Evening star., 1927-09-11
COUNTLESS OPPORTUN-
tiles NOW AFFORDED
IN THE CAPITAL

TN IHC OHFI HI
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Board Of Vocational Eucat tion and for
| voca tional rehabilitation of those
! MANNED in industry, and the Women S
| and Children's bureaus of the DeDdi t
| ment of Labor, opens up a beautiful
| panorama picture in the mind of man,
| helpfulneSs to weaker and manned
fellow beings. This means economic
| recovery from the junk pile of indus
| try and giving the little ones fairer
start in life.
Along lines of broad education for
willing minds, there are the museums
and libraries supported by the general
Government of the United States. as
well as similar institutions belonging
to the city of Washington, presenting
advantages unsurpassed in any other
city in the land. And in nearby Mary
land and Virginia pilgrimages can be
made to areas richer than any others
in crowded historical reminders.
100 School Buildings.
For the public school education Of
the children of this municipality and
children of Government employees who
i've even OutSlue OF tne J)lStflCt III
Maryland and Virginia suburbs we
are providing through 100 school build
ings more than 5000 teachers and an
annual school budget of $l2, SOC, 900
for some 10000 enrolled pupils.
For higher and specialized educa.
ton there are literally scores upon
scores of universities, colleges, acad-
emies, institutes, Seminaries and
houses of study. Many of these are
of national and even world. wide recog-
milton.
1t is not we'll known to some Of the
people of Washington that their city
has within its boundaries an abso-
lutely unique institution of learning,
since it is not duplicated elsewhere in
the world
The Columbia Institution for the
Deaf, a corporation founded in 1857
by Congress. has maintained on It's
grounds at Seventh street and Florida
avenue northeast. Familiarity known as
Kendall Green, since the year 1854
collegiate department for the eduCa-
ton of deaf young men and women.
This department. known as Gallaudet
College, receives from the various
States and Territories of the United
States and from foreign countries as
well deaf students who have finished
their preliminary education in special
schools for the deaf and carries them
through five years of preparatory and
collegiate work.
Free Scholarship Provided.
Except for their deafness these
young people are very normal in their
feelings and action and life. Their
course of study in college covers Eng.
science, history, philosophy. and a
number of bread-and butter courses.
such as library cataloguing. domestic
science, domestic art for the young
women, and printing. chemistry agri-
culture and mechanic drawing for
the young men.
Basket ball and tennis are favorite
sports for the young women, while
the young men, in addition, have
wrestling, base ball and foot ball. In
the latter sport they are particularly
proficient, and their teams are we'll
known in the college sport world.
The social side of the students life
is we'll taken care of by their organiza-
tions, together with dramatic, literary
and social clubs.
The United States Government has
long been trustee, and has been the
benefactor of the college by providing
free scholarships for many of the stu.
dents That the United States funds
have been well invested is shown by
the fact that the graduates of the
college enter all kinds of professions
and soon become self-supporting citi-
zens Graduates are now engaged in
many parts of the Government service
and in civil engineering, mechanical
drawing, agriculture, library catalogu.
ing, accounting, teaching in schools
for the deaf. illustrating, printing,
publishing, chemistry, bacteriology.
architecture and many other useful
occupations.
Fountainhead of Literature.
Washington has always been a foun.
tainhead of literature. Novelists,
poets, philosophers, geographers, geol.
oglsts, biologists, botanists, astrono-
mers, mathematicians. scientists of
very description, tacticians, financiers,
sociologlsts. metaphysicians, religion
lists, Journalists and historians unnum-
bered have contributed to the educa-
ton of the world by their writing here.
The first book in economics written
IN America was printed here. Francis
Scott Key, author of THE Star
Spangled Banner" was one of our
early anu HOSL IOrceIuI lawyers. John
burroughs. the great naturalist, began
MS work here. Joaquin Miller was
another Harriet Beecher Stoves ia
nous novel. Uncle Toms Cabin"
was first printed in the National In.
telligencer, which was being published
before this became the Capital. Walt
whitman was once a Government
clerk in the Office of the Attorney
General and began his literary career
here. George Bancroft. the great his
torian, lived and wrote here many
years. He was Secretary of the Navy
under Polk, and was responsible for
the establishment Of the Naval Acad-
emy at Annapolis. Among other
Washingtonians whose literary work
IS well known were Mrs. f. D. E. n.
Southworth, George Alfred Townsend,
Ihomas Nelson Page, Molly Elliot