Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-10

| - ~, AZ the late Prof. Joseph
| H. Daniel, music
| - teacher in the Dis
| trict public schools
| 60 . for more than forty
! | ez.-AA-4 years. Mr.. Daniel is
Frank e. Daniel. the youngest of the
high school principals in point Of service
! having been appointed to his present posi-
ton only last September.
| Mr.. Daniel attended the public schools
| Of Washington. graduating from the tech.
meal course at the Central High School In
%. He received the degrees B. s and A
NJ. from Dickinson College. Carlisle, Pa
in 1901. The first year after leaving col.
lege he taught mathematics at Eastern
High School, being transferred to the
Technical School the first year of its or
ganizatiOn. There he taught mathemat-
les. physics and chemistry He taught an
all-chemistry course at the school 1903
1904. In 1904-19O5 he was director OF
mathematics for the manual training
schools. but later, when the directors OF
that subject in both the high and manual
training schools We're combined, Mr.. Dan.
iel devoted his entire time to the teach
ing of the subject. He remained a mathe-
mates instructor until he assumed the
principalship of Tech
The greatest event at the school dur
ing Mr.. Daniels term as principal was
the opening of the new lunchroom where
Il variety of we'll cooked foods are serv-
ed the pupils on the school Premises.
Inc new annex was also opened under
the present administration.
Mr.. Daniel is married and has two chill
dren neither of whom are old enough
yet TO attend school. His wife. formerly
Miss Elina Lamb. is n lifetime resident
OF TINS city. being graduate of the
Normal School.
That the school year should be extend
ed over the entire twelve months OF the
year is a proposition which Is to he de-
bated by Eastern High School students
next Friday afternoon at the school The
affirmative will be supported 10y \. u.
Garman. Watson Davis and j. Reilly.
The supporters OF the negative of the
proposition are Miss Helen Mansuy. Miss
Elsie Clements and Albert Weber.
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y meeting of parents and teachers OF
the Brightwood and Brightwood Park
building "Wednesday for the organization
of a parent-teachers' association. Au-
dresses were made by stephen r..
Kramer. supervising principal of the di-
vision and Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter. -,uss
III. q. Nichols presided.
y committee to make arrangements for
the completion of the organization was
named. 1t included Mrs. J. E. Fowler,
Mrs NJ. p: Lynch and Miss II. G.
Nichols. Officers will be elected in the
near future. Misses Phoebe Lynch and
Lillian Jones sang several solos.
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The graduating class Of 1911 OF the
Business High School will present the
school with A safe for the new bank
Thursday. The safe weighs about 100
pounds.
The pros and cons of aviation will be
discussed by Capt. Paul Beck. aviator, at
Capt Beck will explain many of the
principles of aviation, including the
structure of various air craft.
Though the memories of the Thanks
giving holiday are hardly cold in the
minds of Washington's school popula ton,
thoughts of the Christmas holiday are
| sing rapidly.
The meeting OF the board OF education
Wednesday was replete with such
thoughts, apparently, shown by the
fact that three topics pertinent to 1t We're
Importance in the minds Of many,
especially the Juveniles. was the decision
to make the Friday preceding Christmas
a holiday. Then the money for the pur-
chase OF Christmas trees the kluQeT-
garten was appropriated and the sale of
Red Cross seals in some of the schools
was allowed.
. Preparations for the holidays are being
made at nearly all the high schools a
play is being arranged at Eastern High
Dramatic Society. At Mckinley Manual
Training School a literary and musical
program. of which most numbers will be
musical. however, is being made. Miss
- Vol a,,I fiCc, tb1-l Dol ~.
in charge of the arrangements at Busi-
ness High School A feature of this
program will be the singing Of several
old Scotch songs A play written by
some of the senior students is being re-
hearsed at Western High School.
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| The annual regimental dance of the
High School Cadets is being arranged
! by Col. II. Burton Lowe and his staff.
1t will be- he'd at the Arlington Hotel
| December 80 at $40 o'clock in the oven-
! ing.
Unusual interest In music is being dis
| played at the Mckinley Manual Training
! School. This is the first time formal
vocal music has been attempted. and per-
| haps never before In the history Of the
| school has such great activity been dis
played. Two glee clubs, one for the boys
and one for the girls, are being organ
lied and drilled under the direction of
! VI . ID MISS W.
! Sewall. The school orchestra, containing
| about twenty pieces, is making rapid
| progress under the leadership OF Lee
! Crandall. Music at all assemblies of
| pupils Is furnished by this body
| Next is the mixed chorus. When VOL
| Intecrs for this organization We're called
| about $50 girls and 40 boys responded
| Immediately lie Roy Burch assisted by
Miss Edith Athey, is In charge Of this
organization. Then forget not the root
| ers' band which held forth at the foot
| ball games and probably will again be
seen when the base ball season opens
| a series of lectures relating to geog-
| raphy have been given at the Business
High School during the last week by DR.
| Colyer Meriwether, an instructor at the
| school. The lectures are illustrated.
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| Chorus practice is being carried on reg
! ularly at Central High School. Joan of
, Arc" Is being learned now, but probably
| Will not be ready to be given in public
| for several weeks.
Cadet uniforms are being distributed.
and within the near future the COM
| panies will be able to appear fuIl-
| equipped. Good reports Of the cadet
| day
The Development OF the American
School SYSTEM" the third of a series
of lectures by Paul Monroe, PHI. d., was