Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-16

IL public schools during the last
week Besides fitting celehra-
tons on both these days there were many
other events of interest. Numerous func-
tons are scheduled for the ensuing week
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Eastern High School pupils of the sixth
semester presented Howelrs over the
lTeacups" Wednesday AFTERNOON, under
the auspices of the Eastern High School
Dramatic Society.
Girls of Mckinley Manual Training
School made plans for forming rifle
club Thursday afternoon at an assembly
for the girls. This will be the second
trict school girls, the first being that or
ganized at Business High School recently.
Business High School College Club
gave an entertainment a the school
Thursday, under the direction of Miss
Margaret Graham, member of the Ger
man faculty. College songs. sung by
| chorus of the members were a feature
of the program. Several musical selec-
tons We're played by the Business High
School Orchestra.
Other numbers included a vocal solo,
by Miss Thelma Payne; violin solo, by
| Leroy Taylor: Spanish dance, by Miss
Lenora E. Callam; vocal solo. Roland w.
Legg; recitation. Miss Bessie Allen:
Greek dance. by Miss Callam. and fancy
dance by Miss Robey, very young
dancer, who does not attend the school
Students Of Normal School No.. / who
are taking the kindergarten course, gave
| a. valentine luncheon Friday at noon at
the Thomson School The table was
| decorated in large and small red hearts
and other things symbolical of the day.
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Coopers 1.-The Last of the Mohicans,"
dramatized by Misses S. E. Simons and
c. w. Orr, teachers of Central High
school was giving by pupils of Central
| High School Friday.
Those who took part in the play and
the characters they portrayed follow:
Misses Aimee Truan and Mary Lineback,
| as the Spirit of the Mohicans; Alan w.
| Payne as Chingachgook, Mohican chief;
| Thomas Keller, as Uncase, his son; Will
| liam Mes as Magua, a Huron: Paul w.
| Beck. as Hard Heart, a Delaware chief;
| Esper G. Urner as Tamenund. Delaware
patriarch: Daniel Wilkerson as the First
| Chief, Claude Babcock as the Second
Chief, Thomas OConnell as Hawkeye, the
| scout; ]. Parke Simpson Col. Munroe,
| an English officer; F. FL. Myers as Maj.
Hayward, an English officer; Mary Line
back, Iris Beatty and May F. Sherman
as daughters of Munroe, and Ward Het-
| field as David Bamut, q singer The
parts of attendants, Indian maidens, In
| dian chiefs and messengers were taken
| by Group I of Central Camp Fire Girls
and others. ;
| Public schools in the United States do
not prepare for life, according to the
| result Of a debate held at Eastern High
! School Friday afternoon. The winning
team was composed of F. Lyon, G. Bote-
Ter and T. Chisholm. The negative of the
question was supported by L. PaShof,
Watson Davis and Miss G.. Ashraf. Mr..
| Lyon received first honors and Miss Ash
RAT was awarded second.
Designs for a school seal to be used for
official documents such as diplomas and
| as a pin by the classes of the schools.
have been requested by Principal Frank
c. Daniel of Mckinley Manual Training
School of the art department of his
| school, the alumni and others interested
| in the school.
| Miss Anne Cooling, principal of Normal
School No. /, told the purposes of the
| critic schools at the first meeting of par
entS of children in the critic schools OF
| the new normal building, held Wednesday
| afternoon. Following the explanation of
| the work in the critic schools an enter
! tainment was given by some of the nor
| NAL school students, and light refresh
mentS were served.
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| High School last week the school was
presented with two pictures by the classes
of 1912 of the school. David Widmayer.
representing the June class of two-year
pupils, presented the school with pic
| ture of Daniel Webster, which was re-
| ceived on behalf of the school by Henry
| Vanderbilt. Leon Cooper. a member of
| the four-year June graduates presented
| a picture of Washington landing at New
| York This was received by Miss Hunt
| for the school.
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| Extracts from the writings of Lincoln
| were read by Principal Emory NJ. Will
| son Wednesday morning in celebration of
| the anniversary of the birth of the mar
| tyred President
| Work of special advisers teachers) for
| pupils in high school was discussed at a
meeting of the Eastern High School
| Home and School Association held at the
| school Friday evening.
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Company X of Mckinley Manual
| Training School gave a dance at Mrs.
| Dyers Friday evening. Company of
the school will hold one at the same place
next Friday evening.
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| Another group of Camp Fire Girls was
| organized at Eastern High School last
week under the direction of Miss Tolson,
| Il teacher in the Towers School. The
school now has several groups ana the
| movement seems to be growing with
rapidity.
| DIR. w. l.. Robins was the principal
| speaker at meeting of the Dennison
| School Parent-Teacher Association held
! Friday evening. His subject was The
| Care of the Nervous Child
| He declared that many parents and
| teachers believed themselves to be TEN
perate" when such was not always the
case. He urged temperance in both thought
and action There is a great psyche
| logical principle back of IT, he said. "A
diScordant thought and morbid mood
when once harbored and not checked in
| variably breed more discordant thoughts
and more morbid moods, all of which will
| rob you of hope happiness and efficiency
| ThinE of the effect of such morbid moods
| and thoughts upon oh. ldren who are ex
| trenlely sensitive to all Impressions, good
and bad
| Among the things advocated by the
| speaker for nervous children was a sutt-
| cent amount of sleep, which, he said,
| was very essential
| Whenever a Snowflake Leaves the
| Sky and Deep Blue Sky" were sung
| by Miss Johnson, accompanied on the
| p,ano by Mrs Frank Byram. Franklin
| T. Howe, Sd, gave recitations, including
| a selection from Shakespeare and Loeb
| invar." James Buerer. the president.
presided. A general discussion followed.
| Refreshments were served.
Company of Eastern High School
was given a feed" by the teachers of