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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-11-25
PRES. HARDING PROCLAIAiS DECEMBER } ID 3 AS NATIONAL
 EDUCATION WEEK IN SCHOOLS

Washington, Nov. 25.-Urging "a closer understanding between the school and the home President Harding set aside by proclamation to- night the week of December 8 to as American Education Week. The proclamation said:
 'The ideals of democratic govern ment and democrats education were planted simultaneously in our COuu- try. The fathers rightly believed that only a people trained to Vls-On of public needs and duties could de- EelOp and maintain the institution of popular government. The sys- tenn of universal education, eSta.b- ISled in the beginnings, has develop ed with the country and became one of the characteristic features of our life. In tt we have laid the fOUuda- ton of that system of American cul- ture which has enabled us to absorb and assimilate millions who have come to Us from many countries, bringing the traditions of widely varying institutions.
 Tn order that we may keep in m.nd the need constantly to improve our educational system, it is pro posed that the week of December S-9, inclusive, be set aside for special Ob- servanCe as AmeriCan Education Week. It is recommends to the governors of the states that they CO., operate with the educational and civic authorities of theiT common weaIths to make the week a period for revival of interest in the broad work of national education.
 No Sacrifice Too Great
 "It is gratifying to know that in a time when public burdens have lain very heavy upon the people there has been everywhere a deternl in ed purpose to maintain education unim- paired, in order that the coming gen erat-0n may be equipped, reaardl less Of sacrifices in the present, ECr the increasing responsibilities which it must bear.
 '' Without vision the people per ish.' Without education there can be little vision. Of education it may be said that it is twice bIesr; it blesseLh him that gives and him that takes It will be greatly worth the effort if, as an incident to the observance of Education Week we can impress tA-S womanhOOd of the nation and red -- rect their interest and patriotic zeal to the idea of making a proper con-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-11-25
HONOR ROLL OF
 BARNUM SCHOOL

Barnum school shows an increase of honor students this year, the rOs- ter of pupils whose marks have been
 maintained at 8. level of above go
 numbering nearly 50. Miss Barrie, the principal of the East Side school,
 believes that this standard will be
 continued throughout the remainder of the school year High markings
 for superior work are on the increase rather than on the wane. The stand ard of scholarship in grammar schools is steadily improving 2n spite of crowded conditions. Room 2O--Elsie Bakos, Marion Greene, Myra Griffin, Catherine Hun eerford, Frank KaIafus, Vera Rada-
 chOwszy, Anna RObstOck. Jacob Schwartz, Mildred Wellington, Gladys
 Young.
 Room 19.-FIorence Dloughy. Hen ry Hershkowitz. Harold Hoffman. ther Unger. Wallace Weise-
 Room 18.-CIevys Miller. Florence Sherman, Virginia Webb. Room 17.-Ronald Cooper. Room 16-AIlce BatcheIder. Wnl. Davidson, Pearl KuziOv. Sylvia No, 1 venstein, Irene Steade, Marie Vim Room 15-Edgar Lumb, Evelyn Beutamfn. E2sther GriIIo. Room 14.-Grace Collin, Julian | EngIeman. Elmer Howate, Dorothy Spencer, Robert Thorpe, Bernard
 Room Room. 'i8.-Grace Avery. Lilue Ber- 1 ger, Eleanor Benjamin. Maude Cas- | well, Blanche Gray Sidney Hoffman, | Edith Kahn. Henry KimmerHn, Pull 1 yio, Ldscio, Myrtle Meyer, Mary Wo- 1 loCh.
 Room 12-F1orence Hogan, Gladys | Pepin, John AttcEs. Room 11.-Luia I0i Caprio, Carl ! Headford. Grace Luthy, stephen l MackO,
 Room Ii - Enes JuIiano, Norris | VT~,.. vol -yv1 1 Miner Samuel Woltch. Room 10 -- Helen Brazee, Esther Barnes, Samuel Friedman, George | TerwiHnger, Evelyn Wagner. Ruth
 Room 9-Ruth Ferris, Marshall l BrIscoe, William Donnelly, John 1 Drake, Harold Ritter. Room 8-WiIiam Borowy. Pancra- 1 zioCaccioIO, Mary Coward, Lillian 1 Higgins, Franklin TToyt, Howard Jen- i n.ugs, Edward Marshall Eugene Mo ! Carthy. Joseph sara. Howard Stein ] metz. Raymond "arburton, James
 Room 7-Edna Baker, Sam Bon ! eventurO Madeline Ceci, Elizabeth Edwards, Charlotte Hoffman. Char | lotte Meyer. stuart Pitt, Laverna l Reinhardt Edwin Sclare Room 6-WiHiaGn Fuller, Rose l Marcantonia. Irene Marcantonto,
 Esther Sclare. Maria Caseria. Mildred . Taylor, Edna Gerrity, Harold Stein metz.
 Room 5,-Louise Barton. Kather- ] inc Beers. Mary CucoIe. Mabel Cros- mon, Yetta Dober Harry Grady. . Harry Nottra n, Milton Orelup, John l Strick Charles Waluaers- ! Room 4-Puth HendricksOn, Mar ! garet Way George Franklin, Edna 1 Wilson, Clifford Bike, Robert Holds 1 worth.
 Room 8-Ruth Wagner, Ward Doc l Ian, Florence FToFmiIIer, Fora BiO- 1 gioni FTinor Grey, Marjorie RasnIk- off Mary Mack. Mary Charters. . May TringIe.
 ! Room 2-Marie Graynagna, Louise ! NIeeks. Herbert SimOusou. Room 1-Bertha Steade.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-11-25
TRADE SCHOOL CHATTER

