Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-14

Eastern High School seniors elected
their class officers this week, their
choice being as follows: President, Wal
lace Yater; vice president, Miss 1ngrid
Westesson; secretary Miss Glendora
Knaub; treasurer, Richmond Beck, and
pin committee, Russell Ide, chairman
Theodore Chisholm. Hedge Dieserud and
Miss Lenora Murray.
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The members match" for the club
medal is to be held by the rifle club OF
Central High School December IL. A
large number of boys are practicing
shooting this year.
Morton f. Leopold, representing the
bureau of mines, told of the work for
safety in mines in a lecture delivered at
Business High School Wednesday. He
illustrated his address with stereopticon
views and also showed number Of
pieces of apparatus used for this purpose.
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Hand and Mind" the official monthly
magazine of Mckinley Manual Training
School. was isSued last week. 1t con-
tains a large number of pictures in ad-
dition to it's stories and other features.
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William Paxton and Misses Helen
Blackstone and Alice Johnson have been
selected by the senior class of Central
to represent it in selecting class pin.
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Plans for a large Christmas celebra-
ton are being made at the James Or
mond Wilson Normal School. Three diff
ferent celebrations will be held. \ tree
will be placed in the gym and plays
will be given in the assembly hall.
Central is to have an annual this
year Arrangements for compiling and
publishing it have now begun.
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Delegates from the several home and
school associa tons of the seventh divi-
sion formed a Federation of Home
School Associations at meeting re-
Gently at the home of Mrs. William b.
hardy. The organization has for its
purpose the furtherance of the welfare
of the schools Of Capitol Hill. At the in
itial meeting steps Were taken to MAIN
tain branch Of the Public Library at
the Wallach
Officers were elected as follows: Presi-
dent. Mrs William T. Hardy; vice pres
ident Mrs. r. Johnson C1aggett: secre-
tary. Mrs. William II. Aspinwall. and
treasurer, Mrs. f. L. Richardson.
Roscoe 4. Bruce, assistant Superintend-
ent, in charge of colored schools. is to
be the principal speaker at Il meeting of
parents to be held in the o Street Noca-
tional School, on o street between North
Capitol and LIST streets northwest. An
exhibition of the work done this fall will
be feature.
Officers of the Parents-Teachers' Asso-
citation OF the Myrtilla Miner School We're
elected at recent meeting, as follows:
President. Prof. Galloway: vice president,
Mrs. Judson Lyons. secretary, Charles
Thomas: treasurer, Mrs. Emma Muse,
and chaplain, DR.. T.. T.. Kicks.
Miss X. U. Alexander, the principal,
welcomed the parents Miss Atwood read
q paper on Ideals" Brief addresses
were made by DIR. c. W. Childs and Mrs
Caroline w. Harris, members of the
board of education: j. c. Male, super
vsng principal of the tenth division.
| and Miss NJ. Mason.
| The Importance of a thorough under
standing between parents, teachers and
| children looking toward greater moral
| upli.l and efficiency was emphasized by
Lewis Johnson. executive secretary of the
colored Y. NJ. c. A. at meeting of
| the John f. Slater School Parents-Teach-
| ers' Association Thursday evening. Other
| speakers included DIR. Childs of the board
of education, Miss Nj. p. Shadd. super
vising principal of the eleventh division.
/ ana MI. lHIeFudtlOIldl
| for the Y. NJ. c. A.
| An orchestra of Boy Scouts and Eliza
| beth Boyd, pupil of the building, fur
nished musical numbers. o. 7. Taylor
presided A meeting was called for Janu-
airy %, when officers will be elected
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Teach the facts about your home
city in the public schools urges the
bureau of municipal research. New York
city.
| Having introduced medical inspection
been the first American city to adopt
health supervision of school children
| The equivalent Of one school year for
more than 400 children is lost because
| of contact with minor contag ious
diseases according to figures recently
compiled for Pittsburgh.
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| Tn order to furnish high-class enter
| .ainnent to communities in their states
| the universities of Wisconsin, Mime
sofa and North Dakota have banded to-
1 gether for lyceum service.
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| On the theory that healthy children
aIly reserved for the sickly, Supt.
Wheatly of Middletown. Conn, has in
| reduced a modified open-window plan
| throughout his entire school system
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! The Junior High School at Grand
Rapids, Mich, consisting OF pupils of
the seventh, eighth and ninth grades
has grown in two years from a school
of $50 pupils and fifteen teachers to one
nd frfv y-ci~