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Evening star., 1927-10-02
MARYLAND TO HAVE
BIG R. 0. 7. c. UNIT
Probably so Per Cent of Male
Students Will Be
in Corps.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

EpbcldI DlspdtCu 10 Inc star.
COLLEGE PARK. Md, October !
tSpeciaD so per cent of the
male students at the University o.
Maryland will be in the Reserve OFF
GERS Training Corps unit during the
1929 term.
1t has been decided to have two bat
talions of three companies each in ad
dition to the band and between 40t
and 500 will be in the unit. Previous
to this year the unit had been organ
tied into one battalion of four com
panies. Each company this year will
have strength of 65 or more. Mary
land always turns out one of the best
units in the 3rd Corps Area, and for
the past seven years has gained the
distinguished rating, which is earned
by comparatively few schools.
Miss Edna B. McNaughton, pro-
fessor of home economies education.
has been granted a years leave to
study on a fellowship from the Ma
tional Research Council Her work
will be taken over by Miss Nellie
Buckley, Maryland graduate. who has
been teaching at Hyattsville High
School.
A. F. Long of the College of Educa-
tion represented the University at the
World Conference on Education held
recently in Toronto.
Judge J. H. Shepherd has been COM
missoned by the board of regents of
the university to write a history of
Maryland Agricultural College from
its inception in 1856 to the merger that
made it the University of Maryland in
1921. The fire of 1922 destroyed much
of the data concerning the college.
Judge Shepherd is seeking any infor-
nation, catalogues, newspaper reports
or any other data relating to old
M. A. c.
Maryland's glee club, which won
much praise last year, promises to be
a first-rate organization again during
the 1929 terms. More than 40,
many of them holdovers, turned out
for the first meeting and tryouts will
be held often to select talent. DIR.
Homer G. House again is at the helm.
Prof. S. s. Steinberg, head of the de-
partment of civil engineering, who for
the past three years also has been as
sistant director of the Highway Re-
search Board, National Research Coun-
Gil, has resigned the latter position to
return to his duties at the university
on full-time basis. He also is serv-
ing as consulting engineer to Chevy
Chase, Nd, and Brentwood, Md.
Evening star., 1927-10-02

ington Monument for a laboratory for
his physics classes during the past
week. Students at the top of the mon
ument equipped with field glasses OBJ.
serve another group in Brookland who
fired revolver at time agreed upon.
The students in the monument noted
the time elapsed between the sight of
the flash of the revolver and the faint
sound Of its report, and by means
of the Geodetic Survey maps. giving
the distance between the two points.
calculated the velocity Of sound.
Evening star., 1927-10-02

A. F. Long of the College of Educa-
ton represented the University at the
World Conference on Education held
recently in Toronto.
Evening star., 1927-10-02
EASTERN ACTIVITIES
DESCRIBED TO PUPILS
Public Library Is Formally Opened
and Hours Are Announced.
Clog Dancing Starts.

Talks on various school activities at
Eastern High School were given at
assemblies during the past week. The
speakers were j. P. Collins of the fac.
ulty, Parker Faber of the Athletic AS.
sociation. James Dietz of the Student
Council and Clifford Irion, editor of
the school publication, the Fastener.
The members of the Fastener staff
were introduced to the audiences.
The branch of the Public Library
at Eastern was formally opened yes
terday. 1t will be open from $50 to
5 on Mondays. Wednesdays and Fri.
days; from 1870 to 9 on Tuesdays and
Thursdays and from 9 till noon on
Saturdays. Miss Shipley of the library
force is in charge Of this branch. This
library Is for the community and Is
not a part of the school.
A class in clog dancing was organ
lied Wednesday by Isaac B. Simon of
the physical training department. The
class has 35 members.
The rifle clubs, under the super
vision of Ellis Haworth and Miss Ruth
Culbertson, were organized on Wed.
nesday.
A meeting Of the executive commit.
tee of the Home and School Associa.
ton will take place Thursday at the
school at o'clock. Arthur Bishop Is
president of the association.
Evening star., 1927-10-02
ABBOTT SCHOOL WILL
GIVE SCHOLARSHIPS
New Awards to Take Place of
Medals for Deserving
Students.

