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Evening star., 1924-02-10
The Board of Education.

Expressions on the part of members
Of the Senate to the effect that the
dissensions in the board of education
are initiating against the welfare of
the public school system of the Dis.
trict should have the effect of quieting
the outbreaks Of faction at the public
meetings of that body. The board is
named for the purpose of conducting
the affairs Of the schools. 1t is
charged with responsibility for the
education of the children of Wash
ington, through the school admins
tration of which it is the head. When
in consequence of differences Of opin-
ion regarding details and methods it
displays a spirit Of rancorous an
tagonism it harms not merely itself
but its charges.
1t is vitality important to the schools
that they be given larger equipment
and a larger teaching force. For at
least two years it has been expected
that Congress would as a result of
painstaking inquiry and study of the
situation order betterments. OF course,
these advances should not be delayed
because certain members of the board
of education cannot work in harmony
with their colleagues.
The schools have been kept in tur-
moil periodically for a number of
years in consequence of board of edu-
cation troubles, sometimes troubles
between board and superintendent,
sometimes between board and Commits.
sioners, and again, as at present, be-
tween members of the board. These
troubles react harmfully upon the
school system, through the administra.
tive staff and the teaching staff to the
pupils themselves. Where lies the
remedy for this seemingly chronic con.
dition is not at present to the point.
The immediate need is for the board
to settle its internal differences and to
work harmoniously to the end of max
ing the best possible school system
out of the inadequate equipment and
personnel permitted by the appropria-
tions.
Evening star., 1924-02-10

temporary French drawings ard hun.
dreds OF individual paintings received
from artists and art patrons.
The National Art Gallery has his
tory which goes back seventy-eight
years. The act Of 1846 establishing the
Smithsonian Institution directed that
provision be made for a gallery of art.
and in the original building two halls
were set apart for art objects. Por-
traits, miscellaneous paintings and
busts began to accumulate. Some Of
the early purchases by the Smithso-
nian were the Marsh collection of
prints and Catlin's Indian gallery. The
j. M. Stanley collection of Indian
paintings was in the gallery, though
not permanent part Of it. when fire
swept the building in 1865 and de-
stroyed many of the art objects the
Smithsonian had collected. Paintings
and busts saved from the fire were
sent to the Corcoran Gallery and the
engravings to the Library of Con
gress. Years later these things were
sent back to the Smithsonian.
In 1903 the Harriet Lane Johnston
collection was bequeathed to the Cor
coran Art Gallery, with the condition
that should National Gallery of Art
be established at Washington the col
lection should become the property
Of that gallery. The Supreme Court
Of the District decided that National
Gallery of Art existed at Washington
and awarded the Johnston collection
to that gallery under administration
by the Smithsonian. The title ma.
tional Gallery of Art" was then for.
mally given the collection which was
by the Smithsonian in
connection with the National Museum,
and in 1920 Congress passed an act
under which the administration of the
gallery was separated from that of
the museum and became an admins
trative branch of the Smithsonian, or
a government bureau under direction
of the Smithsonian Institution.
Evening star., 1924-02-10
Thinks Box Prize Plan Best
Hope Today for World Peace

