Evening star., 1943-04-29
PETS Develop Chi|d's
Character, DR.. Reed
Tells Rescue League
Officers and Directors
Of Animal Agency
Reelected at Meetino

Ownership of dogs and other pets
helps develop character in children,
DR.. Carroll R. Reed, assistant super
lntendent of schools, said yesterday
at the annual meeting of the WASH
ington Animal Rescue League, II o
street NV.
His address was the high light of
q meeting at which officers and di-
rectors were reelected. During the
year ending March 81, the Rescue
League received 14,003 animals,
placed 713 pets in private homes
and returned 1876 dogs to their own
ers.
Character forming of every boy
and girl" DR.. Reed asserted, de
pends on child having something
to be kind to. 1t helps child to
have a pet which is dependent on
the child for its support. In olden
days the boy and his dog were in
separable. But life in modern cities
is restricting ownership of dogs.
Emphasizing Kindness.
I'm our District schools we are
emphasizing to children the impor-
tance of kindness and considerable
ness. The Rescue Leagues work has
a definite place in the education of
boys and girls. The best kind of
character education comes from
participation, rather than precept.
''We are training children in our
lower grades in the hope they will
live in a world of peace. We are not
going to be at war forever. The
younger generation should be en-
couraged to develop traits of kind
ness through ownership of pets"
Members were told that the Res
cue League property hereafter will
be tax exempt, and the hope was
expressed that taxes already paid
will be refunded"
Miss Lucretia D. Clark, who was
reelected president, paid tribute to
the work of John Beveridge, Rescue
League manager.
S4,089 Endowment Added.
The sum of s4,089.4S was added
to the leagues endowment fund
during the year, it was reported.
Mrs. Roosevelt was reelected
honorary president. Other officers,
in addition to Miss Clark, president,
are: Mrs. c. Augustus Simpson,
first vice president; Mrs. L. B. Bru-
kaer, second vice president and
chairman of the House Committee;
Mrs. E. K: Morris, secretary; Mrs.
Eugene A. Bond, financial secretary,
and Mrs j. Damn Faber, treasurer.
Members of the board of directors
and honorary vice presidents are:
Board of Directors.
Anderson, Mrs. E. D. Morris, Mrs. E. K.
Bond, Mrs. E. A. Moses, Mrs. Harry c.
Brubaker, Mrs. l. B. Palmer, Mrs. I.
Chpp, Miss A J. Porter, c. B.
Clark, Miss L. D. Rodriguez. Mrs. M:
Cosby. Mrs Spencer Simpson, Mrs. c. A.
Dunn, Mrs P. H. Stackelberg,
Erwin. Mrs. H. P. Baroness M
Mrs. +. D. Mrs. Charles l.
Ham, Mrs. VIM. F. Treglown, Mrs. E.
Ham, william F. Twogood, Mrs. M. E.
Hamilton, Mrs. c. S. Twogood, pr. N E.
Macomb, Miss N. r. Watson, Mrs. Root.
Honorary Vice Presidents.
Arliss, George Flint, Sherman
Bacon, Mrs. r. L. Hutchins:. Walter s.
Barnett Mrs Geo. Mason, Miss Mary
Beale Mrs. TruXtun Patterson. Mrs. E.
Besles. Mrs. LIE V. RicketSon. Oliver
Boardman, Miss M. Rohrer, Miss j
Bowling, Mrs. John Scrlven, MIS-. q. +.
Brown, Mai E. w. Snow, G. A, Jr
Capper Senator A. Stewart Mrs. G.
Capps, Mrs w L. Timmons, Mrs. B, N.
Drury. Mrs. P. A. Watson, Robert
Emo, William P. Whitney. Mrs. G. G.
Guggenheim Wilder, Mrs. Dean
Col. M. Robert Wynn. Mrs. F. S.