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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-06-19

Dance at Patterson Hall
Wednesday and Saturday
evenings.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-11
URGES TEACHERS To
REMEMBER YOUTH
Kramer Says Understanding
of Childhood Impossible
Otherwise.

Stephen e. Kramer, assistant su-
perintendent Of District schools, be.
lieves that teacher Is not a teacher
when she has forgotten her child
hood.
In his opinion, 1t 10 necessary for
the successful teaching Of children
to take into consideration the work
ings of the Juvenile mind and to
make due allowances for the &C.
casional indiscretions Of self-expres-
sion by the youngsters.
Teachers come into my office al
most every day." says Mr.. Kramer.
with some small evidence that
children have not always borne in
mind the principles they are taught
in Sunday School.
EFT is then my duty to ask these
teachers il they had stopped to rea-
why the little ones broke the
rules-and find usually that they
have not thought Of this procedure.
mo children are bad. II they
grow up to manhood and woman
hood, and turn out wrong, their con-
dition is almost always the cause Of
misguided adult interference"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-11
LAW SCHOOL CLUB
WILL HOLD BANQUET
Membership in Annual Meet
Ing and Elections FRI
day Night.

Members Of the woodrow. Wilson
Club Of National University Law
School are to hold their annual
meeting and election OF officers
next Friday night.
The club is to discuss plans for a
banquet In the near future and of
the project to hold weekly club de-
hates. The organization has grown
from o membership Of about fifteen
at the time OF organization last April
Present officers Of the club are
Henry ?. Thomas. president; EN-.
mette L. Moseley, vice president;
George D. Lee, secretary, and
Claudius e. McCuller, treasurer.
The Masonic Club OF the National
University is to hold its third annual
banquet in the City Club on Feb
ruary Il. This is the central affair
of the year for the club, and all
master Masons Of the school are ex-
pected to attend.
The Cy Press Club has elected
Miss Virginia Teeters, president.
Other new officers are Miss Martha
Goebel, vice president; Miss Sarah
Wheeler. secretary; Mrs. Pea.
cock, treasurer, and Miss Galusha,
sergeant alarms.
Members Of the club win be
hostesses at the afternoon tea of
the National Women's party next
Sunday. Plans for the annual ban
quet on February % are almost COM
pIeted.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-11
Clarendon Moose Lodge
Gives Second Degree to 20

At the lodge rooms Monday eve
ming, twenty members Of Clarendon
Lodge were initiated as legionnaires,
the second degree in Moosedom. Re-
freshments were served.
The nominating committee has
completed it's slate for the election
Of officers, which will be submit
ted to the lodge at its next meet
ing, Tuesday evening, at which it
is expected Director General James
J. Davis will preside. He has re-
covered from his recent illness.
Brother Moose James Earl New
comb and Brother Moose Stanley
Howard Williamson, of Louisville
Lodge, No. 5, will address the next
meeting. A complete list of candl-
dates for membership will be pre-
sented and a definite date for a
class initiation will be decided upon.
The returns in connection with
the annual fraternaI fair promise
a large attendance Of Moose mem
bers and their friends.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-11
Penwomen Help Work
Of Schools i'm District

Work in Washington schools by
the local branch of the League of
American Penwomen is progressing
at an unprecedented rate, accord.
ing to reports received at head
quarters of the organization, 1922
H street northwest.
Mrs. Neyle Colquitt. prominent
member of the league, has taken an
active interest in the Americaniza.
ton Bulletin, published by the stu
dents in the citizenship classes, held
at night in the Columbia Junior
High School building.
The entire membership of the
league has put forth efforts to
keep the American flag the highest
symbol in the mind of the boys and
girls attending the District schools.
Direct contact with the school sys-
tenn in this regard soon is to be
made, and it is expected that the
penwomen will be assigned definite
duties in connection with this work.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-11
|BUS||VEES BUREAU
| BARSFAKE SCHOOLS
Many Illegal institutions DrN-
en- From District, Re-
ports !WholIey.