that Mussolini was exercising abso-
Lutte authority; that all Germany was
stirred over Saxon communism and
Bavarian nationalism; that the par
Lament in Spain had been dissolved
and all constitutional guarantees were
suspended. The author, of course,
knew all these facts and more.
+ X ~
1t looks everywhere as though the
order OF the nineteenth century,
which was more and more tending to
parliamentary government, IS being
overthrown by a man or party
which looks to absolute force in con-
nection with the ruling of people.
And yet the parliamentary system
was the outgrowth of the rule OF the
middle classes, such as predominate in
United States the parliamentary sys-
tenn Is beginning to show signs OF
weakness There is accommodating
evidence of the fact that when those
who profess to represent the working
classes cannot gain their own way
they prevent any other way from be-
ing adopted. There has been no de-
generacy In men, but there has been,
l fear, degeneracy in argument. Un-
der the parliamentary system we had
Of things which could be done and
could not be done in the interests of
the commonweal. Now, people the
world over, including our most en-
lightened land. are restive under the
restrictions that are imposed upon
their desires by the limitations Of the
parliamentary system. They want
what they want when they want it.
They are willing to take it by force.
They are prone to follow the man
N
want-Constitution or no Constitu-
ton.
+ X
This attitude of mind is most dan
gerous. 1t furnishes the reason for
my support of the Box plan. which
provides. in essence, a legal parlia-
mentary system. I do not forfeit my
belief that article X was essential to
the success of the league. l was never
trary to the Constitution :of the
United States. No war could have
been levied under it without the con-
sent of the Congress. Article x would
have furnished a force as it's critics
contended. but a force which never
would have been needed-the kind of
force which is behind the decisions Of
the courts in America always avail
able, but never actually required.
But the covenant of the league ap-
pears to be beyond present-day hope.
And we have the modern tendency to
disregard constitutional government
and to remove the barriers upon the
whims and caprices of a people. Out
bursts of anger and occasions OF in
justice must never be made the meas
ure of government. The Box plan
recognizes parliamentary procedure.
promotes calm and deliberate discus
sion of international questions, pro-
vides a form for the settlement of
disputes. 1t offers. perhaps, the best
that is obtainable at the present
time.
Copyright, 1924. by Twenty first Century
prese)
Evening star., 1924-02-10
A Many-Angled Appeal.

The proper housing and endowment
of George Washington University ap-
peal not only to the sense of devoted
loyalty to the university, but Of like
loyalty to Washington itself.
The thousands who, going out from
Columbian and George Washington,
have permeated the population of the
Capital and spread to every state of
the Union are responding and will re-
spond enthusiastically to this appeal.
The loyal Washingtonian who is
eager to cooperate in every develop
ment of the nations city finds many
benefits for the Capital itself involved
h the campaign for the university's
adequate housing.
Industrial and business Washington
recognizes that in responding to the
university's appeal We are encourag-
ing and developing a great local busi-
ness plant which brings thousands of
men and women to Washington and
means the expenditure here of mil
lions of dollars.
The proposed new university build
ings which will replace the present
nodge-podge of miscellaneous struc-
lures are to be architecturally attrac-
tive and impressive. bestowing new
and valued adornments upon Wash
ington, the city beautiful.
The suitable housing and modest en-.
dowment of the university will Won
derfully strengthen Washington, the
city intellectual, and Washington, the
nations educational center. They will
supplement as attractions to the youth
of America the lure of education at
the national seat of government, where,
as George Washington foretold, les
sons in patriotic Americanism and de-
votion to national unity are taught by
observation and are absorbed from the
very atmosphere. They will also facili-
tate profitable use Of the vast univer-
lated here by the United States in
the shape Of government libraries,
museums, galleries and hospitals.
The university's appeal also goes
strongly to the public-spirited dis
tributors of money for educational and
other wholesome community-serving
purposes, whether individuals or the
trustees of great corporate entities
like the foundations of Rockefeller and
Carnegie. A primary desire Of these
benefactors is to help those who help
themselves. Meagerly endowed, George
Washington University comes nearer
to be self-sustaining from the fees paid
cy students than any other great
American university. It has a fine
faculty, the mind and soul of a uni
versity and 5000 students.
Properly housed and reasonably
endowed what may it not accomplish
for the benefit of American youth and
for the advantage and honor of Wash
ington?
Evening star., 1924-02-10
Another Metropolitan Mystery.

