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The Washington times., 1924-09-20
UNIFORMITY LACKING IN
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

No system is now in. operation for
classifying subjects as to colleCiate
rank which will stand any scientific
test. This Is the conclusion reached
by the research committee of the
Colorado State Teachers College
after an exhaustive study of The
standards used in colleges, un:versi.
ties, and Misunderstanding institu.
tons, reported in School Life, a
publication of the Department of
the Interior. Bureau Of Education.
The chaotic condition existing In
institutions Of higher learning Is
indicated by such expressions as
these, which come from responsible
officers Of higher institutions:
ANY kind of work taken by a
student who has completed four
years Of high.school work should be
regarded as collegiate work." "The
college should do the best It can
with the material 1t GETS" and
There 10 no defense /. for giving
college credit for private music
lessons, typewriting, beginning FOR.
eign language. review subjects, and
home economies" One college dc.
fines the requirement for the bach.
elor's degree in terms of an eight.
year curriculum covering secondary
school and college.
Finding SO little uniformity OF
opinion as to the value of the newer
subjects. the research committee u
Colorado State Teachers College
recommends and urges that col
legiate institutions Of various kinds
undertake concerted action to ed
tablish uniform standards for deter
mining collegiate rank of subjects
The Washington times., 1924-09-20
CHANCE.
IN LONDON
SCHOOLS
Medical Service and Building
Plans improve h Last
Twenty Years

Freedom for educational expert.
ment and research. growth of, medi.
cal inspection and service in schools.
and building scheme for remodel.
ing old.fashioned buildings are
among the marked improvements in
the London schools in the twenty
years since the London county
council has been the local education
authority, as reported by a London
correspondent of School Life, a pub.
LEGATION Of the Department of the
Interiors Bureau Of Education.
out OF q system of divided au.
thortty, a great co-ordinated ma.
chine has evolved through which
there Is an orderly and progressive
development of education from the
nursery through the university.
In 1908 there was no medical
treatment of school children. Today
there are In London eighty-five
school doctors, fifty.three school
dentists and more than 300 school
nurses who are responsible for the
medieai examination Of every child
during school life.
In technical education, the main
achievements have been in consoIi.
dalton. Slowly but effectively over.
tapping between different sections
has been eliminated and missing
links added, until practically every
trade In London has today its own
educational resources behind Il.
Commercial teaching has been con-
centrated In commercial institutes,
while the polytechnics have been
left free to expand along techpo.
logical lines. The effect Of this has
undoubtedly been to intensity trade
and commercial training in London.
The Washington times., 1924-09-20
GERMANS | Use
LESSONS
MUSIC
Parents Are Too Poor Now TO
Have Children Taught-ln-
struments Buy Food
By WALTER DIETZEL,

BERLIN, Sept. 20.-Germany,
motherland of Haydn. Mozart and
Beethoven, will soon be the country
without home music"
Hundreds of music schools, or
conservatives. had to be closed for
lack of students. While before the
war there was hardly any middle
class family which did not let its
children have music lessons, now
adays thousands of middle-class peu-
pie simply cannot afford such lux
ury. The economy dictator's axe has
cut the salaries of government en-
ployes SO drastically that every cent
is being used up for household ex-
penseS. 81
During the initiation time music
teachers kept on by giving lessons
to foreigners. But since foreigners
avoid expensive Germany, hundreds
of music teachers are practically
starving. 1t Is only the prominent
artists of international reputation
who can risk charging outrageous
prices for lessons. Consequently,
there is an abundant supply of
teachers offering lessons at ridieu
lous prices OF 1910 20 cents per hour.
Professional teachers, with diplo,
mas, are fighting this competition
by urging the government to grant
Licenses only in case teachers sub
NIT themselves to an examination.
AS a matter of fact, hundreds OF
married women, whose husbands do
not earn enough money, feel fit to
give lessons for the simple reason
that some ten or twenty years ago
they had had some piano or violin
lessons.
In numerous cases former well.
TODD middle-class families had to
sell their pianos or other instru-
ments to keep themselves alive
during the initiation time, as well
as to make good for the entire loss
Of their fortunes.
While there is a surplus supply
of teachers, the demand for good
orchestra musicians is exceedingly
great owing to the increase OF
movie theaters and cabarets. Horn.
lists, oboeists and saxophone players
are very much wanted and paid so
per cent more salary than in pre-
war time. So a great many teachers
have started practising one Of those
rarer instruments to get a job
with a cafe or jazz band.
The Washington times., 1924-09-20
SAILOR, 19,HELD
ON ROBBERY
CHARGE
John offut Will Be Given
Mental Test--Said to Be
Irrational

