Evening star., 1922-12-19
PLEDGES FULL AID
TO SCHOOL DRIVE
Monday Evening Club Takes
Stand SquareIy Behind
Board of Education.
MORE SALARIES URGED
"Time Has Come for Immediate
Action" Uford Declares,
in Keynote.
MORE SALARIES URGED

The Monday Evening Club last
night decided to put itself squarely
behind all other organizations work.
ing for tho full program Of immediate
betterment OF the District schools. At
a meeting held at the Cosmos Club
the club authorized its school commit
tee to Cooperate with the special citi-
zens' committee appointed by the
board Of education to urge the pas
sage OF appropriation bills.
DR.. Frank W. Ballou. superintend-
ent Of schools, declared that il the
Monday Evening Club urged appoint
ment OF a commission to further study
such a step inevitably would cause
postponement Of realization Of pres
ent needs.
The superintendent urged that ef-
forts be centered On the three pri-
mary needs-the appropriation bill.
the salary bill for teachers and the
school census. DR.. Ballou said the
city is merely holding its own in the
school housing situation. that as soon
as more rooms were provided more
Urges Library Extension.
The resolution adopted by the club
also authorized the school committee
to urge the extension and public sup
port Of the Public Library. which is
an integral part OF the educational
system of the District.
Time has come for immediate ac-
ton rather than any more discus
sion" Walter s. Cford sad. This
sentiment was seconded by Or. Mil
ton Fairchild, member Of the citizens
school committee. who said the
schools of Washington should be
made demonstrations for the whole
nation.
The discussion followed presenta-
ton BY william Mather Lewis OF a
report on the school situation in the
District. This report was adopted
with the exception Of a suggestion
Of the appointment of commission
to make a survey of educational IA.
cilities and methods.
The report gave statistics of teach
ers' salaries, comparing Washington
with Buffalo. Seattle. Indianapolis.
Cleveland, Newark and Boston. each
comparison showing higher level
Of salaries.
Many Problems Technical.
Many of the problems with which
the public school system Of Washing
ton is confronted are OF q technical
character" the report stated. Their
solution will demand the services OF
highly trained. far-sighted profess
sion educators.
ION the other hand some OF the
needs are SO obvious that no intel
liKent person will. question the I'M
portance Of furnishing immediate re-
lief" continued the report.
Among these imme diately pressing
obvious needs, according TO the re-
port. are: Provision for an annual
flexible compulsory school attendance
law under the administration OF an
adequate force OF trained officers:
provision for expert. periodic, physical
examination OF all school children.
with proper arrangements for fur
nfshing all needed professional serv-
ices by oculists. dentists. dicticians.
visiting nurses and ether classes OF
specialists; provision of an adequate
staff Of officers OF administration
and instruction-to secure such per-
sonnel the salary scale must be suifi-
ciently high to attract and hold edu-
Gators of ability who have requisite
reparation for their work: physical
plant consisting OF land. build
ings and equipment Of such mag
nitude and so planned and located
as to furnish every desirable facility
lOt OHiy loI tHe attlNl-
ties of classroom. la aboratory library
and study hall, hut also for the full
est development of the physical. rec
reational, artistic, social and com.
nunity life of the coming generatioHs
Individual Needs Suffer.
Children who cannot be accomo-
dated in the morning may not be in
condition to derive the most benefit
from afternoon instruction. it was
declared; classes are so large that
the individual needs of pupils euffer:
retarded pupils are neglected: inabil-
ity Of teachers to maintain personal
contact in large classes often re-
suits in failure of pupil to keep up
in his work, and the health and physi-
cal education Of pupils cannot be
given the consideration which they
demand.
The report was signed by Mr.. Lewis.
Mrs. Frances Fenton Bernard, S.
Duncan Bradley. Arthur w. Dunn, A.
G Monahan. z. Swavely and Allen H.
Willett.
Or. Charles r, Mann. chairman Of
the advieorF board. War Department
general g I. declared that when a
school sy IN starts out to serve the
people til. funds are literally forth
coming. He suggested this procedure
as another method of getting money
for the District schools. in addition
to the direct attack on Congress-
He suggested that the local schools
standards of youth and train youths
to know what citizenship really
means. The nigh school cadets, he
-.oof{pned p,fChf u-ell rapdor