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FRANK srETSON. Attorney.

SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF
Columbia. holding Probate Court-No.
tiee that the suhscribers, who were BY the
supreme Court Of the District of Colum bia
The estate Of Percy MetzSer. deceased. have. @
with the approvL Of the Supreme Court Of
Court. appeinted Monday the Attn day Of
January. 1899. at 10 o'clock am. as the
making payment and distribution from said
estate under the courts direction and CON
sons entitled to distrihutive shares OF leg acies
or the residue. or parts thereof. are notihed
duty authorized with their claims asainst
the estate properly vouched. Given under
FRANK STETSoN and VICTOR II. Wal
ACE BY FRANK STETSON VICTOR
II WALLACE. Attorneys. Attest: tSeal.1
JAMES TANNER. Register OF Wills for the
District of Columbia. Clerk of the Probate
Court. deJ2 10 %
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LEONARD 4. BLOCK. Attorney.
SUPREME COTTRT OF THE INSTRUCT

Columbia. Holdlnr Probate Cour..-No.
tice that the subscriber. of the District OF
Columbia. has obtained from the Probate
testamentary on the estate of Lucy J. Moten,
late of the District of Columbia. deceased
All persons having claims against the de-
ceased are hereby warned to exhibit the
same. with the vouchers thereof, legally au-
thenticated. to the subscriber. on or before
the 10th day of November. AID. 1925;
otherwise they may by law be excluded from
all benefit of said estate. Given under my
hand this 18th day Of November 1925.
THEODORE L. BLOCK. 90I Woodward Bldg
tSeal.l Attest JAMES TANNER Regis
of Wills for the District of Columbia. Clerk
of the Prohata Court nn2A dnl 10
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LEGAL NOTICES.
. c SULLIVAN. 4. II. HOOD. Attorn

SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF
Columbia. Holding Pronate Court.-No
336SU. Administration-Thls is to give
notice that the subscriber. of the District OF
Columbia, has obtained from the Probate
Court of the District of Colufnbia letters OF
administration on the estate of Frank Beck.
leg Benson, late of the District OF Columbia
dccea eased All persons having claims against
tha deceased are hereby warned TO exhibit
tin" same. with the vouchers thereof. legally
authenticated TO the subscribe. on or he
otheI wise they may by law be excluded from
Al heneft oI said estate. Given under my
JOHN H BECkLEY atB Maryland ave ne.
S@al.l Attest: JAMES TANNER Register
OF Wills for the District of Columbia Clerk
OF the Probate Court deli, @ > Il
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Miss Anne II. HouShton is bank
in New York City.
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EDWARD STAFFORD. Attorney.
1912 Fl Street NV


IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS
trct of Columbia, holding Probate Court
In re estate of Samantha Matthews. deceased.
--Administration No. 29327.--Applic alton
having been made herein for probate of the
for letters D B. y, C.. T. a. on said estate,
by Edward Stafford. IL is ordered. this Ord
day Of December. 1928. that Max NJ
Matthews. Dwight G. Matthews, Floyd A.
Msissrxs HMrh1sr Mrs ssa H. s,,os X Butler GsTtruds
mond Kent; Katherine Henderson. Ch aries
aendsrson. Mrs: Mary Evans; Mrs Ida Pow
@ RHpp An, and all others concerned appear in
uary. 1926 Al ten 90, o'clock am TO
show cause why such application should not
he aranted: that notice hereof be published
in the Washington Law Reporter and The
Evening Star once in each of three successive
weeke before the return day herein men.
th,oned.he asst ss gahlca.,on to be not less
A. HoEHLING Justice. Seal A true
rory. Test, JOHN A. SH1EL. Deputy Reg
lister of Wills for the District of Colum hi a.
Clerk Of the Probate Court de5, Is il
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JAMES p: FLYNN. Atterney:

Columbia holding PROBATE Court-No
,ice that the subscriber of the District OF
Columbia. has obtained from the Probate
tes:smentary on the estate OF Phillip r.
Summers, late of the District of Columbia
deceased. All persons having claims against
the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit
the same. with the vouchers thereof legally
authenticated. to the subscriber. on Or be-
fore the Goth day Of November. A.D. 1925:
otherwise they may by law he excluded from
all benefit of said estate. Given under my
hand this Ath day of Dscember. 1928 MARY
F. BUCKINGHAM. 1871 Otis pl. n. w. tSeal)
Attest: JOHN A. SHIEL. Deputy Register
of Wills for the District OF Columbia. Clerk
of he Ia,
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sHEKLEY. FAUST 6 WILSON, Attorneys

SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF
Columbia. Holding Probate CoE-t-No.
337S6. Adn1inistr tration.-This is to e>ve no
Columbia. have btained from tie Probate
Court of the District of Columbia letters
late of the District of Columbia deceased
All persons having claims against the de-
ceased hereby warned To exhibit the
same, with the voucher- thereof Legally au-
thenttcated. to the s1h~arlters. on or before
toe 23rd day OF November. \ d 1925:
otherwise they may by itw - excluded from
all beneht OF said ,es'a.a Given under our
GEORGE W. WHITE. NATIONAL METRO
PoL1TAN BANK OF WASHINGTON r. p.
Hollngsworth Asst. TrT4t OfTicer. tSeal.
Attest: JOHN 4. She'll. Deputy Register
of Wills for the District OF toiurTn ria. Clerk
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to the weekly assemblies and have
now established themselves as essen
tial to the program.
Agriculture Department
instruction in Agriculture is given
according to regulations as set forth
in the Smith-Hughes Act of 1917,
which provides State and Federal aid
to secondary schools offering a course
in agriculture as part of the high
school work, This work is confined
to boys of the first and second years
and with them it is optional whether
they select agriculture or academic
work.
This years work is a study of farm
animals. Aside from regular class
room work, special attention is given
to milk testing as a means of elimi-
mating the Improbable COW from the
dairy herd. In this connection, eight
boys have chosen dairy projects and
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completed all the work presented in
Part l Of the Physics Text, edited by
Mann and Twist. This covers work
on the subjects Of gravity, work and
machines, motion, electric currents,
pressure in fluids, water power, heat,
hea tand work, induced currents, cleo
trical power, sound and wave motion,
music and some work in optics and
light.
The work of the first semester has
been intended to give an introduction
to a more technical and more
thorough study of the same subjects
during the second semester. Beside
the subject matter covered the stu
dents have been required to solve ap-
proximately all the problems given
by the authors in the above subjects.
Quite a number of experiments
have been performed in the class
room, and in addition to these, each
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to double this number before the end
of this year.
It is interesting to note that our
students have voluntarily furnished
mone'- for the purchasing of a pro
jecting lantern for general school
use. This shows splendid school spir-
it and is but an example of the hear
ty cooperation Of the student body
in all school affairs.
Each month a demonstration lesson
is given before the faculty and the in
terested public by different classes.
Thus far demonstration lessons have
been given in English |, Physics, III
French, Music and Home Economics.
Perhaps the one thing of which we
are most proud is the formation of
the Parent-Teacher Association, on
Friday, November 81, 1924. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: Mr.. J.
A. Lee, president; Mrs. James Will
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the bronze medal, which means type
writing at the rate of forty words a
minute, and few are determined to
win the silver medal, which means
accomplishing sixty words a. minute.
The bookkeeping class is busy COM
pleting the work required for the first
half year. The Junior class has COM
pleted the January, February and
March vouchers of the Introductory
Course in bookkeeping and quite a
number have worked ahead of the
class. The Senior class is working in
the Wholesale dry goods business and
completed it before mid-year exami-
nations. Next term they will have
new set, consisting of commission and
general merchandise business.
The latest accomplishment of this
department was the presentation in a
very successful manner the play en-
titled "a Trailer of Errors" 1t was
presented in our last assembly meet
ing by the Commercial Seniors and
greatly enjoyed by all.
This is but a panoramic view of our
scholastic achievements and extra
curricular activities thus far during
the year 1924-1925. We hope that
all interested in our school will visit
us at any time during the school day.
By giving US your firm support and
hearty cooperation, the Oakland
High School, by leaps and bounds,
will attain a standard in all fields
worthy of any high school in the en-
tire State of Maryland.
1t is important to understand that
each student is required to earn six
teen units in order to graduate. By a
unit is meant a years work in any
subject with a passing grade of 20
per cent. Each pupils should earn
four units a year.
KATHARINE 7. CONLEY,
Principal Oakland High School.
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History Department

