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Evening star., 1938-11-13
NEW EDUCATIONAL METHODS BROUGHT DISTRICT P A.
Education Is Placed
on Scientific
Basis.

education and to study later general
Office subjects. These particularly
are useful to keepers Of small stores,
who not only will thus be enabled to
read the labels and contents of the
goods they have purchased, but also
will be able to keep their accounts
with accuracy.
Still another civic responsibility
undertaken by the w. p. A. educa-
ton is the care of 300 children daily
in 10 nursery schools in Washington,
the last of which recently was
opened in the GEORGETOWN Salvation
Army Building at lots Jefferson
street NV.
More than 80 teachers are kept
busy 6 hours a day caring for the
children. who range from 2 to S
years. They are brought to the vari-
Gus nursery schools at am. each
morning, by parents or older BROTH
ers and sisters. The moment they
arrive they are given medical inspec-
ton by a registered nurse. Then
follow glasses OF milk and free play"
In which the children amuse them
selves. Later teachers read them
stories or interest them in music.
A full balanced meal, planned by
dietitians, is served, after which they
take nap. Just before they return
home they are given fruit juice or
milk, thus completing a day of at
tention given to them by trained
workers.
The majority of the children come
from homes where. because Of flnan-
cial difficulty, even one balanced
meal Is hard to obtain. Some of
the parents are out of employment
and others would not be able to
accept employment unless they
could, with security of mind, place
the children within the safety of
the nursery schools.
Nursery school locations are Sc
lected only after they have been
found to meet the requirements
Of District of Columbia fire and
health regulations.
Work of the w. p. A. teachers
does not end with the physical at
tention given to the child. Parents
or relatives of the children are
brought, when possible, to, the
nursery schools and the teachers
also instruct the mothers.
In connection with adult educa-
ton in Washington, four w. P. A.
experts In that fleld-E. H. Elam
Of Knoxville, Tenn; William Cham
pion. Los Angeles, Calf; Frances
O. Thomas, Chicago, ILL.,, and j. A.
Pawley, Hackensack-have been
loaned to the District to create
adult primers"
Intention of this group is to COM
pile new types of text books for
adult instruction which, after being
tested in District classes, will be-
come models for other States. In
the WORD laboratory" conducted in
the old Brightwood School, Georgia
avenue and Quackenbos street,
headquarters Of District Of Columbia
w. P. A. recreation and adult edu-
cation division, hundreds Of words
are being checked and rechecked
in order to refine adult primer
vocabularies 50 that each word will
have . practical meaning
Evening star., 1938-11-13
Federal Agencies in
City Lead Effort
to Progress.
By Matt Tiqhe.

washington Is awakening today
to the new concepts of two necessi-
ties of civilized existence, education
and recreation.
With recreation and education
rapidly departing from inflexible
methods of instruction, Federal
agencies in the District of Columbia
with municipal and private insti-
tutions are working to solve new
problems brought about by new
conditions.
The increase of leisure time in
all walks and ages of life, because
of economic conditions, has created
situation in which the United
States Government takes a serious
part. A Government survey reveals
that In 1860, the average working
week consisted of 60 hours and that
today 1t consists of only Al hours.
In Washington, whose more than
100000 workers are employed by the
Federal Government, the average
working week is 80 hours.
Today more than 400 District w.
P. A. recreational and educational
workers and teachers give daily to
1000 Washington residents, free
and professional guidance in play
and education, planned for the
development of every individual
need.
In churches, public schools, mu-
nicipal Fairgrounds, hospitals and
homes for the aged, and in private
homes throughout the city, the w.
P. A. worker can be found with pupils
who range in age from 2 years to 10.
These activities continue from morn
ing until early evening. Frequently
young boys and girls, who otherwise
would be on the streets, are busily
engaged in club programs under
the leadership of w. P. A. workers.
Many older people, whose daily
lives are constructed have found
new avocation and vocation.
In recreational activities alone,
more than 200 workers teach and
direct 100000 people annually in
all forms Of athletic and competitive
sports, in addition to the cultural
and social mediums of the arts,
crafts, dramatic and musical fields.
Beside already organized activi-
ties, w. P. A. workers foster and
develop new interests for the indi-
vidual.
Children after school hours, work.
ers In their leisure time, the un-
employed in periods of enforced
idleness are now being provided
with programs for their education,
both social and physical.
The Municipal Playground De-
partment, the Community Center
Of the Board Of Education, the Coun-
Gil for Social Agencies, the Metro
politan Police Department, the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission, with their various
agencies are turning to w. p. A.
for the furthering of their own pro-
grams. Close cooperation exists
between their leaders and Mrs. Mary
Steele, director of the District OF
Columbia w. p. AS Women's and
Professional Projects, and Mrs. Hazel
c. Taylor, assistant director of the
recreation and adult education
divisions.
Evening star., 1938-11-13

