Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-01
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

Hcators Is how are these places to be filled
The Classical Club recently organized by
members of the class of 'uS at the NJ Street
High School held its first meeting Thurs
day afternoon at 2:15, In room of the
n Street High School. The club has as its
object more extensive study of the texts
OF Caesar, Cicero and Virgil The following
officers were elected: Miss b. S. Patten,
oS, president. and Miss s. NJ. Mckinney,
os, secretary.
Whether Industrial combinations known
as trusts are detrimental to the wage earn
ers OF America will be the topic of debate
between the Howard University of Wash
ington and the Virginia Union University OF
Richmond Monday night in Andrew Ran
kin Chapel University Hill.
Howard will be represented by Fred
Douglass Morton, Oeea Taylor and Alexan-
der T. Tate, and w E. Merchant, alternate.
and Virginia Union by J. W. Tynes, $, s.
Booker and w. p. Hayes, and Edward d,
Coffee. alternate.
The Alpha zeta CHAPTER of the Alpha
Kappa Fraternity will celebrate the FIRST
| anniversary of its installation In the George
| Washington University by giving banquet
| on April q.
| Another national fraternity was recently
| welcomed into the George Washington Uni
| versity by the Sigma Kappas absorption OF
| the Alpha Omega Society. The Sigma
| Kappa is one of the oldest fraternities for
women IN the country, having Deen oTBdH-
| lied at Colby College, Maine, in 1874 Be
| sides the, local branch 1t has chapters at
Boston, Syracuse University, Illinois Wes-
| leyan and the University of Wisconsin. The
George Washington organization will be by
the Delta and Epsilon chapters of Boston
and Syracuse, respectively.
In order to decide the question of SUI
premacy. a third and final joint contest will
be held by the Columbian and Neeaham
Debating Societies of the George Washing
ton University about the 1st of May. Hon
ors in interseciety debating are thus far
evenly divided between the two organza-
tons. Each has won a debate from the
other this year, the victory In the contest
of March being awarded to the Needham
team, consisting OF Messr5 John I. Ken
needy and Elmer J. Eundy by the judges,
| Prof. William r. Vance and Capt. William
P. Kent.
DR.. Howard L. Hodgkius. head professor
of physics at the George Washington Uni
versity, announces that the examination OF
competitors for the class of 96 James NC
Bride Sterrett jr., memorial medal will be
held on the last Saturday In April. This
prize is open to any student in regular
standing who is enrolled for the lecture
course in general physics, and Is awarded
annually to the student who passes the best
examination and writes the best thesis on
an assigned subject. The subject this year
Is 1.-The Ether" considered in connection
with the study or Nght, from WHICH 'Ho
questions making up the examination VIII
be chosen. Each thesis must represent
considerable amount of study and research,
and must be handed in not later than the
day before the examination.
In a recent Beaux Arts Society problem
Mr. H. N McAuley of the George Washing
ton architectural school received fourth
mention There will be five more public
lectures at the school before the end of
May and at the close of the year an ex-
hibition of drawings will be held. Prizes will
be awarded for the best designs submitted
for the exhibition by the students.
The souvenir report of the board of edu-
cation has just been issued. 1t contains, IN
addition to the usual reports, a report on
the centennial celebration of the public
schools, an historical sketch QSoo-l9U5). a
short sketch of the Eastern Free School, a
sketch OF education for the colored race
in the District of Columbia QS01-l9oo), ana
special reports from each of the supervising
principals directors of special departments
and the high schools and histories of each
of the high schools A volume of nearly
four hundred pages. the report has much
more than ordinary interest
The Harvard University Gazette an
nounces the appointment Of Prof Eugen
Kuhnemann of Bonn University as Ger
many's representative at Harvard for 1906
on the second year of the international
interchange now regularly established be
tween Harvard University and the German
government. Harvards representative for
| next year has not yet been announced.
During the current year Germany was rep
| resented at Harvard by Prof. Wilhelm Ost-
| valid of Leipzig. and Prof Francis u Pea
| body was Haryards representative at the
| University of Berlin. Both of these pro-
| fessors went into residence as members OF
| the teaching staff for one semester giving
| a stated number of exercises every week.
| The success of the FIRST years experiment
| 49, ,I,,- "a
dents and their sustained interest. Is faV-
| cradle indication of the Dement'S TO be de-
| rived from the interchange In the future
| The interchange IS carried on uhder an
| academic protocol or treaty between Har-
ward University on the one hand and the
German government on the other, Which
| is to continue IN force until withdTawn by
mutual consent
| That the national capital should not llnger
| behind the cities of the north in civic I'M
| provements is the thought of the local
| Fairgrounds committee. Chicago built ten
| playground houses last year and they were
| used almost to their fullest capacity from
| the very first. Boston has erected ten
| buildings In the last nine years. which are
| known as municipal gymnasiums but which
| contain almost identically the same fea-
| lures as the one proposed for Washington.
| New York Is operating separately series
| of play centers with gymnasiums and mu-
| nicipal baths which together contain these
| features During the last three years the
| general government has built sixty such
| recreation houses at as many army posts,
| at an expense of 81 1873 coo
1t seems certain the committee think that
! no similar amount could be so expended by
| Congress as to yield a larger return In
| good citizenship than the $4,000 asked for
! a playground building and site. 1t is one
very important step in the movement that
| is to make Washington the model city of
| the country.
| Last year there was an estimate of $500
| OOo handed in for the erection of municipal
baths. The cost would not be very much
| greater to provide a single building with
! baths, comfort stations, reading room and
gymnasium than it would to erect baths
alone and there can be no question, says
the director but the community would re-
ceive a much greater service.
THE most popular feature of the new
| playground system of Washington, says Dr.
| Curtis. is bound to be the playground house.
| It will appeal alike to old and young, to
| boys and men, to girls and women. 1t will
| be used by the children during the day and
| by adults IN the evening. 1t will stand for
| vigorous exercise, for cleanliness, for edu-
| cation and for social enjoyment 1t will
| become at once a powerful rival OF the sa-
| loon and every other evil influence. In hot
| rainy cold weather 1t will be almost
! a necessity to the children, and at all times
| the baths. gymnasium and reading room
| will be popular