The Washington herald., 1914-06-21
Resting from Long and Ar
duous Work, Washington S
1000 Educators Enjoy
Their Vacation.

/ and 65.oOO pupils OF the public schools Of
and The school doors had not closed last
Wednesday before many had sought rest
recreation or occupation in other places.
/ Hundreds have left the city since the
official closing. and before the end OF the
month only the / Apply. chronic ''stay-at-
I homes would answer a school roll call
This number increases from year 10 year
as the popularity of Washington as a
summer resort becomes an established
fact, and many prefer the delights Of
home with sleeping porches. attractive
yards. home cooking or an occasional
fishing. hunting or weekend trip to the
more pretentious summer vacation Of
travel seashore or mountains.
Scores ,of teachers either will take a
! special course at some university or will
teach or direct during the summer term
now offered by most OF the large institu-
| tons A number have booked passage for
| trips abroad. and one will make a tour of
| the world. Some will engage in play
ground work: some have charge Of boys
or girls camps In the mountains or at
the seashore: skeIching trips in this coun-
try and abroad are included In the plans
OF the art students while bakers dozen
Cupid Has Been Busy.
Cupid has been a busy archer and the
ranks will be thinned as a consequence
Of his unerring aim. Though the list is
not as long as this years normal gradu-
ate longs for, yet Dame Rumor has IL that
its linear dimension will be substantially
increased before the next Thanksgiving
season. Whispers are abroad that an
even half-score solitaires will given the
place OF honor TO golden circlets before
the snow flies.
The resignation of Miss Frances Hung
erford. teacher of art at Wilson Normal
School, is in the hands of the board of
education. Her marriage will take place
in early summer She has been feted
and entertained by both faculty and stu
dents. and her place will be hard to
hlL Miss NJ. Elsie Turner. Of Western
High School. will be a June bride. and
her honeymoon trip will be spent In
France. motoring through Brittany. the
Flemish provinces, and peasant France.
Miss Agnes Henritze, OF the art corps.
was the recipient of a linen shower from
fellOw-students in art work, after the
close OF the exhibit. last week. Her we'd
ding day is set. Invitations are out for
the marriage of Miss ImOgen Baer. sister
OF Marie Drofnah. OF the Columbia Play
ers. Miss Sarah Watkins, OF Takoma
Park. will be another June bride. She
will go to New York to live. Miss Beu-
Ian Parsons will be married in August.
Trips abroad are popular with hign
school teachers. who make up nearly
half OF those VINO will spend their vaca-
tiOn this year in foreign travel
Miss Rosa Stutz and Miss Roberta
galleries OF Italy, France. and Germany.
Miss Alice Wood is resting in rural
England. and Miss Emma Won Seiffert
is with a party of friends who will
tramp through Switzerland. Another
party Of two consists of Misses Helen
Ellis and Ruth StaUfTer. who are doing
the Rhine provinces, the Black Forest
Mountains and Italy. Miss May Brad
shaw and Miss Margaret Graham. CO.
workers at Business High School. will
enjoy together the art treasures in
Italian and French galleries
Again Lured Abroad.
Among those who have spent many
summers abroad and will go again this
year are DR.. Meriwether. Miss Marie
Siebert. and Miss Flora Frcyhold Mile.
Blanche Bimont. Of Western. and Mile.
Jean Maret, of Tech. return annually
to native France for their summer va
cations. Prof. Repe Samson and his little
daughter are on their way to Paris. Miss
Claire Burroughs will take a course in
music while in England. and Miss Ruth
Rizer and Miss Isabel Weber will see the
continent together. Miss Maude Mac
Pherson Miss =. G. Alden, and Miss l..
n. ConneIl viii tour the British Isles.
Miss NJ NJ. Stockbridge will join the
Rev. Earle WHhey's personally con-
Quoted party.
\ party from Wilson Normal School
includes Misses $. b. Sepe. May Breen.
r. NJ. OberIy. Katherine Lowry. and
Mary Mckee. Included in their itinerary
are Switzerland. the Rhine. Denmark,
and Norway. Miss Mildred Dean, her
sister. Miss May Dean. and their mother
will mark a family party. The Italian
lakes and art galleries will occupy most
Of the summer for Misses Madeline Davis
and Margaret Merrill.
The globe trotter'' Of the summer il
H. W. Draper. who will make special
study Of child life in India. Japan, ard
China, after conducting 4 party through
Europe. He will return via San Fran
cisco. making a complete circuit Of the
Garth. NJ. F. Finley. jr., will act as an
Interpreter in Mexico.
Many Washington educators will teach
during the summer, among whom are
DIR. w. Small. principal OF Eastern. who
lectures at Johns Hopkins. He will Join
his family on Cape Cod in August Miss
Eliza beth V. Brown and Miss Rosa Park
man will direct summer courses in the
University Of Tennessee. Miss II. H.
Bevard will teach in the University OF
West Virginia, and Miss Caroline NJ.
Martin, at the University Of Pennsyl-
vania. Miss Marietta Stockard. Of the
Normal School. will conduct the story
telling work at the University of Nir-
gInia. and Mrs. 4. 3. Milford will teach
there also Miss Lillian Bure will direct
the art classes at Catholic University,
and then go TO Cape Breton Island for
rest. Miss l.. B. HardeIl will teach in
the city school gardens
Must Take Courses.
Both for the cultural influences and to
better ut themselves for their regular
teaching duties and to keep in perfect
touch with advancement in the educa-
tional world. many teachers take up
term Of instruction at colleges or uni
versities offering a summer course.
Misses r. B. Howell, J. VI. Searie, and
J. A. Tennyson will take the Chatauqua
lectures: Miss Nettie \. Maurer. Miss
Alice EasterIing. Miss Elsie Saunders,
and Miss Ethel harrington viii do spe-
cial work at Columbia University. Miss
Bessie Whitford will advance several
points toward her degree at Dartmouth; /;
Paul A. White will continue his study of
medicine at the Chicago University. and
Miss Catherine Watkins. director OF
kindergartens, will do some studying in
the TEACHERS college Of Columbia Unit
yersity before going to the Maine coast
Miss Mildred E. Clark will go to Har-
yard Miss p F. Thonssen, of Western