literary or musical pursuits, each is
guided toward the fulf1llment of his
own special inclination.
w. P. A. recreation in the District
is only a part Of a national pro-
gram, the importance of which has
been emphasized by President
Roosevelt and other leaders of lib
eral thought.
According to DR.. Eduard c. Linde-
man, national director of the w. p.
A. Recreation Division, 100000
Americans in the course of an aver
age week find amusement, exercise
and cultural stimulation through
recreational leadership supplied by
the Works Progress Administration
In the financial operation of the
District of Columbia w. p. A. recrea-
tional activities, in Washington, II
per cent Of the funds are Federal
and % per cent are donated by spon-
sors. OF the total sum, all but q
small portion Is spent to pay the
wages Of recreation workers. The
remainder, supplied by the sponsors,
is used to buy materials and to sup
ply rental of space for physical IA
cilities.
Behind a statistical analysis of the
work performed by the Division Of
Adult Education lie a thousand
stories of the yearnings Of the hu-
man heart and mind. Here are nv-
ing pictures of human Illustration,
caused by early environment and
lack of material means, carefully be-
ing turned into portraits of men and
women who are achieving mental in
dependence, because they are &C
quiring the boon that through all
the centuries has marked mans
progress - knowledge - information
that they can put to use practically
In their everyday life.
In w. P. A. classes in the District
Of Columbia approximately 5000
men and women are enrolled who
want to know how to do just two
things, the lack of which keeps them
mentally shut out from the useful
magic Of the printed page.
Evening star., 1938-11-13

An important part of home study
Is the assistance which the teacher
often obtains from the children in
the home. Most of the children,
of course, are students in the pub
lie school system and already have
learned the fundamentals Of educa-
ton. Others are in high schools.
Among these young pupils often is
noticed a tendency to be scornful
of the ignorance Of their mothers
or fathers.
But. through application Of expert
ence and common sense principles
of psychology, the teacher Is able
to turn the children into kindly
helpers and teachers of their par
ents. Children learn to help their
parents with their home work, and
thus begin to take a personal in
terest in their progress. Often,
teachers report, children come to
them boasting of the way that
mother is learning her lessons"
Not all of the w. p. A. adult
education classes aim at teaching
literacy. There is instruction for
parents on the care of their infants,
the handling Of adolescents who
have developed behavior problems,
and, generally, in improving family
life so that it will be happier and
more useful.
The instruction for illiterate pupils
is made almost instantly practical.
Illiterate mothers are not taught
vague words, the meaning Of which
lies beyond their mental horizon,
but words which are part Of their
daily routine. Through this method
the parent is impressed with facts,
such as those that are necessary for
the health of q child, by learning
such words as milk, vegetables,
Sleep" etc.
Adult education is not confined to
literacy. Approximately 500 pupils,
already literate, are studying tipping,
stenography and bookkeeping. A
hopeful sign for teachers is that
pupils learning literacy are evincing
determinations to continue their
Evening star., 1938-11-13

archbishops, who were called to
Rome for this purpose, and with the
solemn sanction and benediction of
the Pope 1t was promulgated to the
Plenary Council In Baltimore In
November, 1884.
On Sunday, November l6, soon
after the meeting of the plenary
council, Bishop Spalding, full OF
the project. delivered a sermon in
which he spoke very earnestly of
the higher education of priests. In
this discourse he dwelt upon the
importance of mental cultivation
as supplementing merely technical
education. He asserted that, in
the face Of the modern world, that
which the Catholic priest most
needs. after virture, is the best
cultivation Of mind. which issues
in comprehensiveness of view. in
exactness Of PERCEPTION, in the clean
discernment Of the relation of truths
and of the limitation of scientific
knowledge. in fairness and flexibility
of thought, in grace of expression,
In candor, and in reasonableness;
the intellectual culture which brings
the mind into form gives it the
control OF the faculties, creates
the habit of attention, and develops
f1rmness of grasp"
At this time Bishop Spalding
called upon his hearers to open their
purses to help forward the university
movement. And this resulted first
In the offer and later in the gift
Of Miss Caldwell, then a young lady
Of scarce %, a devout Catholic,
and earnest in support of the
university project.
The Star was much in favor Of
having the Catholic University To-
Gated In this city, and encouraged
1t In its columns At every oppor-
tunity, and on November 13, 1889,
Evening star., 1938-11-13

Divinity Building, 1t carried the
following editorial:
THE Catholic Congress in Balti-
more this week has, by universal
consent, been a grand success. Those
who could not be present at the
meetings have been able to get q
very fair survey of what has taken
place, through the excellent reports
published daily in The Star. Today's
rain will not prevent the accom-
plishment OF what, to the eye of
every Wash1hgtonian, must be the
chief Of the weeks activities, the
dedication of the splendid university
on the outskirts of our city. -
1t is common saying that the
Catholic Church proves it's foresight
In every purchase Of property it
makes, and In every invasion of new
fields. In no way has it shown more
shrewdness than in the establish
ment Of its finest institution of
learning in America, in what is now
the political. and will presently be
the social, literary, scientific and
artistic capital OF this great Nation
The idea of planting in Washing
ton university worthy Of the name
is not new one with the Catholic
Church. 1t goes almost back to the
date of the very foundation of the
city, and American educators of the
first rank have enthusiastically sub
scribed to it. The day is surely
coming when this city will at least
be the center of a huge university
system, with branches reaching out
into all the States and Territories.
There is no place in the United
States SO admirably fitted for the
purpose. We have the atmosphere
Of history - enveloping everything
We have the largest and finest
scientific collections and the chief
general library of the country, and
Evening star., 1938-09-11
DIRECTORY OF UNFURNISFED APARTMENTS
tContinued.)
THE WOODSIDE,

1900 H ST. NV
/ RIM, Dress. RIM, Din. Alcove. K. B.. SIS.
Nefrirefation on H. c.. Elevator.
Furnished Il Desired
REeDENT MANAGER NET. .0s7.
Silver Spring-903 Maple Lane.
Two bedrooms, living room, kitchen, tile
bath, shower, Venetian blinds: S6b. Half
block east Of Texaco station; available now.
1416 CHAPLIN ST. NV.
expos: Just redec: large yard. Col. 26a6. :
Evening star., 1938-09-11
1917 18Th ST. NV.

$40. so
2 rooms. dinette. kitchen and bath.
$50 so
Electric refrigeration Resid sent
manager, Mrs. Seabrook. Ra. 6515.
Evening star., 1938-09-11
sTokELElGH COURT

C0nn. AVG. 6nd Z St. NV.
,1ssr ,:Ra 2 rooms kiteheH; p, oath :na spd spd
Elevator. Resident Manager. Mrs.
Poston. Ma, 2266.
Evening star., 1938-09-11

1901 CALVERT ST. NV.
3 rooms. kitchen bath and porch.
- $S5 90
Refriaeration on House Current
Evening star., 1938-09-11
In Petworth

In Petworth
S6l3 7th St. NV.
43S. .SO-Apt. No. Living room, bed.
= room. dinette, kitchen and
bath. screened rear porch. Frigidaire.
1914 Concord Ave. NV.
Sal .5O-Apt. No. 3-Living room.
bedroom dinette. kitchen and
bath; screened rear porch Frigidaire.
14O4K CAFRITZ Dist. $3.50
Evening star., 1938-09-11
1914 MASS. AVE. NV.

