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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-10

!, -,,,s Pooler Of 20 Front street, a
49, of the special police force,
r Ii for some time a familiar figure
a ~ ,hs upper Water Street beat. left
o. o.. ' avening on the 1918 Pullman for
."rrs Mass, where he will be en-
s Bed in the spinning department of
Z. Tronuois mills.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-10
Funeral Of Mrs. Clara eeIevesu

The funeral OF Mrs. Clara Beleveau
VINO died Sept. took place yesterday
afternoon from the Second Baptist
church on Water street, Rev. Angus
te Bocquel officiating. Flowers in
PERCUSSION We're in evidence during the
service. 1nterment was in Pine Grove
cemetery. The bearers were her four
sons. George Perry. Arthur Perry,
Fred Perry. and Chester Perry.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-10

J Due to bad depressions in the sur.
race OF lower Silver street which has
Just been built up by the tarvia pro-
cess, the street is being ripped IN
again for the purpose of reconstruct
ing IT IN more satisfactory man
ner. This stretch of road has in the
past been very poor. and it is hoped
that something may be made of it
this time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-10

ROBERT Weber Of Burleigh street
mas recently resigned his position as
MESSENGER boy for the Postal Tele-
graph and Cable Company and is
succeeded by Calvin Palmer. a stud
ent Of Coburn Classical Institute
superintendent Of schools, C. E.
glover stated yesterday that the
present school term has started off
with bang. Large attendance. lots
OF enthusiasm excellent teachers.
and good general conditions for a
successful year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-10

800 and Mrs. Leopold H. r. Haas
h sove been passing several weeks
xh9 3hs Middle West and South have
ID ~ TO their home in this city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-10
rurATER ATTRACTIONS

., House, Friday and Saturday
opeiaa 11-Tom Tyler in The Mas
sept Az Bandit"; William Desmond
q strings of Steel; a Two par!
IN ssv "Playing the Swell; latest
come News, Walter Hood and his
archestra.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-10
m 2 b: RED )! BookS4ts5A$zss'!xsE

Carl Anderson, left Saturday after
noon for their home In Northeastern
Mass.
Willard W. Horne has gone to
York Harbor, where he has en-
ployment.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-10

Mr.. McNalley is employed as q
teacher.
Miss Ruth Marden left town the
first of the week for a brief visit
in Boston, after which she will go
to Mt. Vernon, n. Y, to accept po-
sition as teacher in the public
schools,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-10

go, Estet of this city for years
f .'ored at the Maine Central car
emp "a visiting with relatives and
snopsS in Boston and suburbs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-10
Birthday Party

Garland McKinnon, Jr, tht little
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Garland Mckin-
non, observed his third birthday
Wednesday. Several of his little
friends were invited in for the after
noon. A happy time was passed and
refreshments of punch, ice cream,
bananas and fancy birthday cake
decorated with three lighted candles
were served. Garland received many
little gifts. Those present were:
Marion Cloutier, Fannie Wheelock,
Charlene an Arlene Dyer, and Annie
and Rena Steward.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-10

wines Theater: Fri. and Sat. Sept.
Colleen Moore in 1T Must Be
w. w.. latest news reel and comedy;
Love at the Wurlitzer organ.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-10
"73ie Moral Revolt" by
Judge Ben B. Lindsey
Mrs. Philip Lydig Reveals
Secrets of Nepv York Society

ALMOST since girlhood, beautiful
4 \ Mrs. Philip Lydig has been an I'M
questioned leader of New York's ultra
smart society. Now for the first time
Mrs. Lydig proceeds to turn the spot
light on that society-telling in great
detail why she finds it futile, false and
corrupt. The statements she makes
will astonish you-story after story of
tragedies heretofore never publicly dis
closed. If chronicles of the real lives of
the prominently Observation-Disclosures
known only to those on the inside of
that group-are of interest to you, then
you must read Mrs. Lydig's reveal
ing article. "Marriage Without Love"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-10

