Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-25
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having Cnelr vacation curing June, July
and August, in conformity with the
school year in most other localities,
should dismiss their classes, say, at
the end of December, giving the
pupils the months of January, Febru-
airy and March, which, while nominally
winter" months, are certainly the best
time in the whole year to be out Of
doors in this region. II Prof. Schnei-
der's suggestion Is adopted, school will
therefore continue this session until
the middle or end of December, and
hereafter the school YEAR viii COM
mence the flrst OF April and continue
until the first of January. This will
also enable children to be freed from
their courses during the season of the
year when they can be of most as
Sistance to their parents, both in urban
and country life.
Chile Asks Army
To Select Martial Hymns
81 Mercurio. santiago.-The govern
ment has directed all those in charge Of
the various units of the national army
to solicit the men of their various COM
mands to compose, suggest or select q
military hymn, to become the specific
song of the soldiery throughout all the
years to come. At present, each regi-
ment or battalion has It's own war chant,
sung to the faVorite martial air OF q
greater or lesser number Of the enlisted
men.
There should be one common anthem,
with a stirring air and vigorous appeal
of words and sentiment like that Of 1.-THE
MarseillaiSe" of France. It Is hoped by
enliSting the interest and sympathy OF
all the men to decide upon the martial
hymn combining the greatest inspira-
ton and the noblest patriotism in its
words and music. This does not mean
that he army cannot have multitude
of stirring and patriotic songs, but there
should be one song supreme to fortify
and inspire all the soldiery and all the
nation in time Of stress and danger to
the state.
Such song, while it should be strong
and dignified in its expression, and full
of grandeur and harmony in its music,
should not be too erudite or classical q
composition, for 1t should combine a
message and a melody that can be
learned easily by all, even by the most
unmusical Of our population. Soldiers
desire an air they can master and words
they can readily memorize and not
soon forget. Such q military hymn, for
all the republic, as is comprised, for in
stance, in the song sung so long by the
National Infantry School, but never
recognized officially as the national an
them. Perhaps Seniors Benjamin Oviedo
and Javier Rengifo, who wrote, respec-
lively, the words and music for this STIR
ring ode, can compose another that will
live eternally as the hymn Of the re-
public, recording the past glories of
the Chilean soldiery, and the honors
yet to come.
Frenchman
Dwarfs Primo Camera.
impartial, Notwithstanding Car
nera is really a dwarf-compared with
Fernand Contat. the Frenchman, who
Is the latest candidate for the pugilistic
championship. This gigantic man noun
tain, who calls himself as yet mere
'sprig of a boy" stands feet inches
tall, and weighs AIS pounds. At present
he is travelling with circus in Europe,
but his great ambition is to come to the
United States, that land to which every
thing eccentric or colossal gravitates,
and to try his fortune there. The box
ing profession overseas has had its eyes
on him for some time as lucrative pos
sibility, and he admits bending an ear
to the chant of the sirens Big as he
Is. there is not an ounce of fat on his
body. Fernand Contat is of build en-
tirely spare and muscular. He is 20
years old, and despises the compare
lively diminutive feet which have given
Camera such q worldwide fame. Con-
tat wears shoes three sizes larger.
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