Evening star., 1922-04-06
DAVIS URGES ONE
BIG HIGH SCHOOL
Secretary of Labor Explains
Unity Plan to Rotary Club.
/ Other Speakers.

Continuing his advocacy of the uni
fcation of all District high schools
with appropriate facilities on the out
skirts of the city, Secretary of Labor
Davis addressed members of the Ro-
tary Club at their weekly meeting in
the New Willard Hotel yesterday aft
ernoon.
The cabinet official said that Con-
GreSS should appropriate sufficient
funds to purchase large tract. 1000
acres or more, somewhere in the
northwest section of the city. on
which would be the campus and all
the buildings necessary to meet the
present needs of the city.
Il have been accused of proposing a
university" said the Secretary. but
that is farthest from my thoughts.
] have seen the benefits resulting
from the great plant of the Order Of
the Moose, where every child Is
taught q trade in addition to his gen.
eral education. and am strongly in
favor of injecting similar methods
in the training of our city children.
Teach them to work with their hands
and you will produce u citizenship
that cannot be eQualed."
Looks for Half Fares.
Regarding the cost of the proposed
centralized high school. Mr.. Davis
"
compare favorably with the costs of
facilities now needed to provide the
grammar and high schools with addi-
tional accommodations. He stated
further that he felt certain half
fare arrangement could be made with
the public utility corporations for
transfer of pupils to and from school.
At the conclusion of his talk Secre-
tary Davis introduced his assistant,
e. J. Henning, whS discussed In de-
tail the per cent immigration law.
While admitting that there had
been many flaws in the immigration
laws of the past. Mr.. Henning said
that remedies had been found, and
that he looked for much satisfaction
from the enactment of proposed leg
islation along these lines now before
Congress.
The speaker stressed the benefits to
be derived from compulsory registra-
tion of all aliens at least once year.
and declared that only through such
methods would the country be able
to keep tract of undesirables.
Urges Holy Week Attention.
Rev. Charles T. Warner of st. Alban's
Church urged the membership to pay
special attention to holy week. and an
nounced that next Wednesday Rev. G..
c. F. Bratenall would give an illus
trated lecture on the Washington Ca
thedral before tha club.
LdfilD uetdlIeu tile pI IoSi an VI
lectures to be delivered by DR.. Charles
T. Barker in Washington Sunday and
Monday, and asked cooperation from
the organization. DR.. Barker VIII
speak at Calvary Methodist Episcopal
:, Church Sunday night, at Keith's The
ater Monday at noon, to women at the
Central High School the same day at
.: AS o'clock, and that night at the New
Willard Hotel at s o'clock.
Frank Jelleff thanked the club for sup
port given the recent entertainment for
the Boys Club.
Prof. John DukeSbury OF England was
introduced to the membership, and dur
ing the luncheon Lawrence Downey rem
dered several solos, accompanied at the
piano by John Walsh, both young men
being undergraduates of Georgetown
University.
Lions Club Activities.
Elaborate plans were discussed for
the Forthcoming celebration of Char
ter night" by the International Lions
organization April "a. at the New
Willard Hotel. at a meeting of the