New Downtown Building
room, kitchenette. bath and
foyer $4,000 & S55.00
Il room. kitchen. din. alcove.
bath and foyer S65. 90
Light ana Gas included. 24-hr. Ele-
vator and Switchboard Service
Res. Manager. Mrs. Ball Met. 3477.
Evening star., 1938-09-11

NEW BUILDING
1928 Macomb St. NV.
room. -dinette. kitchen. bath. dress
ing closet and foyer $3.50
3 rooms dinette kitchen. bath end
foyer -S67.5O
Res. Mgr, Mrs. Hertert. EN-. 5S52.
Evening star., 1938-09-11
Outstanding Values

Outstanding values
Heat and Hot Water Furnished
Overlooking the Park
1860 CiydesdaIe Fl; NV.
Near 18th and Col. Rd.
SAX 0fl-Apt. No. 2O2-Front apart
ment. Rec. hall. living room.
dressing room with Murphy bed: d.
nette. kitchen and bath; elec. refrisera-
ton.
S52. 2.sO-Apt. No. 201-Rec. hall,
bed; bedroom. d dinstse: Kitchen and and
Right Downtown
1410 N St. N.W.-Walk to Work
$45.OO-Apt. No. 25-Rec. hall. liv-
and bath: na eIee room 9efrisssation free
Sax oo-2et.s seis so: I st. 'aEEivinr N:M; room.
md bath oedEeem H,ee retfdI.sHaton dinstss kitchen
Cayanas.h Courts,
1925 18th st. NV.
S37.5O-Apt. No. 41e-Rsc. hall
bath; .lec. af refriserstion: sSitchbo:rd.
Near Roosevelt High +
43oe Arkansas Ave. (I4th 4 vsrnum)
sso.oO-Apt. 2o2-Rec; hall un-
usually large uVlnB T0OE.
dressing room with Murphy bed. BED.
room. dinette.- kitchen and bath: elec.
refrigeration free.
Near SoIdiers' Home
22O Allison st. NV.
$57 .OO-Apt. No. 204-Iivine room,
bedroom dinette, Kitchen
and bath; elec. Lrefg.
In PetWorth
1918 Concord Ave. NV.
$S1.SO-Apt. No. 4-Living room,
bedroom dinette. kitchen
and bath; elec. refriseration: rear yard.
ss1 so-Apt No. s-iivins room.
bedroom, dinette, kitchen
and bath. Elec refrigeration. Rear
yard. !
4314 Georgia Ave. NV.
SAP. HO-Apt No. 11-Living room,
bedroom Kitchen and bath:
elec. refrigeration: rear porch.
Near Walter Reed
.. 7436 GeorEia Ave. NV.
$50. OO-Apt. No. 1O2-Living room.
bedroom. dinette. kitchen
and bath: Electrolux refrigeration.
S62. .5O-Apt. No. 2O1-Livins room.
:, bedrooms dinette. kitchen
~ See Mansser@S4os-Apt. !.
1904 K cAFR'Tz t. $3.50
Evening star., 1938-08-09