Activities Of the Better Business
Bureau, under the direction OF
Francis x. WholIey, have resuItea
in banishing from Washington
scores Of bogus schools and ''ss-
stitut0s;,. a mushroom colony CO
which sprang up in the Distfsbk
during the latter days of the wax
and persisted In remaining unit
the present year.
A report from the bureau states
that Washington is possibly freer
from fraudulenr educational institu.
tons than any other city in the
country.
According to Mr.. Wholley. tnIa
condition Is remarkable, as tha
District is the mecca of the studr
GUS from the entire nation.
Washington offers to the studeu4
a model array OF institutions As
which to seek learning In all ito
branches" said Mr.. Wholley. THE
results obtained by the Bettek
Business Bureau, in Its campaigns
against persons who would seef.
by misleading advertisements and
by other means, to reap a harvest
from young people in quest Of
knowledge, ID extremely gratifying
am happy to have had part
in keeping Washington clean Of
educational sharks"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-11
EDUCATION BY MAIL
HAS RAPID GROWTH
Washington Near Lead in
Number of Correspondence
School Courses.
ALL SORTS OF SUBJECTS
Eyes of Those Who Yearn for
knowledge Turn to Cap
itaI, Lewis Says.

Washington seems destined to be.
come the worlds great center for cor
respondence schools.
There is only one city that now has
correspondence schools doing great
er volume of business than the local
correspondence schools - Chicago.
And. according I'd present indications.
the great Western metropolis 10 80.
ing to have a difficult time retaining
that honor.
GROWTH RAPID.
The growth of correspondence
schools here within the past few
years has been phenomenal, accord
ing to Clifford Lewis, secretary
treasurer of the National Association
of Correspondence Schools.
This growth, he said, has not been
so much in the number of schools as
in the business the schools are doing.
Almost every subject under the
sun is taught by the local CORE
spondence institutions. There is one
that teaches stammerers to rid them
selves of their affliction, another that
teaches radio, and one that teaches
poultry raising. Then there is a
school that teaches illustrating and
cartooning by mail, one that teaches
drafting, and a school that trains
men and women for the hotel profess
sion. Mr.. Lewis is president OF the
latter institution.
1000 A MONTH.
1.-THE correspondence schools here
receive as high as 10000 letters OF
inquiry a month";" said Mr.. Lewis.
'They graduate on an average OF
1000 students a month"
The students of the local CORE
spondence schools great majority
of whom will never see their alma
maters-live in all parts Of the
world. Strange to say, great many
of them are in Japan. There are
some also in Russia, Egypt, Austria
liza and the Philippine Islands.
Students in the non English speak
ing countries are forced to study in
English, according to Lewis, because
none of the schools here has any
thing but English textbooks and study
plates.
washington is an ideal city for
correspondence schools, Lewis said.
Men and women in other parts OF the
world, he declared. have great con-
fidence in any institution located in
the National Capital.
And" he added, "those in charge
of the schools here are doing every
thing possible to justify that conf
dence."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-11
URGES MORAL TESTS
FOR COLLEGE MEN.
Henry Louis Smith Suggests
Questions for Students
to Ask Selves.
NEED OF MANHOO d
Liberty of Higher Education
Can Be Dangerous,
Professor Says.

Washington educators who heard
the address of Henry Louis Smith,
before the recent Teachers Insti-
tute, found in Professor Smith,
talk. Turned Loose on Main
Street." an appropriate and appeal
ing lift for boys preparing to enter
college.
This address was reprinted in the
Washington and Lee University
Bulletin, and in that form received
wide circulation in Washington,
among high school youths complet.
Ing their secondary studies with
the past semester.
MAKES POINTED SMILE.
In treating Of the important
period of transition between high
school and college, Professor Smith
makes the following pointed smile:
During my boyhood I once saw
a safe, dependable family horse left
alone on Main street with no hand
on the reins. He first began to
walk, then to run, and in q few
minutes had endangered many
lives, torn the carriage to pieces.
and so injured himself that he had
to be shot,"
The liberty suddenly thrust upon
the youth who is sent away to
college is likened to fire-"under
wise control an incalculable bless
ing; uncontrolled, an appalling
agent of destruction"
Is SOMETIMES FATAL.
Liberty to the unprepared is al
ways intoxicating, often fatal,
warns Professor Smith. Every
year a hundred thousand boys are
suddenly turned loose on the
swarming Main street Of American
life. Most Of them have never
taken a step without feeling the
pressure Of the reins."
The chasm between home train
Ing and the disregarded college dis
cipline must be bridged by real,
human education, the professor
contends. He proposes a searching
entrance examination Of four ques-
tons, as follows:
Question /. Are you man enough
to get up promptly every morning
get to your meals and to school on
time every day, and go to bed at
fixed hour every night, all OF
Of reminder from anybody?
Question 2. Are you man enough
to go off by yourself every day and
study all your lessons till you know
them, without having anyone tell
you to get to work?
Question 8. Are you man enough
to carry loose change in your
pocket without spending it?
Question f. Are you man enough
when another fellows answer Is In
easy reach, to fail on examination
rather than obtain unlawful aid?'
If the youth cannot measure III
to the requirements Of this test
concludes Professor Smith, IRE
member that for the weak-willed
short-sighted and dishonest, the col
lege graveyard is yawning and
never full"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-11
Claims Parents
Are to Blame
For StamInering
Nervous Orders to Children
Often Work Harm, Says
Expert.

