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Evening star., 1926-05-16
X. OF C. GRADUATION
TAKES PLACE JUNE 9
Law Seniors of Evening School Pre-.
pairing for District Bar
Examinations.

knights Of Columbus Evening
School law examinations have been
set for the period from May "a to
June 4. Most of the seniors in the
law school are reviewing for the
District bar examinations, which are
to be held from June Il to 10. The
commencement exercises of the Eve
ming School are to be held Wednes-
day. June 9.
Prof. Emil A. Frey of Georgetown
University lectured to the American
history class Thursday night on the
battle of Gettysburg. He made
trip TO Gettysburg earlier in the day
10 provide himself with "a fresh supply
Of realistic material.
The Santa Maria Club will meet
Tuesday night to elect officers for
the coming year. The club is of recent
origin, and has made great progress
during the year 1t has outfitted
clubroom in the school building for
the use of the women students. 1t
has also sponsored a literary section,
several dances and a Girls Glee Club.
which is holding frequent practice
under the direction of Mrs. j. b.
Waters for the commence program.
The Santa Maria Club and the
student Council have combined to
print the commencement number of
the Knight Owl. the publication of
the student body. This number will
contain resume of the educational,
theatrical. musical. social and ath-
letic activities of the year. The com
mittee of the Student Council that
will work with a committee from the
Santa Maria Club in the preparation
of the paper is composed of Miss
Mary A. Warren, chairman; Miss NJ.
Monica Dwyer. Cyrus l.. Burnett,
Harry E. Brunett, Daniel S. Ring and
William J. Sullivan. The committee
from the Santa Maria Club is COM
posed of Miss Louise S. Kelly, chair
man; Miss Mary A. Eike. Mrs. Pruella
w. Griggs, Miss Norinne j. Hennessy.
Miss Harriet NJ. Mast, Miss Helen NJ.
Pahler and Miss Ruth l. Reynolds.
These two committees met Thursday
night with Mr.. Grattan Kerans, pro
lessor of journalism, to consider the
progress of the work. Pictures for
the knight Owl will be taken this
week
Mrs. Mercedes P. Hayden has join
ed the faculty of the Evening School
in the Spanish department.
Mrs. Arthur NJ. Murphy has re-
signed from the secretaryship of the
Santa Maria Club. Mrs. Murphy,
formerly Miss Claire F. Mccarthy.
will leave with Mr.. Murphy on May
26 for San Antonio. Tex, where they
will make their home for the coming
year. -.
Prof Arthur Deering of the Cath
olic University will lecture TUESDAY
night. at o'clock, in the Engllsh
literature series. His subject Will be
Humorous Observations of Llte:
Mr.. Deering spoke on Eugene t1eid
last Tuesday.
Evening star., 1926-05-16
EASTERN'S ATHLETES
TO APPEAR ON STAGE
Dramatic Association Presents
"The Boomerang" Friday and
Saturday Nights.

With year of triumphs behind
them EIasterns athletes are expected
to score another success in THE
Boomerang" the final preSent"tio'7 q
the Dramatic Association. to be given
by double cast at the SChoUi auul-
torium Friday and Saturday nights.
Those cast for prominent roles are
Julius Radice and Angus Heeke, both
| foot ball stars, who will play the doc
1 tor" lead; Lawrence Smallwood.
basket ball manager and member of
the foot ball squad. who will be cast
as Budd Woodbridge, the love-sick
patient, and Harold Scruggs, East
ern's "home run king" and basket
! ball star. who will portray the vii
lain. in the role of Preston De Witt.
Other members of the cast include
James Madison. a talented musician
of Eastern: George Roth. one of the
editors of the school publication; Wal
ter Rhine, an officer in the cadet
corps: George Finger and Arthur Gar
rett, both experienced in dramaticS
and Edward Finlayson.
All the girls are prominent in dra
matics and other phases of school
activity. They are: Marvel Douglas
and Ruth Apperson. as Virginia
Zelva: Laura Barrett and Thelma
Alexander as Grace Tyler; Helen
toI an anu -hdEJ JOIle I1drCIetJ as Mari
on Sumner: lIildeGarde Cook and
Laura Barrett as Mrs. Creighton
Woodbridge, and Margaret Hoover
and Dorothy Schenken as Gertrude
Ludlow.
The play is under the direction of
Miss Ella Monk with student commit
tees in charge of the publicity. make
up, properties. staging. programs and
typing, while the print shop is making
tickets and programs. Colorful pos
ters are being made by the art de-
partment.
The annual faculty dinner will be
given Tuesday evening. Miss Rose
mary Arnold of the faculty is chair
man on the committee on arrange
ments. The dinner will be featured by
various stunts by members of the
faculty.
The cadet brigade ball will be
given May y in the armory of Cen
tral High School. The chairman of
the dance committee is Col. Edward
AndruS.
The calendar for June includes a
number of important dates: The
Major Music Assembly, June 8; Junior
day, June II; Senior day, June 49,:
baccalaureate sermon, June 21; two
year class night, June 21: afternoon
of June %, tWo-year graduation: night
of June 22. fOur-year class night, and
on June 20. the four-year graduation
will be held
Senior members of the Merrill Club
are planning a supper up the Potomac
IIVer tomorrow evening.
Evening star., 1926-05-16
BANNER PRESENTED
TO WESTERN SCHOOL
Two Plays Another Feature of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS En-
joyed at Assembly.

