Debate Over Religion in Schools Ends In Adopted Report
A committee report on religious instruction in public schools was adopted by a 40 to 22 vote at New Willard after a two hour session. Rabbi Stern and W W Prescott did not sign, denouncing church state unification. The minority alleged packing. the majority claimed many uninvolved attendees voting negative. The report supports Bible reading and prayer, and argues for teaching basic moral principles in public schools while affirming family and church roles.
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Atiiesn
New Willard
Rabbi Stern
W. W. Prescott
Hilary A. Herbert
Kent
Peoples Church
Board of Education
Citizens’ Conference
Gates
Committee of Fifteen
Alfence
Citizens” Committee
Bishop Cranston
Edward Everett Hale
District of Columbia
McKim
Board of Education of
Republic
Earth
United States Senate
Claus
Becaus
Becayes
Moral Instruction in Public Schools Debate
A committee urges introduction of moral instruction based on the Ten Commandments and religious materials in public schools, arguing for a universal ethical framework while acknowledging conscience clauses for religious exemptions. Rabbi Stern and Seventh day Adventists oppose state religious teaching and warn against church state fusion and a state theology.
Public Schools and Moral Instruction Debate Rages
A heated discussion on whether religious instruction belongs in public schools dominated a meeting of church and civic leaders. Resolutions favor keeping morality education in homes churches and private schools while opponents urged inclusion in public education. The board of education recommended site rules for two new schools Georgetown adjacent to Curtis School and the Southwest Washington colored school near H Virginia Ave and 1st-3rd Streets. proposals for sites were ordered by the Commissioners.
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Board of Education
Wny
Prescott
Kent
People’s Church
Justinian
Crafts
Apreme Court
United States
W. H. Singleton
President Needham
George Washington University
Gates
J. C. Gilbert
Ramsay
Muir
Baptist Church
McKim
Jefferson
Georgetown
Curtis
Washington Colored School
H Street
Virginia Avenue
Third Streets
Talcott
Runaway team run down by street car in Northwest
James E. Philip, 21, of 1160 Twenty-fifth Street Northwest, attempted to halt a runaway team at Twenty-first Street and Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest last night. He was struck by an approaching car, suffered body contusions and facial lacerations, and was taken to Emergency Hospital where doctors said his condition is not serious. He jumped from the westbound car to intervene after seeing children nearby. The runaway narrowly avoided the children before another car struck him. A Third Precinct patrol wagon conveyed him to the hospital.
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James E. Philip
James B. Philip
Twenty-fifth Street
Twenty-first Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Philip
Third Precinct
Dr Loving Cited To Appear In Rockville Court
Chevy Chase Club faces local option law charges after liquor raid by Constable Edward Bradley. Papers served on Dr Francis B Loring linked to club. Circuit Court convenes in Rockville next Monday with a March term start and anticipated objections to service.
Skull fracture follows street fight on Seventh Street
James Thomas, a 23 year old Black man, was struck with four bricks during a Seventh Street brawl and suffered a compound skull fracture at Providence Hospital. Doctors fear possible fatal outcome as police search for suspect Charles Euley. Nearby items note a gift to President Roosevelt by Prof. Francesco Fanciulli, a jurist acquittal of Charles Anderson for property depreciation, a divorce filing, and Dr. W A Applegate named chief surgeon of the Southern Railway.
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James Thomas
Charles Euley
Seventh Street
Thomas
Providence Hospital
Euley
The
Southern
W. A. Applegate
Southern Railway
Chattanooga
Tenn
Roosevelt Insult Row Spurs Board Clash at Meeting
Gen. H V Boynton pressed the board of education to act on a case involving Reginald Hodgson, a Western High School student reinstated after a suspension for writing Roosevelt is debased by eating with a nigger on a school Blackboard. The motion to act failed and the meeting adjourned without action.
