Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1932, Page 16

PHYSICAL DIRECTOR FOR CADETS NAMED Paul Luckel Doerr, Eastern High Honor Man, to As- sist Col. Craigie. Paul Luckel Doerr, second lieutenant the Reserve Officers Training Corps d “best individual cadet” at Eastern High School in 1924, has been ap- Pointed a physical training teacher as- signed to assist Lieut. Col. Wallace M. Craigie, U. S. A, retired, in directing the Washington high school cadets, it was announced late yesterday by Dr. Btephen E. Kramer, assistant superin- tendent. The appointment of Lieut. Doerr is the second step taken by school offi- ielals to compensate for the loss, through the operation of the economy act, of the Regular Army officer assigned as fessor of military science and tactics the schools. In appointing Lieut. Doerr, Dr. Kra- imer explained, the school authorities operated within the provisions of the economy act. A vacancy existed in the ptaff of physical training teachers, The cadets were construed as one of the warious means of promoting physical | Appointed PAUL L. DOERR. LEGION DRIVE BEGUN FOR NEW MEMBERS S o e fhad abbumee Two Trophies to Be Awarded at tion for a pasition on the pgy.sk‘nl training staff, headed the senior and Junior high school list of eligibles. ¢ school authorities merely sought d secured Pyesident Hoover’s appro- 1 of filling the physical training staff ~Sacancy, named Doerr as its incumbent, #nd then assigned him to cadet work. Actually, Lieut. Doerr will be an as- | t to Col. Craigie, who, though re- | to retired pay status, voluntarily gemained as professor of military sci- ence and tactics in the schools, A graduate of Eastern High School, Yieut. Doerr won the “best indlvidual |officers of each post. icadet medal” on the basis of his four- | year record in the corps in 1924. In| End of Campaign in District December 31. The Disttict of Columbia Depart- ment of the American Legion is en- gaged in a membership drive which will end at midnight of December 31. Frank A. Connolly, department mem- bership officer, has outlined the plans for the campaign to the membership ‘The first sec- tion of the drive ends December 15. Two trophies, each a gavel gong in 1923 he won a medal at the Citizens’ |the shape of a bronze copy of the Military Training Camp at Fort Mon- | Liberty Bell surmounted By the Legion roe for general proficiency. At the | emblem, will be awarded. One goes to University of Maryland, from which in- | the post which shows the highest per- stitution he was graduated, Doerr was |centage of 1933 membership compared commanding officer of the R. O. T. C. to the 1932 total paid into depart- mental headquarters as of December 31, 1932. ‘The other trophy goes to FIRST LADY HEADS GUESTS | the post which shows the largest nym- ber of members enrolled between De- j b dnight of December 31. AT CHRISTMAS PAGEANT |“0bt i P o ot ed chairman of the annual American WNational Cathedral School Chil-|Legion Ball Committee and has an- dren Gave Annual Yule Pro- gram Last Night. nounced that this event will be held be- tween February 15 and 28 next. It was decided to hold the ball in Feb- ruary so as not to conflict with the a inaugural ball on March 4. Mrs. Herbert Hoover headed the guests raise funds he were invited to waich 80 SHdents ror oief of veterans! fuimlies; Ench bf the National Cathedral School pre- pent their annual Christmas pageant 2ast night. A short medlinl 11 , “Share Each and Share Alikt,” and a pageant, “At the Portals of the Star,” constituted the program. Miss deline Hicks, director of the school’s dePartment of the art of | expression, wrote and staged the| int. Members of the Players Club speaking parts, the Glee Club pro- vided music and the art department Btudents made costumes and scenery. Besides Mrs. Hoover, the guests who t has been asked to name & mem- on the committee at its next meet- SOCIETY PLANS ELECTION Sons of the Revolution to Honor Washington Tuesday. ‘The 133rd annive of the death of be commemo- George Washington wi = rated at the annual of the Sons T e g T ames | of ‘the Revolution o the District of Gor W, ‘and Mrs, Bratenahl; Rev. ‘William L. De Vries, Rev, and Mrs. G. mhwr and Mrs, Jmum ROAD FUNDS SLASHED 'BISMARCK, N. Dak., December 10 |7 {(®) —Appropriations recommended by the State Budget Board for operating the State government and institutions in the next biennium are $2,894,970 be- low the present budget, the board an- nouced today. For expenditures from the State's . funds mm allowed $5, compared ppropriations 568,433 by the last Legislature. % | lumbia, Tuesday at 8 p.m., at the Army Na: p!urfiwennnnc and Navy Club. Officers will be elected. of the cipal have for his topic, Anniversary the George Wi " JOE HIGY "OUR PLUMBER’ =0= - th of Gen. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, DECEMBER 11, 1932—PART ONE. MEMORIAL RITES PLANNED BY D.A.R D. C. Group to Make Special Pilgrimage to Alexandria December 14. ‘The first surgeon general of the United States Army, who was also per- sonal physician to George Washington, Dr. James Craik, will honored by the District of Columbia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution in a special pligrimage to Alexandria on December 14, the 133d anniversary of the death of the First President, ac- cording to an announcement made by officers of the ‘society. onies attendant upon the oc- casion will be held in the Old Presby- terlan Meeting House, next to the church yard where Dr. Cralk lies buried, and will be broadcast over & nation-wide radio hook: peakers on the program will in- clude: Col. John W. Williams, clerk of the House of Delegates and secretary of the Virginia State George Washington