Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-11
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High School gave their sections indi-
vidual talks.
A meeting of the graduating class OF
Normal School. No. IS to be held the
latter part Of this month. No decision
has yet been reached by 1t as to
what sort of class night exercises shall
be given. Many want elaborate exercises
like those last year. while others
want simple exercises to which only the
families Of the students shall be invited.
Officers of the class have been chosen
as follows: President, Miss Lois Meek;
vice president. Miss Margaret Bell; secre-
tary. Miss Laura Vessels: treasurer,
Miss Alberta Thorn; pin committee, Miss
Martha Browning, chairman; Misses Mil
dred Tegeler, Helen Crossley and Rose
mary Wright. and class night committee.
Miss Jessie Wiler, chairman; Misses
Natalie Further and Nell Stockett.
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A mock athletic meet was the feature
OF a social given by junior students of
Mckinley Manual Training School to
some of their classmates Friday evening
at the school, Relay races. marshmallow
ing events were included in the enter
tainment The committee in charge con-
sisted of Miss D. Whitney, r. Edwards,
E. Blau and 4. F. Collier.
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An extemporaneous talk on THE Good
OF Debating" was given by Miss Cora
Kelley at a meeting of the Daniel Web
ster Club of the Business High School
Friday afternoon. The Prophet. one of the
CLUBS papers, was also read by its editor,
l.. Freuburg.
A spirited debate was held on the prop
osftion that labor unions as now con-
Quoted are detrimental to the best inter-
estS of the country. The affirmative
won unanimously, being represented by
Miss Julia Lennon and George Schwein-
mt kp;r- t,Sv
II. Bruce, Miss Neihus and II. Wander
lip. Fey Lucus. Miss Violet Auffort and
Miss Louise Clark were the judges.
Favorable reports were received from
Two new members were elected to the
club.
Joseph H. Bruce Evans, son of Prin-
cipal w. Bruce Evans of Armstrong
Manual Training School, has just grad
in the mid-year class. He completed the
four-year course at the university in
three and half years, and had nine
points to spare in his law course.
That more attention should be .,iven to
the relation of the mind and the body,
and that mental deficiencies of children
are frequently due to physical defects,
was the assertion of Roscoe c. Bruce, as
sistant superintendent Of colored schools
afternoon. The occasion was the cele-
bration of the victory of the Garrison
and Mott Schoo! teams as the light and
heavy weight champions, respectively, in
the recent athletic contests.
Seated on the platform were Mr.. Bruce,
E. b. Henderson, E. Clark. A. X. Savoy,
Miss Marion P. Shadd, Miss 4. c. Lewis.
Miss A. V. Thompson and Miss r. A.
Boston.
silver loving cup was presented to the
Mott School boys by Miss Thompson. A.
p. Lewis had charge of the program.
Owing to an important engagement,
Commissioner Claxton Of the United
States bureau of education was unable to
address the teachers of the colored
day last. 1t is announced that he will do
so in the near future, however.
Grace Tradition in Education" will form
the subject of a lecture by Alain LIE Roy
Locke of Philadelphia, at the M Street
o'clock. This is another of a course OF
lectures being given the teachers of the
colored schools. Mr.. Locke is the only
colored winner of one of the Cecil Rhodes
scholarships in Oxford University.
Notes.
from 1.-The blacksmiths to "the black
faces" Though a part of the forge work
is the making of bolts and nuts, Mr..
Claflin has ruled all "chestnuts'' from
the minstrel show.
There are still hopes that the Flower of
the National Capital for 1872 may be
chosen before summer.
Now for a few more holidays.
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