A good-looking girl connected with
the stage is found dead in her apart
ment in New York. slain horribly by
assailants and robbers. The case is
just another one of Gotham's grue-
some mysteries, almost a typical
metropolitan murder. 1t is somewhat
like the murder Of q model a little
less than a year ago. There is, indeed,
a striking parallel between the two
crimes. Each girl had wealthy friends.
In each case there were signs of rob-
berry. In the former case there were
found in this crime.
New York gloats over these mys-
teries, especially when the victims are
young and beautiful denizens of the
twilight zone of society. They furnish
material for endless speculation. They
supply the amateur crime detectors
with splendid chances for the exercise
of their talents. They often involve
prominent names.
In connection with this latest mur.
der it is to be recalled that the mys-
terry of the Elwell case has never been
solved. Elwell, a celebrated authority
on the game of bridge and a sporting
man of somewhat questionable con.
nections, was found dead or dying in a
chair in his house early one morning
several years ago. There were no
clues. The investigation brought a
number Of people into unpleasant
notoriety, several were held under
observation, but all were eventually
freed. The case still stands as one Of
the unsolved mysteries of the metropo-
lis. Will this latest murder go to join
it and the keenan, murder of last
year?
Evening star., 1924-02-10
MEN AND AFFAIRS
BY ROBERT T. SMALL.

morning Mr.. Wilson grew more and
more nervous and finally moved from
his rooms on the second floor to an
apartment on the roof. But he could
not get away from the tumult of the
city even up there. Ordinarily h.
would have enjoyed the whole bust
ness, but his frayed nerves were be
ginning to collapse.
Mr.. Wilson was SO much better
after a couple of days back in Wash
ington that Mrs. Wilson gave d tea
at the White House to the members
of the party. 1t was jolly affair.
with many humorous "reminiscences
Of events that had occurred on the
trip. One of the happiest spirits at
that party was Charley Grasty.
editorial correspondent of the New
York Times, who preceded Woodrow
Wilson in death by just d few short
days. There was no sense of the
impending permanent disability Of
the President at that time.
Mrs. Wilson laughingly told of the
great joke the President had on
him in the presidential parades
which marked the trip and. in com
pany with the President, had Gra-
ciousiy acknowledged the cheers and
pIaudits of the people. Mrs. Wilson
said 1T became almost automatic to
pegln bowling to the left and to the
right Immediately she took her place
In car
AT SAT- Lake City there had been the
usual parade through lanes of cheer
ing thousands. the usual bows and
smiles of acknowledgment. Then the
party was whirled along a stretch OF
sparsely settled road out to the Army
post. On this stretch Mrs. Wilson's
carefully attuned ear caught what she
thought was lonely cheer Turn
ing, she bowed and smiled her pret-
tieSt in the direction of the unex-
pected salutation. To her amazement.
Ia -. h.
found herself facing only an old
muley cow, which was lowing in the
fields beside the road. The President
had many d good laugh over that in
cident.
There was a striking illustration OF
Mr.. Wilson's native diffidence at Port
land, Greg. The writer had been in
jured in the automobile wreck which
snuffed out the life of Ben Allen, cor
respondent of the Cleveland Plain
Dealer, and also killed the owner o.
the machine. 1t so happened that an
automobile mechanic from Washing
ton who had done some work for the
newspaper men was in Portland. II"
read of the accident in the extra
papers, and came down to the traiH
that evening to see the writer. He
was standing beside the bed when
President Wilson came in. You would
think that in these circumstances the
mechanic, suddenly thrown in clos
contact with the President of tha
United States, the biggest figure IL
the world at the time, would havr
shown the greater embarrassment.
But that was not true. Mr.. WilsoH
seemed the more ill at ease. 1t was :,
vision into Mr. Wilson's innermost
self. And so, while he often wished IL.
could slap d man on the back, j.
never did.
Evening star., 1924-02-10

