Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-06
NEW ERA OPENS
F FOR TUBERCULOUS
!. CHILDREN Of D. c.
Insertion of $780, 900 SAM
farium Clause In Bill Aids
Health Move.
TESTIMONY REVEALS
PARENTS FAVOR PLAN
Request to Change Normal Schools
to Teachers Colleges Fa-
vored in Senate.

The provision inserted In the District
appropriation bill by Senator Bingham'S
subcommittee, making $150,000 avail
able to build special sanitarium for
tuberculouS children, will, If agreed to,
mark the beginning of new era in
local efforts to restore such children to
health.
Health schools would still be con-
Quoted for children whose physical con-
ditien would permit of school work, but
the proposed new institution would
supply need for place In which to
care for children requiring full-time
attention without the burden of school
work.
The hearings held by the Senate sub
committee, which were made available
today, show that witnesses believed
these children would have better
chance of being restored to health with
24-hour attention, and that after they
have made sufficient Roadway toward
recovery they could begin studying in
the existing health schools.
Says Parents Approve.
Mrs. Ernest r. Grant, chairman of
the tubercular children's sanitarium
committee, told the Senators that a
house-to-house canvass was made of the
homes Of the 100 children now attend
ing the health schools, and that the
parents of los Of the youngsters said
they would like to send their children to
q Sanitarium.
Much of the testimony taken by the
Senate subcommittee related to the
House provision, to the effect that after
July /, 1881, only Is per cent of the
graduates of the local normal schools
would be given preference over out
1lderS in teacher appointments. The
Senate committee struck out this linz
itation and inserted the request of the
school board for the elevation of the
existing normal schools to the standing
of teachers colleges by giving four
year course of training and degree
upon graduation.
Charles F. Carusi, president of the
Board of Education, testified that If the
four-year teachers course, with degrees
Is established he thought "the Board of
Education could be recorded as not only
willing to have this provision stay in,
but you can abolish even the IS per
cent"
The witnesses pointed out that by
raising the normal schools to teachers
colleges local applicants would be equip
ped to compete with those from the
States in examinations for teacher posi-
lions.
The Teachers Council asked the SEN
ate group to allow so per cent of the
local graduates a preference right
together with establishment of the
teacher colleges.
Explains Park Plan.
The amendment which Senator Tyd-
mgs of Maryland proposed to the Dis
krict appropriation bill to appropriate
100000 for acquiring necessary land
and constructing roadwayS in order to
extend Rock Greek Park into Maryland
as far as Garrett Park was explained
TO the subcommittee during the hear
lngs by Brainard H. Warner, jr.
Warner told the subcommittee that
MI but few small parcels of the neces-
Sary land would be dedicated by the
property owners for the park, and that
the appropriation would be used to
build roadways through the park ex-
tension. Warner estimated the value
of the land that would be dedicated
by the owners at 81 900, 900.
1t was explained that before the prof.
ect could be carried out the Maryland
Legislature would have to repeal legiSla-
ton enacted in 1927 providing that the
title to park land in Montgomery and
Prince Georges Counties cannot be
vested in the United States. Some
members of the Senate committee said
they thought the first step should be
taken by the Maryland Legislature.
Other members took the view that Con-
gress should enact an authorization be-
fore the item is placed in the appro-
priation bill. The Tydings amendment
was not included in the bill as reported
by the committee yesterday.
The hearings show that the Com
missioners asked the subcommittee to
eliminate the House provision which
would have prohibited the sale of au-
tomobile tags to any person who has
not paid his personal taxes. Com
missioner Taliaferro pointed out that
the Senate has passed and sent to the
House a separate bill to revise the rules
for payment of personal taxes, and that
1t would be unwise to enact one portion
Of that separate bill as an amendment
TO the appropriation act. He said the
Commissioners favor passage of the
separate measure. The committee fol-
lowed the suggestion of the Commits
nioner
In eliminating the House clause re-
nuiring use of the old Business High
School for colored pupils when the new
Business High is erected, the commit
tee also followed suggestion or the
school authorities, who testified II
would be better to leave the use OF the
old building for later determination.