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Evening star., 1923-02-16
The Schools and the PEOPLE,

A factor OF importance to be con-
sidered in connection with the pro-
posal advanced by State Superintend-
ent Finegan Of Pennsylvania to the
joint committee on the District public
schools, that the board of education
should be appointed by the President
and he made independent of all mu-
nicipal influences. is perhaps more
keenly appreciated by the people OF
the capital than by any one else, how
ever eminent in educational work and
competent to judge of school sys-
tenn on its merits. Such an organiZa-
ton as DR.. F>iuegan proposes would
remove the schools even further than
they are at present from contact with
the people for whom they are estab-
lished and maintained, and whose in
terest in them is direct and intimate.
One of the chief complaints today on
the part of the Washingtonian is that
the board of education, named by the
justices of the Supreme Court of the
District, is not sufficiently amenable
to public feeling. The court is rela-
lively inaccessible body. Its selections
are made in the best Of faith and with
the most sincere endeavor to represent
the community upon the governing
board of the school system, but 1t Is by
virtue of its major Office necessarily
held aloof from public importantly and
from touch with the community.
To vest the appointment Of the
board of education in the President of
the United States would intensity this
condition. He would have to relegate
the actual selection to somebody else.
He is too busy with the gravest of
matters TO weigh properly the qualiff-
cations Of the numerous candidates
and proposals for the annual vacancies
on the local educational board. He
could not see delegations in behalf Of
individuals regarded by sections or
neighborhoods or groups Of District
people as best qualified or most repre-
sentative.
Through presidential appointment Of
the board the schools would be re-
moved even further from the reach of
the people than they are at present.
Experience has shown how difficult it
is to effect a change in the personnel
of the board when occasion has arisen.
1t would he even more difficult under
the proposed method of selection.
Vested with presidential authority the
board would have a tendency toward
autocracy that is the antithesis of a
satisfactory school administration.
Appointment by the District Com
missioners is much to be preferred to
either the present or the proposed
mode. The schools are an integral part
Of the municipal organization. They
require 27 per cent Of the total Of this
years budget of appropriations. They
most directly interest and affect the
daily lives Of the people, Of all the
branches of the local government.
They should be kept, close to the COM
munity, by the most direct and in
innate means Of selecting the super
visory body, which in turn is made
definitely part of the municipal sys
tenn.
Evening star., 1923-02-16

Americans recently returned from
the Philippines bring glowing ac-
counts of improved conditions under
the governor-genera of Leonard
Wood. They say he has cleaned up
the islands, politically and morally,
much as he cleansed Cuba while
military governor at Havana. Amer
lean authority was never more firmly
established throughout the archf-
pslago, nor native Filipino sentiment
toward the United States more
friendly. The inhabitants of the
islands have decided to commemorate
their esteem for two Americans to-
ward whom they feel sense OF spe-
cial gratitude. A monument is to be
erected in honor Of Francis Burton
Philippines from 1913 to 1921, and a
new bridge has been named after
former Representative Jones, author
OF q bill in Congress which proposed
to bestow independence upon the
Filipinos.
Senator Frelinghuysen OF New
Jersey takes his enforced retirement
from Congress with invincibIe good
nature. A democratic colleague was
badgering the senator about his de-
feat this week, and said Jersey
democrats in laying him low last
November felt very much like the
humane big game hunter who hated
to shoot 50 beautiful a specimen of
the animal kingdom as a moose. but
couldn't resist the temptation to bag
a trophy. retOrted
Frelinghuysen, the moose is at least
endowed with instincts denied to a
pClitician-he can scent danger in
advance Senator Frelinghuysen,
saying goodbye to senatorial friends
at series of two evening parties.
will resume his business headquar-
ters in New York city after March 4.
I'm only " lap or two ahead of
Carmi Thompson Frelinghuysen
says, 'in respect OF the number or
federal appointments for which rumor
has slated me" The ministership to
his ancestral Netherlands is one of
the jobs which Freiinghuysen says
has been rendered him by everybody
except tho President.
x 4sx
Three women in the United States
are deeply interested in this years
centennial anniversary OF the Mon
roe doctrine. They are great grand
daughters Of James Monroe and his
only living lineal descendants. Two
Of them-Mrs. Roswell Randall Hoes
widow Of the late Capt. Hoes. United
States Navy, and Miss Maud c.
Commemorative in Washington, and
the other. Mrs William Crawford
Johnson, is the wife of Maryland
physician. Mrs. Hoes, who has writ
ten and spoken publicly on Monroe
for many years. and. with her sisters
Is the possessor OF remarkable COL
lection OF letters. documents and
other data associated with our fifth
President. hopes ways and means
may be found OF establishing in 1923
the unuuestionabIe claim of Monroe
to authorship Of his doctrine. Many
Evening star., 1923-02-16

