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THE SUNDAY STAR WASHINGTON, D. OCTOBER 18, 1936—PART ONE. B4 __________THE SUNDAV STAR A A o e e e s e e Schools and Colleges 1EGION OFFICIALS MEETIN VIRGINIA #Little Convention” at Win- ; chester to Map Mem- bership Campaign. “ @pecial Dispatch to The Star. ’ WINCHESTER, Va., October 17.— ‘While matters of policy are to be con- isidered at the “little convention” of Virginia American Legion and Aux- 4liary officers and post representatives here tomorrow and Monday, the chief purpose of the gathering, it is under- stood, is to impress upon post com- manders the importance, from a Le- gion point of view, of a large increase in membership. Each post in Virginia has been sup- plied with a statement of its pald-up enrollment for the past year, together with the quota it is expected to enroll the coming year, and it was said of- ficers of each subordinate post will be urged to conduct membership cam- paigns. It was sald the Virginia member- ship campeign is similar to those to be conducted by every State Depart- ment. Preparations were completed today by local committees for the conven- tion, first of the kind to be held here. The reception committees are headed by Col. B. M. Roszel, Miss Frances Beverley and Edwin C. Parker. Business meetings of the Legion will be presided over by Charles W. Crush, | department commander. DEMOCRATS PLAN | NORTH BEACH RALLY | Three Washington Attorneys| Will Speak at Meeting October 24. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. NORTH BEACH, Md., October 17.— Three Washington attorneys are in- cluded among the party leaders who have accepted invitations to address the rally to be held here October 24 under the auspices of the Democratic StateCentral Committee for Calvert County. They are District Attorney Leslie Garnett. Elwood Seal, corporation | counsel fo rthe District of Columbia, | Education Association of the District of Columbia is intro- I ducing new activities whenever they seem indicated as ad- vancing the interests and desires of the personnel. A recent innovation is a plap to provide a service which will further recreational opportunities for its mem- bers at & minimum cost and effort. The plan calls for & survey of rec- reational interests among teachers, a follow-up exploration of the possibili- ties for satisfying these desires and a definite opportunity for pursuit of the chosen sport or pastime with a con- genial leader and group. Many activities have been suggested. Swimming, dancing, bowling seem popular among the more active sports, and current events courses and bridge among those less strenuously inclined. It has been suggested that strangers in the city might be interested in joining congenial companions for an occasional dinner, a book club or to attend concerts or lectures or form dramatic or glee clubs. Birch E. Bayh, director of physical education in the public schools, and Mrs, Elizabeth K. Peeples, Community Center director, have consented to head a committee to organize and develop such a recreational service, Cardinal Hop Friday. THE traditional Cardinal hop to be held at the Kennedy-Warren Ho- tel next Friday will open the social season of the new academic year at Catholic University. The dance is sponsored by “The Cardinal of 1937.” It will be informal and is under the direction of James Toomey of Wash- ington, chairman. The committee in charge consists of Robert K. Steele and Charles P. Johnson, Washington; Howard Hughes, Haverstraw, N. Y.; Harold Radtke of Pennsylvania and Ralph Fanjul of Havana, Cuba. J. Pearson Stanley, president of the senior class in the College of Arts and Sclences, has been elected chairman of the Student Council, governing body of the undergraduate school. The annual tug-of-war between sophomores and freshmen, under the direction of Charles P. Johnson, chair- 10:30 am. |the only victory ever scored by freshman group was recorded by the | Class of '37, the present senior class. Law Review Reorganized. TUDENT work on the Editorial Board of the George Wash- and E. Barrett Prettyman, former cor- | ington Law Review, legal periodical poration counsel. | Senator Lansdale G. Sasscer, presi- dent of the Maryland Senate, and Her- bert O'Conor, attorney general for the State, who are to speak at an aft- | ernoon meeting at Prince Frederick, also have been invited and are ex- | pected to accept. | The rally is to be held in the Fire Hall, with Mayor M. J. Lane, chair- | man of the County Committee, pre- | siding. NEW BUILDING TO OPEN AT ST. MARY’S ACADEMY More Than 121 Pupils Will Start | Class Work on Oc- tober 21. LEONARDTOWN, Md.,, October 17. —The St. Mary’s Academy new school | bullding will be opened October 21 and classes will start on that date, Sister | Lucinda announced today. 