NORFOLK, Va, Sept. 2O.--In
compliance with a request made by
the marshal of Baltimore county,
Maryland, John Offut. a nineteen.
year-old bluejacket, will be turned
over to naval authorities here by
Norfolk police for a mental test
following his alleged confession to
completely in q robbery near T1w-
son. Nd, last Sunday. Young Offut
Is said to be irrational.
Chief Judge T. Scott Offut, Of the
Maryland Third judicial district,
father Of the boy, has returned to
Towson after brief visit to this
city in. the city jail. The youths
mother is said to be nearly heart.
broken over his escapade and the
father had to hurry back to her
BEDSIDE.
The Offut youth is attached to
the Hampton Roads naval base.
The Washington times., 1924-09-20
60 YEARS WITNESS GREAT
AGRICULTURAL CHANGES

Transforming the farmer from
the toll calloused, broken laborer"
OF Carlyle's time to the man Of
culture, mot to be distinguished
from the brain.worker in bearing or
In breadth Of scholarship Is the
miracle OF education in vocation" as
Eustace e. Windes expresses it in
School Life, a periodical published
by the Bureau Of Education, De-
partment Of the Interior. :.
After sixty years Of agricultural
education fostered by State agri-
cultural colleges and experiment
stations great changes have been
wrought. The American farmer
today expends less than twenty per
cent Of the labor in producing the
nine principal crops Of the country
that his predecessor expended in
producing the same quantity Of
these crops in 1850. He, produces
2.3 times what the farmer Of the
United Kingdom produces, rs tines
what the French farmer produces,
and 6.5 times what the Italian
farmer produces.
The Washington times., 1924-09-20
$4,000 COOK IS
MADE j. s.
CITIZEN
Married Rich Employer; Later
Divorced on Grounds Of
3, besertion

MUSKEGON, Mich, Sept. 90
Mrs. Marguerite Meurer, known as
the $4,000 cook Of Eugene Meurer,
wealthy paper manufacturer of
Muskegon. has been admitted to
citizenship, ending situation with
Qualifications in America and Ger.
many.
When she was Miss Wasserman
members OF the family objected to
her presence, but Meurer insisted
she was the only person who could
prepare the particular diet he re.
ouired. She was sent back to Ger.
many and, coming here, found her
way barred. She was finally ad.
.mitted, becoming the wife Of
Meurer, who, meantime, had got
divorce On grounds Of desertion.
Attention first was attracted to
events in the Meurer Musehold
when Meurer gave Miss Wasser.
man $4,000 in Liberty Bonds as
reward for services. "a
The Washington times., 1924-09-20
VETS OF WEST
NDL[ HAVE
REUNION
5000 Ex-Service Men Are Ex-
pscted at Ninety first
Division Meetings