would have to pay considerably higher
rent than they now pay. Even alley
rentals are much higher than they
used to be, and as a general rule are
as high as alley dweiiers can afford
to pay. New houses are building in
most parts Of the District and con-
tiguous parts of Maryland. but with
building materials at a high price level
and the wage scale far above what
was considered normal before the war
the cost Of houses is high. The steady
construction Of these houses may take
some Of the pressure of population
off the older sections Of the city, but
such effect is not now noticeable.
There is no perceptible decline in
rentals. With the housing situation as
it is. all the alley dwellers would have
difficulty in finding shelter, and it is
felt that, large proportion Of them
could not find shelter at ALL
Evening star., 1923-02-16
Favors Nanny Statue
Step Regarded as Beginning Of
Recognition by South.

To the Editor Of The Star; ssa
Ihe proposition to erect at the Ma
tions Capital a monument in COM
inemorations OF the service Of the
plack mammies" of the south before
the civil war does not meet with uni
'ersal approval by the colored people
OF washington. Viewing the matter
from certain angle, II may appear
that there is an attempt to circum-
scribe the sphere in which colored
people must be employed in order to
receive plaudits' and get recognition
from the south and, for that matter,
from the rest Of the country. Taking
'hat view of the subject, the propo-
siuon Is repugnant to the sensibil-
tiles of the progressive group Of col
ored citizens
But, viewed from another angle,
ihere is phase Of the question that
merits consideration. If the motive
IN erecting the proposed monument
20 prompted by a manifestation of
ltude for the invaluable service
rendered by the "rnammies" in DAYS
~ yore. II shows an awakening in
tne south that is ommendable in the
tuishest degree and a recognition of
. .he tact that there is something in
the former slave that is worthy of
emulation and should be handed down
from generation to generation. / am
"nlinS to take such a view of the
matter, for il gives me foundation
on which to build my dream of the fu-
country
1t should be borne in mind that
mere is a growing tendency through
our. the country to accept the south
eIH "nlte mans appraisement of the
coIored American and that the solu-
tloh or the racial problem, from the
! very nature of the case, is dependent
upon the ability to find common
ground on which the white people OF
tne south can stand: on which the
MhIte people Of the north can stand
ana upon which the colored people
themselves are willing to stand 1t
may wei be that the building of this
pIdck nanny monument at the Ma
ll0nal Capital is the first step the
"hite people OF the south are willing
% take in considering the solution Of
me racial question. There must be
starting point somewhere, and may
we NOT accept that as the beginning
south?
A very large majority Of co1ored
people live in the south and is IL. not
the part of wisdom and common sense
10 cultivate friendly relations with
lheir neighbors, the whites of the
George Mason of Virginia, George
Washington and Thomas jefferson.
| our wisest southern statesmen, were
IN faVor of gradual emancipation
OF the slaves, and Abraham Lincoln,
the great emancipator, was of south
ern birth. For long time there has
Deen ieaVen working at the south, and
IT may be that the south Is now pres
pairing the way for an adjustment of
the racial issue. in a manifestation
OF gratitude for the loving, pains
taxing and faithful service rendered
by the "black mammies." which sery-
ice appeals to the southern people as
no other deed OF the black race does
Nothing should be placed in the way
! OF people trying to show their appre-
! citation for deeds of kindness The
situation should be approached with
opd minds, free from all prejudice.
JESSE lawson
Evening star., 1923-02-16
Easter Date Ruled
By Imaginary Moon
To the Editor Of The Star.

