Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-05
REPUBLICS ORGANIZED
M LOCAL SCHOOLS
Object of American Patriotic League
Is to Promote Moral and
Civic Training.
Officers of Government, States and
Cities Elected and Laws
Adopted. u.

Washington this afternoon has a
number of school republics and school
cities, these having been organized to-
day by Wilson l. Gill, who is president
of the American Patriotic League, an
organization which aims to promote
| moral and civic training in all schools.
Mr., Gill is to organize a number OF ad-
ditional republics next week.
One of the largest which he organ
| lied today was that at the Lucretla
Mott School. The children voted for
their various officers, and, under the
supervision of teachers. viii in the fu-
ture do much toward governing them
| selves
The republic was first organized Then
states were made up of the eighth and
seventh grades, the sixth and fifth grades,
the fourth and third grades and the
| second and first grades. The eighth
grade was organized a school city
! just to show the other pupils how this
was done. Other grades are to organize
| individually as cities.
| Officers were sworn in following their
| election and prior to the dismissal OF
the school the pupils were all sworn to
| do their duties as American citizens to
the best of their knowledge and ability
Some Of Laws Adopted.
| adopted as follows, in part:
| Section do good to others. what
ever they do to you. This natural law.
without which no popular government
can succeed, is the general law to
which all other laws and regulations
must conform.
| Chapter Fittings Prohibited
Section 1.-Do no wrong to any one.
| Order.-Section 2.-Anything which
disturbs the order in halls, classrooms,
or in place within the jurisdiction of
| this government, is prohibited.
| Section 3.-Anything which is pro-
| fame. rude, immodest, impure, impolite,
or unkind to any living creature is
| Cleanliness.-Section T. Anything
which detracts from the neat and or
derby appearance of our community is
prohibited.
Health-Section 5. Anything which
| detracts from the healthful condition of
our community is prohibited.
| Public and Private Property.-Section
I6. Anything which mars or destroys
property is prohibited.
| Plans for organizing school-republics
! were discussed at meeting of prin-
| cipls of the colored schools at the
Miner Normal building yesterday aft
ernoon.
Officers at Mott School.
Officers elected today at the Mott
School were:
| OF the republic-President, William
Watts; vice president, Allison Davis;
justices, Sarah Pelham and Richard
| Lane; girls court. clerk, Edith Butch
er. and marshal, Kathleen Hllyer; boys
| court, clerk, Philander Washington, and
marshal, Solomon Peterson; clerk OF
| congress. Morton Weaver
States: Eighth and seventh grades
Governor, Ogdon Pollard; chief justice
Eula Simms; lieutenant governor, Harry
| Reynolds; secretary of state, Bessie
| Ack.
Sixth and fifth grades-Governor
Faust Berry; chief justice, George
Harry; lieutenant governor. Louis Alex
ander; secretary of state, Ruby Davis
Fourth and third grades-Governor
Carolyn Evans; lieutenant governor,
Lenoir Cook; chief justice, Hertzel
Brown; secretary of state, Hilda Webb
| Second and first grades-Governor
Carl Beckwith; lieutenant governor.
:, Mary Richardson; chief justice, Alfred
Mayer; no secretary of state elected
| Eighth grade, city-Mayor, Vivian
Simmons; president of council, Earl
Swami; judge, Kalleen Lewis; chief
clerk, Maurice Tibbs: clerk of court
Mary Hickory. and clerk of council
Thomas Winston.