Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
TEACHERS URGED
STUDY LINCOLN
Head of National Education
Association Addresses 800
at Dinner Here.

urged to study the life OF Abraham
Lincoln that they might obtain re
newed courage and the ability tt
cause their pupils Ito catch the ll1e
of Lincoln" by Francis G. Blair. ma
tional president of the National Edu
cation Association, in speech deny
cred before 800 members of the Dis
trict Of Columbia Education Associa
ton gathered at their annual dinner
at Rauscher's last night.
Mr.. Blair who is State superlntend
ent of public instruction in Illinois
was the principal speaker of the
evening He took the educators on
an imaginative patriotic pilgrimage
recalling in detail all of the high
points in the life of the great eman-
cipator, explained that as native of
Illinois he had made a close study
of :Lincoln's life.
RallOu Gets Ovation.
DIR. Frank Ballou, superintendent
of schools and the first speaker, was
accorded an ovation. He referred
good humoredly to the recent criti-
.cism directed toward him by critics.
Harry English, president of the local
association. presided. Miss Carrie f.
Toner of the Macfarland Junior High
School acted as itoastmistress. Dean
Miss Gladys l. Price. music instruc.
tor IN the junior high schools. sang
several songs. "A Miles Standish
Stunt" was given by the Park View
School.
Guests Are Listed.
Those. who attended included: Miss
Miriam J. Austin. Miss Elsie Allwine
L. Fl. Alderman, Miss o. G. Arth, Miss
B. K. Austin, DR.. Frank w. Ballou,
Mrs. Frank w. Ballou. Francis G.
Blair, Miss Fay L. Bentley, DR.. Edwin
n. c. Barnes, Miss S. w. Bellu. Miss
May Bellu. Miss Josephine Burke.
Miss Loula Ballinger, Mrs. Anne Bats
tone, Miss Mary E. Bond. Miss Eva
Baker. Miss NJ E. Bannon, Miss Ber
tie Backus, Miss Clara Burroughs.
Mrs. Edwin N c. Barnes, Miss Vera
Budd, Mrs. S. c. Brinley, Miss. Sallie
f. Beamer. Miss Margaret Bayly. Miss
Lille Bailey, j. w. Crabtree, Mrs. j.
w. Crabtree, Charles F. Carusi, Miss
NJ. Alvina Carroll, Miss A. J. Clarke,
Miss NJ. F. Clifford, Miss Rose Corro-
her and guest, W. +. Clark, Mrs. G. ].
Cantrell. c. j. Cantrell, Miss Alice NJ.
Clayton, Miss z. l.. Clendenning, Miss
Emily Carr, Miss Esther Celander,
Miss Fra noes Campbell, Miss Camp
bell, Miss Harriet Chase. Miss Anna
Crook, Mrs. Florence Craven, II. o.
Craven, Miss Adelaide Davis, Henry
w. Draper, Miss Minnie Davis. Miss
M. E. Draney, Miss j. E. Dyer, Miss
Adelaide Dwyer, Miss K. Donahay,
Miss Cecil Dulin, Miss Mary digger,
Miss Nina Denton, Selden NJ. Ely,
Mrs. Selden M. Ely, Mr.. Harry Eng
fish. Miss Maude Francis, Miss Carrie
Fuller. Miss Elizabeth Fisher. Miss f.
M. Fisher. DR.: Milton Fairchild, Mrs.
Melvin Freebairn, Melvin Freebairn,
Miss Edith Louise Grosvenor, Miss
Anna G.. Getty, Miss Kate M. Gibbs,
Miss Anne Cooling, Mrs. NJ. M. Glea-
son, Miss Helen Gontley, Miss M.
Florence Gore. Miss Josephine Glib
bons. Harry o. Hine. Mrs. Harry o.
Hine, Mrs. Daisie Morgan Huff, Rob-
ert L. Haycock. Miss Elizabeth A.
