Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-18

respectively. Western has about fift,
boys interested in rife shooting. but be-
cause of having only a few guns avail.
| able for their practice can send only
about a dozen to participate in thu
matches. Miss Westcott expects to have
range installed IN the spring.
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Business High School graduating class
of next June has elected the following
officers: President, Francis H. Wander.
werker; vice president, Miss Ethel M
Copes: secretary. Miss Lois l. Harring.
ton; treasurer. Clifford g. Hines; execu
| tive committee, Misses Viola M. Bailey
: and Ruth NJ. Fitton, Leon F. Cooper and
| Irwin T. Frank.
Manufacturing should not be encour.
aged nor extended in Washington accord
| ing to the outcome of debate be-
tween members of the Daniel Webster
Club of Business, held Friday afternoon
The winning team consisted Of r. Ehr-
| mantraut, D. Widmayer, l.. Freudberg
George Schweinhaut and c. Shipley. The
affirmative of the proposition was sup
ported by II. Vanderbilt, l.. Bruce, H.
Schulters and Misses ]. Lennon. Cora
Kelley, Violet Auffort and l. Clark. H
Schulters and l.. Freudberg received hon.
orable mention.
Miss I. Clark gave an extemporaneous
talk on methods of increasing the attend
| ance Of the meetings of the club. The
Prophet one of the clubs papers, was
read by its editor, l.. Bruce.
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The following communication has been
received by The Star:
To the Editor Of The Star:
AS betook myself to school this morn
ing it was with a feeling of trepidation
as to the effect of the st. Valentine cele-
bration upon the minds of my little pu-
pills. 1t takes SO little to divert Child
attention from the daily task, which to 1t
| must, indeed, seem formidable. So be-
gan to conjure up some way by which
even little Cupid and good ST. Valentine
might be made to contribute to the bene-
! fit, as well as to the pleasure, OF the chill
dren.
For two days a large, square box. orna-
mented with hearts Of various sizes, and
bearing upon a large heart, which served
| as q covering to an opening in the front
Of the box, the significant word, "letters. :"
| had stood upon the center of a table In
the room. This box had been made by
| the smallest boy in the class. and 1t was
at his request that the exchange OF val
| entines was permitted. Already 1t con-
| tanned many miSsiveS, dropped In at re-
| cesSes by the pupils.
Lessons seemed far removed from the
| minds of my little pupils as they re-
| luctantly took their seats when the 9
| o'clock bell rang. On all sides there was
the excitement, which was with much
difficulty suppressed. Who could blame
the little ones that their hearts were
overlooking with interest in the pretty
| valentines and in their kindly feelings
toward each other! I knew that they
thought only Of the joy Of the moment,
knowing nothing of the origin Of the
| valentine or OF the good old saint for
! whom it was named.
| During the ten minutes which are
| al OF
| them briefly the story of the dear old
man whose heart was full Of love for
| everybody. especially those who were In
| distress. and who. when he was no longer
| able to go about upon his errands of love
and Kindness, wrote sweet, comforting
| letters to cheer sOrrowful hearts and
| make them happy. 1t was thus easy
| for them to see how letters Of love and
good will soon came to be called yalen-