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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-14
SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY
BY GLENN FRANK


The other day described the com.
munity as the school that never closes;
today I want to push that definition
out into a little greater richness of
detail.
The community has its schools.
The community is itself school.
There is an education that comes
from learning in the schools.
There is an education that comes
from living in the community.
And, by and large, the community
as a school is more powerful than the
schools of the community.
We are made and nodded more by
the impact Of the social order than
by the instruction of the classroom.
The pressures of the community are
more compelling than the precepts of
the college.
The school has us In hand only
during lesson-time.
The community has us in hand for
lifetime.
And our educatio Is the product Of
all our experiences, not merely our
classroom experiences.
BY conservative estimate, during our
schooldays, from kindergarten to uni.
versity, we spend five hours of waking
time outside the school for every hour
we spend inside the school.
The American may. as a boy, play
hockey from school, and. as a young
man, refuse to so to college, but
neither as boy nor as man can he run
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-14

National Park and Planning Com
mission for eventual development for
such use. Meanwhile 1t is of the
slightest utility and in its neglected
condition 1t presents a dangerous sit
uation.
This present crime merely directs
attention anew to a condition that
demands correction. The bridge should
be completed, or If it is not intended
ever to link it up with the city s
street system it should be destroyed.
1t serves no purpose whatever in its
present condition. 1t is a rendezvous
for idlers and mischief makers. Ger
tainly If allowed to remain without
lights and practical use it should be
to prevent access. And in
the meanwhile the unsightly estab'
lishment at the west end for the
treatment Of asphalt pavement mate
rial should be removed to more
location.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-14
Why not q zinnia garden?

Why not zinnia garden?
what! Nothing but zinnia|'
comes the answer. Wouldn't the
garden be rather monotonous?"
No--there are some So varieties of
zinnia listed in the catalogues. Sure
| ly, from such list. one ought to be
able to have variety enough to sat.
iSfY the most critical
1t must be admitted that the zinnia
does not meet the taste for the deli
cate, which is so admirably satisfied
by such flowers as the rose, the
gladiolus and the sweet pea.
Yet there is a world of satisfaction
In the sturdy, easy growth of this
fine annual, which commends 1t alike
to old and new gardeners.
Perhaps John Godfrey linn, pro-
fessor Of botany at Gottingen, had a
vision of the spread of the flower
which was named after him so long
ago. He lived between 1927 and 1859.
We cannot say whether he went
20 Mexico. as an explorer. and dis.
covered the Zinnia there, and so had
it named after him, as it's discoverer
or whether he earned the honor by
breeding newer and more graceful
forms.
Herr DR.. linn seems forgotten in
an intensive search to find out some
thing about him we are forced, for
the time being at least, to contribute
merely his name. 1t is found in one
of the large dictionaries, not in the
other, and is not mentioned in several
of the largest encyclopedias.
X X X
Prof. linn no doubt would be aston
q n
varieties spread out in a modern seeds
mans catalogue.
He would be delighted, too, at the
praise Of his creation:
'Zinnia-the most gorgeous ANIMALS
with a wonderful range Of color. EX'
tremely double flowers with long
stems and good keeping qualities,
making this old.fashioned flower a JOY
in the garden. If you plant but one
annual, plant this"
Old gardeners remember the zinnia
as 1t used to be--a stiff. almost ugly
flower, usually of dull brickred
color. valued for its long. period of
blooming, which earned for it the
name, Youth and Old Age" 1t
bloomed so long.
Today all that is changed. The
modern zinnia has range of color as
wide as the rainbow. There are vari
Gus forms. although all partake of
the parent nature.
When tho glory Of the rose and
the charm Of the gladiolus are admit
ted. gardeners then turn for pure
garden satisfaction to the zinnia, for
here is one plant about which one
does not have to worry.
You do not have to cOddle this
flower. Granted that one draws good
seed from his scotsman. the Zinnia is
sure fire" In any garden, in almost
any soil. in sun or semisun, with
or without fertilization or cultivation.
In beds and borders, in mass plant.
ing it blooms steadily day after day
1t does not possess, it is true, that
extra quality" which makes the
rose loved the world around. It's
petals have no delicate texture such
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-14
Warm Weather.

