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SCHOOLS TO USE
NEW TYPE CARDS
Reports of Los Angeles
Students Keyed to Less
Home Study.

LOS ANGELES R.-A new type Of
report card will be brought home this
Fall by Los Angeles school pupils as
part Of progressive changes being
made in the city's educational system.
Home work already has been sharp
ly curtailed and student activity and
initiative among the 2s0, 900 students
encouraged, to make what Supt. Of
Schools Frank A. Bouelle described as
going concern" Of the school
system.
Home study has been eliminated in
the lower grades and sharply reduced
In the Junior and senior high schools.
It's place is taken by supervised study
in the class rooms, with teachers CIV.
ing personal attention both to bril-
liant students and laggards. Outside
activities are guided and encouraged.
Under the new report card system
the old grade formula goes by the
boards But it will give more, not less
information about the individual, and
encourages parents to take hand In
the educational process, Bouelle said.
He also hopes it will eliminate excess
sive working for marks" and student
jealousies.
rs" and IN" to Eighth Grades.
Only the marks IS" and IN" mean
ing satisfactory progress, or that the
pupil needs to improve, will be given
up to the eighth grade.
Each subject will be broken down
into its various phases on our prog
ress reports" said Bouelle.
For instance, there are four divi-
sions under reading - understands
what he reads" "reads with reason
able speed" has good reading habits"
and reads widely"
The same sort of analysis will be
given in other subjects and space will
be provided to show general progress
as well as physical, emotional, or
other needs calling for attention" :"
Attitudes or behavior meriting COM
ment" will also be marked under sey-
eral aspects.
The senior high schools will see
grades unlike those in any other city
in the United States.
Marks Stamp Future.
'rR" will mean college recommended
ton or equivalent, IS" qualities for
diploma of graduation, &C" qualities
for certificate Of completion, IN" un-
satisfactory work with no credit.
Bouelle said still other marks, such
as e." might be added to stand for
work Of superior excellence"
Another phase of the progressive
| educational program is the new ele-
mentary school being erected at Bell.
a suburb, from designs by Richard
Neutra, ultra modern architect. Wide
and sheltered terraces opening from
each class room will be provided for
activities too noisy for the school
| itself.
Evening star., 1935-09-05
SHRIMP SCARCITY
WORRIES FISHERS
Life History Probed for
Facts-DepIetion May
Hurt U. S. Menu.

ST AUGUSTINE, Fla. OP.--The
United States Bur u Of Fisheries
wants to know more about the life
history those shrimp you use in
salads and cocktails.
"A recent scarcity Of shrimp along
tie Florida coast" reported John C..
Pearson. aquatic biologist. "has shown
need for scientific observations to de-
termine whether possible depletion
due to overfishing or other causes Is
now occurring"
He added the bureau Is cooper
ating with the Sites of Florida,
Louisiana, Texas and Georgia in q
biological study Of the sea shrimp to
determine the problem Of the varying
abundance and the lie history of this
valuable crustacean."
Studies have revealed, Pearson said,
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BUSINESS URGED TO ACT
Expansion Would Slash "Dole
Lists" Says Warner.

. HOLLYWOOD, September 5 R.-
Harry M. Warner, president Of the
Warner Bros. Aim enterprises, coun-
seled business and industry today to
abandon the "time- marking policy
and launch expansion programs which.
he said, would reduce dole lists and
stimulate the confidence needed for
recovery"
An extensive construction program
at Warner Bros Burbank Studio Is
providing employment for fully 5000
people," Warner asserted.
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Former Actress to Wed.

LOS ANGELES, September R.--
A notice Of intention to wed was filed
today by Mrs. Mary O'Brien Rubin,
divorced wife of Benny Rubin, screen
comedian. and Ned Blanc, owner of
dress shops in Hollywood. Mrs. Rubin
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Native Plants Gathered.

More than 200 native plants have
Just been sent from Africa to the Nat
ural History Museum in South Ken
sington, England.
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Birds Damage Crops.

Enus are doing such great damage
to crops in Western Australia that the
huge birds are being driven to drink
ing places containing poisoned water.
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is former film and vaudeville
actress.

