Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-19


The November number of the Educational
Bulletin of the Public Library contains the
following invitation:
Teachers are invited to send their pu-
pills to the reference or children's room of
the Public Library to look UP material for
compositions, debates, etc, and library as
sistants will give all possible help in find
ing such material. In order to enable the
library best to help the pupils, teachers
should give the librarian a few days no.
tice in writing of assigned subjects or
books, the probable number of pupils who
will use the library and the length of time
the topics will be subjects of study. Ma
terial will then be looked up and books Will
be reserved for use only at the library.
Without such notice and reservation tile
first few pupils will draw out for home
use practically all the library's resources
on a given topic, thus causing diSappont-
ment to those who come later. Your CO.
operation Is earnestly requested"
The growth of the Western High School
since the opening of the course has been
curiously wave-like. Ten October enroll
n:cnts, from 1898 to 1905, have been 36y
$40, BAT, 49, 276. 316. ST2 and 433. The
same period was 4O4, 4O5, 379, 33S 3O3 344
395 and 44G The total enrolment for the
year 1so5-1906, although there are still
seven months to add to its number ex-
ceeds the highest previous enrolment by
~. The Western has plainly recovered
with the Central from the loss in the stu
cent body due to the opening of the man
ual training schools.
Miss Rosale Robinette. librarian and
drawing teacher at the Business High
School, has been transferred to Central
to teach drawing and Greek history. Miss
Estella c. Drane of the Twining School,
second division, has been promoted to her
place at the Business School,
The entire corps of teachers and STU
dents of the Business High School will
take possession of their new building at
9th street and Rhode Island avenue the I'd
Of January, 1896. Special equipment for
the bookkeeping. banking and typewrting
rooms has been ordered as Well as the
adjustable bookcases for the library. Teach
ers and pupils desks are now IN the build
ing ready 10 be placed in position.
At the usual lecture period Wednesday
afternoon at the NJ Street High School q
w. Ellis, secretary of the American Iega-
ton and charge d'affaires at Liberia, West
Africa gave an interesting talk on 1.-The
Vai-speaking People of West Africa" The
lecture gave details of the general economy
of the people, their traffic, manufactures
and agriculture. Mr.. Ellis exhibited a
striking collection of objects used daily
diiiollS the natives, WOODEN and iron uteQ-
sils. weapons, models OF canoes and cur
ious grass-woven articles. The collection
VIII remain at the school for a few DAYS
that all may become familiar with them.
To take the place of the Owl Club of last
year the sophomore class of the George
Washington University has organized the
Axinelochos Club. This organization is for
social purposes and has now about twenty
members.
Friday evening, November a. the first
preliminary contest to determine the make
up of the team that viii represent the
George Washington University in the de-
bate with the University of Cincinnati will
be held. This debate, which will be the first
meeting of the kind between the two uni
versities, will be held In Washington some
time next April.
All regularly enrolled students In the uni
versfty, except the candidates for the mas
ter and Doctors degree, will be entitled to
participate In the contest, but no one will
be entitled to listen to his competitors
speeches till after his own speech has been
delivered. Each speaker will be allowed
eight minutes to argue on whatever side he
may choose. A board of competent Judges
will afterward choose not less than six nor
more than ten to take part in the final con-
test.
The question for debate is worded as fol-
lows: Resolved, that the effect of great
industrial combinations. commonly known
as trusts is detrimental to the interests OF
the working classes"
In the second number of the Educational
Bulletin the librarian of the Public Library
announces some important educational arti-
cles in current periodicals as follows: Study
of History in Public Schools" c. H K. Mar
tin. Nineteenth Century: Educational Out
look" o. II. Lang. Forum. October Decem-
Der: 'Music-school Settlement" P. v. Mig
hels, Harper's Monthly, November; Spirit
of School and College Sport. r. D: Paine,
Century. October and November: Free
Kindergarten" II. w. Mabie. Harper's
Monthly. October; rs Catholic Education .