prices Is points to an average of S.35
cents a pound, or points above the
level at which Commodity Credit
Corp. loans would become mandatory.
The August corn estimate will be
made public tomorrow The law pro-
vides that if it indicates excessive
supplies, Secretary Wallace must or
der referendum to determine whether
corn growers want a marketing quota
for this years crop.
The law defines excessive corn sup
plies as 1T per cent more than
needed for normal domestic and ex-
port needs. No official figure in terms
CT bushels has been announced. but it
usually is placed at 100000, 900 to
1850, 100000 bushels.
officials said yesterday the Com
modify Credit Corp. may announce
soon revision in its wheat loan pro-
gram which would make some No. 4
winter wheat eligible for loans.
The announcement. they said. prob
ably will extend the loan provisions to
No. 4 wheat which meets the grade
Evening star., 1938-08-09
MRS. CHRYSLER
DIES SUDDENLY
Wife of Motor Magnate Fails
to Rally After Use
of Oxygen.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GREAT NECK. N. Y, Aug. 9.-Mrs'
Walter P. Chrysler. wife OF the auto
mapnate, died at their home here last
night of a cerebral hemorrhage, at
the age OF 66.
The former Della Forker, daughter
Of an Ellis. Kans. merchant, she hao
been Mr.. Chrysler's constant source OF
inspiration and encouragement during
his rise from railroad worker to manu-
facturer and financier.
They were married in 1901 when Mr..
Chrvsler was a S3-a-day roundnouse
mechanic in Salt Lake City, and began
married life on $50 capital.
Despite her husbands achievement
of fame and fortune, Mrs. Chrysler
eschewed extensive social activities and
devoted most of her time to her family.
All her children were at her bed
side when she died-Mrs Byron c. Foy.
Mrs Edgar Garbisch. Walter Chrysler,
ir.. and Jack Chrysler Her husband,
who has been seriously i'll for two
months with ciTculatory ailment and
has Just begun to walk again, also was
there.
Mr. Chrysler arose shortly after 2
I'm. and found his wife unconscious
He called local physician who ordered
oxygen from the local fire department.
DR.. Arthur Chase. who has been at
tending Mrs. Chrysler, was summoned
from Saratoga and arrived shortly
after noon.
An iron lang was Immediately Or
dered and Mrs. Chrysler was placed
In it. Oxygen was administered con-
tinuouSly. but she did not rally.
Mr.. Chrysler often said in later
years there was no one in the world
like Della. Mr.. Chrysler many times
said his wife always submitted to his
judgment in matters pertaining to his
work. She often remarked she was
willing to follow him anywhere and
take his word that he was doing the
right thing That was true during his
career as a railroad man and when he
entered the then dubious field of auto
mobile manufacturing.
Evening star., 1938-08-09
BAND MUSIC ARRANGED
FOR CHURCH'S CARNIVAL
Plans Virtually Completed for
ST. Dominic's Congregation
Fete August 1927.

Plans for the carnival to be Spon-
eored by St. Dominic's Catholic Church
August 1927 have been virtually COM
pleted, it was announced today.
Bands from the Metropolitan Police
Boys Club. the Elks and the knights
Of Columbus. and bugle and drum
corps will participate in the carni-
walls inaugural parade.
Italian night will be held on We'd
nesday. August II. While Walter john
son. the Big Train of baseball,
will be on hand the following day to
autograph baseballs. bats, etc. Friday
evening will be given over to the well
come of old parishioners.
The second week of the carnival
will include a German night and an
Irish night Prizes for the best dec
Grated floats. trucks. automobiles and
the most original costumes will be
awarded Friday, August 26.
Evening star., 1938-08-09
WASHINGTON, D. AUGUST 1898

qualifications Of types to which loans
now apply. but does not meet the
weight requirement.
Wheat loans under the present pro-
gram are applicable to winter wheat
OF type No. and better and to spring
wheat of type No. or better They
average about SO cents a bushel.
Evening star., 1938-08-09
COTTON FORECAST
REACTION STUDIED
Big Estimate Cuts Price.
August Corn Figures
Out Tomorrow.

Ey tte Associated Press.
Federal farm officials divided their
attention today between study of
cotton market reaction to the 1888
production forecast and speculation
about the August corn estimate
The Crop Reporting Board put the
cotton yield at 11,988.00O bales yes
terday. The forecast tumbled spot
Evening star., 1938-08-09
MOUSE KILLS WOMAN
Fright Leads to Fatal Shock for
Spinster, 76.