Bi- centennial Commission, Richmond, Va.; Dr. Thomas E. Green, general chaplain of the General Soclety, Sons of the Revolution, and president of the Sons of the Revolution in the District of Columbia; Francis Key Gaines, presi- dent Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.; Hugh T. Williams, chairman National Americanism Com- mission of the American Legion, Dan- ville, Va.; Dr. Hugh Cooper, national commissioner of education, Washington, D. C.; Willlam Buckner McGroarty, president of the Washington Society of Alexandria. The official delegation of the D. C. Society, 8. A. R., will assembie at na- tional headquarters, 1227 Sixteenth street, at 1 o'clock end will proceed to Alexandria, arriving at the Meeting House not later than 2 p.m. The dele- gation will be composed of the fol- Past President Col. Alonzo Gray, chairman, and the following members: Gen. Amos A. Fries, Gen. Thomas H. Slavens, Gen. William E. Horton, Gen. Alexander N. Willlams, Col. John P. Hains, Col. James S. Easby-Smith, Col. A. L. Conger, Capt. M. G. Cook, U. 8. Lieut. Col. L. C. Lucas, U. 8. M. C. Lieut. Col. Alexander Taylor and Comdr. Henry B. Soule. MRS. ROOSEVELT SAILS Will Spend Yule Holidays With Son in Philippines. SEATTLE, December 10 (#).—The liner President Madison salled from Seattle for the Philippines today with Mrs. ‘Theodore Roosevelt, widow of President Roosevelt, who will spend the Christmas holidays with her eldest son, Theodore Roosevelt, jr., Governor Gen- eral of the islands. “God bless you, my dears,” she said to some children who were walting to recelve her when she boarded ship. She kissed them. A reception committee of Republican women met her at the Union Station when the train bearing her from the East arrive | lowing: WATCH REPAIRING BY EXPERTS The repair of your watch does mot complete the trans- action between us, but estab- lishes our obligation to fulfill our guarantee of service. 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Putting their best foot forward even at the last, they pre- sented “The Playboy of the Western World,” that particular classic, which’ is seldom played now at the Abbey Theater in Dublin except at special matinees. This is due to the Playboy” come to be a household word. He is known the land over. He is, of course, especially re- vered. But he might be called t.heau'lchle;st . n, days, he lays Ml dormant, and is only allowed to appear when this worthy troupe travels in foreign countries, and offers the best that it knows. At the matinee performance Lady Gregory's famous satire, “Spreading the News,” was presented with most of these 13 now well known actors in evidence. Especially to be com- mended, however, was_ the pitch- fork look of Michael J. Dolan as he sat on the bench and heard himself being accused of a murder, which had been founded only through & series of garrulous tongues. Afterward Sean O'Casey's “The Shadow of a Gunman” was given. A well worded play, it was (as are most of these Irish plays) noted for the spirit of the language and the humor of its dialogue rather than for the oppressiveness of its tragedy. It would be interesting to compare an American tragedy (Mr. O'Neil for instance) to one of these foreign rivals. Where our plays are built from the ground up on a series of somber notes, and keep the audi- ence in a state of applied miserable- ness, in the Irish classics the tragedy comes only in fits and starts, and is made apparent sometimes only long after the final curtain has descended. ‘Thus in “The Shadow” the un- flagging but always sprightly zeal of each characterization carries along until the end. the 3t place is not e audience with grief. course of the play the true poetry of this country’s dialect has had sway, the staunch loyalty which was apparent back in the 1920s is cleatly depicted, and that con- sistent merriment which is so often part of the Irish character is granted full license. The action is small. The “Black- and-Tan" troubles of the early 20s. A boarding house in which men and women are huddled like so many ants. A peddler well versed in Shakespeare, & poet, well versed in his country’s affairs, a girl who knows nothing and is shot for know- ing too much. Bitter characteriza- tions—and yet trenchant ones—and acted to the hilt by this now hon- ored group. ‘Too little perhaps of Barry Fitz- gerald, and not enough of that long and expressive role which was cre- ated superbly by F. J. McCormick. ‘Too little fo Maureen Delaney and that radiant Irish beauty, Kate Curling. And then, too, it was a pity that later in the day Miss Ei- leen Crowe was unable to appear. However, Mr. Shields was there with that huskiness of throat which is one of his best characteristics—and May Cralg, who has added much to the week’s proceedings—and P. J. Carolan, and Denis O'Dea—and all the rest of this lusty company. The remainder of the year will be lean without them. They have done much to put new life and humor and & touch of pathos in a not too blooming season of the theater. E. de S. MELCHER. HONOR STUDéNT ADMITS ATTEMPT AT BLACKMAIL Florida U. Athlete Wrote Letters to Freshmen and Others “Just for a Thrill.” By the Assoclated Press. GAINESVILLE, Fla., December 10.— Gerald Smith, 25, University of Florida student and track athlete, .confessed to police today that “just for a thrill” he had written 20 or 25 blackmail notes to freshmen at the university and to resi- dents of Gainesville within the past two weeks. Smith was vice president of the senior class last year and presi- dent of four honorary fraternities at one time. He was arrested as he came from & theater here. His home is in Wilming- ton, Ohio. 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