A housewarming was held at West
ern on Wednesday. The TWO plays.
THE Bank Robbery" and THE Pot
boiler" were cleverlv given. The cast
of THE Bank Robbery" included
Frank Weitzel. Alden Goodwin. Tom
my David. Wade Stafford, Ellis Edo
WITT, Boots Callahan and Edward
Kumpe. The cast OF THE Potboiler
was as follows: Joe Greenwood, Fran
WestbrooK. George Bates. AlberT
Heagy. Ruth Molyneaux, Frank Welt
gel and Helen Sheckells.
Miss Gardner's section presented a
banner to the school. Last year this
section won SIS. and this year So, in
a membership competition conducted
by the Home and School Association
The money was spent in purcha sing
the banner for the school. MarEaret
Pope made the presentation speech.
while Albert HeaGy and Frank Welt
gel held the banner
On Monday a competitive ma nual
at arms drill was held in the audito-
RUM The six best men in each com
pany officers excluded, were the con
testants The judges were Maj. Dono
van and Maj. Payne. The orders
were issued by Capts. kimball, Welt
zel and Stafford. A private of Company
VI. hlCHdTQ 1OlidnOeT, was tne sue
cessful contestant. George Reeves Of
Company II came second and Nicholas
Souri, of Company X third.
On Thursday an assembly was held
for the juniors and seniors. The chief
speaker was w. T. Spivy of the DrexeI
Institute Of Philadelphia He spoke
on cooperative education. After this
assembly. another one was held for
seniors only. 1t was called for the
purpose of determining whether o.
not the senior class night and the
senior prom should he held on the
same night.
On Tuesday the Boone Trail and
Highway Memorial Association pre-
sented Western High School with q
bronze tablet. which is a marker Of
the old Boone trail. Since Western IS
the Washington high school nearest
the trail. it was the school selected to
be the guardian of this tablet. !
Hampton Rich. managing editor of the
Boone Trail, made the presentation
The feature of the assembly was an
account of his experiences by Ezra
Meeker. 96-year-old pathfinder.
Evening star., 1926-05-16
WASHINGTON STUDENT
HONORED AT BROWN U.
Mark F. Coles Gets Scholarship for
Leadership and Gen
eral Ability"

PROVIDENCE. May 15.-At special
exercises held in chapel al Brown
University on Friday morning, the
class of 1907 scholarship was pre-
scented to Mark r. Coles of Washing
ton. former university swimming
team captain and president of the
Cammarian Club, the undergraduate
governing body. The scholarship is
awarded to "the student in the senior
class who combines in a high degree
scholastic ability, athletic ability and
character"
The award was made by George
Hurley of this city, president of the
class of 1907 and former Attorney
General of Rhode Island.
Coles, IL graduate of Central High
School, Washington, has been an ear
nest student, a good athlete and has
shown excellent qualities of leadership
curing his four years at Brown. Next
10 Davy Jones, he has been the most
consistent point winner on the swim
ming team that Brown has ever had.
He won a place on the team in his
freshman year, the rule barring
freshmen having not then gone into
effect.
Evening star., 1926-05-16
VANDERBILT FUND GROWS.
District Donors to University Add
$4,000 to S4.ooo.Ooo Goal.

