Evening star., 1923-04-25
SCHOOL GRADUATES
145SAFE DRIVERS
First Course to Better Traffic
Conditions Gratifies
D. c. Council.

One Of the most important steps
toward the elimination of traffic acct
dents and the betterment Of traffic
conditions on the streets of Wash
ington was accomplished by the
Washington Safety Council when it
graduated 14o students from it's safe
drivers school at the commencement
exercises held at the Mckinley High
School last night.
The courses given by the council
consists of twenty-four lectures,
dealing with the operation. mechan-
ism and rules governing the proper
handling Of motor driven vehicles. In
order to obtain diploma IL Is neces-
sary that each student attend at least
nine lectures, which are given under
the direction of J. J. Boobar OF the
Yellow Taxi Cab Company.
Inspector Headley, in charge of the
traffic bureau. in addressing the
graduates. said there was no neces-
sity for the violation of traffic rules.
w. +. Ham. president of the Wash
ington Safety Council, stressed the
responsibility Of the individual oper,
ating a vehicle on the streets. ana
said that he was much encouraged py
the success of the first safe drivers
school.
Baltimore Plans School.
Capt. McMorris. representing Col
O. O. Sheriff. and also the federal gov
ernment pointed out that there were
900 government trucks in operation
on the streets of Washington each
day, He declared that damages re-
sulting from an accident with a ma
chine owned by the federal govern
ment could not be collected from the
United States.
W. W. Cloud of Baltimore told the
audience that Baltimore was about 10
inaugurate q similar school for drtv-
ers under the auspices of the city's
Merchants and Manufacturers Asso-
citation, and that much encourage
ment had been derived from observ-
ing tho result of the undertaking in
Washington.
Other speakers were: Odell s.
Smith, fourth vice president of the
Safety Council, representing employ
ers; w. B. Hadley. in charge of the
electrical department of the Engineer
Commissioners office, representing
the District government, and c. w.
Price. safety expert.
List OF Graduates
The graduates, among whom were
several women, are: Emil T. Amer
man, Thomas L. Anderson. John L.
Auguste. c. C. Baden. William G.
Raket. Darrell D. Bancroft. Carl w.
Rerberich. Russell r; Birckhead. c. p
Boone. James a. hOs"Sli, JOHl -.
Boswell, Alfred w. Burton, Walter r.
Burton. James r. Canter, James A.
Casey, Edward j. Castell. Norman S.
Chappell. John L. Charles, John a.
Clark. L. c, Glenn, Edward A. Conners
w. A. Cusick, W. J. Dagmude. Percy
A. Deanell, William B. Dechard.
Charles r. Dodge. John T Dent, Paul
]. Dorr. Samuel Evans, Patrick Fan
ming, Harry S. Freas, H. H. Fredinck.
j. p. Gallagher. Herman Garner, H.
X. Gibson, Martin G. Gilbertson, l. G.
Gill, Irving A. Goodwin. j. B. Gordon,
Fl. r. Grant, Ned Hail. Robert w. Hall,
Henry f. HALEY Mart Hammer. G: Z.
Harris, r. E. Harty, George A. Her
bert, j. F. Herrlein, J. L. Kitchens. 5r,
l.. L. Holtzclaw, Harry ]. Hunt, John
II. Jerman, jr.
Miss Hilda Johnson, Mrs. Pearl c.
johnson, Edwin Juenemann. Conrad
Kaufman, Miss Elizabeth c. Ken
drick. Ernest w. Kessler, Frank Kes-
sler, James F. Kidwell, J. 8. Kiely.
Lowell Kincade. John e. King, Percy
L. Kise. e: G. Kirby. Roy A. Koontz,
w. l.. Kurtz, Gordon E. Laylor, Bever-
ly M. Leache. Herman w. Leib, Phili-
mon Lloyd, William S. Logan. tr.;
Jerry Looney. William H. Lossman.
william f. Love, jr.: r. E. Luce. D. F.
Manning, Leonard f. Marks, Charles
II. Martyr, W. 7. Martyr. Thomas F.
McCanna. w. P. Mccormick. George