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oratoricai contest The medal was
donated by Bishop Thomas ]. Shahan
Of Catholic University. Edward Cor
coran and Joseph McGinnis received
honorable mention.
Judges in the contest, which was
held last Thursday. were Rev. Ed
ward B. Jordan. Rev. Francis Hur-
ney. John B. DensmoN and Dr. D.
Arcy Magee.
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WESTERN HIGH SCHOOL.

A letter to the Civic Association of
next year, telling of the difficulties
encountered by the present organiza-
tion and giving suggestions, as to
how they might be avoided. will be
formulated at the meeting Of the
association Friday. Edythe Buckler.
secretary. was instructed by the
president to draw up a letter for the
consideration of the class. The Ques-
tion of compulsory taxation was dis
cussed at the last meeting. but it
was decided to leave that question to
next years association. since the
members belong to the civic and eco
nomic classes. and their assessments
must be voluntary
Telephones, switchboards and oper-
ators were the main attractions at
the assembly Friday. when Mr.. Wa
ters of the Chesapeake Telephone
Company explained the telephone sys-
practical demonstration of the use
Of the switchboard. which was con-
sidered very interesting. Telephones
were passed around the hall and con-
versations carried on by the pupils,
after which Mr.. Waters answered
questions asked by the school.
The student committee has been
With lIe ASSOCIATION
on its plans for Alumni day. June 2.
On this date an Assembly will be held,
at which there Will be speakers from
various organizations of the schoo!
to let the alumni know what has
been accomplished this year. Follow
ing this assembly there will be va
rious athletic contests. such as
wrestling matches, a base ball game.
track, a cadet review. ETC., following
which the girls of the student COM
mittee will serve lunch. The COM
mittee appointed to make arrange
Brown, Margaret Balm. Carl Woerner
and Robert Armstrong.
The Girls Rifle Club is working to
establish a basis on which to present
"Ws" to the girls making the high
est average for the year.
Ellen Stewart. who gave two violin
numbers. "Orientile," by Cui, and
'Nachstuck." by Schumann. was the
special soloist at the meeting of the
Pianists' Club. May 81. Airline Gill
bert played three of Beethoven's
sonatas and Bach's "Opus "a. No. g"
Col. James Of the English cavalry.
otherwise known as Mr.. Lindsay, who
appeared at Keith's last week, was
introduced to the school by Mr.. Rob-
bins, manager of Keith's, at an as
sembly last Wednesday.
Mr.. Lindsay gave a talk on the
(mahy and varied adventures of his
yiSe in Australia and East Africa.
following the stories Of his life, he
urged the pupils to be more careful
oA the English that they use. His
statement that we get drinking water
FROM where 1t is pure and should also
get\ our English from where 1t is
purA Is one that the hearers regarded
as good to remember.
Mr.. LINDSAY also spoke Of the in
ternaMonal boys camp that he has
started in Canada. From his account,
the location must be ideal for the
summer The camp. which is under
the supervision of professors from
American and British universities, is
open from July 6 to September 6.
An exhiaition of his skill in han
ding a thi-ty-five-foot whip followed
assembly. Some of the feats ac-
complished were cracking the whip
several times in succession, twirling
it and tying the end around a girls
arm, cutting an envelope and cigar
ette in two, and knocking q revolver
out of Mr.. Robbins hand.
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WARRINGTON COLLEGE
Law,

The preparations for commence
mettt week are completed, and thes1
examination papers are In the hands
OF the different professors The stu-.
dente are anxiously waiting for their
Nmeflrs.r The festivities opened with
Q dance last night, under the pat
ronage Of the student council. con-
sisting Of william q. Jones, Lester
d Budiong, Aibirtis wrlgh1 Harry
g. Amess rs c. barron, knthooG 4.
,Natssano and Richard n Hart Thel
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DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL.

