Evening star., 1894-03-17
HIGH SCHOOL NEW S
Probably No Individual Competitive Off.
GERS Drill This Year
What DR.. Lane Says on the suEJect-A
Series of Musical Afternoons
Other Items.

A question that is agitating the officers Of
the High School regiment at present IS
whether or not the annual individual COM
petitive drill open to commissioned officers
will be held this spring
Efforts to hold the competition are Icing
carried forward strenuously by the young
men who wear shoulder straps. Heretofore
1t has proven one of the most interesting,
popular and exciting events during the
school year and has always attracted very
large audiences.
First Lieut.. and Adjutant r. W. Test is
endeavoring to have the contest come eff
at an entertainment to be given on the even
ing Of March 80 by High School students for
the benefit of the High School Review, at
Martyr College Hall. but the effort. in all
probability, will prove failure. DR.. Lane,
when asked regarding the matter. said:
There is not a glimmer of hope for holding
the drill. In the first place 1t is in direct
violation Of military principles for a COM
missioned officer to handle a rifle except for
the purpose OF instruction. and for that rea-
son Maj. Ross. the drill instructor, disap-
proves Of 1t. Then too much feeling Is dis
played by the cadets at large Last year
the contest occurred in connection with the
spring entertainment of the Eastern High
School, and occupied two evenings. great
deal of disorder was occasioned by the men,
ters of the regiment, who made up the
greater part of the audience, Kissing and
shouting the officers of their respective
companies were adjudged to be in error and
left the stage For that reason Maj. Ross
left the building before the conclusion of the
competition, and although Capt Wilson of
the War Department Guards, the other
Judge, remained to the end, he stated that
he would never serve in like capacity
again. For these reasons Superintendent
Powell strongly disapproves of the individu-
al competitive drill for commissioned officers,
and l am sure that there viii be none this
year"
The entertainment referred to above will
Grande," with the following cast: Jose
Segura, Mr.. r. w. Test; Col. Lawton, Mr.
l.. H. Reichelderfer; Capt. Wybert. Mr
Julian II. Hampton; Lieut. Cadwallader
Mr.. Thomas H. Means; Judge Biggs. Mr..
William II. Hutchinson; Corp. Casey, Mr..
II. b. Royce; Johnnie Bangs. Mr.. o. p. NJ.
Brown; Retta Segura. Miss Grace Ross;
Grace Lawton, Miss Alice Irwin; Mamie
Bangs, Miss Blahche Shafer, and Mrs
Biggs. Gertrude Holden.
a very successful rehearsal of the play
was held last week at the residence of
Miss Shafer. Mrs. Walton, the instructress
of physical culture and elocution, is coach
ing the young actors and actresses, and the
entertainment on the Both instant promises
to prove a brilliant success.
Musical Afternoons.
Principal Lane Of the Central High School
has arranged a series of musical afternoons
for the benefit of those pupils who care to
attend. The idea is both original and novel
and will undoubtedly meet with success
The intention is to have Chopin day, a
Schubert day, a Wagner day, a Liszt day
and as many others of a similar class as
practipah1a Arti will ba
cured to interpret selections from the works
of the composers named, and on the printed
program Is to be given the history of the
composer and any facts relating to the Sc
lections that may be worthy of note. 1t is
expected that the first entertainment of the
series will be hell on March p, with Prof
j. p. Lawrence as the performer.
The Senior Club and the Philalethea of the
Central High School, in conjunction with a
social organization of the Eastern High
School, have arranged to give a grand ball
at the National Rifles Armory on Easter
Monday evening. 1t is expected to far out
shine anything Of a similar nature In the
history of the schools.
Principal G. A. Davis Of the Business High
School IS authority for the statement that
owing to the overcrowded condition of his
school unless a new building is provided
next year a large number of pupils will
have to be excluded from the benefits of the
business instruction.
Mr.. Ralph r. Upton a graduate Of the
High School and of Yale, has recently been
appointed Instructor of bookkeeping at the
Business High School.
The Annual Company Drill.
1t is expected that the program for the
annual company competitive drill will be is
sued at an early date and work begun
in preparation therefor. Another rumor
is to the effect that the annual exhibition
drill and parade of the regiment will this
year preceds the competitive drill, for the
reason that in years past the majority of
the cadets have lost interest in the ,,rpani-
zation Immediately after the Championships
contest and therefore the final appearance
of the regiment has been not up to the
standard that it otherwise would have been
The first year classes at the Business High
School have lately begun the study of busi-
ness practice.
Mrs. Hoeglesberger, instructor of German
at the Central, has been confined to her
home by illness for a week past During the
popuar teachers absence Herr Rei-ner 10
conducting her classes.
The commissioned officers of the regiment
have had their uniform coats SO altered
that the sword waist belt may hereafter he
worn beneath the coat instead of ON the
outside. This change conforms with the
regulation United States army and National
Guard garments.
The Pedestrian Club of the Business
High School recently walked TO the Zoo and
spent several hours pleasantly and protita-
bly, in the study of natural history
Setting-up exercises are being practiced
each drill day by every company of The reg
iment. This is new departure as In pre-
vious years work in that direction was con-
tinued but few weeks after the organiza-
tion OF the cadets, and not again ATTEMPTED
until the opening of the succeeding school
year.
Each section of the Business High School
was photographed on Thursday last
A large number of High School Cadets
accepted an invitation to attend tie Old
Guard fair on Thursday evening last.
Proposed New Battalion
There is a plan on foot at present by
which it is proposed to bring together
large number of present and ex-Figh School
Cadets into a battalion of five companies,
The project has not been very extensively
published at the four High Schools or
among the immense throng of cadets Who
have graduated in bygone years, but by
the end of next week it is expected that
printed circulars, giving in prief the plans
and probabilities of such an org3nizatlon
will be issued to about four hundred of the
cadets, who have numerous occasions
proved themselves to be good soldiers. 1t
is thought that out of the four hundred ca
diets to whom the invitations will be ex-
tended sufficient number will 60 operate
to form five double-ranked companies of
six fours each. The promoters of this new
and very commendable project are Capt.
Edgar a. Shilling and First Lieut.. Robert
p. Shealey, both of last years prize conlpa-
Such tipn 4q they