The Washington times., 1902-03-16
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.

interest over athletics. Everything else
has gradually faded into oblivion. The
interest has lately been increased by the
formation of baseball team to play for
the championship of the high schools. For
the past two or three weeks all eea7ersa-
tion has been baseball. Nobody seems to
care about anything but the coming sea-
son in baseball. Every day there is a
rush for the baseball grounds to play
the game. There are about forty or fifty
candidates for the team, and all Of
them are good players. Captain Purcell
will in all probability pick his team with
in the next two or three weeks.
The Technical School, while 1t is en-
tirely separate from Central, is like
twin brother to the latter school. Techni-
cal will have baseball team. too. and
she will give the Central boys hump
il they want to get the cup.
Coming Baseball Schedule.
Mr.. Nick Young, president of the Ma
tional Baseball League, has given the
Technical, Central, and Business schools
permission to use for practice games the
National Baseball Park, at the head OF
Seventh Street. The schedule of the prac-
tice games at the park has been arranged
as follows: Mondays. from to p. M,
Central; Tuesdays. from to p. m,
Technical; from 4 to sunset, Business;
Wednesday. from to p. M, Central:
Thursday, from TO p. m, Technical;
Friday, from 2 to D. m, Central; from
to sunset, Business; Saturday. from
to p. m, Business.
1t is probable that Central and Techni-
cal will alternate in having two games
a week.
The Coming Philadelphia Meet
Not only are the baseball enthusiasts
working hard, but the track team is get
ting into shape for the open field meet.
to be held on the Franklin Field at Phila-
dclphia. This meet is perhaps the largest
held in this country during the year. The
University of Pennsylvania invites every
college, university and high school in
the world to participate. 1t has been the
good fortune of the Central High School
of this city to win over all competitors
the relay race for many years. 1t is one
of the biggest events of the school year
fer Central. This year she will send to
the meet her track team, headed by Capt.
Dick Dear who is fast coming into ma
tional prominence as a track sprinter.
is expected, and it is highly probable.
that the team which won victory for
Central at the Georgetown meet, a few
weeks ago, will represent the school at
Philadelphia.
Captain Dear will, in all probability.
run in one or two of the 50 and 100-yard
dashes- This is a matter of conjecture
as yet. as the school has not been invited
to participate in the events other than
the relay race. 1t is not at all unlikely
that the school will be invited, however,
and il 1t Is, Captain Dear and perhaps
Bristol will run.
Another victory was added to the al
ready long list of games won Of the girls
basketball team. Some time ago the girls
trimmed" the basketball team of the
Friends Select School by score of 13
to I.
Company AS Dance.
The societies of the school, which have
been very quiet during the Lenten weeks,
will break their ,fetters on Tuesday Of
Easter week with dance by Company
A at Carroll Institute. and on Friday by
a dance by the Fraternity. These dances
have become very popular during the past
three months and it is expected that both
dances will have large and popular at
A lunch party was given the other day
on the front steps of handsome resi-
1ence on Sixth Street, around the corneS
from the Central. 1t was given by no
one in particular, but the guests all had
a good time. The girls brought their
lunches and shared them with the boys.
They had hardly gotten down to the good
time OF the affair when the recess bell
was rung and the party was uncere-
broken up. Among the guests
present were Miss Florence Taylor, Miss
Waring, Miss Isabelle Arthur,
Miss Helene Snyder Miss Marjorie Keefe,
and Messrs. Fred Dennison, Harry Chand-
lee, and Morgan Royce.
Technical Class Societies.
The Technical School has organized
classes and will have its own societies.
1t was decided at the last meeting of the
Fourth year class TO have a separate
pin and to be entirely separate from the
Central There is oftentimes a confusion
among visitors to the school as to who
are members of the Technical School and
who are followers of the Central banner.
This will be renedied in a few days, how
ever.
1t is hoped by the Technicals to be in
their own building by next September.
Again a new club has been organized
at Central. This time it is among the
boys. 1t is known to US as the Hungry
Five 1t is very much on the order of the
Hungry Dozen" which became so popu-
lar about twelve years ago at Central
The Hungry Dozen was composed of
twelve musicians among the school, and
they would play at different concerts and
All they asked in return for their efforts
was a square meal. Before the end OF
10,
any society in Washington, and they were
called upon 10 play at dinners, banquets,
and many other entertainments. They were
several times invited to attend banquets
in Baltimore and Philadelphia. The
Hungry Five are going to follow out the
Idea of their predecessors. They say that
they will do most. anything for a meal.
croxton, a. S. Prince, Horace Winter,
Arthur Compton, and w. G. Guss.
Class Room No. I3.
Glass room 13 OF Central has been the
scene of some stirring scenes lately The
noted French class. ca held very lively
debate. The controversy was over the
resolution that the study of French is
conducive to the development of the ar
tistic nature. This was defended warmly
by Mile. Whitford. NJ Compton. and VI.
Dear. and denied vigorously by NJ. Faun-
tleroy. Mile. Young, and NJ. Bristol. Af-
ter each side had presented its case there
was n short and rather heated discussion,
but NJ. Fontaine called time, and al
though il was hard TO decide between the
two. both having been so good CD he
finally declared the negative to be the
winners.
EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL.