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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-16
CADETS AT DUNBAR HIGH
OBSERVE ARMISTICE DAY
Better Speech Week Closed at
School With Play by Freshman
Glass Members.

Armistice day was fittingly OBJ
served by the gath Regiment of high
school cadets. The officers placed a
wreath on the tomb of the Unknown
Soldier. They were accompanied by
c. c. Wilkinson, W. L. Smith, Miss
Mineola Kirkland. Capt. A. c. New
man and the military instructors
Impressive ceremonies were held at
the graves of Col. Charles Young
and Maj. Walker.
Better Speech week" was appro-
priately Concluded at the Dunbar
School November Z with Better
Speech play, THE Charm" pre-
scented by the pupils of the freshman
class Tho characters were: Fairy
Queen, Antania Gibson: Puck, Edna
burke; the "sweet-speech sister,
Fairy Am-Not, Louise Alexander :;
Fairy Is-Not Ellen Allen; Fairy
Are-Not Elise Fletcher; Tom, a hui
man boy, Robert Crawford: leader
Of Flower Fairies, Doris Wilkinson;
Bland; Flower Fairies and Light
Fairies.
Mr.. Wright's advanced classes in
typewriting have begun their annual
competition for prizes. At the fourth
hour assembly Monday a certificate
and bronze medal were awarded by
the Underwood Typewriter Company
to London King for writing at rate
of AZ words a minute. At the fifth
hour assembly a silver pin was
awarded by the Remington Type
writer Company to Reginald Martin,
who wrote At the rate Of 40 words
a minute, writing for Is minutes and
making three- errors. s.4s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-16
YOU AND UNCLE SAM
Series of Educational articles Telling Hoc Federal Couern
ment Is Organized and Functions-Wrttcn
Expressly for School Children.
No 11-Snappy Facts About Our Presidents
BY WILL p. KENNEDY

There is so much to be crowded into
one small history of the United
States or into a handy text book on
ciyicS that you can carry back and
forth to school that many interest
| ing little items have to be omitted
| OF course, every boy and girl can't
| be expected to read the lives OF our 80
Presidents and make comparisons, so
here are a few facts that will help
give them better mental picture of
! the procession of Presidents.
| George Washington was the richest
Of them all, although Theodore
! Roosevelt had the largest income :;
and yet Washington had to borrow
$4,000 to meet his expenses to New
York for his first inauguration.
| Ten men before Washington were
designated as president of the
United States" but under a different
form of government. Washington
was the first Chief Executive elected
! by the people under the Constitution.
There was one man President for a
single day. David r. Atchison,
United States Senator from Missouri.
| had this honor in 1S49. Gen. Zachary
Taylor was entitled to assume the
duties Of the presidency March T.,
1S49, but that day falling on Sunday
Taylor was not sworn in until the
following day. Senator Atcilison.
after whom a Kansas city is named.
was President Pro Tempore OF the
Senate and so historically repre-
sented as President of the United
States during that one day.
Two Died on Same Day.
John Adams and Thomas jefferson
| the only two signers of the Declare
! ton Of independence who later be-
| came President, died on the same day,
July 4, 1926, just half century after
they signed that great document
| Monroe died on the 4th Of July five
years later.
Jefferson was the first President
! inaugurated in Washington.
James Madison was the author of
the first ten amendments to the Con-
stitution.
Sixteen Of our Presidents have been
of English descent. Two were Of
Dutch ancestry and jefferson came
from the Welsh.
were from the same State, Virginia,
and two others bearing the same
name We're from Massachusetts,
Out of the first seven Presidents
six were Sc years Of age on retiring
from Office.
Only one OF the first seven Presi-
/ dents had a son, and that son was
olie OIL the seven 1reSlQenlS-
Andrew Johnson and Calvin Cool
idge were probably the two poorest
of all the Presidents when they came
to the Executive Mansion.
Jchnsons Wife taught him to read
after their marriage.
Sons and Grandsons.
The sixth President was the son of
the second President, and the twenty
third President was the grandson of
the ninth President.
William Henry Harrison was the
eighth and Benjamin Harrison the
tenth in descent from Pocahontas and
John Rolfe.
John Quincy Adams was a repre-
sentative and Andrew Johnson a SEN
ator in Congress after the expiration
of their presidential terms. and both
died while holding those offices. Ty-
Ter was a representative in the Con-
federate Congress from Virginia and
died in office.
Washington. Monroe and Jackson
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-16
EASTERN STUDENTS
CHOOSE OFFICERS
Four-Year Glasses Elect Leaders fol
February and June-School
%" Activities. 49,

