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PLEA OF CITIZENS
North Washington Associa
> tion Urges School Board
f ' Action at Once.
Immediate action by the board of
?ducation looking toward retention
of Ernest L Thurston a* superin
tendent of the District public schools
was requested in a icsolution unani
mously adopted last night at a meet
ing of the North Washington Citizens
Association in the parish hall of the
Church of the Advent.
Gen. Charles H. Ourand. author of
the resolution, said its purpose was
to retain Supt. Thurston for at^least a
year, or until the special investiga
ingr committee of the Senate w ill ha^e
had time to make a thorough in^?st*"
Ration of the school system. vV ^ A
Patterson urged that the word re
quest" be stricken out of the resolu
tion and the word "demand" substi
tuted, but President Topham asked
that the resolution be passed as
drawn. . #
Mr. Topham promised a pood at
tendance at the meeting of the board
scheduled to be held at the Franklin
School at 4 o'clock tomorrow after
roon. and said he hoped action would
be taken on the resolution.
Mi?J. tirmtord Speaks.
Maj. Gessford. superintendent of po- j
lice, addressed the association on tne ,
need of caution and care in crossing
the streets. He gave a number of |
simple rules, observance of which, ne
said, would cut down the number of j
traffic accidents to a minimum. Al- j
wavs look to the left when stepping |
off'the curb." Maj. Gessford said, and (
then look to the right when you reaih
the middle of the street. In this w a> ,
you will be perfectly safe. The po - j
lice department can take care ot tne
speeding automobilists. but pedes
trians must watch for themselves.
The rule which forces an automo
bile to stop fifteen feet behind a stand
ing street car is one of the best regu J
lations that was ever promulgated
Maj. Gessford said. He urged upon all
citizens the imperative need of en
forcement of the rule and asked every
one who saw it violated to report the
case, with the number of the automo
bile. to police headquarters.
Maj Gessford said he is sending a
letter to the 60.000 school children of
"Washington during commencement
week, urging them to use caution in
crossing the streets.
.Nominating Committee Named.
On motion of Frank R. Wheater.
President Topham named the follow
ing a nominating committee, to report
at the next meeting in October: Gen.
C H. Ourand, F. R. Wheater. Charles
A. Ford, L. J- Matthews and John W.
Adams. _ ,
A letter was read from the Brook
land Citizens" Association asking resi
dents along North Capitol street to
take the North Capitol and Michigan
avenue street cars during rush hours
preference to the Brookland cars,
thus enabling residents of Brookland
to obtain seats.
Miss Elizabeth Mahon. director of
the Bloomingdale playgrounds, out
lined the work and urged members of
the association to get behind a move
ment to secure better facilities.
WAVY APPOINTMENT OPEN.
Examination for Annapolis to Be
Held Jnne 22.
Notice was sent to all the high
schools yesterday by Daniel E. Garges.
secretary- to the Commissioners, that
there is a vacancy at the United
State? Naval Academy for.which the
Oommisafbners invite candidates. The
Navy Department has notified the
Commissioners that candidates will
be accepted on certificates from
schools and colleges.
The vacancy has been created by
the action of an appointee in declin
ing to accept the appointment to the
Naval Academy. The Navy Depart
ment will hold an examination on
June 22..
Applicants must be actual residents
of the District between the ages of
sixteen and twenty on April X, 1920.
and not less than five feet two inches
' In height if between sixteen and
eighteen and not less than five feet
four inches tall if between eighteen
and twenty years. Candidates must
?weigh at least 111 pounds at the age
of sixteen. Further information may i
be obtained at room 509, District
building.
U. S. to Develop Philippine Stock.
To stimulate interest in animal
husbandry in the Philippine Islands,
the War Department, through the bu
reau of insular affairs, has purchased
one hundred Hereford bulls and
twenty Hereford heifers for breeding
on the Zebu Philippine cross cows in
the Department of Mindanao and
Sulu. These animals will be shipped
to the Philippines on the transport
Dix. sailing from San Diego, July 1.
Dr. 'John Van Schaick. jr.. president
of the board of education, left Wash
ington for New York today, with one
of the most important meetings of the
school governing body in years sched
uled for tomorrow. The sudden de
parture of the school board head, his
secretary said today, was due to the
death of a relative. The secretary
said Dr. Van Schaick would return to
night.
With the departure from the city of
Dr. Van Schaick. it is not likely that
tomorrow's meeting of the board, post
poned from last Wednesday, will be
held. It was intimated by persons in
close touch with the school board head
i today that the board meeting would
again be deferred a week.
At the next meeting Dr. Van Schaick
expected to drop his recent policy of
maintaining ?"absolute silence" and set
at rest the anxiety of the public over the
school situation.
t'nless the board rescinds its action
of February 19. Supt. Thurston will
| be forced to give way to a successor.
It is known that Dr. Van Schaick
still is determined to oust the present
school head. If his determination is
carried out the board will announce the
name of the new superintendent at its
next session. It is bel.eved in school cir
cles.
