Evening star., 1929-10-06
Veterans of Great War

| tion are warned to act very promptly,
| as it Is considered that Congress may
not again extend the time OF filing.
American Educational week will be
observed throughout the Nation during
the week of November IL to II, accord
| ing to announcement from national
headquarters of the American Legion.
Legion posts everywhere are being re-
quested by national headquarters to
cooperate with school authorities and
provide speakers for the various meet
ings to be held in connection with the
observance. Each day Of the week a
vital theme of education will be en-
| phasiZed.
The District of Columbia Department
has always taken an interest in this
yearly observance and is expected to do
so again this year.
The first day of the observance falls
on ArmiStice day. November II, and
the theme will be Education for Faith
full Citizenship"
The second day, November IL, will be
known as Home and School day.
Every effort will be made to show what
the schools are doing to improve the
home.
know Your School" is the theme
for November Is. Legionnaires are re-
Quested on this day to visit the schools
In their neighborhoods and urge others
to do so. Special programs and ex-
hibitS will be arranged. so that parents
and others can get better understand
ing of the work that is being done and
see the many ways in which the schools
are constantly being improved.
School Opportunity day will be OBJ
served November IA. The program for
this day will show what the schools are
doing to help young people discover
and train their talents to follow some
useful occupation or vocation.
Health day will be observed Mo-
vember Is for the purpose of showing
what the schools are doing to promote
physical vitality, good health and hab-
its of safety. The programs emphasiz-
ing health will bring the public in
closer contact with the methods
through which the schools are promot-
ing health.
day, attention being given to the ef-
feet good schools have in raising the
standards Of community life.
The final day of Education week,
November II, will be devoted to the
theme For God and Country" Min
listers of all denominations will stress
the higher values of education and OF
living and tell how the schools build
character by helping each child to de-
velop high standards Of physical, mental
and spiritual fitness.
The past national commander Of the
American Legion, Paul v. McNutt, will
be one of the speakers at Continental
Hall in Washington on Friday evening,
October II. He IS chairman of the Pulaski
national memorial committee which has
arranged appropriate exercises to COM
memorate the 150th anniversary Of the
death of the great Polish-American pa
triot Brig. Gen. Casimir Pulaski.
Among the other speakers will be
Tytus Filipowicz, Polish Minister to the
United States, and Right Rev. J. c.
PlagenS, Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit.
Members of the American Legion and
the American Legion Auxiliary are in
vited.
The advisory council Of the U. S. s
Jacob Jones Post, No. 2, will meet al
the home of Senior Vice Comdr. Ethel
Rule, 1927 Sixteenth street, Thursday,
at 8 pm. Comrades Ethel Rule and
Gladys Allen will act as hostesses.
| Plans are being made for a Halo
ween dance, which Is expected to be
held at the Marine Barracks on Octo-
ber 81. A report. on the final arrange
mentS for this affair will be made al
the next regular monthly meeting of the
post, which will take place Octobar IL.
Disabled American Veterans.
The executive committee of the Dis
trict of Columbia Department of the
Disabled American Veterans met last
week and after full discussion agreed
upon the budget for the coming year
that will be presented to the Com
munity Chest.
This is the first Fall in the eight
year history of the D. A. v. here that
the organization has not gone to the
public with an appeal for funds to
support its activities among the wars
disabled Of Washington. Since last
year the d. A. ". has been a partici-
patingF party to the chest, and with the
months Of experience the committee
was able to better settle upon the
amounts necessary to meet the expenses
of the various activities for the coming
year. While there is material increase
over the sum of last time the committee
expressed the belief that the records OF
performances made possible by chest
support will be sufficient to have the
total approved.
Most of the session was devoted to
the budget. but there was discussion
on the extension of work among the
patients in the four Government hos