Evening Star Newspaper, May 6, 1930, Page 10

A-10 = CITIZENS DISCUSS SCHOOL CROWDING ‘Inadequate Transportation’ Is Studied by Association at Meeting. Crowded schools and inadequate transportation service occupied the at- tention of the Cathedral Heights-Cleve- | land Park Citizens' Association at its last meeting of the season in St. Alban's Parish Hall, Massachusetts and Wis- consin_ avenues, last night. Hugh M. Frampton, chairman of the public utilities committee, reported on the street car and bus situation, point- | ing out numerous irregularities and sug- gestng remedies. Action was taken di- recting his committee with similar committees of the Friend- £hip, American University Park, Devon- | shire Downs and Richmond Park As- sociations in an effort to have the street car service improved and to augment the present bus service. Congestion at the John Eaton and Gordon Junior' High Schools was scored and resolutions were adopted urging the reinsertion of an item in the 1931 bud- get providing for an addition to the Gordon building, the chairman of ‘he schools committee being instructed to appear before the Senate committee handling this matter today. Henry W. Draper, supervising princi- pal of the division, sketched conditions at Gordon, stating that while the school was intended to accommodate 650 chil- dren in the seventh, eighth and ninth grades, it now has 705 pupils in only the seventh and eighth grades. He pointe¢ ut also that there is a waste of teaching talent here, as there are 20 teachers at the Gordon qualified to teacher senior high school classes. Mr. Draper emphasized that the overcrowd- ing in the Gordon Junior High School is not peculiar to this section, but is general throughout the District. Another committee was instructed to aid other community associations in having Congress procure a tract of land at Thirty-seventh and Rodman streets for a playground and recreation fleld, which is urgently needed in Cleveland Park. It also was voted to request the Commissioners to erect a fence around a play space at Thirty-fourth and Macomb streets to keep the children Who use it from trespassing on private property. Complaint was registered against the noise_created by the operation of the ‘Woodley road busses. The Public Utili- ties Commission will be asked to inves- tigate the mechanical condition of the busses to determine why it is neces- sary for them to be placed in second gear when ascending mere inclines. The grinding of gears and rumblings of motors was pointed out as nuisances which should be easily abated with proper attention to mechanical equip- ment. The proposal to create & super- citizers’ advisory council is to be in- vestigated and a report made on its feasibility at the next meeting. Francis P. Sulllvan was elected to membership. Mrs. H. W. Saunders, president of the association, presided. - MORGAN AIDS BRITISH BISHOP TO PAY BILLS LONDON (#).—Through the help of J. Pierpont Morgan of New York, the Archbishop of Canterbury is able to make ends meet on his $75,000 a year salary, an amount which scarcely cov- ers enormous expenses of the office. Lambeth Palace, the seat of the arch- bishopric, is just across the Thames from the Houses of Parliament. It costs a great deal of money to keep it in order and Mr. Morgan, who is a close per- sonal friend of the prelate, makes him- self personally responsible for the up- keep of the gardens and grounds. When the archbishop was recuperat- ing from an iliness a yeas 0 he went on a Mediterranean cruise in Mr. Mor- gan's yacht Corsair. will be to co-operate | THE EVENING | | | | The Fairmont Girls’ School celebrated the advent of the May vesterday with a festival. Gerttude McGregor, Jean Richardson, Ruth Ferguson, the queen; Pages, kneeling, are Mary Marshall, Crandall Alford and Jane Harper. Left to right: Cecil Rapley, thieen Millington, May Borroum and Margaret Dean. —Star Staff Photo. £ PAL JONOR SCHODL DEDCATED |Educator Who Died in 1888| Is Paid Tribute at Exercises. The E. A, Paul Junior High School | was dedicated last night to the honesty | of purpose, the integrity, ability and affection of Edward A. Paul, first prin- cipal of the Capital's first high school, who died in 1888 as a result of one of