MRS: Florence NJ. Wallace Of the
Snamoer OF Commerce motored Id
orono yesterday on business.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-10

In these two remarkable series-the one
by Mrs. Lydig, the other by Judge
Lindsey-The Red Book Magazine for
October inaugurates its new plan of
adding the drama of Fact to the drama
of Fiction-which latter is expressed BY
Rupert Hughes in his splendid novel;
''We Live But Once" and BY thess
other distinguished novelists and story.
writers: Ruth Comfort Mitchell, James
Francis Dryer, Struthers Burt, Samuel
Merwin, Leroy Scott, Thyra Samter
Winslow, Robert Benchley, VIM
H. Osborne, Arthur K. Akers and
Michael 7. Phillips. =
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-10
Birhday PARTY


Little Miss Geraldine Hodgdon en-
tertained a few of her friends We'd
nesday afternoon at her home on
Main street in honor of her ninth
birthday. Games were played and
tarts, fancy cookies and a birthday
cake with nine lighted candles were
served. Geraldine received many
pretty gifts. Those present were:
Ruth Farnham. Muriel Young, Mazda
Stafford, Minnie and Thelma Morrill,,
Florence Ware, Anita Thibodeau and
the little hostess.
The Loyal club held their first fall
meeting Wednesday evening with
Mrs. Fred Loubier. of Maple street.
Cards were enjoyed and prizes were
won by Mrs. Joseph Champagne, Mrs.
Eugene Foster and Mrs. Gideon Ben
nett. Dainty refreshments were
served by the hostess. The next
meeting will be held with Mrs. Neal
Gregory of High street.
The Christmas Club will meet this
afternoon with Mrs. George Farm
ham Of Main street.
There will be dance at the
Grange Hall in Fairfield Center this
, evening. Music will be furnished by
Babe Harrington's orchestra.
w. G. T. U. will hold its annual
b -siness meeting and election of off,
GERS this afternoon at 2:30 with Mrs.
Fred Savage of Burrill street. ALI
members are urged to be present.
Miss Alfredo Daniel Of Lewiston is
Evening star., 1926-02-14
POWELL WILL OBSERVE
1ST BIRTHDAY THURSDAY
/ Dance to Be Given Friday by Har-
ents of Students-36 on.
Honor Roll.

The first birthday of the Powell
Junior High School will be celebrated
next Thursday evening in the audito-
rum of the school. The program to
be presented will illustrate special
features of curriculum activities
On Friday afternoon from $3.50 to
6 a dance will be given to the stu
dents by the parents as part of this
celebration. The admission to each
analr Is as many pennies as are equal
70 the years Of age. This money is to
he used for purchasing stage dra-
peries.
Powell has SO students ON the schol-
astic honor roll for the first semester,
as follows:
Helen Kirkland Evan Brown,
Thomas Ilinkel. Elise Ward, Charles
Waters, Armand Gordon. Naseem
Farhond, Nancy Booth, Helen Jones.
BurleiSh Martin. Alice Price, Bernice
Stafford. Mildred Sullivan. Valerie
Chitty. Satilla Franklin, Betty HartS-
horn, Richard Herman. Florence
Sugar. 1n1ogene Albers. Olive Ruth
Hathaway, Helen Mansfield Mary
Parks. Esther Stein, Elizabeth Tay-
lor. Virginia Rand. Norman Pressler
John Williams. Louise Crosby ATne
Machen. Lillian May. Lois Spencer
Virginia Bennett, Marion Charles
Frederick Cutting, Irene Larash
t,lOiSe Smith
Evening star., 1926-02-14
ENVOY WILL SPEAK.
M. Samy Pasha to Tell of Irriga-
ton in Egypt.