To the Editor Of The Star:
In the second century a dispute
arose as to the proper time for cele-
brating Easter between the eastern
and western churches. The great
mass of eastern Christians celebrated
Easter on the fourteenth day of the
first month or moon, considering it
to be equivalent to the Jewish Pass
over. when Christ was crucified. The
western Christians celebrated il on
the Sunday after the fourteenth, hold
ing that 1t was the commemoration
of the resurrection of Jesus The
Council of Nice, AID. 325. decided
in favor of the western usage. At the
time of the introduction of the Gre
gorian calendar it was debated
whether Easter should continue as a
movable feast or whether a fixed
Sunday after the 21st Of March
should not be adopted. In Difference
astical authorities decided to adhere
to the method of determining the day
by the moon. It must be understood.
however. that It is not the actual
moon in the heavens. nor even the
mean moon of the astronomers, that
altogether imaginary moon, whose
periods are so contrived that the new
(calendar) moon always follows the
real new moon, sometimes by two or
even three days, The effects of this is
that the 14th OF the calendar moon,
which had from the time Of Moses
been considered full moon for ecclesi-
astical purposes, falls generally on
the 18th or 18th of the real moon,
and thus after the real full moon,
which is generally on the 14th or 18th
day. With this explanation, then. of
what is meant by full moon." viz,
that 1t is the 14th day of the calen-
dar moon, the rule is that Easter day
is always the first Sunday after the
Paschal full moon, i. e., the, full moon
which happens upon or next after the
21st, of March; and IL the full moon
happens on Sunday. Easter day is
the Sunday, after. s I s'
ALICE III. CONNELLAN,
League Of American Pen Women
Evening star., 1923-02-16
Inspects Luxor Photos
Star Reader Points Out Features
in Pictures.

