Evening Star Newspaper, March 16, 1932, Page 27

DAUGHTER TELLS - OF MARK TWAIN Shuns Tragedy and Lingers on Gayer Events of Author’s Life. Clara Clemens Gabrilowitsch, daugh- ter of Mark Twain, presented an oral biography of the famous author in a Jecture last night at the Community Institute meeting in Central High Bchool. Miss Clemens, who is the wife of Ossip Gabrilowitsch, conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, said she referred her audience to remember human writings and not” by the tragedies which marked his own life. Hence she told only of the gayer hap- penings and his reactions to them, which presented Mark Twain as a lovable and surprising character even in his own household. Contrary to the general impression, Miss Clemens said, her father was a bhard worker who toiled laboriously in roducing his humorous books. ps his greatest achievement lay in the fact, his daughter said, that while er father for his gay, humorous and | Per- | S— THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1932. KRAMER WOULD CUT HOME WORK| AND PROVIDE PUPILS LIBRARIES Urges End of Burdensome Lessons for Students ; to Do at Night. g ! | Ultimate Goal Is Revolution- | (&8 " | ary Change in Whole % Program. [ Drastic reduction in home work &s- !xknmenu for pupils and the building up of small “working libraries” at home are advocated by Stephen E. Kramer, first assistant superintendent of schools, | for the improvement of the school | child’s lot. Mr. Kramer is particularly interested in the reduction of “night lessons,” and he foresees even the complete elimina- tion of them. This ultimate goal, how- STEPHEN E. KRAM ever, he believes, will be a part of & . revolutionary change in the whole 553 E - school program, involying the estab- | cient attention is paid by parents to the lishment of year-around academic terms | conditions under which. their children and the further lengthening of school | are obliged to study at home. Every day PERE 3 child shouid have his own materials; A “revolutionary” on the subject of | his own desk, if possible; or, if he must there was much tragedy in his life, | home Work since his own years as an |use the dining room table, at least his writings brought delight to mil- lions of readers. Contradicted Emperor. One of the anecdotes given by Miss Clemens was the story of Twain's visit with the German ¢ill speak only when spoken to,” Mark Twain had promised. But when he returned home, Twain | was disconsolate. Asked what the trou- ble was, he admitted he forgot his res- olution. “T got to talking so rmuch,” he con- | fessed, “that the emperor didn't hav a chance to say much, and I even con tradicted him Another story concerned Mark ‘Twain’s visit to Harriet Beecher Stowe. Twain was exceedingly absent-mind- | ed and on his return from Mrs. Stowe's, his wife was horrified to note his neck- tie missing. And so, his daughter told |, her Washington audience last night “My father went upstairs, selected one of his very best ties, wrapped it up, and sent it to Mrs. Stowe with a note saying he was sorry they both couldn't call on her at the same time.” Words Right But Not Tune. iss Clemens told also of her father’s ability and agility “cuss Wwords. Mark Twain, she said, had a hot temper and the dropping of & collar button was enough to launch him into a string of Tare profanity. His “cussin’,” the writer’s daughter ained, was developed to tease his wife. And Mrs. Clemens, using u bit of the family wit herself, memo- rizec her husband’s repertoire. She sought to surprise him with it one day and he burst out laughing. ‘What are you laughing at?” Clemens wanted to know. ‘Dearest,” he replied, “you got the words right but the tune's wrong!” Mark Twain's ambition, his daughter said, was to write serious things, and his book on Joan of Arc was ihe -esult of this desire. So fond of Joan of Arc and her accomplishments did he be- come, Miss Clemens said last 2ight, that a member of his household told him there were two womem-in Mis life, Mrs. Clemens and Joan of Arc. EDUCATORS’ PARLEY IS SET FOR PANAMA Begond Inter-American Federation . Conference to Open on December 23. & Mrs. The second conference of the Inter- American Federation of Education will be held in Panama December 23 to 31, it has been announced by Dr. Glen Levin Swiggett, chairman of the organ- ization committee, who returned to ‘Washington Monday from a visit to sev- eral Caribbean capitals. ‘Twenty countries are organized for effective participation in the purpeses of the federation, with tne ministers of education of these countries inaking up an advisory council. The United States committee includes William John Cooper, commissioner of education; Leo 8. Rowe, director general of the Pan- American Union: the Executive Com- mittee of the National Education Asso- ciation. the commissioner of education of Porto Rico, and Dr. Bwiggett. Dr. Jeptha Duncan, secretary of education of Panama, will supervise or- ganization of the conference, in co- operation with the Panaman National Association of Teachers. The two major topics of the first preliminary conference of the federa- tion, held in Atlanta, Ga., said SIX IN FAMILY KILLED BY GAS IN THEIR SLEEP Father and Three Sons in House Across Street Overcome by Fumes. By the Associated Press NEWBURGH, N. Y., March 16.—A family of six persons was killed by gas | as they slept in their home at New ‘Windsor, N. Y., near here, early today. In another house across the street, a father by the fumes and were reported in condition. The source of the gas was not immediately de- d.