Trade school I.x-SoId;cr Made Happy
 There is at least one happy eN-Sul- die- man in the Trade school of this city .hat is Elem Jrcwo]ck.
 Since the War started in 1914 no word has be received by Jermolick from his family -u Russia until Nov fI. 1922. when the father and mother and brother were located by the Rus ~iau Red Cross, still living on the old homestead in Jkro.ue- The dis patch stated, sister had been mar Iled. but still lived in the same city.
 Mr- J JermClCkS home was only three miles from the battlefield where tEe war broke out, and he had almost gwen up hope of ever hearing rom h-S folks again Many letters sent by registration mail has been returned to him unclaimed. According to the despatch the last letter to be received t-y his people was in 1916
 The despatch received was vsCy n1eaEer- only stating that L-S folks were sill living On one corner WAS nore stating d letter has been start ed with -Ge despatch but was stopped by the Russian government el route. The corner oL the despatch showed where another page had been fastened before leav.us. torn Cff.
 Painting Department
 Paul kCEals has graduated and lS on a replacement job with NIr- Bur s-y. We hope he has EuoG luck, Casey. Cullen and Graves are repairing the entrance To tle Wilson building E'SrWlCh t~atN A7N.N.~-t-l nav g Just -t--- Eshed a couple ot signs on the en- trance of the Wilson building. Hun -aSian iS work,OE a- CoClon CO. pa re-fuE. Nr. Cculuu said he was all -.ztlt. AbUa ham Gn,Is-e-C ls cutting stencils. He is one lE the best stem -lI cutters
 Miss Clark has ~5vcE letters on the basketball suits and We are ve~y proud of her and her Zlrrz- We have -gveraI jobs ahead eDCu-L to keep -Le boys on the move l2eDl-- -i1 = n Ffursn is -akiuE four hours English and four hours ga5U-.rE.
 Pattern Department Notes
 William Gsu-e, our latest graduate. Is now working ar the Bridgeport Pat tern & Model Go.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-11-25

Two more pattern makers to be nave just entered the class
 Ed Lydikson is jusy finishing the hevel gear and has made a good job or 1t. Wednesday the pattern 9aar,- CTS played the drafting basketball team.
 Louis Ha-va~zon is making a draw inG of a propeller and VII make the pattern for 1t when he completes the drawing.
 Conrad LesnesEi has finished the drawing of Ford block and is now making 8 spur scar.
 Nicholas HauusovsIly has made the second team and in time will make the varsity team.
 Emil Cook found piece of iron and he put t on his Ford to help il stay together. The pattern Ge- p-,rrctleut $ running along smoothly as II always has.
 Carpentry Notes
 Art Taylar l-S been buried under a pile Of sh-vi-ss and sawdust c-vluz, t7 dope out how cr square up cha -arge cabinet he -~ making.
 The 'arps1t-rs have just finished removing the plumbing department from -h- screw machine 10 ns-r the electrical department. Bill LI.uks0u. one Of our =N-~evNIce men. says that his knowled-e tl carpentry w-s 70
 Ed Morris has neen having quite a time buildlnE piano stool still he has fl nearly completed.
 The res .- -Ee boys in this GeDart- ,asut have been busy wIth odd jobs in the shop.
 Tie carpentry department has re- gently received an order for two roll toD desks. all students will be z5veu a chance on them
 Drafting ..Is'
 Far De t- from Us 70 praise our selves but the fact remains prevail ent thala the Trade School Athletic faculty -lt--s- E-ys all -he credit pos slhle 10 this small department for 5-> zb5lL-y to furnish athletes. At pres euc there are four members of the Var ty oaS'-r-h7'' --- T@@'-- Phi-orick, DeZenzo and Manager UI- Hoyle. Not a bad average say we.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-11-25

