. When she becomes 21 years old she Is to take over the man- agement of her estate. The entire estate of William R. vho died October 8, is left to len P. King, during her her death it goes to the chil The widow s named as execu- e. drem. trix. MUSIC THE DAV N John . Monroe pi ron Glee Club in the firs s pla Masonic E CLUB. ented the Davi- a series ed for the the Auditorium apprecigtion S\pro- oup of men his chorus. Of their Voices, however, th are many which seem to be in v ing degrees of tr: g and, one might say, “establisk for not all of them of their tones or even their pitch. Therefore, beautiful as the music that they attempt and laudable s their ambition, the auditor at one of these concerts feels that he is tres ssir Iy no choral or ton that be port vet mated v enjoy the that the for eight stepped There is a le teur organizations. Until they are more sure of them- selves in the finest such a group as the Davison Glee Club would do well to confine their programs, if they must give public programs, to the old hobby-horses of melod and medic the fin things, » shatically, but do not sing them ept one at a time as one 1 °d in production. well-wisher for the 1s sincere construc- are s . aper ol Remember singers san s cther before the foot on the concert . son of value to all ama- | b would offe ve suggestion Some of the pian mus Te” and Vi wdmirable, an; roloist and he s, too, number by pronount ough “Rantin’, Rovin' e Holst a 1> a ong, seemed the chorus and audience HenriSokoloy, Introduction to loca He is fine musician, and his playing of the Siciliano et Rigaudon” of Francouer- Kreisler was especially admirable. —H. F. needs no Whiten Your Skin New Safe Way Just recently I found a wonderful new way to clear and whiten the skin -—almost overnight! No more sa low ¢kin, no more freckles, no more tan! Science has made a new discovery, which clears and whitens your skin with amazing quickne: Tonight, smooth cool fragrant olden Pea-! cock Bleach Creme on your skin. Tomorrow morning notice how sal-| for launching next| has given way to milky Get a jar of Golden Pea- Use | lowness whiteness. cock Bleach Creme now—today. it for only five nights. Then are not del ted, your money be instantly refunded. At all good crug and department stores, such as Peoples Drug Stores. Inc., “all over town”: O'Donnell s Drug Stores, Gil- | man’s Drug Store « hnistiani Drug Co., Goldenberg’s D: Store, Palais Loval Dept. Store, S. Kann Sons Co. Dept. Store and Sigmund's Dept. Store. | ¢Bleach Creme Adherence to Five-Year Construction Program Authorized by Congress. Declaration that the need for addi- tional -schoolhouse accommodations still remains one of the most impor- tant educational matters before the citizens of Washington is made by Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, in the third section of his an- nual report made public today at the Franklin Scnool. by June 30, 1930, the construction would not have been completed and building available in less than a year and a half or two years following tha' date.” ‘Tne report sets forth that the ap- propriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927, carries an ap- propriation for land and buildings Lamenting the fact that there is to-| amounting to $2,450,000, this amount day a deficit of $1,611,000 in the -|including ~ the re-appropifation of under the five-| $154,000 originally made for the Park 926 and 1927, Dr.| View School in the second deficiency will make it neces. | act for 1925. “This amount is car- ried here as an original appropriation and has, therefore, been eliminated from the amount indicated as appro- ated and available for the fiscal " the report explains. Suggest Appropriations. The suggested appropriations for 1928 aggregating $5,648,000, by di- visions, as contained in the report, follow: First division, $760,400; sec- ond, none; third, $473,000; fourth, $434,000; fifth, $497,100; sixth, $161,- 000; seventh, $215,000; eighth, $566,- 350; tenth, $364,950; eleventh, $345,- 200: twelfth, $175,500; thirteenth, 541,000; vocational schools, $45,000; 1 high schools, $1,232,000. “The enrol.ment in the elementary schools in 1924-5,” continues the re- port, “showed a decrease of 253 puplls below the enrollment of 1923-4. The enrollment in_elementary schools in 1925-6 showed an increase of 1,606 pupils over the enrollment of 1924-5. s 1his a for an appre 25,648,000 for the fiscal y Pointing out that the program is not | being carried out with the promptness hat_Congress originally anticipated, Dr. Ballou calls attention to the fact | that the auditorium at the Macfarland | Tunior High School, which was com. pleted and occupied by the school on April 10, 1926, is the only construction work of any kind authorized in the | five-year scnool building program act which has been completed and put nto operation. Six Buildings Completed. The report mentioned six elementary chools, containing 56 classrooms, pro- | ; vided for in the five-year program which have been compieted and were | occupled on September 20, 1926. ‘At this rate of progress in school- | house construction, even if appro- | vriations were made annually to put ' the five-year program into effec. A Shop of Individuality 1217 Connecticut Ave. Exclusive Fashions for Women Gowns, Wraps, Coats, Millinery and Novelties First Year Sales for Men EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. Combining these two figures gives a total net increase for the two years of 1,353 puplls, or an average increase for thetwo years of 676 pupils.” Dlscl'lsses Building Program. In conclusion the report makes the following observations on the build- ing_program as a whole: “The total cost of the five-vear school building program is estimated to be $20,185,000, or $4,037,000 per year for five years; the total appro- priations for the years 1926 and 1927 under this act were only $6,463,000, or $1,611,000 below two-fifths of the program. E “The total estimated cost of the school buildings authorized for con- struction in the five-vear school build- ing program is §16925,000; the total appropriations for the vears 1926 and 1927 under this act were only §5,058,- 145, or $1,711,555 below two-fifths of the five.year program. “The total cost of the land author. ized for purchase in the five-y school bu iding p { The total appro [ 1926 and 1827 under thi | $1,404,555, or $100.555 above two-fifths {of the five-year program. Total for Elementary Schools. “The total estimated cost of ele- | mentary school buildings, exclusive of gymnasiumsassembly halls, au- | thorized for consiruciion in the five- year schovl building program is $7.- €00,000. The total appropriat To the ,vears 1926 and 1927 under this act were only $1,830,945, or §1.209,055 below two-fifths of the five-year program. “The total estimated cost of combi- nation gymnasium-assembly halls au- thorized for construction in the five- year school building program is $525,- .0v. Tha total appropriations for the | years 1926 and 1927 under this act were $150,000, or $60,000 below two- fifths of the five-yvear program. | “Thereas the total estimated cost of | grounds for elementary schools, ex | clusive of school playgrounds, author- |ized for purckase in the five-year school building is $1,715,000, the total appropriations for the years and 801 11th St. Dresses, in The Hecht Co. Men’s Bargain Annex Sale of One and 2 Trousers Suits Styles for young men and older men. New Models, Patterns and Colors. 23 0 Values that should pack the house tomor- row. New serges, worsteds, cheviots, cassi- meres, in light and dark shades, tailored in a high-class way, assuring good fit. 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