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Evening star., 1924-05-29
have climbed the ladder of success in
their reSpectjye trades

have climbed the ladder of success in
their respective trades.
Peculiarly, the vocational subjects
taught at the Smallwood-Bowe also
pupils in academic work. A problem
arising during the engrossing work In
the shops often neceSSitates research
work. and the books that once were
into use. Thus the industrial train
ing is serving in dual capacity--it
is aiding the children to carve out
their life's vocation while at the same
time giving them the fundamental
principles of an academic education.
Record Of Graduates.
A large percentage of the pupils
of the Smallwood-Bowe go out into
the industrial world Immediately
ton which the school has adequately
fitted them to fill. A few seek higher
education in the high schools and
colleges. where they invariably TAX e
have entered the higher institutions
of learning have stood well in their
/udies, proving that the academic
subjects dropped in the vovcational
school did not affect their scholastic
standing.
The school every year turns out
competent cabinetmakers, painters,
printers, cobblers, bookbinders, light
metal workers: -dpessmekers ana ees-
tune designers. The girls go forth
with a, thorough knowledge of the
approved methods OF modern house
Keeping, better fitted to be wives and
mothers as the result OF the home
making course which they have fol-
lowed assiduously.
AS the Smallwood-Bow grew in
popularity and it's beneficient influ-
ence was being felt In the community
the sponsors Of the vocational school
idea, visualized a complete system of
such schools in the District, serving
every community.
A central vocational school, giving
more advanced industrial work, was
proposed for the graduates of the
community schools who elected to
continue their work. But, as the
| stanch supporters of the. vocational
school view the plan to abandon the
| Smallwood- Bowen as an Industrial
center, a successful experiment Is
"shot to pieces.
Evening star., 1924-05-29

Convinced that Superintendent of
Schools Frank w. Ballou will not
change his plans to abandon the
Smallwood- Bowen School as the voca-
tional training center of the south
west, the Southwest Citizens Asso-
citation, through it's executive COM
mittee. has started a concered cam
paign to have all of the industrial
features of the unique school incor-
porated in the curriculum of the JEFF
ferson School when it is opened in
September as a Junior high school.
Meeting in special session last
night in the home of George NJ. Yeat-
man; 426 7th street southwest, presi-
dent of the association, the executive
committee unanimously adopted a
resolution urging the school authori-
ties to make the vocational work in
the new Jefferson Junior High School
a major subject. The committee also
indorsed William F. Smith, principal
of the Smallwood- Bowen and one of
the originatorS of vocational training
in the District public schools as prin-
cipal OF the new southwest junior
high school.
SdIue OF Courses.
Mr.. Yeatman told the executive
committee that Dr. Ballou is deter
mined to abandon the Smallwood-
Bowen as a vocational training CEN
ter, but is planning to include some
of the salient features of it's indus
trial work as minor subject in the
new Jefferson Junior High School
After a thorough discussion of the
value Of the work at the Smallwood-
Bowen in fitting the boys and girls
of the Southwest for good paying
positions in the Industrial world, the
committee agreed that the time al
loted to- the vocational studies should
not be decreased when the classes
are transferred to the Jefferson
building. -~
About a year ago, when the asso-
ciation first learned of the proposal
of DIR. Ballou to abandon the Small
wood-Bowen School as vocational
training institution, 1T adopted reso-
lutions urging the board of educa-
| phases in the present building. The
board, however, it was said last
night, has not yet replied to the reso-
| lutions.
Regret School Closing.
A successful experiment "shot to
pieces" is the view taken by officials
interested in the Smallwood-BoWen
to abandon it as a vocational school
while DIR. Ballou proposed to incor-
porate some of the outstanding fea-
lures of the vocational schoofs
course IN the curriculum of the new
who have followed closely the de-
yelopfnent of the Smallwood-Bowen
confidently believe that the voca-
| tionaI course will be only supple
ment to the academic work, and that
the beneficent results will not be OBJ
tanned by the pupils.
The Smallwood-Bowen is unique
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ID NURSES GET DIPLOMAS
Emergency Hospital Glass Hears
DR.. w. H. White.

