Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-10
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| Brown on her return. There We're 1900
| people present The general character
! fstic of the meeting was the thought OF
fitting the school to fit the children for
] modern life. Vocational and trade
| schools in the grades and the instruction
Of girls along domestic lines We're dis
| cussed at length
| The meeting was the first to be miss
| ed by Supt. Davidson in eighteen years.
| He was president last year. Although
| his duties kept him here he sent a teie-
gram of greeting and invited the organ
ization to meet here next year.
! Besides Miss Brown and Miss nj. L.
Given. principal of the Chevy Chase
| School. who represented the Washington
schools, there were present from this city
| DR.. p. p. ClaXton. United States com
missioner of cation. Dick Crosby OF
the Department of Agriculture. Fletcher
B. Dresslar. 4. {. Monahan, f. X. Moves,
William NJ. Peterson. William R. Rosen-
krans. Alex Summers, Dr. w. G. Rudi-
ger of George Washington University.
| and Harlan Tpdegraf. Former school
| officials of this city present included
Charles S. Clark. superintendent of sum-
| merville. Mass: DIR. George f. Myers.
principal Of the state normal school OF
i Pittsburgh. Kan, and P. M. Hughes.
superintendent of schools, Syracuse, NY.
The use of money by children was dis
cussed by members of the Chevy Chase
Home and School Association at a meet
ing held Friday evening. Judge William
Fl. De Lacey Of the Juvenile Court and
Mrs. Thomas f. Robertson led the dis
cuSsiOn.
The committee on enterta inment an
nounced an entertainment to be held April
Is and 10. Reports were also made by
the membership committee: the committee
on purchase of chairs. Eugene +. Stevens.
chairman: the legislative committee. Abb
bott E. Shoemaker chairman; decoration
,,.in ,o1
of the school. chairman, and luncheon
committee. James c. Ord, chairman.
| David Fairchild and others have volun-
teered to help in the decorative work at
the school. r. B. Marean, president of
the organization, presided.
A meeting of the directors Of the Wash
ington, D. c., High School Bank was held
Friday afternoon President Cooper gave
brief review OF the bank since its or
ganization last October and gave a state
ment of the profits. Mr.. Noetzel and Mr..
Freudberg. directors. discussed the bes;
methods Of getting in touch with pros
pective depositors, and Mr.. Allan Davis.
principal Of the school, gave talk on
the qualities most desired In the sue
cessful banker.
Miss Ruth Fitton, cashier. presented
her monthly statement. showing that the
present worth and net deposits of the
I bank amount to $3.051.57. The net de-
pOsits alone amount to $2.93S II. an in
crease for the month of more than $500.
The report of A. r. Finch. vice president
showed that the bank had more than 800
depositors. 400 of whom are pupils of
tie school,
Among the many boys from the Dis
trict of Columbia who are attending
the University of Pennsylvania are: II.
r. Chatfie}d, senior in architecture. and
B. w. Shircliff. sophomore in engineer
ing. both graduates of Technical High
School.
Rudolph SEE. a graduate of Central. is
champion chess player. being president
of the Chess Club of the university
Philip G. Gunion. Technical High. 1910
IS q sophomore in chemical engineering
and has been active in the social settle
ment work carried on by the university.
Milton ri. Fisher, graduate of Central
Is in the first year of chemistry Walter
Zirpel, a graduate of Technical High, is
at present on leave of absence from his
course in architecture
Because they felt so benefited by the
recent series of talks on First Aid
Treatment the members of the home
Slater School have petitioned DR.. l.. &.
Folkmar. through the supervising prn-
cipal Of the division. Miss NJ. p. Shadd,