Evening star., 1912-11-17

the Emerson College of Oratory, Boston,
Mass, gave the first of series OF lee
lures and readings to the teachers OF the
colored public schools of this city at the
NJ Street High School Thursday evening.
His subject was 1.-The Cardinal King"
Dr. Herman Harrell Horne will lecture
December ;, at $50 pm, on subject
to be announced later, Charles r. IN
s pm. Preparations are being made for
lectures on the Montessori method of
teaching and on eugenics. Miss Julia
Lathrop of the bureau of children's well
secured as lecturers. The subjects and
dates of their lectures. have not yet been
selected. All lectures will be at the NJ
Street High School.
Officers of the Ambush Home and
School Association were elected at the
annual business meeting, held at the
school Friday evening. They are:
President, Rev. Joseph Matthews: vice
president, Miss A. Y. Shorter. principal
Of the school; secretary, Mrs L. AL
LEM. treasurer. Mrs. Susie BraxtOn,
"Oral Hygiene" was discussed by DR..
]. E. Washington. Rev. j. II. Randolph
also spoke. Miss Ida Ball and Mr..
Barber gave solos. and Nine. Anna
Slade recited. ]. E. Walker. supervis-
ing principal of the thirteenth division,
and Miss L F. G. Merritt, assistant di-
rector of primary work, were among
the guests. Refreshments were served
by the girls of the seventh grade.
Follos-ing the program informal talks
were held between the parents and the
teachers.
DIR. Charles II. Marshall. a new mem
Der Of the board of education. was the
principal speaker at the initial meet
ing of the season of the Briggs Home
halI at "a
school Friday evening. DIR. Marshall
was introduced by Mrs. NJ J. Richard
son. Miss Il. f. Wilson. president of
the association. made brief address of
welcome. and musical numbers were
furnished by Mrs. Lena Ware, Misses
Nettie Murray and Willie NJ. Bacon
and Messrs. Tyson, Brown and Joice.
Several informal talks were made by
parents
Nearly two-thirds of the American pub
lie school enrolment is in the rural
schools.
The largest public school building in
Europe Is the new continuation school
in Vienna.
Home economics is to be made COM
pulsory in the primary schools of Sake
Weimar Germany
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The educational expenditure for Scot
land for the past fiscal year was S1S,3O0,-
GO, of which $4,000 was for continual
ton schools.
An Investigation of the PrusSian schools
shows that an average of 16 per cent of
the pupils evade the prescribed physical
exercises by physicians certificates of
other means.
A travelling school of domestic science
has been instituted in the department of
Yonne. France. The school will make a
where an attendance of fifteen is guar
snteed. Similar itinerant schools for do
mestic science exist in Ireland.
Some of the exciting experiences of
teachers and others in service in Alaska
are told in recent reports received by
the United States bureau of education.
One of the most interesting reports de-
scribes the eruption of Matmai volcano.
in western Alaska, which destroyed a
native village and buried the country for
a hundred miles around in volcanic ash.
Three feet of pumice covered the ground
where the village of katmai formerly
stood, and the natives had to flee for
their lives. They were eventually res
cued by the United States revenue cut
ter Manning and taken to new site on
Ivanoff bay, where the government has
set them up in housekeeping. A school
will probably be established in the new
village.
Foot ball is forbidden in the schools
Of Bavaria by recent decree.