the earliest traffic accidents in the city. Located at Eighth street and Concord avenue, the Paul Junior High School is the structure which was criticized by Representative Robert G. Simmons for its “doo dads.” Last night the school drew only praise and admiration. Stephen E. Kramer, first assistant | superintendent of schools, in charge of | high_schools, and a former student of Mr. Paul, delivered an address tracing| | the life of the late educator from his | British_ancestry down through Ameri- can patriot stock of the Revolutionary | | War period to his graduation from | Dartmouth College in 1876 and his ar- | | rival in Washington the same year. Tribute Paid Mrs. Paul. Mr. Kramer paid tribute to Mrs. E. | A. Paul, who devoted her life to educa- | tion in Summit, N. J., after she returned to Wellesley College, following her hus- band's_death. She was on the stage with Edward Paul's brother, Amasa Paul, last night, and acknowledged the | salute with a smile. | Col. William B. Ladue, Engineer Com- missioner of the District of Columbia, | presented the building to the Board of Education and to the Home and School Association. He traced the procedure in securing the appropriations, its subse- qxuk’n! construction. and final comple- tion. Mrs. Philip Sidney Smith, member of the Board of Education, accepted the structure with the declaration that “We | can do with a little beauty in our schools.” T. J. McBreen, president of the Home and School Association, ac-| cepted the building on behalf of parents and pupls. | Amasa Paul spoke briefly about the boyhood of Edward. He said he was always mature in manner and judg- ment, that he planned not only his own life, but was influential in planning the | lives of his four brothers and three MAY RAND sisters. Amasa_ himself taught in Wash- | ington schools during his brother’s | career here and before he proceded | with his studies of law. At present Mr. Paul is an attorney in Minneapolis. | At the close of the exercises flowers were presented to Mrs. Paul by Mrs.| Agnes Shankle on behalf of the Home | and School Association and to Dr.| Bailou, on_behalf of the same body by Mr. McBreen, | A framed picture of E. A. Paul, the gift of his brother, was unveiled by Charles Garber, president of the school’s | student council. Music was provided by | the Central High School ~Orchestra | under Samuel Wood, faculty director, | and the Paul Junior High School Girls’ Glee Club, UNCOVER 42 QUARTS | OF ALLEGED LIQUOR, Police Find Rum Concealed in Se- | cret Compartment of Seized Au- tomobile—Driver Arrested. Searching the machine of Robert Ghee, 28 years old, colored, of 1500 Tenth street, who had been arrested on traffic charges, police of the ninth pre- cinct found a neatly concealed com- partment behind the driver's seat and 42 quarts of alleged corn whisky. Addi- tional charges of transportation and illegal possession of the liquor werei then filed against the man. | Ghee was arrested by Motor Cycle | Policeman J. E. Bennett of the Traffic | Dureau_about 8:30 o'clock last night| wWhile driving west on Benning road | northeast without a rear light on his| machine. Subsequent questioning by | Bennett led to the discovery that Ghee | | was driving without a permit and on| “dead” tags. | The machine was_turned over to the local unit of the Federal Prohibition Bureau of the Treasury Department. FEleven cases of whisky were seized | by police of the fourth precinct last | night when they raided a home in the | 300 block of B street southwest. There was no one at home at the time and no arrests were made. Capt. Frederick M. Cornwell, commander of that sta- tion, reported. 22 Honduran Prisoners Flee. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, May 6 (#) —Twenty-two prisoners today were reported to have escaped from the Juticalpa Penitentiary. Police have fol- lowed them over a trail in the moun- tains toward the Nicaraguan border. RYAN HEIRS SUE FORNEW GUARDIAN Ask Grandmother Be Re-| placed by Some One “With | Better Knowledge of World.”| Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, May 6—Elinor M.