Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-24
FOR V|CT0RS
Presentation of Trophies to
High School Marksmen.
WON AT RECENT TOURNEY
Secretary Dickinson of War De.
partment Makes Address.
GREETED WITH ENTHUSIASM
Event of Interest to Young Rifle
men at Western Building.
Prominent Spectators.

There was marked enthusiasm among
the pupils of the Western High School
shortly after IL o'clock today when Sec
rotary of War Dickinson arose in their
assembly hall to congratulate the school
upon the excellent shooting done by the
Western team in the recent rife shooting
tournament at the range of the National
Guard of the District. The presentation
of trophies and prizes took place today
and the exercises were held in the West
'ern High School building because West
ern won the greatest number of prizes,
including the champion cup for the
school team.
Capt. James F. Oyster, president of the
board Of education. presided at the exer-
cises. After brief address he introduced
Secretary Dickinson, whose speech was
received with prolonged applause.
Presentation of Trophies.
The Secretary of War presented to W.
G. Wells, of the Mckinley Manual Train
ing School, the cup donated by himself
to the schoolboy of the District of CO.
lumbia making the highest aggregate
scores in the tournament.
William F. GUIDE. president of the
Washington Chamber of Commerce,
awarded 10 y. M. MARX VI the Sefllidl
High School the medal given by the
chamber to the winner of the individual
schoolboy championship Of the District
The championship cup to the West
ern High School rifle team was presented
by Gen. James A. Drain. president of the
National Rifle Association of America.
He also gave medals to the individual
members of the team and presented the
Kaufman" cup to the principal Of the
school.
T,a ,roeapto+;on re +,. cbon,n;opSb;n
cup to the Western team was the signal
for tremendous applause from the pupils
of the school. the winning team coming
in for vociferous cheers. The demonstra-
ton was repeated when. few minutes
afterward. Brig. Gen. William Crozier.
chief of ordnance. L. S. A.. presented the
"Hibbs'' cup to the team of Company Fl.
winners of the intercompany champion
ship of the High School Cadet Regiment
Each member Of the team received a med
al. Gen. Crozier also presented to Lieut..
p. Richmond of the cadet corps the Gen.
Oliver medal for making the HIGHEST
score among the members of the cadet
regiment.
All Schools Represented.
The assembly hall of the school was
crowded with pupils and teachers. Each
Of the other high schools was represented
by individual prize-winners or teams, and
school colors, school spirit and school RI
valry were much in evidence. All of the
addresses dwelt on the subject of rifle
shooting. The speeches of the distin-
guished men and the applause which
greeted the various prize winners seemed
to arouse the ambitions of all the boys to
become good marksmen. From the stand
point of arousing interest in rifle practice
the recent school-boy tournament was
declared by all to have been a great sue
cess.
Those who accompanied the Secretary
of War to the Western High School
were A. T. Stuart. superintendent Of
schools; Percy M. Hughes, assistant SUI
perintendent; Col. Burton c. Ross, COM
mandant of the high school cadet corps;
Lieut.. Col. James f. Bell, N. G., D. c.; D..
J. Kaufman; Capt. Harry C. lay U. s..
NJ. c., and Lieut. Albert s. Jones, secre-
tary of the National Rifle Association.