Evening Star Newspaper, May 2, 1928, Page 6

FLECTIVE SCHOOL | BOARD STIRSC. OF €. | LeFevre Report Opposing 8ill as Expense to D. C. Assailed. Parade Ground. Maj. Gen. Charles P. Summerall, the Georgetown University Reserve Of- ficers’ Training |{talion tomorrow afternoon on the | Hilliop parade ground. This is the {final event scheduled before the an- { nuai - fleld | commandant at Georgetown. is making A discussion of an 'elective school | Preparations on May 10. Soard and suffrage In the District gen- enally featured last night's meeting of general staff, G the directors of the Washington Cham- m\'lu\ ber of Commerce in the Homer Build- ing. but no action was taken on the school issue. The fooal point of the discussion was the submission of & repoxt by Charles H. LeFevre, chairman of the commit- tee en schools. disapproving & Senate bill for an elective school board in the District Mr. LeFevre said his commiltee felt there is no call for & change in the present system of ap- pointing the school baard by the Dis- trict Supreme Gourt, and that the ma- ehinery for elections called for under the bill would entail expense not justi- fied from the standpoint of the public schools. He said that “if (here was general suffirage, there would be some- thing different.” Martin A. Leese. urging approval of the bill, said “if you want to handle your own affairs vou should be big enough to accept responsibility.” Charles W Darr, first vice declared that to approve the would be to say to Congress that the people of Washington are not consist - ent—"they want to pick out the officers they want to vote for.” Mr. Ds d that he has no fault to find with board of education. but & princip at stake. { |it to other L en, Summerall will visit arles W. Lyons, 8. J.. president of t university, at 2:25 clock in the afternoon and make an informal inspection of the training facilities at | the college. The review is scheduled to follow at 2:40 oclock. Headed by the cadet band, the battalion of five companies will be put through its paces by | Lieut. Col. R. H. Heiskell the cadet commander, Gen Summerall will make an address to the cadets follow- ing the review and then will meet the members of the coliege faculty headed by Dean Robert A. Parsons. $. J.. the members of the military staff and senior cadets At the field day exercises next week | there will be & competitive drill and | prizes ‘awarded for platoon and indi-| vidual honors. 1 Tests Strength of Hair. Does marcelling the hair or exposing nents make it brittle? | A sensitive ument, recently intro- duced by a 1 answer the question with mccuracy. shows the strengtb and other qualities of the hair before and after the process {c /and is also mdapted (o testing delicate wires, says the Popular Mechanies | Magazine ! chief_of staff of the Army, will rr\’)t\ti Corps Infantry Bl‘-‘ |'with the placing of wreaths on the day exercises. for which | to Lieuts Col. A. F. Dannemiller. U. 8. A, |auspices of the Military Order of the Accompanied by other officers of the | | itching and gives relief. ch engineer, is said to | 7 It | ; THE EVENING' STAR. WASHINGTON, SUMMERALL TO REVIEW |“ARMY DAY” FEATURE GEORGETOWN U. INFANTRY| | Army Chief of Staff to Inspect R, OA‘i | T C. Unit Tomorrow on Hilltop | i | AT GRAVE OF HERO World War Order Places Wreath on Tomb of Unknown in Arlington. ‘The first annual observance of “Army day” was inaugurated here yesterday | b of the Unknown Soldier under World War A large wreath was placed by Admiral 779, Crowie, senor vie commander-in- chief of the order. in the presence of Maj Gen. Charles P. Summerall, chief | of Saff. and representatives of many | veterans' groups and other patriotic societies. Invocation was delivered by Capt Arlington A. McCallum, past chapiain | of the order, Detachments of Cavalry | formed the guard of honor. Others who placed wreaths on the ltchihg Téfture Use Zemo, lealing Liquid There is one ependable treat ment for itching skin. The first} application of Zemo usually stops | i It will help | Pimples, Rashes, | rid the skin of | Blotches, Blemisnes and similar an- | | noving skin irrita | You wlil be surpris troubles will react to thi eptic, soothing pply at any time. TOR SKIN IRRITATIONS D. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2 Veterans; Capt. Fred B. Kochli, Dis- abled American Veterans of the World War; Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, in be- half of the Sojourners’ Club; Comdr. Albert Mischaud, United Spanish War Veterans; Mrs. Nicholas Norman Nock; for American War Mothers and Goid |. Star Mothers; Mrs. Mary D, Lucas, Ladles' Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States; Balloons for Air Explorers. l‘ Explorers of the air are to use a huge | balloon constrigted in Berlin for re- | search work in the upper altitudes. The | huge bag is more than eighty-six feet | in diamefer and has been built to| ascend to a height of nine miles, uys‘ the Popular Mechanics Magazine. Col. W. L. Richards, Reserve Officers’ Associatlon; Maj. W. L. Peake, Army and Navy Union; Capt. Edwin 5. Bet- telheim, jr., Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. A German scientist states that thel tomb were: Lieut. Comdr. Lewis P, Cle- phane, in behalf of the Military Order of Foreign Wars; Col. J. F. 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You will find it profitable to make selec- tion here—a handsome Cogs- well Chair at I favor electing a com- e people of the District n full suftrage and not partial.” { Robert N. Harper sald he would be in favor of electing a school board “if he could do it intelligenty.” He said that he heartily approves electing a Senator and Representaiive and 1 in favor of electing a school board “when Congress properly furnishes the ma- chinery so that there can be no doubt| &s to who has the right to vote.” | Charles J. Stockman recorded him- self as favoring an - elective school | board. 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