The Washington herald., 1913-11-02
NOTES OF THE SCHOOLS.

The question of vital interest through
out the schools during the last week was
whether Supt w. NJ. Davidson VIII or
will not accept the offer to head the
| Pittsburgh system, reported to have been
made him.
DIR. Willard S. Small principal of
Eastern High School, will conduct a
round table conference at the fourth an
nual meeting of the American Associa-
ton for Study and Prevention OF Infant
Mortality. to be held at the Willard No
vember II to II, under the presidency
Of Dr. L. Emmett Holt, Of New York.
Representatives from the management
of Neighborhood House and the South
ern branch of the Associated Charities
met the public school teachers of that
section at the Jefferson School Wednes-
day evening to confer on ways and
means of cooperation for Improvement
of living conditions of the locality and
the betterment of influences Affecting
| the children.
Fresh air schools" at the Blake
School have been established in the fifth,
sixth. and seventh grades. The expert
ment was started in the fifth grade three
years ago, continued through the sixth
last year, and this year the seventh Is In
Guided, giving three continuous years
attendance for many pupils. Miss Sue
Gardner has charge of the NTH grade,
Miss Elizabeth Purman the sixth, and
Miss Bessie Scrivener the seventh.
Charles Hart addressed the first meet
ing of the board of directors OF the
newly established Eastern High School
Bank last Wednesday afternoon. The
bank formally opens tomorrow morning.
with Capt. Frederick Deck as president
and Herman Eakle cashier.
The spalding trophy for the city base
ball championship was presented to the
Hayes School last week. It Is a hand
some silver cup, twenty-five inches high,
surmounted by three baseball bats and
ball
Dates for the Teachers Institute,
when many of the prominent educators
of the day will address teachers, have
been arranged for November Is and "A.
The meetings wilr be held in n down
town hall and round table conferences
at the Wilson Normal School and high
schools.
Sydney Lloyd wrightson and Mrs.
Ethel Holtzclaw Gawler will appear in
a song recital at Western High School
next Thursday afternoon. presenting the
same program which they will give in
Philadelphia, New York, and the other
cities included in their Northern con-
cert tour in November.
A. T. Stuart is conducting a series of
meetings for consideration of changes
to be made in the course of study in up
per grades.
Mystery, thrills, and ghoulishness
filed the atmosphere at the Halloween
party given by the Normal girls asst
Thursday night. Witch lights guided
the guests to the auditorium. where the |
gruesome scenes of the Rue Morgue |
We're depicted in true Poe style by the |
Dramatic Art Club. Ghostly figures |
danced the latest fashionable dances and |
partook OF the Halloween dainties.
Raw and refined sugar should be put |
on the free list" according to a de- |
cision given in favor of the affirmative |
Of that question discussed by Central |
High School Debating Society Thursday |
afternoon. The affirmative was sup |
ported by Irwin, Krasnot, and Bern
stein, and the negative by Mulford, |
Freese, and Miss Dewey.
Olaf Sangstadt has organized an art |
guild among the graduates of Tech. Its
object is to continue the arts and crafts
work begun by the students while at
school in the copper shop.
Fathers night was observed Friday
evening at the Hubbard School. Prob
lens of the boy and his father were dis
cussed by S. f. Kramer and methods
of reaching the boy were suggested by
Mr.. Chesley, of the Y. NJ. c. a.
Advisory marks in all high schools
went in or Friday. Teachers received
October checks the same day.
Dramatization of the Robin Hood
opera, arranged by Halstead p. Hoover,
Dramatic Association before the Thanks
giving holidays.
Mrs. A. J. Kelway spoke in behalf of
the Georgetown Library Center at the
meeting of the Curtis School Association
held in Potomac Savings Bank Hall last
Monday evening. A plan for establish
ng community lunchroom also was
discussed.
An experiment is being made by one
of the large local trust companies of
employing young women to fill positions
IN the regular bank work of the in
stitution. Four graduates of the Busi-
ness High School are being tried out"
by the trust company. II
The social gathering of parents, pupils,
md teachers of the Cooke School took
he form of a Halloween party. Friday I,
svening, when decorations, costumes, n
md dances were suited to the OCCASION {
How the Vote Was won," an Eng !
ish suffragist farce, dated 1920, will be
,iven by the Western High School ORA
natic Association at assembly next 1
Wednesday morning. In
Miss Anne Cooling, principal of the
Normal School. met the parents of chill I
iren In ".critic" schools last Wednesday !
afternoon and explained to them the !
york of the school. Miss Bernice !
Randall gave musical program; and II
were served. Ia
"A talk on photoplays by Elizabeth Cul- +
en- and q paper on the work OF the
Drama League by Carmen Blackstone Z,
we're features Of the meeting of the Lit r
.rary Society Of Central High School Z
friday afternoon. :
Miss Ella Morgan will give her ex- :