Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-27
School Pride Shown in All Sorts of
Badges.
At WORK IN CONVENTION HALL
Preparing the Great Room for the
Opening Next Monday.
HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITION

the handling of lumber and the arranging
| of pleasing colors, has begun in and will
| be the most prominent feature of Conven-
| ton Hall until Monday evening next, when
| the immense bazaar Of the Teachers An
| nuity and Aid Association is to be formally
opened. Although hundreds of active per-
sons have been hard at work for weeks
past the busiest time for all will be during
the time intervening till the opening
| Many of the teachers have been forced to
give up Thanksgiving jaunts out of the
| city in order to devote the holiday to pre-
| paratory work for the bazaar. The
| schools closed this afternoon. as custom
| airy every year, and will not reopen until
| Monday.
One of the striking features of the ba-
| zaar. already seen in the. school room and
| on the street, Is badges. That the love
| for personal adornment is as great in the
| ms sculne as in the feminine breast and
utterly incommensurate with the degree of
| culture is nowhere better eXemplified than
| in the schools now when the division
| badge" is the order of the day. From
| the first grade up to the Normal School,
| teachers and pupils. male and female, are
| bedecked. beribboned, befagged and in gen.
| eral vastly improved by the bright badges
distinguishing their fealty to this or that
section or school which they wear.
Some of the devices are very pretty, some
curious and some whimsical. but all are
| good in that they are the outward sign
| of an inward and patriotic pride for the
S.HOOl they represent. Inc Normal ScnOOl
| leads off with an appetizing little pickle
| emblematic of the coming trade in pickles
| and preserves to be conducted by the en-
bryo teachers at a special table at the ba-
| Zaar. The several high schools wear the
colors SO familiar on drill day and at foot
| ball games-white and blue red and white,
and blue and orange. but at the Business
| High School the Importance of the occa-
| sion is emphasized by the construction of
the mingled colors into twisted cord of
| striking effect.
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| has little badge. Brownie" with a
| jangling bell. Second division A is repre-
scented by minute basket. dantily tied
! by bit of ribbon and symbolic Of the
speciality of the division at the bazaar.
| The third division has a pink butterfly
Sixth division A a doll of blue ribbon, and
the others equally pretty and appropriate
The High Schools.
The most important matter concerning the
| four high schools at present is the coming
bazaar, to be held from December > to A. for
| the Teachers Annuity and Aid Association
| Each high school seems to be trying to get
| ahead of the others, from the amount of
energy and enthusiasm that is being put
| forth by them in their friendly rivalry. Five
| les in the west central part of Convention
| Hall are assigned to them. two being given
| to the Central and one each to the Western
| Business and Eastern schools. So far the
| people from over the creek are the only
| Cnes who are sure of being able to fill their
table. and are asking for more space, while
| the Central seems to have the least number
Of articles in proportion to the amount of
| space allotted to it. Upon the tables of
the Central Will be found an extensive as
| sortment of fancy work. piece of which is
| being brought in by very nearly every pupil
| to the cuStodians. Mrs. Annie Morrow VIII
son and Miss Della Pollok Mussey. Cover
| ing the table of the Western will be found
| the same style embroidery as that of the
| Central and large number of hat and
stick pins. which have been manufactured
| by the girls from military brass buttons and
| Wi1e. 1t is also the purpose of the Western
| to nave a half dozen boys dressed up as
! Turks. under the leadership of Mr. Burke
| ana to carry pc ople around the hall in sedan
| chairs IN the same manner as at the worlds
| fair.
| At the Eastern everybody is working with
| the same olG-tirne enthusiasm and nush
| which is so characteristic of the Navy Yard
| pupils and always lands them in sight of
| the leaders. while the Business school is
| PREPARED to supply its booth with full
| stock of yeast powder bottles and boxes and
| vaseline bottles filed with a cleaning DOW
der, which was prepared for their special
| purpose by well-known chemist of this
| city. They will also have Some table spreads
| ana center!ieces ard a gorgeous profusion
| OF lamp shades.
| Principal Prizes
There are four prizes which the High
| Schools will make especial efforts to OBJ
| tain, namely. piano, valued at $500 to be
| given to the school that collects the great
| est amount in subscriptions: a lady's safe
| W hicycle, to be given to the young lady
VINO receives the greatest number of votes:
| an officers sword. to be awarded to the
&C mmissioned officer who receives the
! greatest number of subscription shares at
! 10 cents each, and diamond ring for the
| NEST popular lady teacher.
/ The Central school is determined to oh
tain the piano. to replace the old one which
| fas so long stood in it's convention hall The
| pupils are almost confident of securing this;
! prize. because they generally succeed
whenever they make up their minds to
| have anything. Already the girls are going
| around getting subscriptions. Miss Black
ford of the Western is the most popular
candidate for the bicycle at present, as her
| friends are organizing their forces for a
| strong fight. and her school predicts an uE-
| questioned success for its fair candidate
The other schools have not yet decided
| upon their choice. but will probably do so
| before "Wednesday, and the outlook will
| have a different aspect.
While great deal of interest centers
| about the piano. the most interest seems