Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-09-27
Educational.

educational.
Last Monday found more IMAM
81 900 children returning to school In
the District, with facilities for han
ding them no better than last year.
The enrolment figures shatter Gil
previous records, the increase In pu-
pills more than making up for the
Increased buildings completed since
last Spring. Schools are under con-
str1ction, however, and at the end of
the five years outlined by Congress as
a period in which the National Capt.
tai is to catch up on its school build
ing program. conditions are expected
to be materially improved.
One school in the United States is
opening this Fall which covers the
requirements of the most ardent ad-
yocate of 100 per cent Americanism.
1t is the Haskell Institute OF Law
renee, Kans., largest of the Govern
ments Indian schools. and whose
,04O Indian boys and girls come from
so tribes.
DIR. Frank w. Rallou. superintend-
ent of the Washington public schools,
was one of a group of educators who
met in New York last week to under
take q revision of the present curri-
culun for boys and girls in American
public schools. The group constitutes
the commission on curriculum OF the
department of superintendent OF the
National Education Association. Re
vision of the curriculum will include
taking what is best from the present
system and adopting new ideas which
will be combined in an entirely new
course of study.
One of the first exchanges of pro-
fessorships between Mexico and the
United States on record was reported
last week from Columbia, Mo-, where
the School of Journalism OF the Uni
yersity of Missouri has arranged an
exchange with the National Uni
versity of Mexico.
Science.
Returning from several months
spent in Europe examining the fossil
remains of Neanderthal men, DIR. A.
E. jerks. head of the department OF
anthropology at the University or
Minnesota, believes that within
few years we will be able TO tell &C
curately the complete history Of pre-
historic man." With facts, instead of
guesses to wonk on. DR.. jerks be-
lieves that without doubt We can con
troll the future trend of culture"
Radium, which is now priced in
France at 1000. 900 francs q gram.
may come down q bit because OF the
discovery Of radium- bearing deposits
in the Congo, from which experts
hope 1t will be able to produce the
precious metal in quantities making
it available for hospital service.
A four-and a half year.old boy, run
ming up the steps with a pair Of
1, fAh aw,I
stabbed himself In the heart. He was
rushed to Childrens Hospital here
and there a doctor lifted out the
heart. sewed up the cut, and replaced
the organ. The boy, in all probability,
will recover.
Reorganization Of the Government
departments, discussed by every
President from Roosevelt to Coolidge,
but making little progress beyond the
stage Of discussion. occupied the
limeHght last week when Senator
Edge Of New Jersey. a caller at the
White House. told the President of
a plan he has to propose a resolu-
ton, when Congress convenes. giving
the President authority to take such
steps as he deems necessary to bring
about q proper reorganization Of the
Government without having to await
congressional sanction. Congress has
showed no inclination to approve the
Smoot-Brown plan and chances for
favorable action on it this session
are considered slim.
Charles MacVeagh, New York law
yer, has been appointed by President
Coolidge as Ambassador to Japan.
He is a partner In the law firm Of
John w. Davis. Democratic candi-
date for President in the last cam.
paign.
Politics,
Mayor Hylan Of New York City,
just defeated in the primaries in his
campaign for reelection, was quoted
in New York last week to the effect
that he would take under serious
consideration" an appeal that he run
again on an independent" ticket
Mayor Hylan's campaign cost SSS,-
26S, of which a large part was con-
tributed by William Randolph Hearst,
publisher.
Robert NJ. La Toilette, jr., son of
the late Senator will stage his final
fight for the Senate Tuesday, when
!! q special election will be held in Wis
consin. His opponents consist of a
| regular Republican, q Socialist, a
Democratic-In dependent and a So
cialist- He is expected to
win easily and will be the youngest
man in the Senate. He is 81
Religion. ."'
A special commission appointed by
the last General Assembly Of the
Presbyterian Church of the United
States to study the spiritual condi :
| ton Of the church and the causes
making for unrest met in Atlantic
City last week. Its work will be to
draw up a report 'to the end that
the purity, peace, unity and progress
of the church may be assured"
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