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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1915
Page
3
Olympia June 23. President E A Bryan of Washington State College says high school graduates lack English due to crowded classes. He cites the state board of education resolution urging improved instruction and notes the strain of many classes per teacher.
A five foot long lynx killed by an automobile driven by county game warden J. M. Hoff is on display in Vancouver Washington today.
The Central Council of Social Agencies will hold an open meeting Wednesday night at the Commercial Club to discuss conditions in the city’s courts, clubs, and jails and to offer suggestions for social improvement. W D Lane will lead a discussion on The Problem of Downtown Social Centers.
The Liberty program features Vita graph sensation The Island of Regeneration with parrots perched around the theater and trained to speak lines from the film. Other venues Clemmer Mission Colonial and Alhambra present a mix of Chaplin comedies, dramatic features, and serials through the week, highlighting Hearts in Exile and The Diamond From the Sky installments.
A Alberta dispatch notes the war's reach into daily life as Canada calls for 35 000 more volunteers and artisans. It follows an officer and his family, the sight of khaki on trains and stations, and local efforts to enlist in the industrial army amid rising casualties and gas injuries.
A pony express race will be a feature of the Western Stampede and Roundup at Madison park from July 10 to 16 during Shrine week. Mounts must be changed frequently while the horse is in motion and riders must swing aboard at full gallop.
Funeral services for Edward F. Walker 73 assistant adjutant general of the G A R will be held Thursday afternoon from Bremerton Methodist church. He died at his Bremerton home Tuesday.
Alki Point Community club drafted resolutions urging the school board to establish a district south of Alki. They also endorsed Mayor Gill's Admiral Way project and called for a recreation park at the foot of Carroll Street.
The Black Box shows two part dramas and comedies including A Witch of Salem Town starring Mary Fuller and Eddie's Awful Predicament. Ye College offers Courage and Too Many Crooks. American Yeomen's Homecoming runs in two parts.
A hard times dance and strawberry festival will be held at the Ancient Order of Hibernians club house on Thursday night by members of division No. 2 and the ladies auxiliary. All members and friends are invited. Old clothes encouraged. Strawberries and cake will be served in unlimited quantities.
Puget Sound cities are asked to join a fund drive to the rivers and harbors committee in Congress. Fred W. Bert Jr and M J Keek head the fundraising committee. The Commercial Club votes to probe rupt sales advertised locally.
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