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Roosevelt
H. V. Boynton
Board of Education
Reginald Hodgson
Western High School
Gen. Boynton
Unite States
E. Southard Parker
Boynton
B. T. Galloway
Bureau of Plant Industry
Department of Agriculture
Washington Normal Schools
James Wilson
Galloway
Lehigh University
George H. Dengy
Washington and Lee University
Dent Declared Insane After Arrest At White House
John Dent, a former janitor at the White House executive offices, was deemed insane by police surgeons and sent to St Elizabeth's Hospital after being arrested for suspicious actions. He had rented a Church street house but not moved in, inviting neighbors to join his supposed party. His wife works as a cook for Te Laéb, secretary to the President. Rachel W Wrenn sues Walter S Wrenn for maintenance in District Supreme Court, alleging lack of support and that she must rely on her parents.
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John Dent
White House
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Dent
Church Street
Buckingham and
McGrath
Cork Schew
Atlantic City
Te Laéb
Mra. Wrenn
Sulu
District Supreme Court
Rachel W Wrenn
Walter
Wrenn
Phi Delta Theta Banquet Honors Founder and Plans Smoker
Benguet at University Qub event marks Mounder's Day with toasts to founder Robert Morrison. Gilbert Woolworth presides as William Compton, George Rommell, and Fred Austin speak. Discussions on the parent chapters, a business session names officers Claude Bennett and others. A smoker at University Club planned for April 17 with many alumni listed as present.
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Benguet
University
Anmin
United States
Pather
Robert Morrison
William N. Compton
Gilbert
Woolworth
Mr. Morrison
Phil Delta
Union
George M. Rommell
Iowa Wesleyan
Phi Delta Theta
Fred H. Austin
University of Missouri
Miggourt Yetl
National Council
Isaac R. Hitt, Jr
Northwestern University
Ralph P. Barnard
Lehigh
Carl D. Sheppard
Washington Club
Claude N. Bennett
Albert Royer
George M. Remmell
Gilbert Woolworth
University Club
Frederick HW. Austin
University of Misouri
Lahigh
R. B. Carmi+cheel
University of Virginia
Willem WN. Compton
University of Michigan
Wiliam Wolf Smith
Hanover
Joe W. Smith
Dickinson
Milo C. Summers
Lombard College
W. ‘Whitney
Ohio Wesleyan
Wife Seeks Injunction in Morgan Domestic Dispute
Mrs. Vannie E. Morgan petitions the District Court of Appeals for counsel fees and an injunction to stop Mr. Charley B. Morgan from interfering with her possession of the Grant Road home. The case follows a prior divorce and cross bills, with an equity suit by Minn Morgan to claim the family residence. the trial court held the property belonged to Morgan.
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Morgan
Court of Appeals
Charley B. Morgan
Vannie E. Morgan
Worthington, Heald & Franey
District Court of Appeala
Grant Road
Shepard
Mr. Morgan
Girls Escape Reform School For Second Time
Two reform school inmates Lee Ferguson and Liszle Shipley both described as incorrigible escaped last night after previously fleeing six months earlier and being recaptured. They used a ladder rope and were seen around the buildings until 6 PM before a search uncovered boxes near the high rear wall. Police recaptured them after they posed as city workers and led to their return to the institution.
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Reform School
Pilling Named Receiver for Waggaman Estate Rents
Justice Anderson appointed John W. Pilling as receiver to collect rents on lots 19 to 1007, square 1007, in Thomas E. B. Weggaman's estate. Bond set at $1,006. An order also authorized sale of various parcels by Siddons and Thomas to satisfy estate claims. Receivers may pay taxes from funds on hand. Florence Jordan returned to asylum after fleeing to Baltimore and securing employment in a printing office. Charley Johnson alias Charles Stewart received five years for robbery. Nellie Victoria Howard granted absolute divorce and restored her maiden name Artdorffer.
