The Washington times., 1902-02-02

old place. That the Business failed Il
win the championship the past two year:
was not at all Charley's fault, for-he die
everything in his power TO build the Mint
up. He was the life and spirit of The
whole athletic association, and his OWL
work on the nine ELECTED an abundance o.
favorable criticism. The pupils of tn.
school are basing great hopes upon him
and somehow they seem confident that
this year he will lead them on to victory
The roof over the school has sprung a
leak, and when the snow began TO melt
at the latter part of the week the water
ran down into one OF the class rooms
routing the teacher and her pupils. This
is only one of many similar mishaps
which are constantly befailing The build
| ing in which is housed one of the largest
and most prosperous schools in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Last Thursday morning section B-2 gave
an interesting entertainment in the as
! sembly hall OF the school The entire sec
! tion, composed OF about thrty-five mem
bers, were seated upon the platform, and
they gave clever imitation of an old
| time school. Miss Clark, the teacher of
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the class existing about forty years ago
| The class sang the multiplication tables
| in the oldfashioned way. Some OF the
members also sang the names of the prin-
cipal cities of the United States. while one
young man repeated ludicrous poem
containing the names OF all the Presi-
/ dents OF this country. set to the tune OF
Maryland. My Maryland" spelling
! bee" was held. the pupils pronouncing the
I lN lah and in f.ffaf linn nc
! monotone. The bad boys of the class
were made to don fools caps and stand
/ up in the corner OF the platform. Miss
/ Clark then gave arithmetic, geography,
and grammar examinations in the fashion
of the old-time school mi-tresses. Others
who were prominent in the entertainment
were the Misses Chase, Sawyer, and Bay
ley, and Messrs. Henry Robertson, Chas.
A. Lindsay. and Captain Manning, OF Com
pany Z, High School Cadets.
Mr.. W. II. Lovelace. instructor of ath-
letics and physical culture at the Bust
ness has added large numbers of the male
pupils TO his classes by adding course
of instruction jn the art of boxing 10 the
regular work. His classes were previ-
ously largely attended and great deal
of interest was displayed in the work.
and space 10 accommodate the tHrong oil
boys who flock into the drill hall after
school hours to be taught the manly art
of self-defence." Even the principal of
the school is greatly encouraged by the
increase in attendance. and as a result
is heartily in favor of retaining boxing.
as prominent feature Of the physical /
culture course. Considerable difficulty
has been experienced as yet in dealing
ha n.4NH n he
from smuggling" Utterly ignorant Of the
use of the gloves. they were seriously dis
posed to pitch into their opponents and
place them in a condition calling for sun I
dry repairs. At the present time, how
ever, no persons have received black eyes !
or bloody oltact0ry organs, and it is |
thought that ihc boxing lessons will be |
continued
Considerable excitement was caused al
inc Business one day a the latter par;
of the week by the falling Of two large
patches Of plaster from the ceiling of one
OF the class rooms. The class was hold
ing a shorthand recitation and the room
Was unusually quiet. Suddenly there was
a cracking sound and two masses of plas-
ter each about eight feet in diameter
crashed down among number of the girl
students. The noise made by the plaster
IeNerberated through the building like the
discharge of musketry. and teachers and
pupils came running from all directions
TO ascertain the cause OF the disturbances
The plaster had showeTed down upon the
desks and floor. and had struck Two young
ladies on the head No one was injured,
fortunately, and when the debris had
been cleared away the recitation, so sud
denly terminated was resumed.
The fourth number of the school paper
The Balance Sheet" has been issued
It is decidedly the strongest paper thai
the school has put forth this year, al
though its Christmas issue was an ex-
ceptionally clever paper. Ii contains in
teresting articles by The pupils on ''Irri-
CATION" The Need of a New Business |