"Now, Junior, put that down.
Don't pick up that book with your
left hand-use your right :.
No, your right hand. Now! Now,
pick 1t up. That's right"
This sort Of parental admonition
may result in the child's stammer-
ing when he grows older, according
to r. w. Patterson, supervisor of
special schools in the District.
j Mr.. Patterson's course in speech
correction has disclosed that many
Of the youngsters now being relieved
of speech defections were forced
by parents in early childhood to
transfer the burden of activity from
the left hand to the right, despite
natural aptitude to use the
former.
The parents command is COM
municated from the child's brain
to his hand, but the vocal facul-
ties are affected by the effort.
Numerous cases are directly at
tributable to this cause, 1t is said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-11
Central High School
Building Selected
AS Model for Form
Interior Photographs Of Local Institu
ton in It's Architectural Report.

especial attention in the District
school administration.
The illustrations cover CentraIs
swimming pool, commended for its
and ventilation; the spacious
boys gymnasium, which is in COM
plete accord with the advice of ex-
perts, the Conservatives, the audi
forum, the print shop and the
lunch room.
ONE STORY PLAN.
The use of small high schools on
the one-story plan in Washington
is at present only tentatively ad.
vanced idea Of the District school
authorities, and is far in the
future. It is expected, however,
that the recommendations Of the
N. e. A. commission, contained in
the report, will be followed by the
Washington administration when
the matter of additional high
schools is again considered.
The commission was composed Of
sixteen officials Of universities and
school systems from all
parts of the country, and was sup
plemented by q reviewing committee
of twenty-six members, sixteen be-
ing chairmen Of committees.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-11

Photographs Of various portions
of the interior OF Central High
School. as an example Of well.
planned and acknowledgements
school architecture, to serve as a
model for other similar buildings,
are included in the report of COM
mission on the reorganization of
secondary education, appointed by
the National Education Association.
The notice given in the pamphlet
to Central indicates that the local
building ranks equally with the
famous Edward Lee McClAin High
School at Greenfield, Ohio; the
Grover Cleveland High School, Of
st. Louis. and other structures
which educators hold up as mile
stones along the road Of school
progress.
SAFETY IN SCHOOLS.
The report considers at length
the question of safety in secondary
schools, a problem embracing the
"open" and CLOSED" plan of nat.
ural lighting; corridors, stairways
and exits, fire escapes, height and
construction. These
features of building have received
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-11
National Museum Experts
To Lecture for Teachers

Lectures on valuable subjects of
research by members of the de-
partment of arts and industries
and the division Of history, United
States National Museum, are to be
given to Washington school teach
ers on February II and "a.
Three lectures were given yester-
DIAL, during the morning and after
noon. Subjects were 1.-THE Histori-
cal Collections" utilization of
Some Important Comm ercial
Woods" and Fuels Of the United
States"
The talks for next Saturday are
"The Numismatic Collections" Got
ton, the Cotton Gin and the Manu-
facture of Thread and Cloth" and
"Non-metallic Mineral Industries"
Scheduled for February "a are
"Silk, Artificial Silk and Woo"
1.-THE Metallic Mineral Industries"
and 1.-THE War Collections"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-11
HILLTOP STUDENTS
GIVEN R.O.T.C. JOBS
Permanent Assignments in
Cadet Battalion Announced
BY Major Hobson.

