Contested Report on Moral Education in Public Schools Adopted
A conference of clergymen adopted the committee report on establishing moral and religious instruction in public schools by a 40 to 22 vote. Rabbi Stern and W W Prescott refused to sign, calling for a separate stance on church and state, while the majority urged Bible reading and the Lord's Prayer in schools and pressed for a balanced, nonsectarian approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Public School Moral Instruction Debate and Clerical Opposition
A city education conference weighs introducing a systematic moral curriculum using texts on morals and the Ten Commandments. Rabbi Stern and Seventh-day Adventists oppose state religious instruction, warning it would fuse church and state, threaten conscience rights, and create a state theology in public schools.
Public School Morality Debate Shapes Education Policy
A heated discussion on religious instruction in public schools follows resolutions urging morality teaching at home church and private schools. Leaders argue for constitutional separation while supporters press for moral guidance in state schools. The Board of Education also proposes sites for two new schools in Georgetown and Southwest Washington with Commissioners seeking site proposals.
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Board of Education
Georgetown
Curtis
Washington Colored School
H Street
Virginia Avenue
Third Streets
Talcott
Man Tried to Stop Runaway Team in DC Streetcar Crash
James E. Philip, 21, of 1160 Twenty-fifth Street NW, attempted to halt a runaway street team at Twenty-first street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW when a westbound car struck him. He suffered contusions and facial lacerations but doctors described his condition as not serious. He jumped from the car to warn children nearby. the team narrowly avoided them before colliding with an opposing car. He was taken to Emergency Hospital by patrol wagon.
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James E. Philip
James B. Philip
Twenty-fifth Street
Twenty-first Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Philip
Third Precinct
Dr Loving to Appear in Rockville on Liquor Charge
Constable Edward Bradley has served papers to bring the Chevy Chase Club into court for violating Montgomery County local option laws. A raid at Chevy Chase club led to confiscation of intoxicants stored in Rockville jail. The Chevy Chase Club and two employees were indicted at the November term of Circuit Court. The March term in Rockville will determine if service was sufficient and the case proceeds.
Negro's skull fractures after brick attack on Seventh Street
James Thomas, 23, a Negro, suffered a compound skull fracture after a brick allegedly thrown by Charles Euley during a fight on Seventh Street between L and M streets southeast. He died or may die. police seek Euley. Providence Hospital treated him.
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James Thomas
Charles Euley
Seventh Street
Thomas
Providence Hospital
Euley
Gen Boynton sparks heated debate on insult to the president
At a district board of education meeting Gen H V Boynton pressed for action over a student Reginald Hodgson who was suspended for writing Roosevelt is a himselt by eating with a nigger on a school blackboard. Motions to act failed and the meeting adjourned without action.
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H. V. Boynton
Board of Education
Reginald Hodgson
Western High School
Roosevelt
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 described as a negro was declared insane by police surgeons and sent to St Elizabeths Hospital. He had rented a Church street house but not moved in and drew neighbors with invitations to attend a party. He asked officers for a corkscrew and came from Atlantic City nine months ago. His wife, employed as cook for Te Laéb secretary to the President, is involved in the domestic notice. Rachel Wrenn sues Walter S Wrenn for maintenance in District Supreme Court claiming lack of support for her and child.
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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 Rest at University Banquet
Benguet at University Qub. Pres pent 2 Betrayal on the occasion of the anmin banquet of the local alumni club of that fraternity. It was Mounder's Day, and several meaaggem were herd during the evening from that' gluon clubs commemorating at the same time throughout the United States the Birthday of Father Robert Morrison. Mr. William N. Compton chaired the banquet. toasts followed dinner with songs and remarks by Woolworth and others. Officers were elected. the club will hold a smoker on April 17 at the University Club.
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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 Home Dispute
Mrs. Vannie E. Morgan asks the Court of Appeals for relief in her domestic case against Charley B. Morgan. She seeks court-ordered counsel fees and expenses for appealing a lower court decision, plus an injunction to prevent interference with her possession of the Grant Road home. The matter was deferred for possible oral arguments after Morgan files his answer. Morgan previously filed a 6(1) tax divorce. cross claims were dismissed, and an absolute divorce was granted. An equity suit by Minn Morgan on the family home title was decided for Morgan. Morgan is represented by Wilson and Barksdale.
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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 Scale High Wall as Reform School Escapees Break Free
Lee Ferguson and Liszle Shipley, two girls at the Reform School, escaped last night after previously breaking out six months earlier and being returned. Authorities had kept watch, finding a ladder rope and a stack of boxes against the rear wall used to aid the escape before their capture by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reform School
Pilling Named Receiver for Waggaman Estate Rents
Justice Anderson appoints John W. Pilling receiver to collect rents on lots in square 1007 belonging to the Thomas E B Waggaman estate with a $1,006 bond. An order also authorizes sale of listed parcels by Siddons and Thomas with receivers to pay taxes from funds in hand. Florence Jordan returned to asylum after fleeing to Baltimore citing employment. Charley Johnson alias Charles Stewart sentenced to five years for robbery. Nelie Victoria Howard granted absolute divorce from Thomas B. Howard and reassumed 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 Assigns Blame for Street Hole Incident
Col. Biddle, Engineer Commissioner, proposed asking the police to explain why the engineer department was not informed of a hole in the Fourth arrest asphalt block pavement near Virginia avenue southeast. The District paid $200 for damages and injuries to a bicyclist, plus costs. Investigations show no police report of the depression and late notice to the engineer department. The hole existed for some time and was repaired March 9.
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Biddle
Col. Biddle
Virginia Avenue
Weather Notes From March 15 Washington Post
Weather summary from March 15 notes fair conditions in the Lower Lake region and the South with local rains and snows inland. Warmer than average from the Mississippi Valley eastward, with cooler areas in the Northwest and northern interior. Forecast calls for unsettled Pacific Coast weather, showers in the South Atlantic coast, and generally fair conditions elsewhere through Thursday and Friday.
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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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Charles W. Needham
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James B. Gilbert
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George Washington University
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Ramsay
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Negro
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United States Marine Band
Marine Band
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Anderson
Charles Anderson
California Street
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Waller
Albert Ernest Waller
William E. Ambroseends
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Southern Railway
Chattanooga
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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
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Priestley
Lansburgh & Bro
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Washington Post
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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
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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
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Brunswick
WL and T
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