Hot weather is good for people. II
accomplishes three important things:
/, 1t opens the pores: ?, 1t loosens
conversation; 3, 1t relaxes the crouch
Every one knows the boys play a
better game Of ball on a hot day.
Many n man who braves the torrid
sun finds himself going around the
course with less lost motion" than
usual.
Even those who sit it out find a
none too gentle perspiration bathing
their frame. One must drink more
and battle more in hot weather. 1t
helps.
Life is more fluid
Hot weather loosens channels of
conversation. Stranger stops stranger
on the streets and asks the we'll
known question, Isn't it hot?"
Those who fume and fret over the
weather relax arouches. allowing
them escape through the pores Of the
mind.
Sweat, chat and fret-this Is good
hot-westher prescription. There is no
theory here, only practice, such as
sweetens life in the living.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-14
Prohibition Attacks
Bring Sharp Protest
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
1 have become greatly interested
in the articles appearing daily in The
Evening Star. My attention has been
especially directed to certain phrases
In the articles written by Miss Anne
Morgan of New York and Mrs. Anna
l.. Smith of Chicago. Both of these
ladies WELD influence, and some of
their statements are so wide of the
mark as to need analysis upon their
evident intents. When those of us
who wish to startle the world with
our own pet sayings stop by the way.
side to launch a doctrine of anarchy
it Is time for a government to stop
free press"
AS an American citizen upholding
orderly government, built upon the
democratic theory of general welfare,
am shocked at the line Of thought
which some of the phrases found in
these two articles of Miss Morgan and
Mrs. Smith, respectively would en-
gender in the minds Of the younger
generation, as well as those who seek
an excuse for violations, not only of
the prohibition law but of all law as
we'll.
Is there such a thing, I ask Miss
Morgan and repeat to Mrs. Smith, as
holding in ones heart hatred for the
eighteenth amendment because it pro-
hibits and at the same time fostering
in the same heart love and respect for
other laws, such as the white slave
law, Federal narcotic act, regulation
of postal service and the Federal acts
regarding smuggling, etc.?
My answer to this is no-positively
no.
In Mrs. Smiths article I find this
statement at the end: ITO my mind
the solution of this drink problem lies
in passing a new amendment nullify-
ing the eighteenth and placing the
decision with the individual States"
1 ask Mrs. Smith, in all humble.
ness, just how she proposes doing this
or even going about doing it?
/ ask her, Did not the several States
in the bygone days try to curb and
control the liquor traffic by heavy
licenses?
I ask her, Did not it become Fed.
eral question when the Interstate
Commerce Commission found it had
no jurisdiction over the shipments of
liquor from wet States through dry
States?
The prohibition law does prohibit
and those who are caught violating
the law should have punishment. A
greater punishment-that of social
ostracism-should fall, however, upon
those who further doctrine Of law
lessness by giving comfort in any
shape to rebellion of law.
VIRGINIA PETERS PARKHURST,
Maryland State Director, Susan B.
Anthony Foundation, Inc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-14
American Rhodes Students
Defended Against Criticism