7 | The new school contains two floors, | with eight large class rooms, an audi- | torlum, gymnasium and science and laboratory rooms. It will have a cafe- teria in the basement and a recreation room. Over 121 pupils have been en- folled. 2 ‘The old school rooms also will be tsed along with the school dormitories. SANDY SPRING TO HOLD COMMUNITY FAIR NOV. 6 @pecial Correspondence of The Star. SANDY SPRING, Md., October 17. =The Sandy Spring Community Fair will be held November 6 at Sherwood | High School under auspices of the Future Farmers of America, with Mr. Sydney T. Lawler as teacher, and the 4-H Club, with Mrs. Margaret Mullinix in charge. The three farmers clubs, the Grange, the Young Men's Club of St. John’s Church and the Community Council are helping sponsor the event, and about 30 classes in farm products and 15 or 20 in the 4-H Club group have been listec. The public is invited to attend and participate. Banker Honored FORMER HERNDON MAN HEADS ASSOCIATION. I. A. LONG, Formerly of Herndon, a vice president of the Mercantile- Commerce Bank & Trust Co. of St. Louis, Mo., this week was elected chairman of the Mississippi Valley group of the Investment Bankers® Associa- tion of America. Long has been a vice presi- dent of the Mercantile-Com- merce & Trust Co. since 1934. He received his elementary education in the Herndon schools and attended the Uni- versity of Virginia. He en- tered the banking business in 1920, when he became asso- ciated with the New York branch of the Royal Bank of Canada. Before going to St. Louis he served several years as assistant cashier of the People’s National Bank of | published by the George Washington University Law School, is being de- veloped this year as a part of the graduate course leading to the degree of juris doctor. Prof. John A. McIntire of the law faculty this year resumes his post as editor in chief of the Law Review, after a year's leave of absence, during which he pursued work at the Harvard Law School for the degree of doctor of juridical science. He is assisted by a faculty board of associate edi- tors, a board of departmental advisory | editors composed of eminent lawyers 1And jurists, and a board of student | editors. | Appointments to the board of stu- dent editors are made in recognition of high scholastic standing, and those designated this year are: George H. Mortimer, student editor in chief; Bernard Margolius, student managing editor; Halstead S. Covington, student editor of annotations to opinions of the Attorney General; John A. Har- vey, student editor of recent case an- notations; Russell Johnston, student editorial notes editor; Charles R. Rey- nolds, jr., student book review editor. Other members of the Student Edi- torial Board are: Richard F. Arledge, Reid R. Briggs, Elmer A. Buckhorn, Anthony R. DeFelice, George E. Gib- son, Haskell Donoho, Bernard A. Foster, jr.; Elbert G. Heiserman, Da- vid Hottenstein, William F. Jennings, Ira B. Kirkland, jr.; Sumner S. Kit- telle, Wayne H. Knight, Charles A. La Farge, Irvin Lechliter, K. M. Me- Manes, Cyril Q. Marron, Ora L. Mar- | shino, Marriner M. Morrison, George H. Mortimer, Frank E. Moss, Law- rence J. O'Malley, E. Lewis Nichols, Harry C. Page, Charles S. Rhyne, Reed A. Stout, Wingate E. Underhill, Robert T. VanUden, Altha C. Wheat- ley, George W. Wilson, jr.; Edwin E. ‘Woods and Warren Woods. Debating Societies Active. A TOTAL of 578 students were reg- istered this year in the College of Arts and Sciences at Georgetown University. it was announced yester- day, the freshman class being nearly treble that of four years ago. Rev. John E. Grattan, S. J., dean of the college, announced the class divisions as follows: Seniors. 