Evening Star Newspaper, January 9, 1930, Page 6

_THE EVENING. STAR, WASHINGIUN, D. G, Cushman Principles in Address to School Association. Frank Pundamental principles to be con- sidered in the conduct of vocation schools were described by Prank Cush- Deébaters Favoring +Vete for District Get Negative Side #Iollege Rules Boomerang Outlines|? to *“Y”* Boys Proposing i Contest with “y. W / The next time ambitious orators of the Young Men's Chsistian Association challenge any one tosa debate, it will be after careful consideration of all pos- sible consequences, to say nothing of stidy of collegiate debating rules. man, chief of industrial education Desiring te aid in focusing public servioe, Federal Board for Vocatlonali, ., on on the woteless plight of the Education, in an address on “The Prob- fnation's Capital, the Y. M. C. A, debat- fem of Developing an Efficient City Pro- gram of Voeational Educagion,” before ng team hurled a firm but gentlemanly efi into the fair faces of the Y. W. ‘forensic _gepresentatives, . Wwho the District of Columbia Public Sehodl fsromptly sccepted it. Association in the Franklin School last might. . Among the points stressed by Mr. Cushman were that there must be | properly selected groups to take voc tional training. dependent upon the sire and ability of the pupils to take such training. Second, that, there muyst | e competent and practical Jinstructors. |, T e n - C/icns of the D n the “Cif of - et Chtmiia should e Eiven the ight to vote.” Both teams agreed, further, that the ontest should be heid in Barker Hall f the ¥. W. C. A. on the night of Jan- ary 21. Agree on Formal Dress. It was agreed still further that a Jot Third, that the subject matter must betf prominent people should be invited, such as directly functions in the occu- jon for which’ the"training: is given. rth, that there must be adequate equipment for giving the neaded in struction. Pifth, the working' condi- tlons must be sufficiently favorable to enable those responsible for the jyrogram of instruction to do a good job~ of it. Hits Intelligence Tests. ‘Mr. Cushmam took a general st.p at soscalled intelligence tests, declaring: “The intelligence quotight of -» boy or girt is neither suitable mor a seit fi- cally correct basis for tie choive of ® vocation,” adding that “it is hardly more than an index of the probabdility of & pupll's success in regular academic school work.” To illustrate this point Mr. Cushman said: “Mark Twain was dropped from schaol at the eighth grade—a failure, accond- ing to his teacher. At the age of 77, he was awarded the honorary degree of Litt. D. by Oxford University and designated as America’s foremost man of letters. “Edison was thrown eut ef school as ® boy because some teacHet detlared that he was not! the equal mentally of other boys of his age. “And so the list might be extended. Samuel Gompers, Carnegie and made no records of scholarship as boys and Lincoln had ithe benefit of not more than 18 months.of sehooling.” Must Pay' High Salaries. K statement by Mr. Cushman that high salavies have to be paid tradesmen m"-’:t them to quit practicing their t and' teach at a vocational school brought forth the statement from Stephen E. Kramer, first assistant super- ntendent of District of Columbia Pub- lic Sehools, thet many teachers are working at s sacrifice and giving far mvre than the value of the money they recéive for their services. 3 Dr. Prank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, the view that s scientific knowledge on the part of the teacher of the art of teaching is as es- sential as is a practical knowledge of the subject being taught in & vocational or_trade school. Mr. Cushman differed with Dr. Bal- lou somewhat on this subject, express- ing the view that the ne in a subject as well as citisenship and morals are learned through practical experience. 2 The_association appointed Mrs. Bred T. DuBois to represent it on the Boatd of Education’s advisory committee for ‘vocational education. : EXPLODING ALCOHOL BURNS WOMAN IN RAID Deputies Arrest Victim After Ex- tinguishing Flames in Her Clothing. By the Associated Pres: ‘TOPEKA, Kans., January 9.— 'fl three deputy sheriffs on a liquor ‘ral knocked at Mrs. Anna n's door yesterday they heard a crash of glass and then the woman rushed screaming from the house with her clothing in flames. VAR u e B One of the officers wrapped his eoat about Mrs. Hagen and smothered the flames, but not befdaré she was severely She told the raiders a bottle of ‘whisky she had thrown into & stove burst and showered her with burning aleohol. After being treated by a physiclan . Hagen was released on $1,000 on a liquor chérge.” The officers said they found six gallons of liquor buried under a dog kennel. Firemen Raise Fund. COLMAR MANOR. Md. Jjanuary 9 (Special).