Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-04
HIGH SCHOOL LIFE
Social Clubs Barred and Musical
Societies in Vogue.
PROGRESS OF TEE CADETS IN DRILL
Prospects for the Various School
Journals This Year.
T II E A T H L E T &c M E E T
THE HLETIC Me E T

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AS the faculty Of the Central School have
given notice to all pupils that they will not
recognize any social organizations that may
be formed, the pupils have turned their at
tention to the formation Of musical clubs,
and during the past week there have been
three such societies started. The above an
nouncement caused considerable disappoint-
ment to many persons, who had already con-
templated or begun such organizations. AS
the encouragement of such clubs in the past
had not proved beneficial to the pupils, and
as the cause of the failure of some Of the STU
dents was shown to have been caused by the
distracting influences of the clubs the fac
ulty thought it justifiable not to recognize
the right of any club to use the name of the
High School. Notwithstanding, two clubs,
the senior of the fourth year and the junior
Of the third year, have been organized, but
as clubs outside of the school.
The most advanced of the three musical
societles IS the orchestra, which was or
sanlzed at the Central last week. There
We're nineteen who sgnified their intention
OF Joining and few more are still expected.
Those holding membership SO far and the
instruments they will play are Miss Emma
Rosenbaum, Miss katharine E. Walker
Frank c. ketcham, Mr.. c. L. Davis, Carl
=. Stewart. J. Samuel Mohler, Walter B.
Harvey and John o. Merwin for the violin
| Miss Elizabeth Black, Herbert w. Marean
and A. Mohler for the cornet: Allan E.
Walker and Thomas H. Duckett for the
plccolo; j. William Alden for the viola; Fred
| K. kummell for the clarionet; Mr.. Paul
F1nckel for the cello, and Miss Elizabeth
Gardner for the piano. Mr.. Elmer David
| Sherburne, teacher of Greek and Latin, is
| looking after the orchestra, and will hold
rehearsals every Friday evening after
| school.
Miss Scanned the singing teacher, form
| ed glee club at the Central during the
| past week, which will meet each Tuesday
and consist OF about forty members when
| the membership is closed. Some of the
students who have already joined are John
| 7. Kelly, Harry H Flatt, A. p Tindell
| Charles Mayer, Eugene B. Wilkins, Harvey
| class.
| The reorganization of the Glee Club 1T
| the Eastern and of last years successful
Banjo Club at the Central are being con-
templated, and will probably be carried out
| within the next week.
Children of the American Revolution.
| Twenty additional members to the Ma
tional Society Of the Children of the Amer
| lean Revolution were secured at the Cen
trail by Miss Louise Grant Saxton, one Of
the teachers of mathematics. A meeting
was held in Study Hall Friday afternoon,
| at which Miss Saxton, the vice president
presided In the absence of the president,
| Miss Bessie Blount. The constitution was
read by Miss Constance Draper, who is at
| present acting secretary, and a committee
| was appointed to make a program for the
| next meeting. which will be at All Souls
| Church, on NJ between 18th and 18th
streets. next Friday at 2:3O pm. The com
mittee consists of Misses Eunice Head and
Bessie keech and Carl Fenning. The other
members, all of whom have ancestors who
fought in the revolutionary war. are Eliza
hath oIa11r
Merrillat, keren Culbertson. Alice Little
john, Adelaide Steele, Bessie Endicott,
Judith Grasaway, Travis Culbertson, Rob-
ert Gulbertson. Donald Tracy, Joseph KEEL
ly, H. r. johnson, Howard Gilman and
William Gilman, who is the historian.
After the meeting of Friday they will pr 3D.
ably be held monthly.
Progress of the Companies.
All the matters concerning the eight
companies comprising the High School
Cadet regiment have been permanently
organized for the ensuing year. and a sys-
tematic plan Of instruction has been in.
augurated.
The progress in foot movements is SO
satisfactory that it is thought the COM
panies have advanced far enough to take
up the new manual of arms, which will
very likely be done on Monday.
Owing to the inclemency of the weather
on Thursday the cadets were forced to drill
within doors. On account of the limited
space in the corridors of the Central nc
after the half hours exercise the manua
of arms was taken up. This was also the
case at the Western, while at the Eastern
and Business schools the fourS movements
were perfected.
Judging from the movements taken up by
the two companies at the Eastern they are
more advanced and probably better drilled
than any of the others. Up to last Thurs
day company F had taken up all except
two company movements, while company
G had even taken up double time. The
is perhaps due to the fact that almost thu
entire front rank is composed of secont
year men, so that the recruits in the real
rank need only to follow them.
Drill in Graded Schools.
The military drill in the graded schools
will egin next Tuesday and be carried o,
throughout the year in the seventh ant
I eighth grades. Volunteers were called TO
at the Central on Wednesday, and abou
, twice many as were necessary responded
The cadet officers who Were selected ant
: regularly assigned to instruct the seventh
and eighth grade boys, by Major Harry 7
Domer, the assistant military instructor
are: Major Chas. Fox and Capt. w. H
Won Bayer, for the first division at tn
| Dennison School; Capt. Hoge and Firs
Lieut.. Fred. K. Kummell. for the secon'
DIVISION at the deIlry ocHooi, Sdpt hooNe
: and Sergt. Allen, for the second division
at the Gales School, and First Lieut.. Harr
H. Plat and Sergt. Maj. Harry E. Olcott
3 for the fourth division at Jefferson School
[ Instructors for the third and fifth divi
1 sons at the Wallace and Curtis school
will be appointed from the Eastern an
Western High Schools later.
Two representatives from each sevent
and eighth grade of every school will NEE
| in the designated school of their division
> for instruction for one hour each Tuesda
and Friday until it will be necessary t
instruct them only once a week. In tur
these two representatives are to return t
their school ard teach the other pupil
what they have been taught.
High School Athletic Day.
The most important event this fall anon
the athletes of the different High Schools