The Washington herald., 1922-04-06
Labor Secretary Would
Erect New Structure on
1,OOO-Acre Campus.
TO INCLUDE FARM,
STADIUM AND SHOP
Plan Is a Necessity, and
City Deserves Best, He
Tells Rotary Club.

4 central nlgn sCnoOl Oh WV
skirts of the northwest section 10
house all District high school stu
dents. with half-fare street car serV-
ice for pupils attending. was adVo-
Gated by Secretary of Labor Davis
yesterday speaking at the weekly
luncheon of the Washington Rotary
c,lub a, the New willard Hotel.
congress should appropriate SUI
6cient funds to purchase large
tract, 900 acres or more. said the
Secretary, "at the edge of the popu-
lated northwest section of the clty.
This would be the campus on when
could be built all the bulldihEs
necessary to meet the present neeos
of the city. There would be oullu-
inss for academic and business
courses; shops and laboratories for
those taking vocational courses an
equipped farm for students OF agn-
culture, horticulture, botany ana
animal husbandry, auditorium IL
brary, gymnasium. stadium for atm
letics and other like annexes.
Could Use Motion Rictures.
Declaring the proposed high
school. in which would be central
ized all Of the educational branches
of those grades. is necessity. sec
retary Davis stated that facllltles
for "yisual education" in the form
of motion pictures should also pc
a part of the general program Oh
study. History, geography clVlcs'
he continued. could best be taught
and learned through the medium OF
the modern motion picture.
Stressing the need for modern
aSricultural courses. the speaker
declared that the cause for now Oh
Americas younger generation 10
the cities was due to the sntiquateu
methods Of farming in use IN mary
sections of the country ana salo ne
believed that were a modern 1srHi
included in the centrailZation
scheme it would prove ef-sustslh-
ing by the marketing of the ysge
tables and dairy products. WIZ
reference to the physical weu-DeIhs
,C the pupils Under the proposed
..rentr,ltzed high school," the Sec
rctary- declared that the well-being
~ the bows and girls would be de-
veloped greatly because OF me
wider range that the scheme would
afford for a practical physical edu-
cation.
S,.sium for Athletics and Plays.
Secretary Davis also stated he oe-
1ieyed the erection OF a staoluni
would have double value, It's use Tor
athletics. primarily. and also for tne
presentation of pageants. plays ana
other out-of-door festivities.
In summing up the sallent ea-
sons for his opinion in favor OF the
aiact the speaker declared 1t
,yonId be advantageous because OF
"sntralized administration. co-cr-
5ination of courses, centralized op-
eratton of lighting and heating
nIants and repair facilities, WHICH
he declared, would result in econ
omy of operation. bette anu more
svstematic training. with conse-
ouent higher public estimation ana
resnect for the schools and an op-
portunity for expansion.
Rerarding the cost Of the pro-
oosed centralized high school. the
Secretary stated that in view OF the
fact that the estimate of the cost
-rould compare favorably with the
60 ~ facilities now needed to pro-
S,;5a the grammar and high schools
nth additional accommodations.
rbe vacatinG Of the scattered nlsh
.chooIs and their use as grammar
schools would aid in the genera
scheme, he said. All buildings not
converted in this fashion,she adoeo'
could be utilized for public once
buildings.
City Deserves Best.
Washington, Secretary Jaws
concluded. should be PROVIDED Win
the greatest and most elaborate
school system in the world and Con-
srsss should be careful that 1t pur-
chase enough land in the tract 50
that in so or 100 years. II wouio
not be necessary to purchase aooi-
EoIlowing the address of the Sec
rstary. his assistant, E. j. Hennlng'
discussed-the ''3 per cent immlgra-
tion law. The law. passed In May
OF 1921, provides that only per
cent of any single nationality. oaseo
ON the census of 1910. can be ad-
mitted to enter the country as I'M
migrants.
the immigration of $4,000 by July
of 1922, should each country reach
its quota, but it is hardly likely
tba, the number will exceed 20O.-
aoO" he explained. The number
~ allotted citizens of southern Eu-
lropean countries. such as Greece.
Italy and the Balkans, has been In
many cases quickly exceeded and IL
has been necessary to return some
OF these to their own countries.
Advocates AmerieanIsation Work.
I'VE are endeavoring," continued
the speaker. ito teach these new
comers the spirit and fact OF
Amerfcanism- We want to absorb
them, not allow them to colonize in
the large cities and industrial CEN
ters. living in the "old country
style. following the same habits and
customs of living and never becom-
ing true Americans.
aImmigration restriction" said
Mr.. Henning. "is to the American
Iaborer. what the protective tariff
Is to the manufacturer. I am In
favor of registering all aliens who
come to our shores, keep track OF
their occupations and endeavor to
draw them from the group habits.
My purpose in this would be to help
in educational ways those Of them
who. truly wish to become Ameri-
cans and discover those who do
not"
Charles w. Semmes, president of
the Washington Rotary Club. pre-
sided ard introduced the speakers