A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=30565 Submitted by: barbara-dave Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: March 6 1915 Article Description: Daily Motion Picture Letter Page 14 Article Text: Washington Post March 6, 1915 Daily Motion Picture Letter Page 14 Daily Motion Picture Letter The list in tomorrow's (Sunday) paper will again show the result of the past week's work in the friendly competition for the Pathescope moving picture machines The Post is giving for the betterment of education in the District and surrounding territory. The increase in the vote standing of the many schools will be ample proof that new ideas are working well. The vote counters have been busy day after day keeping up with the avalanche of votes that have been coming in for the different schools. Another new club was organized yesterday. The Dent School Pathescope Club was organized at the home of Mrs. J. A. RODIER, a member of the Dent School Parents' Association, and many unique ideas are going to be used to get the greatest results. There are two different branches to this club, one for the purpose of collecting the coupons and another for the purpose of getting subscriptions. The captain of the coupon committee is Miss Jessie RYON, and the captain of the subscription committee is Glen NEWMAN. Claude BAILEY is a master of art when it comes to using tact and persuasion in getting votes for his school, and there is no doubt that his ability and stick-to-it-iveness will be very valuable to his club. Jewell Buford RODIER, a youngster 7 years of age, is crowding the older boys for first honors as a producer of votes. In just a few days he gathered up many thousand subscriptions and coupon votes. He is the youngest member of this club and promises that he will be ! heard from many times before the close of the campaign. There were fourteen girls and boys at this meeting and the fact that the weather conditions did not keep them from attending last night proves that they all mean to do their utmost to bring the Dent School in a winner. Master William ANDERSON, of the Tyler School, an industrious member, is doing great work toward keeping his school in the race. There were many representatives of the different committees in to cast votes for their respective schools yesterday, and one very interesting remark was dropped. One boy said that he liked to come and see the movies that were shown in the auditorium, but the half hour or hour that is spent here can be put to good use getting subscription votes, and after making this bright remark he was missed from the interesting little group. Come in today and tell me your little plans. I may have a suggestion or two that will help you secure the Pathescope for your school. Yours heartily, EDUCATIONAL EDITOR. -------------- Mott School Bought Picture Machine. Editor Post: I write to call your attention to an inaccuracy which appeared in last Sunday's issue of your paper. Among the school notes appeared a statement that a moving-picture machine had been purchased by the board of education for the use of Lucretia Mott School. This machine was purchased with funds accumulated by several entertainments given by the school. As the arduous efforts of the friends, parents, pupils and teachers of the school are discounted by this statement, I am sure that in the interest of justice to the above mentioned you will gladly correct this error. Thanking you in advance, I am, yours very truly. W. A. HAMILTON, Lucretia Mott School. March 3, 1915. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com