Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-10
THE EAST WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION.
Matters Talked About Last Night-The
Sanitary League.

Matters Talked About Last Night-Ths
Sanitary League
The East Washington Citizens Association
held an adjourned meeting at Baum's Hall
East Capitol and 4th streets, last evening
Owing to the small attendance no business OF
Importance was done beyond listening to . re-
port from the committee on schools.
President Babson, on behalf Of the executive
committee. stated that the committee still had
under consideration the question Of q railroad
in East Washington, but no full meeting Of the
committee having been held nothing was yet
ready to be reported He explained that with
the consent Of the association he would add TO
the committee the following members: o. b.
Hsllam, J. J. s. Hassler. Appleton p. Clark and
J. r. Nottingham, and the presidents action
was approx ed
Chairman Lehman Of the committee on
streets. avenues and alleys stated that no meet
ing of the committee had been held, but that
at the next meeting the project of converting
be brought up.
cRTrIcIsrN6 THE SCHOOLS.
Under the call of committees Chairman Isaac
p. Moves. Of the Commute on schools said that
he had visited some of the public schools and
of by parents in the public press had been REM
edied. He had discovered that one of the
things complained of was the spelling of words
without pronouncing the syllables. the result Of
which. in his opinion. was that the scholars re-
Iained very little IL any idea of the formation
Of words That fault had been remedied, how
ever, through appeals to the daily press. Such
an appeal was the corner stone OF the associa-
ton. He thought that there seemed to be too
much crowding in the schools of the District
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called peculiar rather than practical. There
seemed TO be a tendency to reach out into new
fields rather than confirming instruction to a
plain practical system.
Mr.. J. 5. Hubbell said he was surprised that
such faults as mentioned BY Mr.. Moves had ever
existed, and moved that the District Commits
sioners be requested to appoint q committee of
three citizens to confer with the school board
in connection with the mode of instruction to
be pursued in the public schools
At the suggestion Of President Babson the
matter was referred to the committee on schools,
and he called attention to the fact that the
Eastern High School Cadets were the only ones
who Draved the storm of Inauguration day and
took part in the parade
Prof. Conrad thought that while there might
struction he believed that Superintendent Pow
ell was a man of great ability and might well be
intrusted with the general instruction.
THE SANITARY LEAGUE.
Prof. Conrad. from the committee on daily
removal of garbage, stated that, although the
Senate committee had promised such a thing
and had increased the appropriations for such
purposes, the committee had. in conference
with the House committee, yielded to the latter
committee and nothing of practical importance
had been accomplished.
President Babson explained that since the
last meeting of the association Sanitary League
had been organized in the District composed