The value of the nurse to humanity
was stressed by Dr. William H.
White, superintendent of st. Eliza
beth's Hospital, at the commence
ment exercises of the Emergency
Hospital School for nurses last night,
at Rauschers.
Diplomas were presented to the
fourteen young women who complet-
ed the three-year course by DR.. Wood
bury Blair. president of the board of
directors of Emergency, when they
were called to the platform by DIR.
A. r. Shands, director of the train
ing school, The invocation was pro-
nounced by Rev. r. l.. Wolven, as
sistant rector of the Church of the
Epiphany.
The graduate nurses are: Mrs. Elsie
Hill, Grace Enders, Claire Naier, Mil
dred Berry, Ruth Mcneil, Dorothy
Ruth Thorne, Gladys Froe-
Itch, Agnes Bevan. Martha Sherman,
Nina Elgin, Marjorie Grizzard. Eliza
beth Harris and Dorothy Smallwood.
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BOYS TO MEET PRESIDENT

New York's boy city administra-
tion, numbering twenty,four youths
under eighteen years old. will arrive
here Sunday evening at o'clock on
their pilgrimage to MONTICELLO, the
home of Thomas Jefferson. Monday
at 1890 o'clock they will be received
by President Coolidge, and 1t the FOL FOL
. The boys were recently elected at
a popular election to posts in the ad-
ministration of the city. Maurice
Worth is the major. After visit to
Monticello, the boys will sail from
Norfolk for New York, arriving home
Sunday, June s. In addition to
Mayor" Worth, those in the dele
CATION are: Mark Sabel, Sol Kunkis,
David Goldman, William Gretsch, Al
bert Cooper, Charles w. Alexander,
John Paulson. Robert J. Regan,
Thomas P. McQueeney. Mitchell Roth
berg, Wesley r. Thompkins. Irving
Eckstein, Arthur Strump, John Has
sett, Michael j. Flynn, Stamford
Worth, Otto B. Shulhof, jr.; Walter
Colleran, Joseph Vaccarelli and Sam
uel Zausner.
Evening star., 1924-05-29
NAVAL EXPENDITURE
BILL UP TO SENATE
Measure Authorizing $3.50, 100000,
Passed by House, Received
by Upper Body.
REQUEST OF NAVAL HEADS
FWould Bring United States Up to
5-5-3 Ratio.

Expenditure of nearly s150,000,000
no bring the American Navy up to
ahe 5-5-3 ratio fixed by the Washing
.Aon arms conference Is called for in
r. bill received by the Senate today
from the House, which passed it last
might by a vote of 165 to 13S.
The measure, which was requested
DIV the Navy Department, authorizes
construction of eight scout cruisers
and six river gunboats, and the con-
version of the battleships New York,
Texas, Florida, Utah, Arkansas and
wyoming into oil burners. with the
installation of additional devices for
Rrotection against submarines and air
craft.
Introduced by Butler.
The measure was introduced by
chairman Butler of the naval COM
mittee at the request Of the Navy
Department.
An unsuccessful effort was made by
Representative Brftten of Illinois,
ranking Republican on the naval COM
'mittee, to provide $6,500.00O for the
elevation of guns on thirteen battle
ships The proposal was opposed by
chairman Butler, who declared 1t
would violate the arms conference
treaty. 1t was rejected, "a to 81, and no
httempt was made to authorize con-
Etruction of airplane carriers.
An amendment by Representative
Montague Democrat. Virginia, to au-
thorize the President to suspend the
building program should another ma
val limitations conference be held
was accepted.
A motion by Representative McClin-
tic. Democrat, Oklahoma, to eliminate
the section authorizing the cruiser
and gunboat program was lost, ia
to IA. The House also refused to
accept a proposal by Representative
McKeown, Democrat, Oklahoma, tc
strike out an authorization of siz
eunboats which would be used ir
Chinese rivers.
In defending his gun elevation
Amendment Mr.. Britten asserted thai
the treaty did not restrict such
changes in armament and that un-
der its provisions the tops could
he take from the turrets' ir desired
He criticized Mr.. Butler for not an
nouncing his opposition to the amend
ment before 1t reached the House
floor.
Evening star., 1924-05-29

