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the section Immediately adjacent to
the Highway Bridge, it will have Sc
cured a large part of the land that
will need to be acquired in this deVei-
opment. If, however. the present &C.
cupa nts of the land can establish their
titles by demonstrating that the CLOS
ing up Of the creeks formerly separa'-
ing Alexanders Island from the main
land has created a private ownership
it will be necessary il this park prof.
ect is carried through to acquire TINS
area by purchase or condemnation
This case does not turn upon the
same principles that were invoked 10
establish the title of the Government
to areas recla lined from the river ana
now constituting Potomac Park Inc
litigat which finally maintained the
public title to this made land" was
protracted. Eventually the Supreme
Court decided that despite claims 10
private ownership in the bottoms
which existed at the time of the crea'
ticU VI the district, IL was tle dFt VI
the Government in dredging the chan
nels and pouring the alluvial deposits
upon those higher marshy spaces that
created the land. and that therefore
the Governments title was estab-
lished. In the case of Alexa nders
Island the filling,in process has been
of different character. merely clos
ing an intermittent channel which
originally established the "high.water
mark boundary" Without doubt the
present occupants Of this land will
defend their titles vigorously. The
cases however. should not he as pro
tracted as in the "Kidwell's bottoms"
litigation. as the principles Of public
ownership are more clearly defined
now, and a decision should he reached
in a comparatively short time.
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YOUR CHILD
in SCHOOL
BY DR.. Frank ". Balfou,
Superintendent of Schools, Washington,
ID C.
THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

| The Junior High School is an &C.
copied institution in school organiza
ton In the United States. 1t has
| passed the experimental stage. Like
every other innovation, its proposed
| introduction prompted careful scru-
| tiny. searching examination and some.
times acrimonious discussion. At the
present time there is no longer any
serious debate among educators, or
among public school patrons who I'M
derstand the junior high school. as to
It's educational advantages.
The increase in the number of Junior
high schools from year to year has
been nothing short Of. phenomena |.
| Educational authorities assert that the
first Junior high school was estab.
| lished in 1909 only Is years ago. Ac-
cording to the United States Bureau
of Education asa different cities now
report having 800 Junior high schools.
| In some cities the junior high school
| CONSISTS of grades seven and eight; IN
other cities grades six. seven and eight
| and in still other cities grades seven,
| eight and nine In Washington the
| Junior high school is Il separate school
| Orga ntZed on the departmental pan,
| which receives pupils when they are
expected to have completed the sixth
| year of elementary school and when
| they are about to enter the adoleScent
stage; which provides three years or
work covering grades seven and eight
OF the present elementary school ana
the first year of the present SECONDARY
| school, and which offers Differentiated
courses of study for pupils approprl-
ate to their interests. capacities ana
probable future tional careers.
The junior high school has been
established primarily because or IT'S
| educational adva ntages. In junior
| high school it Is possible to organize a
better educational program, one whlch
recognizes individual differences among
children in their capacity for instruc.
ton. their educational interests and
their probable future educational ca
reers. The Junior high school provides
| integrating courses as well as differentl'
ated courses. Integrating courses are
those which make for good citizen.
ship, common ideals and patriotic soil
darity Differentiated courses are
those which provide ar opportunity
! for a pupil to explore the various sun
iects and school activities to test MS
individual capacity in order to promote
individual efficiency.
In Washington the establishment OF
the Junior high school has been based
IN the following principles:
That the fundamental purpose OF the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
EVERYDAY RELIGION
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES +. FREEMAN ID. d. LII. d.
Bishop OF Washington.

