Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-07
COMBINING BRAINS
TO IMPROVE CITY
Commissioner ]. T. Hendrick
Gives University Club In
sight Into His Plans.

The recipient of hearty congratula-
cess in his new position, District Com
missioner J. Thilman Hendrick was
guest of honor at a dinner and recep-
ton given by the University Club last
night.
Characterizing the recently appoint
ed official as not of 1.-The mandy PAM
by. goodygoody. high-brow type, but
regular man and godsend to the
city at an opportune time Col.
| Myron NJ. Parker welcomed Mr.. Hen
drick on behalf of the club, and. after
recounting many amusing incidents
that occurred during his own occu-
pancy of the office, paid fitting. trib-
! ute to Engineer Commissioner Col.
William Kutz. and then introduced
John Temple Graves. who acted as
; POSTMASTER for the remainder of the
! evening.
las the lord mayor of the Capital
city of the world. Mr.. Hendrick,' said
Mr.. Graves you come to us on a
wave of public enthusiasm almost I'M
caualed in the history of our city.
You are welcome"
Col. Kutz Also Praised.
He, too, praised highly the work ac-
complished by Col. Kutz, referring to
the Engineer Commissioner as gen
eral," explaining by saying he re-
fused to use any other title even
though those in authority had not
: deemed it fit to allow that title to re-
main with one who had rendered such
exceptional service during the war;
In responding to the well wishes
of his fellow club members, Mr.
Hendrick said that he was merely one
of the three trouble clerks whose one
desire was to make the District build
ing the clearing house of brains
1T is impossible for one man to
understand everything about every
thing" he said, 80 1 have figured the
! best thing to do is first learn who's
who and what's what, and then bring
together the best brains of the city
and cola borate with them for the
common good"
"SchoOl for Commandments,
Right at present Miss Boardman
and myself are attending a school
for Commissioners that is being con-
Quoted under the able tutelage of
Commissioner Kutz, and his assis-
ants, Maj. Besson and Maj. Brown.
AS perfect harmony prevails in this
school, l feel certain that as soon
as we receive our diplomas all will
be ready and willing to give the city
our best"
Extending the Commissioner a cor
dial invitation to call often and talk
business" Representative B. K Focht
| of pennsylvania and ranking officer
of the House District committee, the
other speaker of the evening. laid
great stress on the Importance of
Washingtonians to finish their mag
nificent city,
I'm business man." said Mr.
Focht, land l believe in efficiency and
high wages for work done. but also
believe in finishing job. In the
| case of this wonderful city I implore
riously, but spend every dollar you
| can lay your hands on until the job
i is done'
At the conclusion of the dinner the
guests retired to the parlors of the club
where they were introduced to Commits
sioner Hendrick by Col. Parker.
"Club Nights Resumed.
Last nights entertainment marked
the establishment of CLUB night" by
has made the organization one of the
| most attractive in the city, and. here
after. every Wednesday night a fixed
program will be welcomed.
The guests last night included, AL
fred c. Father. who had charge OF the
r. Clark. Proctor L. Doherty, T. H
Duckett, Ezra Gould. Ralph Hills, Hen
ry H. Father. Francis weller, M. M.
Parker. A Coulter Wells, Harry
Mitchell. Walter C. Balderston, Henry
P. Blair, Renkei Tsuda. julius l. Pey-
ser. H. Lee Rust, jr., Maj Horace T.
Jones, A. H. McConviue, Maj. Caring
ton, DR. Lewis H. Taylor, O. w. Lang,
Representative B. X. Focht, Edward F.
Colladay, M. r. Sullivan, Col. John Tenn
pie Graves, Edward B. Dewey. Allan E.
Walker, Dr. Camp Stanley, Dr. Frank
Schultz, DR.. Harry Kaufman. Judge E.
B. Kimball. DR.. James ]. Mckay, Or
vile b. Brown, Horace W. Peaslie, DR..
c. F. Langworthy, G. F. Snyder, Judge
Martin Knapp, DR.. A. H. Glennon, J.
NJ. Chamberlin, Charles B. Wheeler,
Charles Light, NJ. Powell, c. c. Lowe,
John A. Kratz and Mai A. NJ. Hol-