More than a score of applications
for the position of superintendent of
schools, it is said, have been tiled
with Dr. Van Schaick. Most of these
came from out-of-town educators not
familiar with the recent controversy
between the school board and Mr.
Thurston. Several, however, have
been filed by Washington educators.
It was rumored before it was known
that Dr. Van Schaick had been called
out of town that the meeting would be
deferred a week, so as to gl\e Dr. Van
Schaick time to muster the "Quorum"
which, he said, was lacking last week,
ami on which grounds he postponed the
scheduled session. Dr. Van Schaick.
it is said, is particularly anxious to
have Dr. II. B. learned attend the
meeting at which the successor to
Mr. Thurston will be named. Dr.
Learned is in California and is ex
pected to return here by June 20.
ASKEDlTSTORM"
SCHOOL METING
Sympathizers of Supt. of Schools
Thurston were appealed to last night
by L. F. Randolph, secretary of the
Brightwood Citizens' Association, to
"storm" the board of education meet
ing in the Franklin School tomorrow
afternoon and demand that the school
governing body elect the superintend
ent for another term. Mr. Randolph
made this appeal on the Ellipse, where
more than a thousand public school
teachers and citizens had gathered in
small groups waiting for the proposed
mass meeting at which it was planned
to have a resolution adopted demand
ing that the school board re-elect Mr.
Thurston.
Leaders in the movement for the
demonstration apparently failed to
make application for a permit to use
the Ellipse, and at the eleventh hour
deferred it to a later date. However,
the enthusiastic crowd which gathered
at the Ellipse in small groups were
only awaiting a leader, and had one
come forth, the demonstration would
have been staged without the neces
sary permit. n
Crowd Gathered Early.
As early as 7 o'clock, teachers and
citizens friendly to Supt. Thurston
gathered around the benches encircling
the Ellipse. Others in automobiles
waited patienMy for a semblance of a
gathering. Shortly after 8 o'clock the
crowd grew, and about twenty minutes
later the walk around the Ellipse was
thick with teachers and citizens.
But no leader made his appearance.
Then in the small groups in which
they had gathered they likewise de
parted. Some waited anxiously and
patiently until 9 o'clock, while others
remained as late as 9:45. When it
was seen ' that the proposed mass
meeting was about to fail its pur
pose Mr. Randolph suggested to the
group around his bench that the
teachers and citizens who responded
to the call for the demonstration at
tend the school board meeting tomor
row, where the same purpose could be
accomplished.
Plan to Attend Meeting.
Mr. Randolph said he would make
an effort to have members of civic
associations "who liaviy gone on record
in favor of Supt. Thurston attend the
board meeting. Many of the teachers
who gathered for the proposed dem
onstration also announced their in
tention of attending the meeting.
The school board meeting will be
held in the Franklin School, 13th and
K streets northwest, tomorrow after
noon at 4 o'clock. This is the meet
ing which was scheduled to be held
last Wednesday, but was postponed
by Dr. John Van Schaick, Jr., presi
dent, on the grounds that a quorum
of the members in the city was
lacking.
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Msopn
Lack of Social Co-Operation
Is Drawback, Says Miss
Bamberger.
The lack of social co-operation in
the ordinary schools of today is the
greatest drawback to progressive
education in relation to character
formation was clearly demonstrated
by Dr. Florence Bamberger of the
department of education. Johns Hop
kins University, in an address at the
annual meeting of the Washington
section of the Progressive Education
Association at the Public Library
last night.
Defining the difference between eth
ical and moral education as that of a
nice discrimination of why to do the
right thing, and a direct leading to
moral conduct. Dr. Bamherger laid
stress on the necessity of the present
day teachers to adhere to the latter
course, if they expect to turn out
children of fine and noble personal
ities?the foundation that makes for
r *">tter and more serviceable citizen
afcl? IM
Touches on Moral Conduct.
"You can't plan to teach moral con
duct," she said, "no more than you
can get freedom by going: after it.
Freedom is a growth. And the only
way to teach morals is by being moral.
"Moral conduct is matter shared in
social relations, and if the schools are
going to turn out children to share
social relations, you have got to share
these relations in the schoolroom with
them.
"Install flexible furniture, and let it
'flex.' Let the children help one an
other. Get used to the movements
of children. Activity is education.
Before children can arrive at ideals
and ideas of conduct they must have
experience. Have an opportunity for
a situation to arise, and then see that
this situation is labeled right. Don't,
when a child is caught in a lie, feel
satisfied in proving that he is a liar,
but create a situation to demonstrate
the social disapproval of the lie."
Dr.""Bamberger gave illustrations of
the beneficial results derived from so
cial relations and co-operation in
schools, calling attention especially
to the system as practiced by the very
young children of the Howard Mann
School. New York city. She concluded
her address by saying the most hei
nous crime in most schools today was
the failure of one child to help an
other.
