The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-07
X. l. FAULKNER
 GIVES ADDRESS
 D0UCL ASP. "A.
Explains About Supreme Court of U. School
 Exhibit Is Displayed

A large crowd attended the Doug- las Parent-T eacher Association meeting last night and viewed the high schccl and grade exhibits. II. L. Faulkner, of Juneau, gave the main address of the evening, choos- ing a3 his subject, The Supreme Cours."
 When thc meeting opened, Prasl- dcnt Devon annoanced that the eighth grade of the Douglas school oEtcadcd a cordial invitation to the public to attend the graduation exercises next Wednesday. The girls arc designing their own dress es and have prepared speeches. Rev. A. P. kasheyarcff VII give 8 talk.
 Officers Installed
 Mrs. Robert Brown was installed as president cf the Pr. A. for the ensuing term and Mrs. Elton Eng strom as Secretary. Mrs. Brown appointed Joe Reidl, Gust Lunds.l and William Teero as members of the Board of Directors.
 MT. Albert Goctz sang two solos accompanied cn the p.ano by Mrs Gocta. sam Devon gave @ reading taken fccn "Tho Lady Of the Lake, by Sect. The Misses Mamie and Elizabeth Feuci play-d a piano duet Following this program, MT Faulkner spoke
 Pr. A. Fundam3nta
 MT. Faulkner said that the P.- T. A. was an organization primarily interested in education. 4 great deal of time, energy and iaonag is spa4t on education. In the territory q Alaska, a great proportion of the funds are utilized fer >.cu91s.ol, he said.
 T do not want ny children to get along with the educational ia cilities l had declared NIr Faulk- ner. T want my children to have better facilities for education than T had; I want them to have the very best that the country offers today"
 LOpsided
 However continued Mir Faulk- ner, "very little of the education that our children receive is about the government. Very few of us have read the constitution. In this respect, our education is little lop-sided. There are three branch es of government in the United States and one of the most im- portant is the Judicial. Recently there have been attacks made on this branch which were especially centered in controversy at the time Charles E. Hughes name came up for confirmation in the Senate as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court after the retirement of Taft"
 Dangerous Action
 MT. Faulkner affirmed that many people think the Supreme Court is an august tribunal which blue pencils all laws as being good or bad. The Supreme Court has noth- ing to do with jaws that are passed unless case involving them comes up from a lower court. These at tacks on one oi the branches of government entrusted with certain guarantees is dangerous to our freedom and liberty.
 We take a tremendous interest in education, concluded MT. Faulk- ner, and it behooves us to stop and consider if our form of government is secure.
 The retiring Board of the Par ent- Teacher Association served de- icious refreshments following the business meeting and program.
 Varied Exhibits
 Interesting and varied exhibits were displayed for parents and friends of the Douglas school chill dren. In the high school exhibit were some remarkably fine note- books, in English, French, U. S. History, and American Problems The Home Economics display fea- tured dresses and pajamas that the girls have made. Especially at- tractive was lowered chiffon dress made by Enne Kronquist.
 Eighth grade exhibits included notebooks, and papers from various