Special attention in the Maryland
High Schools is being placed upon
the social studies which include the
history courses, problems in Ameri-
can democracy, civics, economics, So
ciology, etc. The aim of these social
studies is to train for enlightened and
efficient citizenship: Progress and
happiness depend upon the work of
the world being well done. The work.
ers must be intelligent. The citizens
must be trained and conscientious.
An alert well-informed and conscien-
tious citizenship is necessary to make
democracy safe for the world" The
social studies have this aim in view.
Civics is taught in our first year Of
high school; ancient and medieval
history, the third year; and problems
in American democracy, the fourth
year.
This is the first year that the last
mentioned course has been pursued in
the Oakland High School. Perhaps
there is no course more interesting
than this. Our pupils become ac-
quainted with the breat political, eco
nomic, industrial and social problems
of the day. discuss them and try to
find some solution for them. Train
ing of this kind should build habits
and cultivate attitudes that will func-
tiOn in school and in adult life in the
forming of social judgments only on
the basis of dispassionate consider
alton Of all the facts available"
Commercial Department
The students of the Commercial
Department are very enthusiastic.
This is shown by the readiness with
which all the class subscribed for the
Gregg Writer" a magazine used by
all wdie-awake stenographers. The
Gregg Writer is of benefit in both the
shorthand and typewriting classes.It
creates interest. arouses ambition and
furnishes large amount of the best
kind of supplementary reading and
writing practice. This magazine is
offering certificates to students writ
ing a certain number of words a min
ute. The class is working for the
sixty words a minute certificate next
month. Every student is trying for
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Part Extra CurricuIar activities.