II is understood that officials of
the hospital have advised the District
that there are several rea-
sons why they will not be able to
One of these reasons is that facili-
ties in the contagious disease build
ing have become inadequate, and
another is that the allowance which
the health department pays is not
sufficient to cover the cost OF main
tanning the service. with the result
that it has led to a loss during the
past few years.
New Building Planned.
District officials have had under
a proposal to erect a
special building in connection with
the Gallinger Hospital for contagious
disease cases, but plans for such a
building have not even been drawn,
and it would be several years, under
the most favorable circumstances.
before such a ,,n municipal i structure
In the meantime the health de-
partment has had to rely on the iso-
lation wards at Garfield Hospital,
and the department, it is said, does
not know of any other hospital that
is equipped to take care of con-
tagious disease work pending erec-
tion of a suitable municipal hospital.
Several weeks ago officials of Gar
field conferred with the Commission
ers in an effort to get an appropria-
ton for the remodeling of the ex-
listing building, but the estimates
have not reached Congress.
Commissioner oyster, who has
charge of health matters. expressed
the hope today that it might yet be
possible to work out an agreement
between the health department and
Garfield Hospital for the handling of
contagious disease cases after July /.
He said the health office would find
itself in a serious situation If Garfield
is not able to renew the contract for
the reason that there is no other
hospital prepared to take over the
work.
Evening star., 1924-05-29
CITIZENS REGRET
PLANS TO END TRADE SCHOOL
"SuccessfuI Experiment Shot to Pieces'' They Say,
and Want Courses Continued in Ne,U
Junior High.

among. the public schools of the Dis
trict in that two-fifths of the pupils
time is devoted strictly to industrial
work and the remaining three-ffths
to academic subjects. The plans of
DIR. Ballou for embodying some of the
vocational subjects in the course at
the jefferson contemplates program
of six hours a. week for this work,
which is but one-half of the time
now given to industrial subjects at
the Smallwood-Bowen.
wouId Fix Program.
Another disadvantage Of the voca-
tional course at the Junior High School
cited by those who believe in the
Smallwood-Bowe as an institution
which "helps a child to find himself
industrially.' is that the program would
be fixed, thereby hampering him in
choosing a trade for which he is best
fitted. So varied are the courses at
the Smallwood-Bo that if it is de-
termined that certain pupil taking
a carpentry course is mechanically in
cliRed he is transferred to class
studying automobile mechanics or
other branches of the mechanical trades
and fits himself to enter the industrial
world as a mechanic.
1t was just ten years ago that the
unique vocational school experiment
was started in the District 4 school
featuring industrial subjects was
success that its sponsors had hoped it
would be. A large majority of the
pupils were subnormal mentally Un-
dismayed, the sponsors of the vocational
school, headed by Stephen E. Kramer.
then assistant superintendent of schools
and now principal of Central High
School. converted the Smallwood build
ing into the vocational type of school.
The curriculum was changed to meet
the new conditions. but the student body
remained intact, except that the grades
below the sixth were transferred to
other schools. Academic work was re-
| duced to a minimum. Arrangements
were made to give the pupils as many
types of industrial work as possible.
AS the vocational work increased in
popularity the activities were expanded
the Bowen School was grouped with
the Smallwood and the fourth and fifth
| grades were given the opportunity to
take preliminary industrial subjects
which would give the pupils a founda-
| ton for the work to come in the higher
| grades.
Community Is Ideal.
A more ideal community for the 10.
| cation of such a vocational school as
the Smallwood-Bowen probably could
not have been found in Washington
1t had been traditional for the chill.
dren of sits neighborhood to leave
| school before completing the ele.
mentary courses. Academic work had
| lost its appeal A new impetus wa.
needed to keep up interest in schoo
work. And the vocational training
supplied 1t. The benefit to the com
munity as the result of the establish
| ment of the industrial work has
amazed the residents as well \ as
school officials Children have com.
| pleted their elementary schooling anC
| gone out into the industrial worlt
! with fundamental and practica
: knowledge of the various trades ant
Evening star., 1924-05-29

sionary outposts for pushing the bat
tie of the kingdom to the ends of the
earth-such a general conference can
scarcely be called ordinary 1t is at
least eventful; and some OF us be
Iieve that it will become epochal"
OF the unification of the north and
south, churches, ratified by this con-
ference and now awaiting action by
the Southern General Conference,
Bishop Hughes declared:
Safety for COlOred Race.
Now it will be written that our
colored people are safe IN the hanus
vote on unification is vote OF our
trust in our southern brothers ana IN
their God and ours"
Bishop Hughes pledged the service
of the bishops in aiding the church to
carry out its program. He urged the
delegates to prosecute their program
of benevolences and ito have done
with tinkering and talking about
tinkering," The conference WEI, WEI,
convention at Louisville meant a
union of age and youth, he said, and
their fine ideapsm has made us con-
fident for the futu-e of our work.
BY nightfall probably most of the
$50 delegates will be on their way
home.
If the southern conference acts
favorably in July on the unification
plan approved by the local CONFER. d.
ence the two conferences Will meet
in Joint session for the final arrange
ments.
A protest against holding the Car
pentier-Gibbons boxing contest at
Michigan City, ind, next Saturday,
was telegraphed to Gov. Emmet F.
Branch at Indianapolis by the con-
ference late yesterday.
A uniform divorce law in the fed
eral Constitution was asked of Con-
gress, and the pending Sterling-Reed
bill providing for a department of
education in the cabinet was indors sed.
A committee composed of Bishop
William F. Mcdowell Of Washington
and others will present the education
bill plea to the House and Senate.
The right of labor to organize and
to share in the control of industry
was recognized in a report on indus
trial relations adopted on presenta-
ton by the committee on the state
Of the church. The report demanded
a living wage and proper safeguards
for the workers health and security.
Evening star., 1924-05-29
Spoiled Veal Costly to Railroad.