The Abbott School of Fine and Com
mercial Art, 1924 H street northwest,
announces an annual scholarship con-
test, which is open to students of the
school. The awards will be made at
the close of each school year to stu
dents showing the greatest progress
in the different classes of the school
during the year. The judges will be
chosen from the faculty of the school
and from among the leading CONNER
cial artists of the city. Any student
of the school may compete, but must
have been in attendance 80 per cent
OF the school year. These scholar
ships are offered in place Of the Gus.
tomary medals. as they are consid-
cred of greater value to serious stu.
dents. These scholarships may be
given In any of the various classes,
which start their work on Monday,
October 3.
The modern methods and individual
Instruction which stress the develop.
Evening star., 1927-10-02
Ashes Are Trophy.
Correspondence OF the Associated Pre-

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
CALGARY, Alberta.-There are sou
venirs and souvenirs, but an Alberta
woman has a relic that is different
When Prime Minister Baldwin Of Great
Britain visited Calgary he knocked
the ashes Of his pipe on to the floor OF
the waiting room In the railroad sta
ton. A woman standing nearby hur.
ried to the spot, swept up the ashes
and put them into an envelope.
Evening star., 1927-10-02
Schools and Colleges of the National Capital

LESSONS IN CAsTLIAN SPANISH By
former New York Berlitz School teacher
Phone Wisconsin 40i4. 2s
Evening star., 1927-05-27
SWNIDER'S W

CENTER MARKET
CLOSED MONDAY. MEMORIAL DAY.
THE GATES OF ROCK
Creek Cemetery will be closed
to all vehicular traffic on Deco
rartion Day, Monday, May 80,
1922. By order of the executive
committee. K. d. HOWELL,
Secretary.
Evening star., 1927-05-27
SPECIAL. NOTICES.

NOTICE.
The Glenwood Cemetery.
To avoid accidents and prevent congestion
The gates of the Glenwood Cemetery will be
closed TO all vehicular traffic on SUNDAY
and MONDAY. May 30 and 30. 1927.
BY Order Board of Trustees.
CHARLES w. MORRIS.
Evening star., 1927-05-27
HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN
TO APPEAR IN RECITAL

Several hundred Washington chill
dren win be presented in the recital
tonight at o'clock at Central
High School. when the music de-
partment of the District of Columbia
public schools, DIR. e. N. c. Barnes.
director. will give its annual orches-
trail program. Those appearing will
be students in the community classes
on orchestral instruments and the
members of grade orchestras. Laura
Fairchild Ward, supervisor of classes
and director Of grade orchestras, will
be in charge.
The program will be opened with
''The Star Spangled Banner" sung by
the audience. with accompaniment by
the drum ensemble, DIR. Barnes, lead
ing. There will be solos and ensemble
selections by children. playing drums,
flutes. Violins, cornets, violoncelios
and saxophones
Part / of the evening will be de-
voted to the community class orches-
ira. The instructors for these classes
are: Violin, Eugenia Botkin, Miriam
Herr, Betty Basin; cello. June S. Zeb'
ley; drums. William Giacchetti: cor
net, Sergt. Frederick Hess; clarinet
and saXOphone Jacques l.. Vanp0ncke
and flute. E. S. Bergh.
The last half of the program will
be presented by the grade orchestra
with Leah Effenhach at the piano
There will be a solo by Oscar Levin
and string quartet selection by Mey
or koonin, Herbert Buckhart. Jack
Won StOndeg and James Beckert.
Diamond output in South Africa
| is now 100000 carats month.
Evening star., 1927-05-27
WILLIAM f. WISE.
C4ana,4 N W.


WILLIAM E. WISE.
Secretary.
NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN THAT AT A
meeting of the stockholders of the Old Nlr,
ginia Land Company. a corporation created
and Organized under the laws o Of the wsb Sts5e
ington, D. G.. on the 2lst day OF snt May, i9@7
Resolved: That the Old Virginia Land Co..
a corporation created and ID orgaanlzed under ader
hereby discontinue business as corporation
and surrenders to said State its charter and
corporate franchises.
Resolved further: That the president OF
this corporation cause notice OF the adoption
of the foregoing resolution to be published
in some newspaper of general circulation
published near the principal office or place
of business of this corr ration once a week
for four successive weeks. and that he Ger.
tify these resolutions to the secretary OF
state of the State of West Virginia and de-
liver TO inim a certificate showing the pub
lication of said uotice as provided by law.
Given under my hand this 21st day OF
HARRISON G. DYAR.
President pf Said COrpOratiOn.
Evening star., 1927-05-27

