Evening star., 1912-11-17
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teacher of that city, and Mrs. Bond of
Jackson. Tenn

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Students of Tech are striving for tn
honors which are announced half yearly
At Business a large number are work
ing for the "B's'' which are given TO
general efficiency, business ability ant
other qualifications.
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Democrats, republicans and progress
sives are all represented in the "Hous
of Representatives which is in session
at Central High School this year. Thi
body. which was formed primarily fo
debating. alternates it's meetings witt
the regular debating society of thu
school. Its Representatives" are chosel
from the several sections.
The first number of the Fastener
Eastern's official publication, was issued
Friday afternoon.
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Books for boys and girls will soon be
placed on exhibition at the public library
best adapted to boys and girls of various
ages and will be valuable aid for those
who wish to give books for Christmas.
Fire Prevention day." observed in the
schools Friday, was an innovation which
will undoubtedly be observed annually in
the future, as it met with city-wtde ap-
prOyal.
Exercises of varied nature were held
In all the schools. from the kindergartens
and the graded schools up through the
high and normal schools Addresses We're
made at large number of the schools.
together with practical demonstra tions IN
putting out fires. and illustrations Of OF
giving first aid to persons injured in
fires. while in some schools the pupils
were shown how to start a fire in the
correct manner. All of the schools held
fire drills
Chief F. J. Wagner of the fire depart
ment Of the District spoke before the
pupils of the Grover Cleveland, Harrison.
Henry and Polk schools. Capt. T.
OConnor, Capt. P. D. Martin, Capt. W.
f. Lanahan and Capt. c. f. Hooper all
of the fire department, spoke at the other
schools.
Children of the first and second grades
of the Benning School visited fire en-
gine house, chemical No. I, at Benning
morning, where they saw how
quickly the company could prepare for
action.
Stereopticon views Of forest fires were
shown to the children of the Franklin
and Thomson schools at Normal School
No. / by Miss Susan b. Sipe.
Fire prevention was taken up by the
several classes at Business High School,
stand the fire problem from various
angles. In the geography classes the
pupils were taught the necessity of con-
serving natural resources and how fire in
jures these resources; in the physics and
chemistry classes they learned about
and fire extinguishers and in
law they learned Of the legal phases con-
nected with fires, while in the arithmetic
classes they learned about fire insur-
ance. One of the most interesting phases
of the discussion taken up was that in the
biological classes, where the pupils
cd ha
and animal life.
The necessity of fire prevention was
taken up by Gov. Eugene n. F'oss of
in his recent proclama-
ton for state fire day. He declared
that '.our fire losses per capita are stat
ed to be eight times as great as the
average in European countries and four
teen times as great as the per capita
fire loss in Germany. Moreover, our an
nual per capita loss is increasing in a
very rapid ratio
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Memorial services for the late Isaac
Fairbrother. for many years a supervis-
ing principal In the Washington schools
and for the late George F. T. Cook
superintendent of colored schools for
many years, will be held Tuesday even
ing. The exercises for the former will
be held at the Church of Our Father.
while the services for the latter will be
held at the Fifteenth Street PRESBYTERIAN
Church, bOtn Delng neld at O'CLOCK.
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Because the draughts in the new boil
ers at Tech are not sufficient at present,
a twenty-foot addition will soon be
placed on the smokestack of the school.
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Officials of the Washington High School
Bank, conducted by the pupils of Busi-
ness, are considering ways and means
by which they may prevent a run on
the bank just before Christmas. Last
year the number Of pupils who withdrew
money for Christmas was comparatively
small and the bank had large balance
when the Christmas holidays were ended.
Efforts will also be made to have the
pupils deposit the gift money they re-
ceive.
The restriction of children to attending
motion picture shows and going skating
only one night a week, Friday, was
urged by Mrs. Caroline w. Harris,
member of the board of education. at
meeting of the Bell School Parents AS
sociation, held Thursday. Plans were
made to put Mrs. Harris suggestions into
effect J. Z. Walker. supervising princi-
pal Of the thirteenth division, presided.
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Roscoe c. Bruce, assistant superin-
tendent Of colored schools, is to speak
on 1.-THE Making of Man" at the Fiji
teenth Street Presbyterian Church to-
night Although the meeting Is not re-
lated to the schools he will undoubtedly
tell of the work they do in making men.
Henry Lawrence Southwick, dean OF