Evening Star Newspaper, November 30, 1934, Page 5

- [NGLISH TEACHING STANDARDS HIT Modernization Drive Fea- tures Sessions of National Council Here. A drive for modernization of the | teaching of English marked the gen- eral session and series of luncheon | meetings of the National Council of | teachers of English at the Mayflower | Hotel today. | Most vigorous, perhaps, of the at- | tacks upon present teaching standards was that by Dr. A. H. Townsend of | New York University, “the average professor of English is a generation or two behind his students in the focus of his interests.” In sub- stantiation, Dr. Townsend said average publication date of the lead- ing 100 books on college reading lists who charged | the | 1s 1840 while the corresponding average | of a list of favorites submitted by the students is 1890. “The average college list of recom- mended reading, however,” Dr. Town- | send continued, “is radically modern | in comparison to the program of courses in literature offered by the rverage English department. The average date of such courses is 1573‘;AGENTS ORDERED leaving the focus of professorial inter- ests 251 years remote from that of undergradutate literary preference.” Current Teaching Hit. A similar attack upon current teach- ing was voiced by Alfred S. Dashiell, editor of Scribner's Magazine. “It is a fallacious idea that the sole business of the English course of study is to acquaint students with selected msaterpieces of the literary heritage of the race,” Mr. Dashiell said. “Let them first discover what sort of world they have inherited be- fore being forced to investigate the literary heritage of the past.” ‘William Chenery, editor of Collier’s, speaking on public tastes as reflected in magazine requirements, declared most of the objectionable material published in magazines is a product of lazy editing or careless writing. the same time, he continued, stand- ards change, and the conversation and fiction of today tolerates things un- thought of 20 years ago. Radio Sponsorship. At a group meeting considering the relation of radio to education, Dr. ‘Tracy F. Tyler, secretary of the Na- tional Committee on Radio Education, assailed commercial radio facilities. Instead, he proposed a Federal and State chain of broad- casting stations, operating as a “yard- stick similar to that of the T. V. A. in the public utility field.” Speakers at the general session this morning were Prof. J. M. O'Neill, University of Michigan; Prof. R. C. Pooley, University of Wisconsin; Prof. Edwin D. Starbuck, University of Southern California: Mark Neville and Ben Wells of John Burroughs School, St. Louis, and Willard W. Beatty of Bronxville, N. Y. Five special luncheons, followed by eight conference groups, met this aft- ernoon before a general business ses- sion at 4:30 o'clock. Members of the council will attend a tea at the Wil- | son Teachers’ College in the late aft- ernoon, and the annual banquet of the organization will take place this evening. LECTURE ADVANCED Adult Education Institute Moves Up Opening Talk to Wednesday. The opening lecture of the Na- tional Institute of Adult Education’s two-year course in liberal arts, sched- uled for next Friday, has been moved up to Wednesday, it was an- nounced today. Lectures will be bi- monthly and will be held in the Bur- lington Hotel. The course is designed to make higher education available to many men and women who were denied the opportunity of attending college.- Dr. ‘William F. Notz. dean of the George- town University Foreign Service School, will give the first lecture. NEW ISSUES REGISTERED ‘The Securities and Exchange Com- mission last night announced the registration of new issues of securi- ties in October totaling $34,009,946. ‘Twenty-five were for industrial and | commercial issues totaling $26,314.