Jacob Riis. an immigrant to these
shores, quickly saw the fostering con-
ditions in the lower East Side of New
York, and so great was his contribu-
ton to the relief Of the community
that President Roosevelt called him
lone Of the most useful citizens Of
the metropolis DR.. Gorgas subjected
himself to noisome conditions In order
that he might stay the plague OF vel
low fever. and he conquered 1t. When
we think Of the worlds great benefac-
tors we turn to those whose work
has been made manifest Of what sort
II is.
Jesus had nowhere to lay His head.
He offered to those loWlY peasant dis
ciples no promise Of earthly gain: He
gave them no assurance that their
disciplehood would guarantee to them
anything other than suffering and
possibly nartyrdom. He dared to tell
them that the time might come when
they should he hated sof all men for
Ills names sake" and yet they fol
lowed Him. Empowered by Him they
became inyincIhle, and 80 effective was
their ministry that they literally
turned the world upside down.
Every succeeding age has witnessed
to a like service. and communities,
states and nations have become the
debtors OF those who dared to live
the life the Man Of Nazareth pre-
scribed. Even In this hectic age the
men and women who shape the life
OF communities nd who constitute the
sa wing element in human society are
those who readily and gladly give of
themselves for the hetterment and en-
richment of their fellows. To hold up
before the youth of the land the high
standards of selhess living, and To
make evident to them the kind of
work that endures, is supremely
needed today. 10 stand for some
thing, to he the embodiment of some
great principle. tn represent high
idea Of life, at any cost, may mean
sacrifice and large personal inconven-
fences. but II Is the kind Of thing
that endures. and brings with II a
sense Of satisfaction that excels emolu-
ments or the ephemeral praise of the
unthinking and undiscrimnating. The
ultimate test Of life, of its worth. is
made manifest here and now, and by
its quality and chara cter determines
the judgment that must be passed
upon it when we come to the end OF
the way. Some one says that "the
cross is the plus sign In our minus
lives" IT is the symbol of a tri-
umphant faith and q sublime service.
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Junior high school is to provide better
instruction than the traditional grades
VII and VIII and the first year of
high school have heretofore provided.
That the program and procedure of
the junior high school must he adapt
ed to the pupils rather than the pupils
being fitted into the school.
That the junior high school must be
neither a glorified elementary school
nor a young high school. but a dis
tinctive institution to meet its peculiar
educational problems.
That the courses Of study must be
specially prepared for the junior high
school, they cannot be appropriated
from the grades nor from the high
school.
That teachers must be as specifi-
cally prepared for the Junior high
schools as they additionally are for
the kinderga rten, for the elementary
school or for the high school.
That Junior high schools should be
established no faster than qualified
teachers and other prerequisites can
b provide1
tcopyrtxht. is5Tl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
TRADING WITH LATIN AMERICA
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

many great obstacles to be overcome
before their economic development can
attain anything approaching its pro
spective proportions.
Port works must be constructed
railways and highways built, water
power developed. new populations
scattered throughout the hinterland
and, above all, as DR.. Klein points
out, greater diverSificat1on introduced
into agriculture and industry. Even
after these improvements have been
Accomplished there will still be for
mida bile climate and geographic diff
culties which will impede for years
the economic development of vast
stretches of territory.
There has been much talk to the
effect that our Latin American trade
NAV be ieopardized by European
competition, and that our Roadway
in recent years is largely In the form
of ill-gotten wartime loot. which
will be taken from us as soon AS
our European rivals have effected
their establishments and are ready 10
make a real drive for those markets,
This idea is only partially correct,
1t liz stated. --, j..
OF course we shall have to meet
Europes competition in some lines
and we are meeting 1t successfully
even now. But 1t Is equally true
that as Europe progresses in the
drive for Latin American markets
there will be a stimulation of Euro
pean purchases of raw materials
from Latin America. which in turn
will make Latin America potentially
a better customer of ours, for she
will have more money and credits
with which to buy. Our task is to
give South and Central Americans
good values and meet their require
ments.
Also IL Is to be noted that our
exports to Latin America are made
up more and more of distinctively
American specialties--cheap automo-
biles. motion picture films. office
equipment. etc.--the markets for
which expand as Latin American Nv
ing standards improve. In holding
our advantage in these lines we have
little to fear from European comne-
tition, so far as can now be seen.
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France and Naval Arms.