The Debating Club closed its season
Monday afternoon when the junior
and freshman classes competed for
the school championship. These two
bates. discussed the subject of the
immediate removal of the United
States troops from Haiti. The judges.
Miss Lucy D. Slowe, j. A. Lu Vale
and G. E. c. Hayes, gave a unanimous
decision to the freshmen. The two
teams were: James Henry, Lenoir
Cook and Robert Weaver, freshmen;
julius Carroll. Joseph Carpenter and
Theodore Bolts. juniors. James N.
Saunders. in charge of debating, an
ticipates good season next year, due
to the nucleus furnished by this
years debaters.
Charles Drew is considered one OF
the greatest high school athletes in
this country. He has been a con-
sistent performer in all branches of
sport-foot ball. base ball, basket
ball and track-for four years. He Is
an end and will start for some east
ern or western college for the next
four years. thus bringing honor to
Dunbar and to the race In general.
In base ball he is a good batter and
can play almost any position. his
forte being catching. In basket ball
his play has featured nearly every
game Dunbar has played. A fine shot,
6ACollcHt SudEU ana center, ne SnOulQ
have no difficulty making his alma
mater team no matter where he goes.
In track Drew has broken all rec
ords for the running high jump by
leaping 5 feets 10 inches at the recent
Hampton meet, thereby setting a
any high school athlete in the Dis
trict of Columbia and which. 1t Is be-
lieved. would win him a place right
now in most college meets. He can
put the shot over 80 feet and can
broad jump over 20 feet. The track
will rank among the premier athletes
of the country.
A new club has been formed at Dun
bar, known as the Dunbar Radio Club.
The first meeting was held May 18.
The members OF the club at the meet
ing were given short talks on con-
and Scott. The club is constructing a
two-stage amplifier receiving set. the
second for the school. The school has
no permit to transmit messages, but
and permit by fall. About twenty
five members were present and the
following officers were elected: Sedg-
wick Landers.' president; William
Scott. vice president: Lenoir Cook,
secretary: Prof; Weatherless, treas
arms; Robert Jackson. assistant SER
geant-at-arms, and James Henry, re-
porter.
Wednesday and Thursday, there was
held in Dunbar High School a kinder
garten exhibit, under the auspices of
Miss Imogene Wormley, director of
Kindergartens Of the tenth to the
thirteenth divisions.
The purpose Of these exhibitions is to
present to the public work done by
children in kinder gartens under the
project method Of instruction. All of
the work exhibited was the result of
the children's ow.i planning and eS-
ecution. They have constructed en-
tire rows of houses out of blocks.
These houses are fitted with paper
furniture, papered with original de-
si9ns in crayon, have paintings on
the walls, and woven rugs on the
foors-all of which is the handiwork
of the children themselves.
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UNftvEns1Ty or Maryland.

PHI Kappe Pit hoaerary society
Sharks. @ for many ySsts prasidsnt Of
Pennsylvania State College. now regent
general Of the society, Wednesday. At
S:1E Pm, IN the unfvsfsity Of Mary
land auditorium. The lecture will b
dents and their friends are invited: A
musical program will be given by the
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2. II. c. A. SCHOOLS.

The summer schedule of the Wash
tngton preparatory school of the Y.
NJ. c. A. will become effective MAY
81, and will continue up to and in
cluding July 2S. 1t gives the student
an opportunity to make up .condi-
tions" or extra credits, and he may be
able to enter college a year earlier
by taking advantage of these sub
jects- In addition. the commercial
subjects form practically the only
entrance wedge into the business
ofice. Classes will run from 4:30
o'clock until S O'Clock. The instruc-
tors are MIR. Abb. Mr. Berg. Mr.. CO.
megys, Mr.. Porter, Mr.. McCantless,
Mr.. Valear and Mr.. Edick.
Redwood Is one of the best lasting
woods in the world. having in IL
natural preservative which resists
decay to a remarkable extent.
Evening star., 1922-05-28

the prize company Of the .regiment.s
Capt Webb I'd Company: I'VE are
out to win and with the aid OF Provi-
dence we will win"
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voice. which both faculty and stu
dents enjoyed.

The last number Of the Junior High
School Review has gone to press. This
will be a special graduation and drill
number. Pictures OF the graduation
class and the cadets Will be feature.
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surulcaI Operation Old.

