Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-08

- HRISTMAS entertainments and
alumni reunions are being ar
ranged in the schools. Only two
~ weeks more-ten school days
remain before the Christmas
holidays begin, although Christmas day
is five days after the closing of the
schools.
Eastern High School Alumni Associa-
ton will hold its annual reunion at the
school the evening of December 80 ac-
cording to plans made by the executive
committee of the association Tuesday.
The Christmas play, which is to be given
by pupils of the school as feature of
the closing day. will be repeated at the
reunion. A brief program of addresses
and musical numbers will also be given
Business High Schools foot ball team
will be banqueted Tuesday evening. DR..
W. M Davidson, superintendent of pub
lie schools: Henry p. Blair and Mrs.
Edith Kingman Kern have been invited
to speak at the celebration. Several
members of the team and faculty will
also make brief addresses.
Pupils of Western High School met
Wednesday to take the first steps IN
forming a debating society. Officers will
probably be elected during the ensuing
week.
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E.. d. Call spoke on the abolition of war
and the establishment of permanent
peace at Eastern High School Monday.
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The season of dances is open. The
first battalion dance was held at the
Arcade Friday evening. Westerns two
companies will hold joint dance at the
school next Saturday. Company 1 has
arranged to give dance at the Cairo
December -.
Techs foot ball supper will probably
be held Thursday, although arrange
ments have not yet been completed.
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alcohol in Everyday Life formed the
subject of an address by Miss Wills at
Central High School one day this week.
She told of the effect of alcohol on eff
ficiency, citing several examples to show
that alcohol has a bad effect. She said
that many of the mountain climbers in
Switzerland had been found able to do
more work without the use of the stimu-
liant than with it.
Mrs. Won Bayer and Robert Lorlebeig
gave a piano and cello concert at West
ern High School Wednesday.
spreading the News is the title of
the play which Eastern High School pu-
pills will give for the Christmas holidays.
The play was selected at a meeting Of
the Eastern High School Dramatic AS
socia ton held Tuesday.
Members Of the executive committee of
the Business High School Alumni Asso-
citation held meeting at the school We'd
nesday.
Hand and Mind" the official publica-
ton of Mckinley Manual Training School,
was issued this week.
Among the visitors in the schools this
week were n. D. Cram, former super
vising principal here, who now works
for a large book publishing house. and
Supervisor Blocker of the manual train
ing department of the public schools of
Kansas City, Mo-
Mr.. Blocker visited the Mckinley Man
ual Training School. the manual training
department of the Berret School and the
vocational school in Georgetown. John
A. Chamberlain director of manual train
ing in the schools of this city, accom-
panied Mr.. Blocker.
Christmas music is being practiced by
Western High School boys and girls.
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"Office Systems will be described by
Frank c. Roach to the upper classmen
or Business High School Thursday. The
lecture was to have been given last week,
but had to be postponed because the
slides illustrating it did not arrive.
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Eastern High School Camp Fire Girls
took hike along the canal from
Chain bridge to Sycamore Island this
week. They carried their lunch with
them. took short ride on a canal boat,
and it is said, had grand time
FIVE hundred persons were present at
a Special meeting held for the narents of