Evening star., 1920-11-28


how the street railway company
should pave between its
Car.Track tracks when the work OF
paving the Avenue with
~e' wood blocks was under
way developed to the point of rather
sharp asperities. In The Star of No
vember 2k 1870. is the following:
mir. S. S. Riker. president of thu
Washington and Georgetown railway
company, announces per card in the
Chronicle that the company are very
much Obliged for the interest mani
Tested by the public in their paving
affairs, but that they conclude to stick
to the cobblestone, and hold them
selves fortified in that course by let
ters received from Senator Hamlin
and Representative Cook. crairmen of
the District committees. These gen
ticmen say that their understanding
was that the rompanv was to choos"
the material for paving their track"
and between them.
'Messrs. Hamlin and Cook have evi-
IDENTIFY no idea that the company mean
instead Of paving their trar'rs ia sim
n'v replace the old cobbl.aronre.
However. the worst enemy of the
railroad company couldn't wish them
any worse harm than 70 20 on in Their
;nig-headed course in defiance of puh-
| lie opinion. Let them go ahead AMI
| ~aiay their miSNrab bile cobbiestou..
However smoothly laid now. il viii
| in q months tire he fnil Of ruts and
mud trans. as all their mast erncri-
ence with it has shown II they want
; to shoulder the responsibility of main
ta1 lN,-.4 II.
zenS and visitors let them undertake
1T. And when M"ssrs Hamlin and
Cook come here this winter AMI have
! an oDDortuni'v Of seAin" tha rohtls-
stone arrangement We shall he glad
To learn from them if IL comes un 10
| their notion Of the sort of .navine'
r"duired of the company under the
law"
| The question Of corDoral punishment
| in the public schools Of Washington
was under discussion
| iPunishments fihv wears ago. and
e the aldermen took n
=" ''e"ooAs' hand in il, az noted I'm
| the following in The Star of Novem-
! her %. 1870:
"The resolution of Alderman Con-
| molly introduced Monday night. nro-
hibiting CORPORAL and some kindred
forms Of punishments in the public
schools. is me0s"-e that eNn-ese.s
the convictions If tho largo ma ioritv
tof the peopla. II declares that hence
forth 1t shall not be lawful for any
teacher or superintendent t-rs'en.
or other person i" or connect cd with
anv Of the nuh'i- SCHOOLS or Washnp-
ton. by reason of such relation 10 i"-
a H. I'll. -
any nupil haloneine to anv Of said
schools. whether bv the ann1ication of
blows. or bv anv corst~a're" nos'finr
Of the person. or bv Drotracted stand
ing. or bv coerced evnosure OF any
nunil to heat or to cold, or to dark
ness or to solitude. or by denving the
nrivilege Of water. or the grati@cation,
Of anv reasonable natural desire. or
nv detention or bv retention in the
schooIhouse after the dismissal or in
termission of the school. or by the
requirement Of excessive study. or in
any other manner; and no nerson
acting in disrega rd Of this ordinance
shall he held before the law in any
manner or to any degree eKcusah'e
hecause Of his or her resnonsibi'itv
for the order or disciu'ine of any
nuh,ic schools as aforesaid.
'aThis measure reaches class or
nunishmenfs we consider almost more
objectionable than direct fogging-
Sucn as ueINtNIHP '"f'"Te" w W."
TO deprive them Of their regular meals
or Of the opportunity to get the e'r and
exercise necessary to their physical
development. which we consider quite
as important a branch of their educe-
ton as their mental training We
hear of a good many abuses or TINS
sort practiced in our public schools
by young and inexperienced tea schers.
who do not seem to anrreriafe the
necessity that their nupils shall have
sound bodies to enable them to make
successful us, in life of what they
learn at school.