Following reports that Great
Britain and Japan are prepared to
accept President Coolidge's proposal
for a conference to consider further
limitation of naval ornaments. word
comes from Paris that the French
government is disposed to participate
in such a conference under serious
reserves" An Associated Press dis
patch says Foreign Minister BRAND
is to draft the formal reply, which
meeting of the French cabinet. OF
the FIVE powers which signed the
Washington naval treaty. it remains
now only for Italy to give some in
dication of it's attitude toward the
Coolidge overture.
1t IL not surprising that France is
reluctant to enter into another con-
ference for the limitation Of naval
ornaments. The agreements reached
at the Washington conference were
never popular with the French peo-
pIe. and there is the further con.
sideration that France is committed
to the theory that naval, land and air
ornaments constitute one indivisihie
problem. France probably fears.
and not without reason. that the
further limitation of naval arma-
ments by a separate agreement would
throw into stronger contrast the
preponderance of her ornaments on
land and leave her in position TO
trade less advantageously when the
time came to consider limiting land
and air forces.
1t is probable that only unwilling
ness to face the weight of unfavor-
able world opinion prevents an
outright rejection by France of the
Coolidge plan. but it must he borne
In mind that there is a point AT
which world opinion will cease to
exercise a determining influence. that
being the point of French concep-
ton of national safety and national
welfare. France at Geneva will not
be Germany at Versailles. to be dis
armed against her will. and if any
thing is to be accomplished the other
powers viii have to give sympathetic
consideration to the French view
point. There is just one way i'm
which France can be brought to
agree TO further disarmament. and
that is to persuade her that she can
do so with benefit to herself and
with safety. Neither Great Britain
nor the United States would agree
to q disarming if convinced that it
involved national disadvantage or
national peril, and the English speak
ing nations cannot expect the French
to be more altruistic than they show
themselves to be.
So there ought not to be any COM
plant If France attaches serious
reserves TO her acceptance of the
Coolidge invitation. No agreements
will he arrived at unless all the con-
ferrfng powers are convinced that
they stand to reap material gains
without loss of safety. and II France
can BE convinced of any gain without
loss >of safety, the serious reserves"
will not stand in the way Of agree
ments.
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they are match for any small group
of policemen or citizens who wish to
protect the property of the COM
munity.
Let youth have its fling" Is wise
and tolerant advice, but when youth
becomes unruly and needless OF the
rights of others. then 1t is. time to
become intolerant and apply the.
check rein
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

Hindenburg's congratulations to the
FORMER kaiser on the anniversary of
his joining the army are fully war
ranted. In view Of the threats made
against the kaiser's life and his prop.
erty. the kaiser may. In his present
situation. be regarded as one Of the
luckiest men in the world,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
Political Relatively.

How do you manage to retain your
popularity"
II DON'T answered Senator Sor-
ghum. But no matter how unpopular
/ become, the fool opposition always
manages to nominate some one still
more So"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
SHOOTING STARS.
BIZ PHnANDER JOHNSON.

Dreamers.
Under the snow
violets dream.
Gently and slow
The sun casts his gleam.
Flow'rs viii awake
In the bright Spring,
A picture to make
For birds as they sing.
Waiting a sky,
Shining and blue;
Clouds as they fly
Bring rainbows anew.
How glad they will seem
In April's new glow!
Violets dream
Under the snow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

Men with scientific turn of thought
are specializing on whether machinery
will cause the horse to become extinct.
Never so long as there are men who
love graceful animals and are willing
to bet on a race.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

Business opportunities usually await
members of Congress who MISC re.
election. The really sad thing lame
duck has to contemplate is the fact
that he must soon go home and mind
the parking regulations like other citi.
zenS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

The plight Of actors In an objection
able play is a sad one. the pupiic can
remain away, but the actors have TO
he in the midst Of the demonstration
night after night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