75; jun- iors, 121; sophomores, 153; freshmen, 212, and special students, 17. From these figures is indicated a steady growth since the low record of 1932, when the effects of the depression were seriously reflected in the fresh- man registration that year. While the annual religious retreat was in progress last week at the Hilltop, student activities are being launched and most of the extra- curricular programs are under way. The Philademic Debating Society, as well as the Gaston and White De- bating Societies, are preparing for active seasons. ‘The 106-year-old Philodemic So- ciety is under the presidency of Peter J. Brennan of Winnetka, IIl, who is also president of the Yard. Other officers are John C. Donnelly, Detroit, vice president; Noel R. Ryan, jr., Freeport, Long Island, secretary; Christopher T. Boland, Scranton, Pa., treasurer, and Joseph Dawson, Wash- ington, récording secretary. Rev. John J. Toohey, 8. J., is rounding out his twenty-fifth year as moderator of the society. The Gaston Society, for sophomores, has elected the ronowmgph:mm;' Richard K. Martin, Taunton, Mass,, president; Alfred G. Boyland, Roch- ester, N. Y., vice president; Edward Leesburg, Va. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac T. Long ot Herndon, Va.4, T. Horrigan, Hudson Falls, N. Y, secretary; Joseph T. McDonald, Hud- son, N. Y, treasurer; Charles St. Peter, Menominee, Mich,, manager of debates, and Thomas D. Maher, Leechburg, Pa., sergeant at arms. Freshmen students are being or- ganized in the White Society, under the direction of Dr. James 8. Ruby, §r.. of the college facalty. Under a change this year, the club will be for freshmen exclusively. Officers are soon to be announced. X Alumni Plans Election. TK!.' General Alumni Association of ‘Washington College of Law will hold its Fall business meeting at the college next Thursday, at 8 pm. The program will include the election of Stanley is a resident of Washington. | {man, will take place next Sunday at | It will be recalled that| officers and discussion of plans for the coming year. Paul J. Sedgwick, president, will preside. The first meeting of the Patent Alumni Association was held at the college Wednesday evening. The guest speaker was Justin W. Macklin, first assistant commissioner of patents, who discussed “Some Problems in the Administration of the Patent Law.” The public speaking class, conducted by Dean Grace Hays Riley, devoted its session Monday evening to talks on the lives of early American lawyers. The subjects and speakers were “Pat- rick Henry,” Edella M. Doughert; “Thomas Jefferson,” Robert E. For- cum; “John Jay,” Willlam K. Holdorf; “Edmund Randolph,” Robert D. Ted- row, jr.; “John Marshall,” Ernest M. Knapp; “Alexander Hamilton,” Earl A. Newlon, and “William Pinkney,” Ger- trude L. Poe, who was voted the best speaker by members of this section. ‘The freshman public speaking class, with Mrs. Rebekah S. Greathouse as faculty adviser, also devoted its ses- sion Monday evening to talks on the lives of early American lawyers. Miss Eleanor M. Browne, who discussed the life of John Quincy Adams, was voted the best speaker in the section. N. U. Sophomores Organize. ILES MAGARGEL, Bellfonte, Pa. was elected president of the sophomore class of National Univer- sity Law School at the first of the an- nual class elections last week. Other officers chosen were Mason B. Bray, Montgomery, Ala., vice presi- dent; Miss Lorrena McClosky, treas- rer; Miss Leila Terrill, secretary, and David Youngblood, sergeant at arms. Dr. Charles Pergler, dean of the Law School, will address the Adult Discussion Group of the Mount Pleas- ant Congregational Church, Sunday, November 1, at 10 am. He will speak on “Modern Dictatorships.” The following new officers of the | Alvey Debating Society were installed last Friday: Giles Morrow, president; James Hayden, first vice president; Verna Crigler, second vice president; Leila Terrill, secretary; John S. Kene- strick, treasurer; Joseph Underwood, sergeant at arms, and Marion Poole, history. Dr. James E. Sebree, a member of the faculty of the Law School, ad- dressed the Chi Psi Omega Graduate Fraternity of American University last week, speaking on administra- tive agencies, Visiting Professor Arrives. DR. FRITZ KARL MANN of Ger- many, recently appointed visiting professor of political economy in the Graduate School of American Uni- versity, has arrived in the United States, and is expected to take up his work this week. He comes from the University of Cologne, where he was professor of financial science. Dr. Mann will be among the guests at the annual reception to be given by Dr. Joseph M. M. Gray, chancellor of the universif members of the faculty October 28. Commissioner Clyde B. Aitchison of