Arthur T. Ramsay presided, and
after satisfactory reports had been
read by Miss Alice T. Loyd, recording
secretary: Maj. M. B. Ayers. treas
urer; Miss May L,ibbey, chairman
membership and literature commit
tees, and Miss M. Ayers. representing
the National Association, the follow
ing names of officers were presented
by the nominating committee and
unanimously elected to serve during
the ensuing year:
Mrs. Charles T. Hallihan. chairman;
Arthur T. Ramsay, vice chairman:
Miss Harriett R. Quinter, recording
secretary; Miss Anna J. Blackwood,
corresponding secretary; Maj. Nilan
V. Ayers, treasurer.
Executive committee?Miss May
Libbey, Mrs. E. J. Newmyer. Miss Mar
garet R. Quinter. I>r. William C.
Rudiger and Miss Olympe D. Trabeau.
The chairmen of the several out
standing committees elected were as
follows: Miss May Libby, member
ship; Mrs. J. W. Fitzgerald, program;
Miss Mary Brown, publicity; Miss
Olympe D. Trabeau. literature, and
Mrs. M. S. I-.oyd, current events.
It was voted that the school com
mittee be a subcommittee of the ex
ecutive committee, composed of ex
ecutive committee officers, chairmen
of committees and five members at
large. The latter elected were Mrs.
William Hard, Mrs. Charles Whitaker,
Dr. Rudiger. Miss Clara H. Burroughs
and Miss Julia Wade Abbott.
GONZAGA COMPETITIVE
. DRILL AT FORT MYER
Interclass Athletic Meet Will Also
Be Held Tomor
row.
A competitive drill and an interclass
athletic meet will be conducted by the
Gonzaga College Cadets at Fort Myer,
tomorrow morning, at 11 o'clock. Three
companies, commanded by Capts. Harry
Neitzey, Robert A. Gallery and James
J. Kiiroy. Jr., will participate. Cadet
Maj. of Battalion Leo A. Waishe and
Adjutant J. Herbert Walsh will be in
charge.
Col. Edward Rivers and Capt. W. J.
Weeks of Fort Myer will be judges of
the drill, which will be reviewed by the
commandant of the cadets, Capt. Ed
ward J. Sherburne, U. S. A., and Sergt.
Joseph Seubert. U. S. A Chaplain Ig
natius Fealy will participate in the ex
ercises. A banner will be awarded the
winning company, and a gold medal will
be conferred on the best drilled cadet.
Music will be furnished by Gonzaga Col
lege Band.
The interclass athletic meet will be
held on the grounds of Fort Myer im
mediately after the drill, and will, be re
fered by representatives of leading
Washington athletic organizations. There
will be running, hurdling, pole-vaulting
and an interclass relay and tug-of-war.
A sack race, potato race, barrel race,
obstacle race and midget race will be
among the humorous events. The public
i3 invited to all the exercises.
The Rev. J. Charles Davey. S. J., vice
president and prefect of studies of Gon
zaga, today read to the cadet corps an
official communication from Secretary of
War Baker commending the boys
on their "excellent bearing, soldierly ap
pearance, good form and military pre
cision." which the Secretary said re
flected the efficiency of Gonzaga's mili
tary instructors.
S^ES NEW WORLD SPIRIT.
Howard University President Tells
Graduates "Old Forms" Are Gone.
New standards have opened the
world for a reception of a brotherly
spirit, of equality and for the killing
of prejudice, hostility and jealousy,
declared President J. Stanley Durkee
of Howard University during the bac
calaureate sermons to candidates for
graduation Sunday.
He declared that the most pitiful
sight at present was "to watch the
frenzied struggles of statesmen of a
byvone generation to remold our
world in the old forms of political,
social and economic lines."
TAXI DRIVERS ARRESTED
FOR CARELESS DRIVING
Investigation of repeated com
plaints of danger in front of ,the New
Willard Hotel, caused by drivers of au
: tomoblles for hire driving to the curb
, to get passengers resulted in the ar
rest of a number of the drivers the
past week. Most of those arrested
were permitted to forfeit )10 collateral
in police court, and two cases are to
be tried.
Captain C. E. E. Flather of the first
precinct this morning told a Star re
porter he was doing all In his power to
put a stop to what he termed a dan
gerous nuisance. He explained that
the appearance of pedestrians looking
for an automobile to hire is followed
by several cars making a rush in the
direction of them.
Automobiles passing along the north
side of Pennsylvania avenue in frout
of the hotel, he said, are in danger
of striking or colliding with them, and
human life is endangered.
Captain Flather requires drivers of
such cars arrested on charges of
loitering to deposit $40 collateral, the
maximum amount of fine the court
may impose, but when the cases
reach court, he said, the collaterals
are usually reduced and the drivers
permitted to forfeit.
The police captain said he favored
the enactment of a law confining
drivers of public vehicles to designat
ed stands.
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