Members of the February and June
four-year classes of Eastern High
School have elected their officers.
The officers Of the February class
are: John --Rosson, PRESIDENT; Eliza
beth Newsom, vice president; Sadye
FUR. secretary, and Ernest Parker,
treasurer Those, of the June class
Lydia Edwards, vice president; Marie
Miller, secretary: Tom Howard treas
urer. and Ruth Greenwood, historian.
Resolved, That the Philippine
Islands be given their immediate in
dependence" was the subject of a
formal debate Tuesday. Durw Yard
Keats, president Of the debating So
ciety, presided. The affirmative side
was taken by Frank Scrivener.
Charles Davies and Olin Everett; the
negative by Florence Painter. George
Finger and George Roth. The audi
ence voted In favor Of the. negative.
The best speaker was Olin Everett,
newly elected vice president of the
debating society.
B. c.. Foster presided at a meeting
OF the executive committee of the
Alumni Association Thursday. Plans
for the Christmas reunion were dis
cussed.
The Fall show will be a vaudeville,
according to the latest arrangements.
A student committee met Thursday
night to give the subject a more de-
tailed study.
A talk on regional geography was
given Monday by Miss Hazel Forbes
of the University of Wisconsin to
the commercial geography classes of
the school.
At an assembly Wednesday Rev.
Arthur Long, who is delivering a Sc
ries of talks at the Fifteenth Street
Christian Church, gave an address on
THE Power We Want Miss Freda
D. Egbert Of the faculty also spoke,
her subject being Mr.. Alexander T.
Stuart"
At meeting Tuesday tho members
of the Merrill Club decided to have a
tea-dance for the girls. The club
will make up baskets for Thanksgiv-
ing, to be used where they will do
the most good. A Christmas dance
and some sort OF entertainment for
the, foot ball boys were also planned
The club initiation took place Friday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-16
JEFFERSON JUNIOR
BASE BALLLEADE
Sections 7B3 and 8B1 Ahead
in Series-CIubs Formed
in School.

Sections 1B3 and SB1 OF the JEFF
ferson Junior High School are lead
ing in an interclass base ball series,
which will be concluded this week
with the championship game.
Soccer also is a popular game at
the school at the present time. Each
section has it's own team. From
these teams the varsity team will be
selected.
Maroon and gold have been chosen
by the pupils IS the Jefferson School
colors.
Every pupil in the school is now
enrolled in club of his own choice.
In this club he will be given much
information and instruction along
lines in which he is particularly in
teresred.
Clubs Organized.
The following clubs have been or
gained: Story of painting. art
handicraft, checkers and chess. de-
bate, dramatic, bird, embroidery.
German, girl reserves, booklovers.
Girl Scouts, glee clubs (girls and
ira. radio. Spanish, travel Christmas
gifts and boys and girls physical
uplifting clubs.
The new lunchroom is now fully
equipped and is being managed by
a competent staff. 1t Is we'll patron
lied and has given perfect satisfac-
tion. The room is being decorated
by the art department.
The assemblies this year have been
enthusiastically applauded by both
teachers and pupils. Wednesday the
newly organized giee clubs gave a
musical program. The girls glee
ri th 10 ~
tons and the boys club sang THE
Aeronaut" and Roses of Picardy.''
with Robert Garner singing the solo
parts. Both clubs then sang "Reu-
ben and Rachel" This was followed
by. talk on Thrift" by Mr.. Riordan
Of the Commerce and Savings Bank.
A school branch of this bank has
been opened by the installation OF an
automatic teller, which. Is managed
by John Hatton.
Another assembly was devoted TO
an illustrated lecture on The Story
Of White Lead" given by Mr.. Nc
Arthur of Philadelphia. AS many of
the students are now doing work in
the paint shop, and others will do
such work later on, this talk was OF
especial interest
The water system Of the District
was explained in an illustrated lee
ture by John w. Adams November 5.
4 lantern for visual instruction in
connection with the subjects studied
during the year, especially those OF
geography and science, is one Of the
schools most priced possessions. DR..
Resser Of the National Museum has
loaned the school slides for use in
the teaching of human geography.
The Jefferson Junior Journal, off,
cial organ of the school, will. soon
make its appearance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-16
Aviation Development.