against the bill, but made sport OF me.
1t was rather disillusionment, but
/ was forced to admit that l had been
made the goat, and that no matter
what happened l should probably get
the worst Of it. so I came to the con-
clusion that 1 had little to lose and
might as well fight it through.
"The newspapers roasted me for
trying to restore the old graft of the
frank by which l and my fellow hay
seeds could bring our horses, our cows,
our chickens and household furniture
and the family Bible to Washington
at the expense of the Government.
Old members who had urged me to
take up the bill now opposed it in
fine speeches to keep in good stand
ing with the newspapers. Practically
all the city members were as anxious
to have the frank restored as the hay
seeds, but they had to keep solid with
their constituents, and they had to do
some clever engineering with the
country members to induce them to
furnish the necessary majority for the
bill and make it appear as hayseed
graft. There is no man on earth so
anxious to keep in with the public
sentiment as the member of Congress
who goes back every "a months to
have his commission renewed.
Experience Valuable Later.
tThat early experience was valuable
to me in after years. I learned that
speeches do not necessarily express
the opinion or desire of the member,
and there are times when a member
will not vote for what he wants If
there are enough votes to carry the bill
without recording his own vote. There
must always be goat in the House
to take the responsibility for doing or
refusing to do something in the face
OF criticism. / had a very good start
and training for that kind of work in
Evening star., 1927-05-27

Diamond output in South Africa
is now 100000 carats a month.
Evening star., 1927-05-27

the country. He was fair ) the
Democrats, but they never took ex-
ception because he was Republican
and considered it his duty to use such
influence as he possessed to further
legislation in harmony with Repub-
lican policies. / think it would have
been considered something of joke
for any one to find fault with
a Republican Speaker because he
considered the Republican majority
in the House responsible for legisla-
ton and looked upon himself as the
representative Of that majority.
Speakers Used Strength.
81 can not picture Blaine a political
eunuch, Il non.partisan in any position
he might be called upon to fill. 1t
would have been as amusing to see
Speaker Blaine a mere moderator over
the House as it would have been to see
John G.. Carlisle, or Tom Reed, or
Henry Clay performing in that man
ner. They were all virile men. and
the men who elected them to the
Speakership expected them to use their
strength in the cause of government
as their parties understood it, not to
sit in the Speakers chair like Hindoo
idol
THE men on the floor were also
party men; they made no apologies for
their party principles. They fought
out their contests as the people fought
them at the polls. II was their loyalty
to the principles in which they be
lieved that made them strong men
and made the Congress truly repre-
sentative of the people. The readiness
OF men to fight for what they believed
the best policies of government not
only gave us representative govern
ment but clean legislation because the
minority was watChful and vigorous
in holding the majority TO strict
account as the party responsible for
legislation. When we abandon poIiti.
cal parties representing policies in
which the people believe we fly to
anarchy or despotism or both. Time
ana again / have seen q portion of
the people under the spell of hero
worship ready to give all authority to
the one man who for the moment was
their idol; but this is never lasting; the
idol Is found to be only clay and
knocked off it's pedestal is stamped in
the mud. We Americans are a senti-
mental people, but we temper senti-
ment with practical shreWdness."
fCopyright 1927
Evening star., 1927-05-27

my first Congress and / have had my
share of it in the past so years.
LAS I look back to that time when
first 1 entered the House another
thought occurs to me. Blaine was
in the Speakers chair, the last of a
continuous line of Republican Speak
ers. Blaine was great Speaker, and
no ever thought of criticiZing him for
being a partisan. How times have
changed. Nowadays a Speaker is ex-
pected to be nothing more than a Sun
day school teacher, to pat all the good
little boys on the head and turn the
other cheek when the bad boys use
him as a target for their bean shoot
ers. Blaine was not only the Repub-
lican leader of the House but also of
Evening star., 1927-05-27
MEMOIRS OF UNCLE JOE CANNON
As Told BUSBEY Secretary
CHAPTER XXvI.
n AwOKE the next morning to
find myself famous, a thing
that does not often happen to