German Tourists Decreasing.
German tourists are decreasing
since the imposition Of q tourist fee
by the government.
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brick addition, rear 529 Fourth street
southwest; to cost 81 800.
Paul c. Robin, Frances r. Gewirz
and Barney M. Robbin. owners; r. e.
Doleman. designer; George Dolns,
builder: to erect one 1-story brick ad-
dition, 1886 Columbia road; to cost
$1,000.
Morris Yochelson, 27l5 Good Hope
road southeast, owner, builder and de-
signer; one l-story tile addition to
animal house, rear 27l5 Good Hope
road southeast: to cost 81 1000.
Church Given Permit.
Emory Methodist Church. owners;
w. E. Mauper. designer: Marvin NJ.
Ihrie. 56l4 Third street builder; TO
erect one l-story brick and frame ad-
dition. 1888 Somerset place; to cost
$3.50.
Sara Rubin. 1910 B street northeast,
owner: G.. N. Bell. designer: Max Zip
lin. builder: to erect one 2-story brick
addition. 1910 B street northeast: to
cost $3.50.
Marino Bras, Fourth and N streets.
owner: Jerry Maiatico, Woodward
Building. builder; remodel show win
dow; to cost $500.
L. Reichgut. 1900 Spring road.
owner; r. c. Archer, jr., architect; r.
Hopkins, builder; inclose porch, 1900
Spring road: to cost $500.
Southern Diaries 60 M street north
east, owner: Pringle & Arnold, 1915
Half street southeast, builders: to erect
concrete ramp. so M street northeast; /;
to cost $3.50.
Karl c. Boetzner. 301 South Caro-
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ARCHITECTS URGE
COMMUNITY PLAN
Adequate Public Control of
Land Held Vital to Good
Housing.
Continued From First Page.)

construction Of Government build
ings which is jeopardizing the STAN
dards of construction, planning and
architectural design"
Criticism "of unnecessary haste" in
Government building construction
was contained In the report submitted
by Paul Sullivan. Washington, chair
man of the institutes Committee on
Public Works. The public control of
land resolution was q modification Of
one proposed by the institutes Com
and Housing.
Text Of Resolution.
Text of the resolution was as fol-
lows:
Resolved, That the American In
stitute Of Architects declare that good
housing Is dependent on planned
communities; that adequate public
control of land use Is essential to the
scientific functional planning of COM
munities on sound economic and social
lines, and that the institute advocates
the progressive acquisition of such
public control and the training Of
persons to be competent TO devise
and administer that control"
Producers Council. Inc. afiliate of
the institute, adopted a resolution
urging cooperation to preserve the
construction industry in the absence
Of the construction code. The coun-
Gil called upon its delegates to the
Construction League. another institute
affiliate, to cooperate in every way
with other organizations to preserve
valuable elements Of the code.
A bright picture of the future of the
construction industry as a result OF
neglect of structures during depression
years was painted by former Gov.
Walter j. Kohler in an address before
the architects.
I'm so far as failure to keep build
ings In repair and abreast of times has
been caused by ill-adapted credit facil-
tiles" Kohler said. the Federal
housing act should do some good, and,
I believe, 1t has been definitely help.
full"
Miles L. Colean. Washington. direc-
tor. technical division, Federal Hous-
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builder; to erect one 2-story brick
fat, As Quincy place northeast; to
cost $4,000.
Lewis p Waltz, 552s Conduit road.
owner and designer; T. Morgan,
builder; to erect one 2-story brick
dwelling, 1922 Conduit road; to cost
$1,000.
Milton D. Campbell. Woodward
Building. owner and builder; w. B.
Honey. architect; to erect one 2-story
brick dwelling, 1928 Forty-ninth
street: to cost $500.
Gulf Company to Build.
Gulf Refining Co.. Philadelphia.
Pa, owner and builder P. r. L. Hag-
ner. designer; to erect one 1-story
brick gas station, $40 Bladensburg
road northeast; to cost $500.
Mark Reiley, 623 North Carolina
avenue southeast. owner and builder:
M. S. May. architect: to build one J.
story brick dwelling, 26l5 Thirty
third street southeast; to cost $1,000.
Joseph Guss. s23 Ninth street.
owner; L. w. Giles, architect: Ma
Iioifdl SOliCIclc w., o. bdIflO1L
street, builders; to erect one l-story
brick addition and make repairs, 8ll
Ninth street; to cost So 900.
Joseph B. and Maud D. Veney, 407
Fifty-flfth street northeast, owners
and designers: Frank Young, 5506
Bell place northeast, builder; TO erect
one l-story frame dwelling. 5003 D
street southeast; to cost $2.500.
Whelan Drug Co.. New York City,
owners: Claughton West. architect;
to make repairs, Eleventh and D
streets; to cost $4,000.
The American Fire Insurance Co.,
5ll Seventh street, owners: r. o.
Kluge, architect; Earl S. Haislip. l7ol
Connecticut avenue. builder: to make
repairs, 5ll Seventh street; to cost
$4,000
Tolman Laundry, No. S Dupont cir
Gle. owner: r. O. Kluge. architect:
Herman S. Ward, 1902 Spring road,
builder; to make alterations. No. 5
Dupont circle: to cost $1,000.
Myer r. Chidakel. 419 Madison
street, owner; r. M. Briscoe, designer:
Harry W. Minker, GOT Sixth street
southwest, builder; to erect one 1-story
Evening star., 1935-06-01
FILL IN SETTINGS