There Is process Of letting air
into the lungs by incision from Fhe
outside, much used in serious cases
OF pneumonia. and called by physl-
clans artificial pneumothOraX. TT is
a very modern treatment. but Dr.
A. X. Krause calls attention TO the
fact that Hippocrates 100 years ago
described 1t in the following words:
"It this affection results from a
wound or, as sometimes happens,
from an incislon for empycma, one
should attach a pipe to bladder, fill
the bladder with air, and send the air
into the interior OF the chest. And
one should insert solid pewter
sound and push It forward. 1t IS by
this method that you will get the very
best results"
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Wesley" The mother Crane inter
rupted: "They're welcome to Tommy
but I do say and always will, it's
shame about Sam. A real fine fel-
low ought to be let do his own court
ing"
But how If he wont?" Myrtle
questioned smiling covertly. Granny
Crane still held against Myrtie's
mother that Joe, her own sou, had
been married rather against his will.
All the summer world seemed sing
ing to Loren-therefore she sang with
IT, not loudly, but barely above breath.
Now and then she all but chuckled,
thinking how she had mystiHed gossip
as to her destination. 1t was none Of
the hOspitable homes where she and
her half-invalid father were always so
eagerly welcomed, but a small, brown
house, in the foothills, with tum-
bling brook hard by and a stretch Of
low, misty distances toward the East.
Dad was not going to tish-he left all
the hard work to Loren. by his own
accnunt-but to loaf under trees, lis-
tening to the singing birds and
bathing his tired consciousness in the
bliss Of absolute rest. A conscientious
Judge, he got the wear Of two years
from each term OF service
1t was Lnreu's doing. This running
away to the wilds. She had made
touch with the little. brown house
through its ruling spirit. farmers
daughter, who had with gallant blum
dering worked her way through two
years at high school In the village.
Loren had helped her, given her good
food and safe shelter in return for
what she could do in her free time
Now that she was married. with Il
home of her own, she was only too
glad to welcome and cherish those who
had made her less q servant than Il
friend
No other house was In sight save
down the far distance. But up around
the brooks bend there was q sprawly
building, haunted internationally by
sportsmen from March to November.
They never bothered anybody, said
kindly Mrs. Anna-came In ones or
twos or half dozens, minded their own
business, liberal as could be and ready
I" help at need. SO the judge smiled
whimsically at his daughter, saying:
No chance for any flirtinG-thesc ap-
parently are sports rather than men.
II we stay the three weeks out, fear
F"ull forget how to say NO That
would be calamty--eh, AnnaT-
10 their hostess: you know her
tricks ana manners Of old--hcr swarm
" follOwers-and that my mind Is
"rInIy made up. not to spare her to
any Of them"
Don't blame yc-uoh0hy can"
Ahna laughed: I'D know which Of
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DEFINITION OF "ACT OF GOD"
Jurists Have Accepted Lord Mans
fields Idea Of What II Shall
Mean in Law.

The cnrnal mind Of man has
Sought out many inventions" about
God and has proceeded To permenie
human society with them, incOrporat-
ing them in school books. prayer
books, law books. and in other ave-
nues by which men gain knowledge.
From out Of the Dark ages came one
Of these inventions" that legal
phrase "act Of Cod" which Sir Ed
ward Cole U5J2-1G3D, first defined
and used in 1881 as meaning storms,
lightning, tempests and the like. 1t
has in modern times been extended
I'm meaning TO include death. illness,
food and so on. The happening
which is legally termed an 'act Of
God'' is in general. allowed a> an eX-
cuse for not performing an agreement
entered into Various forms of con
tracts, notably steamship tickets,
freight receipts and some employment
agreements contain this phrase. which
operates as q release Of liability.
When the time came for Lord Mans
field G7Oi-1793), that great lurist. to
restate the meaning Of the phrase two
centuries after ii had originated, his
definition, as then given. was that
"everytling Is the act Of God that
happens By his permission, everything
by his knowledge
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Peculiar Well.

Tie attention of the geological sur
vey has been called to a peculiar well
In Ohio, and has caused an investiga-
ton to be made of it. 1t appears that
the we'll produces both fresh and salt
water through two separate pumps
The explanation proves to be very
simple. Two water-bearlng beds, con-
fined between layers Of limestone, oc
cur ut this point, one above the other
The pipe Of the fresh-water pump taps
the upper vein Mt depth Of 16 feet.
The pipe of the saltwater pump
touches the lower vein at depth of
30 feet; and the brine, being heavier
than the fresh water. does not mix
with 1t, but remains at the bottom.
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FRENCHMAN HAD RIGHT IDEA
principles of Flying Set Out by Louis
Pierre mouilIard Have Been
Proved Correct.