<<Y AWOKE the next morning to
- find myself famous, thing
that does not often happen to
= new Congressman" said Uncle
Joe Cannon, in describing his first
speech in Congress, in which, defend
ing his Illinois constituency. he said
he had oats i'm his pocket and hayseed
in his hair, and that the Western
neoole generally were affected the
same way. THE newspaper cor
respondents had pounced on 1t. i
was the Congressman with hayseed
I'm his hair and oats in his pockets;
/ was, and afterward remained. The
Hayseed Member from Illinois. Ihe
cartoonists took it UP and MADE my
features familiar everywhere, ana l
suppose owe to that speech the be
ginning of my figuring in cartoons
for nearly half a century.
'But for the hazing ] got that day
don't suppose my bill would nave
passed. There was, however, a good
deal Of hayseed in that House. The
rural members got nettled over the
attempt to ridicule their people
through me, and when the metropoIi-
tan press took the thing up in a spirit
hostile to the farmers the country
Congressman were aroused The Dill
passed over the united opposition of
the floor leaders of both parties. VIII
liam Walter Phelps had helped me to
victory with those oats Of his.
.That hayseed business led me right
into another experience, and an I'M
portant one. Through it l learned i'll
my first legislative days thing which
many new Congressman are slow TO
find out. ] found out first that Con-
gressmen don't always vote as they
think, and secondly that when they
haven't the nerve to stand by their
own opinions they get somebody else
to be the goat and then desert him.
There is no lesson more necessary to
learn than this, and it was thanks to
my reputation as hayseed that /
found it out so soon.
Made "Goat" on Bill.
"As a SOP to the agitation for re-
form. the preceding Congress had
abolished the franking privilege for
members. Now that the reform whirl-
wind was subsiding a little everybody
wanted it back, but they were skittish
about the effect on the voters. AS a
member of the post office committee
lately arrived, with hayseed in my
hair, what more appropriate than that
l should be made the goat? l didn't
know it at the time; perhaps had /
known it I might have declined the
part assigned to me, or. being rash and
young, who knows but what | might
not have defied fate? Being inexperi-
enced, / was ready to be led to the
slaughter. / offered the bin to restore
the franking privilege and made my
speech in favor of it. And then / be-
gan to see a light.
"Imagine my surprise when some
Of the men who had impressed upon
me the justice of the bin and the great
honor conferred upon a new member
by being intrusted with the manage
ment of legislation of such impor-
tance now got up and not only spoke
Evening star., 1927-05-27
Pest Damages Wheat.

Special Dispatch to The Star
HAGERSTOWN, May 27--The Hes
sian fly is destroying the wheat crop
in the AppletoWn section, according to
Allen Stone. farmer of that section.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-05
PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. c. +. Coggins and
Mr.. and Mrs. Minor NJ. Sweeney
plan to leave this afternoon for the
Coggins cottage at Oakwilde, where
they will spend the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. J. Bradshaw have
as their week end guests Mrs. Brad
shaw's mother, Mrs. NJ. Y. Walters,
and Mrs. Bradshaw's sister and
brother-i r-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. j. c.
Ryers, all of San Diego. Mr.. Byers,
who is sheriff of San Diego county,
is member of the party Of San
Diego men who mOtored over yes
terday to attend the Masonic din
ner and reception last night.
Miss Helen Scott, new secretary
Of the Y. ". c. A., spent yesterday
in CaleXicO. Miss Scott, who has
been in the valley for two weeks,
has now completed her visits to the
various cities of the valley and has
attended meetings of all Girl Re
serve units. as we'll as becoming ac-
auainted with board and commit
tee members, school heads and 9th
ers interested in the work. She
will shortly begin series Of visits
10 the rural district.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-05
Navy Building
Budget Boosted
by ruited Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.-Appro-
priation of approximately S40,O0o,-
600 for cruiser construction inereas-
ing last years naval budget by
about that amount, has been ap-
proved by President Coolidge. the
Army and Navy Journal said today.
Since the failure OF the Geneva
conference, President Coolidge has
been known to favor some new
cruiser construction. OF the
$40,O0O,00O about $7,Oe0,000 will be
devoted TO modernizing the battle
ships Nevada and Oklahoma.
Except for modernizing and con
struction, the proposed appropria,
tion for the navy, the Journal said,
would remain about the same as
last year.
Principal construction expendi-
lures under the proposed approprla-
ton would be for work on eight
cruisers. The general board of the
navy. the journal said, would re-
commend a five year program pro
viding for building three or more
cruisers a year.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-05
School Assembly
Holds Meeting