NJ Samy Pasha. Minister of Egypt
to the United States, will speak on
Egyptian Irrigation" at the meeting
Of the George Washington University
Engineering Society, in the auditorium
of Corcoran Hail. 725 Twenty-first
street. Wednesday,, at 9 pm.
NJ. Samy was educated as an en-
gineer in Egypt and England. He be-
gan his career as an engineer in the
Egyptian ministry of public works.
and was gradually promoted to higher
administrative and technical positions
until he was appointed general secre-
tary of the ministry of public works.
In 1922 he was appointed under sec
retary of the ministry of communica-
tions, which post he occupied until
February, 1926, at which time he
was appointed Minister of Egypt to
the United States.
Other speakers on the program in
clude President William Mather
Lewis and Dean Hugh Miller of the
engineering college oGGeorse Wash
ington University.
Evening star., 1926-02-14
WORK Is REORGANIZED
AT TECH HIGH SCHOOL
Special Glasses Formed to Aid
"Repeaters and Stu
dents Study improvements.

Ihe midyear has seen some i'm,
proNementS in the organization of
Mchlnley High School it was an
Aounced at the school yesterday. Re
peaters III academic subjects are now
taking work in special ella sses, where
their deficiencies will be discovered and
corrected. Students who are not re.
peatlnS will go on in classes where
their talents will find better opportu
nltles Tor expression. This reorganiza.
ton is part of a campaign to keen
students in school as long as possibIe
recently a group of Tech alumni
ana students met to discuss the DOS
siollity OF raising scholarship and
character standards among students.
A member of the faculty discussed the
psychoioglcal basis of a developing
personality. showing the relationship
OF learning from books and changing
conouct. The students and alumni
present were:' Z. Demas, Jack Wild.
katherine Smell, William Shoemaker.
Ed Spano, Tulio Cordero, Joe Sorren,
fiaze1 Schaife. Fannybelle Tenny, Cur
us draper, kateryn Chase, Margaret
mitchell, Paul Scott, Harold Joynes,
John Mauchly, Janet Frost. Florence
DAVIDSON and Gilbert Brooks. Re-
freshments and games followed the
John Green, president of the Radio
Club. announces that his ORGANIZATION
is engaged in investigating the merits
OF the many receiving sets on the
market. The club has lust recently
had the opportunity of testing a five
tube set, which was remarkable in the
| fact that there was almost no distor-
ton.
Evening star., 1926-02-14
NEED SEEN FILLED
IN NEW W"Y COURSE
Liberal Arts Attracts Stu
dents and Lectures Prove
Popular.

The popularity of the Y. NJ. G. A.
and the fact that demand for such
course exists have already been
demonstrate by the enrolment of
more than 100 students, according to
Il statement last week by DIR. j. A.
Bell educational director of the Wash
ington Y. NJ. c. A. Although the
course is less than a month old. the
enrolment is larger than anticipated
In that time and inquiries indicate
there will be additional students, he
said.
While the Y. NJ. G. A. College for
the first time is offering a complete
course leading to the degree of bach
elor of arts in economics, the most
popular feature is the series of lee
lures by prominent shington men
in the course on biographies, it is
stated. Three of these lectures al
| ready have been given, the first on
George Washington, by Representa-
| tive Henry w. Temple; the second on
Woodrow Wilson," by George w.
Offutt, and the third on Shake
| speare." by DIR. Paul Kaufman. The
subjects for the remaining lectures
and the dates on which they are to he
delivered have been announced as fol-
| lows: Tuesday, Michael Faraday. a
Typical Man of Science" by DIR.
Charles T.. Monroe of the Bureau of
Mines; February 90. a lecture by Hus-
ton Thompson, former Assistant At
ttorney General and now a member of
the Federal Trade Commission; March
>, William Torrey Harris, the Amer
| lean Philosopher Educator" by DIR.
| Henry r. Evans of the United Stat es
Bureau of Education: March O. MI
! chael Papin, an Example Of the Ro-
! nance of Government" by H. X.
| Bush Brown. Washington sculptor;
March II. "Bach-His Contribution to
! History" by Edwin \. c. Barnes, d.
| rector of music. Washington public
schools: March %. "Gilber Stuart-A
Scene in the Works of Gilber Stuart
and Other American Painters" by Mr.
! Bush Brown: March 80, The Man of
| Nazareth-The Power Behind His
tory by Rev. DR.. Joseph Sizoo, pas
| tor of the New York Avenue Presby-
terian Church: April 6. Robert f.
Lee. the Christian General" by
! Thomas j. Frailey. senior vice com
| mander, District Department of the
American Legion. and April l3. "Abra
ham Lincoln" by Brig. Gen. Amos A.
| Fries, chief of the Chemical Warfare
Service, United States Army. The lee
lures are held at S O'Clock in the eve
ming in the auditorium at the Central
Y. NJ. G. A. Building, 1886 G. street
northwest.
Evening star., 1926-02-14
CANTATA" "LlNCOLN"
SUNG AT BUSINESS
Tech Students in Joint Assembly
New Lunchroom Will
Open Tomorrow.

