Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-15
A CINDERELLA CITY
Educational Endowment De-
MED by NegIectfuI U. S.
SPEECH By DR.. HARLAN
Says Capital Should Share in Nor
rill Act Appropriation.
SEEKS BUSINESS MEMS AID
Speech Made Before Chamber of
Commerce by Representative of
g. w. University.
SEEKS BUSINESS MEMS AID

Speaking on the subject of the Gal
linger amendment to the Morrill, act at
the Chamber of Commerce last night,
DIR. Richard D. Harlan of George Wash
ington University referred to the city of
Washington as the Cinderella of the
United States.
He meant that while the other sisters in
the big family went whirling about in
joy of plenty Of educational endowments
from Uncle Sam, this Cinderella city has
been sitting in the cold ashes. Carrying
further this smile from childhood days,
the story will be completed only when
some fairy godmother-say the Gallinger
Observation-Disclosures the neglected Gin
derella with a magic rod of legislative
enactment, and arrays her in as good a
dress as the rest of the United States
family.
DIR. Harlan spoke on the subject for
only few minutes. He made it plain
that the D strict of Columbia should re-
gard the effort to move the government
to include Washington in the scope Of the
annual educational endowments as the
Districts affair much more than an at
fair Of George Washington University.
District Left Out.
AS has been reiterated many times. the
District of Columbia has been left out of
the annual distribution of endowments
by the government, and has to sit idly
In the corner of the kitchen-to return to
the Cinderella story-and see the rest of
the states and territories, including Porto
Rico and Hawaii. have their treasures
stuffed with good American gold. to be
used In educating young men and women
in mechanic arts. agriculture and like
studies.
DR.. Harlan could have given scores OF
examples OF what George Washington
University 10 doing for the District, but
his time was limited and he cited but the
single instance Of the Teachers College,
branch of the university. which is
steadily training teachers for the WASH
ington schools, to meet the steadily stiff
ening standards OF the requirements Of
modern teaching.
Uncle Sam lives in Washington" said
DR.. Harlan, land has spent considerable
money to adorn his home. and yet as to
the money he has spent for identifying
the city can only say that the old man
has taken only proper pride in his
home city. He may say that he pays
half our expenses or half our taxes.
He lives here without paying us any
taxes and at the same time has lifted
just SO much property out of the assess
ment. And, take it all in all. he has
made 1t a beautiful place in which to live
DuL very expensive pldCc III WHICH 10
live and educate children. Uncle Sam
has left our children out of the congress
sional requests.
Too Late for Money Spent.
There have been millions Of acres dis
tributed to states for educational en-
dowments. Now it is too late for us to
get any Of that. But we do want our
share In the annual distribution Of money
1.-THE part which George Washington
University would play Is that it is an in
stitution already meeting the requirements
Of the Morrill, act. and 1t would seem log
tcal that the COVE. nment should be ready
and willing to base it's appropriations on
that fact. instead of going to the great
expense Of building and starting an en-
tirely new institution to meet the require
ments.''
DR.. Harlan's remarks were received
with enthusiasm. He had been introduced
I to the chamber after the reading Of a re-
port urging the chamber to back the bills
now in Congress to get this annual edu-
cational appropriation for the District. a.
Lisner read the report which had already
been presented to the chambers directors,
and an account of which was printed in
The Star of December 2.
Chaplin Brown introduced a resolution
backing the bill and providing that COM
mittee of five confer with similar COM
mittee from the Board of Trade. and that
the joint committee should call on the
committees in Congress and work hard to
get the Gallinger amendment enacted as
a law. The meeting OF the chamber was
one of the largest ever attended, and the
amount Of enthusiasm displayed in back
ing the proposition Of Mr.. Brown was re-
markable.