Vanderbilt University has now
raised 81 ,25Q,0 toward it's S4,-
600 900 fund. according to state
ment made by John j. Tigert. United
States Commissioner of Education.
who is chairman for the campaign in
Washington.
Vanderbilt alumni residing in Wash
ington have contributed $500, Dr.
Tigert states. The donors are Miss
Marie M. Ready. Mrs. r. w. Balloon,
Joseph W. Byrns, James &. McReN
nolds and Mr.. Tigert.
Vanderbilt has been Il leader among
Southern universities during the 80
years of its history. 1t now plans 10
erect three new buildings. raise ~ r
aries and increase the number Of
professorships.
Evening star., 1926-05-16
WHEAT AND RYE HIT
BY MARYLAND COLD
Special Dispatch 10 The Star.

BALTIMORE, May 15-Crops Of
wheat and rye in Maryland this year
are expected to fall below normal pro
duction. due 10 adverse weather cor
ditions. according to John :. Dennee
Maryland statistician of the United
States Department of Agriculture.
Cold. dry and windy weather this
Spring has caused the poor condition
9long with an adverse situation last
Fall which delayed seeding. Estimated
wheat production based on conditions
May is 1859 900 bushels. Mr.. Dennee
said. Production last year was 10.
100000 bushels. Rye production this
year is estimated at 220, 200 bushels
against 342 900 bushels last year.
Seventy-flve per cent of Spring
plowing on Maryland farms was CON.
pleted hV Nav l.
Evening star., 1926-05-16
Kitten Show Planned.

Plans are being made for a kitten
show to be given by the Washington
Cat Club in the near future. Both
short haired and long-haired kittens
are eligible for entry, and those
wishing to enter kittens may COM
municate with Miss Emma G. Payne,
725 Twenty-secon street.
The club also is planning a cat
show next Fall or Wintenh
Evening star., 1926-05-16
Must Be Careful.
From the Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
Mrs. James-I want some collars
for my husband.
Clerk-Stiff or soft?
Mrs. James.-Oh. soft ones. He has
haen i'll and the doctor says he must
sSbid everything With starch in il.
Evening star., 1926-05-16
Hotel Work to Start.

DANVILLE, Va, May 13.-Greens-
horo contractors will start work with
in two weeks on Danville'e new ten
estoly hotel and will complete 1t in 10
l4.Unkh6,
Evening star., 1926-05-16

A movement has been started in
England to exterminate the cormo.
rant, each Of which is said to destroy
two and quarter tons of fish a year.
Evening star., 1926-05-16
EDUCATIONAL

PRIVATE LESSONS N MATHFMATIC,
F'ences. languages: Cornell graduate.
II so ALBERT JONES. 14O6 Hopkins :
nw near Goth and p. go
Evening star., 1926-10-24

900 All-linen EIandkcrchicfS, with
spoke hens. All white and a nice sheer
quality.
kann Street Floor.
Evening star., 1926-10-24

The gloves that fashionable women wear
are in this low priced lot Monday. Both i'm
ported suede and glace kid are offered with
fare and turn down cuffs and heavy stitched
backs-P. X. and overseam sewn. Black
white, tan, brown and beaver in sizes 5a4
to IL.
Kanns-Street Floor
Evening star., 1926-10-04

terms, playing in The homo city of the
new contenders, on field never BE-
fore the scene of world series games,
even as two years ago Washington
was for the first time in base ball his
tory the arena of the classic. That
park in st. Louis is what is known in
the parlance of the sport as band
box" with short fields over which
the mighty batsmen may at any time
watt the ball for the circuit. viii
this condition favor the home team,
that is accustomed to the conditions,
or the undoubtedly heavier-hitting
Yankees, who are notorious for their
home-run proclivities?
The answer to this question lies in
another question:: Which pitching
staff will prove the stronger? For
after all it Is a matter of pitching
that determines the matter Of batting.
Yesterday the King of Swat" pos
SCISSOR of a longer home-run record
than any other living player. work
dismally et the bat, on one occasion
striking out, along with several others
on his own team. For yesterday the
Yankees were faced with a veteran
pitcher of great skill, almost Walter
Johnson. Will now come a change
of mood. a shift of chances?
If the public could definitely answer
such a question there would be little
to the ball game as a spectacle of
entertainment. 1t is the uncertainty
that makes it strong in it's appeal to
the interest, which causes the as
semblage in two days of more than
125,000 people, paying over $400. 900
for the privilege of seeing two hired
professional teams engage in a con-
test for a bit Of bunting and Incl
dental perquisites.
Evening star., 1926-10-04
The Swiftness of Fate.