Soil around building foundations
often settles during the year, especial
ly IN the case Of newly erected homes
or old ones where exterior founda-
ton repairs that necessitated soil
excavations have been made. Snow
water around foundations during
Winter and early Spring frequent
ly causes settling. Water draining
down walls during rainstorms and ac-
cumulating in soil pockets saturates
the soil against basement walls and
causes damp cellars.
All sunken places around the foun-
dations should be- filled with fresh
soil. When possible. there should be
sufficient soil so that i, may be graded
with q slight slope away from the
house.
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ing Administration, reported q gain
In low-cost housing construction of
118 per cent for the first four months
Of 1885 over the similar period in 1894.
He estimated the years outlay in this
field would be almost $700, ,000, 900,
against $500, ,000, 900 In 1884.
"If the architect is to participate
in this growing low-cost home build
ing" Colean said, Architecture must
not continue as purely a luxury, OF
the architect as only the servant OF
the privileged few. The architect must
seek broader and more varied role
than this one he has been accustomed
to take"
Statements Of Colean AZ to rapid
growth OF low-cost housing construc-
tion were corroborated by Pierre
Blouke. Washington. architect and ad i
wiser, reconditioning division of Home
Owners Loan Corporation.
"The Home Owners Loan Corpora
ton was organized not only to save
700 900 homes from foreclosure, but
also to save TOO, 900 homes from being
placed upon a market which already
was completely broken. The amend
ments to the original act provide fur
ther funds for refnancing additional
distressed mortgages.
ITO date $4,000 of such mortgages
have been refinanced by the Home
Owners Loan Corporation. The act
also was amended authorizing the cor
poration to modernize, rehabilitate or
rebuild any of these houses with which
it Is dealing. The original act only
authorized the corporation to do nee
essary repairs and maintenance jobs.
ut Is contemplated that $500 ,000, 900
will be put into improvements on these
homes"
Robert d. Kohn, New York. former
director Of the housing division, Pub
lie Works Administration, advocated
low cost housing projects on low priced
fringe" land such as has been started
in Milwaukee. Milwaukee, he said, Is
practically the only city in the Nation
that has persuaded the Government
to permit 1t to erect such a project
He referred to development where 52s
homes are being built on 80 acres Of
land. The project is being financed
to the extent Of $2.400.000 by the
housing division of p. W. A. With
this project. he said, Milwaukee has
done the most intelligent thing In the
country in locating low-cost housing.
Progress in development Of system
OF collaboration that will integrate ef-
forts of private architects and Govern
ment bureaus and thus expedite work
Evening star., 1935-06-01

on vast Government programs was re-
ported by Louis A. Simon, supervising
architect, procurement division Of
Treasury Department.
I'm any Federal building program"
Simon said, there are many pro-
cedures that are so intimately inter-
woven with governmental functions
that they establish the necessity for
Evening star., 1935-06-01
BUILDING IN MAY
BELIEVED RECORD
Construction Here Esti.
mated at $2,000,00
Largest in 5 Years.
Continued From First Page.)

