Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-24

berger, Thomas Burroughs, jr., James A.
Conner. Rudolph johnson, D. G. Chase,
John W. Stewart, VIM. H. Richards, j.
Tickling. Finis D. Morris. Silas BERGMAN.
Rudolph Forster, Daniel c. Eberly, Daniel
Moore, Eugene A. Jones. 7. V. Mackin-
tosh. jr., +. w. Backus, j. 8. j. Clark,
Henry Hobby.
The Election of Officers.
The reading of reports of committees was
deferred until after the election of officers
The president appointed L, NJ. Sanders and
James W. Loveiess tellers. Mr., M. A
Winter nominated Capt. Thomas H. Nc
Kee for president. and said that a petit
ton had been prepared and signed by 140
members asking Capt Mckee to take the
place. The petition referred to Capt. NC
Kee as the most influential officer OF the
national committee of the republican par
ty." and sold that he had largely influ-
enced the political fortunes of men now In
public life, who, through his management
have been made national legislators, and
that he has 1.-The implicit confidence of the
President Of the present administration
In view of this statement, the petitioners
asked Capt Mckee to take the nomina-
ton
Capt. Mckee then arose and said he had
not been officially notified of the petition
until the day the meeting was to be held,
and had not been presented with 1t until
that moment He said he never declined
anything that was not rendered him. The
movement to elect him, he added, had re-
suited in having some Of his private busi-
ness affairs discussed, and that was dis
pleasing to him. He had determined to
build home In the section represented by
the association, and he came to the asso-
citation with desire to help build 1t up
and II he could advance It's interests as a
member he would do 1t. He thanked the
solicitor who had secured the signers to the
petition. and said he would treasure the
paper as an evidence Of good will He
then declined the nomination.
Mr.. Linton Named.
Mr.. C. F. Kern then placed in nomination
Mr.. Irwin b. Linton. In the course Of his
remarks Mr.. Kern said he was glad con-
test would be avoided, and that the with
drawal of a candidate would render 1t I'M
necessary for many of the members to
make statements. He thought 1t due the
association, however, that the manner in
which the petition referred to had been
circulated should be commented upon, in
order that in the future such action should
be discouraged. He said such petitions
should be presented IN an open meeting of
the association so that they might be known
to all and freely discussed whereas this
petition had been circulated among the new
members by the associations agent, who
had lately invited them to become mem
beers. BY stating to these members that
we want Capt. Mckee to become can
didate. these members had been led to be-
lieve that the sentiment favOring the petit
ton was general in the association. In
fact from all that could be learned about
1t. only two members had known of 1t be-
fore It's circulation. Mr.. Kern said he was
satisfied Capt. Mckee had been a victim of
his friends. and he sure he would al
ways receive a cordial welcome a mem
Der. and that he would heartily assist in
the work of the association.
The election of Mr.. Linton was then made
unanimous as was the election of the fol-
lowing Vice president, Washington Top
ham: secretary, A. O. Tingley; treasurer.
". W. Porter; executive committee, Jay
F. Bancroft. Thee. T. Moore and w. ].
Fowler.
Report on Railroads.
Mr.. Henderson, chairman of the COM
mittee on railroads, then reported that the
schedule on which cars are run on North
Capitol street would soon be improved by
having the cars run closer together. He
had conferred with President Truesdell of
the Washington Traction and Electric Com
pany and had been told that as the road is
not yet completed to Brookland the receipts
did not warrant a quicker schedule than
that now provided, but with the completion
of the road a remedy would be found. He
said Mr. Truesdell would look into the
proposition to have more frequent sched-
ule between 100 and and and 6 o'clock
when the traffic Is greatest.
Mr.. Henderson said he also believed the
North Capitol street cars would soon be
continued along G. street to 14th street
then south to F street and eastwardly
making a circuit back to North Capitol
street, which would relieve the very wide
spread dissatisfaction with the system as
now conducted. He was confident that a
satisfactory system would be established
City Limits and Schools
W W. Porter, chairman Of the committee
cit
for an extension of the city's boundary
beyond Florida avenue would be secured
during the coming session of Congress.
Mr.. Linton. as chairman of the school
committee. submitted report on the sub
ject of eliminating arithmetic from the
studies OF eighth-grade scholars In the
public schools. He said that Supt Powell
had explained that arithmetic had been
dropped in the grades mentioned to per
NIT the substitution of algebra, and that
the former study would hereafter be COM
pleted in lower grades.
President Server, chief examiner of the
civil service commission, declared that the
most conspicuous failures Of applicants
who came before him were in the study Of
arithmetic.
During the past two years" he said,
we have been planning to give five prob
lens in practical arithmetic, and in that
one branch more candidates for examina-
tIOI nave Idleu IMAM IN any other. 1t
seems to me that there is no abundance of
arithmetic running to waste and that the
public schools cannot afford to neglect this
important study. Education in the public
schools should be more practical and schol-
ars should be taught how to calculate above
all other things. There is too much commit
ting to memory ! am sorry to see that
arithmetic is to be cut down when that
study should be built up"
Talk Methods.
The association listened with great inter-
est TO the remarks of Mr.. 8. NJ. Leitzell on
the methods used in the schools in the
teaching of arithmetic. He said there was
not enough drilling in the rules of arith-
metic. Circuitous methods of calculation
We're used also when the shortest possible
method should be taught The object of
the Washington school teacher" he said,
seems to be to lecture and not to drill"
President Flourney Menefee of Washing
ton College, said that nine out of every
ten of the young ladies who entered his
| institution were generally deficient in arith-
| metic. but well up In other studies He
| agreed with the statements made by Mr.
! Leitzell. and said he wanted to emphasize
| them.
| The child does not seem to me to be