the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion, has been appointed adjunct professor of interstate commerce and administrative law, at the Graduate School. Rushing season will be in full swing at the campus this week, for the four girls’ sororities, leading up to pledge day Novembei 4 Richard Hummer, graduate of Cen- tral High School, has been elected president of the senior class of the College of Liberal Arts. Hummer re- sides at 4101 Harrison street. He is a member of the Student Council. Other senfor officers include Mar- garet Woods, daughter of Dean George B. Woods, vice president; Wilva Han- kinson, secretary, and Willlam T. Leith, treasurer. The junior class has elected Wil- liam Thompson, president; Kathryn Taylor, vice president; Carol Laise, secretary, and Albert Shaw, treasurer. ‘The sophomores have elected Walter Bastian, president; Harriette Christie, vice president; Bert Sweigart, treas- urer, and Dorothy Loftus, secretary. Home-coming Planned. THE Southeastern University Alumni Association voted last week to hold its second annual home-coming night on November 21. J. 8. Rogers, president, said the principal features of the program will be a dinner and dance in the univer- sity’s headquarters at the Central Y. M. C. A. Building, Rogers also announced that letters are being sent all graduates asking them to submit biographical material to the association. This information then will be published in booklet form and distributed among the graduates, thus enabling them to keep in touch with former schoolmates. ‘The university will give a Hal- loween dance for the students on the night of October 30. Scholarship Tryouts Today. TEYOU'I‘S for scholarships at the Studio of Theater Arts will be conducted this afternoon, beginning at 3 o'clock, and again tomorrow at 7:30 p.m, it was announced by Constance Connor Brown, director. The tryouts will be held at the studio headquar- ters, in the rear of 1731 K street. The studio will open Thursday for & six-month term and will operate The Easy and Safest Way Arthur Jordan PIANO COMPANY Special Washer TWO-TUB o $1 Week Pays Arthur Jordan Piano Co., 13th and G 1239 G St., Cor. 13th Miss Sisson, Teacher 43 Years,| Is Honored by Former Pupils Civic and School Officials Also Join in Tribute to Educator in Ceremony . in Langdon BY JESSIE FANT EVANS. RIDAY night the Langdon School auditorium, one of the most modern and complete in the District’s public school or- ganization, was packed. School officials, including Supt. of Schools Frank Ballou, Board of Edu- cation representatives, members of the Rhode Island Avenue Citizens’ Association, the Parent-Teacher As- sociation and former pupils, ranging through three generations, joined in an enthusiastic spirit of love and loyalty to honor a little, snowy- haired teacher whose life was spent among them from the time she was appointed to a first grade in the Langdon School, July 1, 1893, until she retired August 31 of this year. Forty-three years ago the then 19- year-old Abbie M. Sisson, with glints of gold shining in hair that was then chestnut-colored, and with brown eyes, scarcely more shining and eager than they are today, began her teach- ing career in this same neighborhood in a little frame school house. Erected in 1866 upon property ac- quired from Charles J. Queen, at what was then the Queens Chapel road at Franklin street, it was one of the first nine school houses to be erected in the District of Columbia, and its total cost aggregated $1,700. Often referred to as the Queens Chapel Road School, this building afterward was used as the first meet- ing place of the St. Barnabas Mission of the Episcopal Church. Later it was remodeled into a home by Clay- ton Higdon, members of whose family were among the community’s earliest settlers, as well as public-spirited citi- zens, to whom it is indebted for Higdon Hall, long a meeting place for neighborhood gatherings. School Now Home. In the guise of a bungalow this early Langdon School where Miss Sisson started her career and the guidance of many & Langdon young- ster along the path of knowledge, endures today at what is now 2611 Twenty-second street northeast and the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis H. Smith whose son was one of Miss Sisson’s “boys.” Certain tell-tale characteristics of its former occupancy still survive, for instance, the slatting under which the combined steeple and plag pole