Moral teaching in public schools debate ends in compromise
A conference of clergymen adopted a report by the Citizens Committee on the establishment of moral and religious instruction in public schools by a 40 to 22 vote. Rabbi Stern and W W Prescott refused to sign, charging the session was packed and not representative. The majority favored keeping Bible reading and Lord's Prayer, advocating ethical instruction aligned with religion while upholding the separation of church and state.
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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
Merrill
Wallace Radcliffe
Randolph H. McKim
Frederick PR. Power
Henry ¥. Satterlee
G Butler
D. F O'Connell
John Joy Edson
Charles W. Needham
Wayne Macveagh
James B. Gilbert
Earth
United States Senate
Public School Moral Instruction Debate Spawns Clergy Clash
A city conference on introducing religious moral instruction in public schools triggers opposition from Rabbi Stern and Seventh-day Adventists. They warn against church state union, state theology, and infringement of conscience rights, urging separation and noninstruction.
Public schools debate on religious instruction and morality
In a lengthy discussion, church leaders urged keeping religious instruction out of public schools, promoting it at home, church, and privately funded schools. Statements from Dr. Kent, Rev. Crafts, and others supported moral teaching as essential to citizenship, while opponents argued for neutrality in education. The meeting ended after a vote on the resolutions. TWO NEW PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Board of Education Recommends Locations to District Commissioners. The board outlined site proposals for a Georgetown proximity school and a southwest Washington colored school, with commissioners directing site proposals.
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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
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
Runaway Team Incident Injures James E Philip
James E Philip, 21, on Twenty-fifth Street NW, attempted to halt a runaway street car at Twenty-first Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. He was struck by an oncoming car while crossing tracks, hurled several feet, and taken to Emergency Hospital with contusions and facial lacerations. doctors report his condition not serious. He jumped from the westbound car to stop the runaway when children nearby watched the dangerous scene. A Third Precinct patrol wagon rushed him to 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 At Rockville Court
Constable Edward Bradley serves papers to Dr Francis B Loring of the Chevy Chase Club on a local option liquor charge. The club and two employees were indicted at the November circuit term. March term at Rockville opens next Monday with defense objecting to service.
Negro's skull fracture after brick attack on Seventh Street
James Thomas, 23, a Black man, was struck on the head by a brick during a fight on Seventh Street between L and M SE. He was taken to Providence Hospital with a compound skull fracture. doctors fear possible fatal outcome. Police seek Charles Euley, alleged assailant.
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James Thomas
Charles Euley
Seventh Street
Thomas
Providence Hospital
Euley
Roosevelt Insult Incident Divides School Board
Gen H V Boynton clashed with colleagues over a student Reginald Hodgson who had written Roosevelt is a Himsel t by eating with a nigger on a Washington schoolboard meeting, which ended without action after motions failed. The incident drew calls for board action while praise went to plant industry programs and offered scholarships from Lehigh and Washington and Lee universities.
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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 White House janitor was declared insane by police surgeons and sent to St Elizabeths Hospital after a Tuesday night arrest for suspicious actions. He had rented a Church Street home but not moved in and invited neighbors to a party. Dent, an Atlantic City import, is married to a Te Laéb secretary to the President. Mrs Wrenn Sues for Maintenance in District Supreme Court seeks support for herself and child against Walter S Wrenn.
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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 Reflects on Fraternity Spirit
At Benguet University Qub banquet marking Mounder's Day and Father Morrison's Birthday, Phi Delta Theta members celebrate with toasts, songs, and speeches. Gilbert Woolworth presides as officers elected include Bennett president and Compton treasurer. Washington Club noted among top four.
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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 House Case
Mrs. Vannie E. Morgan asks the Court of Appeals for relief including counsel fees and an injunction to keep possession of the Grant Road home amid marital disputes with Charley B. Morgan. The petition stems from an earlier divorce and equity suit. Morgan is represented by Wilson and Barksdale.
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Court of Appeals
Charley B. Morgan
Vannie E. Morgan
Worthington, Heald & Franey
District Court of Appeala
Grant Road
Shepard
Mr. Morgan
Two Reform School Girls Escape Walls Again
Lee Ferguson and Liszle Shipley, two African American girls, escaped from the Girls Reform School last night for the second time. They had previously escaped six months ago and were recaptured two weeks ago, then kept under strict supervision. Police tracked them after they were seen around the buildings and dining hall area, discovering a makeshift ladder rope and a stack of boxes near the rear wall, indicating their plan to scale the wall. The pair reportedly worked in the city until their latest capture.
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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 multiple Waggaman estate parcels including lots 19 to 7 in square 1007. Bond fixed at 1006 dollars. Separately, orders authorized sale of various Waggaman properties by Siddons and Thomas, with receivers allowed to pay taxes from funds in hand.
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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
Commissioner Biddle Shifts Blame for Street Hole
Col Biddle engineer commissioner urges police reporting to explain why the engineer department lacked notice of a hole in Fourth arrest street pavement near Virginia avenue southeast. The District paid 200 damages plus costs after a bicyclist injury. Investigations show the hole existed long enough to constitute constructive notice and was repaired March 9.
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Biddle
Col. Biddle
Virginia Avenue
Weather Summary From U S Dept Of Agriculture
The report notes fair conditions across the Lower Lake region and South with occasional rains and snows in interior valleys. Temperatures rise east of the Mississippi, warmer in the Missouri Valley, and unsettled weather along the Pacific Coast. Forecast calls for generally fair conditions Thursday and Friday in most regions with rain in the Northwest and New England winds varying by coast.
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Weather Bureau
Washington
Lower Lake Region
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Upper Lake Region
Mississippi Valley
Duant States
Ohio
Pacifi
Slops
Missouri
Upper Mississippi
Quit States
Newngland
Middle Atlantic
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Pennsylvania Ave
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Berkeley Rye
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Philadelphia
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Ark
Secretary of the Interior
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John E Bush
E. A. Hitchcock
Macdonnall School OF Phrenology and Psychology
Homeopathic Dispensary Company Inc
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Rome
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34Th St
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Mt. Veron
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