The Washington herald., 1914-10-18
Notes OF THE SCHOOLS.

Athletics and outdoor activities are
leading features of school life during
these crisp autumn days. Football
squads, track teams, and . cadet COM
panies have been sorganized and sys-
tematic drill begun. Basketball teams
are busy. tennis tournaments in full
swing and cross-country hikes popular
As far as possible all physical culture
exercises are taken in the open air, ma
ture study is a visit to woods or fields.
and recess is pIaytime for teachers and
pupils alike.
DR.. Rebecca Stoneroad, director of
physical training, will begin a series of
afternoons for games" at the Wilson
Normal School gym" next week. when
she will teach teachers how to play chill
dren's games. She will organize the
groups into teams ana every teacher will
( actually take part in playground sports.
Eastern High School bank is open for
business. with Charles Boteler as cashier
and Gilbert Clark. president Receipts
ing bank capital.
Almost the entire house has been sold
out for the benefit performance OF West
ern High School, at Belasco Theater to
morrow evening. The athletic fund may
reach 1900 from the sale OF tickets.
School pennants, flags, flowers, and
draperies will beautify the interior OF
the theater. DR.. Bigelow, president of
the Home and School Association, has
taken a box and there will be box parties
of every class from freshmen to seniors.
More than forty boys registered fot
rifle club at Central High School last
week. Election of officers resulted as
follows: President, H. H. Burroughs;
vice president. Robert Farmer; secretary.
Edward Duffy; treasurer, Hamilton
Warner; captain, Walter Stokes.
Prof. Theodore Henckels, Of the Car
negie Institute. spoke on "Anerica-Its
Opportunities for Patriotism and Peace"
at the opening meeting of the Cleveland
Park School and Community Association
last Friday evening. The meeting was
held at the 1ohn Eaton School and was
largely attended. Election of officers
took place before the address and a So
cial hour with refreshments closed the
evening.
Rolled up in blankets. under the open
sky, the girls of Camp Desire. Of Eastern
High School, spent the night following
their grand campfire council one evening
last week. Their camp was made on a
high ridge overlooking Pierce Mil, and
they were accompanied by several Tech
and Eastern teachers.
An instructive talk to the mothers con-
nected with wallach School was given
by Miss Strong, superintendent OF the
Society of Visiting Nurses. at the school
last Monday afternoon. She made sug-
gestions regarding the diet. rest, CLOTH
ing, bedding, and general care Of chill
dren. Musical numbers were given by
Mrs. Hamilton and Miss 4. NJ. Briggs.
School supplies are reaching their des-
tination very slowly on account of the
limited facilities for distribution. Writ
ing materials, maps, and furnishings are
being held back by R. o. Wilmarth, in
charge of this work. so that pupils may
receive text books as soon as possible.
The schools need an up-to-date motor
truck for distributing supplies.
The first issue of Balance Sheet viii
come out next week.
Phidias Nicolaides. president OF Busi-
ness High Athletic Association, made a
rousing speech in football interests az
assembly Thursday morning. The high
school football season opens Tuesday
afternoon with a game between Eastern
and Tech.
B II. Clark, chief probation oficer of
the Juvenile Court, related some of his
observations on parents neglect Of their
children at the initial meeting OF Web
ster Association Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Helen Townsend gave several mu-
icsl number.
How to regulate child's interest In
moving picture shows and make them
helpful instead OF harmful Will be dis
cussed at the Emory lexington Associa-
ton meeting next Friday.
The city baseball championship cup
was presented at Monroe School last
week by Assistant Supt. S. E. Kramer
The school was victorious in the inter-
league games last spring. distancfng over
seventy other teams.
z. H. sothern is not IN OF typhoid fever,
as has been reported. There was fear
that the actor had been stricken with the
dread disease. but II developed that he
was suffering from malaria instead. and
he is now convalescent at his summer
home. Litchneld. Conn, where he Is be-
ing nursed by his wife. Julia Marlowe