There were many sides to Woodrow
Wilson which the public never knew.
Perhaps the least known Of all, and
yet the one which accounted for much
OF the misunderstanding Of this great
man. was his difidence, his bashful-
ness in group Of men. By some of
those who> knew him least, but be-
rated him the most, he was pictured
as a supreme egotist, imposing his
views and his will upon all with
whom he came in contact. Nothing
was further from the truth.
There is no doubt that Woodrow
Wilson wanted at times to be what
the world calls a good fellow" 1t
was one of the great regrets of his
life-a regret often expressed-that he
had never slapped another man on the
back. Mr.. Wilson was not an austere
and bloodless creature. Whatever OF
that pose he assumed was largely an
attempt to cover up a natural diff
dence from which he could not divest
and eternally thinking of and dealing
with the abstract. Small bits of hu-
NOR appealed to him tremendously.
Often he would devote an entire eve-
ming to thinking up limericks.
1t has been well said of Mr.. VIII
coh Ny 1oI IHCI oots SOA VI OAIo Tia
his thoughts were Of people in the
mass and not as individuals. Yet nc
man ever tried harder than Woodrow
Wilson to be companionable. No man
ever told more or better stories. Mr.
Wilson was at home upon the ros-
thousand persons in an audience with
out a culver. Yet let him suddenly
find himself thrown with a group OF
four or five men and there was ner-
vousness of manner and speech which
showed him ill at ease.
To the writer's mind this diffidence
of Woodrow Wilson explained many
things. 1t explained why he never
had any close man friends. One
did have one-Admiral Grayson. Mr..
Wilson would have liked other
friends. but sheer bashfulness kept
him from the contacts that other men
in the presidency have made.
r x x !:
Mr.. Wilson dated his own break
down from the day he reached
tions tour. This was some ten days
before the trip was abandoned. The
then President complained that he
had not been able to sleep in Seattle
or since that date. 1t was not
strange that he stayed awake in
Seattle. The town was en- fete. The
American fleet had just come in from
Honolulu. All of the bluejackets
were on shore leave. 1t was their
idea that they should serenade the
n-chief all night long.
So they paraded the streets and gath
cred under the Presidents windows
at the Washington Hotel, with
guitars and ukuleles. singing "On the
Beach at Wai-Ki-ki' and other dit
ties they had picked up in the Ha-
waiian Islands. AT 2 o'clock in the
Evening star., 1924-02-10
A Countrywide Conversation.

A remarkable demonstration Of long.
distance telephony and radio was given
Friday night, when, in connection with
a gathering in Chicago, San Fran.
cisco talked with Havana, and tele.
phone relay stations from coast to
coast answered roll call. Listening in
by radio were uncounted thousands
served by broadcasting stations in
Washington. Providence. Chicago,
New York, San Francisco, Oakland
and Havana. This country has never
before been given such demonstra.
ton of the power of the wire and wire
less for communication purposes.
1t is only a little while, relatively,
since the telephone was a novelty, re.
garded by most people as scientific
Evening star., 1924-02-10
The National Art Gallery,

Sentiment is developing rapidly for
construction of building for the Ma
tional Gallery of Art. The Nationa,
Gallery commission has undertaken
the preparation of plans for such
structure, and as soon as the archi-
tect's plans have been completed the
commission will make definite esti-
mates and take the matter up with
the budget bureau. The plan is to seek
for the erection of the building.
The National Gallery Of Art has of
late come into extensive publicity. 1t
has been many times pointed out that
the art collection now in possession of
the government, and which is being
added to at a gratifying rate, is in
adequately displayed in certain rooms
Of the National History building of
the National Museum, and that part
OF the collection is stored in the base.
ment and in hooks and crannies Of
tho building. Senator Fernald Of
Maine, chairman of the Senate COM
mittee on public buildings and grounds,
was recently quoted as saying that the
government building program at
Washington should include a home for
the National Gallery Of Art .'now so
inadequately housed"
The. estimate has been made that
the governments art collection in.
cluded in the National Gallery is al
ready worth about $10,000,000, and is
being increased by donation and be-
quest at something like half a million
g. gear. With an appropriate building
for the gallery public interest in it
would be stimulated, and it is believed
that the collection would grow at a
greater than its present rate. One Of
the collections Of the gallery, the
Charles l.. Freer collection, is housed
in a suitable structure provided by
the donor. In the National History
building are the Harriet Lane John
ston collection, the William T. Evans
collection, the Ralph Cross johnson
collection, the Rev. Alfred Douane
Pell collection, the collection Of CO.
Evening star., 1924-02-10
BY THOMAS IL. MARSHALL,
Former Vice President OF the United
States.