once rose. Here in 1893 Miss Sisson, quite matter of factly assumed in addition to her specified duties, the additional ones of classroom fireman, janitor and general caretaker. In the absence of funds for soap, pails, scrubbing brushes and other paraphernalia for the weekly cleaning crusades which she insisted were as necessary in a school room as in a home, she furnished them out of her own $40 a month salary with the remark that she would consider hemself “a strange teacher indeed” if she didn't “do her duty along hygienic lines while wait- ing for the District authorities to furnish the wherewithal.” From such a start there was begun a teaching career destined to con- tinue for nearly half a century in the this year in association with the new ‘Washington Civic Theater. It will serve as a training school for that organization. Miss Judy Lyeth, Washington dancer, will be instructor in euryth- mics. William Girvan, technical di- rector of the Washington Civic The- ater, will be instructor in stagecraft. Roosevelt Student Council. T THE October elections at Roose- velt High School, the 2,000 stu- dents chose 11 of its most popular boys and girls to represent them in the Student Council. Those chosen for the 1936-7 coun- cil were: Howard Cromwell, Robert Eldridge, Deris Schutrumpt, Earl Gi- vens, Larry Thurston, Jane Howard, Giles. Wilkinson, Jean Donovan, Dor- othy Altman and Edward S. Stahl. Honor puplls are now being chosen for special training as assistants to the faculty in various lines of work. The librarian, Miss Margaret Davies, has appointed as librarian Mildred Kienle, Alice Hodge, Marion Mahoney, Rae Rogers, Jeanette Ciarvechi, Thelma Lewis, Katherine Spear, Sylvia Sherman and Marie Taylor. Mrs. Mace, who is in charge of sec- retarial training, has as her secre- taries in the employment bureau Mil- dred Rhodes, Anne Morris and Eleanor Brasse. The Roosevelt Reporter has selected the following staff: Editors in chief, Bertram Pear and Sarah Ann Rapp; assistant editors, Howard Lewis, Alice Cole, Elizabeth Swearinger, Betty Warner, Isabelle Prichard, Alice Venesky, Charles Barenstein, Richard Hansen, Charles Dunbar, Helen Wolfe, Jean Ilich, Robert Cramer, Charles Rosenberg, Nancy Brewster, Del Christy, Doris Benjamin, Eleanor Rowles, Robert Zveare, Barbara Boose, Florence Haves, Ben Shapiro and Estelle Tabb. TUNE i PHILCO 61B*—Never be- fore so low a price for an American and Foreign Baby 94250 SThe PAilco High Eficiency Aerial insures greater local and Joreign reception—Value 85, which 4s included in the Purchase Price! 10 Days’ Free Trial! Extra Trade—Easy Terms Auditorium. neighborhood in which she was to become the first teaching principal as well as the first administrative prin- cipal of the up-to-date 16-unit school structure at Twentieth and Evarts streets northeast, which is on the original site of a four-room frame building that was Miss Sisson’s second school home after the abandonment of the one at Queen's Chapel road. In tracing the march of school and neighborhood progress since Miss Sis- son’s first teaching days in the vicin- ity, Selden M. Ely, supervising prin- cipal, who as president of the Sons of the American Revolution has done much valuable research work into early District history, told Friday’s audience that in the almost 50 years in which Miss Sisson had seen the community emerge from & rural one to a thickly populated portion of the city, six other school buildings had also become necessary to serve its needs. These are the 12-room Brook- land School at Tenth and Monroe streets, the 16-room Woodridge at Carlton and Central avenues, the 2- room Bunker Hill School at Four- teenth street and Michigan avenue, the Crosby S. Noyes 5-room unit at Twentieth and Pranklin streets, the 19-room John Burroughs School at Eighteenth and Monroe streets, and the Taft Junior High School. Compliments Agencies. Mr. Ely also complimented the vari- ous agencies that had banded together in such a splendid spirit of neighbor- hood co-operation, telling them that he knew of no area in the city's juris- diction where there was a more unani- mous outpouring of civic interest to- ward the consummation of worthwhile projects. “In honoring Miss Sisson” contin- ued Mr. Ely, “you honor yourselves, for thereby you proclaim your con- tinuing faith in the principles of Christian living and upright citizen- ship, which Miss Sisson helped to in- culcate in