Who was the first glider? In SUD.
plying an answer there is room for
the patriots of many nations tn delve
in medieval annals. Italy and France
have good case. Jean Baptiste
Dane Is said to have made q success
full glide at Perugla in the Fifteenth
century. while the marquis of Bacque-
VILE, in the middle Of the Eighteenth
century, skinned across the Seine at
Paris.
Details of convincing kind are,
however. lacking. But there Is no
doubt Of the Theoretical claims of the
frenchnlan Louis Pierre Mouillurd,
who died Il quarter of century ago
III poverty at Cairo. In two volumes
lie set out the principles that should
guide man in seeking conquest of the
air. i" seek To fly by initiating the
heating of IL birds wing waS not fcaS-
lille. Men should initiate such birds
as fly with steady wings and avail
themselves of the currents Of the air"
Ten years after Nouillard was dead
(with his dreams of an actual machine
unfu!tiiled) the Wright brothers began
tie development of his ideas.
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I'm mach interested in IT," Tom
went on, easily. Psychology. men.
tai sciences. Freudian theories aud all
Of that. believe that man can
get on faster in he world il he
knows a good deal about the Work.
inSs or The minds OF the men with
whom he deals. Take me, for in
stance, when a fellow comes into the
office with bit Of money to invest
1 can usually tell to t whether he
Is Interested In public utilitIes-in In.
dnstrials or rails. watch hlm-that's
adjust watch him and See where his
eyes travel. After l know that
mention different sums Of money until
| see. by The flicker OF his eve. how
much he wants to invest Most peo-
pie are rather reticent about mention
ing Il certain SUN Of money. Without
knowing how much they want to put
up it's hard for me to tell what sug-
Eesti"n to make In order for them to
get the most return for their money.
What's this. walter" he broke Off
impatiently and his face grew red Il
told you we'll dOne-weli done, do you
understand English? Look at the red
blood running out CT that meat" He
pointed finger shaking witt. wrath to
ward the silver platter before him.
And Evelyn knew II didn't make
any difference about manners or money
or anything else. 1t WAS DISPOSE
tlon that c"uatcd. David was looking
at the confused waiter with sorry eyes
and kept telling Tom that he liked his
meat rare anyhow. Ellen wondered
now she ever could have faltered.
And On Sunday morning when she
met her chum ut church she told her:
We're going to live on the farm, on
the tip Of Il hill, and the cherry bios.
SONS In the spring-oh, Marie, you
must come out to visit us next spring."
'And-and you're not going to marry
T"m: Amusement spread over Marie's
face.
Ellen shook her blond head and
her eyes grew soft. II guess I've al
ways loved Davey-Only didn't know
lt-you know said yesterday I'd know
pretty sOon-I must have known RICH,
-snbconsciously," she etded, VI.
Ing one OF the very terms that TOM
liked 80 we'll a. size spoke OF her awa--.
heart, Da-ld NrGulre.
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the things the other girls did she only
got out of step; she never seemed to
catch up.
AS for Jumie Ludlow, the less said
of him the better.
He had black hair that looked an
though 1T were polished He had the
kind OF eyes that looked at YOU and
laughed with you and fiirted without
any EXCUSE whatever. The worst OF
4 was pc had the most sincere man
ner In the world; manner that made
you confidential and then made yoh
wonder afterwards why you had told
him so much. Tha. was Jumie Lud
low.
AS she got the dinner that night for
Tom and Frank. who usually arriSed
on the $40, Lily remembered how
Susy Ludlow had told her all about
jamie when he came home last year
from France. He had stayed on to
study at the Sorbonne. Lily had
thought a great deal about him before
She met him, but after that evening
1t was only with q hot blush she re-
membered him.
He had come over with Susy and.
entering the dim, fragrant living room,
he had exclaimed, "Why, It's like a
French room, so eXqusltely dainty I"
and then looking at her he had said,
land you're like French girl
Lily could never forget that evening.
She was rather quiet person, but she
had laughed and talked great deal
with great many gestures as she
said good night to jamie Ludlow I'm
her high-SchOol French.
He had never called again. Lily
knew why. She hnd not been gay
enough. He had thought her stupid.
too old. The remark that Susy had
repeated had been Illuminating:
Jamie said when he first saw you
he thought you typicnlIy French. but
he realized you're not bit what he
thought
Lily hated Susy's brother after mat
with II quiet, bitter scorn. Suueth hing
WAS implied I'm that remark that she
couldn't understand. But at any rate
she would show Juuie Ludlow that
what he thought didn't matter.
At first she decided to be cold and
dlgniticd. Then she fenred ne might
think her offended. SO she decided to
be flippant and cool.
But when the men from the ) 10
had come up the street and Tom had
pushed open the screen door and cried
"Oh, LII, will you mend this glove,
want to go out tonight?" and Frank
had burst In to say: "DO you know
where l put my plpe?' Lily found
that she had not time to be anything
10 jamie Ludlow but just natural
There were too many things to do.
Her brothers, although they We're
both older than she. had to be looked
out for. She'd made u blUcbcrry pud
ding for Frank, and hr aCtuulIy seemed
pleased about II, And Tom stopped
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Why 18th. lnnocents" Succeeded.