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Justice Anderson
Waggaman
John W. Pilling
Thomas EB. Weggaman
Pilling
Robert W. McPherson
Irving Williamson
Thomas ©. Waggaman
Joseph T. Byrne
Thomas
Justice Angerson
Frederick L. Siddons
Edward H. Thomas
Ag Receivera
Thomas BE
Waggamanots
Sauare
Florence Jordan
S J. Eilizabeth
Ipgane
Baltimore
Charley Johnson
Charles Stewart
Justice Wright
James Lawson
Justice Stafford
Nellie Victoria Howard
Thomas B. Howard
Mrs. Howard
Artdorffer
Commissioner Biddle Shifts Blame Over Street Hole
Col Biddle engineer commissioner urges police to explain why engineers were not warned about a hole in the Fourth arrest asphalt block near Virginia avenue southeast. The District paid 200 damages and costs after a bicyclist was injured. Records show no police report of the depression and no engineer notice until repairs began March 9.
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Biddle
Col. Biddle
Virginia Avenue
Weather Summary From U S Dept of Agriculture Dispatch
Fair weather dominates the Lower Lake region and the South with localized rain and snow inland. Warmer temperatures prevail from the Mississippi Valley eastward, except in the Duant States, and there is a noted rise in Ohio and Upper Mississippi valleys. Forecasts call for unsettled conditions along the Pacific Coast and toward the Missouri and Upper Mississippi valleys, with showers in many areas. A Special Forecast notes a California storm affecting the coast and rivers revealing a boy's body in the Schuylkill. the report also covers a lecture at the Washington Public Library and a local fire incident on Rhode Street NW.
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U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Lower Lake Region
Atlantia
Upper Lake Region
Mississippi Valley
Duant States
Ohio
Pacifi
Slops
Missouri
Upper Mississippi
Quit States
Newngland
Middle Atlantic
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Frederick PR. Power
Henry ¥. Satterlee
G Butler
D. F O'Connell
John Joy Edson
Charles W. Needham
Wayne Macveagh
James B. Gilbert
Seventh-day Adventists
Hostetter
Mr. Prescott
Chevy Chase Club
Negro
Fanciulli
Francesco Fanciulli
United States Marine Band
Marine Band
Fancilulli
Anderson
Charles Anderson
California Street
Helloulse Stevens
Waller
Albert Ernest Waller
William E. Ambroseends
Charles H. Merillat
Ietgat
Haffled
International Exposition of Pedagogy
Barcelona
Spain
Ford
Zion Baptist Church
A. G. B. Pierce
BE. A. Howard
E. M. Toler
B. B. Otterback
A. L. Cornell
Logan School
A. B. Coleman
Cook
St. Elizabeth’s Asylum
PHI Resta Thetas Ree
Bro
Ali
Peter Thompson
Priestley
Lansburgh & Bro
Jai
Washington Post
Morristown
Charles
John Enchay
Nicholas Enchay
Birdsboro
Schuylkill
John
Billingson
District of Columbia Library
Asociatton
Washington Public Library
John S. Billings
New York City
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United States Army
Asheville
N.C
Allante
N. J
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Dosey
Boston
Mass
Buffalo
N.Y
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Chayenne
Wyo
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Towa
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Kansad City
Rick
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Louis
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Credit For
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7Th St
Bet. H and I
Sanders & Stayman Co
Reepy
Steinway
Pennsylvania Ave
Tharp
Berkeley Rye
St. N.W
SCO Ser Srueaiaste Radway & CO
New York
Charles Jones
Kimpall
Polie
Jones
Nineteenth and
L Streets
Interstate Live Stock Insurance Company
District
Thomas E. Drake
Cod
Munyon
Philadelphia
American Security and Crust Company
Schmidt’s Bird Store
Ditrict
Columbia
Distrier
Hot Springs
Springs
Ark
Secretary of the Interior
Hot Springs Reservation
Harry H Meyers
John E Bush
E. A. Hitchcock
Macdonnall School OF Phrenology and Psychology
Homeopathic Dispensary Company Inc
Eleventh St. NW
Miller
Rome
B. B. Earnshaw & Bro
1Th
Bisty, Cs
34Th St
Alexandria
Mt. Veron
Clara A Westlaker
Brunswick
WL and T
14Th
Hoomg
Charles H. Gana
Osteopathy Tiyan
Pope
Hertha
Gaea
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