The Washington times., 1936-12-26

and members Of Government OrganiEa-
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-Four new study classes for
workers interested in drawing
have been announced by the Agri-
culture Departments graduate
school, which is directed by DR..
A. F. Woods and has proven
unusually popular during the past
three years with employees who
are anxious to lift themselves via
specialized study.
Beginning January IS the school
Is to open classes in architectural
drawing and blue print reading,
the former taking place each
Monday and Thursday with the
latter holding sway on Mondays
and Fridays.
The next day will see classes
in free-hand drawing and me-
chanical drawing underway, sched-
uled respectively for Tuesdays
and Wednesdays and Tuesdays
and Thursdays. AL of the classes
will be held during the evening,
after working hours, and they
aro ov1ooofoI fo offroof 1orna Yo11,oa
berS of workers interested in i'm
proving their artistic or mechanical
skill.
The departments graduate
school has proven attractive to
several hundred workers during
the current winter, offering more
than go varied courses at tuition
well within the budgetary limita-
tionS Of rank-and-file employees.
Many Of the classes assemble with
in IS minutes after the depart
ment'S closing time, taking as little
as possible from students leisure
hours, yet allowing time for ad-
vancement. Among the most popu-
lar courses are Stenography and
typing, attended by even veteran
workers who fear work Of some
other nature may cause their
"speed" to deteriorate.
BY calling in person, the fol-
lowing FederaletteS may receive
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Evelyn Burdette, Post Office; Lur.
line Dewitt, Civil Service Commission;
Dorothy johnson, Civil Service Commits
sion; Annie Gray White, Resettlement.
Joseph D. Cooper, editor of the
Agriculture Exchange, has re-
ceived the following letter:
Dear Sir:
I thought you might be- inter-
ested in this oldest advertisement
on record. It was printed about
300 years ago il. the English pa
per, Publick Adviser:
"In Bartholomew Lane, on
the back side of the old ex-
change, the drink called coffee,
which is a very wholesome and
physical drink, have many ex-
cellent virtues, closes the Orifaes
of the stomach, fOrtifies the
heat within, heIpeth digestion,
quickeneth the spirits, maketh
the heart lightsom, is good
against sore eyes, coughs or
colds, thumeS, cOnSumptiOnS,
headache, drOpsie, gout, scurvy,
Kings evil, and many others;
is to be sold both in the morn
ing and at three of the clock
in the afternoon"
Charles Quinn, who discovered
the old ad, points out that very
few workers who depend on coffee
for their before-office pickup were
aware it possessed as many ad-
vartages as the ad gives it.
The Agriculture Departments
Bureau of Animal Industry will
lose one of it's best known workers
next Friday when E. z. Russell
leaves the service via retirement.
Mr.. Russell came to the Govern
ment in December of 1917 by ap-
pointment of President Wilson,
taking charge of work connected
with stimulating the production of
hogs for food purposes during the
World War. He continued when
peace came, and is credited with
the discovery that fiShmeal is val
liable for feeding swine, it having
been formerly considered as mere
ly waste product.
A native Of Nebraska and au-
thor Of numerous scientific publ.
cations, Mr.. Russell was presented
recently with a gold watch and
handsome cane by employees of
the animal husbandry division on
the occasion of his SEVENTEEN
birthday. DR.. Hugh C. McPhee,
chief Of the division, made the pre-
Sentation at a general assembly.
Odds and Ends-Take heed to
this, which was written exactly a
year ago today: UNFORTUNATELY,
those who were allowed to take
leave without pay must suffer in
cluSion Of Christmas, New Year
Day and the half holidays pre-
ceding them in leave taken, due
to the regulation which provides
that every day must be counted
when a worker is on W.O.P. status.
When next Christmas rolls around,
however, it is confidently expected
that passage of the Ramspeck
leave bills will have eliminated
much of this grief" Well it's
eliminated.
j. r. Belt and p. Gerardi were
recent winners in the Agriculture