The Washington times., 1921-11-13
WORLD INP0R 7
OF FARLEY
SENSED
History, civlcs. and Economics
Courses viii Follow Work Of
ENJOYS From Great Powers.
By ED DUFFY.


armament.
Realizing the value of the next
few days In the making Of both
American and world history,
teachers have urged students to
follow developments Of the confer
ence.
Never before has such an oppor-
tunity for studying current history
been offered District Of Columbia
pupils first hand It II known by
the boys and girls of the five high
schools that. tomorrow. their home
city will be tho nerve center of
the most important nations of the
world. They intend to seize the
opportunity which II offered for
studying International questions of
such moment
Special arrangements for the OBJ
servation Of forthcoming decisions
are being made BY several history.
eivics and economics classes.
Several hundred pupils journsysd
10 Arlington on Armistice Day. to
witness the burial Of tho unknown
American soldier. This scene will
never b forgotten by these boys
and giris-for the Inspiration they
received has imbued in them new
appreciation of the present trend Of
civilization.
10 MEET DELEGATES.
DR.. Frank w. Ballou, 6uperintsn-
can't of Schools. said recently he
thought tho opportunity for direct
study Of history should not Be neg
looted By public school students, and
teachers are aSting In accordance
with his wishes directing their
classes to closely observe the steps
Of the delsgatsa
1t was hoped . way 70 havs COM
nnittess Of teachers and pupils to
sttsnd some Of the arms msstings,
but no avenue BY which this could
b accomplished has presented It.
self. Therefore the High School
scholars viii probably have to keep
In touch with the events BY means
yet undecided
Plans 70 have boys and girls inset
he netsd foreign delegates, and OBJ
tain from them itsms which would
prove 81 value to their classmates,
also wsss made. An attsmpt viii
probably b made by some Gtudsnts
to obtain interviews with the
foreigners.
Great interest he's bssn manifested
In the ''dotngs" Of the delegates since
their arrival In the District. and
several ol1Apes have heard reports
from boys and girls 20 fortunate a.
to observe the French. italian,
Belgium and English smissaries on
the streets Of the city.
The Union Station was thronged
with HiSA School pupils With the
arrival OF the various missions In the
city. The greatest interest has osn-
tered around Maxshal T'och and
Premier BRAND, the latter Of whom
was sssn In . moving picture show
recently ~ Csntralitss.
GeorGo II. Jones, who has charge
Of the HiSh School History oourss,
- an ardent advocate OF q program
for the study Of the Limitation Of
Armament conference. He believes
the study Of affairs Of today In thu
classes 10 in line with the ideal at
which the teachers aim-that II
the appreciation Of modern events
through the research Of ancient and
medieval history.
OF course the conference II to Be-
studied in different ways by the
Glasses, ~ the teachers have had
no special orders with regard to the
mattsr. It has been left a. q mat
Ter Of choice to the teachers, and
many different methods are TO Be
tahsn advantage Of by each indi-
Vidual class.
The holiday on Friday Offered an
advantage which the students were
quickly 10 taxa, in the visit to his
torio Arlington and tho burial of
the unknown soldier. With tho
return to classes tomorrow many
stories are expected to be told Of
the actions Of the famous foreign
srs now In the midst Of Washing
ton life.
PAUSE IN CIAASSwORK.
Superintendent Ballou sent . let
Ter to each high school principal
lsst week. urging the recognition
q Axmistios Day and the payment
- y Uu0oS tIhUuLO !" III 1iuoiiCAu
haross VINO died in the war. This
touching appeal was read At assem-
bliss. and the result was an elo-
lusnt tributs to American dead.
Central High School paused for
several minutes on Thursday. A
the bu1 Of talking, the striking Of
machines, the sound of footsteps
and the hating Of the activities
Of moro than 5000 students placed
a pail Of quiet on the monster edi-
flee for those few moments-every
heart at Central silently honored
the memory Of our dead.
Similar tributes were rendered ut
he other schools. Never before
wss the siSnifioancs Of war. the
need OF limitation Of armament and
the UNFOLDING Of the principles advo-
Gated for this parley brought moro
strikingly homo to the younger gen.
GRAFTON than by the fulfillment Of
DR.. Ballou's request In the schools.
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