| Ryan, 18 years old, and Joseph J. Ryan. | 16, grandchildren of the late Thomas Fortune Ryan, financier, petitioned the Surrogate's Court yesterday to re- place their maternal grandmother, Mrs. Ellen M. Morse of Washington, as one of their guardians by appointing some person “of more suitable age and a greater knowledge of the world.” The petitioners, who are the children of the late Joseph J. Ryan and Mrs. | Nannie More Ryan, have been under the immediate care of their grand- mother, Mrs. Morse, whose home, Valley View Farm, is on. Ridge Road, Wash- ington. Their address in the petition, however, is given as 1069 Fifth avenue, New York. Share in Residuary Estate, By the will of their paternal grand- father, the Ryan executors and trustees are instructed to allow for the support, | maintenance and education of the two grandchildren, as much as they think is Tequired for those purposes from the three fifty-sevenths of the residuary estate placed in trust for them. Upon their reaching the age of 21 they are to receive the accumulations of surplus income from the trust fund and at the age of 30 they are to recelve the prin- cipal. Elinor and Joseph Ryan made the suggestion in their petition that Her- bert H. Vreeland, who is co-guardian with Mrs. Morse, their grandmother, be made sole guardian, Tell of Son-in-Law Influence. The Ryan heirs complain in their petition that Mrs. Morse denies them permission to associate with people whose company they prefer, and that in this attitude she is influenced by her son-in-law and other persons whose names are not mentioned in the court paper, Mrs. Morse, wife of Alexander Porter Morse, Washington attorney, opposed the petition. She said that Mr. Vree- land and those in charge of the Thomas a QU am OPINING { of Washingtons Finest New Store G.C.MURPHY (. we JO* STORE with Selected Mevchandise to- 19, N Friday morning at 9:15 a. m. the doors of Washington’s newest store thrown open. 25,000 square feet of floor space on two floors are all dise displays. devoted to beauntiful merchan- Wide aisles, brilliant lighting and perfect ventilation will make shopping here a distinct pleasure. We want you to be our guests on Friday. Attend this opening. 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Mr. Jenkins explained “that marked | success has been achieved recently in broadeasting _silent motion _ pictures from his radio station, W3XK, near Washington. He said the first “talkies” would be broadeast to 20,000 homes throughout the East from the station within two weeks. Will Cut Film Expense. “Radio movies are in the experimentai stage still,” Mr. Jenkins said, “but they already excel the pictures I got with my first projection machine years ago They will be a tremendous boon to the industry. Foremost will be the ad- vantage of eliminating tremendous ex- change costs and film bills. Film ex- changes now are operated in all the key cities and their expense is appalling. “Then, too, the devices for seelng and hearing realistic movies by the fireside at home will eventually become so pop- ular that the picture ‘public’ will be in- creased beyond the fondest dreams of the producers. The receiving apparatus will be sold at a reasonable price in order to prevent it being a rich man’s toy. Tom Brown, Bill Jones and all the boys will have them.” Mr. Jenkins is a strong supporter of the movement to change the ratio of film 5o that it will be twice as wide as it _is tall when the pictures are actually projected on the screen. He pointed out that until recently prac- tically all film was only one-fourth wider than it was tall. New Pictures More Realistic. “The beauty of this,” Mr. Jenkins de- clared, “is that the pictures are more realistic. The added width makes it possible to almost get a close-up shot of an entire chorus. Formerly it was only possible to get a mere giimpse of the faces because the cameras had to be placed far away from the subjects in order to get them all in the picture. The new film also eliminates the an- noying vacant space at the top which was a necessary evil so long. “The motion picture industry has made great progress with the introduc- tion of the ‘talkies’ and color. We are only beginning. Before long there will be no demand at all for the legitimate stage.” Hotel Proprietor Dead. SOMERSET, Pa.. May 6 (Special) — John L. Hahne, 73, proprietor of the Hotel