—Sale of Calendars has netted nd that the gentleman debaters should ‘get all dressed up”for the occasion in formal clothes and the young ladies ishould wear their latest evening frocks. "Then came the little/point as to whom should be assigned the negative side of ‘the question. There was no stampede. ,An embarrassing patse was broken by ithe suggestion that collegiate debating ‘rules prevail. Hurried and feverish examination of the rules disclosed that the challenged .team always has the right to choose the side it prefers. X as not long in making up its mind. Must Debate Negative Side. 80 niowthe Y.'M. C. A. orators, whose idea this!debate was in the first place, must go before the public,and argue that residents of the Capital forever should be) deprived of the privilege of exercising ' the balloting prerogatives of other citizens of the United States. “Are we going to try and win that debate? L should say we are going to when questioned about the situation. : “And listen,” he a¢ , modestly, “we're going to show those ¥. W. C. A. girls that we are. not only good sports, but darn good debaters, too.” \CCOUNTING CHANGE HEARING ORDERED Utilities Corsmission Calls Session for Janunry 20 to Consider Revised Methods. T A public hea| Jan 20 has been sxdered by the blic Utilities Commis- sion for considejration of changes in the accounting met by all gub!ll: utility sompanies. Tha proposed changes cover all matters, except depreciation, which was embodied i an order last Fall. In order to emforce the proposed reg- 1lations, a new series of monthly and juarterly reportstfrom all the companies are asked. Thes: will show estimates or’ capital expenditures, the amount of new property &xrchmd un- der the estimate: and amount of a;nutv.purmm but held for future ase. 4 the Jaw school ,at -4 Texas. the Cottage City apd Cqlmar Manor firemen nearly $80. . . 3 th By At 25— At 45— . should make you as con- . fident at 60 as you were visit our Confident - Worried - Broke That is the story of e average life. But why be average? Systematic Savings 25. Make it a habit to Savings Dept. d7th and H Sts. he The Y. W. C. A/ try,” ome of the “Y” men sald today | " . which was distilled from corn meal and F y white sugar. North of the Mason-Dixon line, the -~ 3 A “|Ohlo River and east of the Missouri FOUND INCREASING Doran Says lllicit Plants Are Making Alcohol of Good Quality. By the Associated Press. Pigures showing why the Prohibition Bureau has been concerned in the growth of illicit corn sugar distilling were made public by Prohibition Com- missioner Doran today, who said that of 3.864 stills seized in the Northeastern section of the country 3,430 were manu- facturing alcohol from corn sugar. The alcohol manufactured by the plants, the commissioner said, was just as good a product as that manufactured by legally licensed distillerles and the plants seized frequently were found to have cost as »..uch as $40,000 or $50,000. ‘The other 400 plants captured in the Northeastern States, he said, were “cooking” plants operating on alcohol products ‘from : which the other in- gredients are eliminated. Most of tle latter stills, he said, were operated in the metropolitan district and within 80 miles of New York City. Concerned Over Increase. Doran expressed concern a week over the immense increase in the duction of corn sugar, which, he said, had jumped from 152,000,000 pounds in 1922 to approximately 960,000,000 pounds in 1929. During the last 12 months Commis- ]noner Doran said that the Prohibition Bureau had captured 15,792 stills. Of the total, 11,928 were ‘south of the Ma- son-Dixon line, the Ohio River and the southern boundary of Missouri and in- cluded 'Texas and Oklahoma. These stills” uniformly, he said, were the old- fashioned pot still type, known to rev- enue agents long before prohibition, and were the variety that made corn liquor " 'Inquire About Our Extended Payment Plan WASHINGTON'S River the commissioner said the chief edient: now used by illicit stills was chipped comn m:ulnr, ‘which n‘::' only was cheaper than cane sugar, pro- duced alcobol quicker. 6,000,000 Pounds Taken. The plants producing the corn sugar alechol, the commissioner said, were of the latest type of distilleries, known as “colurhn” plants, st up by experts and finishéd in the most modern style. These plants, he said, could produce 500 fo 2,000 or more gallons of alcohol of the best grade a day. The plants, he continued, aré in some cases found to be Bigger “than legal plants and if the operators can escape arrest for three months they pay for the plant and havea comfortable profit left. He said that 6,000,000 pounds of corn Ssugar was seized at stills last year. ““The eorn sugar illicit distilling,” Doran safd, “is causing us grave con- cerm-for there seems to be a constant growth in it with the highest type of | planis being erected. The aleohol is just as a grade as that manufac- tured legally and is shipped by the| bootTeggers in five and ten gallon cans.” The bureau a year ago seized a corn sugar distillery near Cincinnati, the commissioner said, which had used 79 cars of corn sugar in three months. Each' car, he sald, contained 500 sacks weighing 100 pounds each. Diversion Decreasing. Doran said that diversion of legal aleohol was steadily decreasing and that, while the’ progress was slow, under the system inaugurated a year ago, through which only enough alcohol to supply legitimate demands in manufac- ture was withdrawn, diversion will be decreased to & negligible amount. He said all alcohol released from the ware- houses is traced. ‘The greatest part of the illegal alcohol cooking plants now operating, he added, are working on lacquer solvents, disin- fectants, tree sprays and cheap tollet waters, from which the alcohol is re- moved for use by the