The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-02-24
AMONG EDUCATORS.

ANIOINO EOOOA 1ONOs
A T. Stuart. superintendent: Stephen
E. Kramer, director of the intermediate
instruction. and Miss E. V. Brown. super
visor OF primary departments OF the
public schools OF the District, are attend
ing this week in Chicago the convention
Of the division OF superintendent OF the
National Educational Association. which
met in that city yesterday.
A paper by DIT. Willard S. Small. prin-
cipaI OF the Eastern High School, on
The health Of teachers" viii be read
at the meeting to-day. DR.. Small was
unable to attend the convention
Miss Brown and Mr. Kramer have been
granted an extended leave that they may
study the methods OF instruction IN
schools OF the West. particularly in St
Louis.
The installation OF Rev. Thomas J
Shahsn, 6. T. D.. J. [. l.. as provisional
rector Of the Catholic University OF
America, vii take place in the assembly
hall Of Mcmahon Hall at that university
tomorrow. Cardinal Gibbons. chancellor
OF the university. VIII preside Mgr
DiOmede Falconio. the apostolic delegate.
will be present The entire student bodies
OF the university and Of the affiliated col
leges. and the faculties Of these institu-
tons VIII attend A few invitations have
been issued 10 the local clergy and the
close friends Of the new Official. Or.
Shahsn. and the retiring rector. Bishop
O'Conneu
The academic reception will be followed
by a banquet served to the faculty and
presidents OF the colleges and several
other guests.
The address by Gov. Charles z. Hughes.
Of New York. the reception IN his honor
which followed, the bestowal OF academic
and honorary degrees. and the reading OF
President Booseyelts letter. wherein he
acknowledged the honor conferred upon
him. were features of the winter convoca-
ton that viii make February D 1868
memorable IN the annals Of George Wash
inEton University.
The reception IN honor OF President
Needham and his distinguished New York
guest by the Columbian Womans Society
OF George Washington University was
characterized by that enjoyment and sue
cess which have ever attended the func-
tons given under the auspices OF that
society.
The first inter-high school debate will
be held Friday afternoon In the assembly
hall Of Business High School. Central
High School VIII uphold the Affirmative
q the wOmaa's suffrage question The
negative side Of the argument VIII be
sustained by Technical High
Allan Davis, principal OF Business High
School. VIII preside. The disputants for
Central High are Sarah Koenlgsberger,
Gordon SlarTOw. and Milton kaufman;
alternate. George H0dgkins.
Technical viii be represented BY Rod
ney Smith, Alvin Brown. and Ralph Ben
ton. alternate. Ale jeffrey. The judges
have not been named.
Because one Of the debaters from Cen
trail High is Of the gentler sex. the out
come OF this debate on woman's suffrage
viii be watched with keen interest
Rev. T. z. Shields. Pm. D.. professor OF
physiology and psychology. Catholic INF
versity OF America, addressed the pupils
Of Immaculate Monday afternoon Dr..
Shields spoke on Reading" the benefits
that accrue from proper reading, and the
necessity Of cultivsting IN youth a taste
for good literature.
Miss Frances Ray and Mss Grace
Linck. Of California, Joined the student
body Of Immaculate this week.
The current issue OF The Review. issued
by Central High School. has for its
frontispiece q picture Of MAJ Spencer
Cosby. L. s. A, accompanying an in
teresting synopsis OF the life Of the new
Engineer Commissioner MAI Cosby was
a graduate OF the Washington High
School in the class OF ISIS. He was trans
ferred from the post Of engineer in charge
Of the public works in and around Wash
ington December 80, I91S, and appointed
20 succeed Maj. Jay J. Morrow as Engi-
neer Commissioner Of the District OF Co
lumbia-
The new Commissioner early assocIa-
ton with the Washington High School IS
entertainingiy related IN the Review. as
follows:
The class Of 1SS5 entered the Wash
ingtOn High School just after the new
building now forming the main wing Of
the present Central High School building.
was opened. According TO Mai Cosby's
recollection, the building was then con-
sidered one OF the finest in the country.
and he expressed himself as rather
amused By the plea for a new building
in the Christmas Review, saying he
scarcely felt himself old enough for the
building TO have become unfit for proper
1se during The seemingly short tina
since he left school. The High School
Cadets were organized during the year
that Mai Cosby entered the school. The
corps was very popular among the boys.
though, on account Of the small size Of
the schOol-the enrolment was a little
more than 4oo-only two companies were
organized
Maj. Cosby was very anxious 10 enter
one Of the companies during his first year.
but there was a regulation that no one
under FIVE feet two inches IN height