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20. Head.
quarters have BEEN opened and
preparations arg well under way
for the reception of more than 5000
former service men Of the Ninety.
first division at their annual re.
union here September q and IS.
The Ninety-first division, which
served SO creditably at the Battle
Of the Argonne,s Is made up Of men
from Washington, 5 Oregon. Cali.
fornia, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Alaska
and the Hawaiian Islands. 1t has
been the custom of this division TO
meet regularly each year at some
point on the Pacific Coast for .
get-together. when old acquaintances
are renewed and the experiences Of
the world war are reviewed.
This years reunion is expected to
be larger than previous meetings.
according to Major Frank p. DO.
herty, who is in charge Of ar.
rangements. Invitations have been
sent to every member of the III.
vision whose address is available.
Already the headquarters are re.
ceiving answers from various sec.
tons Of the c6untry, which points
to large attendance.
Every form of entertainment that
can possibly be furnished by the
people of Los Angeles will be avail
able to the boys during their brief
visit. The Los Angeles chamber Of
commerce has assured its co-opera-
ton and ia assisting in raising
funds for the convention.
Many national statesmen will be
In attendance to express again to
the boys Of the wild West Divi.
sion" their appreciation Of the ex-
cellent manner in which they served
their country during the war.
Subjects Of interest to the ma
tional welfare Of the country will
be discussed. The treatment and
care for the disabled-and there are
many from this division-will be
taken up for action. Committees in
charge of the meeting say that the
case Of every disabled man from the
division will be discussed to assure,
so far as possible, the best treat.
ment for these unfortunates during
the coming year.
The Washington times., 1924-09-20

Ter, Helen H. Baron, to Felson i
Hamiter, August S. They are at
home at 409 Ninth street northeast.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Foraker have
returned, after spending The sumlner
1T Bar Harbor; Me.
Major General John L. Hines with
General Pershing has gone to be
the guest Of the Secretary Of War
and Mrs. Weeks over the weekend
at their home at Lancaster. n. Ii.
During his absence Mrs. Hines VIII
be with her daughter at her home
at Washington barracks.
The second secretary OF the Span.
.sh embassy, Don Mariana de Ame6o.
who has been at his home in spain
several months, is expected to ar.
rive in Bosten today on the Press.
dent Garfield.
Miss Dorothy Yates, daughter o.
Congressman and Mrs. Ricnari
Yates, has returned to Washington
from New England, where she has
been on a visit. Miss Yates enter.
tained yesterday informally at i'm.
cheon in the Shoreham.
go
Charles p. Light, Jr., left Wash:
:ngton today for Cambridge, where
he is attending Harvard Law School
He spent his vacation here with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles p.
Light, at the Ontario and worked
IN the law offices of Covington, Bur
ling and Rublee.
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The American Minister to Egypt
j. Morton Howell, who was in Wash
ington for a day or two, will sail
today from New York for Egypt.
Mrs. Henry T. !Oxnard. of Upper.
vile. Va, is at the Shoreham hotel,
where yesterday she entertained i,l.
formally at luncheon.
Mrs. George Xavier McLanail an
End her daughters, Miss Helen Nc.
Lanahan and Miss Louise McLana.
han, will sail today on the HqnerIc
for Europe.
Frederick d. McKenney left
Washington last night to join Mrs.
McKenney and Miss Virginia Nc
KeDney in Hot Springs. Miss
Frederick McKenney, who has been
visiting on Long Island, ID now the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Archibald
McNichol at Greenwich, Conn.
The Washington times., 1924-09-20
ASKS $4,000 DAMAGES
FOR PERSONAL INJURIES

Lucy B. Nye. sixty-eight years
old, today filed suit in the District
Supreme Court against the District
OF Columbia and the Potomac Elec.
trio Power Company for $4,000
damages for alleged personal in.
jCries.
Plaintiff. represented by Attorney
Patrick II. Loughtan, declares that
while walking along Pennsylvania
avenue northwest. between Eight.
zenith and Nineteenth streets, April
rs last, she stepped into o hole in
the street and fell, sustaining sori.
Gus and permanent injuries.
The Washington times., 1924-09-20
LOEB AND LEOPOLD
WANT TO TEACH CoNVIcTS

JOLIET, H., Sept. 20.-An op-
'portunity to pass on their super.
education" to fellow convicts at the
State penitentiary here has been
requested by Nathan F. Leopold, jr.,
and Richard A. Loeb, youthful
slayerS Of Robert Franks.
1t became known today that both
have petitioned to be permitted to
teach in the prison night school
which will open soon for the fall
and winter terms.
If the request Is granted, both
will work double shifts, from z to
4:S0 in the shops and from to 9
evenings in the school. Whether
or not they would be permitted to
teach was not indicated by the
warden
The Washington times., 1924-09-20
MISS ETHEL FISKE
To WED TO-DAY.