From the Lynchburg News.
In newspaper parlance there is one
fateful word. 1t is "Flash." When
that comes over the wire, it takes
precedence over everything. 1t comes
convention Of philosophers. world
series base ball game, speech by the
President. Be the story that is being
sent important or trivial, everything
stops and the operator poises himself
to take a few lines intended for the
information to the editor OF some
great catastrophe or Of some great
event whose consummation is being
eagerly awaited by the newspaper
reading world.
There came two such flashes" not
more than a minute apart. The oper-
ator was checked in the midst Of the
sentence he was writing and took
this:
Flash-Fonck starts flight 6:36 am.
And then this:
Flash-Foncks plane era h g.
Catches fire, 6:37 am.
That illustrates the suddenness of
the catastrophe TO the giant airplane
that was to have taken off in effort TO
make a nonstop flight to Paris. At
one moment came word of start to-
ward possible triumph in another
came word of tragic failure. Within
a minutes time the telegraph oper-
ator at the scene had flashed through
the Nation word of his start and word
Of his crash 10 earth. Then came the
story of the debacle.
Evening star., 1926-10-04
A Year of Water Losses.

When the record of 1926 is written
it will be found that not only this
country but other lands have suffered
unusually from water disasters. A
heavy toll has been taken in life and
property by tidal waves, by storms,
by foundations. Some years bring
fires that cause the heaviest percent
age of loss. Others are chiefly marked
by earthquakes or volcanic explosions.
Again. epidemics may supply the
chief cause of distress and death. But
1926 is a water year" and will be
long remembered for its visitations
from the sea and the sky.
Floridas disaster stands to date as
the worst that has occurred anywhere
In the world this year. though larger
number of lives have been lost in far
away lands through water visitations.
The most grievous suffering in Florida
was caused by the destruction of
highly concentrated property, which
lay directly in the path of one of the
most furious hurricanes ever known
to have struck those shores.
Comparatively minor water dis
asters have occurred elsewhere in this
Evening star., 1926-10-04
Tears for Prohibition
Are Called ''Stagey'
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
The vets have shed many tears
over the prodigious cost of enforcing
prohibition. This lachrymose demon
stration, as usual, is for stage effect
To cover the entire United States,
with twenty times the population of
New York City, the Government en-
ployes one-ffth as many policemen
and spends one-third az much money.
Put It another way: Exclusive of the
Coast Guard, which is maintained in
dependently of prohibition, every time
the average person pays three-fifths
of one cent to enforce prohibition
the average inhabitant of New York
City pays a dollar for police protec-
ton.
And there Is another side to It. On
the average the Government has re-
ceived in fines and condemned prop
erty sold to the credit of the United
States Treasury enough to pay the
cost of enforcement. Sometimes there
has been q substantial profit from
prohibition enforcement.
When the vets have more brine
with which to dew the earth, they
might soothe hectic New York city
with their tears.
GEORGE r. WELLS.
Evening star., 1926-10-04

