The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-15

Contributions of school children to the
George Washington memorial fund. with
which It is proposed to erect here a large
national auditorium as a memorial 20 the
| first President. have reached 5000. and
many of the schools are stin to be heard
from.
Mr.. Ellen Spencer Mussey. chairman
OF the building committee OF the Educs.
tional Institutions OF the District OF
Columbia, which is cooperating with the
association, some days ago sent a $l,0G(
check TO the treasurer OF the assoeia-
ton. and she is now ready TO send a SEQ
ond check for like amount.
This money was contributed mostly ir
dimes and for the purchase Of George
Washington memorial buttons II indi-
Gates that $4,000 school children In the
District are wearing the buttons.
The third division, f. L. Thurston. SUI
pervising principal. leads the list OF sub
scriptions with $751; The fifth division, s.
M. Ely, supervising principal, came see
ond, with s173i0. E. G. Kimbali's division
gave S15S. and the ninth division. w. B.
Patterson. supervising principal, was
fourth. The contributions of the other
divisions so far heard from We're: Fourth.
slS460; first. SllS60: eleventh. si14: sixth.
$3.50: twelfth, $50 10: eighth. $500; thir-
teenth, SIS. and tenth, so. The second
division has not yet been heard from, but
as the Force School alone has contributed
si55. it is thought that when the returns
q r. nnFsaNfafn hat f~ge
list
High school Contributions,
OF the high schools. the McKfnIsy
Manual Training School IS first, with a
contribution Of sA. The other schools
contributed as follows: Armstrong. ss4 %.
Western, $3.50; Business. SO. 30: Eastern.
$3.50. and Central, $3.50. The NJ street
high school has not yet been heard
from
The private schools OF the District con-
tributed as follows: National Park Semi
nary, $3.50: Fairmont Seminary. Ni.
National Catholic School, Sl1; Miss Ma
dieras School. $50; Belcourt Seminary.
$50; Chevy Chase College. $3.50; Bristol
School. $50: Washington Seminary. 81 40.
and the Mount Vernon Seminary, 90
cents. There were 5000 buttons distrib-
uted among the schools. and it is thought
that all Of them Will eventually be dis
posed Of
The purpose OF the George Washington
Memorial Association is to have one
wing Of the large auditorium built from
contributions OF school children. each
one contributing 10 cents to pay for a
brick, and receiving in return a George
Washington memorial button
1t is thought that the school children
of the District viii contribute 5000 to-
ward the fund. Buttons are also being
sold by the thousands in New York CITY
and Boston. and viii later be started in
other cities throughout the country The
association VIII endeavOr 10 make the
contributions come from all parts OF the
country, so as 10 make the building fund
represent a national contribution.
Mrs. Mussey. chairman OF the local
committee which has charge Of the sale
or buttons 10 the school children. said
yesterday that II was not so much to the
amount of money the children raised as
the way I'm which they advertised the
project in their homes that counted. She
recalled that William f. GUIDE, the presi-
dent OF the Washington Chamber OF
Commerce. first had his attention called
TO the project TO erect a memorial audi
torium here by his six-year-old son, who
asked him for a contribution.
The association intends to erect a 81
0g,0oO auditorium TO be used as q national
assembly hall. or peoples capitol and
memorial TO George Washington. The
association also expects to raise $50, 900
with which 10 endow the enterprise, so
that it can be used by societies and or
CARNATIONS of all kinds free of charge.
The local scientific societies have al
ready pledged about $4,000 to the fund,
and by soliciting contributions from ma
tional scientific organizations. they expect
20 double the amount Many of the most
prominent scientific men Of the District.
including those in the government SER
vice, the Smithsonian Institution, and
elsewhere, are on committees that are CO.
operating with the George Washington
Memorial Association in its efforts to
have the building erected as soon as pos
sible
Westmoreland Lodge. No 30, A F. and
A. NJ. of Virginia, unanimously adopted
resolutions stating that the lodge ex-
presses its hearty suppOrt