Evening star., 1941-03-02
Plans Drawn
To Dedicate
New School
Coolidge High Is
Result of Drive
Begun in 1927

Everett Sanders, secretary to the
late President Calvin Coolidge, will
be the principal speaker at the
dedication of the Calvin Coolidge
High School, Fifth and Sheridan
streets NV, Tuesday at pm
Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, presi-
dent of the Board of Education, will
preside at the exercises, which will
open with selections by the orchestra
of the school. The invocation will
be by the Rev. George w. Schnable,
pastor of the Albright Memorial
Evangelical Church, followed by Sc
lectionS by the glee club OF the
school.
1t. Col. David McCoach, U. S. A,
Engineer Commissioner, will make
the presentation of the new school
on behalf of the District Commits
sioners. Mrs. Doyle will accept the
school for the Board o. Education,
after which Thomas ]. Holmes,
principal, will make an acceptance
address on behalf of the institution.
DIR. BalIou to Talk.
DR.. Frank w. Ballou, superin-
tendent of schools of the District,
will make a short address, as will
also DR.. Chester w. Holmes, as
sistant superintendent of schools.
Greetings will then be extended by
D. Stewart Patterson, president of
the Home and School Association,
and Wallace c. Magathan, presf-
dent of the Citizens Association of
Takoma, D. c., will speak for the
neighborhood citizens associations.
Joseph A. Ashi, commander of Fort
Stevens Post of the American
Legion, will also extend greetings
and after the rendition of folk
songs of America Mrs. Doyle will
read a message from Mrs. Calvin
Coolidge, widow of the late Presi-
dent. Rev. John Fannon, pastor
of the Church of the Nativity, will
pronounce the benediction, the pro-
gram being concluded with the sing
ing of THE Star Spangled Banner"
by the audience.
The Dedication Committee in
cludes Samuel A. Swiggett, secre-
tary of the Brightwood Citizens
Association; D. M. Gabelein, presi-
dent of the Chillum Heights Citi-
zens' Association; Mr.. Magathan;
Mrs. E. c. Atkinson, chairman,
School Committee, Hampshire
Heights Citizens Association; Dan
iel B. Lloyd, president, Manor Park
Citizens Association; F. A. Frost,
chairman, School Committee, Six
teenth Street Heights Association; |;
DR.. A. H. Richweine, delegate to
Federation of Citizens Associations
of the Sixteenth Street Heights Cit
liens Association; Miss Grace B.
Holmes, president, Takoma Park
Citizens Association; L. c. Carey,
Calvin Coolidge High School Home
and School Association; Joseph A.
Ashi, commander, Fort Stevens
Post, the American Legion, and
Thomas ]. Holmes, principal of the
Calvin Coolidge High School.
Plaque to Be Presented.
One of the features of the eve
ming will be the presentation of a
memorial plaque on which will be
represented the bust of Calvin Coo
lidge with an appropriate inscrip-
tion. 1t will be a gift from the
neighborhood citizens associations
The idea of a Northern" high
school for the District was conceived
by the citizens in the vicinity of the
present school In 1927, when they
secured the Heine tract for recrea-
ton and school purposes. The prof.
ect was delayed by erection of the
Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson
High Schools, but the demand be-
came increasingly insistent each
year. In 1888 a Northern" High
School Committee was formed
which kept the project continu-
ously before the Board of Educa-
tion, the Budget Bureau and COM
mittees of Congress and was finally
successful in 1885 in securing an
appropriation for plans. Construc-
tion was started in 1887 and COM
pleted this year at a total cost of
building, equipment and site of
$3.50, 900.