How easy it Is now to understand
the prodi%ious success Of The limo.
cents Abroad, appearing as it did pre-
cisely at the psychological moment, at
The clos" OF The Civil war. at the open.
ing OF The epoch Of industrial pioneer
ins, IN the hour when the life of bus
ness had become obligatory uDOn every
American man. How easy ii is tn I'm.
derHtand why it WAS so generally used
as Il Eulhrbook by Americans travelling
III Europe. 1t attacked not only the H..
Legitimate pretensionS of the human
spirit but the Legitimate pretensions
also. II expressly made the American
business man as good as Titan and q
little better; 1t made him feel that art
and history and all the great, elevated,
admirable, painful discoveries Of h,l.
mankind were things not worth vast
ing ones emotions over.-EXchange.
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The Most Exciting
Journey
BY JESSIE DOUGLAS
&c b. Mcclure Newspaper Synaic.,.


"Oh. Lily. I'm going to Washington
oh NY vacation! Yes. isn't II splendid!
Anu l wondered IL you would let
jamie have his dinners here ut night ?"
Or course Lily had consented. .Jamie's
sister was her best friend; She was
gtad to do anything She could. But
jamie. She hnd never liked him, nor
he her.
he wanted n flapper, a girl with
boDDed hair and nonchnlant manners
VINO danced all the night and had q
slrlhg OF young men on her doorstep.
And Lily Bartlett was the other e1-
IRENE. II anything. she was old
fashioned
She hated to admit 1t to herself, but
she lhed to cook, and garden was
her chief JOY and delight. Her house
was always charming. with the long.
low living room fresh with cretonne
and bowls Of mlgnonette and shirley
popptes that Lily had raised herself.
Lily did not look like every one
else, either. She had dusky hair that
she did very simply in Il great knot
at the back Of her head. She had
pale skin that she did not rouge. and
slender white throat. She made her
own frocks.
And She was ashamed of it all. She
knew that she was a step behind the
procession, and when she tried 70 do
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Loren Finds Her
Ideal
By MARTHA NJ. WILLIAMS


"Humph. on on mau-hunt. IN
he ashamed--but then some folks are
roo shameless for anything" Mrs
Crane calculated acidiy. ut Sight OF
the Eaton car, with Loren at the wheel
Iurgage-laden, and headed for omen
country.
Myrtle Crane, aged twcnt ;. seven
pursed her lips and let her eyes fol.
low her mothers. Both were filed
with speculation plus envy. Yet the
Cranes had better car, better
clothes, rather more money than the
Eatons-and only themselves TO main.
tain. Equi,ably they ought to yr,,dye
their helghbors no whit Of the mercy
and modest comfort they enjoyed. But
since the Eatons were ever so much
more popular-LOren especially Guite
eclIpsed Myrtle in oil companies
there was perhaps some color OF rea-
son for their bitterness.
What l wonder is-wllos the game
this time?" Mrs. Crane went on her
accent musing: II asked Toby when
he fetched the milk last evening where
his Pm and Loren were gnin. nex,
time, but he grinned foolsh-like, say
Ing he didn't know. AS II boys ever
didn't know anything they wanted to
find out"
"rll call up Mrs. Brewer; her shop
knows all that happens anywhere,
Myrtle said picking up the receiver.
Two minutes later she nodded to her
mother. saying: "She isn't sure-but
It's either FernwoOd or Cross-Cut-"
THAT means Tommy Page or Sam
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Meatless Diet in Hospital.

The experiment Of Il meatlcSS diet
is being tried in the Beth Israel hos
pital of New York by Superintendent
!. Louis Frank. Until recently it was
contended by some that meat was the
source of vitamineS but this has been
recently dsprOved by Or. T.. V. Nc.
Cullom. professor Of chemistry and
hygiene of the Johns Hopkins univer
sity. From medical standpoint 1t
is now asserted that there Is nothing
Inherent in meat that cannot be sup
piled by fish, milk, eggs and milk prod
nets