two 2-story brick dwellings, 1882 1896
Brandywine street: to cost $4,000
Silgar Construction Co., Inc, isis
Pennsylvania avenue southeast, own
ers and builders; Johannes g. Whit
comb, designers: to erect two IL
story brick dwellings, 1906 and 1912
Second street southeast; to cost $l2,-
600.
Mr.. and Mrs William E. Mattingly,
1912 Quincy place, owners; E. J. Con-
ner, designer: c. r. Matheny, 6l47
Thirty-flrst street, builder: to erect
one 2-story brick and frame dwelling,
1928 Seventeenth street: to cost SILL
600.
Frances E. Cost. 1911 Nineteenth
street southeast, owner; J. A. Moore,
architect: j. A. Moore, Inc. Clinton,
Md. builder: to erect three 2-story
brick and cinder block dwellings. 1903,
1910 and 1912 Nineteenth street
southeast; to cost sll 900.
G. F. Mikkelson. Chevy Chase, Md.
owner and builder: R. w. Berry. de-
signer; one History brick and tile
dwelling, 1905 Runnymede place; to
cost $4,000.
G. F. Mikkelson, Chevy Chase. Md,
owner and builder: R. w. Berry. de-
signer; one 212 STORY brick and tile
dwelling. 6120 Thirty-third street; to
cost $4,000.
G.. F. Mikkelson. Chevy Chase, Md,
owner and builder; R. W. Berry. de-
signer; one 2l2-story brick and tile
dwelling. 1912 Runnymede place; to
most $4,000
Paul P. Stone. e27 Fifteenth street.
owner; M. S. May. architect: A. S.
Lord, 927 Fifteenth street, builder; to
erect one 2-story brick dwelling. 4025
South Dakota avenue northeast; to
cost $4,000.
Priel Given Permit.
Norman Priel, 5314 Eleventh place
southeast. owner; C. L. Croft. design
er: T. E. Miller, 1851 Lamont street,
builder: one 1-story brick dwelling.
1l9 Raleigh street southeast; to cost
$4,000.
Einar and Mabel Christensen. 5522
First street northeast. owner and de-
signer; Christensen Bros. 5522 First
street northeast, builders; to erect one
2-story brick dwelling. 5516 First
street northeast: to cost $500.
stephen A. Gatti, North Woodside,
Nd, owner; L. r. Moss. architect:
M. B. Swanson. 276l Brandywine
street, builder; to erect one 2-story
brick dwelling, 54l6 Thirty-third
street; to cr $500.
Bowling g. Gardiner. 1912 Harri-
son street, owners and builders: l.. r.
Moss, architect: to erect one 2-story
brick dwelling. 1922 Tennyson street;
to cost 1000.
Bowling A. Gardiner, 1912 Harri-
son street, owners and builders: l.. r.
Moss. architect; to erect one 2-story
dwelling. 31l8 Tennyson street to
cost S6 1000.
Fidelity Home Co.. 1415 K street.
owner and builder; Dedlow IL Abel.
designers: to erect one 2-story brick
and tile dwelling 1919 Mckinley
street; to cost $500.
Tolson. Kemp & Nix, Inc, owners
and builders; t. erect one 2-story
brick dwelling 2008 Perry street
northeast; to cost $3.50.
Charles H. and Anna E. Miller, 1913
B street northeast. owners; A. C. Tol-
son, jr.. designer; Tolson, Kemp &
Nix. Inc. 1914 Rhode Island avenue
northeast, builders; to erect one
2-story brick and tile dwelling, 2619
Newton street northeast; to cost
$500.
Max Siegel. l45l Maryland avenue
northeast. owner; l.. w. Giles, archi-
tect; H. Poretsky. 45l Irving street.
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existence Of q Government bureau to
administer them.
The ultimate objective Is properly
integrated collaboration of private
architects with a Government bureau
and there should be no real obstacles
that cannot be overcome by the process
OF evolution which Is certainly nov In
progress"
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lima avenue southeast, owner: Brady
Bros, 40 Bond Building. builders; to
make repairs. 30l South Carolina
avenue southeast; to cost s4o0.
Washington Gas Light Co., All
Tenth street, owner and builder: j. B
Fox, designer; one 1-story brick and
concrete pump house, 262l F street; to
cost $3.50.
Globe Amusement Co, owners
Freelich Theater Corp, l2l5 U street
builders; to make alterations. l343 U
street: to cost $500.
H. G. Smithy Co., 8ll Fifteenth
street. owner and builder: to revise
2940 Cortland place: to cost $500.
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which left the minions of the law dis

which left the minions Of the law dis
colored, disheveled and discounted. II
not defeated. Mime. Weiss and her
two chief aides were arrested by the
besprinkled gendarmes, but higher au-
thorities decreed that the suffrage
ballot boxes might be allowed to serve
their purpose in somewhat less con-
spicuous spots.
When the polls closed it was dis
covered that 1s,sO0 persons had drop
ped vote for women ballots in Nine.
Weiss hat boxes, 8,790 cast by men
and iO,110 by women. The suffra-
gists boast that this is highly sym
bolic" total in q district containing
$4,000 registered voters. They are
encouraged to believe that the face
powder battle for suffrage is destined
to be the historic forerunner of those
rights for French women which their
sisters in America, Britain and many
other countries enjoy as a recognized
constitutional privilege.
Evening star., 1935-05-08
A Worthwhile Campaign.

