The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-03

DR.. Davidson entertained C. G. Pearse,
president of the National Educational
Association, while en- route to Raleigh,
N. c.. where Mr.. Pearse delivered a lee
ture before the State Educational Insti-
tute. Prof. Claxton, Commissioner of Ed
ucation, Joined the other two distin-
guished educators at dinner at the
Cosmos Club. DR.. Davidson's daughter
and a fellow-student from Vassar are
with DIR. and Mrs. Davidson for the
weekend Thanksgiving celebration.
The clerical force Of the board Of edu-
| cation received checks for November on
Friday. It is probable that the teachers
checks will be ready for distribution
early in the coming week.
Thanksgiving, with a spirit of giving,
has pervaded all of the schools during
the past week. Small envelopes, to con-
tain a voluntary offering, were distributed
throughout the public schools on Mon
day. This year the aggregate collection
was unusually large, and will be turned
over to the Associated Charities to pur-
chase shoes and clothing for children
who would otherwise be deprived OF the
privilege Of attending school warmly and
properly clad.
last Wednesday afternoon the little peo-
pie from the lower grades played the
drama of the first Thanksgiving. With
very little assistance from the zyoung
ladies and instructors, these children
develop the play themselves. From the
voluntary exile of the Puritans In Hol-
land to the loaded Thanksgiving table in
old Plymouth, the play never Jagged in
interest Costumed for the part and
| l.-gNN lee ant q
each child became representative OF
what is technically known as unit In
history"
At chapel exercises at Central High
the day preceding Thanksgiving Prof.
Ernest Lent gave Chopin's nocturne,
"Gavotte," by Pepper. and Schumann's
ever-beautiful ''Traumerei."
Many of the teachers of Takoma
School last Saturday attended an art ex-
hibit at the residence Of Miss MacQueen
in Forest Glen, Nd.
An effort is being made by Miss Sipe
and some of the senior normal class to
establish a camp somewhere on the Vir-
GINA bank Of the river and within
scent car fare OF the city, where bird
and flower specimens may be collected
ana CdreQ IOr. Inc lOed 10 luz a OiS-
room bungalow, with sufficient ground
for the cultivation of vegetables and
plants used in the study Of botany. 1t
will also serve as an objective point for
the girls cross-country walks.
Preparations are being made in the
English. musical, and athletic depart
ments of Business High for joint ex-
hibition the week before the Christmas
= he ri nf hn
school, each department contributes to
the knowledge gained in others. This
time 1t will be a Scotch day" Scotch
ballads, Scotch dances, and Scotch songs
will delight the lovers of the bonnie
land Of Burns"
Central High School chorus is work !
ing hard at its rehearsaIs or Gaurs can
tata, Joan of Arc" Four of the
choruses have been pretty well mastered |
under the direction of Mr.. Hoover. and |
he has decided to select the soloists from |
among the chorus body rather than en- |
ploy outside talent
The new West School, in SauIs subdi- |
vision, will be formally opened during
the coming week. Both the West and I
the new Cleveland building, at Eighth /
and T streets, have double stairways
leading to the tiled roof, which is in
closed as a roof garden, and will be used |
for open-air physical culture exercises.
On account of the crowded condition of
the Petworth School, the board of educa-
ton has rented the premises at SS7
Shepherd street. adjoining the school,
for the use of the kindergarten and third
grade, which heretofore have been obliged
to meet in the basement
Two night school cooking classes are
in full swing at Takoma Park, one meet
ing Monday and one Wednesday evening
at 7:30 o'clock. The classes are unusu-
ally large, aggregating about ffty-four
women.
The Alumni Association of Eastern
High will hold its reunion at the school
on the evening of December %. Mr..
Bennett Clark is president of the alumni
Under the chaperonage Of one of their
teachers, twenty young juniors Of the
Normal School gave a hop at the hall Of I
the Chevy Chase Library last Friday
evening.
The Home and School Association Of
the FrankIin-Thomson Schools will hold
its second meeting December II at p.
m, in Thomson Assembly Hall. A short
musical programme will precede the main
address of the evening, which is to be
made by DIR. Davidson. Mr.. w. B. Pat
terson, supervising principal of the
Fouth division, will preside and also
address the gathering. Refreshments will
be served.
DR.. J. c. Tappan addressed the Mothers
Club of the Thomson School, and DR..
Elnora Cuddeback-FeIkmar the students |
and mothers of Normal School No. 2 at
Sumner School last Monday. On Tuesday
DR.. Julia Hall spoke on Simple treat