bootleggers. Commissioner Doran said that agents of the bureau ‘were steadily closing in on the illicit corn distilleries, but that more aid from State authorities would enable the bureau to fight the distillery problem more efficiently. FINEST MEN'S ‘An opportunity to save on fine quality clothes! HART SCHAFFNER & MARX SUITS AND - OVERCOATS *40 SUITS and OVERCOATS '3 © - %50 SUITS and OVERCOATS he 7 © %40 SUITS and OVERCOATS : $4350 No Extra Charge For Alterations RALEIGH HABERDASHER 13l0° F Street Street Extensions, and Playground Matters Are Included. Resolutions proposing civic improve- ment in the Tenleytown district were | adopted Iast night by the Priendship | Citizens' Association at 8 meeting in the | Janney School. The association urged completion of the extension of Albermarle street from | Wisconsin, avenue to Connecticut ave- | nue, an extension of Nebraska tempiated f averiie frot the Tentey Circle to Gon- | M5 ulaing ciiail ot . T necticut _avenue. Incidental to the proposed erection of a junior high school, which has been al- | lotted $250,000, on the Fort Reno tract, the association further resolved to direct the committee chairman on parks and playgrounds to consult with the District Commissioners in regard to the date and nature of equipment on the tract, committee on police and firemen, headed by nounced that the present truck of En- gine House No. 25, which is inadequate for fire emergency needs of the com- munity, will be replaced by a Seagrave truck. H. R. Rice, president, presided. Appoints Six Cadets. ‘The President has appointed six more young men cadets at large at the West ; Point Military Academy, qualification at the entrance examina- tion in March next. Greer, jr, Severn Park, M L. Cordiner, Honolulu, T. H.; Robert G. jr. San Antonio, Thomas M. Feild, Beverly Hil Robert K. Blair, N. Y., and Robert S, Garrett, Roswell, N. Mex. Sherrard, WEAR THUIKDUVAY, installation of playground | Wilson F. MeCray, an- subject to ‘They a J. Allen J. Douglas ‘Tex. . Calif. Cornwall-on-Hudson, STORE JANUARY 9, CITIZENS PROPOSE iTWU WAR BUILDING TENLEYTOWNPLANS School | Lower End of Mall and Tract Opposite Munitions Struc- building would correspon: 1Y0u. nitions Building and would cover the territory between Nineteenth and ‘Twenty-first streets and B street and New York avenue. Secretary Hurley and Gen. Summerall, chief of staff, made a tour of inspection esterday of ‘various sites ted f ture Favored. Though not finally settled, the au- thorities at the War Department, in- | the cluding Secretary Hurley, have practi- cally agreed on locating the projected Dew War Department Bullding on either one of two sites now under sideration. One of these is on the south side of the lower end of the Mall, where the side of the Mall at that point, other site under consideration is located | Spain in the section opposite the present Mu- $6.85 Were 8—*10 Every pair of Stetson and Ra-Leigh Shoes included—Black and tan calf- skin, Scotchgrains, kid and patent leather. All sizes—S5 to 11—AA to D al con- d with a simi- ‘The cluded that either one of the two sites named would be the best that could be obtained. The site near the Capitol is under private ownership, but the one near the Munitions Building is owned by the Government. Each of these sites has special advantages in the matter of accessibility and the two officials have not yet made their choice. When that is done the matter will be submitted to Congress with a view to getting auhority for the erection o bullding and the necessary funds, for its construction, The War Depari- ment authorities point out that “the bureaus of the department and its acivities are now scattered in buildings in various F‘I‘u of the city, most of which are inadequately eqmrped for fire protection, thus placing the valu- able records of the department in con- stant hazards. » exported nearly 100,000,000 bottles of olive ofl in 1929. WASHINGTONS FINEST MENS WEAR STORE! Semi-Annual Sale! STETSON and Ra-Leigh “Eight” " Men’s Shoes 107 Were $135—$14%—%15% . —and all styles. Raleigh Haberdasher & ¥ 1310 F Street The New retail prices in Washington January 6, are— - MINISTER GIVEN POST Robbins Will ‘Be White Héuse Director of Céremanfes. Warren Delano Robbins, now Min- ister to Salvador, has been named di- rector of ceremonies at the White. House to succeed James C. Dunn. Mr. Dunn, who has held this position for three years, has been assigned to under- take special work for the State Depart- ment. The director of cel onjes in the White House personally superin- tends arrangements for social affairs for the President and the First Lady. American Engineering Council to Open Session Tomorrow. Two meetings of executive and ad- visory committees today preceded the formal opening tomorrow of the conven- tion of the American Engineering Coun- cil at the Mayflower Hotel. Both meetings today were executive, but the nlwmnll tomorrow will be open ses- slons. .. AMOCO-GAS which were put into effect _REDUCED PER : o § GALLON (State Tax Extra) ORANGE AMERICAN GAS - PER 15. (State Tax Extra) GALLON Prices at other points were also reduced in varying amounts, depending upon freight rates involved. As always, these products in quality continue to be the very- best-in their- oy respective classes. The AMERICAN OIL Co. e w