Evening Star Newspaper, June 9, 1935, Page 18

A—18 SCHOOL INGISTS ON HELPING SELF. Raises Laundry Fund by Making Chairs Out of Barrels. The virtues of resourcefulness, en- terprise and self-reliance are perhaps more important than academic learn- ing at the National Training School for Women and Girls in Lincoln Heights, D. C, where 125 or more colored pupils are learning to make the most of opportunities. By way of demonstrating a lesson in self-reliance through personal lead- ership, Miss Nannie H. Burroughs, president of the school, recently hit upon the idea of financing a new ¢ for the school by mak ed chairs from frameworks 15 and selling them to the on public | For 24 vears mow the school has been operating largely upon the pen- THE SUXDAY Training School Handiwork | 50 of them and hope to sell them to | | girls to work in foreign flelds than |any other Negro institution. STAR. WASHINGTON., D. €. JUNE 9. 1935—PART ONE. barrel for household articles. She also had castors mounted. Suitable for Cottages. The result was & “barrel chair” of neat and attractive appearance, suit- able for the porch or Summer cottage. The women at_the school made up | raise a fund for rehabilitating the laundry, which was damaged by fire two years ago. Graduates are at work in nearly every State in the Union, and in| Africa, Haiti and Puerto Rico. The school, it was said, has sent more PLAN FAREWELL Theta Tau Graduating Members to Be Honored at Dinner. ‘The annual farewell dinner of Theta Tau Praternity. Gamma Beta Chapter, | NAVY LAW STUDENTS GET ASSIGNMENTS Five Just Given George Washing- ton Degrees to Leave Washing- ton in Few Days. The Navy Department yesterday made public the future assignment of five officers, on duty in the judge| advocate general's office, who have just received the degree of 1 _.chelor of laws from George Washington Uni- | wversity. These changes will take place in| the next few days, officials said, send- | ing Lieut. Cswald S. Colclough as com- manding officer of the submarine Dolphin. He made a record scholastic | standing at the university in his law | course, the authorities said. Lieut. Llewellyn J. Johns, to the U. S. S. to the U. S. 8. Tennessee, Lieut. Francis X. McInerney, to the U. 8. 8. Concord, and Capt. John E. Curry,| U. 8. Marine Corps. to the Marine Barracks, Quantico, Va. | Lieut. H. B. Corwin, U. 8. Navy, of the hydrographic office at the depm-‘ ment. who also received the degree of bachelor of laws from George Wash- ington University, will continue at his | present post. Replacing the five officers 1envmz‘ Washington will be these five, who will start in at George Washington Uni- | | versity in the Law School in September, reporting for duty here late in the Summer: Lieut. George D. Morrison, | Lieut. Thomas L. Turner, Lieut. For- | rest Close, Lieut. (J. G.), Charles J. Whiting—who has completed one | year'’s work—and First Lieut, Arthur W. Ellis, U. 8. Marine Corps. Tea-Bridge Helps Children. A tea-bridge held in Menton, France, | raised sufficient funds to send local | children to the mountains for the will be held Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. at|Pennsylvania; Lieut. Wilbur G. Jones, ' Summer. Scholl’s Cafe, 1219 G strect, in honor | of the graduating members of the | fraternity. Those to be honored, who are graduating from the School of Engi- neering at George Washington Uni- versity, include Alan M. Staubly, Albert, Helvestine and Frank Bailey. The_guests of honor will be Dean John R. Lapham and Prof. Benjamin You've Always Paid More for Vanity Hampers WELCOME NOBLES! We hope you're having a capital time in our glorious city! Stop by and see us before you go. If you want gifts for the homefolks, the selection’s simple and speedy with Lansburgh's smart stocks! C. Cruickshank of George Wnihmgtnn nies, nickles, dimes and occasional University, dollars denated by colored persons in straightened circums That Are 31 Inches High! 16 Inches Wide! 9Y4 Inches Deep! 1860 LANSBURGH'S 7m-8m-8-E-STS Na-9800 & | Some of the upholstered chairs made from old barrels and sold to Self-Help. Insisty/lon) Selt-Heln | finance a new laundry for the National Training School for Women and A few well-to-do white benefactors! Girls in nnmm Heights, D. C. -—Star Staff Photo. | have made contributions, but these — — e m e —| have been in the minority : | v For the most part the school insists Work was begun immediately. Miss | the carefully stitched upholstering and on helping itself out of difficulties. ghs had a carpenter saw the fitted it over the barrel frame. 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