Opening a pep assembly at the
high school yesterday, Doug Decide :
song. "Fl Centro.' was sung by
the student BODY. The first business
discussed was the annual student
body dance and John Busby was ap-
pointed chairman of n committee to
set a date and make the plans for
it.
Miss Matte Welch made a report
on the meeting Thursday night of
the governoring board of the valley
league debating society. Fl Centre.
Holtville and Imperial are grouped
together and Brawley, Calexico and
Calipatria form the other group.
There will be one debate between
all the schools ana one final cham
uiouship debate between the winners
Of the two triangular debates. Jan
uarv 90 is the date set for the first
d"hata and the subject chosen is
"Rcsrlved: That the United States
should establish a separate depart
ment of aviation in the president 5
cabinet - Coach Armstrong and
Paul Gillett spoke on the football
game with Brawlev today, and mem
bers of the girls indoor team an
nounced the game with Imperial for
the same time.
At the previous meeting a sched-
ule of special features for each as
semblv for the remainder Of the
year was reed. Every deDartment
and organization in school is to put
on some entertainment lasting not
more than half an hour. Yester
day the Campus" staff put on
clever skit showing how the journ-
alism class gets the school paper to
press. An outside speaker is ,sched-
uled for the next meeting. 1t IS be
/ Iioved that these special programs
I viii add more interest and enthusi-
asm to the assemblies.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-05
Three Judgments
In Banks Favor

Three default judgments were en-
'rred by Judge Larcw in superior
,ourt Yesterday afternoon in favor
Of the Imperial Valley Bank on
suits revolving about alleged failure
OF defendants to pay monies due on
promissory notes. The first iudg-
mcnt was entered against Harry
Mitchell. Two notes with total
value of s3,5Sl.32 were entered into
evidence.
The second judgment was against
J. b. Williams over a note for 81
1880 and the third against Harry
Mitchell, et al, over three notes with
total value of $l043.
+. J. Trudc appeared as attorney
for the plaintiff in each ease and
the court ordered the notes can
ccllcd and merged with the iudg-
ment of tine court. Judgment in
each ease was entered in favor If
the plaintiff bank as prayed for in
the complaints.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-05
Harris Certain
To Head KiWanis
Nv United Press Leased Wire

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 5.-Nirtual
assurance of the 929. of William
Oscar Harris, 3j, San Bernardino,
banker, as governor of the Caiifor-
mia Nevada district of kiwanis In
trrnatiOnal was seen here today
when Harris name alone was re-
turned bv nominating committee.
The election will he held late todav
at the closing session of the 1927
convention.
The committee refused to make
public names Of men nominated for
other offices. Fred S. K'stemann,
secretary of the district and mem
be- of the committee, disclosed Har-
ris nomination and said he felt it
was paramount to election.
Harris is n graduate Of Pomona
College. Clarcmont, Cal, and of
Cornell University in the class of
1914. He is trust officer of the
San Bernardino Trust and Savings
bank. 4 charter member of the
San Bernardino Club five years 40"
he at once assumed active part III
the business of the district and in
tcrnatioDal organization.
Sacramento, with n large dele
COTTON of men and women activei'
campaigning to bring next year 3
meeting with approximately 1000
delegates to the Capital City. was
apparently favored over Monterey.
The convention city also will be
solicited late TODAY.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-05
Detention Home
To Be Discussed

Announcement of the personnel of
Imperial County's first probation
committee, which will function with
the board of supervisors on the mat
ter of a juvenile detention home for
this county, was made today by
Judge \. c. Finney.
The committee, Judge Finney
states, will hold its first meeting at
his office in the court house on
Monday morning, and will meet
with the board of supervisors to
consider the matter of the detention
home later in the forenoon.
Members of the committee, which
represents all sections of the coun-
" are: Mrs. Paul p. Anderson, Ca
lexico; Mrs. Albert A. Ferguson,
Holtville; Charles L. Marsh, Braw-
ley; Mrs. H. Y. Gray. Imperial; G.
E. Pitzer, Mrs. Hugh 7. Osborne
and Rev. George y. Hartman, FL
Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-05
Legion Post Will
Dance Thursday

In accordance with its custom
since the first anniversary of the
World War armistice, Boyce Aten
Post, American Legion, Will hold its
annual Armistice Day dance ON
Thursday night, November 10, in
Masonic hall.
The entertainment committee of
the post decided to hold the dance
on the 10th SO as not to confhe.
with the valley-wide Armistice Day
program which win be held in Braw-
lev on November II, including n big
sham battle and other entertainment
at night.
In order to make final arrange
men-s for the dance, the post will
hold a special meeting Monday night
at the Legion room i'm the courthouse
n $ O'Clock Commander Perkins
requests all members to be on hand
for the special meeting.
Maintaining the navy motto Of
"feed en- TO make 'cm work, the
Officers viii serve another "red
hot luncheon in connection with
the special meeting.