Evening star., 1924-03-06
COMMUNITY SING
PROBE DEMANDED
Public School Association
Wants to Know Who
Gets Money?

Thorough investigation of the ac-
tivities of the community center de-
partment of the public schools by it's
community center committee was
ordered by the District Public School
Association at it's meeting last night
In the District building, following
complaints against the collection of
funds at the community concerts at
Eastern and Central high schools
David Babp charged that strangers
come out to Eastern High School and
hold a community concert twice a
month, pass around a tin cup and
disappear Who gets this money!"
he asked.
An attack on the community con-
certs at Central High School was
These concerts are advertised as
Tree, she declared, but ii the free
seats are occupied, d person is
charged 20 cents to hear the concert.
the schoolhouSes," she said. .sbut
even touch you over the radio.
nave often heard appeals for funds
Tor the community concerts come out
of the air"
Mrs. A. w. Miller. chairman of the
community center committee of the
association, was instructed not only
70 probe the money collected at the
community concerts, but to ascertain
What charges are made for the school
OF the funds, and whether the com
ntunlty center departments accounts
are audited.
Attacks Answered,
Attacks on the association by
tenry H. Classic and DR.. Milton
<.airchild, members of the school
committee of the Washington Cham
per OF commerce, We're answered by
j. u. Yaden. The school COMMITTEES
or the chamber was fikened by Mr..
laden to "a ground hog and a pea
cock"
We are impressed with the fact
that the work Of the school commit
tee OF the Chamber of Commerce is
hybrid, comparable to a ground hog
ana a peacock said Mr.. Yaden. "The
Sround hog part refers, of course, to
the fact that the committee appears
once a year, and the peacock of the
hybrid. is emblematic of the fact that
When this committee does make its
yearly appearance it struts about for
the purpose Of making an appear
ance. Since this committee has put
up It's annual peacock strut we may
expect to hear no more from it for
approximately a year
Every delegate here knows that
the District Public School Associa-
tion was born in the cradle of neces-
slty solely because such people as the
distinguished Dr. Milton Fairchild and
the Honorable Classic had failed TO
do their duty to produce results, and
IL was incumbent upon the friends CT
education in the District of Columbia
TO form some sort of an organization
that could and would produce re-
suits"
Salary Bill Indorsad.
The Keller teachers salary bill was
Endorsed in a resolution adopted by
the association. The resolution also
urged the board of education to take
the necessary steps to prepare and
have introduced in Congress a bill
providing an adequate compulsory
school attendance law.
A committee composed of Mrs Lucy
Swanton, Mr.. Babp and Mr. Yaden
was appointed to draft a resolution
fayoring the election of the board of
education by popular suffrage. The
personnel of the committee on light
ing was announced by Capt. julius
]. Peyser, president of the associa-
tion, as follows: MIR. Yaden. Mr.
Babp, w. L. Evans, Mrs. Kalmbach
and Mrs. Daniel Murray.
Henry j. Ryan, founder of national
education week, spoke on the need
for law which would make the
education of immigrants compulsory.
Mrs. William Z. Bannerman, chair
man of che committee on educational
methods and progress, reported on