tribution to educational work. It is regrettabIe that so few young men and women, equipped for such ser vice, are nowadays disposed to give their time and talents to teaching. Education needs the-r youth. eager ness, zeal and enthusiasm. There is no school of discipline more effeC- tive than that in which the teacher goes to school We could do no greater service than by convincing those young men and women who have enjoyed educational opportuni- ties, that they owe a reasonable share of their time and energies to teach ing.
 Intelligence Nations Strength
 '',Fhe strength and security of the nation vii always rest in the intelli- gent body of it's people. Our educa- ton should implant conceptions of public duty and private obligation broad enough to envisage the prob iems of a greatly distTaught world. More than anything else, men and women need the capacity to see with clear eye and to contemplate With open, unprejudiced mind the issues of these times. Only through a. properly mOtivated and generously inspired process of education can this be ac- complished.
 Tn view, then, of these and many other COnSid era tiOns, hereby pro- claim the week of December 3-S as American Education Week, recOm- TQFIUlnS to the apDEODELaJe naLlOnaI, state and local author ties that they give their cordial support and coop eration to making it's observance in- spiratiOnaI and beneficial Civic or gaDizatiOus and religious bodies may render special service by the-r CO., operation. and particularly it is rec commended that parents enlist them selves in behalf of closer understand ing between the school and the home with the purpose of mutual helpful ness.
 Tn consideration and witness thereof I have hereuntO set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
 Done at the City of Washington this twentieth day of November, m the year of our Lord One Thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and of the Independence of the United States the One hundred and forty seventh.
 ..ENARREN c. HARDING"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-11-25

Sunday. January 2S, has been se- lecUed by Rev. J. J. Dugans pastor Of Blessed Sacrament church, as the date for the dedication of the new Sl45.- GOO scOo- and convent, which IS now in the process of erection on Union avenue, corner of Orange street, directly across from the Blessed Sac rament church and rectOry Rt. Rev. John J. Milan, bishop Of Hartford diocese, will conduct the service on that date. The corner stones of both buildings were lad on Sunday, July 16, after an elaborate parade of all the church societies. It is expected that five or six rooms will be opened for use at the beginning of the Feb uuary term. The Dominican sisters from Caldwell, NJ, have been chosen by Father Duggan as teachers.
 Both buildings. the interiors and exteriOrs Of which WIl be most aris- tic, will be constructed of brick in six different cOlOrs and trimmed with white cast stone.
 The design of the buildings which was the original idea Of Father Dug gan. was drawn by Joseph J. Jackson, a prominent archItest of New Haven, who has specialized in the planning of churches. schools and cOnVents- The lot upon which the two buildings
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-11-25

Michael Noonan, one of the par ishioners. is the general contractor on the job, while William P. Kirk has charge of the plumbing and heating. The building will be freprOOf throughout. The corridors will be made of cement.
 The erection of the school and con- vest is a splendid effort considering the fact that the parish itself is only five years old. Prior to the esta.b- Ishment of Blessed Sacrament parish the district was part of St. Mary's parish The boundaries for the new section are the railroad tracks on the north, the Stratford line on the east, the haTlbor on the south and Yellow Mill bridge on the west. During the first year of the life of the parish, commodiOus basement was built for @ church and 1t is the hope of the people to be able to add to it in a few years.
 The people feel very fortunate to have such a progressive man os Fa- ther DugEan as pastor. He was ap- pointed to the church January 9th, 1921. to succeed Rev. Torrance B. Smith, deceased. During his pastor ate there he has had the church re decorated and installed a new organ in it. The sidewalks and lawns around
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-11-25
iAY'EEIIFFENp00F" INNOvATi0N ENTERTh.NS BIB CR0HDAT
 BRIDGEP0RT-FAIRFIELD CAME
Local H. s. Boys, C1ever1y Bur1esquing Pigskin Game, Keep 4,OOO Onlookers In Mysteries,
 Yale ''Whiffs' Should Watch and Learn

