The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-01
5000 Will SING
FOR HARDING !.
MAY 81 1
School Children Selected for
Tribute at Ball Park Open
ing Music Week.

President Harding will be sere-
raded by 5000 Washington
school children at American
League Park, May 81, as the CEN
trail feature of Washington's
third Music Week. The Presi-
dent has accepted the invitation
rendered him by Robert Law
renee, director of the Community
Music Association. 1t was stated
today that Mrs. Harding also will
attend, if her health permits.
Distinguished Guests.
The guests of honor include the
Cabinet and other high Government
officials and the District Commits
sioners. Many are members of the
associations honorary committees
which is headed by Mrs. Harding, as
chairman, with Mrs. Calvin Coolidge
as vice chairman
Selection of the children who are
to take part has been made by L. n.
G.. Barnes, director of music in
The use of the park was donated
for the occasion by the Washington
baseball club, through President
Clark c. Griffith and Secretary l..
j. Eynon.
The President will occupy O. plat
form on the diamond, surrounded by
children. Boxes will be occupied by
the honorary committee of the music
association and by the executive
committee, composed of prominent
business and professional men and
women of Washington.
Admission to Be Free.
Admission will be free, with the
exception of a small number of re-
served seats, for which fee of Is
cents will be charged to defray neces-
sary expenses.
Present plans call for band con-
cert from 4 to o'clock, when the
Presidents party is scheduled to ar
rive. During the remaining hour
the children will sing, forming a
semi-circle near the Presidents plat
form on the ihfield.
Near the close of the program
the President will be given special
tribute in. the nature of surprise.
Choruses for the children are be-
ing worked out by Lawrence and
Barnes. The singers will be divided
into two principal groups-the
monitors" chosen as the best sing
ers in the schools. and children
chosen as second best, four in all
from each classroom.
Timed for Shrine Visitors.
Music Week itself opens May 81
and continues until June 2. The
time was chosen in view of the fact
that large numbers of visitors to
the Shrine convention will then he
in Washington, and will find a plen-
titude of musical entertainment be
fore the conclave opens.
The honorary committee of the
association, besides Mrs. Harding
and Mrs. Coolidge. includes, Mrs
Frederick Fl. GilIett,' Secretary of
State Hughes, Secretary of the
Treasury Mellon. Secretary of War
Weeks, Attorney General Daugh-
erty, Postmaster General New, Sec
rotary of the Navy DENLY, Secre-
tary of the Interior Work, Secretary
OF Agriculture Wallace. Secretary
of Commerce Hoover. Secretary of
Labor Davis, Senator l.. Heisler
Ball, Senator Lawrence c. Phipps.
Congressman Benjamin K Focht,
Congressman G. r.. Davis, Gen
John j. Pershing, Admiral Robert
f. Koontz, Maj. Gen. John A. Lee
jeune, Commissioner Cuno' II. Ru
dolph, Commissioner James f.
oyster, George 3. Christian. jr., and
Lieut.. Col. Clarence o. Sheriff..
The executive committee mem.
bers are +. n. G. Barnes, Mrs. T.. J.
Brennan, d. J. Callahan Merritt o.
Chance, William S. Corby, II. King
Cornwell. J. Harry Cunningham,
w. w. ~Delano. Charles Demonet.
John DOlph, Thomas J. Donovan.
John l.. Edwards. William w.
Everett. Harry c. Grove. William
r. Guide. Robert n. Harper. j.
Philip Hermann, Frank r. Jelleff,
Homer l.. Kit, Mark Lansburgh,
John G. Let's, Fred S. Lincoln. Ger.
trude Macarthur, Arthur d. Marks,
Avery G. Marks, jr., Arthur J..
May, Newbold Noyes. Caleb OCon-
nor. Charles J. O'Neill. D. c..
Pfeiffer, William Radcliffe. J. f..
Rice, Roland Robbins, Charles Rob,
erts, James =. Schick, Mrs. Leon
ard B. Schloss. Charles w. Semmes,
James SHARP, Frank II. Shipe, Mrs.
John j. Stahl, Gen. Anton Stephan,
Frederick l.. Stephens, Henry f..
Stringer, Commissioner of Educa.
ton John J. Tigert and Mrs. Heber
Notaw.