Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-22
PAPER COLLECTING
|NTERE$1SPUP|LS
School Children and Their
Parents Enthusiastic Over
Plan of The Star.
IDEA HEARTILY ENDORSED
BY EDUCATION OFFICIAL
Hundreds of Tons Available Each
Week Should Net Good Sums for
Fairgrounds.

| School children and their parents
have begun, with enthusiasm, to collect
newspapers, following the adoption by
the board of education Wednesday of
the plan suggested by The Star, where
| by the children are to deliver at their
respective schools on a designated day
each week waste newspapers. The
papers will be collected and sold to
dealers in paper, the money thus raised
to be devoted to Fairgrounds and other
school activities. 1t is assured, In view
Of the activity displayed today, that
on the opening day of school the chill
for delivery.
supt. Thurston has been so busy with
matters pertaining to the opening of
the schools that he has as yet been
unable to give the attention he desires
to the plan for collecting old papers
He is heartily in favor of the plan, how
ever, and next week will call a meeting
to make definite plans for handling the
ch1ldren's collections. All the school
authorities, including Stephen E. Kra-
mer, assistant superintendent, in charge
of white schools, who will have direct
charge of the collection of paper by the
children, are enthusiastic over the
scheme.
Success Practically Assured.
It is believed that the children will
have little trouble in collecting the 100
pounds of paper or more a week which
will be necessary at each school build
ing. For instance, three copies of The
Evening Star average one pound in
weight, and one copy of The Sunday
Star weighs more than one pound. At
this rate, with several hundred chill
dren In each school building, it ought to
be simple for the children to collect
hundreds of pounds of papers each
week in each of the school buildings of
the District.
That the help of the school children,
be invaluable in the effort to avert a
paper famine" is the opinion of all
interested in the matter. Waste paper
at this time is a very valuable COM
modify.
There are more than 100 tons of The
Star each week alone in the commun-
ity, in addition to the tonnage pro-
duced by other Washington and out
of-town newspapers. If reasonable
percentage of this tonnage could be
recovered through a systematic effort
made by the schools. large tonnage
could~be collected each week to help
avert the paper scarcity, and at the
same time substantial revenue could
De obtained Iof the dement, of school
activities.
AS discussed at the board of educa-
ton meeting Wednesday, the plan is
to divide the city proper into six dis
tricts, collection to be made one day
each week from all public schools in a
district where 100 pounds or more of
paper has been collected during the
preceding week.
Thurston to Complete Plans.
Supt. Thurston will take up the matter
soon with view to completing the plans
The price which the schools will be paid
for the papers collected by their pupils
will be handsome one, it is declared,
and the collections Of papers will be made
by one agent through a central office, the
agent not dealing directly with any in
dividual school
With the children already taking a keen
interest in the collection, and parents
backing them up. it is believed that no
little rivalry will be manifested by the
pupils, once the plan is started. in COM
petitive collection. Copies of The Star
will soon be at a premium with school
children. and besides the fun of "col-
lectfng" and getting larger collections
than other schools. the children will at the
Same time be netting their schools valu-
able money returns to be used for the
Fairgrounds and other social activities.