Evening star., 1914-11-08
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Schools

Whether free text books should be
! furnished to all branches of the pub
lie schools is the proposition to be dis
cussed by members of the Central High
| School Debating Society Wednesday
afternoon.
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Greater interest is being taken this
year in the commercial course offered
at Eastern High School. Three teach
ers are now engaged in teaching in this
course, Miss l.. F. Scott being the new
been organized as well as classes in
typewriting, bookkeeping and COM
mercial arithmetic.
Section 64S of Business High School
is to give the first of the series of en-
give during the year. Practically every
member is to take part in entertaining
the school. The program is to include
music, recitations and readings.
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Musical and dramatic numbers are to
feature the meeting of the Franklin
Thomson Home and School Association
at the Thomson building Tuesday even
ing. Following the program recep-
tion is to be rendered the principal and
teachers. Supt. Ernest L. Thurston.
Assistant Supt. Stephen r. Kramer and
terson have been invited to be present.
Dr. and Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley have
been asked to deliver addresses at the
December meeting.
Mckinley Manual Training School is
at present the scene Of much election
eering," for within a few days officers
of the newly formed general organiza-
ton are to be elected. Posters urging
the pupils to vote for certain candi-
dates have been placed at various van
tage points in the building and not
few stump speeches" have been made
Nominees for president are Park Talks
and William Bastian, and for secretary,
John Linder and J. H. Fellows.
Eastern's official publication, the
Easterner, was issued Tuesday.
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Wednesday morning the Review,
CentraPs official publication. issued a
pink sheet" sporting extra. telling of
the victory the day before of Centrals
foot ball team over that representing
Business. The score of the game was
to 0.
Camp Fire Girls of Eastern made use
of the two days holiday given this
week on account of the teachers insti-
Camp Desire went to their camp of
the same name Wednesday evening and
remained all night and Thursday night
the girls of Camp Tocwaugh spent the
night at the same camp.
Members of the Washington High
School Press Club gave a dance at
Eastern High School Thursday even
ing.
Last night the annual prom" of the
Business High School Alumni Associa-
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Just what the new Central High
School should mean to the pupils of
that school is summed up bv Emory
Wilson, the principal. in 'foreword''
lin CentraIs official publication the Re-
view, recently issued. The article fol-
lows:
"a City Set on a Hill Cannot Be
Hid"
"In these words are summed up all
of the pride and all of the responsible
ity of the old Central. Let US not for
get that with the splendid equipment
of the new building, making possible a
far greater usefulness to the commu-
nifty, will go a far greater responsible
ity to the community In no other
spirit must the old Central move into
the new.
"If Central pupils take possession of
this wonderful building with a feeling
of pride it should be pride in the
achievement of school which has JUS
titled the District of Columbia in max
ing so great an investment in a school
property. The task before those of us
who go into the new school is not easy,
but our duty is very clear. 1t is to
make the city of Washington and the
Congress of the United States feel that
their investment Is good one. 1t is to
send out every year hundreds of self
respecting young men and young wom-
which has given them such great ad-
vantages. and who will strive to make
the communities in which they work
better because Of the new Central"
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Ernest L. Thurston. superintendent of