Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11

are no cause OF anxiety TO schoot ornciai-
| He says he weighs ten pounds more than
when he acted as a local supervisor. and
| that he Is delighted with hts new work.
Mr.. Freeman has just returned from
Louisville, where he has been attending
the superintendent meeting OF the Ma
tional Education Association Sent 10 the
meeting by his school board. Mr.. Freeman
says even so small matter as that is an
indication of the constant support ana
backing which the board gives him In mis-
work He Is In town, ne says, to get
dozen teachers.
washington College. Sd and streets
| northeast. is planning to entertain tonor-
row evening with piano recital by MISS
Meuefee
The Business High School lunch for the
benefit of the athletic fund and the school
library held recently. was a financial sue
cess, the proceeds beng over $500
Several hundred enthusiastic guests APP
pIauded the numbers of the musical pro-
gram at Fairmout Seminary Friday even
ing March 81 AS usual the entertainment
was of the highest classic order, dlstinc-
ton of Farmont muscales. John Porter
Lawrence. MIR. and Mrs. Ernst Lent, An
ton kaspar. Or. and Mrs BischoH' MISS MISS
Jeanette G. Vorce and Miss l.. May
Houswout were the performers
The George Washington University has
been fortunate in securing by purchase the
valuable Germauic library OF the late Prof
Richard Helmet of the University OF VI
emma TIE library contains about .No voi-
umes and pamphlets, many OF whlch are
rare even in Europe. while copies OF many
others do not exist in this country. Ii
contains large number of works and pc
riodicals not only In Germanic phiIolosy
and literature but also in the cognate I'm
al Anglo
old English, the Romance languages ana
Slavica, dealing pre-eminently with the
Slavic races in Austria Hungary. Ii Is
hoped that the existence of this unique IL
brary in university in the national capt.
tai will give a still stronger stimulus to
Germane scholarship. The requirement OF
the library by the George Washington LII
brary Is due largely to the generosity OF
Mr.. Christian Heurich.
The board of education has received the
following resolution, offered by William +.
GUIDE. the expresident of the Florists
Cub:
That we, the Florists Club of Washing
ton, d. c., hereby express our appreciation
of the educa tional opportunities the present
Secretary of Agriculture has given the
children of this city in the past. and his
recent offer to the board of education or
an acre of land within the park surround
ing the offices of the Department of Agri-
culture for children's garden, where the
citizens of the District of Columbia may
study the value of gardening as a vacation
movement that develops the young phySi-
cally, mentally and morally.
THAT commend the board of educa-
ton and the superintendent of schools for
their earnest endeavors to promote civic
Improvement among the children of the
schools realizing that upon these same
children depends much OF the future or
the national capital
Mr. J. F. Seller has been chosen by the
Enosinian Debating Society of the George
Washington University to represent the
organization on the editorial staff of the
Mall, the students year book, and arrange
ments for a group picture Of the society,
to be printed in the Mall are now being
made.
Chi Sigma Eta. one of the fraternities of
the George Washington University. has
elected officers for the ensuing year
follows: President, Mr. Henry Wealper
Kearney. Virginia. vice president, Mr..
Henry l. Stout, District of Columbia; sec
rotary, Mr. Henry Vernon Johnston, Dis
trict OF Columbia; treasurer, Mr.. David G.
Willets, New Jersey; historian, Mr. VIII
liam V. Levy, New Jersey; executive COM
mittee, Messrs. Raleigh Earnestly, Illinois;
Leonard NJ Coster. District of Columbia,
and Frank f. Frazier, Wisconsin.
The senior class of Columbia College has
elected as officers for class night in June
Mr.. A. d. Phillips. orator; Miss Margaret
A. MscMahon. prophecies, and Miss Ethel
II. McCleary, poet
Intersectional debates are In order at
the Mckinley Manual Training School The
second year sections have frequent debates
and recently the two fourth year sections
discussed the question which affirmed
that the street railway lines should be
owned and operated by the municipalities.
The team representing Al. Mr. Rowland
Miss Sper and Mr.. Mccarthy. attempted to
support the affirmative, while those repre-
senting b. Mr. Garrett, Mr.. Leger and
Mr.. Fenton. supported the negative. Miss
Spier's argument was judged the best,
while Mr.. Leger did excellent work for
the negative. Final judgment was given
in favor OF the negative.
The board Of education at its meeting last
week rescinded rule %, concerning the term
of apotntment, which read as follows:
"25 All appointments of officers, teach
ers and other employees heretofore or here
after made shall continue during good be-
havior and efficiency. unless otherwise Or
dered by the board of education; but
teacher may at any time be assigned or
transferred to any school by the board OF
education, or may be removed by the board
for incompetency or such other cause as
may be deemed sufficient"
A probationary period of a year was pro-
vided for follows:
'.All appointments of officers, teachers and
employees hereafter made shall IN the first
instance be for one year, at the expiration
eff which time, il satisfactory, they may be
appointed to continue during good behavior
ana efnclency, unless Otherwise ordered Dy
the board OF educatl ton. Any such officer,
teacher employee may a any time be
signed transferred by the board OF edu-
cation to any school. group or grade, or
may be removed at any time by the board
for incompetency or such other cause as
may In the judgment Of the board be deem
ed sufficient"
Entries for the annual Davis prize speak
ing contest at the George Washington Uni
versity are closed. The event will be held
as usual this year the first Wednesday
after the Easter holidays. and about half a
dozen competitors have handed In their
names to Prof. William Allen Wilbur, dean
of Columbian College
The Davis prizes are three In number, and
were founded by Isaac Davis of Massachu-
setts I'm 1S4I. They bought out OF the
proceeds of an endowment of $780, affording
three premiums. In cash or gold medals to
the value of So $40 and SO. and are award
ed to the members of the senior class who
have made the greatest progress In elocu-
lion during their connection with the insti-
tuition The contest will be public and the
winners picked by committee of three
members OF the presidents council.