Criticism from British sources sug-
costing that Americans who enjoy the
advantages of Rhodes scholarships at
Oxford University have failed to gain
adequate leadership in this country
finds no sympathetic echo on this
side of the water. 1t is pointed
out that the European practice of
fostering governing class does not
prevail here and, moreover, that as
no Rhodes scholars have passed be-
You'd the early forties in age their
careers really are only beginning.
The chief foreign critic is Herbert
A. l.. Fisher. Rhodes trustee, warden
Of New College, oxford. and former
president of the Board of Education
of Great Britain.
Had Mr.. Rhodes possessed a clear
conception of the American college
and the American university" accord
ing to the Lincoln Star, ''he might
have spared those intrusted with the
responsibility of administering the
fund their disappointment. 1t has
been apparent for more than two dec
AIDES that American educational insti-
tutions have been in a position to COM
pete with British and Continental
educational agencies The Rhodes
scholars, returning home, must match
wits and brains in the professional.
the business and the industrial world
with an unnumbered host of college.
trained men. Cecil Rhodes could
not foresee how universal education
had become in America. 1t has
been suggested the European atmos-
phere units rather than qualities the
Rhodes men for immediate success.
They must become acclimated again
to American thought and American
ways of doing business"
\ X y
"They might acquire the oxford &C.
cent without the oxford spirit; they
might initiate the superficial In Brit
ish character without acquiring the
substantial. In any case, they might
become neither successful Englishmen
nor successful Americans" remarks
the Springfield Union. with the fur.
Their statement. Recently several
British delegations have come to this
country to discover and study those
American methods of labor and indus
try that have enabled the people of
the United States to forge ahead eco
nOmically while European nations,
and the British in particular, have
been sorely troubled by the conse-
quences of the war and changed eco
nomic conditions. These delegations
have reported what they conceived to
be the important elements in Ameri.
can success. and yet have found 1t i'm
possible to adapt them to British Ia.
Dor and industry. We should find 1t
equally difficult. probably, to adapt
British methods and characteristics
that may have merit to American
characteristics and needs"
There f3aS been great benefit de.
rived from Rhodes scholarships" de-
clares the Cincinnati Timss-Star. |
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-14
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.


40 nossessed NV the iris and the
rIadiolus
Rut no one flower can "have every.
thing" "a the saving IL. and the
zinnia has so much that yearly II
adds 10 it's loval friends in the gar.
dens of the world.
X "
Here are the varieties which we
I'M ve heen able ia DISCOVER
Amnng tho Colossal.
= piood Rcd
Priobt Rose
been Pose
4 Deem Flesh
Doen salmon Pose
Tovender
: Soft pink
Q White
cream
N Ruttercuc
~ Anricot' yellow.
- n1Iesb Color
"a salmon
"a Shr,r,n pink
MI.
IS. Rose King.
II. Rose Queen.
IS. Golden Yellow.
49, Orange.
20, Burnt Orange.
81. Crimson.
20. Scarlet.
90. Violet.
"a. Purple.
Among the California Giants. so
called. a cross between Colossal and
Dahlia Powered:
25. Lemon Queen.
26. Orange Queen,
81. Orange King.
28. Purity.
30. Rose Queen.
Among the Dahlia Flowered. the
reicning favorites of the moment:
30. Illumination.
81. Canary Bird.
80. Buttercun.
80. Crimson Monarch.
"a. Dream.
IS. Exquisite.
SO. Golden State,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-14
The Theater Ticket Cases.

In almost record time a jury in the
Federal Court in New York yesterday
returned a verdict of guilty against
two men who constitute a theater
ticket agency on a charge of failure
to make proper income tax returns
to the Government on amounts re.
ceived for theater tickets in excess Of
fifty cents over the established price.
Only two witnesses were heard, one
for each side. There was brief argu-
ment and the jury was out only
twenty minutes. Appeal will, of
course, be taken and the case carried
to the Supreme Court of the United
States if possible, mainly on the
ground that there is no established
price" for a theater ticket and that
any price can be charged for it that
1.-The traffic will bear" 1t is contended
by the prosecution, and upheld by the
court, that the price printed on the
ticket itself is the established price
and that charges in excess of fifty
cents more than that price are sub
ject to Federal taxation as income.
The contention that there Is no es-
tablished price for theater tickets is
novel and somewhat surprising to the
public. although it has been accus.
toned to sliding scales for theater
admissions during recent years, when
the usual prices have been raised on
special occasions. 1t is doubtful
whether the courts will sustain the
averment there is no established price,
inasmuch as the tickets are printed
with the rates on them. If they are
not so printed. they open the way to
fraud upon the public and the path
of the Spectator, whether an indie
pendent operator or merely an agent
of the box Office under cover. is made
easy.
The theatergoing public has a de-
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gress. The institution Is an inde.
pendent establishment made I'D of
the various Government bureaus and
cabinet heads.
@. When was Kentucky blue Kras,
brought to this country?-W. II. NJ.
A. 1t is not known definitely. Lv.
man Carrier says in Beginnings ~
Agriculture In America: Kahn (175u
Identifies Kentucky blue grass at
Montreal. and found the French Of
Canada using it in a mixture wis
white clover as their principal hav.
1t Is probable that the French were
responsible for taking this plant
about 1900 to Indiana and Illinois.
where they spread 1t TO Ohio and Ken.
lucky. English explorers in that re.
gion in 1850 found it growing luxuri.
ously." There is fairly good evidence
that Kentucky blue grass came to this
country from Europe. Some pioneers
are. however, Of the opinion that when
they crossed the mountains thew
found Kentucky blue grass already
there.
Q: What is vegetable marrow? -
Z. D. d.
A. Vegetable marrow Is a member
Of the squash family and is closely
related to our Summer squashes. II
is usually white or pale yellow in
color and resembles large cucumber.
This vegetable Is gaining in popular
ity in this country, and gardens in
which 1t was unknown a few years
ago are now producing 1t abundantly
to meet the increasing demand.
O. What suggested the painting Of
Botticellfs "Allegory Of Spring.
F. F.
A. This popular picture was sug.
gested by a passage from Lucretius II
was painted for Cosimo de Medici's
villa at CASTILLO.
@. Why was Cape Verde so
named?-B. P.
A. This most westerly point on the
African coast was given its name be-
cause 1t Is crowned with growth Of
verdure and trees that stand out In
contrast with the white Of the adjoin.
ing country.
@. How many men were excused
from our military service during the
World War because Of scruples against
fighting?-G. H.
A. There were 64,4s3 claims made
by conscientious directors and the fol.
lowers Of the non-combatant religious
creeds. The total claims recognized
were $3.50.
You 1cGnt to knoto something. YoH
1Oish to be positive before you 90
ahead. Well, The Evening StdT tciU
tell you 1Uhdt you 1CGnt to knoto ard
0iue you assurance before you pro-
coed. Our WdShinOton Bureau cdn
dnstcer any question Of fact pro.
pounded to it. Here is the university
of informGtion-G great free educd.
tiondI institution estd blished solely to
serve you. Send In your question and
get the right GnStcer. Inclose 2 cents
IN stamps to cover the return postage.
Address The EUentn0 Star Informd-
ton Bureau, Frederic J. Hdskin, dt.
rector. WGShtn 0ton. ID. c.
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away from the American social order.
unless he chooses to migrate to some
unwesternized part of the Orient or
Island and goes native. 1t will help
him but little to flee to a Europe that
Is reluctantly but rapidly becoming
AmericaniZed.
The schoolmaster as messiah Is a
myth.
The school that sets out to reform
the social order is, in the end, formed
by the social order.
All this means, / think, that We
must revive our ancient notion of the
relation OF school to society.
The school and the social order
they must be saved together or they
will sink together.
The life of school and the school Of
life cannot be torn apart; if they are.
living will be barren and learning will
be bookish.
Great schools are not built In a
vacuum.
They are part and parcel Of the
common life.
The schools struggle properly to be
above the battle of the common life
Of the community, but they never sue.
coed, save in the fleeting moments OF
some flaming crusade.
The mutual responsibility of school
and community does not end when
the community gives and the school
receives generous financial support.
fCopyrRht 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-14

Norwegian oil ships tanks. Solves
problem as to how Germany has been
getting much needed metals for war
purposes. Aviation ground
schools graduate 142 candidates for
aviation officers. = Americans es-
tablish clearing house in Paris to ia
cilitate banking affairs abroad.
President bars German companies
from war risk insurance business t.
prevent them gaining military infor-
nation regarding movements of
ships. Gen. Goethals to take con-
troll of Is big shipbuilding plants to
speed up work. Tonnage of 1,551.17-
now under construction in plants to
be seized. War Department an
nounces establishment of bureau in
Switzerland to extend relief to Ameri-
can soldiers who may be captured In
the war and sent to Germany as pris-
oners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-14
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Q. Why was the putt that gave
Tommy Armour a tie in his Anal
match in the United States open golf
championship called a $25, 900 putt
A. G. r.
A. The tie made IT necessary to
! play another match, which Armour
won. The winning OF the title is prob
ably worth much more than $25, 900
| to professional. In prestige, in ex-
! hibition matches. in royalties for his
approval of various golf equipment
the sum may we'll run from $50 900
to $4,000.
@. Does hooking bird have a song
birds?-F. A. G..
a. The Biological Survey says that
hooking birds song is both natural
and initiative. 1t has a good song of
its own, but it Is such an incessant
mimic that 1t would rather initiate
than sing it's own song.
Q. How much does a two-passenger
airplane cost?-E. s.
A. The price of two.passenger planes
ranges from $4,000 to $4,000.
Q. Who discovered the sargasso
Sea "A. II.
A. Columbus was the discoverer.
His ships were entangled in the sea
for two weeks. Today, though the
weeds are thickly matted in some
sections, vessel could not become
hopelessly involved in the tract be-
cause the patches are not con-
tinuous. It is believed by many au-
thorities that the seaweed was origi-
nally carried by winds and currents
from the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf
of Mexico.
Q. How many French buildings
were destroyed during the World
War, and how many have been re-
placed IN. E. NJ.
A. According to the combined an
nual reports of the World War For.
eign Debt Commission, the number of
buildings in France which had been
destroyed up to the armistice was
S93,792. BY January /, 1925, 508.319
buildings had been rebuilt. Many
will never be rebuilt because their
owners have preferred to accept
money damages.
@. What letters appear on the
flag of the Soviet government?-J.
F. c.
"A. NO letters appear on tnS new
flag of the Soviet government, which
is red, having in it's lower corner
five pointed star and hammer.
@. Why were Philippics so called?
L. E. B.
A. Any discourse or defamation
Astounding in acrimonious invective
is so called because of series of
famous orations of Demosthenes, the
Greek orator, denouncing Philip. king
Of Macedon.
Q. May one obtain membership
in the Smithsonian INSTITUTIONAL.
NJ. d.
A. The Smithsonian Institution
says it does not have memberships
in the society. The society consists
of governing body. board of re-
gents which is appointed by Con-
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An Evesore and a Menace.

A shocking tragedy occurred last
night in this city in location which
is, unfortunately, ideal for nocturnal
crime. The scene of the Staying was
the northeastern end of the New York
avenue bridge over the railroad
tracks. abutting on the large field
which is used as the circus grounds
and which has been chosen for pos
sible development as a public park,
known as the Patterson tract. 1t is
lonely place. unlighted at night, &C.
cessible only by way of the bridge,
unpatrolled, a no-thoroughfare, vet
with a broad area.
This situation is due to the lack
of action by Congress in the matter
of completing a work begun more
than twenty years ago, when the rail
road terminal was erected and in
connection with that improvement the
line of New York avenue was con-
tinued over the tracks by a Viaduct
that was supposed TO give access to
the city from the northeast. Inc
masonry work of the bridge was COM
pleted. but no roadway was ever pro-
Vided beyond it on the suburban side.
The great structure has stood mean
while, useless. with an asphalt reduc-
ton plant occupying the western en-
trance. a disfiguring spectacle.
South Of the bridge stretches the
Patterson tract, used, as stated, in
recent years as a circus exhibition
grounds, and occupied in part by the
stock Of a building wrecking company.
Repeated recommendation has been
made to Congress for the acquisition
4, of this area for a park, and 1t Is in
cluded In the general nlanS of the