Part Extra Curricular Activities.
In glancing over the pages of our
schools half year records, we find
progress along many lines and we
shall give our readers an insight into
the accomplishments of the Oakland
High School.
First of all we shall consider in a
general way our extra curricular ac-
tivities.
Athletics has been a splendid sue
cess thus far. Oakland won the Gar
rett County soccer. championship
Oakland and Accident played the de-
Gliding game for the county champi-
onship on a neutral field at McHenry,
Oakland winning the victory with a
score of three to one. Oakland then
played the inter-county championship
with Barton. Oakland was defeated
and Barton succeeded in winning the
State title.
The Oakland High basketball team
has defeated Terra Att High, Sails
bury, Masontown and tie famous Mt.
Savage Shamrocks, and last but not
least, Barton, who has not tasted de-
feat on its home court in five years.
The girls basketball team came
through with victory over Terra
Alta High School by the score of Ga.
The spirit and interest shown by
the people of Oakland toward the
basketball and soccer teams have been
most commendable.
The outlook in track and baseball is
favorable. May Oakland succeed in
winning the soccer, basketball, base
ball and track championships of Gar
rett county.
Our school has rightly gained a
creditable reputation in the amateur
theatrical world. The class play pre-
sented at the weekly assembly meet
ings and the successful performance
Of the glee club members in the Glove
Pirates of Hawaii" stand in proof of
this statement
The Glee Club, through its efforts,
has been able to give to the Oakland
High School beautiful portable Vic
trola with a set of Victor records and
seyenty-five dollars.
"The Jolly Junior Journal" pub
lished by the Junior English class
this year shows that Oakland High is
a pioneer in another branch of extra
curricular activities. The proceeds
from the sale of this journal, namely,
ten dollars, have been given to our IL
brary fund.
Our library is far too small to sat
isfy the demands made upon it. So
far this year thirty new volumes have
been added to the library and we hope
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once each month they take a sample
Of the milk Of each COW, bring it to
school and test it to determine the
butterfat content. By keeping COM
plete records of receipts and expenses
they are able to figure net returns
from each COW in the herd. Nine other
boys have pig or poultry home pro-
tects well under way. Another spe-
cial feature is the formation Of an
agricultural society which meets on
Friday afternoons. The purposes of
this society are to better social rela-
tionships between first and second
year classes and to stimulate inter
est in well bred live stock.
Outside activities worthy Of special
mention were the exhibit at the Gar
rett County Fair and dairy cattle
judging contests. The exhibit con-
sisted Of equipment used in agricul-
ture, farm shop projects and exhibits
by the boys of their home projects.
The four departments of agriculture
in the county were represented at the
inter-county dairy cattle judging con-
test held in connection with the coun-
ty fair.
The Oakland team, composed of
Gerald Biggs, Charles Warren and
Elwood Hauser, won first place. This
team, composed of the same members,
further showed its ability to judge
dairy cattle by winning a silver low
ing cup as recognition of second place
in the Statewide Vocational Boys
contest held in connection with the
Frederick Fair.
French Department
The frsts-year students of the
French Department have been MAX
ing rapid progress, and SO far have
accomplished a creditable record. They
have already covered the four conju-
cations and are beginning to converse
in French.
The second-year class is progress
ing slowly in reading and translation.
However, they have accomplished
much in grammar.
The third-year pupils are working
hard now translating French play.
They are going to present the Com
edy" on the stage at Easter time. The
orchestra will be composed exclusive
ly Of French pieces and opera. The
vocal selections will be sung in
French to arouse more interest and
competition among the third-year
elias sstudents in their pronunciation.
They are very enthusiastic and they
will take the whole responsibility of
the evening program.
Physics Department.
In the Physics Department we have
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student has performed twenty exper-
iments in the laboratory by himself,
thereby enabling him to assemble ap-
paratus in such a manner as to prove
some physical principle.
English Department
The frst-year English class has
used Lewis and Hosaic's English
Book as basis for all their work.
The first six weeks of the school
year were spent on a thorough gram
mar review. This led up to the stu
dy of sentence structure and para
graphing. After mastery of these
fundamental principles, the students
were ready to take up outlining. From
the beginning, they enjoyed this work
as they felt need for it in every
class.
After the class became familiar
with the principles of outlining they
were then prepared to turn to oral
composition. At first they outlined
subject very familiar to them and
gave talk before the class. Later
they studied unfamiliar subjects and
brought some very interesting and
instructive material before their
classmates.
At Christmas time the freshmen
read Dickens "Christmas Carols"
They enjoyed this very much and are
looking forward to the study of lit
erature the second semester with
great enthusiasm
The second-year English class has
had an intensive study of the four
types of composition. During Edu-
cation Week the members of the class
presented a sketch from the play en-
titled Youth" and throughout the
year by its excellent contributions to
the programs has greatly increased
the interest in the weekly assemblies.
The B section of the second-year
English class has challenged the A
section to debate to be held during
the Assembly in the near future. The
subject is ;"Resolved, That the school
year should be heightened to eleven
months"
Shakesperean plays have been
studied extensively in both the Junior
and Senior English classes. These
plays were dramatized by the STU
dents in a very capable manner and
enjoyed by everyone.
This Commercial English class,
along with their other oral and writ
ten composition work, is studying
business English.
The Seniors are now at work on
the High School Year Book and hope
to put out an edition that will be com
mendable.
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OAKLAND HIGH SCHOOL
WILL HAVE IS GRADUATES
Largest Senior Class In History
of the Local Institution of
Learning This Year

The following resume Of the activ-
tiles of the Oakland High School has
been submitted for publication by
Miss Conley, principal of the school:
Gus Seniors.
Accompanying this article is a pic
ture of the Oakland High Schools
prestnt Senior class, composed Of SO
members, the largest the Oakland
High School has ever had. The names
of the thirty-three members of the
class who are in the picture, reading
fro mleft to right, are:
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HOUSECLEANING TASKS can
be made ever so much easier and
quicker if you take the short cuts
made possible by Fuller Brushes. R.
E. CROSS is the local Fuller man. He
will call upon you soon. Watch for
him.-Adv- -rtisement. 52-3t.*
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son, vice-president; Miss Hilda Will
son, secretary, and Mrs. Carl Lewis,
treasurer. 1t is our hope that this
organization will do much for the ad-
vancement and progress of the Oak
land High School. This organization
will find many valuable suggestions
in the State Bulletin on Worthwhile
Parent-Teacher Meetings" This bull
letin will be issued in a short time.
Part II-Department of Study.
Our regular curriculum consists of
three departments: Academic. Com
mercial and Vocational. In each the
students are studying those subjects
which will best prepare them for life.
The farmers boy has his agricultu-
raj classes; the college aspirant, his
preparatory courses; the business
student, his commercial work, and
the girls their courses in home max
The Republican., 1925-03-12