q The Navy has signed a contra CT
Which calls for a passenger fly
ing boat, capable of sustained fight
between California and<Honolulu, and
if the plane is satisfactory others
Will be ordered. The Navy plans to
experiment extensively with the new
boats along the Pacific coast as an
important auxiliary Of the coast de-
Tense.
Officers at McCook Field. Dayton.
Ohio, revealed some interesting fig
ures on the danger of flying, or
rather the safety of flying. last week.
Army aviators flew 9,o93,36o miles
during 1923 with the loss OF Is lives
one life for every 605,000 miles flown
For each 57.4S0 miles flown there
was one crash, with no injuries. The
officers defy any one to produce as
satisfactory figures for any other
means of locomotion.
Three weeks ago Moscow and Paris
established diplomatic relations. Now
they are making other relations
closer. Regular bi-weekly flights of
airplanes carrying passengers are
now planned for next May, when the
first aerial line between Paris and
Moscow is inaugurated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-16
WILL PUBLISH BOOK
ON CHINESE THEATER
Maryland University Professor
Putting Finishing Touches on
Unique Work.
BY a staff Correspondent.

COLLEGE PARK. Nd, November
i5-Dr. A J.. Zuker. head of the mod
ern language department Of the Uni
versity of Maryland, is putting the
finishing touches on the manuscript
of book, The Chinese Theater,"
that soon is to be published.
| The volume is compare tive study
OF the Chinese theater movement, Of
which DR.. Zuker made a thorough
study during fve-year stay in
China. The book will be published in
rather an unusual manner. as it will
be illustrated with paintings by Chi
nese artists and numerous drawings
and pictures obtained by the author
in his travels.
DR.. Zudser was the author of sew
eral articles dealing with Chinese
people and conditions that have APP
peared in periodicals.
Geary +. Eppiey. assistant profess
sor in agronomy at the university,
has been appointed by the United
States Department of Agriculture as
Federal hay inspector of the State of
MARYLAND.
DR.. r. \. Baker has assumed the
duties of DR.. Neil Gordon, head of the
chemistry department, who is on
leave.
DR.. David Lumsdcn. Horticultural
representative Of the Federal Horti-
cultural Board, addressed the Horti
cultural Club at the university at
banquet the other night DR.. Lums-
den, who formerly was located at
Cornell, discussed the great possibili-
ties IN plant propagation, stressing
the opportunities in this country for
highly trained men to develop and
perfect the breeding and growing of
flowers and ornamental plants.
recent article in the Maryland
Farmer by J. D. Blackwell. State
director of vocational education
showed that IA OF the 81 teachers en-
gagged in the work are alumni of the
University of Maryland and that
seven others are studying at College
Park during the summer months.
Ruth Williams has been elected as
historian of the freshman class and
Thomas DAILY selected to handle the
finances.
"Carmelita," the gypsy operetta
which was given with. such success
during commencement week last
June, Will be repeated next Friday
night at o'clock, in the Auditorium.
Anne Stewart has returned to take
the prima donna role of the gypsy
princess and others of the original
cast Will be seen in their respective
parts.
DIR. Ellery C. StowcIl, lecturer at
the American University and author
of several text books on international
relations, and Prof. G.. j. Schulz, assoc
ciate professor in history and politi-
cal science, will speak Friday after
noon at 2:20 in the continuation of
the series of weekly talks that are
being given on citizenship in the au-
ditorium Of the university. The pub
lie is invited.
Prof. NJ. F. Welsh, assistant profess
sor of bacteriology. is using the Bible
as a reference book. Students in
elementary bacteriology have been re-
Quested to look up the old Hebrew
laws of sanitation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-16
ALUMNI TO DISCUSS
SOVIET RECOGNITIO.
Washington College of Law GIa
yates to Meet Friday Night.
Examinations Held.