B. King of Greensboro, n. c., have
been awarded a total of $500 dam S.
ages against the United States RaiiS~
road Administration by jury in
Circuit Division 1 Of the District
Supreme Court. While on their
honeymoon Mrs. King ate veal fur
nished in a dining car and was taken
i'll. The jury gave her $500 damages
and allowed the husband $1,000 for
loss of his wife's services and the
expenses incident to her illness.
Evening star., 1924-05-29
HOSPITAL MAY END
CONTRACT WITH CITY
Garfield Officials Intimate They
Cannot Continue Contagious
Disease Ward.
PROPOSITION CAUSES LOSS
$4,000 a Year Now Appropriated
for Purpose.

Garfield Hospital may not be able
to renew it's contracts with the Dis
trict health department for the treat
ment Of contagious disease cases
during the next fiscal year, it was
learned today.
At present the health department
gets an appropriation of $4,000 a
year, which is paid to Garfield Hospi-
tai for handling certain contagious
disease cases sent there for isolation.
Evening star., 1924-05-29
Would Change Import Limit.

Legitimate manufacturers of prod
tIcts from crude opium would be per-
,nitted to import the raw leaf in suffi-
s,ient quantities to meet their re-
sulfrements. instead of a fixed limit
now placed on such importations, un-
der An agreement reached today by
srhN advisory committee of the Fed
&c "a, Narcotic Control Board,
Evening star., 1924-05-29
METHODISTS REFUSE
LENIENCY IN DIVORCE
Conference Votes, $40 to 300,
Against Liberalizing Regula-
tions for Remarriage.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS LAUDED
Bishop Hughes Urges Work as Ses-
sion Ends.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, May ga
proposal for a drastic change in the di-
vorce law of the Methodist Episcopal
Church was defeated by 10 votes to-
day at the closing session of the gen.
eral conference. The vote was 800 for
adoption to $40 against.
The present law forbids ministers
to marry a divorced person when
the husband or wife is living, unless
that person be the innocent party in
a divorce for adultery.
The change would have legalized
all marriages except those of guilty
parties in divorces for adultery.
Proposed Bar to UNIT.
The proposed change also forbade
known to be physically, mentally or
morally unfit"
The present law can't be enforced"
Rev. G. Bromley Oman of Los An
geles declared, and thousands of per-
sons divorced for reasons other than
adultery now are living in adultery
and are subject to trial.
"A woman who secures a divorce
from a brutal husband and wants a
new home for her children must be
get at the basic causes of divorce in
stead of waiting until the home is
wrecked. If we have bad law we
ought to repeal it,"
'If you adopt this report you'll
wipe out the law on divorce upon
which we have been acting for many
years." DR.. David G. Downey of New
York, warned the delegates. "An at
tempt Is being made to meet the con-
ditions in certain parts of the country
to which many people go to get di-
vorces Do not take this backward
and reactionary STEP"
Rev. Wallace H. Finch Of Stamford,
Conn.,, asserted that pastors are un-
der an impossible position under the
present law"
Lord. we go, and as we go. we
preach" were the closing words Of
Bishop Edwin H. Hughes, formerly
of Boston, and now transferred to
Chicago, who reviewed the accom-
plishments of the conference, just be-
fore adjournment. -,
Time will test our work and Will
be> the great interpreter, Bishop
Hughes said.
Results Are Praised.
"A general conference that voted
favorably on unification, permitted
the ordination of women to the min
istry reaffirmed Wesley's rule on
amusements; sanctioned personal, de-
nominational and International atti-
tudes that will help to shatter the IN
stitution Of war, modified the doc
trinal test for admitting members in
the direction Of simplicity and sin
cerity and maiptained all It's mis-
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-06-06
Use Only Paper Irvine in
Tying Wool for Market

