Evening star., 1923-10-15
BETTER SCHOOLS
PLEA OF MASONS
Head of Scottish Rite Body,
in Session Here, Also
Pleads for Hospital.

| Appeal for greater educational facil-
tiles throughout the nation and the
! erection of a tuberculosis hospital for
Masons We're the points stressed in
the opening address of John ii.
! Cowles. Sovereign Grand Commander
of the Supreme Council, thirty-third
degree Ancient and Accepted Scottish
Rite, southern jurisdiction. at the
biennial session of the order at the
Scottish Rite temple here today.
| After favorably commenting upon
the passage of the Oregon school law,
| Mr.. Crowles stated that an education
+! bill would be brought before the COM
| ing Congress carrying with 1t the
Identical features that the Towner-
Stirling bill contained, the chief fea-
| ture being the creation OF national
department of education TO pc IN
tcharge of a member of the PresldentS
cabinet.
| Praises "Red School House."
! Paving tribute to the little red
| school house." Mr.. Cowles sa1d The
free public school is the great equal
izer. the remover of all class, the
ieveler of race and creed distinction,
where the child of the rich mingles
freely with the child OF the poor;
where the child of the Catholic should
freely and without self-consciousness
mix with the child of the jew: where
Mohammedan and Christian. buddhist
and heather, Latin and Ceit. Ameri-
can and foreigner can meet and nave
their minds properly nodded for the
future, so that they can grasp the
full meaning of liberty, equality and
fraternity, and thus become full
armed with manly vigor and intelli-
gent reason-the American citizen OF
| tomorrow.
In bringing the matter of a proposed
! hospital for tuberculosis before his
hearers, Mr.. Cowles said: THAT We may
make more comprehensive our work in
| behalf of the nation, by adding to the
mental and moral Improvement of the
| citizen that of the physician also. il
the judgment is that our present funds,
! with prospects as to the income in the
! future justify it, l would strongly recon-
mend the erection of a modern hoSpltal
| for the cure of our brethren who suffer
from that dread lnalady, tuberculosis.
/! Following luncheon at 80 O'Clock
! the delegates made a visit to Mount
! Vernon and to the tomb of the un-
known soldier at Arlington. Tonight
reception will be given by the supreme
+; Council in houor of the heads of the
! Grand Lodge. the Grand Chapter. the
| Grand Council of the Grand Commandry.
| 4 memorial service in honor of AL
[ bert Pike was held yesterday after
l
! Elmer I. Gishen and Thomas j. Hark-
| ins.
The following active members of the
Supreme Council are present: John II.
Cowles. Louisville. Ky. (grand COM
mander): Charles L. Rosenbaum. Little
Rock, Ark: Judge Edward c. Day,
Helena. Mont; Perry W. Weidner. Los
Angeles. Calf; Garnett y. Morgan.
Nashville. Tenn; Melville r. Grant,
Mississippi City, Miss; Samuel J..
Cochran. Dallas. Tex; Philip S. NAL
colin, Portland, Ore; William p. Filrner,
San Fransicso. Calf; Hyman w. Wit
cover, Savannah, Ca; Fred c. Schrann.
Salt Lake City, Utah: Olin S. Wright,
! Plant City, Fla: Marshall w. Wood,
Boise, Idaho; Frank c. Patton, Omaha,
Neb.: Thomas G. Fitch. Wichita. kans.
Robert c. Crump, Richmond, Va:
Thomas j. Harkins, Ashevtle, n. C.;
Judge Alexander G. Cochran of St.
Louis, Mo-. and George F. Moore OF
Alabama.