this community through a life time of service for you and your children’s children.” When Miss Sisson was appointed, and for many years thereafter, the United States Government's fruit and nut tree farm was in the neighbor- hood. There also were open pastures, with cattle, horses and sheep graz- ing and thickets of uncut timber as well as areas of farmland and pri- vately owned orchards. For transportation to and from the more densely populated sections of the Capital one depended either on privately owned horse-drawn ve- hicles or the nearby Baltimore & Ohio Rallroad. Miss Sisson used the train service for her daily trips. One of the reminiscences of Miss Sisson’s early teaching days which the community most likes to hear her relate has to do with the advent of an unexpected school visitor. Ome afternoon there was such a deter- mined and forceful thumping upon the school's front door that it not only shook but sounded as if it were about to be kicked down if it were | not speedily opened. Hurrying to the door, with considerable indignation, Miss Sisson found herself admitting & pet pony belonging in the neigh- borhood. Escaped from a nearby pase ture, it was apparently under the im- pression that there had already been entirely too much delay about his rejoining his little master, who was a pupil. “And,” adds Miss Sisson, *“we thought ourselves quite resourceful when we were able to tether him outside, after a sort of recess, until his small owner was free to ride him home.” ‘What Miss Sisson cannot be per- suaded to touch on is the one-woman agency that she was in the way of help and relief to her far-flung con- stituency as the school population grew and the first little school house was abandoned for, first, a four-room frame building, and later, a 10-unit frame structure, which eventually proved to be such a fire menace that public opinion brought about its re- moval ‘and the construction of the| present ideal plant, the Langdon School. Guarded Pupils’ Health. Always modest and unassuming, Miss Sisson zealously guarded the health and character-building needs of her pupils long before our present Community Chest agencies had come into being. Neither was any effort| too great or the expenditure of her time and energy after school hours taken into consideration if she could contribute in any way to their edu- cational, spiritual or physical well- being. Before the day of school phy- siclans and nurses in the schools here, Miss Sisson, so the fathers and moth- ers of those early puplls proudly tell you, through her own unremitting zeal, was often a factor in staying threatened school epidemics. Those one-time pupils also relate how she would trudge miles through woods and pastures to visit grief- stricken families or those where there | © was illness or the discouragement and o STATION BY NAME lack of initiative induced by poverty— that she might, somehow, make the way easier for parents and their children. Prior to the neighborhood celebra- tion in Miss Sisson’s honor, through the courtesy of Mrs. Jake S. Hess, president of the Langdon Parent- Teacher Association, and her asso- clate, Mrs. Curtis W. Jones, chairman of publicity, the writer was enabled to make a series of visits to the homes of those who had been pupils of Miss Sisson or had been associated with her in her work lor the community. From Mrs. J. B. Trittipoe, another moving spirit in the Parent-Teacher Association, we learned that scarcely a day passes which does not bring a message to Miss Sisson concerning a wedding, a birth, a christening or per- haps a death among the families of her former school children. Records Preserved. Willlami 8. Torbert, who is & past president of the Rhode Island Avenue Citizens' Association, who as editor of the Neighborhood News has pre- served for posterity much valuable material concerning the history of the community, gave fascinating glimpses into various records, em- phasizing Miss Sisson’s leadership in this locality and attributed it to the fact that she never had sought self- glorification, being content to find satisfaction in the larger horizon of self-improvement in which she might be an instrument in bringing to her pupils and their families. PFrom Dr. Joseph Bogan, who served as a teacher in the Langdon School before he studied medicine; Mrs. Louis D. Bliss, whose husband heads the Bliss Electrical School and who as Suzanne Warren was one of