Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-11-28
CITY AND DISTRICT.
superintendent Wilson's Effort TO
Crash Two Evils ia the schools.

Crash Two Evils liza the schools.
''aEo@D AND THUNDER" NOVELS READ BY SCHOOL
E"Y--N"NET SPENT FOR CIGNRETTES-A PLAN
To MAKE TIFF Evils FIGHT EACH OTHER
-F"RSrING LIBRARIES IN TIE sCBooLS-A LIST
~ ROCKS Bling PREPARED BY TIE SUPE3IN-
TFNpENT.
with all those lessons t. learn you would
not think that school children could find much
time fer outside reading The speaker was
Superintendent wilson OF the District public
schools. aai IN front of him was pile Of school
books To- uhicl. he pointed aS he spoke. 4 STAR
reporter had found him III his little Office in the
Franklin school hu'idiEg. the other evening and
ca'.c1 forth the remark 10y Introducing the sub
icct Of light reading hy children ard young per-
sons It Vas shortly after lark when the re-
potter called: the days tasks had been
pcrtorned and the merry children gone
10 Their various homes. leaving the school
house silent auG deserted; and there is nothing
more t."Sylate than sChoOi-hOuSc without tie
children. Cur solitary light. half turned down.
j feNyfed IN thu E,li and blank darkness stared
thraU-l tie ou'n doors oi the empty ella -S-roOns
Tie only room III tIe building that was lighted
was the superintendent office on the second
floor Icut. Iif:c the reporter had found Mr.
wilson seated alone ~ Ms desk iudulrino in n
moments e-,."t tHcli.ht AFTER g. hard dar's work
anon tie VaTioGs schools al the two had en-
tSt'u !It" a.-ctlsS.On OF he proClyitieS OF
SCHOOL children.
BOOKS And PAPERS READ EY THE BOYS
''No. YOU would not thin}, that school child
Zen hal much time for outside reading. But
They tina tie time somehow. They do Won
tertu! amount Of reading. but l am afraid they
40 Rot always choose very good class OF iitera-
tire Having charge of the schools. this ocou-
-. - o r--.,o II
Tie Children, generally. are reading Il much bet
ter ciGs, a. books row than formerly. Bows rem
'T&..F a fist take to such reading as they find
III the IiGys IoingS. Boys cad Girls u o!},
ana the Ike The thrilling adventures OF Jack
E&rhaH ay. 'EO~,e Knife BIZ or Lean Wolf
Inc lncian Killer have filled the school bows
hearts Wiih rebellion at the tame routine Of the
Classroom. Formerly these stories used to
ma tE"IF way into the school rooms quite
fTtgutatiy, ant, even now a boy is caught
with one occasionally. but the taste is generally
llhrraNlu-. and better class OF literature is read
l. children.
1t il Very amusing sometimes to see what
strategy boys viii practice 10 read these stories
tuFll. school hours. Some times they lay a
book. a geography or some o. her large book on
Their de>k in front IF them and put their
story book inside Ct il: or they will pull ont the
1raser OF their desk and disclose to their vision
t.ic 900 Jdck hathaway while in their hands
lhey hold a Very .u1CCcut looking spelling book
But they generally get caught. Their allah
sort'ing interest Their flushed faces and fa.hno
eyes expose them
CIGARETTE SMOKING.
"Another bad habit among school BOYS added
Ny wilson, " one probably growing cut of their
bad literary associations. and even more perni-
tioUs-is that of cigarette smoking
u cigarette smoking Very common anon.
school EUvs:" asked ttc rpn,T+ar
VERY coinrGon indeed WiE- ti.o c+f..r 1,,
was tal,iag "tii 6 =riIo0f ri over sixty small
s.<tS .sf,o yye., ROY LabtraI c;rar4t}, sI.9l,arS
Af-cr-a carr.1,1 ss-j,1,Ea 100 c,,,,cI,III -
tie csool boys IN the District OF Columbia .nani
no les tran c3''t4J year III these papcr
tCtt.tu IL ~ HsfTdyers. Where do they ret
s. e., - 10. was WHAT ptizzc4 ihe
Themselves ccrel. saj III trSr va, ', 80
ald SclI re-rtp PAPERS hat the majority sffj fiat
e money vas -iten them By tLcir parents TO
- ''',.i .uiieh "Ilh-
- - Ho way q tAecAin7 TINS evil:
hz-.u " reporter: as lie tucked his cigarette
- p.'' ~ sI-.'-
80. - 1 'aSh tieIe IS. fei'lea The sUperin-
-, - a. it'hS 20 ger fid OF tAe e.
-, !, 49, t.lF t--:'e '!Pstt al one D-0W-kill
tno III E:,a hio -si,t We are succeeding
II, -: We i-it.uts III. boys 10 form little
l,'. si.e, - t"'eGtiUn win each school. and
-, O.. Tue iiioAey lie can save 10
go oCpi-s, mat Is ne Guys DOCKS With thc
'lr v 80 0''4tf" - >p2h1 IL cigarettes.
80 "a ii. t''t s-Hot; V"J become surround
- p.1i-7 81 'tie Gu, tditu III theiF
',' =" az 'tc i-''iS cigarette: Lac boys
81 al en- 20 t--e !uts- iIel take PRIDE III
a. -, 'iGI lt cnlHtiy the.f own ana
- -, - aIsc ''p Si,ohihS 10 save TIE
III 49, - pa t se- GiVc tufocn rom tic
90 -,i 'iltt set us ef1i effects, ana are not
c. ~ t.Ns - "I.tt. 1!tS nave hunuIeds OF
f~'|''tt, si1 4 osloie .ieii' IL they can be
80. - &c aei.I. Al. t"t lhYeleIa'e smo-
O. 80 io o "lioin ,IeIc seems no reform
-. ~, ~, NN'in ',ics ioi the rest. lhey are
1'd ''.i 'il iatGities are destroyed,
-. "ie "'teiis iheapaoie Vi learning any
''-'-.
~ YOU associate The two evils and make
''.r-' st e"Vii otiie-: