Evening star., 1928-02-19

book Dindery. recommended Dy INC
United States Bureau Of Efficiency,
,, which it Is estimated will show a net
profit the first year of from 81 500 to
$500. The biggest job awaiting this
| new plant is the rebinding of some 1000
volumes year for the District Public
| Library The best price that the Gov
ernment Printing Office quoted on this
| lob was around Sl.80 per volume. Last
yea: q Philadelphia concern took the
contract for a machine job at SO to IS
cents per volume.
| The Washington school system 1t Is
estimated, will have about 1000 books
! pcr year that can be rebound econom-
ically in this new plant. There are also
some 500 books per year to be rebound
from the public school libraries.
| The Bureau of Efficiency investigators
nave advised the House appropriations
committee that between 10000 and
| Is 900 volumes per year will be available
tory bindcry.
There are today 224 children of Con-
| gressmen and their secretaries In the
| Washington public schools, Representa-
| tive Holaday of Illinois told the District
subcommittee of the House apprOpria-
| tions committee during hearings on the
! District budget He based this figure
on q QUESTIONABLE which he sent to
members of Congress. three-flf Of
whom replied
| What is the best system for edu-
cation of school children" Represent
ative Casey of Pennsylvania asked that
question of DR.. Ballou. superintendent.
! of schools, during hearings on the Dis
trict appropriation bill and go. the fol-
| lowing reply;
The best system of education for
| the child is system of elementary
schools and kindergartens. OF six grades.
| in which We shall undertake to do
everything we can to give the children
| the tools of an cduCation-that is. to
give them n fundamental knowledge OF
reading writing. arithmetic, geography.
| history and all the traditional subjects
| taught in an elementary school which
arc essential for every citizen to have.
"As to special subjects, We should
| undertake to develop the interest OF
| the children in them as we'll as in the
special or extra curricula activities Of
the schools, to give them proper con-
ception of the relationship of one to
another and give them high ideals,
which are the mainsprings OF action in
people,
Then, / believe we should begin def
| initely amCng those children. to l!n-
tied exten. in the junior high school,
beginning with the seventh grade
we should begin definitely among these
children to direct them toward or to
assist in directing themselves toward
the kind of thing that they are
going to be doing in their future
educational careers. In America
we must make provision for chill
dren who are going ON indefinitely
in the schools. We must also make
equal provision-and wc are not doing
it fully in any American city with
which / am ianiliar-we should give
equal educational opportunity to chill
dren who are going to leave school al
along the line Just as soon as the COM
pulsory attendance law permits them TO
do So We are trying TO do that, but
we are not doing 1t we'll.
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Mai. Hesse, superintendent of the
! Metropolitan Police Force. has been di-
rected by the House appropriations
committee 10 drive the gypsy 'ph-enol-
ogists' off Pennsylvania avenue. He
admitted 10 the committee that one Of
these gypsies had held him up last
week He told the committee he KNOWS
the gypsies are nuisance. Th2y are
not required to take out license be-
cause they call themselves 'ptrenolo-
gistS." and the corporation counsel has
ruled that the law does not require a
license to practice phreno!ogy IT the
District.
Gen Anton Stephan, commanding the
District National Guard. compiled io-
Congress statement OF payments made
by the several States 20 enlisted psr-
sonnel 0. the State Militia during Sum-
mer encampment periods In addition 10
the pay O! grade received from War De-
partment appropriations. as follows:
Alabama: IS cents per day for add!-
tional rations.
Arizona 81 per day.
Connecticut: 20 cents TO si.i5 per day,
District OF Columbia so cents TO Sl,aS
per day ,o.her than Government en-
p!oyes only
Hawaii: 80 cents TO 20 cents Per da.
Kansas; 10 Per cent 10 SO per cen:
OF War Department pay. Plus - cents
to 50 cents for each weekly Grill at
tended
NJ inc: so cents per day,
r..rylands IS cents per day.
Massachusetts,: SIS cents per day,
Michigan: 81 per day,
Minnesota: 81 per day plus loag>Vl
Nebraska: 81 Der day.
New Hampshire: 81 per day
New Jersey: 50 cents per day.
North Carolina: so cents Tor each
weekly drill attended
Oregon IS cents 10 81 per day.
Pennsylvania so cents per day.
Rhode Island so cents per day.
Vermont: Is cents 10 10 cents p>r day,
Washington; 10 per cent longevity.
The District OF Columbia Is the only
place which makes any distinction be-
tween Government and ucn-Govern-
ment employees; the appropriation re-
oucsted for 1920 and heretofore made
each year since 1901 Is paid 10 nom
Government employees only, and then on
basis drill attendance dtirlg the year
preceding the camp or since the date oi
enlistment II that be during the year.