In an assembly held on Friday, FEB,
ruary u. the glee clubs OF busii,ess :,
and Tech sang the cantata Lincoii,'
the words of which were written oy
Director of Music DR.. Il. n. =. BARNES
The music is by r. Dean Shure:
The new lunchroom at BUSINESS
High School will open for business TO-
morrow. under the direction OF MIS-.
E. Smith. Miss Minnie Dean ana MISS
Cora McCarty. There Will De ca1eteria
service and home cooking.
The try-outs for the Business Hlgh
School spring play have been com
pleted and the cast selected. Inc
members of the cast will be announced
later.
At a recent meeting the Business
High School Orchestra elected Louis
Fishman president and Elsie Rpzika
secretary. Michael Carta remains In
Office as librarian. A new member OF
the orchestra. February arrival, Is
Henry Goldstein, who plays the drums
At the last rehearsal the orchestra
started practice for the Spring play.
The plans for the exhibit at Busi
ness High School. to be held during
the convention of the Department OF
Superintendence of the National Edu
cational Association, the last week in
February, are we'll under way. The
committee in charge of the work is
composed of the following teachers
Mrs. Daisie Huff, chairman: DIR. A. L
Howard, business practice, assisted by
Miss Minnie Dean; Mrs. May Ashton
drawing; Miss Frances Hay. geog
raphy and history. and Miss 3. l.
Yoder, English.
Evening star., 1926-02-14
CHINESE PROFESSOR
APPOINTED AT G. U,
Legation Official Will Give Ad
vanced Courses at Foreign
Service School.