Miss Sis- son’s first pupils, the Misses Grimes, who were also early pupils; Mrs. Al- bert Fall, whose grandchildren are now in the Langdon School; Drs. Allan E. Cowles and Rush B. Pranklin, and Reid Baker, whose family was one of the oldest in the vicinity. From George Keneipp, who had been se- lected to serve as master of cere- monies at the celebration, we heard varied tributes as well as definite rea- sons why the neighborhood with spontaneous acclaim wanted to call her blessed. They told, too, of the esteem of other former pupils, including Maj. Carlton Edwards, Aurelia Beck, fa- mous over the radio as Hazel Money; Mrs. Alfred Timberlake, Mrs. Cornelius Gibson, Philip Love, who was an early friend of Lindbergh's and flew with him in mail flights, and of many more whose affection only deepens with the years. But even prepared as we were be- cause of the tributes of neighborhood biographers and our knowledge of the neighborhood’s solidarity in all that it undertakes, we somehow hadn't plumbed the depths of affection that it manifested for that slight little sil- ver-haired woman for whom it had gathered en masse that it might tes- tify to its love and loyalty to her. The great and the simple were there is a true spirit of friendly democracy which contradicted the often-made assertion “the nearer Washington ap- proaches the million population mark the less neighborly it becomes.” As tangible evidences of affectionate regard we viewed the petite point embroidered chair whose tapestry covering had been fashioned by Miss Sisson’s fellow teachers. We ap- plauded Mrs. Jake Hess’ presentation of the Memory Book and the dressing table set which were the gifts of the children of the neighborhood, and we were one in all the good wishes which George Keneipp said accom- panied the watch given by the citizens and inscribed simply with the dates of her service. ‘Yet beyond the gifts and the spoken words were those enduring intangibles which were represented in the com- munity’s appreciation of one who had been true to the tenets of that noblest of all professions—teaching. Her life and work, we felt, had lighted a flame of self expression commensurate with her dreams, aspirations and achieve- ments for those among whom she had taught for a span of years, covering nearly half a century. Mrs. Evelyn La Crone Shakespeare and Expression (All Forms of Spoken English) Apt. 21, “Mississippl,” 1436 W St. A trained speaking voice {s @ great asset in social and public lfe. Information Furnished on Request Phone North 5107 waTio! 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Lewis de- clared tonight any fear developed in the minds of the people as a result of the $7,000,000,000 increase in the national debt during the Roosevelt administration can be disspelled by “humanizing the figures” so a true picture of the situation can be formed. His talk was delivered before & Dem- ocratic rally in Waverly Hall and the Cumberland legislator, seeking re- election to Congress from the sixth Maryland district, was joined in his defense of the New Deal by State Sen- ator Stedman Prescott and John E. Oxley, Rockville attorney. Secks to Dispel Fear. “Political critics continue to com- plain that the Federal Government has increased the national debt by $7,000,000,000 despite the good that has been accomplished by those relief expenditures,” the speaker asserted. “These are figures as to which the human mind can form no picture, which tend to terrify the mind with & fear of the unknown. “This fear can be dispelled by hu- manizing the figures, 50 that a real picture can be assembled in the mind. Let us harmonize them. There are 130,000,000 people in the United States. Of these, 50,000,000 support | themselves either by their labors or | from their incomes. Let us say they are the taxpayers of the United States. Declares Cost Is Small. “Now if you divided the 50,000,000 into the seven billion it will come to Just $140 apiece, How long would it take a person to pay off $140? Would it be a legacy or debt to their children and their children’s children, as the || critics say? Well, exact computation shows that a payment of 66 cents & MARTHA GRAHAM Foremost American Dancer Conducting Classes at KING-SMITH PLAYHOUSE A Night Class on Mondays being formed. Telephone North 10385 De Jardin School of Columbia “Tech” Institute All Branches of DRAFTING Also Engineering—Trade—and Commercial Art