Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-17
HIGH SCHOOL CLUBS
Social Organizations Among the Enter
prising Young Studedts.
Organized for Pleasure md for Profit
Meeting Nights, the Members
and Officers.

| and Officers.
| All of the matters concerning the four
High Schools are in fiourishing condition,
| and everything is moving along at very
satisfactory pace. Now that the bazaar
has come to an end everything has assum-
| ed its natural form, and the students are
| giving their attention to their own affairs
| again.
| The social Clubs are all prospecting and
holding their regular meetings. Among
them are the Senior, Junior. Glee. Chess
and Banjo and Mandolin Clubs. with the
! orchestra at the Central, Inter Nos and
| Glee Clubs at the Eastern, kamptown
| Soshul Klub at the Western, and the
Senior Club and Debating Society at the
| Business The last club in the field is the
| Chess of the Central. which Is now being
| organized by Mr. Frederick kummel 1t Is
| hoped by the Central boys that last year s
| Chess and Checker Club of the Eastern
| will be reorganiZed soon. so that series of
| games may be arranged shortly after the
| holidays.
| The Junior Club.
The Junior Club, an organization for the
purpose of promoting the social relations
and pleasures, and increasing a greater
social spirit in the junior class Of the Cen
trail High School. held its last meeting at
the residence of Miss Schoenborn last Fri
| day evening The time was very pleasant
| ly spent in chatting and dancing. fitting
| souvenir of the occasion, one of which was
| given to each member by the hostess, was
a dark blue ribbon with the word Juniors"
printed in white letters. Those present
were Misses Hall, Clark, Moore, Pease,
Rich, Schoenborn, Knight and Jones' and
Messrs Morris, Chase. Major Chas. Fox,
Lieut.. Howe, Capt. Hoge. Capt. Hoover.
Lieut.. Farrow, Capt. Won Bayer and Lieut..
Ray. Following are the officers: Major c.
| J. Fox, president Miss May Hall, vice
president: Capt. II. c. Hoge, secretary;
Miss Annie b. Moore. sergeant-at-armS'
| and Miss Annie Clark treasurer.
Inter Nos.
| At the Eastern the most important social
organization is the Inter Nos. which meets
| at the home of one of the members every
other Friday evening. The officers of this
club are Miss Shirley Potter, president;
| Mr.. Dana White, vice president, and Mr.
| J. Strother Miller, secretary. The mem
| bership IS limited to twelve representatives
| of each sex and consists of the following:
| Misses Annie German, Irene Sanderson
| May we:de, Louise Dodge, May Seville
| Shirley Potter, Blanche Durfee Annie
| French, George Forbes. NJ. l.. Dodge,
! Marie Sanderson and Brtha Ioder and
Messrs. Walter French. Alfred Erly, Her.
| bert Hunter, Harry Pierce Donald Fithian
| George Thorn. Samuel! l.. Spaulding, Pen
White. ]. strother Miller Dana White
Charles Thorn and Howard Ball.
Glee Club.
| This club, which is under the careful SUI
pervison of Mr. Philip Gerry of the facul-
| ty at the Eastern is of interest to the en-
| tire school and bids fair to be more sue
| cessful than the one of last year. All of
| the weekly meetings have been we'll at
| tended, and the time has been devoted to
lf1rr h,,t
1 and four-part songs will be studied. The
| members are as follows: First tenors
| Messrs. c. Church and Embrey; second
| tenors, Messrs. Erly, Graham. Dom, Pot
| Wright: first bassos. NeSsrs. Gafen, Spruce
| bank, Bliss, w. p. White, Evans, Stone
| braker and W. T. Pierson: second bassos,
| MessTs. Miller, Grogan. Harrison, Hunter,
| Forbush and Maupin, and Mr.. de Grain, ac-
| companist. The club prides itself on the fact
that member, Mr.. Embrey, reach
the treble clef with his voice, and anot her.
| Mr.. Miller. can climb down seven stories
| TO low E.
B. ii. S. Debating Society and Senior
| Club.
The reorganization of the Debating So
| ciety of the Business High School for it's
| third year took place about two weeks
| ago when the members decided a plan
of action for the year, and elected Miss
| Throckmcrton as faculty adviser. The
next meeting will be Friday, after which
weekly meetings will be held. Those pres
| ent at the first ting were Misses 1eat-
man. Alder, Mudd, Ryan, Gresham, O'Gor-
! men, and Miss Throckmorton of the fac
| ulty and Messrs. Beuchert, Ross, Austin,
| Stone, Wheeler and Lieut.. Kelly.
| The Bssiness Senior Club is composed
| mostly of second year pupils and a few
| graduates. The members of this club are
| Misses Dexter, Kneesi, Simonds, Miller,
| Pearson, Loeff1er, Hiatt and Manning and
| MpSSrS Gibson Stewart. BRYANT Council
| man, Bryan, Hahn, Beuchert and Kelly.
Games and dancing the good old Virginia
| reel, which they have down TO a line point,
| are always on the program.
Banjo and Mandolin Club.
A Banjo and Mandolin Club has been
| formed at the Central School by Mr.. Bar
ringer. The other members are Messrs.
NJ c. Hopkins, Ravenburg, Hottell, Rein
| OIL, Grasty, Harvey Barr, Norwood and
| +. G. Butts. Rehearsals are held every
week, and much is expected of them soon.
Christmas Entertainment.
The Central will have its usual enter
| tainment next Monday at the close of
school, The hall will be decorated with
Christmas green's and the second. third
and fourth year classes will assemble to
hear musical program. The Glee Club
| will sing few selections from Robin
| Hood" and the orchestra and Banjo and
Mandolin Clubs will render several num-
bers, provided they are able to prepare
them in time.
These entertainments always arouse a
great de al of Christmas spirit. Christmas
holiday does not begin until Tuesday, and
only lasts through New Year day. Many
of the pupils thought that they would have
a full two weeks vacation, but this cannot
be granted, because the school rules allow
for only one day before Christmas and the
intervening time, including the list OF jan
uary, unless the second day be on g Fri
I ht,IN ha hn1i hpt a,,11
tend over to the following Monday.