To the Editor Of The Star:
As a constant reader of The Star 1
had great pleasure in examining the
rotogravure section of the wonder
full discoveries in the Valley of the
Kings and Nile of the tomb of King
Tutankhamen.
Since their publication I am pleased
to note that every one 1 met in the
city saw and examined the same pic
lures with much curiosity and inter
est.
They are most interesting to stu
dents of history along ancient lines
and every one seems grateful for
their publication.
For one, ] noticed several points of
interest IN the rellos as shown by the
photographs which may have esca ped
the eye OF the casual observer, and
which may, if attention is called
thereto. lend little added interest
to the study of the same.
i was forcibly impressed in looking
over the photos with magnifytng
glass to find the five-pointed star was
| used by the artists of those days in
the decorations of some of the arti-
cles used by the king
Another interesting feature ] OBJ
served was the so-called straight
diagonal bridging or bracing used
and seen on all the chairs, stools and
treasure boxes upon the under side-a
form Of bridging that was used by
our early American wooden bridge
bui1ders-and il was gratifying to
observe that none OF the diagonal
bracings and supports had yielded in
the slightest degree to the burdens
they were carrying during the long
lapse of time in that rock chamber on
the Nile.
One other feature observed which
may be of interest was that every
article of furniture as shown by the
photographs had small legs or feet.
one under each of the four corners of
the articles shown. There was evil
IDENTIFY a reason why designers OF
these various articles of household
effects at that early period made
them so as to rest on these support
above the floor and not directly on
the floor. as do our trunks of the
present day.
1t Will repay one to use the magni-
flying glass on these photographs for
further study and examination.
FREDERICK D. OWEN
Evening star., 1923-02-16
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Americans have forgotten the claim
torical partisans Of John Quincy
Adams. who was Monroe's Secretary
of State. have alleged that James
Monroe held the trumpet, but John
Quincy Adams blew the blast" that
signaied 'hands OFF, South America
ago.
One of the veteran bureau of en-
missed by executive order a year ago
and just reinstated in rank ,.is snap
ping his fingers at his tardy rehabili-
tation. For more than six months he
has been resident of England. draw
ing the salary Uncle Sam pays to an
ambassador-s17.5O q year. When
he found himself suddenly thrown
out of employment and cast about for
new job. friends called his atten-
tion to a managerial position vacant
in London at the plant of great
bank mote engraving establishment
He looked into the proposition and
accepted it, at figure more than
four times his government wages in
Washington.
This weeks night sessions in the
Senate are playing havoc with Wash
ington's social calendar. Many a
smart dinner party during the win
ter season, now at its zenith. is built
around the presence of senator's
When they're absept, it's like Ham
let" without the gentleman in the til
4
Smoot threatened to hold the Senate
for the night to vote on the British
debt funding bill. five senators in a
bunch telephoned eleventh-hour re-
grets to celebrated hostess, who
narrowly escaped spasm over news
that reached her half an hour before
her dinner was 10 be served.
x 4 x
Two young men in midwestern
city noticed one of the seductive bill
board signs advertising for recruits
for the United States Marine Corps
The poster is emblazoned with tho in
sigma of the marines and their IA
nous motto, "Semper Fidelis." One
of the twain asked what "Semper FL
delis" means. Rejoined the other;
ut means Treat EN- Rough"
* * X
Prof. Robert McNutt McElroy OF
Princeton. who censored Secretary
Hughes rebuke Of the Chinese gov
ernment, as read 10 the China Socie-
tvs dinner in New York this week. is
Kentucky republican. He is pro-
fessor of American history at Prince
ton and in 1916 was an american
exchange professor" in the far east
lecturing upon government and edu-
cation in leading cities of China and
Japan. For the past three years in
collaboration with the widow of Gro
Yer Cleveland, Prof McElroy has
been engaged upon a monumental
life of the great democrat who
twice was President of the United
States.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1923-02-16

France in selecting debtor on
whom the general system OF repay
ments should depend does not feel il
unpatriotic to adopt the motto, Ser
many above ALL
Evening star., 1923-02-16

President Ebert is the first president
Of a new republic, but as yet events
have not so shaped themselves as to
promise him remembrance as the
George Washington of Germany.
Evening star., 1923-02-16

The grave of an Egyptian king re-
veals so much treasure that there is
likely to be rush OF scientists to the
Nile comparable to the dash of miners
some years ago to the Klondike.
Evening star., 1923-02-16

Psychologists profess ability 10 meas
ure a mans intellectual capacity. A
difficulty presents itself in the fact
that it varies in the individual accord
ing to the subject 10 which mental
effort is addressed A master mind in
some lines may be that Of a moron in
others.
Evening star., 1923-02-16
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHHANDER JOHNSON.
Uplnt.

Uplift.
Though for the uplift I am strong
The hope but feebly clings
OF rescuing all rogues from wrong
BY sudden growth Of wings.
Though men to heights may not be
led
In joy we need not lack,
II we can simply go ahead
Upon a level track.
Evening star., 1923-02-16

The New York Stock Exchange has
scarcely time to point to a rising mar
ket as an evidence of prosperity be-
fore the profit takers cause a setback.
Evening star., 1923-02-16

Ireland is one nation that does not
incur suspicious of insincerity by try
ing to convince the world that she
desires peace.
Evening star., 1923-02-16

England and America evidently re-
gard cordial business relations as one
of the most reliable elements of a good
understanding.
Evening star., 1923-02-16

So long as the whole world is asking
credit from the United States govern
ment the American farmer does not
see why he cannot have his share Of
consideration.
Evening star., 1923-02-16

Whenever trouble arises in any part
OF Europe Uncle Sam is Immediately
expected to regard it as a world calam-
ity instead of local incident.
Evening star., 1923-02-16

