Evening star., 1914-12-27
afternoon from 3
to 6 o'clock alumni OF Gen.
trail High School arc to
gather at the school for

trail High School arc to
gather at the school for
their sixth annual reunion.
More than 400 alumni were present at
the reunion last year. A brief busi-
ness meeting is to be held and re-
freshments are to be served
Several school organizations are to
give dances this week. The activities
Of the great proportion of those in the
schools Wednesday was tho ''big' fete
day, Of course. Every school in the Dis
trict had some observance Of the begin
ming of the Christmas holidays.
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Several graduates of Mckinley Man
ual Training School. now studying at
the University of Michigan. visited
Tech Monday morning. The leader OF
the delegation, Francis Nesbit told of
life At the university. his talk being
illustrated with motion pictures and
stereopticon views.
One of the prettiest dramatizations
ever given by the Dramatic Club of
the Chevy Chase School was that re-
Gently presented of the fairy play.
Snow White" Miss NJ. E. Alton was
in charge. She was assisted by Mrs.
Aargrove, and Miss Cnandlee assisted
with the costumes. MISS Clara Bur-
roughs and Miss Marian Taylor gave
musical program between the acts.
Helen Culver took the part of Snow
and Helen Parke was Witch Hex.
Others In the cast we're: Maids of
honor. Dorothy FcLemore. Halcyone
Aargrove. Audrey Prior. Vivian Brown,
Helen Cook and Dorothy Nichols
dwarfs, Katherine Dunlop. Glare Cope
land. Eleanor Chadwick, Mary WrigAt.
Marian iancey. Gaynor Davis and
Charles Ludwig: Sir Dandiprat Bom-
bas. Robert VIM; huntsman. Here
ward Elliott: pieman. Stephen May:
peddler woman. Elizabeth Wilson
Prince Florimond. herbert Nicnois.
and Fiddle, the cat, Marjorie Brown.
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Several small playlets were given in
connection with the Christmas enter
tainment OF the Chester A. Arthur
School at Eastern High Tuesday even
ing. One of the features of the even
ing was the singing OF carols by the
children Of the school. under the lead
ership OF Mrs. J. Z. Toruert, who also
acted as the accompanist. Musical Sc
lections were also contributed by an
| orchestra, under the leadership of
William J. Oates.
Among the numbers on the program
were the following: The Little Christ
mas Tree" by the second graae; !;
Christmas Puddings." by grade IB;
Christmas Eve in an Attic" by graue
three; The Christmas Stockings by
grade four; scene from The Birds
Christmas Carol" by grade six: The
Garden OF the Christmas Fairy by
grade five: violin solo, by Wellington
George, and christmas With Mother
Goose" by grades la, seven and eight.
Charles C. Guilford, formerly con-
nected with the Washington High
School Bank at Business High, and
Miss Clarke, the present teller. spoke
at the Glover Cleveland School, aion-
branch bank is to be operated at the
Grover Cleveland.
Three acts from Little Women" were
presented by pupils of Central High
School Wednesday afternoon. Those
assisting in the performance were
Misses M. e. Morgan Of the faculty.
who acted as coach: Blanche Green.
Inez Ryan. Helen Cullen, Bessie Line
back, Mary Jones. Marie Cuthbertscn
and Ruth Franc, and Franklin Myers,
Frank White. Howard Estey and Ralph
Puro6.
Several articles touching on the war
in Europe are printed in the Decem-
Der issue Of The Balance Sheet. the
official journal of Business High. 1t
contains several cartoons, and the
cover design shows the sleigh of
Santa Claus crossing the snowy coun-
tryside just outside Of Washington.
Following is part OF an editorial
from Teck Lie, the Official publica-
ton at Mckinley Manual Training
School:
with the blowing Of whistles. and
tolling of bells, that usher the old
year out and welcome the new year in,
all the mishaps and sorrows of the old
year will be forgotten, and every one
will turn his attention to happy prom
ises of the new. We have all seen our
mistakes, and should profit by them.
In other words. We want to turn over
from our Christmas vacation, and
ready for hard work. A very good
resolution to make would be, Re
solved, that 1 will not funk in any sub
ject this semester Where there's a
VIII there's way. and all we need
Christmas In Finnegan's Flats was
presented by pupils Of the Ballston
School Tuesday evening. Those taking
part were Lee Douglas. Eunice Frear.
Eleanor James. Grace Shipman. Roland
Simpson. Willie Knott. Horace Foun-
tain. Reginald woodward. May Cavan-
augh, EVELYN Marquette. Dicey Will
liams, Edith Williams. jeanette Hen
derson. Edward Slnoot, Albert Keith
ley, Wilmer Bray, James Frank and
Russell Kidwell.
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Pupils Of all grades took part in the
Christmas exercises at the Ambush
School Wednesday. a program Of songs.
and dialogues being given.
Miss A. v. Shorter and J. q, Walker,
principal Of the 18th
division. spoke briefly. Miss NJ. e.
Janifer had charge OF the program.
The school was decorated with a Christ
mas tree and greens.
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Santa Claus himself was present at
the closing exercises Of the Banneker
School Wednesday and presented each
child with a gift. One Of the features
of the entertainment was a playlet,
Christmas Folk and Pastimes." given
under the direction of Miss K. r. Mar
tin. Children OF all grades took part
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"A Christmas Carol and christmas
Folks" were two features of the enter
tainment at the Slater School Wednes-
day. The exercises were held under
the direction Of Miss A. E. Thompson,
the principal.
Christmas songs and recitations fea-
tured the exercises at the o Street Vo-
cational School Wednesday. Those
who took part In the exercises were