Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-04
Bryan Elected Honorary Member.

Secretary of State Bryan was unani
mously elected an honorary member Of
the association He is now resident Of
Columbia Heights. having leased Calu-
met Place. the property of Mrs. John A.
Logan.
Mr.. Ashford showed a series of views
and plan. of the proposed new Central
high school, which is TO be located be-
tween 18th and 18th streets and Florida
avenue and Clifton street. He said that
the new building will be the finest high
school building in the nited States. He
told of the history of the movement to
obtain the new building and explained
in detail it's construction.
Mr.. Ashford also explained that in the
new building there will be swimming
pools and gymnasiums for both boys and
girls. provisions for teaching manual
training. business and academic subjects,
that there will be athletic field, a
shooting gallery, an armory for the high
school cadets. roof garden on which
open-air work can be carried on, and
many other unique features. The school
is to accommodate 300 pupils He also
explained in detail the arrangement for
supplying heat and air to the building.
Mr.. Ashford said that a new era had
been opened by the holding o. the meet
ing in a school building. He read the
old law on the subject which provides
that school buildings can be used only
Stf1CtIy ODJGctS. ana Jilen
read the proposed new law. He urged the
members of the association to support the
proposed law to the best OF their ability.
Power for Good, Says DR.. Davidson.
Dr. Davidson spoke on the advisa bill
ity of broadening the scope of the use
OF school buildings, and of how they
can made a power for good in the
community. He then told of how at
first he had planned that the new Cen
trail High School should be merely an
academic school. as is the present Cen
trail High s hool, but that he had since
changed his opinion. He made this
change he said. because ne found that
a large proportion of boys and girls en-
tering high schools were electing to fol-
low either business or technical courses
of study.
The proposed new high school
means" DIR. Davidson continued. that
ultimately all the Eigh schools in the
district will be at least partially COM
binatfon schools. combining at least some
OF the features of the a adeInic. manual
training ana business high schools OF
today.
l.. s Silverman and +. b. Wilcox were
elected members of the association.
President Saunders Of the ASSOCIATION
appointed the following committees for
the following year:
Committees for the Year.
Executive committee-Dr A. I. Ram
say. A. Leftwich Sinclair. DR.. Lewis j..
Battle. H. j. Clark. ID. w. Edelin,. b.
H. Barndollar Judge Charles S. Bundy,
DR. Benjamin f. GIBBS w S Todd j..
S. Easily Smith F. 5 Clements. Aaron
Johns George O. Gertman and J.. II.
S7abler: committee on education and
f-,s.. .L.,j,
man; Fred &. Croxton. vice che i.man ::
Joseph w Coz. Michael DoWd |. I'll.
Saunders. -. S. Porter. William Is. Todd
and p ]. Nee. committee on law and
legislation \ Leftwich Sinclair. chair
man. William r. Harr. Vice chairman: \.
Il. Carly Frank f.. Cunningham. l.. w.
Estes W. \. Fitzsimmons. John ..
Gheen. Charles +. Gross. Il. +. Hinton,
r, +. Ranlev and + \. Swingle: commit
tee OH public health Dr Lewis j. Battle.
chairman; r. X. Carpenter vice
chairman 4 Leftwich Sinclair Ber-
nard Leonard, DR.. Dwight Gordon
Smith and John r. Oursler. committee on
public utilities. II. ]. Clark. chair
man: l. H. Saunders, vice chairman !:
Dr. j. h. y. Gleason. w W. Bowie.
Warren Cochran, William X Harr. II.
W. Nichols. George \. Provost. William
]. Eynon and W. ]. Swanton; commit
tee or streets. alleys and side walks,
water. lights and sewers. -. w. Eide
lin. chairman: w. w. Bowie, vice
chairman: 4. Is. Carly. K J. Earn
shaw. l.. +. Grove j. 9. hodges and
q G. Mueller, committee on parks and
lawns T. II. Barndollar. chairman.
Randolph y. Hopkins. vice chairman:
Edison Phillips, Alton l.. Carly. Charles
j. Pierce. w G.. Boyd and \. H. Gaddis.
committee on membership and enter
tainment Charles s. Bundy, chairman !,
William H. Todd. vice chairman: Ar
thur T. Ramsay. George \. X. Nc
Neir. George \. Myers, l.. ". Estes. w
". Bowie, Joseph Strasbur2el and LOUIS
| H. Stabler: committee on recreation
and amusements. Or. Benjamin +.
Gibbs. chairman. Randolph -. Hop
/ kins. vice chairman; ]. Clinton Hiatt.
4 Edward :. Fawcett. Paul +. Grove.
i Max kohner Alton i. Carty, Edgar
i S Martin and Or. Lyman f. kebler.