LOCKPORT, N. Y, Aug. 9 lP.-
Fear of mouse cost the life of Miss
Helen Conley, 76.
A mouse jumped from between her
bed sheets last Wednesday night and
Miss Conley fell against a chair in
fright, breaking her hip.
She died from shock, attributed to
the injuries, over the weekend and
was to be buried today.
Evening star., 1938-08-09
KIN OF DAVIS DIES

BATON ROUGE. La. Aug. 9 P.-
Miss Nan Davis Smith. grandniece
and Oldest living relative of Jefferson
Davis, President of the Confederacy,
died yesterday after long illness.
She would have been 81 years old
September 6.
Miss Smith was the daughter of DR..
Joseph Davis Smith and Vorale Gill
bert. She was named for President
Davis sister and was at the Southern
leaders bedside when he died in New
Orleans
Evening star., 1938-08-09
Constipated? You
Should Get at the Cause! !

Lots of people think they can't be
regular" without frequent trips
to the medicine chest. Il just
dose up and get it over" they tell
YOU. But doctors know they
don't "getito over" atall-untilthey
get at the cause of the trouble!
Chances are it simple to find
the cause if you eat only what
most people do - meat. bread.
potatoes. It's likely you don't get
enough "bulk." And bulk"
doesn't mean a lot of food. It's a
kind of food that isn't consumed
in the body, but leaves a soft
bulky" mass in the intestines
and helps a bowel movement.
If that fits you, your ticket is a
crunchy breakfast cereal -Kel-
logg's All-Bran. It contains the
bulk" you need plus the great
intestinal tonic, vitamin B..
Eat All-Bran every day, drink
plenty Of water, and just watch
the old world grow brighter!
Made by Kellogg in Battle Greek.
Evening star., 1938-08-09
Quakes Jolt Hawaii.

HILO HAWAII, Aug. 9 tFl.-A
series of mild earth shocks were felt in
the valcano district Of Hawaii yester-
day. No damage was reported.
Evening star., 1938-08-09
Absentee Ballots Available.

Absentee Ballots Available.
Absentee ballot applications for
South Carolina voters are available
at the Absentee Voters Bureau. 1406
G street NV, Herbert j. Lane, presi-
dent of the Washington Young Dem
ocratic Club of South Carolina. an
nounced today A notary at the bu-
reau will notarize ballots without
charge.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-03
PASTOR WOOD RETURNS FROM
 ANNUAL VISIT
Will Leave Saturday for Conference at Battle
 Creek, Mich.

Following a two months tour Of churches in the Territory, Pastor H. L. Wood, of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church in this city. re- turned to Juneau by PAA plane from Fairbanks yesterday after noon.
 During his annual visit. Pastor Wood called al churches in the Bristol Bay area, on Cook Inlet and at various points in the Inter for, travelling for the most part by plane.
 Pastor Wood reports that the work is progressing and many im- proyements are being made to the church at Palmer and at Anchor age,
 Pastor Merle Smith, Pastor Wood said, had been transferred from Nenana to Anchorage, where he will have charge of the Churches both in that town and at Palmer.
 Of interest to citizens in the Territory is the fact that the new Government dock at Homer is about completed, reported Pastor Wood, and this will make possible the docking of large steamers at that port instead of Seldovia.
 A great camera enthusiast. Pastor Wood reports several prize shots taken during his journey.
 Leaving here next Saturday, Pas tor Wood will attend the annual Fall Executive Council, held at Battle Creek, Mich, October 1928. Because of the present unsettled conditions in Europe, affecting Mis- sion. work across the sea, special meeting of the North American Conference Presidents will be held two days previous to the council.
 Following the conference in Michigan, Pastor Wood will attend the North Pacific Union Conference meeting to be held at Walla Walla, Wash, November 8l0, where he is to be present several illustrated lectures on Alaska.
 Returning here November 20 Patsor H. L. Wood will resume his duties in connection with the Sev- enth-Day Adventist Church in this city.