Evening star., 1912-11-24


school DAYS will be cut nearly
in half and all activities VIII
have 10 be held the first three
days
Of course there is a great deal for
which th., bows and girls of the schools
are thankful this year. Among other
things are pointed ont the two days extra
holiday at christmas time. the sood
weather that has 50 far prevailed, ano II
has also been pointed out that lew
may be thankful for the several weeks
left before the close Of the first semester
weeks in which lost time may be mace
up.
Miss Helen Lockwood was chosen pres
ident. Samuel Leonard was selected "a
secretary and Herbert Shinn was eleCteu
treasurer OF the Eastern High Scnooi
Dramatic Association at a meeting Le.u
Wednesday. The new officers expect 70
keep the club up to the standard Sc iaS'
year and. if possible, TO improve y.
Members of the program colhlirt'ee
were chosen from the several years. Inc!
are by classes: Fourth year MISS rlol
ence Little and Ralph osle; third year
Miss Catherine Jarboe and Theodore
chisholm; second year. Miss Ruth sna"
and RAYMOND Clark, and first year. MISS
Mary Hunt
enthusiastic ala the SlTlS -
High school become over the new rlne
club for girls that the membership had TO
be limited to members of tne eehloi
classes Of the two-year and four-year
courses As il Is the CLUB mas meilper-
ship Of nearly fifty members. all reporting
regularly for practice under the leader
ship Of Miss Elizabeth B- Baldwin OF the
faculty.
afternoon are: President, Miss y Mel
son: secretary. Miss III. CN>vsllils' treas
urer Miss Hilda Clarke, and team cap
tain. Miss Ida Cannon
4 'sllbtarget'' has been installed IN the
shooting gallery at the school. rms TAR
get is used without cartridges, me-
rhanfcally recording on the small target
where the bullet would have hit had one
been shot This is a considerable saving
Of ammunition.
As soon as the girls become proficient in
the art of rifle shooting it is probable
that a match will be held between them
and the boys club
Seniors of Central High School tender
ed feed to the foot ball team OF tne
school last night. Following TINS the
hosts and their guests went 10 the as
senlhly hall where a celebration was held
by all the pupils of the school
Charles f. Reed. national secretary of
the Esperanto League, delivered an ad-
dress TO the pupils of Mckinley Manual
Training School Tuesday, telling them of
many instances in which his knowledge
of the artificial language had helped him
while travelling in foreign countries Al
though Tech has Esperanto aSSocla-
ton as a school several of its pupils are
members of associations devoted to the
study of the language.
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Fire drills are being kept up regularly
in the schools. Not only are the pupils
trained To leave their classrooms in prop
er order when the alarm is sounded. but
experiments have also been made recent
~ in having them leave the school from
the assembly halls or while passing along
the corridors. The value of this practice
in preparing for fires has been shown in
numerous instances when small fires have
broken out in the schools.
Capt James F. Oyster president of the
board of education. will be the principal
speaker al a meeting of the Toner-Grant
Home and School Association to be held
at the Toner School Tuesday evening:
Mrs. Edith klngman Kern. president or
the association, will preside. probably for
the last time she expects to resign
in the near future.
Officers of the February graduating
class of the Central High School have
been elected as follows: President, Chaun-
cey Winstead; vice president. Miss Theo-
dosia ID. Seibold: secretary, Miss Marion
Nichols: treasurer Wilson Navin; execu-
tive committee Misses Gertrude Brown,
Airline Pollock. Helen Camp, Florence
Thiele and Katherine Kali; prophet, Miss
Mildred Darrah: poet. Miss Grace War
ing: valedictorian. Miss Dorothy Thomp
son, and historian, Miss Marion Ogden.
Dr W. c. Woodward. District health
officer was the principal speaker at a
recent meeting of the Eastern High
School Home and School Association. DR..
Woodward spoke on the recent exhibition
of the hygiene and demography congress
held here and its significance for educa-
zion.
NapoIeon's life formed the subject of
an address by ID. A. Edwards. president
of the Federation of Citizens Associa-
tions, at Business High School Thursday
The pupils appeared very interested
Mr. Edwards recital of how Napoleon
had risen and then fallen.
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Several pictures made by the pupils of
the Mckinley Manual Training School
have just been put in the office of the
schools principal, Frank g. Daniel. Part
of the pictures are Of birds and part are
OF buildings. They are pretty and aid I'm
lending an air of ''homeliness" to the
office.
Allan Davis. principal Of the Business
High School, intends to attend the COM
rnercial congress of the meeting of the
Association Of Colleges and Preparatory
Schools of the Middle States and Mary
land. to be held in Philadelphia Novem-
Der - and - under the auspices of the
University of Pennsylvania Mr. Davis
possibly viii be the only school official
attending the meeting from this city
Central High Schools seal will form
the design OF the class pin of the senior
c.ass of that school according 10 a deci
sion just reached by the class
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Several Business High School nunils
nave organized an orchestra Althonph
the school had one last year ii was more
or less OF an impromptu organization
while the present bids fair to be perma-
nent. It's leader is pupil in the first
semester Thomas W. Bradford The
musicians probably will be used at
numerous school functions during the
year.
Election of officers of the senior class
If Eastern High School. held Friday aft
ernoon. resulted as follows: President
chester Eakle. vice president Miss Helen
Mansuy; secretary, Miss Katharine
kalbfus; treasurer. John Hughes: chair
man of pin committee Herbert Shinn:
other members of the committee Miss
Mae Iull, Miss Louise Weiss and Hawley
smith
Work IN the various grades and courses
was Illustrated before gathering of mar
ents of pupils of the Arthur School Fri
day afternoon. Recitations and school