Now that the hectic occasion which '- -7ahos Of football fans have been .=-tlng breethlessly for nigh onto two f-"nuhs, the Fairfield -BridgepOrt fra -#S. has come and gone again, and nose who were fortunate enough to .FlJness the struggle have had OppC-- unity to give the affair more casual thought, it would appear 10 many hat the real feature of the after noon was the staging of that enter tatning bit of nonsense between the halves.
 II would seem to the writer th0t a large gob of credit Is due Mess-5. Carroll and Lee for .he production or the enterta inment between the halves of the game. The clOwning of the 50 more or less students kept inc malf-frOzen crowd of 4,C00 in a highly tickIed mood.
 The origin of the between the halves entertainment originated with d. society of ale students who were both dra uatically and unsteady in cined. Their desire to entertain re- suited in the staging Of a burIesque The aair is now an institution at the New Haven college. and Is eagerly looked forward to by football goers. and Is known as the w WhiGenpoofs-"
 Comedy Unique
 The clOwning Of the local lads was of the highest order. For real art in burlesquing a football game. the net result being an aValoE@n of de- L-7tA-EA 4d t6lLtti II tLii Ll4e Ra-lllAi7r Ll-H High school boys were more than a match for the Yale Whifenpo In fact of late, beyond the unusually IueritOrioUG group singing Of the Yale TEhiffenpOOf celebration, there has been little Of real comedy exhibited by the college boys. Francis Carroll and George Lee, cheer leaders extra ordinary, conceived the thought of relieving the monotony of the long cold wait between the halves of foot ball games, by staging O clever bit of buffoOnery out on the hardened turf.
 When the last cheer had died away after the teams had capered to their dressing rooms. a, small car of a pop
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-11-25
REPORTS. NEED
 FOR $3,OOO.OOO.OOO SCHOOLS

-ry are housed in buildings nearly q .uarter of a century old. This means
 hat at least half the children are
 housed in buildings that have prac-
 licaIIy- none of the educational faciu-
 ties of modern school plant, such
 as auditorium, gymnasium, shops,
 these buildings are not fireproOf, as
 IL has been found that only 3 per
 cent. of the total number of build
 .ngs in cities of 5000 and over are
 of fireproof construction.
 Assuming then, that about 10000, 900 of the 21,462,133 children in the country have inadequate housing fac
 Ilities and this is doubtless an under be necessary to erect imme diaJely 25O,oO0 CiassrOoms, at a minimum cost of S3.O00,0OO,
 EguNuTieS Drain Resources This is a large sum. Yet in 1920 the people of the United States spent
 moro than seven times as much as
 this on luXuries. In that year the total expenditure on. luxuries was 0o,0O0, GOO. Of this amount S1,- 0eo,oOo,Q 900 was spent on candy,
 HSoO,0Oe,OOO on cigarettes, $I50, ,GO0,- 900 on perfumery and COsm cites, S50,0oo,0O0 on chewing gum. and s. 1 900. 1000, 900 on luxurious services. In the same year the total amount of money spent on education was &962, ,67S,123. In other words. in 920 the American people spent more than twenty times as much on Iuxu- Ties as they did on education There fore, to expend S2.O0o.ooO.OOO on school buildings would mean invest i ing for the school children of the I country only abIUt one seventh as much as was spent on luNUIies In the l year 1920.
 We must remember however. that ! S&.hoo.0oo, GOO is the minimum that l is need q for sch col buildings and until We secure accurate data on the SchooI-huj11iuE situation all over the country i- iS impossible tr state the maximum that will be needed.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-11-25

uIar make emerged from the sha dow Of the goal posts loaded to the gun wales with High school boys attIrC1 in the most T- diCulCus Tegalia it iF possible to imagine without gaining q hearaChe. Some of these 'Whinen- pOcfs' were garbed in rubber boots and pink jerseys, others in red flannel tights and COckade hats with yellow streamers trailing in the chill breeze. still others of this motley clan were cm5lazoued Tn COIorful sasaes, run ming pants, etc.
 Antics a Scream
 The antics of this organization was 8 laugh from start to finish. The plot yidently was to burdesque 2 football toy balloon for the piEskin; trick formation too ludicrous to describe Eent the audience in an UprOar. The writer has witnessed many Yale ''Whifenpoof' entertainments, but he feels safe in saying that beyond the singing of the college crowd, which is really worth while. the local "WhiffS' eEcelled the university "POOfs' by a long margin, coming and going, and
 The little delegation Of Fairfield rooters whose Unavailing efforts to aid it's team in bringing a victory home in the hnaL game deserve a word of praise. Three Hundred stu dents from a school where the regis tration is figured at less than a thou sand, yelled and Cheered like dem even when tnelr warriors were ire trieVably defeated, their cause utterly beyond redemption.
 The cheering. in fact of both sides, was something to be remembered. Two thousand husky young thrOats roared out the gauge Of battle to the opposing bleaChers. The cheer ing squads of both schools are well organized. maChine-ike units, led by peppery young men in natty white swea ters.
 The songs. too. were thrilling. Bridgeport's songs echoed and re- echoed through out the big park in q volume the like of which has never assaiIed the ears Of local football fans.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-11-25
g. S,L. GIVES
 VICTORY DANCE
 TO WINNING Il
Gala Occasion in H. S. Gym. When Conquering Heroes
 Receive PIaudits

