Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-12

m A84 S. million from business, million auto
|W# 100000 household effects Of indi
vidual residents this aggregating total OF ap
Jesse c, sHer' proximatey 50 million
automobiles OF that number
insignificant when is remembered
that all households throughout the District OF Columbia hayne
property $0 exemption required
by law to make return.
The recognizes as an impossbty the making Of
placing of the households OF the District
their household equipment
taking it said would require organization
and costly staff Of employees whose reports would require
the collection Of tax which might fall far below the
of the enterprise
operation the position of being
his and makes the filing OF such return simply
matter and Tine rsn nd
proves this tax to be impossible of fair collection
appropriate LEGISLATION for repeal and
upon approval by the will be forwarded to the
editorial in The Star January % this subject quoted
expected and The Star then suggested that the yield
wisely than in eliminating tax that produces
citizens in apprasins their property"
What needed put this worthy legislation through Congress
civic unite all OF the
concerted supporting the Commits
sioners and the assessor in this worthy enterprise
Art and Music Courses at Cardozo Explained
School, this column The sta
February g. stated that Cardozo does not specialize in
Of these statements questioned letter to The Star by
John Washington, senior teacher of art at Cardozo
Perhaps explanation the column thinking
thing its another
specialization Washington his
pride presenting
of the students at Crdoo in commercial art
music
entire matter carefully the
of Dr. Garnet Wilkinson first assistant superintendent school
charge of divisions 1913 and the following interesting information
has been disclosed:
specialized high
Its course commercial highly specialized
tal part of the curriculum of business high school,
g. The commercial at Cardozo broad
under the direction of three fulme
its commercial pupils have attracted extensive public
The number of commercial art pupils begin
ming OF the present semester totals AT pupils rs cent of thu
school enrolment divided among the three teachers respectively
follows l24, 1856 1877, making up the above total.
The February 1885, ar
orchestra of three divisions pupils
pupils and Of 20 pupils making
total of &c. Figures have been supplied
pupils at present enrolled in. the band
pupils No III 81 pupils No ~ IA pupils No " 20 pupils No
pupils making total of 1877 pupils enrolled the supplied
being especially trained for solo
sng @ at ca1d0so have long been
grams of hgh-grade music. artistically rendered.
The Fine Arts at Central High School
interest in knowing something of the available
find that at Central three teachers apprecia
ton to 4S3 pupils Seventy of these worked in
total OF 593 pupils or A cent of the pupils studied
The enrolment for the second semester
showed increase although the retirement
necessary for the committee
desire to enroll The figures that teachers
have All pupils enrolled in
pupils are taking architectural drawing under Mr. Rathbun,
this per cent of the pupils at the
present time enrolled in the art department
required keeping the clay at the
gree OF moisture The work of these students being
The structural equipment classes
moved to the Theodore Roosevelt School,
their work would of necessity discontinued
qured equipment.
It understood that provision for
of the spingarn High School all high schools
which are proposed to be erected under the building