country throughout the Summer,
causing heavy damage to property
and to crops. Many lives have been
lost. Just now comes word of a food
menace at Beardstown, ILL.,, due to
the weakening of the levee protecting
the city from the Illinois River. But
more serious is a flood at Bartlesville,
Okla, which has driven 1900 people
from their homes and has to date cost
two lives.
Rivers have been on the rampage
all Summer, now in one section. now
in another. Sudden, heavy and pro-
longed rainfall has caused these floods.
The treeless soil will not check the
flow of the waters. The streams rise
sharply and give little warning of the
coming of the deluge. The stripping
of the land for tillage and urban popu-
lation has brought it's penalties in
these occasional visitations. bikes
and levees often fail, and enormous
damage is done to crops and to struc.
lures. A very heavy price is paid for
the trees that have been felled.
Evening star., 1926-10-04
Too Much Speed.
Autoists Said to Lack Caution at
Loading Platforms.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Whose turn next to be killed in the
streets-you, your mother or your
child? Formerly people We're satisfied
to reach their destination with the
speed of a street car, but with the
automobile they are not content to
wait 20 seconds if q traffic policeman
holds them up without their cowardly
trying to aggravate him by footing
their horns. I often wonder if many
drivers do not need their glasses
changed for they ride so close to
street cars, other machines. bicycles
and pedestrians as almost to touch
or else they are mighty poor judges
| of distance, and should therefore
study that important element. The
speed with which they drive at load
ing platforms is almost crazy, with
people crossing to catch cars, and if
streets are wet they speed on just
the same.
fractions of time saved, spread over
several years and totaled, would not
aggregate the loss of time in court
and elsewhere when involved in an
accident? Ride up with Il motOrman
and see how they cut in front, going
both ways. If these motOrmen We're
not healthy men with calm nerves,
who, without losing their heads, can
bring car to a stop and almost throw
people out of their seats, funeral
services would be held over some of
these reckless drivers whose death
many would regard as a blessing on
the grounds of the greatest good to
the greatest number.
Some Of the most reckless are de-
livery wagon boys; and while taxi
drivers used to be in accidents, we
rarely hear of them hitting any one
now, especially when the heavy
mileage of all the cabs is considered.
as they seem to be a specially skilled
lot of men-probably have to be, as
their fares naturally expect haste.
There are both taxi and private
drivers whom L have seen stop to per-
NIT pedestrians to cross. but they are
mighty few.
1t seems to me that the city fathers
will have to consider reducing the
speed limits to 16 or IS miles an hour,
with half of that while passing safety
zones or loading platforms; that per-
mits should only be issued after the
strongest eye test and driving ability
is shown: that suspension of permits
should be more freely exercised and
for longer periods. J. w. SMITH.
Evening star., 1926-10-04
League Shows Favors
To Latin Americans

From the Houston Chronicle.
Colombia, Chile and Salvador were
elected to temperament seats in the
Council of the League of Nations.
out of nine places filed. Apparently
the Spanish-American countries are
being shown unusual favOrS follow
ing the Withdrawal of Spain. the
mother country. from the League.
Spain was virtually assured one OF
the semi-permanent seats, but this
did not satisfy the Spanish dictator,
intent on proclaiming the greatness
of his own nation, and so Spain an
nounced her withdrawal entirely. Bra
zil had already done the same.
However, the League refused TO be
perturbed. Germany came In. The Lo-
carno treaties, pledging all the West
ern European nations to peace and ar
bitration, went into effect. The League
took on more of the attributes of a
world organization for peace. It's lead
ers showed their vision for worldwide
problems by voting to keep China as
a member of the Council, or upper
body. China at present cannot be said
to have responsible government. No
single faction is able to maintain even
Il nominal authority over the greater
portion Of the country. Yet China Is
a great empire. Her course in the fu-
affairs of other nations, and the day
may come, sooner than any one ex-
poets, when she will assert herself
as united nation. Certainly the
League members were wise in keep
ing the way clear for her to become a
reorganiZed associate of the other
great nations in the international or
ganiZatiOn.
The favor shown the three Spanish
American nations may have been in
spired somewhat by a desire to demon
strate to Spain and Brazil their mis-
take, and so encourage their re-entry
into the League, but it also doubtless
was meant to assure reasonable rep
reSentatiOn to the great Spanish
speaking races and nations of the
world.
AS long as the League OF Nations
can make it's decisions on such con-
siderations, its ability to serve the
world seems assured.
The recognition given the Spanish
American nations not only should be
a matter OF pride to them; II should
inspire them in keeping step in the
march of civilization with these great
er nations of the world which are
dealing with them as comrades and
equals.
Evening star., 1926-10-04
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

BY the Side of the Road.
"Give me a house by the side Of the
road"
Sang the poet long ago.
But he sang when the traveller walked
or rode
At a pace serene and slow.
Yet, "a house by the road" say I,
'give me.
Where the way with action teens
And the motor wagons SO swiftly fee
There is scarcely an hour for
dreams"
Give me a house where the lights that
play
Are like comets brought to earth;
Where the bootleg bandits swiftly
stray
Mid the revelers' reckless mirth;
Where the flivvers clash and the tires
explode
It is not for peace I sigh.
Give me house by the side of the
road,
Where the big parade goes by!