The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-08
Calls Use Of Schools to Show
Election Returns a Big
Thing To Do.
SAYS IT SETS NEW ERA
Commends Enterprise Of Paper
in Showing How It Can As
sist Community.

1T was a big thing to do. The Com
missioners were very glad to be able
to cooperate with The Times and the
Board of Education to throw open the
schools to the citizens to hear the
election news. 1t sets a new era in
the use of the public schools as they
should be used by the citizens.
cannot too heartily commend the
enterprise OF The Times in thus
showing the people of the District
n nov newspaper can give them
myself I always feel pride in the fact
mat a newspaper is the greatest
agency for public good in the world.
ana s, L feel that In making itself OF
Times bss TO the community The
highest ideals of what a. newspa per- q
service should be-"
Ihis Is the comment OF District Com
missioner nnner Brownlow today on the con-
Snuous telephone service furnished
Dy Inc Times through the courtesy
ano complete cooperation of the
commissioners ana the Board of Edu-
~ 70 the community centers In
the public school buildings last night.
Five Centers Used.
rive centers were used. and in each
OF these crowds OF citizens assembled
TO receive the news. The Times Civic
associations Bureau was transformed
into clearing house for election
news, and with telephones from The
I'VE schools connected continuously
from to IL o'clock with the bureaus
phone. every telegraphic news bulie-
uk was read to all Of them.
me service was arranged for five cep
ters: The Park View Citizens Asso
G,anon at the Park View School,, the
nome and School Association OF the
s School: n. School Gnnoa at the Petworth
Browne School; the EASTERN High
sSh19l and the Western High School.
rso,i hiie only these five centers were d.
hours the service was maintained, other
telephones on the District switchboard
were connected from time to time for
as many as twelve telephones on the
connection.
Huge Success.
THE Times election service was n
nuge successful was the first time any
thing OF the kind was done and IL
proved the ability Of newspaper to be
Of real service to the community" said
PRESIDENT McGrath Of the Park View
Citizens Association today.
Il took the returns over the telephone
myself part of the time and / was sur
prised at the clearness with which I
heard every word | cannot too heart
lily commend The Times and In the
name OF the citizens Of the Park View
section l want to express thanks for the
dered''
At the Park View School there was
an extensive program in the assembly
Mrs. f. J. Ward read the election news
as 1t was received from those who re-
ceived i over the telephone.
In addition to reading the returns
Mrs. Ward read an address by Presi-
dent Wilson and an address by Judge
Hughes commencing the use OF the pub
lie school buildings for community CEN
tiers. The Park View Band played a
concert program.
Petworth Pleased.
THE people OF Petworth are certainly
under the greatest obligations to The
Times for the very efficient service
given them last night" said President
Jesse c. Suter. of the Petworth Home
and School Association. Both in behalf
OF the Home and School Association.
the Citizens Association. and the citi-
Gems who are not connected with these
associations. l want to express thanks
for what was done. IT Is a new idea.
and Is very much worth while"
Inc petworth citizens were a most en-
thusiastic lot. Their applause could be
heard over the telephone in The Times
office, although It was not Identified as
Petworth enthusiasm at the time.
Everybody have met in Chevy
Chase this morning expresses the ut
most satisfaction with the election serv-
ice given the people last night at the
Elizabeth V. Browne School," declared
Edward F. Colladay. OF the Chevy Chase
Citizens Association. "It was n very
great thing for The Times to do, as It
gave a real public service to the
people. I want to congratulate The
Times, and thank II In the name Of
our people,"
Hundreds Gathered,
At Chevy Chase several hundred of
tho citizens took advantage Of The
Times service to gather at the school
TO hear the returns. A number of others
kept in communication with the school
and learned how the returns were COM
ing In.
~ kept in touch with the service dur
ing the evening, and 1 think II was sim
ply great" said Electrical Engineer
Hadley this morning THE Times is to
be congratulated"
Electrical Engineer Hadley was the
man behind the guns in The Times
service as matter of fact. 1t was
through his active cooperation and
that OF Superintendent Simpson, OF the
District electrical department, that II
was possible to arrange the tandem"
OF telephones on the District switchboard
through which the returns were read to
the civic centers.