Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-04

w,ll-o,-tbe-wtsp;J Following string which
wound around the staircases. and hunting
for the greatest number Of chestnuts. Capt
Harry Hearst succeeded in finding the
greatest number of nuts. and was awarded
the prize. Mr.. e. W. Williams, one of the
teachers. toldseaeral stories, all Of which he
had down to perfection, and amused the
party considerably.
The others who were present are Miss Het-
tie Diver, Miss I4alleck, Mr.. Emery wilson,
a member of the faculty; Captain Nelson
Gapen, Mr.. Dobson and Mr.. Cole After
serving refreshments an early adjournment
was had about O'clock.
High School Papers.
Only two of the four school magazines
have been published SO far this year, these
being The Western and The Balance Sheet
The Western is the youngest paper of them
all, and Is the representative organ Of the
Western High School. The first number Of
the first volume appeared Friday, October
Is. and was filled with matter of school in
terest. It Is edited and published entirely
by the students. without any assistance
from the faculty, and is evidently sup
ported by every. member of the school It
is very creditab1e publication, consisting
of six pages, OF three columns each, and a
cover. the front of which Is devoted to its
name, while the other three pages are
given up to advertising. 1t is a bi-weekly
magazine, devoted to the interests of its
school; it's pupils and alumni The editor
in-chief is Mr.. Robert Leetch, and the as
sistant editors are Miss Davis, '96; Miss
Wescott, '96; Mr.. Alexander, '96: Miss Kid
der. 81: Mr. scudder, 'as, and Miss jamie
Duckett Is the business manager, and the
section agents are Miss ReedshaW, Mr.
Wright. Mr.. Beller. Miss Nordlinger, Miss
Walker, Mr. Lightfoot. Mr.. Cheyney. Miss
Hanger and Miss Foley. The subscription
| price is 60 cents for the school year; by
mail, IS cents; single copies, cents.
The next paper to appear was The Bal
ance Sheet. which made its initial bow
| Monday october u, only one school day
| later than the Western School issued its
paper. 1t appears in the same cover as in
previous years, but contains only four
pages of three columns each of reading
matter all of which pertains to the Bust
ness School and its interests.
One issue will appear each month, for
which the subscription price is 80 cents.
while single copies can be had for cents.
| The board of editors consists of Robert l..
Stone, chairman; Bernard R. Kelly, regi-
| mental; Adelaide Miller. society; Calanthe
| Stickell, exchange: Mary E. O'Connor for
| the alumni and an assistant editor to repre-
| sent each first and secord year section. The
| business staff is composed of Luther G.
| Steward as manager, George ]. Harris for
| the alumni and g. L. Taite, F. P. Tralles, H
| M. Grimes, Miss A. ID. Simonds VIM. D.
Shoemaker, R. e. Burgess ]. c. Gall. j. F.
Brady, r. A. Shepard, j. K. Monroe. Misses
| c. B. Wheeler, F. d. Clemmer, n Wheata
| A. F.. Tuthill and M. Heating for each Of the
| sections as agents.
| The Fastener.
| The early publication of the school papers
at the Western and Business schools has
| caused quite a stir among their brother
schools in their endeavors to get the East.
erner, q the Eastern, and the High School
Review, at the Central, ready for publica.
|
| If the fastener will be next in line, as it is
expected to appear by the middle of next
| month. If not sooner. The only cause OF
| delay is the lack of advertisements, which
are coming in slowly. The editorial staff
| which consists of Samuel Chas. Spalding
editor-in-chief;- Miss Helen A. Richmond
social editor; Shirley Potter. literary editor
James v. Kelly editor Of school notes; Har
w. R Hears NM mitasy editor and mis- MIS-:
coo and Miss Eucina McGroarty C9s). a:
class editors ,isoDrepared to. issue the frs
number but IA, waiting for the bushes.
STAFF 20 solicit sufficient number of adver
! tisements. MI: J. Strother Miller, as man
ager. and J. Theodore Graft, James v. Kelly
| William NJ. Hallam, A Smith and 7. Smell
as assistants. nwill look after the bushes,
end of the paper. Mr.. Philip G. Gerry ant
| Miss May Dean will be the faculty advisers
I The paper will only be issued monthly. ant
| with this large corps of supporters shout,
make reputable showing and be quite SUE
| cesslui. =, 1T ls-s--'
| The Review. -.,
Although thn Review will probably be tn
last of the four osnh ools papers to make 1t
first appearance this year. it will not b
the least by any means. Ia.',-s .rr.
Up to the last week there was some doub
as to whetheriit would be issued. on &C
count of the poor support given It the las
two years. and Tor the want of somebod.
| 70 oh ohoro Of loo NJ d
ton, a new, addition to the faculty, VIII
taught at the Business last year and man
aged the Balance Sheet. has concluded t
take hold and make it a success. He an
his corps of able assistants will endeavo
to make this volume, the tenth one, tn
best in its history and Of any high schoo
in the country. If not as good as some u
the most promiI emit college magazines.
The Review will be an Shteen-page mag
azine, six by nine inches and will increas
in size, from time to time, if its reception
warrants the improvement. 1t will at
tempt an illustrated edition, having thre
illustrations in the first issue. and at leas
two in each succeeding issue. The chic
features of the magazine will be as follows
l. Six departments under the capabl
infringement Of MI James ,, +. 1 nottenI 10
athletic news, MIR. Eugene B. Wilkins 70
society news, Miss Alice Weldon WasseI
bach for literary notes and Misses inez +
Carusi and Jessie F. Presnell on exchange
happenings of the schools
?. A series of articles by prominent me
of the age. .,,,
3. Sketches and essays by pupils an
teachers of the Central
4 Alumni notes devoted to the doings an
m sd oings of the graduates.
The publisher, Mr.. R. 4: Upton, mas re-
for some time that the High School Is nc
living up to its journalistic privileges, an
will attempt this year to give the best pape
possible but one not better than the schoi
can afford. He deems that the present lssu
is fairly representative of the school,
There will be ten issues, appearing on III
following dates: November 10, December
December 20. January 2 February l, Marc
1, April 1, May 1, June and June 20 IN
first issue will contain the picture OF las
years prize company H of the Western, an
an article on their victory. The issue
December 20 will be register OF all tn
pupils of the four high schools, and tn
issue of June 20 will be grand commence
ment edition. The color of the cover wi
, be in accordance with the season, the fir:
number appearing in black and gold color
! to correspond with fall The last issue wi
: be in the colors of the school, blue an
white
, The price of the paper is 10 cents per COP
or 50 cents per year of ten issues. 1t
hoped that each pupil, teacher and frien
will purchase at least one copy of each issu