The Washington herald., 1914-04-12

OF all Kinds.
NOTES OF THE SCHOOLS.
The benefit and pleasure of a real
spring vacation is something which the
many thousands OF public school pupils
have enjoyed for the past decade While
Gen. Harries was president OF the Boaru
OF Education the ten days vacation now
| in vogue was chanced upon by closing the
\ schools out Of respect to the death of a
prominent man. Teachers and pupils re-
turned to their school duties in better
shape for the remainder of the year
which led the Board OF Education to pass
a law making the spring vacation a per-
| manency.
Scores Of teachers and their friends left
the city Thursday to attend the meetings
OF the Eastern Art Association holding
sessions at Atlantic City. Miss Annie NJ.
Wilson, J. A. Chamberlain, S. n. Ely and
family. Misses NJ. F. Bond. Anna ]. Bell,
NJ. E. Bowen. Frances Hungerford. Mary
Draney. A. NJ. Sisson. and X Edna Carr
being among the number.
The Central High School debating team
scored its fourteenth consecutive victory
last evening by defeating the Baltimore
City College team on literacy test for
immigration. Central was represented by
Elizabeth Cullen. Hunter Mulford. John
J. Irwin. and Joseph Wilson as alternate
Principal Emory NJ Wilson and Coach
Noyes went over with the boys Judges
were Hon. Charles J. Bonaparte Hon.
Eugene ODunne. and Hon George
Weems Williams. Hon. Morris o. Soper.
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Baltimore. presided.
Western High School will present
Mr.. Bob" a popular farce. after the
Easter holidays.
Work and Aims of the Alliance OF
Jewish Women was the subject Of a
talk by Mrs. James Lansburgh. at the
closing meeting of Webster School Asso-
citation last Wednesday afternoon. Mrs.
Giles Rafferty, gave a helpful talk on the
Duties of Parents" and musical selec-
tions were furnished by Miss Gertrude
Aronstein.
Eastern High School was visited last
week by a large number of graduates
who are now attending universities
throughout the country. A notable group
Is the Dartmouth contingent, including
R Taylor Papson. =. T.. Daily. Dorland
Cremer Whitley Mccoy. Sterling Wilson.
Herbert BabcoCk, and three ex-captains
OF Company F. Miss Helen Lockwood.
OF Wellesley; Marion Brooke, of Mt
Holyoke. and Lucy Graves. Of Goucher.
are also in the city.
Mai. Gen. Leonard Wood. Chief of
STAFF. L. S. Army. will present the COM
missions and address the entire cadet
regiment assembled at Central High
School at $50 O'Clock Monday. April 50.
The Indoor High School rife meet will
be held on Thursday and Friday nights,
April - and "a. at the Center Market
ArmOry. The program will consist of
the school team company, battalion. Of
fCers. and individual matches. Only
members Of school rifle teams are eligible
to shoot
The president of Harvard University
has officially informed Principal Frank
Daniel. Of Tech. that Robert Bruce, a
former student. has been awarded the
Joseph Eveleth scholarship.
James A. Downing principal Of the
High School OF Commerce Boston. and
a keen observer of commercial schools
in Europe and America. visited Business
High School last Wednesday and classed
it as a representative school Of the coun-
try.
DIR. AIphonso G. Smith. of the Univer-
sity Of Virginia. will speak before the
English Teachers Club at the Wilson
Normal School. Wednesday. April %. on
Literary Classics in Grammar and High
Schools"
Individual competitive drill for the
gold. silver and bronze medals offered
by the Alumni Association for the best
drilled privates was held at Central
High School. Wednesday morning. The
gold medal was won by Wilbur and
silver and bronze by Duties and jackson
respectively.
High school baseball schedule will start
on Tuesday. April L. playing successive
Tuesdays until May Il. Members OF
the Weston team will be guests of their
captain. Palmer Stearns. at his country
place near Culpeper. during Easter
week. when they will devote much time
to practice and be in condition to meet
Eastern soon after the holidays.
Tech will have a spring luncheon
May n.
Midcity Association will hold the clos
ing meeting of the year at Grover Cleve-
land School April IS. Addresses will be
made by several prominent men.
Sardou's play. "A Scrap of Paper will
be given by the undergraduates of the
Dramatic Association of Central High
School when they entertain the seniors
during graduation festivities.
Four squads from each of the cadet
of Armstrong met in competi-
tive drill Wednesday night and the bronze
medals offered by the alumni association
of the school were won by squad from
d, J. Hill, corporal.
The annual luncheon for the benefit of
was held at NJ Street Higu
School during the noon hour Thursday
and was a financial success.
The literary society of Armstrong gave
a program at Brentwood. Md, THURSDAY
night to raise funds toward keeping the |
colored public school of that suburb open
for a longer term. According to the pro-
vision made by the State, the school |
would close next week.
MRS. PHILLIPS TO LECTURE.
Mrs. Anna NJ Laise Phillips. long iden- |
titled with educational work in Washing |