The Washington herald., 1914-10-25

held in the library of Wilson Normal
School Thursday afternoon.
Public schools of this city will be closed
Thursday and Friday, November and s.
| TO permit teachers to be present at ses-
sions Of the teachers institute.
John H. Sherman, sealer OF weights
and measures. gave a helpful talk before
| the Northeast Mothers Club last Tues
day afternoon on How to Market Eco
nomically."
! The local branch Of the High School
Girls Council met at Vacation Lodge,
] Cherrydale, last Saturday morning. with
| an attendance Of eighty-one members.
| The question Of a students club as aux
| iliary to the Worlds Student Christian
| Federation was brought up for discussion.
! After business was disposed Of the girls
were entertained at luncheon and later
| took a cross-country tramp.
DR. William N. Davidson. former su-
perintendent Of schools, made a brief
visit to the city last Monday He was
! en- route from Richmond, where he had
attended sessions OF the Society for the
Promotion Of Vocational Training. Of
| which he is a member
|
! School will entertain al Halloween
dance Friday evening. October DO
Misses Helen Coolidge and Ethel Fos-
ter. teachers of art at Central. and Miss
May Shipman. OF Tech. went to New
York last week to study DR.. Haneys rare
exhibit OF high school work.
Both sides of the moving picture aues-
tion was presented at a meeting Of the
1, Emery lexington Association last Fri
day evening A local movie" proprietor
told OF the showman's enort TO please
the public and Mrs. William Fry, presi-
dent Of the association. presented the
: parents attitude. II was agreed that NUT
uaI helpfulness is the solution Of the
problem.
! DR.. Rebecca stoneroad. physical direc-
{ tor in the schools, is making a systematic
I Investigation Of physical needs among
the city's children. Wherever possible,
mothers clubs are falling in line to help
provide. gymnasium or other athletic op-
portunities to overcome physical defects.
DR.. H. Clay Thompson. professor Of
operative surgery at George Washington
Dental College spoke on The Care OF
the Mouth" at the Hubbard School Fri
day evening.
Basketball is popular with Central
Girls, twenty teams having been organ
| lied for practice at Epiphany gym
Friday afternoons.
Plans for the Bureau OF Education
| ideal school site are being drawn in the
mechanical drawing Workrooms at Tech.
The site is a ten-acre plot. including
school buildings, athletic grounds and
home for the Instructor. 1t probably will
be exhibited at the Panama Exposition
Central Home and School Association
will hereafter be known as the Mid
city Association" Miss Metella King has
| been elected president and Miss Anne
Lamborn secretary of the new orgsniZa-
ton.
Miss Hazel Priest won the tennis cham
pIonshIp for girls OF Central at the tour
nament recently played on.
About 15O guests were entertained I'm
the artistically decorated reception rooms
of Wilson Normal School Friday after
noon when the faculty and young women
of the school received their parents and
friends. Tea was served in the lunch
room.
| American drama only VIII De presented
by Central Dramatic Association this
year. The first of the series will be
Little Women" given before the Christ
mas holidays.
Gerald Weikart was elected president
and William Eldridge, secretary OF the
Debating Society at Central. The society
numbers more than fifty students
Arnstro,r foo,baII team, nIavad Storer
College, Harpers Ferry. yesterday.
Two cadet companies have been or
ganized at Armstrong and two at NJ
Street High. Robert Powell and Melvin
Davis are captains at Armstrong and
Oscar Randall and Albert Brooks are
captains OF the NJ Street companies.
TAKING LESS MEDICINE.