The wedding of Miss Ethel Fiske,
daughter Of Major S. l.. Fiske, OF
East Lansing, Mich. and grand.
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Fiske, of this city, to Knut War
Nilsson, only son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Eduard U, Nilsson, also of this city,
IL taking place this afternoon at )
o'clock in st. Stephens Episcopal
Church, with the rector, the Rev
erend George Fiske Dudley official,
ing.
\ Due to serious illness in the faIni
lily of the bride the wedding il very
informal and is being witnessed
only by relatives and intimate
| friends.
The bride will be given in mar
rage by her uncle, William J. Fur
mage. as her father is unable to be
present, having been detained in
Michigan. She lie wearing a tailored
gown of tan trimmed in brown, a
small hat and shoes to match. Her
bouquet Is of sweetheart roses.
The brides only attendant Is her
twin sister, Miss Ella FiBke, who is
wearing a gown Of tan velvet and
hat and shoes of tan. Her bouquet
Is Of roses.
The best man is j. Merrill Con-
ner, of Washington, a fraternity
brother of the bridegroom, and the
ushers are Edward Whitson, Clar.
ence Gosnell. Russell NJ. McAlister
and Clifton Whyte, all of Washing.
ton, and all members OF the Sigma
Alpha Epsilon fraternity, to which
Mr.. Nilsson belongs.
After the wedding ceremony the
couple will leave for a short trip.
They will be at home at 34O9 Tween.
ty-ninth street after November /.
Both the bride and her twin sister
were student nurses at the Garfield
Hospital. Because Of the death Of
their mother when they were very
small children and the rowing life
OF an army officer they have lived
most Of the time with their grand.
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Fiske
on Gongfellow street.
The Washington times., 1924-09-20
GIRL DRUNK IN STREET
CAUSES SELLERS ARREST

WILKES BARRE, Sept. 90
Arrested on charges Of making and
selling moonshine after a fifteen.
year-old girl, picked up intoxicated
on the streets by police, had told
where she bought 1t, Mrs. Mary
Redicko, Sugar Notch, told Judge
Jones that making liquor was her
only means of livelihood and asked
to be allowed to continue. ,E'
The woman said she was support.
ing blind husband and five small
children. She. was told to return
to court Saturday to spend a short
time in jail.
The Washington times., 1924-09-20
WEDDING BELLS
|. RING MERRIL Y
TODAY
Miss Beach Bride Of
James Penneb baker; Cere-
m0ny This Afternoon

The marriage Of Miss Elizabeth
Beach, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Morgan Beach, to James Pennc.
baker Is being solemnized this after.
noon at the picturesque home Of the
brides parents on the Rockville
Road. The ceremony, performed
by the Right Reverend Arthur
Thompson, Bishop Of Virginia, a
cousin of ths bride, will be followed
by an informal reception for rela.
tives and close friends of the youne
couple. who are asked for five
o'clock. The house il transformed
for the occasion into an. out-of.
door scene, with colorede leaves and
autumn flowers banked against the
walls and nassed ON the mantels.
The bride is wearing a gown Of
white satin, simply made on straight
lines. The neck is bateau shape,
the sleeves long and court train
hangs from the shoulders. Lovely
old lace adorns the neck and falls
"a folds down the front Of the
bodice. The tulle veil Is arranged
with a cap Of the same old lace,
caught with orange blossoms, which
are also tucked away In the lace on
rJ1e bodice. She carried a shower
bouquet of lilies OF the valley.
Miss Katherine Beach, the brides
sister, is her only attendant. She
il wearing gown of flesh colored
georgette and lace made over satin
and cut on straight lines. With It
she wears black lace hat and is
carrying an arm bouquet Of pink
snap dragons, The best man Is
the bridegrCoin's brother. Edward
Pcnnebaker, Of New York. Tho
l.ride's mother, who is assisting In
receiving, has on a black lace dress
made over black satin.
when Mr.. Pennebaker and his
bride leave for their wedding trip
the latter will wear a modest three.
niece costume Of taupe cloth. The
aiess is on straight lines and the
ccat is made long and trimmed with
fur. With II she wears a small hat
~ the same shade. Upon their re-
turn they will make their home at
Ss4S Woodley Road.
The Washington times., 1924-09-20
NUDE MAN SEEKS TICKET
TO MARS ON TROLLEY

