Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-29

of Washington. Preparations had been
made to have tomorrow nights meeting
attended only by the scout masters of the
latter organization and the directors Of
the Fairgrounds.
Cooperation Is Promised.
School officials became interested in the
plans for the juvenile campaign and
promised their cooperation in an effort to
have all the school children of the capital
participate in it. Arrangements imme-
dfately were concluded to have the meet
ing tomorrow night attended by the prin-
cipals of the public schools as we'll as by
the scout masters and the playground di-
rectors.
While the program for the meeting has
not been complete, 1t is certain that three
of the speakers will be DR.. Arthur l..
Murray and E. c. Stoy, both Of the Dis
trict health department, and Edgar S.
Martin. supervisor of Fairgrounds and
DR.. William c. Woodward, health Of
ficer Of the District. will make an effort
to attend. Although he has another en-
gagement for the hour at which the
meeting is to open-7 40 p.m.-Dr. Wood
ward said that he would endeavor to be
present for a few minutes anyway.
It Is not unlikely that DR.. William NJ.
Davidson. superintendent of schools. will
address the meeting. He is enthusiastic
over the plan to have the school chill
dren engage in the campaign for cleaner
yards and premises, and 1t is due almost
entirely to his efforts that satisfactory
arrangements were concluded for the
joint meeting.
Dr.. Davidson on Committee.
Mr.. Davidson. 1t was announced today.
will represent the public schools on the
central committee which is to direct city
cleaning week.
The principal object in holding tomor-
row nights meeting is to acquaint the
school principals and the Boy Scout and
playground officials with the rules of the
health and street cleaning departments of
the District government concerning nui-
sances and the depositing of filth for the
garbage collector. The speakers repre-
senting the health department will out
line instructions for cleaning up premises,
which will be communicated to the chill
dren.
1t is planned to have the school princi-
pals bring the matter of preliminary
crusade to the attention of the children
Monday of next week OF on the earliest
possible day thereafter 1t Is probable
that the Importance Of the undertaking
will be referred to during chapel exercises
asked to. talk over the plans with the
pupils. Thus it is expected considerable
interest will be aroused.
With 81, 600 school children engaged in
the task of removing filth from the yards
and premises where they reside, it Is
estimated that not fewer than 10000
homes Of Washington will have been
benefited from a sanitary standpoint.
There are. approximately, 1000 Boy
Scouts in Washington, while the daily
average attendance at the Fairgrounds is
2,0OO. With these 5000 juvenile repre-
sentatives participating in a clean-up-at-
home campaign 1t originally was esti-
mated that from 1000 to 1,500 premises
would be affected.
Will BE Big Advantage.
The advantage Of having the school
children participate in the undertaking is
apparent, as 1t will mean that nearly
twenty times as many premises will be
cleaned. Practically all of the Boy
Scouts and the patrons of the play
grounds are enrolled in the public schools,
and the fact that they will have the i'm
portance of the sanitary crusade Impress
ed upon them both in school and out will,
it is believed, be q factor in stimulating
interest in the undertaking.
When ii was decided this morning to
have the school principals attend to-
morrow nights meeting DIR. Davidson
communicated by telephone with the tfir.