Wool growers are urged by the Unit,
ed States Department of Agriculture
to use only paper Irvine in tying
fieeces for market. Irvine made Of
jute, hemp or sisal sheds fibers that
mix with the wool and reduces the
value of the cloth made from such
wool. Some growers still persist In
using undesirable twines, and a con.
siderable quantity of wool tied with
fibrous twines is being received in the
markets, according to reports from the
Boston Wool Trade association.
1t is practically impossible to re-
move all the Irvine fibers, whereas par.
ticles of paper Irvine can be entirely
removed in the manufacturing process
The fibers of jute, hemp or sisal do
not take the dye in the manufacturing
process and show up In the cloth,
thus reducing the value Of the goods
The Department of agriculture Is
cooperating with the trade in a cam
paign to end the use of undesirable
Irvine and to aid wool growers to Sc
cure the desirable paper Irvine. Coun-
ty agricultural agents can help to i'm.
press growers with the Importance of
proper tying of fleeces.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-06-06
Valuable Trees Are
Hurt by Field Mice
Much of Loss Prevented by
Control Methods.

prepared by the United States Department
| OF Asriculture-l
Thousands of valuable orchard
trees are killed by field mice every
year throughout the United States.
Damage amounting to millions of dol.
lars annually is also inflicted by mice
on pasturage, forage, grain, and other
crops, and on tubers, small fruits,
towering plants and shrubbery. By
the use OF proper control methods
much of this loss might be prevented
In new Farmers Bulletin, No. 1897,
Mouse Control in Field and Orchard,
James Silver of the biological survey,
describes the meadow mice and pine
mice which infict most of the dam
age, and explains why different con-
troll methods are needed with each
species.
The control of field mice in orchards
should be undertaken at stated In
tervals as a regular feature of or
chard practice, just as spraying Is
done to combat insect pests or fruit
diseases. Methods of preventing in
jury in orchards may be grouped In
four classes: Removing mouse shell
ter; treating trees with washes to re-
pei mice; inclosing trees with mechan-
ical protectors, and killing the mice.
Mechanical protectors and clean cKl-
tivation around trees are successful
aids to meadow-mouse control, but
have very little effect on pine mice.
which do not rely on surface vegeta-
tiOQ for food or DrOfqctiOn
The two practical methods of de-
stroying both meadow mice and pine
mice are trapping and poisoning. Field
mice are very readily caught in strong
mouse traps and are usually exter-
minated by persistent trapping The
labor involved on a large area, how
ever, makes this method costly. The
use of poison Is by far the most sat
isfactory way of controlling field mice.
The biological survey has developed
several successful formulas for pre-
pairing bats and gives these In the
bulletin, together with directions for |
distributing them.
Certain birds and other animals |
habitually feed on field mice and aid |
in their control. These according to
the bulletin, should be protected as
far as possible. When field mice be-
come so excessively abundant as to
menace the fruit trees and crops Of
a whole community, concerted effort
Is required to control the situation of
all the residents. The biological sur
vey stands ready to assist as far al
possible in the organization of anv
necessary campaigns over large areas
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-06-06
Farm Labor Shortage Is
Greatest in the South

A shortage of farm labor is report
ed by the United States Department
of Agriculture. The supply on April
/ was estimated by the department at
% per cent of the demand. There
was an even greater deficiency April
a year ago when the supply was
but SO per cent of the demand. The
greatest deficiency is in the South At
lantic states where the supply. is 81
per cent of the demand, followed by
the North Atlantic states with so per
cent, the East North Central states
with SO per cent, and the South Cen
trail states with % per cent. There
is an oversupply in the West North
Central states where the supply is 102
per cent of the demand, and in the
Western states, including the Noun
tain and Pacific divisions. where 1t is
40 pei cent.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-06-06

TO Albany, where he could educate his
children. Both he and his wife had
grown weary of the loneliness of the
back country, and the peril from which
they had been delivered was Gecld-
ing factor. SO 1t happened that the
Irons family and Solomon went to
Albany by bateaux with the Hares. 1t
wGs a delightful trip In good autumn
weather, in which Colonel Hare has
acknowledged that both he and his wife
acquired Il deep respect for these
sinewy, wise. upright Americans. some
of whom are as well learned. l should
say, as most men you would meet in
London"