Hummer, Miss Rose Lees Hardy, Miss
Sarah Holland, George w. Hodgkins,
Mrs. Elizabeth Hawxhurst, Mrs. L.
g. Hughes, Mrs. Helen Grosvenor
Haberman, Miss Nell Hiscox, Miss
Flora Hendley, Miss Flora X. Hous-
ton. Mrs. Howard Hodgkins, Miss
Esther Holmes, Miss Abbie Hopkins,
Miss Aleta Harmon.
Miss /. L. Jordan, Miss Emma S.
Jacobs, Miss Emma A. Jensen, Miss
q. T. James, Miss Laura Jacobs, DR.
E. G. Kimball. Mrs. E. G. Kimball
Stephen Elliott Kramer, Miss Annie
c. Keliher. Mrs. Stephen Elliott
Kramer. Miss Augusta Kriener, Miss
Sophie B. Kent, Miss E. f. Kerwin,
Miss Lillian Karn, Miss Henrietta
King, Miss Jessie La Sale, Miss Anne
Lamborn. Miss Dorothy Lewis, Mrs.
H. F. Lowe, H. F. Lowe, Miss A. E.
Louxman, Miss z. Lothrop, Miss J.
E.tLoyell. Miss Mary J.. Jockey, Miss
Sarah Lynch, Miss Lucy Lynch, Miss
Grace Meyer. Benjamin w. Murch;
Miss Merle Matthews, Miss Elizabeth
Molster, Miss Florence c. Mortimer,
Mrs. Mary Van Auken Mills, Miss
Jessie Montgomery, Miss Ellen Spen-
Ger Mussey, Miss Sarah Musson, Miss
Elizabeth Montague, Joy E. Morgan,
Mrs. Joy E. Morgan, Miss Janet Nc
Williams, Miss NJ. K McConley, Miss
NJ. A. Mclean, Miss Eta Matthews.
Miss M. A. Newman, Miss Helen
Nichols, John X. Norton, Mrs. Kate
Outwater. Miss NJ. NJ. OBrien, Miss
IDA F. O'Neal, Miss Ruth NJ. Oberly,
Mrs. T. G. K. Pollock, Miss Gladys /.
Price, Miss Annie Parry, Miss Mar
garet Pepper. Miss Cora I'll. Pimper,
Mrs. w. P. Patterson, Miss Blanche
Pattisini.
DIR. William Ruediger Mrs. William
Ruediger. Mis- Mary Riggles, DIR.
Amy Rule, Miss Frances l.. Robin
son, Miss Ethel Ridgway, Miss Elsie
Roche, Louis w. Rapeer. Dr. Rebecca
Stoneroad, Claus J. Schwartz, Miss
Abbie. Sisson. Miss Blanche Street,
Miss Eva Smith. Miss Emily Scriv-
ener, Mrs. Rebecca P. Shappirio, Mrs.
X. e. Stokes. Mrs. Mary Snow, Miss
NJ. e. Shead, Miss Frances Sanford,
Miss Clara Stack, Miss Esther Scott,
Miss s. T. Schwartz. Miss Miriam
Selah, Miss Caroline e. Toner. Miss
J. Anna Tenneyson, Miss Emma l..
Thompson. Mrs. Janet W. Torbet
Miss NJ. f. Tracy. Miss NJ. E. Taylor
Miss Lulu B. Thorn, Miss Sue E.
Thomas. Miss f. w. Tracy. Mrs.
Stephen. Takes, Stephen Takes, Miss
e. r. Thompson, Miss T. E. Thons-
son, Miss Marie Turner. Miss Virginia
Ubhoff, H. Ellsworth Warner. Miss
Esther r. Woodward Miss Louise
Ward, Miss Emeline Whitcomb. Miss
Lucille Wilkinson, Mrs. H. Ellsworth
Warner. Miss Ruth A. Weinberger,
Miss Agnes Winn, Miss Chail Will
laws Mice hlha,-@o Waller md Mrs