Permanent assignments Of officers
and non-commissioned officers Of
the Georgetown University r. O..
r. c., with Thomas F. Fitzgerald
as the new major of the cadet
battalion, were made yesterday by
Major William n. Hobson. U. S. A.,
commandant at the Hilltop.
For the first time the Georgetown
unit will comprise four companies,
made necessary by the great in
crease in the enrollments under the
r. o. T. C. since the opening of the
college in September. The appoint
ments were made, it was announced,
as rewards for general efficiency
both in field and class work.
The battalion staff, under Cadet
Jajor Fitzgerald, will comprise the
following: First lieutenant and adju-
tant, J. J. Kirwin; captain and bat
talon supply officer, L. J. McElli-
gott; color sergeants, G. G. Barry
and g. Korte: color guards, First
Class Privates L. B. Breslin and
A. M. Coneen.
pointed commander of Company
Lowndes as additional platoon COM
manders.
Company B will be in command
of Capt. r. C. Mccain, the addi-
tional platoon captains being John
c. Murphy.
u iw ~
of Capt. J. c. Mcnamara, with ].
Robert Shaw and w. ]. Ganley as
additional captains.
Company F is commanded by
Capt. A. H. Kirchner, assisted by
Roszykiewicz.
The lieutenants are: Company A,
J. J. Higgins and J. e. Russell:
F. c. Sullivan; Company E. r. J.
Werner and Thomas e. Slattery;
Company F, ]. H. Grasty and j. ]
Lilroy.
First Sergeants for each of the
ney, James G.. Burke, John r.
MCGOWAN and w. B. Hunt.
At the same time the appoint
ments were announced, Major Hob
son outlined plans for the summer
encampment of the r. o. T. C. at
Camp Meade. Maryland, midway
between Washington and Baltimore.
The encampment for the third corps
area will extend from June IA to
July Is.
Cadets who have completed the
first year of the advanced course
will take the advanced camp course,
while Is per cent Of the students
In the basic course will be admitted
to the camp.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-11
Students to Hear Talk
On Church Architecture

The next in the series of George
town University lectures will be given
by the Rev. j. Wilfrid Parsons, pro-
lessor of theology at woodstock Col
lege, tomorrow at 4:30 o'clock, in
CASTOR Hall. The lecture win be
illustrated on the subject, "Mediae-
val Architecture"
The lecturer has spent several
years in Europe. where he studied
the subject at first hand. He will
lay particular stress on the incon-5
0graphy of the medieval cathedral,
as it expresses the spirit of faith and
civilization of this wholly Christian
period in the worlds history. Those
who have heard Father Parsons can
bear witness to the beauty of the IL
Illustrations that accompany the lee
ture.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-11
Lincoln Held
Schooling High
AS State Duty

A BRAHAM LINCOLN, whose
"A birthday is celebrated in
the District schools tomorrow,
was whole-hearted in his sup
port of public education.
In an address to the people
of Sangamon county, in 1882,
years before he aspired to the
Presidency, he said:
Upon the subject of educa-
ton, not presuming to dictate
any plan or system respecting
it, 1 can only say that I view
IL rs the most important sub.
ject which we, as a people,
can be. engaged in.
"For my own part, I desire
to see the time when educa-
tion--and, by its means, NOR.
atty, sobriety, enterprise and
industry-shaIl become much
more general than at present,
and should be gratified to have
it in my power to contribute
something to the advancement
of any measures which might
have a tendency to accelerate
that happy period"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-11
PRESENT SPACE
NO ADEQUATE
To MEET NEEDS
Commissioner Says Expert
Workers Are Denied Any Pri-
vacy for important Hearings
EFFICIENCY is INJURED
Only Greater Appropriation
Can Solve This Problem, He
Declares in an Interview