The fascist are now powerful
enough to announce a policy that will
render membership a more or less ex-
elusive privilege.
Evening star., 1923-02-16

In diplomatic relations Lenin dis.
cards all suggestions of reign Of ter
rorism and adopts the motto, Safety
First"
Evening star., 1923-02-16
Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
fc the for republication OF all news dis
patches credited to II or not otherwise credited
sn this paper and also the local news pub
lished herein. All rights of publication OF
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1923-02-16

Among the epithets now used by
Germans in mentioning the French is
that Of "coal baron"
Evening star., 1923-02-16

Smuggling has become one of the
leading industries which resent CEN
sorship..
Evening star., 1923-02-16

The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning
edition, is delivered by carriers within the city
at so cents per month; daily only, 40 cents per
month; Sunday only. 40 cents per month Or
dcrs may be sent by mai, or telephone Main
1000. Collection Is made by carriers at the
end OF each month
Evening star., 1923-02-16
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Evening star., 1923-02-16
Identification Demanded,

ibid you receive any valentines?"
inquired the bashful man. 3
"Only one," answered Miss Cayenne.
looking him straight in the eye. 81
threw it into the waste basket. I
never pay any attention to anonymous
communications
Evening star., 1923-02-16
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Evening star., 1923-02-16

II can't free my mind rum sus-
picions," said Uncle Eben, as he locked
the coop. IT'S gettin' better every day,
hut 50 is dem chickens"
Evening star., 1923-02-16
An Egotistic Inquiry

Why is it what have to say ,
Seems such a serious matter,
While thoughts Of others on display
Appear but idle chattera
Evening star., 1923-02-16

Jud Tunkins says that ignorance is
bliss is proved by the boil weevil.
which would surely fade away If it
knew how unpopular it IL.
Evening star., 1923-02-16
Before the News Broke,

DcIUIC CIT INcWS DTOK6.
"were you married before you be.
gan your political career?''
"Yes," replied Senator Sorghum.
my wife would never have accepted
me If she had gotten a chance to read
all that has been said about me in the
newspapers"
Evening star., 1923-02-16

The Evening Star Newspaper Company
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Evening star., 1923-02-16
WHAT GREAT NATIONS
DO FOR THEIR CAPITAL s

lFrom argument Of Theodore ". Soyes b,
fore joint congressional fiscal committee
1915
Evening star., 1923-02-16

The sixth question is
Is there any special equitable obIi-
cation upon the nation to develop or
maintain the capftnlf
Evening star., 1923-02-16

cided that justice required il to pay
one-half of the Districts expenses.
Evening star., 1923-02-10
COUNTRY BOARD.

TRAINED NURSE will room, board and care
for invalids, conyalescents, elderly patients:
Spring, Nd, Telephone Sandy Spring. .5e,F-21.
Evening star., 1923-02-10
APARTMENTS TO LET

THE BRIGHTON, 2I23 CALI
fornia ST., phone North 3496-I.
?, and 3 rooms and bath; cafe in
building.
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rooms and bath, $I2o per month
3 rooms and bath, SIo5 and SI8s
per month. Excellent and rea-
sonable cafe in building. Best
values i'll Washington for your
money.
FURNISHED OR UNFINISHED.
ONE FURNISHED AND ONE UNFURNIsH
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4 ROOMS, K1TCHENETTE AND BATH;
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o.
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LARGE ROOMS, first door modern; across
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Evening star., 1923-02-10

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IA 18th et. NV.
Evening star., 1923-02-10

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your rent and make money; basement and
irst foor partly remedeled FOR business; hot
water heat; double brick garage very reason
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Evening star., 1923-02-10
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to melt. Then, like as not, they
start all over again little later.
Some finally settle it by having
two or three cars. Do you know
that you can own two or three
good used cars for what one new
one will cost? And the used
cars we sell always say a good
word for us.
Come in and look EN- over.
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1909 18th ST. NV.
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