A four-day working week is pre-
A,cted. The time may come when golf
will seem like duty and when few
hours at the shop will be a positive
pleasure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

Some check might be placed on
armament II everybody engaged In any
branch of naval construction could be
held strictly to four-day working
week
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

China may yet push belligerent &C
tivities to APPOINT that Will compel her
to learn what a real modern war Is
actually like.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

There are nations as well as In
diyiduals who might profit by the
ancient advice, settle down and try
to settle up"
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Vantage for Pedestrians,

From, the New York Herald Tribune.
The rubber pavement which liz he.
ing tested in England to silence the
roar Of traffic has an extra attraction.
Pedestrians struck by automobiles
will bounce on It.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

One Of the penalties of fame is that
1t whets the appetites of readers in
clined to enjoy servant gossip.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

From the Toledo Blade
Mr. McAdoo says he is not thinking
Of the presidency. But is he thinking
about the Democratic nomination for
the presidency?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
Fleeing Show.

This world is but a fieeting show.
Wen hope in future years to know
More comedy, with smiling met,
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Rate by Mail-Payabie In Advance.
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Memher of the Associated Press.

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star.

The attention Of Congress" saws
The Star of February s, 1877, has
N,4;J again been called to the
Az" 'iohnA urgent necessity of a
Museum national museum, SO be
located at the Capital
The subject was brought up in the
Senate Tuesday by Mr.. Stevenson of
Kentucky in presenting a memorial
of the Smithsonian Institution, asking
that special building be constructed
for the display OF the national speci.
mems and works interesting to science
now In possession of the Government
Mr.. Stevenson said it was we'll known
that the Smithsonian Institution was
represented at the Centennial Exhibit
ton by large and creditable display
of its material. and that many for
eign governments at the close Of the
great exhibition donated their exhibits
to the United States. These articles
are rare and valuable and are stored
away in Philadelphia, because there
is No opportunity for their exhibition
in Washington. Mr. Stevenson be-
lieved the prompt erection of a ma
tional museum a public necessity and
hoped Congress would act literally.
Mr.. Morrill,. chairman of the commit
tee on public buildings and grounds,
stated that the members of his COM
mittee were unanimously In favor Of
such museum. Our exhibits at
Philadelphia had been computed. at
least in money value. at $400. 900.
while the foreign exhibits donated
were worth $500, 900. Gen. Meigs has
submitted a plan for the new build
Ing. which Is to he four times as
large as the Smithsonian structure
and will cost $3.50 900. This sum. the
regents say. is not the first install
ment. to he followed by others. hut
is sufficient to complete the structure
1t is to he hoped the committee on
public buildings and grounds. to which
the memorial was referred. will act
promptly. There may be a difference
in opinion as to the locality of the
proposed building. but there ought to
he none about the absolute necessity
for the erection Of the structure in
question"
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do you approve Of modern
dances?"
Certainly" answered Miss Cayenne
But the rate ut which we are going
leaves me doubtful whether I can ap.
prove Of the dancing that may happen
In the next three or four years."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

The Evening Star with the Sunday morn.
ins edition. is delivered by carriers wltnln
the city ~ 90 cents per month: dalas only
~ cents ner month: SUNDAYS ONLY. 2o cents
Der month Orders NAV he sent by msil or
telephone Main 5000 Collection Is made by
carrier at end of each month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

Thrift is a virtue great. they say,
You save your cash from day to day;
And then some bunco sharp will come
And deftly grab the total sum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

Jud Tunkins says a man ought TO
have eight hours sleep, but with a
radio in the home, how can you?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

"A philosopher" said Hi Ho, the
sage OF Chinatown, tells you what
you ought to think and leaves you
to guess for yourself what you ought
to do"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

