Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-19
HIGH SCHOOL AFFAIRS.
Doings Among the Pupils and Clubs al
Different Sections.
Foot Ball Games and Orders for Drills
The Regiment Well Advanced I'm
Tactics-Short Notes of Interest.


les of the regiment were gone through with
on the afternoon of Monday last and the
organization is now declared TO be in a most
fiourishing condition. The early success of
the regiment is very probably due to the
manner in which the four military instruct
ors are assigned to the separate schools on
drill days and the undivided interest each
seems to take in not allowing the others to
make more progress in each two hours drill
On Monday an order was issued at all of
the schools to the effect that hereafter each
two hours drill shall be divided as follows:
The time from the beginning of the drill
until $50 to be devoted to the setting-up
exercises, and the officers are ordered to
make the boys work with as much vigor as
they are able to draw from them; from 2:30
to 3 80 company drills shall take place on
the street, 10 include the manual of arms
on the march and the foot movements; from
3:3O to 400. or later, the setting-up exer-
cises are TO be again taken up. Some con-
slider the order as rather severe. but Maj
Ross appears TO know what he is about and
has the very best of reasons for publishing
the above order. 1t seems that when a cap
tain receives his commission his first thought
is of those red ribbons and the winning of
the company competitive drill in the latter
part of the school year, and accordingly he
secures a copy of the previous years pro-
gram of commands and puts his company
at work on them at once. He puts so much
time 10 this that there is very little left for
the street drills on which almost entirely
depend the popular favor and success of
the regiment Plenty of time is allowed to
drill for the competitive contests when the
programs are distributed among the officers
giving more time to the outward and SOL
dierly appearance of the corps than TO the
secret machine work which characterizes
the competitive drills.
Central.
A complete program of the complimentary
entertainment to be given at the Central
has not been made known as yet, but one
feature Is now being vigorously rehearsed-
the love affair between Pyramus and Thisbe
from Shakespeare's Midsummer Nights
Dream" The cast of characters as selected
is as follows: Prologue Mr.. Test: Pyramus,
Mr.. II. III. Adams; Thisbe, Miss Jenny
Young; The Wall Mr.. Wall; The Lion. Mr..
Brandebury: Moonshine. Miss Ross.
The -Four. and Twenty" met Friday night
at the residence of Miss Minnie Stutz 1907
Rhode Island avenue. The business matters
of the club We're first transacted. after which
dancing and refreshments were INDUCED in
Those present were Misses Katie Evans
sadie Lamborne, Kate Lamborne, Mamie
Sherman, Nellie Stetson. Fanny Thomson
Pauline Stutz. Bessie Dunn. Gertrude Mac
Cullough and Celeste Moritz and Messrs. J
Clay; C. Clark. L. II. Reichelderfer. VIM.
Wahly, r. Horton, Fred. Stutz, Albert Nor
mand. Albert Clemens, Ralph Darkam and
William Mussey.
1t has been decided that the Philethea
shall meet but once a month on the third
Thursday of each month.
The other two members of the Qua iris
Amis have been brought to hght-Miss
Biddis and Mr.. Donnelly
The Senior Club will meet this evening at
the residence of Miss Hubbard
Although Central came out victorious in
the game with Business, every body regret
ted that De Silver's injuries We're so severe
that ne was prevented from going in the
game. He was injured in the last TO o
contest between the two teams
Eastern.
At recent meeting of the Senate the fol-
lowing officers were elected: l. c Fftznat-
rick president: s. Miles Bouton, vice presi-
dent; Edwin II. Etz. secretary, and Ber-
tram G. Foster, sergeant-at-arms
Mr.. William Fraser, formerly of the class
of ~. is now publishing a church paper,
called The Metropolitan Baptist
This school owes the success of the scenic
features OF the entertainments to Etz Fftz-
patrick and "Benedict'' Floyd. who headed
the Christmas tree expedition across the
Eastern branch.
The most popular song at the Eastern
now Is It's All Over Now"
Business.
Tickets for the entertainment are on sale
at the office. but have not been distributed
among the pupils. The reason assigned for
this is that the hall only holds $50 people. and
it was feared that if the tickets were nut on
general sale a number of the pupils would
be left out
The stage can accommodate only eight
girls drilling with brooms, so Misses Hum
ter and Vincent have very kindly dropped
out of the squad
The Senior Club will not meet until
Christmas week, when Miss Milligan will
entertain the club ana its friends.
The Pedestrian Club will make another
Trip to Soldiers Home on next Friday after
noon, this time in search of greens"
Section b, second year. will not choose
class coiors, as most of the other sections
have done. but will select an appropriate
class pin.
Misses Parker and Hudson, who have
been sick for nearly the whole week. have
returned to school. Miss Andrews. who ha 5
been out all of the week on account of
sickness, has not returned yet. Miss Bald
win, teacher. was sick Wednesday and
thursday, but returned to her pupils yes
terday morning.
The Banks will be opened at the he
as anticipated.
Mr.. Muth now sings in the glee club. and
Miss fost has been selected to take his
place as accompanist. Muth will accompa-
Mr. Daily will render a baritone solo in
the entertainment Friday evening
Western.
This school is at present an unfortunate
subject to the grip. and last Tuesday about
one-fifth of the pupils were out with the
prevailing complaint.
The pupils have been so busy with their
lessons for the past quarter that they have
had no time to form themselves into clubs.
but IT is expected that several, of a literary
nature. will be organized after the HOLIDAYS
The program for the entertainment Tues
day and Wednesday evenings is as follows:
Indian club drill, the Misses Fanny Hurst.
leader; Barnes, Conklin, Mannakee Gra-
ham and Crowley. Exercises in voice and
gesture study, by the Misses Prudential.
Davis, Westcott, Stuart and Hemnick: Sc
lection by the quartet composed of Misses
Sullivan and Nordlinger and Messrs. Nc
kee and Ramsburg. a dialogue. The Geog-
raphy Lesson, Will conclude the first part
Of the program. The second part will be &C.
cupied by the bright little operetta "Pene-
lope or the Milkman's Bride" by Walker
The cast of characters will be the same as
was announced in The Star several weeks
ago.
The executive committee of the class of
'93, Washington High School, met wednes-
day at the residence of Miss Muir. 5i2 I'd
street northwest. Reports from all the COM