The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-10

the surroundings Of our great national
buildings and their approaches beauti-
full unless there is created an archi-
tectural commission, which shall have
power to pass upon the general style
of architecture of public and private
buildings. Such authority rests In
some board in nearly every other I'M
portant capital of the world. Wash
ington must come to 1t or become more
ugly, rather than more beautiful.
The carrying out of the plan for q
nauonai forest or park reserve between
Washington and Baltimore will aid great
ly In giving Washington the ideal en-
vironment of great national and world
capital. The movement in this direction
should be fostered and brought to a sue
cessful issue.
washington needs great national
university, to which the men not only
OF the United States, but of South
America and the world can come to
study, where can be found the greatest
and best facilities and where they car
come In close contact with the govern!
ment which today has more practical
problems before it possibly than any other
nation. I do not mean a college which
shall compete in any way with the col
leges or universities already here, excel
ulum, but an actual university in its
highest sense, where the young men OF
the world can pursue those studies which
develop them into the best kind of men
and useful citizens"
Committee on Health Reports.
The special report Of the committee on
public health, recommending several i'm
portant reforms in sex hygiene in the
let l.e<,s S,1u
session previous to the address Of Mr..
Barrett. The committee recommended
the establishment and maintenance by
the District government of hospital for
the treatment Of persons afflicted with
social diseases. The committee also
recommended that ministers and others
authorized to perform marriage cere-
monies require both parties to furnish
medical certificates. Other recommended
tons of the report were the passage of
law requiring physicians to report all
cases of social diseases to the health
department: that an effort be made for
the return appearance of the moral
drama, Damaged Goods" the appoint
ment of vice commission to investi-
gate vice conditions in the District: the
appropriation by Congress Of sufficient
means to enable the Health Department
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social diseases, and the. wide distribu-
ton of literature relative to the pre-
vention of such diseases.
The annual reports of committees on
public transportation. rivers and har-
bors, membership. parks, and reserva-
tons, and history of the District of
Columbia, were sumbtted and approved.
A resolution authorizing President
Droop to appoint a special committee to
investigate and report upon the bill now
pending in Congress relative to the es-
tablishment OF a National Capital For
est Park in Maryland. just outside the
District, was passed.
DR. Frank E. Gibson. chairman OF the
shad bake committee. reported that all
was in readiness for the manufacturing
to River View on May "a. He stated
that the shad bake was limited to 600
members, and that the sale of tickets
would close on May 20. regardless of the
number of tickets sold.
President Edward II. Droop announced
that he would give a dinner to the MEM
bership committee If they were success
full in bringing the total membership to
i $50 before the expiration of his term
of office. The present membership is
1,126.