Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16

EDUCATION A THEME.
Paper Read Before Unity Club 1S74)-
Other Features.

The regular bi-weekly meeting of Unity
Club Gs7H was held Wednesday evening
in the sun parIor Of the Stratford Hotel,
18th street. DIR. W. T. Harris, United
States commissioner Of education. was an
nounced as the lecturer Of the evening, but
owing 10 sudden Illness he was prevented
from being present His lecture on ''Edu-
cation and Crime he had forwarded to
DIR. Lewis r. kIemm. and requested that
il be read before the club.
President William \. Jack. NJ D.. took the
chair and called the meeting to order at y
o clock. The evenings program opened
with piano solo. Greek Dance by Miss
Alma Smoot- Dr. klemm was then called
upon to read Or. Harris essay on ''Educa-
ton and Crime The paper, which was
reply to a recent publication of Mrs. Re
becca Harding Davis. claiming that crime
Is an outErowth Of education. was inter
eStiuS throughout, and was attentively list
eEed to II proved by actual statistics that
crime is not only not increased, but mate
rally diminished by education.
Considerable discussion followed the read
ing of the paper, in which Captain Nc
L9uShlin, DR.. Jack. DIR. Klemm and others
took part A short recess for social inter-
Course followed.
The second part of the program com
menced with a tenor solo by Mr. Henry l..
Bryan. who sang Malloy's Kerry Dance"
This was followed with a humorous read
ing by DIR. VIM. a. Jack. A baritone solo
tLc It4FdCJoTy MDNh. WAS sung by Mr..
IL i Stafham, and an encore demanded
Miss COrrine Hay then rendered a recita-
ton In negro dialect. which was well re-
c-ived- Miss Eda Bowers performed as a
Violin solo with piano accompaniment a Sc
lection from NerdTs I'll TruvatGre'' which
vas followed with contralto solo. once
in Purple Twilight" sung by Miss Olive
Simpson
nal poems. one entitled ~. ". G A." and
the other Wait Till II Gets Het" both of
which were well received. Mr. Statham
gave another baritone solo. VIII o. The
Nisp." with a laughing refrain THE
French Woman was recited by Miss Fay
and loudly applaUded. When the last num-
Der on the program. a contraltO solo, AT
the Fountain to be sung by Miss Olive
simpson. was announced, Mr.. s. II. AgneS
proposed, and Mr.. r. a. Phillips seconded
a vote OF thanks TO Mr.. and Mrs. SeeIey.
the host and hostess of the club on that
occasion, which was passed by accla ma ton
Coffee and light refreshments We're served
to the members and guests by the host and
hostess.
Among those present were: DR.. W. E.
waters, United States navy; Mr.. and Mrs
Fillmore Harrison. Mr.. VI. Du Perow. Mr..
W. II. Grigsby. DIR. and Mrs William A.
Jack. Miss A {. Jack. Mr. b. J. Such. Mrs
E A johnson. Mrs Walter Burton. NJ
and Mrs a. Sealey. Mrs Holman, Mrs
Chase, Mrs. VI. B. Hay. DIR. Phebe r. Nor
rs. Miss Porter. Mr.. and Mrs. D. A Ritter.
Mt. Geo Lester Fisher. Mr. Kendall
y DWyer. Mrs Nathaniel II. Nc Lean. Dr.
and Miss l.. E. Calve. Miss Bertha Y. Hebb
Mrs Alan johnson. Miss Pearl Goodman
Miss NJ. G Mccarthy. Mr.. H p HoldC n
Mrs. J. W Shaw. Miss Medford, Mrs A.
F. Medford. Miss J. Medtord. Miss F Rart
lett, Miss T. Hutton. Mr.. and Mrs. Dan c,
Hutton. Mrs. G. E House. Mrs. A. F. Co
burn. Frank COburn. DIR. L. r. Klernm, Mr..
Henry J.. Bryan, Mr.. William b. Trott
Lieutenant Lee 3. Purcell, United States
Marine Corps; Mr.. aad Mrs. II. W. Selaa
Mrs. r =. Townshend. Mir. and Mrs. s w
Snow. Miss Clara Davis. Mr.. and Mrs NJ
NJ. Thomas, Miss Correlid Nahaffey Capt
N NJ. Mclaughlin, Mrs. Chandler Mr. Al
Ian Griffith, Miss May D. Jack, J. War
mock Echols. Mrs. Annie r. Elliott Mrs
Louis Mccoy Mutton, Miss Alice Carey. II
t latham. Jos j Porter. Miss Rose Stew.
ems. Mr.. b. II. Louck, Mrs. and Miss Col
lemer. MIR and Mrs. George U Rose. s
H Agnew Mrs. Ella f. House. Mrs ]
Jony. Gr. A. f. Holt and others