Evening star., 1922-06-29
INDUSTRIAL HOME
ALMOST CH|LDLESS
Only Four Out of 100 Left
as Friends of School Fight
Removals.

Four children are all that remain
of the population approNimating 100
at one time at the Industrial Home
School. it was learned today.
The friends of the school claim
that this is evidence of the practical
working out of the plan of the board
of children's guardians to remove all
children possible from the Industrial
Home School and to place them in
private homes, thereby eliminating
the schools usefulness.
The District Commissioners, it was
announced by one of them today,
will take no action in all probability
in the case until they have received
a report from the board of children
guardians and the board OF trustees
of the home school regarding future
plans along lines of activities under
the direction of these boards.
Private Homes Vary.
Supporters of the Industrial Home
School today came to the front win
statements that they We're not Vp-
| posed to the placement of children in
private homes, maintaining that 1t Is
a greed universally that the private
home is better for child than an in
stitution when the private home is a
proper home. When the PrlVate
homes, however. it is stated, are
places where children are taken sim
ply to obtain the board fee allowed
and when these homes do not take
care of children. thus placed by their
appointM guardians in the same
manner that their own homes would
care for them, if possible. it is main
tanned that the institution is better
place for the children. The school. il
| is said by members of the citizens
committee. headed by Mrs. L. NJ.
Clements. has been found superior to
number of homes visited by mem
bers of the committee to which chill
dren had been removed by the board
of children's guardians from the
school
What the next step in the conflict of
policies between the board of chill
d ren's guardians and the members of
the board of trustees of the school
VIII be at present is not announced.
Everything appears to hinge upon a
joint meeting of these boards which
is scheduled to be called Monday and
Il pom the decision reached at that
injecting.
{, Penwomen Back Mothers.
A resolution. indorsing the move
ment of the Mothers Club in request
ing Congress to place in the hands of
the District Commissioners the power
to manage the Board of Children S
Guardians was adopted by the Dis
trfct board of the executive board.
League OF American Penwomen of the
District of Columbia. at a meeting
| held yesterday morning at the club
house, 1922 H street.
The executive board established d
round table talks" to begin in Octo-
bsr, as a new department for the Dis
| trict members. Books. fiction and
non fiction. will be reviewed, the pub
Fishers having been invited to submit
their new books for this criticism.
The following appointments were
made; Chairman of the ways and
-~eans committee. Mrs. William Wolff
Smith; entertainment committee, Mrs.
amos a. Fries chairman, Mrs. Will
liam F. Dennis vice chairman print
ing committee. Mrs. J. Harry Cum
ningham chairman, Mrs. Florence
Willard Day vice chairman; social
|committee. Mrs. Gertrude Bucking-
ham Thomas chairman. Mrs. Robinson
Downey vice chairman: poets commit
tee, Mrs. Louis n. Geldert chairman.
Miss Anna b Patten vice chairman;
| play producing committee. Miss Mary
Meek Atkeson chairman. Mrs.
|Nrarialyse Ross Manly vice chairman:
music committee, Mrs. Rea Watson
Gable chairman, Mrs Irene Miller
|Chainey vice chairman: membership
committee. Miss Katharine Wootten
chairman, Mrs. E. NJ. Wood vice chair
man.