VIENNA. Sept. 20.--His mind un-
balanced by excessive bordering on
the question. whether Mars is in
habited, Franz Enterpfarrer, a
mechanic at the Vienna Observatory,
walked into the street here without
clothing and jumped aboard a
street car, shouting for a ticket
to Mars.
He was persuaded that an auto.
mobile would get him to his destina-
ton in shorter time, and was taken
to an insane asylum.
The Washington times., 1924-09-20
Special Dairy Course

HARRISBURG. Pa. Sept. 2o..-
At the request Of dairy statesmen,
Pennsylvania State College, during
the last two weeks Of August con.
Quoted a course Of intensive train
featuring.
The Washington times., 1924-09-20
Found Dead in Bed

Mrs. Leon Negro, thirty, was
found dead in bed at her home, As
K street northeast, today. Death
Is believed due to natural causes.
Coroner hewitt has been notified.
The Washington times., 1924-09-20
JEAN EIIOTs GOSSIP OF WASHINGTON SOCIETY

absorb the best teachings OF their
new environment to the mutual
advantage Of all"
In the stream Of memoirs, novels.
short stories. etc.,. which have
poured forth from the pens Of
Washington women In the last
few years one can recall but one
volume to be bracketed with Miss
Wade Miss Anne Squire's Social
Washington" This challenges com.
parison Because It. too. is written
by woman who, like Miss Wade.
knows Washington society from the
inside and has studied II profet-
sionally from the point of view OF
the social secretary. Miss Squire,
however. devotes her slender little
volume almost entirely to the
etiquette of social intercourse In
official life. whereas Social Usage
in America" as It's name implies.
is broader in its scope and deals
with the amenities which tend to
crease the wheels Of social inter.
course in any city.
TO SPEND WEEK END y
IN NEW YORK.
The Attorney General and Mrs.
Harlan F.. Stone went to New York
yesterday to spend the weekend.
They will return to Washington
Monday mo. ming.
$40
The Ambassador Of Germany,
Doctor Wiedfeldt, entertained six az
luncheon yesterday on the Willard
roof.
The Chief Justice and Mrs. VIII.
liam Howard Taft. will return tn
Washington from their summer
place at Murray Bay. Canada, the
latter part of this month.
Paaaretoff, who have been in New
England for the summer, have ar
rived in New York on their way
to Washington, and are at the Van.
derbilt Hotel.
\ The Minister of the Serbs, Croata
and Slovenes, Doctor Ante Tresicn
Pavichich, will return today from
a motor trip to New York, New Jer.
sey, the White mountains and New.
Fort.
The Minister Of Panama and
Nine. Alfaro will return to Wash.
mgton from Panama the middle of
October. Their. son Victor Alfaro,
returned Thursday to resume his
studies at Georgetown University.
where he is in the sophomore class.
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Mrs. Montgomery Blair and her
daughter, Miss Ellen Blair, who
have been in Stockbridge, Mass.
through the White Mountains. &C.
companied by F. H. Davis, Of Paris.
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Mrs. William Mcmillan Adams,
daughter of John w. Davis, Is ar
irving today from her home in
Copenhagen, Denmark, for 4 visit
to Mr.. and Mrs. Davis.
The Washington times., 1924-09-20
Extension Work Grows

