Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-06
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Schools

speak before the pupils of Central
| the service.
In recognition of their victory in the
basket ball games between teams rep
resenting the Buchanan. Cranch,
ketcham, Lenox. Towers. Van Buren,
and Wallach Schools. members of the
team representing the ketcham were
recently presented with a pennant
henry t. Blair. president of the board
! OF education. made the presentation
MISS NJ F. Towner, director of the
Virginia Avenue Playground The
ketcham's team was comprised of
seventh grade boys only, whereas the
be pupils of the eighth grade De-
spite this fact the ketcham team was
victorious in every game.
! Members of the team were z. Gator.
H. Cummings, w. Carter, J. Young, ].
| robson, NJ. Fowler and L. EStep.
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| x ]. Hoke, second assistant superin-
! tendent of the public schools of Rich
mond, Va, plans to visit Washington's
schools in the near future. In a most
complimentary letter a to the schools
of this city he told Miss Elizabeth V.
Brown, director of primary instruction,
that after the reports he had had from
Misses Sarah E. Brooks and Minnie L.
here, that he felt he must inspect the
! system here in person.
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Officers of Company F of Eastern
High gave dance at the school Fri
day evening.
| Current TOPICS" given by pupils of
Western High School, are proving of
| interest to the student body. They
are given each Thursday under the di-
rection of George r. Dewitt of the
faculty. Tuesday several topics were
given at an assembly under the aus
pices of the Students Council, those
! speaking being Edwin Giblin, Ray
mond Peck and Harriet Miller.
| The Madison Bulletin, published
monthly in the interest of Madison
| Night School, was issued recently. 1t
contains the names of a large number
| of pupils who are doing good work,
as well as many other items of in
terest to.pupils of the school.
Members of Camp Desire of the Camp
f1re Girls of Eastern High, all quail
! med In the second degree" Wednes-
day This camp has an enrolment of
| twenty at present.
Greater duties and responsibilities are
| WUGnls given TO the students council of
| y
III the hVe years of it's existence II
| CONDUCTS assemblies and does much for
dlscipiine at Western. II anything
Ia sl "nlch is not countenanced by
tne saculty, word is given to the coun-
en- That 1t should not be repeated or
| the question is asked whether the coun-
| cli thinks the school should submit to
tue sort OF thing in question. Accord
ing 10 MISS Edith c. Mestcott, principa |
| OF the school, a suggestion is all thai
| is needed by the council
ms plan, she says, is practically
welghty procedure.
wo me ne council accomplishes things. and
we DO not attempt TO determine how it
aGFs o11nm,ns i them, >, she said.
~, ing is list of members of
fearre and Margaret Prentiss. Long
street Whelchel, Palmer Stearns: third
Misses Grace Beach and Anne Parker,
second. Misses Margaret MilhoIIand- and
Beatrice George, Shepherd Rohrer aud
Alexander McKeiway an"
Two pupils We're elected from each
| iirst year class is located These are
dudley Carroll, Misses Lorraine Holder
Marie Duffy. Harriet Houge. Ruth Spicer
riarner Whitley and Abigail Harvey.
horace Busby, Arthur Claxton. lanes
Gongwes, Curtis Fisher Charles Fen,
WICK, Josh Cooper and Harry Chamber
| lin. oioei
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Flrst grade teachers are to visit the
kindersartens Tuesday and Thursday.
TINS being one of the ways by which
II is planned to correrate the work Of
'he kindergartens and grades
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+ oot pail VS. are to be awarded
, W estern winners of the letter in the
recent foot ball series at an assembly
| to be held December 81
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william n DarnelI of this city was
a ,ro certificate of merit in the
sum at the University of Mjchipan
| ! thursday evening by the Cross Coun-
| .rE CUB In recognition of the work he
t mas zone TINS fall in building up the
| eedIii OF crosS-country runners He is a
freshman student at the uniyersitv tbis
year. '"'s
HOW 10 Prevent the High Cost of
Living is TO be the subject of an adj
dress by j. H. Sherman, superintendent,
OF weights and measures of the Dis.
| trlct, at a meeting of the Webster
School Parent-Teacher Association to
| o'clock at the Webster School 10Th
and Fl streets northwest Stephen %
| Kramer, assistant superintendent OF
schools. has also been invited to speak
The meeting is open to the public.
| r ann y Ddfiei. principal or the Nc
kinley Manual Training School, re.
turned to his work Thursday after q
short absence due to a severe cold.
|
DR.; Harvey w. Wiley is to be a
speaker at the meeting of the Frank
lin-Thomson Home and School Asso.
citation to be held Tuesday evening al
7:45 O'Clock in the assembly hall of the
| Thomson building. Fred F. Barbour
is to give a reading musical pro-
gram, consisting of both vocal and in
strumental numbers. is also to be pre-
scented. Refreshments are to be served
following the business portion of the
meeting.
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Alexander T. Stuart, former superin-
tendent of the public schools here, and
Thomas w. Walton are to be speakers
at a meeting of the Parent-Teacher
Association of the Towers School Tues
day evening. musical and literary
program is to be given following the
business meeting, and refreshments are
to be served.
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Members of the cast of Pride and