Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-03-27
THE HIGH SCHOOLS
Unusual Interest in Side Organisations This
Year.
A Strong School Spirit Developed by
Clubs, Societies, Drills,
Etc.

vious. Either a social, drama tic, musical,
Pleasure terary club has been formed
almost weekly at one of the five schools.
and all interschool affairs have been looked
after with patriotic loyalty.
In the autumn foot ball occupied the at
tention of all of the schools and the laurels
were won again for another year by the
Central team. Had the cold weather
brought enough ice with 1t hockey teams
from the different schools would have un-
doubtedly competed, but this was not the
case. Each military company is now work
ing hard for supremacy in competitive drill.
The next move was the preparation for an
interSchOlaStfc field DAY. The last contest
vas chess tournament between the Cen
trail and Eastern, which was won by the
latter. and now plans for inter-high
school debate are being agitated by the
Eastern school
Cadet News.
All of the companies are now hard at
work on the program for the competitive
drill, and each officer is endeavorins 20 at
tain for his compal y ct least as high de-
gree of perfection as that which won the
drill for company H last May. The long
and exciting contest of four months trying
to perfect the movements in the program is
now about half over, and judging from the
abilities of the commanding officers and the
new features introduced this year, the COM
petition of '9G promises to be the most in
teresting ever held. The regiment will very
probably go to the arsenal May II to prac-
tice firing with blank cartridges. and as
this day will be lost as a drill day, there
are but fourteen more rerna lining.
Maj. b. r. Ross will soon convene
school Of officers. when he will answer any
questions or give any points concerning the
drill that :fey may ask. Some of the OFF,
GERS do not favor having platoon move
he,.lnSp q small
the companies, and 1t Is probable that they
viii petition to have these movements
omitted
The military authorities showed their
foresight by forming only one company at
the Busiaess when there were cadets
enough for two at the beginning of the
year. as there are only couple of files over
four full fours at present Neither battai-
ION has a sergeant major now, as Oicott. al
the Central, has been excused, upon appli-
cation for discharge, for the rest of the
year. and The position is already vacant at
the Eastern.
The military instructors of the cadets are
assigned at the different schools as follows
for Lext week: Col Julius Sommer. Eastern;
Maj. b. r. Ross Business: Lieut. Col. Harry
Auer. Central and Maj. J. Theodore Graf
at the Western Monday, and Maj. b. X.
Ross, Central; Maj. J. Theodore Graft,
Eastern; Lieut.. Col. Auer, Business. and
Col. Julius Sommer for the Western Thurs
day.
Western School Affairs.
The Western, the official organ of the
school, appeared for the eleventh time this
this year last week, under the charge of
Miss Annie Maynard Kidder who IS now ed
itor-in- chief. This change was due to the
| resignation of Mr.. Robert I-eetch. Mr.. Alex
ander. one of the associate editors, has also
resigned. There have been several schemes
on foot lately to add to the interest of the
Western. One of these is for four men,
berS of the senior class to write a serial
story, each to contribute chapter.
The student who sells the greatest num-
Der of copies Of the Easter number of the
Western will be presented with beauti
| fully illustrated morocco bound copy of
| Shakespeare's Heroes and Heroines.
The members of the Western High School
Bicycle Club held meeting Wednesday
! last and organized with the following mem
bers: Misses z. c. Wescott, principal of the
school; ID. Town. teacher of English: G.
Macnulty, teacher of Latin and algebra;
Smart. Blackford and Edna Wescott and
Messrs. Morris. a member of the faculty;
Craig, Cartwright, Birch. Hampson. Wilson,
Wright. Dunwoody and Smith.
The following officers were elected: Mr.
Morris, president, and Miss Blackford,
treasurer.
Another bicycle club was also recently
formed to be known as the Outing Bicycle
ub,composed.o Of male members only. This
club intends to take trip to Baltimore
Friday, the 10Th of. April They took their
The following claim membership to the
club: J. V. Birch, captain: H. Walters
lieutenant; o. Mechlin, p b. Lamberton,
A. A. Wright manager manager; &c. Cartwright J.
A. Birch. Smith. S. Darby, o. Manokee T.
Holcome and e. Baily.
These two clubs were easily organized out
of the forty or fifty bicycIsts at the school
Another new organization at this school
| is one known as the Western High School
Camera Club, with the following member
ship: Misses NJ. Robinson, H. ]. Buckle. G.
Macnulty and ID. Town, all members of the
Fenton and Charles, and Messrs Alfred
Wright, Harry Walters Clifton Smith, B.
Paul Lamberton, Harold Scudder. Sterne
Lawrence Janey, Henry Mitchell Klein
| schmidt. Edward Duckett, Robert Leetch
James NJ. Petty and Hartwell Mccartney.
The officers to this club are Messrs
Wright, president; Mccartney, vice presi-
Dent Mitchell, secretary, and Lamberton
treasurer. Five finished photographs taken
personally by each member are to be hand
| ed in. and viii probably adorn the wall of
| the physical laboratory, which is now being
used for club ROOM
The Kamptown Soshul Klub has reorgan-
lied, with the following officers: Robert
Leetch, president; l.. Reese Alexander, vice
president; A. Edgar Berry, treasurer, and
Edward A. Duckett, secretary.
Eastern happenings.
Prof Marcus Baker of the United States
6eoieSiCdl survey addressed all OIL classes
on "Alaska's Boundary" during the last
period of school a week ago Thursday CIV
| ing u brief history of the land, detailing the
discoveries, explorations and voyages of
Boring. Cooke and Vancouver He illus
| trated his lecture with numerous maps He
traced the matter to the present time and
| told of the cause and condition of the pres
ent international controversies.
explorations and voyages of Boring. Cooke
and Vancouver. He illustrated his lecture
with numerous maps. He traced the mat
| ter to the present time, and told of the cause
and condition of the present Internal ionai
| controversies.
Nothing has been done in the way of tn
| letfcs as yet but in another week It Is ex-
pected that some apparatus will be pur-
chased out Of the Athletic Association fund.
which amounts to about $50 at present, and
practice will be started under the direction
of Mr.. Wilson, a member of the faculty who
| took so much interest in the foot ball teams
The third and fourth year classes have
been invited by the National Geographic So
ciety to attend the Monday afternoon course
of lectures on "A Trip to Alaska"
The last meeting of the Fourth Year
Club" was held at the home of Miss Dejs.
The club will probably meet only once
again this year, toward the end of The
term,