DIR. James Brown Scott, chairman
Of the graduate committee of the
school of foreign service, George
town University, has just received the
honorary degree of doctor of laws
from the University of Southern Cal
Ifornia. The degree was conferred in
connection with the dedication of the
new law school building.
The law school was founded 80
years ago by DR.. Scott. As its first
dean, DR.. Scott was chosen to de
liver the principal address at the ded :
ication exercises. Immediately after
ward DIR. won kleinsmid. president
of the university. bestowed the de-
gree upon the guest of honor.
Announcement was made at the
foreign service school of the appoint
ment of Kwang-Lai Low. third secre-
tary of the Chinese legation. as pro
fesSor of Chinese. \ graduate of
Johns Hopkins University and Har-
ward, Mr.. Low was formerly profes-
sor of literature at the South East
ern University in China and also
Mankin University. For a short time
he was connected with the Chinese
service attached to the League of
Nations.
Both the elementary and advanced
under the direction of Mr.. Low. The
school of foreign service is one of the
few institutions i'm this country where
courses in Chinese may be obtained.
Many OF the students are concentrat :
ing their attention on the Far East.
The officials of the school feel that
for intelligent and profitable business
and social relations with the Chinese
1t is necessary for these students TO
h1 -~1
The elementary and advanced courses
are designed especially to train the
student to read write and speak mod
ern Chinese of the Mandarin idionn
Special emphasis is laid on the ability
to converse in Chinese. The advanced
work takes up commercial CORE
spondence, business transactions, and
the more complicated idioms.
Another course which has just
opened at the Foreign Service School
consists of a European seminar given
under the direction of DR.. Samuel II.
Cross. chief of the European division
OF the Department of Commerce. This
course is one of the few of it's kind
in the United States. 1t will consist
of research work and detailed study
of the distribution of the principal
American exports in Europe.
Another appointment announced at
the SCnOOl Is that or Edward X. Bel
KNAPP to be assistant in the courses of
freshmen and sophmore English Mr..
Belknap received the bachelors and
masters degree at this school in 1924
and 1925. He also attended George
town College.
Arrangements are being made to
throw open a portion of the new
scholastic building on the Hilltop to
occupancy by the seniors at an early
date. Owing to labor disturbances
over which the university had no
control, construction work was greatly
retarded. 1t had been hoped that the
new buildings would have been ready
for occupancy by the new year. The
congestion on the Hilltop is SO acute
that plans are being pushed to move
students into one wing of the build
ing while the other is in course of
completion.
Evening star., 1926-02-14
NEGRO HISTORY WEEK
OBSERVED AT SCHOOL
Hall of Fame Pageant Features Ex-
ercises by Randall Junior
High Pupils.

Prof. Leo Hansberry of Howard
University opened the celebration of
Negro History week at Randall Junior
High School last Monday He pre-
sented illustrative data unearthed in
Africa, including the West Coast. as
indicative of civilizations there UP to
a comparatively brief time ago. The
speaker was introduced by Miss S. r.
Quander. Miss Vashti Maxwell pre-
sided.
A pageant, "The Hall of Fame, :"
was presented Tuesday by pupils of
classes of Miss H. F. Morris, Mrs
A. V. w. Macbeth and Miss NJ. F..
Quander. An address was made by
Dr. Carter G. Woodson. editor of the
Journal of Negro History and the per-
son with whom the idea for the OBJ
servance of Negro week originated.
An illustrated lecture. THE Negro
in Art" was presented before the
Par ent t-Teacher Association Tuesday
night by Mrs. Gabrielle Pelham, Com
munity Center secretary. The pro-
gram included a duet by Miss Lucy
Mason and Miss Dorothy Phifer and
other musical numbers by Miss 1sa-
belle Parker. Miss Victoria Grant,
Herbert Turner, F. c. Smith and Hol-
der Burgess.
Evening star., 1926-02-14
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY
CONCERT TODAY AT a
Nine New Members of bod Noon
Club Initiated at Ceremonies
and Banquet.

The Cath"lic University Musical As
soclatlon will render it's monthly con-
cert this afternoon at 4 o'clock in the
assembly room in Mcmahon Hall.
The artists to appear are Charles
Trowbridge Tittmann, basso. and
Miss Eliza beth Winston. pianist. The
concert is under the direction of Mr..
Leo Behrendt. and is open to the pub
lie.
The bod Noon Club held initia ton
ceremonies recently, which were fol
lowed by a banquet held at College
Inn. Nine new members were chris
tened: Joseph Cannon. 90 Olyphant
Pa: Paul Miller, 20. Fort Wayne,
Ind: John Nolan. 81, Bridgeport,
Conn: Philip Schreier. -, Stafford
Springs, Conn: Joseph Collins. 81
Jamaica Plains. Mass: Joseph Don.
nelly. rs. Jersey City, y. J.; Herbert
O'Laushlin. '2s, Pittsfield, Mass.
Daniel Peloski. '2S, Ansonia. Conn.
and Raymond Dufour. '2S. Haverhill
Mass. During the banquet, entertain.
ment was furnished by Jack Nc
Mahon, tenor; Steve Towel and T. S
Hawiey. Father Hart. club moder
ator, spoke on The University Idea .
host to IS members of the Tower
staff at an informal luncheon last
Monday afternoon. The affair. which
was held in the dining hall. was at.
tended by the vice rector, George A
Dougherty. and the presidents of the
several residence halls. Eleven of the
lS Scrlbes were members of the in
coming and outgoing StaffS. The Gus
tom OF holding this annual luncheon
was inauSurated last year by the
bishop as token of appreciation to
the staff for the work accomplished
during the wear Mr.. Frank Gala.
CHER of Mahanoy City, Pa. was the
retiring edtorin-chief He will be
succeeded in office by Mr.. John DAILY
Naugatuck. Conn. Mr.. DAILY is also
the student cheer leader.
Bishop Shahan left the university
last Wednesday for Florida where he
Will be for several weeks the guest of
Marquis Martin Maloney of Philadel.
phia at his Winter residence at Port
Sewell
The dean of the school of law an.
nouncsS that course in legal ethics
VIII be opened and conducted by DR..
Donald A. Mclean during the second
semester. Judge William II. De Lacy
Is giving the course in bankruptcy
ana Is also delivering the university
EtW lectures, which are intended pri-
nlarilN to meet the requirements of
the students in the school of sciences.
Mr.. James J. Hayden is giving the
course in wills.
Evening star., 1926-02-14
"CURLY BYRD BIG
MAN At MARYLAND
Much More Than Athletic
Coach, Article in Baltimore
Sun Shows.

II. {. lCurly) Byrd. a member OF
The Star staff. who is one of the
big men at the University of Mary
land. was the subject" of an articl"
in the Baltimore Sun of last Sunday
in a series that is being run on
athletic leaders n IN State. That
he is much more than an athletic
director was forcibly b!'oush- cut.
The article. in part. follows:
Two friends one day We're driving
over the Baltimore Wa shinGtpn houle.
ward, going in the direction cf the
Nations Capital.
Rolling along through village
town and open country. they chAtt''I
as first one and then the ether rec
ogniZed a landmark and made some
remark about il.
They had put the town of aurel
some 10 miles behind Them, when
suddenly sweeping around bend in
the road. they saw spread out on
either side of their route the com
paratively new but rapidly growing
hamlet of College Park.
well there's the University OF
MARYLAND and here's what they built
for Curly Byrd said one. pointing
| TO the concrete stands of an athletic
| field on their left.
49,
them said the other. covering vii
! a three-quarter sweep of his arm the
| entire settlement.
The Curly Byrd they We"a speak
ing of was. of course. Harry Clifton
(Curly) Byrd, assistant to N" presi
dent. athletic director, coach of loot
ball and track-in fact. about every
thing at the University of Maryland
UP TO 'bos'n tight and the midship
i mite and the crew of the captain
gig
THE athletic field the first had
pointed to was Byrd Stadium, :
year-old plant named for the mar
who, in the opinion of many, has
done more than any other individual
, toward making the school what it is
| today.
I'm paying tribute TO those wh'
have contributed to he building ur
of the University of Maryland, which
since he first became connected Win
II has passed through tw" rla'ol
| and any number II minor stages
| of development in Its rapid advance
| II would be difficult 10 give too much
| credit to Curly.
.'The native shrewdness. sounG
common sense, inspiration and en-
erpv that have brought BYRD un
usual success IN HIS cifoSen 'ici ios
also have brought much to his alma
| mater.
Little short of sensational has
been the role he has played at Col
| lege Park since he returned in l9l-
to become English instructor and oil
! rector of athletics.
"A story of Byrd's athletic career
| would read almost like fiction. Space
does not permit of a full. and detailed
delineation."
Byrd entered Maryland. ther
/ NJ A. G.. in the Fall of 1905, anc
| was graduated in 1908. While there
he played foot bah, pitched on the
! nine and ran on the track team
Later he played professional base
ball. coached at Western iiish ano
entered the newspaper field hefcre
returning to his alma mater