Latin is a dead language,
AS dead as it can be;
1t killed off all the Romans,
AID ,nnr- ;+,- l,;ll;,nr ,,nn y

LaIln Is a DEAD language,
AS dead as it can be;
1t killed off all the Romans,
And now it's killing me-"
The one who composed the above
lines could certainly not have been a
student of the Oakland High School,
for the Latin Department is doing
very commendable work. The first
year class has covered four declen-
sions, three conjugations, comparison
Of adjectives and adverbs, study of
derivatives and Latin composition,
and has done a considerable amount
'of translating. The second year class
has read and translated from the
Latin several NEUROLOGICAL stories, in
Guiding Perseus, Hercules and the Ar
gonauts. 1t has also covered the first
campaign in Caesars Commentaries
and is constantly reviewing and re-
ferring to questions of syntax and
difficult grammatical constructions.
This class will finish four books of
Caesar by June.
Music Department
The Music Department has accom-
plished much in the way of sight
reading, one, two, and three-part
songs and can now boast of a fair
repertoire in preparation for the mu-
sic memory contest. The appreciation
classes are very interesting, giving a
general knowledge of the instruments
in the symphonic orchestra and it's
four divisions.
The Oakland High School band is
steadily improving, and during the
study of brass and percussion instru-
ments the boys gave a fine showing
in the explanation of their various
work. They have also added greatly
Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-20
FORESTRY MEN
 LEAVE FOR FIRE

Twenty-one hours from Cordova, the power boat Shamrock, Captain Walter Harris, arrived in port Sat urday evening at g o'clock, with w. i J. Mcdonald, forest supervisor of the Chugach National Forest; Lee c. Pratt, deputy forest inspector and Erland M. Jacobson, ranger, all from the Cordova headquarters, on board. The fine power boat is under char ter by the forestry service for the season and was not chartered for this special trip, as was stated in Satur- days issue of the Gateway.
 The forestry men made the trip to Seward in response to telegram from John c. Brady, district forest ranger in this district, in which Ran ger Brady advised his chief of the big forest fire raging in the Hope dis trict. MT. Mcdonald and MT. Pratt departed from Seward on yesterdays train for the scene of the confla- grafton. Prior to his departure Mr. Mcdonald said he had received re- port from Ranger Brady to the ef feet a two-hour, light rain had fal- len yesterday morning. The fire is still raging today.
 The boat Shamrock left port yes terday afternoon on the. return trip to Cordoya. Ranger Jacobson is re- turning to Cordova on the vessel.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-20
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NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN.

And now comes a press dispatch from Philadelphia, claiming that evo- lution was discussed by scientists of the Euphrates Valley 2,00O years be- fore Christ, and that the debate end ed in the learned men of that period compromising by agreeing that man first walked on all-fours and ate grass like any other herbiverous animal.
 Many years ago, according to Bible teachings, Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, pranced about on all-fours and ate grass, to the great alarm of his subjects. Since that memorable affair chronologists record that man has eaten practically every form of vitamine and proteid including dirt. The clay tablets recording the famous debate in Sumeria, state that the gods stepped in and created two branches of the genus homo, one of which turned to ceres and the other to herds and flocks. In the old days whatever could not be explained from collie to convulsions was laid on to the gods and they let it go at that. If man took his stone axe and pat ted his motherlaw where her hair parted, tossing her body over the cliff to the many carnivora prowling through the arboreal glades, he ex- plained her absence to the gods. If he crowned his neighbor and playfully dragged his brawny better half to his cave lair, he attributed his actions to the gods. There was a god for every purpose and one for each day of the year.
 Man at this time was too busy to indulge in fervid fancies, and his only thought was food for his stomach and safe resting place from his many enemies. He ate whatever he could find, and found whatever he could to eat. AS time passed fire was discov. cred, and man emerged from barba- rism to half civilized state. He learned that sharp stone fastened to cleft stick with green rawhide gave him an advantage over an antagonist who depended on his teeth and claws for victory. He learned that sharp stone could be used for cutting and flaying; he learned that seeds planted in the earth and tended to would put forth their shoots and reproduce their kind thousand fold. He accumulat- ed herds with multitude of wives to tend to them. He became nomadic in his habits and roamed from spot 1 to spot where the best grazing could be found. Later, his gregarious in- stincts caused him to congregate in certain favored spots, first for protec- l