MONTGOMERY. Ala. Sept. 90.
Extension work is provided in each
of Alabama's State normal schools
with a fuIl-time extension director
in charge. In 1923.24. 5,SSS stu
dents were enrolled in this work In
1853 extension centers.
The Washington times., 1924-09-20

Doctor and Mrs. William c.
Gwynn, who have been motoring
through New England and Canada,
have returned to their Georgetown
home. &
The Washington times., 1924-09-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Baron ala.
nounce the marriage Of their daugn.
The Washington times., 1924-09-20
VISIT HERE ON WAY
TO NEW HOME IN FLNRInA-

Rear Admiral and Mrs. William
Strother-Smith have arrived in
Washington from Worcester, Mass,
where they have been visiting their
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Kennedy, and will be
at the Brighton for a few days.
They are on their way to Jackson.
vile, Fla, where they have. built
house and where they propose 10
make their winter home in future.
4 a.
DR.. John Briscoe and Mrs. Briscoo
will have guests dining with them
this evening at Wardman Park
hotel. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas F.
Stead. f. 4. Hatch, w. e. Richard.
son, DR.. 3. s. Carroll and others
are giving parties at the opening
dinner dance of the season.
Breckenridge Long is leaving
Washington today for a visit in 81.
Louis, his old home. Mrs. Long IL
at Nantucket, Mass, where they
have summer home, and will not
return to Washington until October.
Captain and Mrs. George e. Gelm
and their daughter, Miss MarjorIe
! q e ! m, returned to washington
Thursday and are staying at the
Dupont apartments, where they
were several years ago. Miss Mar
jorie Gelm, who made her debut In
Washington at that time, VIII ro
main here until her marriage Il
George N. Eustathopoulo,. which viii
take place here in the autumn.
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s. Parker Gilbert Is IN Washing
!cn for several days before going 4
New York.
The Washington times., 1924-09-20
DRAINS HAVE GUESTS
AT MARSLAND.ON.P

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Hay, of
Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, are ar.
irving today by motor to stay over
Sunday with her parents, General
and Mrs. James A. Drain, at their
country home, Marsland-on.the.Po -
tomac. General Drain, who was made
national commander of the American
Legion at the convention in st,
Paul, will arrive from Minnesota
tomorrow.
Ira e. Robinson, formerly chief
justice Of the supreme court Of West
Virginia, has been spending a few
days In Washington, and was the
guest OF honor On Thursday at q
luncheon given by Charles p. Light
at the Army and Navy Club. In the
company asked to meet hirn were
Senator Selden p. Spencer, d. r.
Crisslnger, governor of the Federal
Reserve Board; Mark w. Potter,
chairman of the Interstate Com.
merce Commission; Judge J.. Harry
Covington, Howard Sutherland, for.
merly Senator from West Virginia
John Barton Payne, head of the
American Red Cross, and Milton c.
Elliott.
y II
Edward Vandevanter has returned
to Washington after spending the
summer in Virginia and Kentucky
and is occupying the apartment Of
Foxhall Daingerfield in Nineteenth
street until October 1. Mr.. Dain-
gerfield is the guest of Mrs. George
W. Vanderbilt, at sBiltmore, N. C..
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Miss Harriet Blair, daughter OF
Mrs. Emily Newell Blair. vice chair.
man Of the Democratic national
committee, is the guest of her
mother at the Democratic Womens
clubhouse at $50 Connecticut ave.
nue. until she returns to Goucher
College. where she will be a junior.
Miss Blair has spent the summer
making series of visits in various
parts Of the country.
Miss Olyve Graef. daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Campbell Graef,
has returned to her home in
Georgetown after passing the sum.
mer in Denver. She stopped in
New York for a few days on her
way to Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Werner Reed, whom
Miss Graef visited in Denver, will
leave tomorrow for their home
after making a short visit here
with Miss Graef.
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The Washington times., 1924-09-20

s. Parker Gilbert is IN Washing.
!cn for several days before going t.
New York. =
The Washington times., 1924-09-20

wy ITH the well appointed, lit
" tie theater at Wardman