Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-15

the Girls Glee Club: The influence of the
Political and the Religious Life of Greece
Upon Greek Art Charlotte Reinke:: The
grant" Adon Daniel Phillips: Gloria
Mundi.'' Clara Vienna Barber: music by the
Girls Glee Club: "Whither?. Karl Morgan
Block. The Word That Moved the World.
Clarence Willard Whitmore, Our Country
ON the Sea-. Margaret Agnes Mcmahon;
music by the Girls Giee Club. announce
ment of award.
and the winners Will he awarded the Davis
gold medal for excellence in eiocution.
DIR. Wilson Bruce Evans. who represented
the Washington public schools at the silver
anniversary of the Tuskegee Institute. has
returned with glowing accounts of the great
work of that institution.
Archibald H. Grinke gave a sketch of
the life and works of Wendell Phillips
Thursday evening at the Armstrong Manual
Training School. He characterized the ora
tor as one of the greatest speakers of all
time and as one of the greatest of his
day
The musical interest among the pupils
teachers. parents and friends of the coiored
public schools is being stimulated to high
pitch by the announcement of the first
May musical to be given at Convention
Hall Wednesday evening, May 10, at s
O'Clock. The chorus viii consist OF GOO Sc
lected voices from pupils of the Normal
Z.
Armstrong Manual Training School and
from the pupils of the eighth grades of col
ored schools.
The singing viii be under the personal
direction Of Miss Harriet A. Gibbs and her
corps of assistants. AS this is the first OPP
portunity offered the colored schools to APP
pear in concert in such large numbers since
the days of Prof John Esputa musical
circles are looking forward to it with inter-
esting anticpations.
Attention is conferred at the NJ Street
High School in the preparations for the
spring meet. Arrangements are being
made by Mr.. Henderson, who will direct
the events. Fauntleroy Williams a MEM
per OF the third-year class won honors for
his school at Madison Square Garden, New
York city, on March Sd. when he tied for
third place in the running high jump with
jump of five feet five inches, and was
second among nine competitors In a heat
of the high hurdle race. Williams good
work has aroused keen interest in the COM
ing meet.
That enthusiasm can be aroused in the
daily tasks of school by teacher was
manifested by the pupils of the NJ Street
High School Wednesday afternoon in a
lesson on THE Tale of Two Cities" pre-
sented by Miss NJ p Burrill, an English
teachers in the school. Miss Burrilfs ac-
count of the French revolution was Illus
trated by the stereopticon. The Marseil-
iaise was sung by the school under the
direction of Mr. Tyler After her graphic
narration of the course of the revolution,
Miss Burrill recited the execution scene of
Sidney Carton and filled her audience with
emotion. Miss Leota Hnson of the Lefpsic
Conservatory of Music provided musical
selections for the occasion.
DIR. L. b. Moore dean of the Teachers
College of Howard University. gave out
the informa ton yesterday that the Teach
ers College Choral Society of that insti-
tuition would render next month Mendels-
r1,,ry tnet ~. if1t
About seventy-five pupils of the university
have been In training during the present
school year under the direction of Miss
Lulu We're Childers. a graduate of the
merly director of music at Knoxville Col
lege, Tenn, who came to the Teachers
College of Howard University to give tn
struction in the methods of music includ-
ing sight singing, harmony. history of md
sic and choral work. Rigorous work was
soon begun on the Elijah the students
and the director spending IN some cases
from six to ten hours per week in practice.
The rehearsals have been visited by some
of the prominent music people of the city,
who say that the rendition will be ar
tistic success.
So far as is known this is the first time
that colored musical organization in this
latitude, has attempted to render one of
the classic oratorios.
Messrs. j. A Dial, Michael J. Leahy and
Frank P. Jenal, constituting the specially
selected debating team of the School or
Law. Georgetown University. with Mr.. j.
A. Lennon, alternate, and a large repre-
sentation of the student body departed
from this city yesterday afternoon for
Boston. there to give utterance to forensic
Oratory.
Georgetown Law Schools opponents will
be team representing Boston University.
The debate Is to occur Easter Monday
evening, the question to be discussed af-
firming that Congress should prescribe in
a
directly or through a commission. The
Blue and Gray debaters will contend for
the negative.
1t is reported that much interest In the
event Is being manifested in Boston, where
Georgetown has large following and that
elaborate preparations have been made.
While in Boston the Georgetown law stu
dents will be entertained by the Massa-
chusetts branch OF the Georgetown Alumni
Association of that city.
The journey to Boston will be made by
rail. and the return trip by water. The
party is expected to be back in this city
next Wednesday.
With, the coming of the Easter holidays
journalism in the local high schools be-
came active and Central Western and Bust
ness have issued their school papers. There
Is considerable unity of interest in the
numbers and the championship schedule
for the inter-high school base ball series
Is found in each, follows: May L. Tues
day, Technical VS.. Eastern; May f. Friday.
Western vs. Business; May g. Tuesday,
Eastern VS. Central; May Ii, Friday, West
ern VS.. Technical; May Is, Tuesday. Bust
ness VS.. Central; May 1S Friday. Eastern
vs. Western; May %, Tuesday, Technical VS.
Business; May Is, Friday, Western vs.. Cen
trail; May 20. Tuesday. Eastern VS.. Bust
ness; June ], Friday. Central VS.. Technical.
Western IS congratulating itself on the
records OF its alumni at the universities of
Harvard and Princeton. Mr.. Harold A Os-
good, former lieutenant of H, and Mr..
Herbert E. Winlock, former editor of The
Western both of Harvard, will graduate
this June with honors, having attained a
high standard of scholarship. Mr.. Spencer
Gordon, who succeeded Winlock as editor
of The Western. and Mr.. Sebastian Hinton,
who was also on the staff. are now In the
freshman class at Princeton and have made
fine records. AS the result of the mfdyear
examinations and summing up Of the scho-
lastic standing of the whole class, Mr.. Hin
ton is in the first division made up OF nine
honor men, and Mr.. Gordon In the second
division made up of sixteen
ter-relationship among the local schools
Is shown by the fact that Western has re-
ceived large plant stand for one OF it's
new plants. 1t was forged by Mr.. Leroy
Birch of Technical, who was q former
Western student. 1t is said to be a fine
piece of work. The plant and stand have
been placed in the library.