~ All mains in New Windsor hut off when the tragedy becams dead ar: n Lucas, also known as John Lu- ski, 60, the father: Mrs. Helen 58; Mrs. Mary Sitkiewicz, 33, a daughter; Jeanette Lucas, 21, & daugh- ter; Lola Sitkiewic: 11, granddaugh- ter; and Irene Sitkiewicz, 9, another granddaughter. ‘The four others might also have died had not Mrs. Charles Weygant, mother of the boys. returned home early today after an all-night vigil with her sick mother, to find her own home filled and her husband and sons un- band, Charles Weygant, and Andrew, Harry and Arthur GOST SO LITTLEND 7y EART OF | elementa | system,” Mr. Kramer holds, “lies in the | plish the amount of work generally | | given him by his teachers. and his three sons were over- | RADIOTRONS YOUR RADIC y school teacher, Mr. Kramer | the co-operation of his hous in for years has advised teachers to cut | making :;ldlllnmou xne-rl;“l}t;(::f{ as | down their lesson assignments. He has | the limitations will permit. The ideal | urged particularly the elimination of | condition, he said, s & separate room, | all_ week end class assignments as well as individual desk and accom- | “The trouble with the home work | panying materials. In his general discussion of home t that it places a burden on parents | study Mr. Kramer said that too often | who undertake to ‘do’ their children's | teachers make lesson assignments has- | lessons_for them.” | tily, so that the child goes home still Burden on Weary Child. | uncertain a5 to what it s he is expected | Pointing out that the usual 6 o'clock | t0 €0 e ey dinner schedule following the necessary | Cumbersome burden, he said. hour or two of out-of-doors recreation AN generally means a child can’t begin his home work until 7 o'clock, Mr. Kramer | says a child is too weary to accom- | STATE COMMISSION #eme BACKED BY RITCHIE parents, seeing the child’s struggles, are l likely to step in and help him. This is | particularly true of the subject of arith- metic, the educator believes, and the parent aid frequently results in the child reaching school the mext day able to explain “his” solutions to written problem: Week end home work,” Mr. Kramer said last night, “should not be given at all. If there is one night in the | Special Dispatch to The Star. | week the child feels he has ‘freedom.’ it | ANNAPOLIS, Md. March 16—Gov |is Friday night. On Sfltur}«,ias_ Dight his | Albert C. Ritchie yesterday answered | parents may wish to enjoy Some socia fife or the child himself may mot feel | the piea of the Chamber of Commerce like studying after the hard play that |that the State Public Service Commis- | his one free week day hnl? ;:vn; hklm. sion be removed from office. | Sunday afternoon generally is broken # | into by dinner o guests, and then Sun- | 1D¢ State execitive stated that he | had considered each contention of the | day night the poor youngster awakens to the fact that his lessons have not | protesting group and had recelved an been done. So he digs in with a weary | oower from the commission on each The answers, the Governor said, sort of will, and the inevitable result | ;¢ vindicated the commission. is & ‘blue Monday' for him in class.? | Commenting further on the week | end lesson question, Mr. Kramer said m,,,"";f,,d“’;"‘},’é’l,‘f c;k:::;r‘fxr et the | i e ally s review day’ 4 | commission is pro-utility and unwilling | school, Mr. Kramer eves Monday | 15 grant the public a fair hearing or should be set aside for that purpose. |y SCC%" il Bop,® O Bt PEERE BT Hence there'd be no formal lessons 0 | eytanded in the State. Gov. Ritchie sald that not only be heard on the week’s first day. If a | child wishes to do some review work at | CGOV. | Ritchle ssld that not only | that the public owed the group a vote home over the week end. that should | of confiderce. | be his own choice, but he should not be burdened with any formal assignments. | * SNIIGCG LD ient of the | Nothing Lost by Rest. chamber, reports that he is not satis- | “When I was teaching,” Mr. Kramer | fled with the reply. recalled, “I mever gave any home les- i LA GENERAL STRIKE CALLED sons on Friday, and my pupils certainly lost nothing by it, and I am of the | Labor Unions Protest Bills Before aid parents as well | Governor Answers Annapolis } C.-of C. Plea That Public Service Body Be Ousted. opinion that they gained, if only by the mental recreation that freedom gave | them.” If he sought to as their children in his proposals con- | | cerning home work, Mr. Kramer was | less gentle in his discussion of the | Labor unions, influenced by Socialists, | | average parents with respect to book | have proclaimed & general strike | purchases. _, | throughout Poland today a8 a protest “Now that the free text book law | against several labor bills recently in- relieves parents of the expense of buy- | troduced in Parliament by the govern- full complement of school | ment. {books,” he said, “they certainly should | Taking extreme precautions, authori- try to give.their children at least a | tles decreed that alcohol would not be mr{nlmum working home library, They | sold tomorrow and that severe punish- should have a good dictionary, a good | ment would await strike tators. atlas and perhaps a simplified ency- | Railways, posts and public utilities were clopedia.” expected to function normally. 1s assertion that such books would | not be expensive was borne out by in- | quiries at several leading book stores. | Two dollars will buy a very good dlc-l | tionary; the atlas, containing ample | | maps of various sorts, can be bought‘ | for $2.50, and various forms of ency- | | clopedias can be secured for as little as | $3. The last-named volume is a con- | cise book, containing more than 20,000 | articles on all sorts of subjects about | which a child might need information in the limited research he is called upon to do at home. Other encyclo- | pedic works can be had at $5 a volume for a two-book edition, while a 12-| volume work, now in process of com- | pletion, will sell for $25, should the | more fortunately situated parents de- | sire a more elaborate library for their children. ! Mr. Kramer believes also that insuf- Parliament. ‘WARSAW, Poland, March 16 (#)— in 1929 | elementary vocational and character training—will be re-emphasized at the | conference this Winter, Dr. Swiggett | “The Awakening” By Warwick Deeping Author of Prophetic Marriage and Exile The Awakening is story of Miles Laverack's attempt to recapture the splendid possibilities of his youth after seven years of a marriage that is devoid of Jove. 3(: a day (Lending Library, Main Ploor.) 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