The feature event this week for I.
Washington College of Law Will i
the first meeting of the legal sect:o.
Of the Alumni Association Frida,
night at 8 o'clock. The program Ii;
been arranged by Francis Colt d
Wolf and his class in information
law. The subject will be Shall I'll
United States Recognize the Prcscu
Government of Russian" Frank :
Bellah of the elias OF 1924 will be u
presiding officer. The principal spcal
crs will be Marx Lewis. also of Il.
class of 1924. and Mary Grace McV..
OF the class of 1921. The discussic
will lie led by Lydia Hcndricksor
class of 1911, and IL. L. Mitchc
class of 1924
The first year class had examine
tons in elementary law last We'd
nesday under Prof Harry A Hegartr
The freshman class has just begu'
the study of personal property, witt
Prof. Helen L. Jamison, and contra j.
cases. with Prof. Elizabeth c. IIarris
The seniors class in evidence case
Also with Miss Harris, was recent.
opened.
Tho Kappa Reta ri Legal Sorority
a chapter of which is associated " iii
the Washington College of Law, Wi
hold its November initiation mex
Saturday evening at the nationa
headquarters, the Club of Jniversii
Women, 1894 l street. The initia tior
ceremonies will be preceded by a din
ner given in honor of the initiates.
Zeta and Beta Chapters of Ph
Delta Delta, woman's legal fraternity
joined in celebrating Founders da.
by giving a banquet at the Grar
Dodge Hotel Tuesday evening. Mr.
Mabel Walker Willebrandt was TIL
guest of honor. The members q
Beta Chapter, the chapter made u
of students from the Washington Col
lege of Law, present included Hop
Thompson, Annabel Matthews. Nil:
Allen, Ann O'Neal, Grace Knoetirr
Margaret Kelly, Mary Smart, Esthr
Ramsay, Mary Crosby, Helen Hiron!
nous and Corrine Quarles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-16
BOARD WILL EXAMINE
TEACHER APPLICANTS

Examinations for applicants for
teaching positions in the senior and
junior high schools and the elelnen-
tary schools of the District will be con-
Quoted by the board of examiners at
the Franklin School December 20 and
23, 1t was announced yesterday after
noon by Harry English, secretary. A
similar examination will be held April
z and s, 1925.
The senior high school examinations
will be for teachers Of drawing. domes-
tic art, domestic science. mechanical
drawing, music, physical culture, metal
working, Spanish and wood working.
The subjects for the junior high school
applicants will cover drawing, domestic
art, domestic science. mechanical draw
ing, music, physical culture and Span
ish.. The elementary school. applicants
will be examined in drawing. domestic
art, domestic science, music, physical
culture, sheet metal and wood work.
ing. Painting and printing teachers
also will be examined.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-16