Need Of larger and better quar-
tiers for the United States Bureau
of Education is vitality important,
according to John T. Tigert, Com
missioner of Education.
The present offices in the Pen.
sion building are entirely made
quate in proportion to the needs
of the bureau, he says.
HAS EIGHTY-SEVEN WORKERS.
"The staff in Washington con-
sists of eight-seven employees. d.
vided, necessarily, into comparatively
small units" the school chief states,
-and a large proportion of the staff
is engaged on important administra-
tive and highly technical work.
ITO do such work efficiently re-
quires a considerable amount of
quiet and privacy, such as cannot
be secured in the present quarters,
where nearly all the rooms contain
more than 900 square feet Of floor
space each"
Commissioner Tigert declares that
1t is necessary, under present con-
ditionE. to put too many specialists
in one room, where some Of them
are frequently disturbed by con-
ferences by other specialists"
MORE MONEY NEEDED.
A larger appropriation for the
work of the bureau is an urgent
need, Notwithstanding the present
program Of economy in govern
mental expenditures. The Federal
government has responsibility Of
leadership in education which it
cannot shfrk without risk Of peril
to our democratic institutions. In
creasing popular interest in educa-
ton, and realization of the ssignifi-
canoe of universal education in a
democracy, leave no room for
doubt as to the need"
HAS FORTY-ETGHT SYSTEMS.
The nation has forty-eight sys.
TENS Of education, each of the
States maintaining its own program,
adopting it's own methods of organi-
Zation, administration and instruc-
ton.
This is as it should be-" COM
ments Commissioner Tigert, "for
the genius of the American people
will pa obably never accept the idea
Of a centralized national system
of public schools.
1.-THE future of our experiment
in democracy will be determined
largely by what we do or fail to do
in the matter Of public education"
is Mr.. Tigert's prediction, predicat-
ed on the assimilation Of the
foreign-Speaking element through
the public schools.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-11
Justice Taft Addresses
Yale Alumni of DC,

Chief Justice William Howard
Taft, Of the United States Supreme
Court, and Dean r. P. Angler, of
Yale University, addressed the an
nual banquet of the Yale Club, of
Washington, last night at the
Racquet Club.
DIR. Paul Kaufman. president Of
the organization, was POSTMASTER.
He reviewed the history of the club
during its forty-nine years Of
activity. emphasizing the Importance
Of maintaining a vigorous Yale senti-
ment in the Nations Capital.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-11
Consumers Should Buy
Their Birds Dry-Picked

According to the recent declara-
ton Of Prof. r. v. Mitchell of the
poultry department of the Wash
ington State College, consumers
should buy nothing but dry-picked
birds.
He says chicken scalded absorbs
IA per cent Of the water and that
a scalded bird Is in worse condi-
ton in two days than a dry-picked
one is after being shipped 1900
miles to market,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-11
College Men Selected
For Debate in March

American University students Sc
lected for the debate under the
auspices of the National Literary
Society of Washington, late III
March. are Capt. G. G.. Mccall, r.
F. Carroll and w. A. Brown, of
American University.
Catholic University, George Wash
tngton and Georgetown universities,
and the State universities of North
Carolina and Virginia will be repre-
scented.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-11
District Teachers Enter
Child Training Courses

Seventy.five school teachers and
officers have enrolled for the course
in child training by Professor Jessie
LaSalle, of Columbia University,
who gave her first lecture yester-
day in the Thomson School, Twelfth
and l. streets northwest.
Professor LaSalle conducted A
similar course at the Thomson
School some months ago. at the
invitation of Superintendent Frank
W. Ballou, with such success that
a second course was arranged.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-11
School Attendance Less
At Start of Semester

Enrolment figures for the open
ing Of the February semester in the
District public schools will show a
decrease from statistics for the cor
responding day last year, when the
report is issued this week, accord
ing to school authorities.
The falling-off is accounted for by
the prevalence Of colds and grippe
among pupils, and is only tempo.
rary, 1t is stated. Night schools.
said Supervisor R3 w. Patterson.
are similarly affected.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-11
Tqert Asks Larger Quarters House National EducatiO
Color Drawings
|OfD.C. Children
Put on Exhibition

DERSONS interested In the
1 color theories Of the child
mind and those with . more
general interest In school art
find o center Of attraction I'm
the Berret School. where IN
exhibit Of Washington school
children's drawing and color
classes is ON display.
The pictures on display were
taken from coast to coast as
an example Of what young
aters can do when the pen.
pencil and paint pot como into
play.
The exhibit was arranged
and the transcontinental trip
arranged by Miss Anne Wit
son, director Of drawing In the
District public schools.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-11
Mt. Pleasant MasOns
To Form Orchestra

Mt. PLEASANT, Lodge No. 80, r. A.
A. M. has decided to organize a
glee club and orchestra.
such an organization" declared
Charles G. Morgan, jr., Twill mean
much to the lodge. not only by
serving as a means of entertain
ment and aid in degree work but
by assisting in building up a spirit
Of cooperation and fraternalism i'm
our organization.