- 837 and six were for financial institu- tions and totaled $4,739,351. Eight reorganizations were registered also, with securities totaling $2,955,757 in- volved. Fees paid to the commission were £3,529. | { CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. | TODAY. | Dance, Merry Madcaps Club, 1814 N street, 9:30 p.m. | Dance, Washington Club of George- | town University, Willard Hotel, 10| pm. i Banquet, National Council of ‘Teachers of English, Mayflower Hotel, 6:30 pm. ‘ TOMORROW. | Card party, Saturday Night Club, 9 Q street northeast, 8:30 p.m. ‘ Town Hall Lecture, Glenn Frank, | auditorium of United States Cham- | ber of Commerce, 1615 H street, 8| pm. | Card and bingo party, benefit Board of Directors of Woman's Bene- fit Association of the District, 2523 ‘Thirteenth street, 8:30 p.m. | Card party, benefit Angle Club of | Master Masons, Masonic Temple, Eighth and F streets northeast, 8 p.m. | | | | | presents a complete range of harmonizing CUTEX gives you perfect coloe harmony:Ruby Lipstickmatches Gibex Haby Polfahs Condinal Lipsticx is the twin 3¢ Cardinal Cutex Polish: Coral Lipstick qoes with Cutex Coral Polish; F, At | sponsorship of | r Sale by NG STAR, WASHING Reputed to be more afraid of gang guns than charges of evading Federal in- come taxes, Dutch Schultz, who gave himself up to author- ities at Al- bany, is shown hiding his face from the camera while in a line-up with other prison= ers at Albany, Thanks = giving day. —A. P. Photo. TO SHOW NELSON WIDOW NO MERCY | (Continued From First Page.) | the room, bulwarks sgainst her grief. | Only one reference was made to Nel- son, whose death is credited to Cow- | 1 submachine gun. | T'm glad he's dead,” Mrs. Lavon Chipman Cowley said, avoiding the mobster's name. CIVIC RITES FOR COWLEY. | Slain Federal Agent to Be Buried at Salt Lake City. SALT LAKE CITY, November 30 (#).—Samuel P. Cowley, killed in a gun battle with gangsters near Chi- | | cago Tuesday, will be given a civic| funeral in the assembly hall on the| Latter Day Saints Temple Square here | next Sunday noon. Burial will be| in City Cemetery. | | The Justice Department officer’s| | body will arrive here Saturday, his| | parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Cowley, | | were informed today. | Funeral services will be under aus- | | pices of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce and other civic bodies. WANTED ON OTHER CHARGES. Nelson Widow Accused of Harboring Dillinger and Aide. The Department of Justice today | distributed thousands of copies of a | “wanted” circular bearing the photo- | graph and fingerprints of Mrs. Helen | | Gillis, wife of the siain “Baby Face” | Nelson, whose real name was Lester | M. Gillis. 1 Although Mrs. Gillis is reported to | have been with Nelson when he was | fatally wounded by Inspector Samuel | C. Cowley and Special Agent Herman | | E. Hollis at Barrington, Ill, this| | week, the circular lists her as wanted | on charges of harboring the late John Dillinger and his gang lieuten- ant, Tommy Carroll, also dead, and for violating a probationary sentence | given her after her capture at the | Little Bohemia Inn in Wisconsin last | April. i Mrs. Gillis, who also has used the name of “Marion Marr” and half a| dozen other aliases, is described as | | being 21 years old, 5 feet 2 inches in | height, of small build and having | brown bobbed hair, blue eyes and fair complexion. 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Stanley said the reward of $5,000 posted for the capture of Nelson could not be used to reimburse the families of the slain Federal officers. Under the law Government agents are not permitted to accept rewards of any kind. Sought in Midwest. Mrs. Gillis was being widely sought today throughout the Middle West by roving squads of Federal agents direct- ed by Inspector H. H. Clegg. Stanley denied published reports that the de- partment had issued orders for the capture of Nelson's wife “dead or alive.” Mrs. Gillis was arraigned in court and pleaded guilty to charges of har- boring Dillinger, but was given her freedom on probation. A few weeks later she violated her probationary sentence by rejoining her husband and the Department of Justice has been looking for her ever since. -NOTICE- Effective Dec. 1, 1934 Peninsula Bus Lines Will Discontinue Using W. B. & A. Station and All Peninsula Busses Will Arrive at and Depart from the Greyhound Bus Depot 1403 New York Ave. N.W. 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