were soldiers in the Revolutionary
War; Jackson, w. II. Harrison. Tyler,
Taylor and Buchanan in the War OF
1872: Lincoln in the Black Hawk
War; Taylor, Pierce and Grant in the
Mexican War; Grant. Hayes, Garfield,
| Arthur, Benjamin Harrison and Nc
kinley in the Civil War. and Roose-
welt in the War with Spain.
Franklin Pierce went into the Mex
| lean war as a private and came out
brigadier general.
Adams and jefferson signed the
Declaration OF Independence; Wash
ington and Madison signed the Con-
| stitution.
When John Quincy Adams was
| President all of his predecessors were
yet alive, except Washington.
Congress never paid Garfleld's flu
neral bill.
Lincoln was the first President to
wear full beard. Grant was the
! hrst TO wear mustache.
First White House Bathtub.
! A bathtub was first installed in th-
White House while Grover Cleveland
was President. When Cleveland went
! out Of Office the Government owed
! him one cent and check was drawn
| for that amount, but it has never
! been cashed.
George Washington was called "rh.
! Father of His Country: John Adams
THE Colossus of independence
Thomas jefferson. THE Sage @
Monticello; James Madison, ''Tht
Father Of the Constitution; JoE"
Quincy Adams, The Old Man Flo
quent": Andrew Jackson, odd Hick
ory'; Martin Van Buren,, THE Littl
Magician: William Henry Harrison,
old Tip; Zachary Taylor, "ola
Rough and Ready; James K Poll,
Young Hickory; James Buchana!.
"Old Public Functionary"; Abrahal
Grant, Unconditional Surrender
and Calvin Coolidge, silent CAL
Theodore Roosevelt was the char
pion message writer; Woodrow Wi
son was the most literary.
It cost more to elect Mckinley tha
any Of the other 90 Presidents. Thcr.
was more than s16,50o,000 in his wa
chest.
Andrew Johnson, probably VT
the poorest education of any Pres
dent, sent to Congress what wa
probably the best written documcr
it ever received. This was the wor
of the historian, George Bancrof.
the original draft of which is To-
in the Library Of Congress.
President Rutherford B. Hayes =
moved Chester A. Arthur from
good paying Government job in y.
York.
Theodore Roosevelt and Woodce'
Wilson were awarded the Noble pea
prize.
James X. Polk was the first pres
Dental nominee to be notified
telegraph Of his nomination.
Franklin Pierce had as his Sec,
tary of War jefferson Davis. lat
president of, the Southern Conf,
eracy.
No President has ever had a thiI
term. Washington refused the homo
The official salute of the Presid
of the United States is q guns.
Copyright. 1924, by VIII P. kennedyt
(The twelfth article in this ser.
will be on Uncle Sans Workshop.
1t will be printed in this paper u--
Wednesday,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-16
HIGH SCHOOL COURSES
SHOWN AS PRACTICAL
Armstrong Graduates Using What
They Learned to Earn
LiyingS,

Miss Alice Lomack addressed the
Home Economics Club Of Armstrong
Manual Training School at It's regu-
LAT bi-weekly meeting on the Colo
NAL Home" In the discussion fol-
lowing, Miss Glovie Atkins and teach
ers Of domestic science took part.
Miss Withcow. president Of the club,
presided. -.
A survey of the work of the; de-
partment OF applied science is being
conducted by instructors to determine
the effectiveness with which the
school work functions in the life of
the graduates. Statistics covering
shoe repairing show that since It's
organization in 1920-21 two graduates
own shops employing six other grad
yates. Sixty students are at present
enrolled, Of which number 25 contem-
plate entering the business after
graduation.
Capt. A. G. Newman led q pilgrim
age of cadet officers to the tomb OF
the Unknown Soldier Armistice. day
and placed thereon a wreath. After
paying tribute the pilgrimage was
continued to the graves Of. Col
Charles Young and Maj. James
Walker. Those participating were
Mai Greene, Lieuts Dabney, Carter
Cousins, Daniels and Tinnen. Mem
bers of the faculty who Joined the
party were Messrs. Rayford; Webster
Mattingly, Vaughn. Miller, Clifford
and Williams.
Rufus Turner has passed the exami.
nation prescribed by the Departing ent
of Commerce and has been awarded 9
. first class amateur license emitting
him to send on amateur wave lengths
He has also been awarded a call
letter. --..-' - -
Cody Marsh Of the Red Cross ad.
dressed the upper classes IT a special
assembly on relief work in Russia.
Mr.. Marsh made an appeal to the stu
dents to enroll in the Red Cross.
Armstrong defeated Manassas early
in the week By, a score Oft 81 to. g.
The visitors fought gameiy but were
unable to cope with the varied at
tack of the locals. Only a. few more
games remain on the schedule, which
closes with the Dunbar game n;No.
vember "a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-16
NATIONAL FRATERNITY
PLANS CHAPTER AT. GNU.
Phi Kappa Delta Ceremonies Of In.
stallation Scheduled for Coming
H. Thanksgiving Period.

