Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-18

| The principal and trustees of the Tuske-
gee Normal and Industrial Institute have
| issued invitations to the silver or twenty
| fifth anniversary of the foundation of the
| Institution, to be held at Tuskegee. Ala,
| Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. April 4,
| and G.
The celebration will be made an occasion
| for showing the progress of the race in sew
eral directions. An effort will be made to
display the history. including it's growth out
of Hampton, the present status and the
distinctive aims and services of the Tuske-
gee Institute. to display the work of the
graduates and the history and present con-
dition OF schools that are outgrowth of
Tuskegee; to exhibit the scope and the ell
| ficfency of Tuskegee extension work; TO
celebrate a revival of plantation melodies,
and to exhibit the history, progress ana
| present condition of the American negro
Prominent educators from all over the
country will be present to express their
views on negro education and training
Director w. b. Murch of the local night
| schools says the attendance this year mas
been better than ever before and the en-
roliment 81 per cent greater than last year
| the three new schools, the Garnet, Wallach
| and Corcoran. In no sense detracting from
| attendance at the older schools. Last year
| only one pupil attended every night. rms
year more than thirty were present punctu-
average attendance was about 800 per
night from a total enrolment for the month
of 200 The total enrolment for the year
was 3.207. About one hundred pupils were
| promoted from the eighth grade TO the Night
High School.
Pupils and teachers filled the Central
High School hall Thursday afternoon 10
hear what all agreed was one of the very
best concerts among the many ever given
| In the school. Mrs. Ernest Lent al the
piano; Prof. Ernest Lent, cello, ana Froi.
Anton KaSpar violin gave the numbers III
manner which brought out storms of APP
plause from more than eight hundred stud
ents.
Professor Lent played a Chopin nocturne
and Schumann's '4TraumereP' as cello So
los. Professor Kaspar gave as violin SOLO
Hauser's Hungarian Dances" and MIS-
Lent played three numbers-Brassin's Noe
turne," Bischoff's Wedding Bells ana
polouaise of Liszt'e.
The concerted number was four move
| ments of trio by Arenski. 1t has been
said by some cynic that every one loves
| music if it is sufficiently bad. he was
proven wrong at the Central Thursoay, Iot
| the music was of the highest type ana rem
dered by the best artists in perfect man
| ner. and the result was an ovation.
| The North Carolina students at the George
| Washington University have organized the
| Tarheel Club. the first state club ever form
| ed at the institution. with the following
| officers: President. Mr.. P. G. McDuffie,
| Henderson. n. c.. vice president, Mr.. r. w.
| Ross. Greensboro. n. c.; secretary, MI {.
| s. Grayson. Marion. n. c., treasurer, Mr..
H. c.. Wills Morehead City, n. {.
| Arrangements are being made by the club
| to give banquet at the New Willard early
| In the spring in order to bring together
| a large number of North Carolina people
| now in Washington. One senator and two
OF North Cardinals representatives have
| already promised to be present and deliver
addresses. There are twenty-six charter
members in the club.
| Owing to the difficulty of defining the
| lines of division between the freshmen,
sophomore, junior and senior classes in Co
| lumbar College, a condition of affairs
| which is largely owing to the number of
| special students enrolled In the general col
| Iege courses. strong efforts are being made
| to induce the students to group themselves
| according to their respective states in hav-
/ ing photographs made for publication in
| the Mall this year. The year book for 1906
| Will contain over 400 pages and twice
| many photographs as last year, and the
! cover will be ornamented by appropriate
| design in the George Washington Univer
! Sity colorS.
| Miss Helen c. Bennett of Philadelphia has
| been in the city during the past week
| studying the methods pursued here in
| school ground Improvement. The board Of
education of Philadelphia has appropria ted
| $4,000 for play grounds and school gardens
| and appointed Miss Bennett director. School
/ =
| has made Philadelphia prominent In The
| movement. Five hundred to 1.030 children
| have been placed upon vacant lots near
| school buildings and taught to raise vege-
| tables for the sole purpose of vegetables
| and the resulting benefit of outdoor cxer-
| else. When not busy In the gardens the
| children have made their own Playground
| croquet. tennis. basket ball and quoits con-
| stituting the chief games.
| Miss Bennett hopes to add to these eff
forts, school ground Improvement con-
| Quoted In this city. Civic improvement by
| aid of the public schools by arousng civic
pride and interest in the surroundings OF
| the school buildings and in the homes Of
| the children. has not so far appealed to
| Philadelphia
| The greenhouses OF the normal schools
| and number of school buildings were Wis
| tied by her. She hopes to have her city
| adopt. as baltimore has, the local green
| house work. and wherever possible secure
| around buildings such a line of improve
| ments as she saw here at the Franklin
| DenniSon and Garnet.
| Miss Louise Smith has been elected assist
| ant secretary Of the Classical Club OF Co.
| lumbar College.
| The chapter of the Phi Chi Fraternity. a
| George Washington University organiza-
! ton. has opened its new headquarters at
| 1401 H street northwest The location is in
| convenient proximity to the university
| buildings.
| The George Washington University Canoe
| Club will give its third dance Wednesday,
| March 81. at 1917 r street northwest Adj
| mission will be by card only but invita-
| tions can be secured from Messrs j. r.
| Curl II. w. Houghton, Fl. 8. HILL c. p
Wilson, r. Davis, J. F. Brandenberg and
| s. F. Sherwood
| A colored girl of Washington, educated in
| the Washington schools and at Howard
| University, Is the first negro girl to take
| short hand notes by the authority of the
| Iowo court Miss Lila Sheffey Of Wash
| ington, d. c.. has been engaged in steno-
| graphic work for the past five years She
| is now in the employ of an Oskaloosa law
| firm and Is recording secretary of the Iowa
| Afro-American Federation of Womens
| Clubs and secretary of the Afro American
Council.