Evening star., 1927-12-08
LECTURERS BARRED
BY SCHOOL BOARD
Permission Refused to Anti
Cigarette League Speakers
to Give Illustrated Talk.

Acting on it's recently adopted policy
Of permitting no outside" speakers TO
address public school pupils on sub
iects which might be construed as
controversial, sectarian or political"
the Board of Education. meeting yes
terdaY afternoon. refused a speaker for
the nti-Cigarette League permission
to deliver an Illustrated lecture on the
Evils Of Cigarette Smoking" in the
Junior and senior high schools.
Other important actions of the board
included the suspension of f. 3. Hen
derson. assistant physical director in
divisions 10 to lS. who was indicted
last Friday by the grand jury for an
attempt to use the mails to defraud in
what is alleged to be his activity with
the Central Chiropractic College, 1914
Seventh street, one of the first
schools" TO come within the investi-
cation into Nashingtons diploma
mills" The board also agreed to re-
quest the auditor OF the District to
include in the current budget funds for
such school facilities as would be re-
qnired to relieve the present "unsatis-
factory condition under which junior
high school pupils of Southwest Wash
incton now are attending classes.
The boards adverse decision on the
Anti-Cigarette Leagues petition follow.
Cd an appeal by committee of four
representatives of the league for per-
mission to allow DR.. Daniel H. Kress
of Baltimore to deliver a stereopticOn
Illustrated lecture on cigarette smoking
which he had delivered in the schools
each year since 1928. The committee
members We're Rev. NJ. J. Hubbard,
William B. Mahony, c. II. Butler and
DR.. J. Knox Montgomery.
Vote Is Postponed.
Harry o. Hine, secretary of the
board, had read Il communication from
the Anti-Cigarette League applying for
the lecturing permission, and on
motion by Henry l.. Gilligan, member
of the board, that the School Board
should refuse it's permission in view
of its recent action regarding such ad-
dresses in the schools the members
We're about to vote on the measure
when Rev. Mr.. Hubbard Interrupted
the proceedings to ask that his COM
mittee be given hearing. Mr.. Gil
ligan readily assented to postpone ac-
ton on his motion, and Charles F.
Carusi, president of the board, passed
the matter until later in the meeting.
When he finally addressed the board
Rev. Mr.. Hubbard outlined the gen.
eral inien of DIR. Kress' address, ex-
planning that permission had been
granted OH three previous years. Mr..
Gilligan interrupted to ask him if he
did not know that instruction as to
the effects of tobacco was already be-
ing given to students as part of their
regular curriculum. The minister re-
piled that he supposed such instruction
was contained in the text books, but
he described DR.. Kress' lecture as
Supplementary" to the regular course.
DR.. Montgomery, who said he was
president of the Muskingum College,
reiterated Rev Mr.. Hubbard's reasons
why he believed the lecture should be
permitted.
President Carusi then explained to
the committee that in accordance with
the policy of permitting no subject TO
be discussed in the schools which
might be construed to be controversial,
sectarian or political the board had
recently decided to refuse all such re.
quests. He said the members of the
board would deprecate it exceedingly