The Washington herald., 1912-12-22

school year for 1872 on Friday last; play.
| gladness. mirth, and good cheer closed
year of progress, peace, and true de-
velopment. A happy, healthy spirit of
Christmas has filled every nook and cor
ner Of every school building In the city;
while the pungent Odor OF pine and spruce
! with glistening trees and stockings filled
| to overlooking with toys and goodies"
has brought joyous holiday season into
the life Of every child in the schools.
In tho kindergartens and most Of the
lowe grades, a tree filled with toys and
pres, nts was the central object of inter
est. The presents were often the work
OF the children, done in the schoolroom
| and designed as gifts for parents. In the
| upper grades. musical festivals and sea
sonable plays were the order of the day.
| The high schools, in some cases, gave
pretentious evening entertainments before
| large audiences.
Many Of the teachers have taken adj
vantage Of the long vacation for taking
brief out-Of-town trip. Miss Edith {.
Westcott principal of Western High
School, has gone to Chicago; Mrs. HoiGels-
| berger vice principal of Central. will visit
in New York. as will Miss, ). +. Simons,
| head OF the English department in high
]
TO her home in Fitchburg. Mass; Miss
| Glenn w. Orr to Westhaven, Conn, and
Miss Weber to Petersburg. Va.
The Climax Scene" from William
I TclT' was cIeverly rendered In the orig
inal language by the German classes Of
Central High School last Wednesday.
Pupils Bank" Of Business High School
closed December q and will not reopen
| until January 3 The deposits Of the bank
have been only slightly affected by the
holiday trade. At the next directors
| meeting. January TO- the legal aspect of a
bank will be discussed by a prominent
member of the local bar.
Company D. Of Tech. will entertain at
an Officers dance at Mrs. Dyer's, on
| the evening OF January 10.
IntercIty rifle matches will begin i'm
medIately after the holidays. These
matches are held under the management
OF the Interscholastic Rife Association
Of the District OF Columbia. The forge
shop at Tech has just completed a fine
target for the use Of its rife team. A
bullet passing through the target strikes
heavy plate OF steel and Is DETECTED
into a box filled with sawdust.
The CycIopaedia of Education, by Paul
Monroe, Phi. D, professor of the history
OF education in the Teachers College Of
Columbia University. has been added to
the library at the Franklin Building. Miss
Goetz, the librarian. reports that many
new volumes will be added during jan
uary.
Girls basketball team OF Central will
play four outside games during January.
Isf-V. hat eli vi
teams Of Madeira School HoltOn Arms,
British Academy. and put up their best
showing against Epiphany, at whose
hands they have suffered defeat in two
recent games
Examinations for teachers positions
were held at the Franklin Building last
Thursday and Friday. Fourteen white
applicants took the examinations for
high schools and special departments in
the grades: twenty-three colored appli-
Cants entered the examinations for posi-
tons in high and vocational schools.
Officials and teachers were paid half
OF their salaries for December on Thurs
day.
Chief Wilkie. Of the customs service
will be the leading speaker at the Nc
Kinlev Alumni Association reunion to-
morrow evening. There will be a choice
musical programme. with dancing and re-
freshments at the colse OF the evening.
J. Bond Smith is president of the asso-
citation.
Balance Sheet. the school paper Of
Business High School. came out Friday.
Accompanying it. as a Christmas favor.
was a poster II by - inches. in the
school colors, blue and gold. represent
ing basketball player in action.
a typical pupils are trained in many
kinds of hand work such as carpentry,
pottery. weaving and basketry. and the
domestic arts of cooking and sewing. At
Christmas time they show their skill IN
cookery by preparing q holiday dinner
with all the ''fixings," to which they in
wife their friends. In all Of the atypical
schools boys and girls ranging from five
to fifteen years of age cooked and served
a genuine turkey dinner for their guests
on Friday.
The College Club gave a dance. at
tended by 200 invited guests. in the
gym Of Business High School last
Tuesday evening. The affairA was chap
eroned by members of the faculty and
the school orchestra furnished the music.
Seniors at Tech forgot their years and
dignity last Friday, when they gathered
around a huge tree loaded with Joke
presents for the faculty and members of
the graduating class. They maintain a
clannish reticence as to the nature of
the individual presents and refuse to
allow list OF them to be published.
At the meeting of the Child's Welfare
Association of Anacostia last week. DR..
w. c. Woodward, of the Health Depart
ment, delivered an address on The
Health Of the Child" Miss AIys Bentley
sang a number OF childrens songs.
Western High School gave two per-
formances of the Countess Cathlcen."
dress rehearsal. on Wednesday, which
drew a capacity audience. and an even
ing performance on Friday. The deco
rstions were seasonable and artistic and
the work of the young amateurs almost
professional.
The second number Of The Fastener
was issued Friday.
JEFFERSON School mothers meeting was
held on Wednesday. and addressed by
DR.. Ada r. Thomas on the Habits of
Little Children" and by DR.. II. Louise
Strobel on Nose and Throat Ailments"
The meeting was attended by all Of the