Monterey, Hancock, Md., and for- mer proprietor of the old Virginia Ave nue Hotel, this city, died yesterday aft- ernoon. P. Ryan estate have ceased to co-oper- ate with her and that since June, 1929, the estate had failed to pay the $650 a month allowance she should receive for the maintenance of the two grand- children, which has obliged her to de- | fray their expenses out of her own funds. Mrs. Morse said that she was the only person her granddaughter, Miss Ryan, has to provide her with' chaperonage and adequate guidance in social life, —_— MAY_ 6. linen to Casualty Hospital for use in Mrs. Dougherty, Miss E. M. Rogers and Dougherty for use of police and firemen. John Virnstein, Mrs. Helen Mayhew, Fire Chief Watson, ) The Ladies’ Auxiliary of the District Fire Department yesierday presented the room endowed by Mrs. John Allen Left to right: Mrs. Ella Newton, Mr Grace Weitzel, tar Staff Photo. Roscoe Tertich. | |Right Rev. J. H. Ryan and | Very Rev. John Ryan of Cath- olic U. Are Honored. | Amid_colorful ceremonies, with rich- ly-robed faculty members, diplomats |and other notables witnessing the his- |toric event, Prof. Eoin MacNeill, D. Litt., on behalf of the National Uni- versity of Ireland, last night conferred upon Right Rev. James Hugh Ryan rector of the Catholic University of America, and Very Rev. John Augus- tine Ryan, Francis A. Drexel professor of moral theology, the honorary de- grees of doctor of literature. Most Rev. Michael J. Curley, Arch- bishop of Baltimore and chancellor of the Catholic University of America, opened the program, which was held in McMahon Hall, with prayer and greet- ing. Prof. MacNeill was introduced to the convocation by Michael Mac- White, Minister of the Irish Free State who_teminded the audience that M MacNeill was one of the founders of | the Gaelic League, which fostered Irish | |language and_culture; aided in spon- | soring ~ the Volunteers, the militant Nations and as the country’s first min- ister of education. Prof. MacNeill made a plea to Ameri- can university men to undertake explo- ration in the field of Irish scholarship, | particularly that of language, folk lore, | art and archeology. Mgr. Ryan paid tribute to the Na- | tional University of Ireland and to the high standard of scholarship that is | being nurtured there. The platform was decked with the orange, white and green, Irish tricolor |and “the Stars and Stripes, and_the | | university's “glee club rendered “The Soldlers’ Song,” the national hymn ot Ireland. _The national hymn of the | United ~ States was likewise rendered | SCHOLARS RECENE | HONORARY DEGREES armed force that sought freedom dur- | |ing the World War, and served as Ire- | |land’s representative at the Leagie of | |by the club, as wes the alma mater song of the Catholic University. Following the convocation a reception was held for Archbishop Curley, Prof. MacNeill, Dr. Ryan, the rector, and his colleague, “Father John™ Ryan. Attending the ceremony were these distinguished guests: Ambassador No- bile Giacomo de Martino of Italy, Senor Dr. Don Carlos F. Grisanti, Minister of Venezuela; J. H. van Royen, Minister of !the Netherlands; Senor Don Manuel Castro Quesada, Minister of Costa Rica: representatives of the Polish, Belgian and Spanish embassics; Dr. Leo S. Rowe, Union: Senator and Mrs. Patrick J. Sul- livan of Wyoming, and Representative Thomas H. Cullen. KENT COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER APPOINTED Special Dispatch to The Star. CHESTERTOWN, Md, May 6.—Dr. R. H. Riley, Board of Health, has announced the appointment of Dr. R. G. Beachley as | full-time health officer for Kent Coun- ty, with headquarters in Chestertown. Dr. Beachley has been serying as deputy State health officer for this dis- | health work of Cecil, Kent and Queen Anne’s Counties. At a recent meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of this county it was agreed to co-operate with the State be paid jointly by the county and State. | Dr. Beachley ‘will continue to super- vise the health work in Queen Annes County pending the appointment of a full-time officer for that county. ol RS Roof Paint Seals the surface and stops leaks. Waterproof. 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