Courses. MACHINE PATENT OFFICE ATRCRAFT HEET METAL ELECTRICAL ARCHITECTURAL DSCAPE ‘TOPOGRAPHIC MECHANICAL STATISTICAL Day or Evening Classes Send for Catalogue Psul J. Leverone, Principal 1319 F 8t. N.W. MEt. 5626 The Machine-Way in Shorthand 150 to 250 Wi Per Minute STENOTYPY Becretaries, stenographers and typists —become an expert Stenotypist and win today's preferred jobs and better Day. TAUGHT BY SPECIALISTS Dictation Arranged Beginners and all speeds. Call, write or phone for full information. THE STENOTYPE COMPANY | 603 _Albee Bldg. __ Phone NAtio; month for 25 years would discharge the $140, and the seven billions, to- gether with 3 per cent interest on the debt. How many workmen now un- employed would be glad to pay the 66 cents a month if they could be guaranteed their steady work? “Of course it is understood that the tax will not fall on them all in this way. Religion teaches us that we are to give to the Lord as the Lord has klessed us. Sound taxation also re- quires that we should pay in support of the Government in proportion to our ability to pay, that is, in the same proportion as advancing civilizatioa and its protecting support. Govern- ment having blessed us with increase ing income.” Calls for Volunteers. CLARENDON, Va, October 17 (Special) —Mrs. Norbert Melnick, in charge of distribution and sale of the’ annual Christmas seals, today issued a call for volunteers for folding the seals in preparation for the sale bee ginning Thanksgiving day. All ine terested are asked to meet at the Clarendon Health Center Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. TEARN SPANISH for Beginners. Intermediate l‘nd Advanced Students. Also private essons H SCHOOL OF WASHINGTON SEa T L N Phone NAt. 9369 [ ADVERTISING| A Brilliant Life Work for Men and Women EVENING CLASSES Beginning Oct. 19, 7:30 P.M. Register for Day and Evening Beginners’ Class in STENOTYPY, All Secretarial Subjects WALTER T. HOLT . Mandolin, banjo, guitar, Hawailan guls tar and ukulele. Pupils tramed foM home, orchestra, stage, radio playing. Ensemble Practice with Nordica Chubs 1801 Col. Rd. N.W. Col. 0946 Columl School of COMMERCIAL Fashion Commercial Illustrating, General Commercial Art, Interior Deco- ration Architecture, Archi- tectural and Landscape Render- ing. Columbia “Tech” Institute PAUL J. LEVERONE, Principal Also Drafting, Engineering and Trade Courses—Day or Eve. Classes 1319 F 8t. N.W. MEL. 5626 Send for Catalogue ON. 29th year All Colleges @ & Private Schools EXPERT ADVICE— \ tings and ALL catalogs Call or write fully Ny our requirements, Colleges, ° Private, Boarding, Military, Secretarial, Art, Drama, &4 EBusiness. This Bureau main- : tained by the schools them- &£ Cartooning, O selves. AMERICAN SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION Alice Humpbrey. Rep. 3133 Connecticut _Ave. Columbia_0358 -~ REAL ESTATE A sixteen-week course spon- sored jointly by Southeastern University and the Washington Real Estate Board. Every Monday Begin- ning October 19— 7:30 P.M. (Lectures by outstanding Realtors of Washington) Ask for Special Folder Southeastern University 1736 G Street Na. 8250 The Studio of Theatre Aris Constance Connor Brown, Director, in association with The Washington Civic Theatre announces its third season, beginning October 22 Instruction in all branches of theater practice. . B100.™ &5 membera. ot Tuition: ke Washington Civic Theatre, $30. Single Subjects in Proportion 1731 K $t. N.W. Me. 8032 Washington Preparatory School Co-education—Evening Classes Prepare for college and scientific schools—or equip for better business positions—a highly specialized school —that makes good—because of its thorough methods. Staff of trained branch covered; newly instructors — in every equipped class rooms. Entrance Can Be Made Now. Arthur L. Maiden, Ph. D., Principal 1736 G Street (Y.M.C.A) WoonNA F. L. Dawson, Director Promotional Activities NALt. 8250 R) For Boys (ACCREDITED) Give Your Boy Opportunity to develop himself—os he con with the facilities and help of the Wood- ward School, under the direction of teach—putting their subjects acress o stoff of men teachers who really understandingly ond constructively. Small closses, concentrated attention. Interspersed with regulated play- time that builds strong bodies. He con join NOW! Tuition is modest. James J. King, A.B. Headmaster 1736 G St. Results satisfying. F. L. Dawson Promotional Activites NAt. 8250