The General Council of the Ma
tional League Of Women Voters, now
meeting in Washington, is hearing
from its members intelligent discus
sion of the evils in government which
result from the spoils system. AS out
lined by Mrs. George Gellhorn, chair
man of a committee on trained per-
sonnel in government service, the Ma
tional Leagues stand is that party
patronage at public expense must be
stamped out for attainment of the
merit principle in public service.
rs patronage the price of democ-
racy?" asks the speaker. Too many
will assert that if patronage is not the
price of democracy, it is the price of
the party system as it exists in the
United States; that the benefits of the
party system outweigh the demerits of
the patronage or spoils system. The
belief in patronage as the sustaining
bulwark of the party system is one
handicap that merit system cham
pions, such as the League of Women
Voters, must overcome.
The campaign of education spon-
sored by the National League may
overcome it. That campaign should
teach that partisanship, as Mrs. Cell
horn states, should be based on issues
and men and not on hopes for jobs
and special privilege. The League of
Women Voters can undertake no more
necessary campaign than to teach the
higher conception of public service
which regards it as the instrument of
good government and not as the pos
session of political parties, to be dis
pensed TO the faithful partisans.
Evening star., 1935-05-08
tens that weighed heavily in effecting

TENS that weighed heavily in efecting
the merger was that of the establish
ment and maintenance OF first-class
track equipment which would assure
safe and comfortable transit on all
lines.
Yet this order does not include all
of the trackage which is sorely in
need Of remedy. For an instance, the
tracks in Connecticut avenue just
north of the Taft Bridge are in de-
plorable shape, causing violent rock
ing of the cars at whatever speed they
are operated. This is one of the worst
stretches of line in the District, and
its omission from the present order Is
a cause of surprise. There are some
other places that require attention as
well. The job should be thoroughly
done once it is undertaken.
These track corrections are desig-
mated with due regard for the rerout-
ings that are now in contemplation
and will probably soon be definitely
designated. The expectation is that
the new system of routes and tracks
will be most fully efficient in point of
service, convenience and comfort.
Evening star., 1935-05-08
Alaskan Colonization ArOuses
Memories of Covered Wagons

that they will But human nature will
have a hand in the pilgrimage. These
men and women have lived most Of
their lives in the Middle West Alaska
will be strange and new. There will
be no st. Pauls, nor Minneapolises,
nor Chicagos. The radio dial will be
far less interesting. Like the pioneers
of old, they will have to make their
world. They will have to forget the
innumerable advantages of our Amer
ican civilization. Let these people be
happy and optimistic. But let them
know that Alaska is not Minnesota
and that breaking the ground and
building homes is far more difficult
than tilling the toll and reaping the
harvest of the American Middle West
"They are going to land OF prom
ise," says the McKeesport tPa) Daily
News. while the Monroe (Mich) Eve
ming News looks upon the move as
"dramatization of relief" The Long
Beach (Calif) Press-Telegram quotes
a statement that it "offers opportu-
nifty for building human character
which will match that of the period
when the United States was pushing
its frontier westward from the Lakes
Region and the Ohio Valley, across
the Mississippi, across the Great
Plains, across the Rockies, to the
Pacific"
Evening star., 1935-05-08
The Street Railway Tracks.

A wholesale revamping of the rail
lines Of the Washington Transit Com
pany has been ordered by the Public
Utilities Commission to put the system
in good working condition before the
end of the present calendar year. The
orders issued yesterday to this effect
will entail total cost of about $780,
900, including work heretofore di-
rected, the newly indicated reconstruc-
tions affecting some twenty-one miles
Of track.
This is a major operation, including
features of betterment that have been
rather long in arrears. Save for an
occasional replacement here and there,
the track system Of the consolidated
lines remains as it was before the
amalgamation of the two systems and,
"a this present order indicates, it is in
q decidedly unsatisfactory condition.
Simultaneous work carried on during
the next seven months in compliance
with the order just issued will bring
the lines up to the proper mark OF
efficiency for the first time in many
years. Indeed, one of the considera-
tions for the union Of the two sys-
Evening star., 1935-05-08
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Next Chapter.

Next Chapter.
1t won't be so long till the patriot voice
Will be heard in a fervor so proud,
With George Washington still as the
favorite choice
OF the patient and wondering crowd.
While theories new may not wholly
come true.
Well be back to old times by and by,
With old-fashioned fireworks again
upon view
Just wait for the Fourth of July.
The old two-cent stamp has a visage
serene
AS the Winter melts on into May,
And the rose of the garden again will
be queen,
Whatever economists say.
Each old-fashion word that our an
cestors heard
Will echo once more to the sky
AS our hearts with familiar emotions
are stirred
Just wait for the Fourth of July.