The Epsilon Chapter of Phi Kappa
Delta, national fraternity. will be in
stalled at George Washington Uni
versity during the Thanksgiving holt
days. November 27-29. An installation
team, consisting of the grand officers
Of the fraternity. will visit Washing
ton for the occasion.
The members of the local chapter
Will entertain the installation officers
and members from visiting chapters
with a stag dinner Thanksgiving
evening, previous to which they will
have witnessed the Catholic Unit
versity George Washington foot ball
game at Brookland Stadium. Friday
morning and afternoon will be spent
In sightseeing.
Formal initiation will take place
Saturday afternoon, after which the
local and visiting members will call
upon President Coolidge at the White
House. An installation banquet will
be held that evening at the New
Ebbitt. Prominent faculty members
of George Washington University will
attend the banquet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-16
Science and Discovery.

There will be a total eclipse Of the
sun, visible by the largest number OF
human beings within the memory Of
living man, next January "a between
> and $3.50 o'clock am, according
TO Prof. T.. w. Brown, of Yale Uni
Versity. The eclipse will bring dark
ness to a narrow band of territory
which stretches from a point some
what west OF Duluth, and after cross
ing northern Michigan and Wiscon-
sin, stretches across Connecticut and
out TO sea.
Built a g ship of commerce, vet
assigned to the Navy, the ZRN-3, lat
est acquisition of Americas air forces,
Is proving a problem. Nobody knows
yet what to do with her. Sugges-
lions have ranged from putting her
into service as an air mail carrier
between New York and London, or
California and Honolulu, or using
her to experiment With the helium
gas. with which she Is inflated.
Meanwhile, she reposes gracefully in
her hangar at Dakehurst
A paper read before the National
Academy of Sciences in Cambridge
last week disclosed that the average
temperature on the surface of Mars
IS not unlike that of a bright, cool
day on the surface OF the earth. The
surface temperature runs from 40 to
90 degrees Fahrenheit. The findings
were made last summer when Mars
was nearest the earth as the result
of observations at Flagstaff, Ariz.
Flappers of today may take inter
est in news from Chicago last week
telling of explorations by scientists
of the Field Museum, oxford Eniver-
Sity. of the ancient Samaritan city
of kish. Indisputable evidence was
found that the ladies used rouge,
manicured their nails and wore orna-
mented coiffures in 5000 BIC.
A new planet, one of the earth's
nearest neighbors. has been discov-
cred. 1t was first sighted as fast
moving object in the heavens last
month by German astronomer.
Astronomers at the University of
California last week announced the
object a planet. 1t is now reced-
ing from the earth and from the sun.
Its nearest approach to the earth
in September was 2o,000,000 miles.
y search for treasure, thought 10
have been buried with d meteor near
Flag staff, Ariz., has been abandone ed
after two years of fruitless effort.
The treasure was supposed to be
platinum, some of which was found
near the meteor's crater. y COM
pany drilled for two years without
loca ting the meteor, and last week
gave up the search.