Last evening at the High School. where the members Of the Girl Stu dent League were holding their first annual dance of the present social season. the affair took on the nature of a Victory celebration. Fully 800 students celebrated their foOtba II teams great win over the Fairfield boys by dancing and dining in the gymnasium until the wee sma' hours
 The event was intended to be by. for and of the students and no one within requirements by excluding all outsiders, so that for the first time in the history Of the school the doors of the dance floor were closed to all not registered as pupils of the High school Although the new rules erl1ed many alumni who were antici- patory of gala evening in old haunts the faculty are of the opinion that such ruling is in the best inter- ests of the school. High school dances are to be. herCefOrth, entirely student affairs This will prevent un- desirable from entering the hall, also prevent the prevalent OVerCrOwdlng. Miss Daily President
 The dance was successful from ev- cry point of view The work of or ganiza ton for this affair was in the hands of Miss Catherine Daly, pres ident of the Girl Student League, and
 her aides The hall was taStefully decorated in the school cOlOrs, red and black.
 The popular heroes of the gridiron bottle of the afternoon were the lions of the evening. and were continually surrounded by members of the fair sex, who were desirOus of comph- menting the yiCtOrs. HOwie SeeIey, whose efforts more than any other players, was contributor to the teams victory. was the outstanding hero of the evening. His name was on every~ ones lips. his form the Mecca of ad-
 hiring gIances from the girls. Fran cis Carley. "Rummy' Shay, ''CltfF'
 -l,r-. f1 al a were present and came in for their
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-11-25

the parOchial residence have been i'm proved and the school and convent started.
 Father Duggan has had remarkable success in his religious carer. He was ordained June 24, 1888, at St. Johns seminary, Waterford, Ireland, by Rt. Rev. Pierce Power.
 His first appointment in this cOun- try was to a church in MiddIetown. where he spent three months later being removed to NOrwaIk, where he remained for three years. The bish- op later appointer Father Duggan as q curate to 9 church in New Haven. His first pastorate was in Wethers- field, where for eight years he was in charge of the Catholic church and chaplain at the pr-sOn. Bishop Tier uey appointed Father Duggan to the Church of the Assumption in West port in 1908 to succeed Rev. Thomas Shanley. During his 13 years in WestpOrt the pastor succeeded in clearing the church property of $13,- O00 debt.
 Upon the death Of Rev Torrance B. Smith, first pastor of Blessed Sac rament church, Father DuEgan was removed to Bridgeport from West port, where he was succeeded by Rev. Richard J. Carroll.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-11-25

The nation is in dire need of school construction according to the latest riCn. Department of the Interior whose researches into the matter have brought to light a number of srrarlinE facts.
 The Department estimates that at least tLrTr billions Of dollars should he expended for school buildings and equipment alone in the United States next year if the nation Is to keep pace with the needs of the time.
 Probably never in the history of tIis country has there been such noed for sCbool-building construction aS at the present time Lack of ade- uuate schOOl-buildiuE accommodations fu the period before the war, and all most total stopraSe of all school brought about a state of schooI-buiId- IEE congestion that is a menace to the health. strength, and intelligence oS the children of this country.
 It is a sad comm entary upon the educational situation in this country that. although we have accurate sta JiSciCs about the material resources of the United States. there is nowhere prcheusfVe data. in reEard to the to raI amount of school building that is needed in order to bring the school plant of the country up to date. It is possible. however to make an es- innate that We need to expend upon school buildings.
 School Attendance Increases
 Tn 1920 thers were 2I,+62,133 chill dren in the public schools. Reports from cities of over 5000 population indicate that half the children in these cities were housed in buildings e~7cted more than 22 years ago. If this is true Of school buildings in the cities. it is safe to say that 1t is at least equally true for country schools In other words. from the data that the Bureau has been able To gather i- Is reasonable to assume that at least half the children in the cOuu-