Former Vice President OF the United
1 States.
Any man who would suggest that
American cities should abolish their
lpolice forces and seek to control the
.lawless elements by argument and
/ persuasion would be looked upon as
a dreamer or a lunatic. He who
would suggest settlement of contro-
iversies by a court, which had no
power to enforce its DEGREES would
be laughed at. No statesman would
argue that a nation which had moth
ling but unlimited discussion to main
tain peace. to protect. life and prop
lerty and to preserve the sacredness
!; of contracts would last long. Most
of us are not sufficiently advanced in
altruism to believe that govern
ment, either local or national, can
exist and grow without force or at
least without a show of force.
Yet one who longs for world peace
and who accepted Woodrow Wilson'S
idea of a league Of nations would
ihesitate to condemn the Box peace
,plan as an attempt at organized i'm
potency. He would feel that he was
III
that he was welded to one man and
his idea, that he was a marplot in
the game of peace. A real lover of
peace does not wish to be regarded
as hypercritical. He has no desire to
be classified as q pacifist who has
only one idea of peace, for which he
is glad to fight. He wishes to be
counted among those who welcome
anything that promotes peace.
* * x x
The plan which won Mr. Bok's
award evidently was a compromise.
the author having in mind, no doubt,
the objections to the covenant of the
league of nations. Most Of the prog
ress of the world, by the way, is the
jresult of compromise. 1t is my in
tention to depict certain weaknesses
in the plan, but it must not be under
stood that I oppose it. AT the pres
ent time 1 am inclined to favor it as
the best plan in sight.
Although the world has been made
safe for democracy in the sense that
people may govern themselves. if
they will, and alter and reform their
governments to suit themselves. yet
democracy is very apt to sit at home
in ease while force parades the high
ways and takes charge of the govern
ment of men. This is made apparent
by the course of conduct in the old
world and the trend of thought in
America. The author of the Box plan
was well aware, of course. that a
despotism of force as vicious and in
tolerable as that of the car was be-
ing maintained in Russia in the name
of the people. The author was like
wise aware of the frequent over
throws of government in Greece.
Other facts were known to the author
that in Bulgaria Gar Ferdinand
was succeeded by Stambouli ski. as
president, who in turn was assassi-
mated; that in Italy Mussolinf and his
fascist army compelled the king to
turn over the government to him, and
Evening star., 1924-02-10

The seventeen-year-old son of one of
the most eminent New York bankers
is said to have organized a jazz orches-
ira for vaudeville. This is not likely
to prove one of the art enterprises de-
pendent on subscriptions. If it is a
good jazz orchestra it will finance it.
Self
Evening star., 1924-02-10
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILANDER JOHNSON.

BOOlishneSs.
A little five-foot shelf is all
want for useful books:
In fact, for rather less I'd call
AS business sometimes looks.
The people who are now attacked
For hiring human greed,
Assume check book, amply backed,
Should satisfy each need.
Evening star., 1924-02-10
Making It Useful.
,e Glasgow (Kentucky) Times.

From the Glasgow (IIentucky) Times.
Our venerated,. maligned. good-for-
nothing, .'bull-slinging" friend. Con-
gressional Record, paid us a visit
Sunday. He will be put to work as
single wrapper for outgoing editions
of the Times.
Evening star., 1924-02-10

1t is understood that Col. Bryan will
attend the democratic national con-
vention, although his object in so do
ing is not clearly defined. When a
campaign is on Col. Bryan's move
ments are usually distinguished by the
charm rf ,rpna~tainty