DE boy dat used to play de banjo"
said Uncle Eben, was wastin time
Now he's maxim money"
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Shortly after 3 o'clock on Friday,
February 9, 1877, the electoral com
:, mission took its first
FLORIDA case vote on the contested
Do,;aol presidential certificates
Ocoiuou' and decided by 8 to Z
in favor of the Republican claim that
the electoral vote of Florida should
be cast for Hayes and Wheeler. The
Star of February 10. 1877. says:
I'm, accordance with the general
expectation the electoral vote Of Flor
ida was last night awarded to Hayes
and Wheeler ny the electoral com
mission, the vote standing 8 to Z, as
on the-.preliminary decision in regard
to the admission of testimony. As
this decision cannot be upset except
by the concurrent vote of the two
houses, the vote Of Florida must to-
days be awarded to Hayes and Wheeler
by the joint convention. and then that
body will proceed with the count Of
the vote in the other States. Georgia
will he counted for Tilden, Illinois for
Hayes, Indiana for TiTden. Iowa and
Kansas for Hayes, Kentucky for TIL.
den. and then comes the tug of war
on the vote of Louisiana with it's two
sets of returns. The Democrats have
a much stronger case here than in
Florida and will undoubtedly contest
every inch of the ground with an
unprecedented array of legal talent.
The Louisiana case will doubtless oc.
cupy the attention OF the commission
an entire week and perhaps longer.
Should that be settled in favor of
Tilden, giving him the presidency,
there will be less interest felt by
either party in any remaining points
at issue. but should that State he.
given to Hayes the Democrats will
naturally make supreme. fight In
the last ditch. the Oregon case
In further comment The Star point
ed out that the decision of the COM
mission In the Florida lease fore
Swallowed similar action on the Ore
ron certificate. u
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Shortly after 8 o'clock on Friday,
February 8, 1877. the electoral com
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


The annals of literary forgery have
no more pathetic instance than the
so-called ROwley poems Of Thomas
Chatterton. When Chatterton, perhaps
the most shining example of precocity
to be found in literary history, was
twelve years, old. he, conceived the
idea of fabricating the literary relics
of monk to whom he gave the name
Rowley and whom he ascribed to the
Fifteenth century. By the time he
was seventeen he had aroused some
interest in the poems of Rowley but
not enough to satisfy his imagination.
So he wrote to Horace Walpole, In
closing some pages of manuscript and
inferring he had other papers and
poems. Walpole wrote, asking to see
whatever documents he might have
and Chatterton sent so many as 20
arouse Walpole's suspicion and cause
him to call in the poets, Mason and
Gray. They pronounced the poems a
forgery. Walpole dispatched letter
of admonition to Chatterton. Three
months later he returned the manu-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15
'Selwood Of Sleepy Cat


$50 I'm told.'
SelwOOd heard Cnristies voice just
then in the back of the store. And
1t was raised in indignant protest. II
don't believe any such thing" she
was saying holly.
SelwOOd heard mans laugh. He
recognized it as Starbuck's. He heard
also Starbuck's subdued but satisfied
retort: "Ask him sometime"
II WILL" exclaimed Christie vehe-
mently. "I'll ask him the very next
time 1 see him."
The talk between the two had evil
IDENTIFY gone on in ignorance of Sell
woods presence. To know that Star
buck was in the Store-and talking
with Christie-was quite enough to
stir SelwOod into an ugly mood-and
some intuition suggested that they
might be talking about him. Resisting
an impulse to walk back where he
could be seen, Selwood, his left arm
resting on bale of blankets piled
on dry-gOods box between the two
counters. and holding In the fingers
Of his left hand an unlighted cigar,
stood perfectly still, eyes and ears
open.
He had not long to wait. He soon
heard Christle's footsteps, light and
quick-she came down on her heels
with such decision And they were
coming toward him.
She stopped as she saw Selwood.
Her flushed face, her challenging ex-
preston and questioning eyes betok-
ened her excitement. She looked fix-
eddy at him. Returning her gaze, he
lifted his hat with his left hand and