Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-20
THE HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES
Plans Being Formed for the Coming Gradua-
ton Occasion,
Omcers Chosen and Committees An
pOinted-Progrnm of Exercises
mt the Several Schools.

The graduating classes of the respective
High Schools have organized, elected class
officers and appointed committees to make
and carry out plans for the graduation oc-
casion.
The officers chosen are as follows:
Central-President, ]. Noble Hoover; vice
president. Miss Fenton; secretary, Miss
Smith: treasurer. Mr.. Allen; executive COM
mittee. Misses Wingfeld, Barnes, Herman
and Tucker. and Messrs. Ray, Cady Morris
and Edmonds. -'
Eastern-President, Walter French; vice
president, Miss Florence Morrill,; secretary,
Miss George Forbes; treasurer, j. Strother
Miller; executive committee. Misses Potter
and Byrn. and Messrs. Patterson and Kelly.
Western-President, Thomas H. Holcomb:
vice president, Alberta Walker; treasurer,
George 7. May; secretary, Louisa v. Hay
cock; executive committee, Annie l.. Eiker,
Charles MACEDONIAN, Edith Coyle and Mary
Hopkins.
The Committees.
The following committees, having the ex-
ercises in charge, are made up from the ex-
ecutive committee of the several schools:
Music, Mr.. Cady. Miss Eiker and Miss
Potter; decoration. Miss Hopkins, Mr.. Kelly
and Miss Wingfeld; invitations. Mr.. Morris.
Mr.. Patterson and Miss Eiker; public COM
fort, Mr.. Kelly, Mr.. Edmonds and Mr.. Mac
GowaE; diplomas, Mr.. MACEDONIAN, Miss
Byrn and Miss Tucker; printing, Miss Pot
ter, Mr.. Ray and Miss Coyle-
The graduation exercises will be held at
Convention Hall. the evening of the Oath of
June. The Central and Eastern will hold
class day exercises in their respective
schools at some time near the close Of the
school term, but as yet nothing definite
has been arranged by either.
VIII Present "The Princess"
Princess" by Tennyson. next Friday night.
The cast is as follows: Princess Ida, Miss
Lady Blanche and Lady Psyche.
instructresses in the university, Misses
Tucker and Draper; Violet. a pupil.
daughter of Ipse. Miss o'Neal: Melissa,
daughter of Lady Blanche, Miss Gray;
King Cana, father of Princess Ida, Mr.
Wilkins; the prince, Mr.. Alden; 1pse. noble
man in Gama's court, Mr.. Young; Florian,
brother Of Psyche, Mr.. Edmunds; Cyril,
friend to the prince, Mr.. Shoemaker. Be
sides those above mentioned, forty young
ladies Will make the performance more at
tractive by the drills which they Will give
at intervals during the performance MRS;
Walton in charge of physical culture, ana
Mr.. Test have the entertainment In cnarge.
Benefit of Library.
The entertainment at the Eastern Is for
the benefit of the school library fund. and
will be held Friday and Saturday evenings
of this week, the program being the same
for both nights. 1t is as follows: Mer-
curry drill, by Misses Eichelberger, Seville
Turner, Yoder, Morrill, and Byrn; amazon
drill by Misses Sinclair, Lamson, Potter,
Little Forbes and Feathers.
The principal feature of the entertain
ment will be a comedy by A. faigraNe
Simson, entitled "A Scrap of Paper" which
will be presented by the following cast:
Baron de la Glaciere, Mr.. J. Strother Mil
Ter; Prosper Couramont, Mr.. Emory M.
Brisemouche. Mr.. ]. o. Harrison;
Anatole, his ward. Mr.. Frank Harrington;
Baptiste. servant to the baron. Mr.. ), v.
Kelly; Abou Hassan, Mr.. Homer Dets;
Louise de la Glaciere, Miss George V.
Forbes: Mathilde, her sister, Miss Mae
Phelps: Mdlle. Zenobie, sister to Brise-
Miss Laura Eichelberger; Pauline,
Mdlle, Suzanne de Russeville, Miss i. Sid
ney Nesmith.
Western School.
The entertainment at the Western for the
benefit of the Athletic Association will be
held at the school hall next Friday after
noon at . o'clock. The program will be as
follows: Southern medley. Cosmos Mando-
in Club; piano duet, American Flag March,
Mr. Porter and Mr.. Belmont; toreadors
song, Mr.. LOCKER: recitation, Miss Forbes;
chariot race whistle, Mr.. Belmont; Bou-
angers march, Cosmos Mandolin Club;
dialect song. Standing on the Corner. Mr..
LOCKER; whistling, bird limitations. Mr.. Bel
mont; recitation. Miss Forbes: athletic ex-
under the direction of Prof. Joyce
Of Carroll Institute gymnasium.
Complimentary Ball.
The commissioned officers at the Central
High School will give dance on the 18th
Of this month at Carroll Institute Hall, in
honor of this years graduating class. The
ladies will be patronesses: Mrs.
+. II. Lane, Mrs. P. NJ. Hughes, Mrs. Bur-
ton X. Ross, Miss Helen M. Reynolds, Mrs
N. A. Hoegelsberger, Miss Eva NJ. Pitts,
Miss Mary Weddell and Miss n. MISSY.
Captain Constantine Chase, 4th Artillery,
U. s. A., has notified DIR. Lane that he ac-
cepts his invitation to act as head of the
board of judges for the cadets competitive
drill and that he will be assisted by Lieuts
Gordon G. Heiner and Adrian q. Fleming.
CONSJnERING THE DETAILS