Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-14

the best in teaching personnel. He
paid warm tribute to the teachers OF
the Noyes School. In closing he ex-
pressed his happiness that this school
bears the name of a man known
throughout the District of Columbia
for his active interest in civic affairs"
Mrs. j. G. Kingsbury, chairman OF
the schools committee of the Dahlgren
Citizens Association, declared that If
the Noyes School is completed in the
same style of beauty and completeness
as it's initial unit, this will be a happy
and a satisfied community"
Representing the department Of the
Engineer Commissioner of the District,
Albert l.. Harris, municipal architect
who designed the school. presented the
keys of the building to Miss Pepper,
its administrative principal. In &C
cepting the keys, Miss Pepper said they
would be a symbol of open doors to
the best in education.
1--WE dedicate ourselves" Miss Pep
per replied ito the highest ideals of
education, life and citizenship, and it
Is our desire that the boys and girls
who come to us here know how to give
service and how to be a worker for
good citizenship as Crosby Noyes did"
Education and Journalism
Mr.. Ely, supervising principal of the
fifth division, in which the Noyes
School is located, cited the tremendous
growth of the publishing business as a
direct result of the universal diffu-
sion OF education. He said that il he
were writing another thesis for his
masters degree, he would choose "Edu-
cation and Journalism" for his sub
ject. In that thesis, he explained. he
would contend not only that the diffu-
sion OF education was responsible for
the increase in the number of news
papers and journals, but he would con-
tend that journalists owed a great debt
to educators, because, he said. with a
smile to the editors at the dedicatory,
we have made your business"
Mr.. Ely added that he knew Crosby
Noyes slightly and that his father
knew the editor more intimately, and
he concluded by saying he was glad
TO dedicate this school to a great
journalist
In his brief talk Robert L. Hay
COCK, assistant superintendent of
schools, contrasted the new school
buildings of the Noyes, Horace Mann
ana Lafayette type with the earliest
frame schools built here. The first pub
lie school of the Brookland- Woodbridge
section, he saidA was built in 1865 on the
site OF the present Langdon School. 1t
was followed by larger frame school
on the same site in 1897. and was aug
mented by the first unit of the Brook
land School in 1901.
Following Mr.. Haycock's talk, the
Danigren Citizens Association pre-
sented bouquet of roses to Miss Pep
per-. The dedicatory was opened with
the invocation by Rev. Samuel H. Korn-
man, pastor Of st. Stephens Lutheran
n.
diction.
AT the conclusion Of the dedication
Mr. weber introduced the officers of the
community organizations interested in
the new school. These included Mrs
a. U: Smith, president of the Brook
land-Noyes School Parent Teacher AS
soclation; DR.. George r. Ellis and Mar
YIN Mclean OF the Brookland Citizens
association; E. q. Sieyers, president of
the Rhode Island Citizens Association;
=; j. Brannan of the Michigan Park
Cltlzens Association, and Wilbur S.
Flnch, president, and r. l.. Gilbert, sec
IeIary, OF the John Burroughs Citizens
Association.
Music was provided by the string
t.lo OF the Western High School Or
cnestra. The young players were Doro-
sny donovan. Horace Drury and Fred
5lacnly: Miss Lucy Lynch was accom-
paqht ZOE the TITO. .--..