The Washington herald., 1914-06-14

return trip.
notes OF THE SCHOOLS,
Public schools of the city close oficially
next Wednesday. though graduation ex.
ercises in some Of the high schools were
held during the last week. The Normal
School. Central High School. and the
four-year class Of Business High hold
their commencement exercises tomorrow
and Tuesday, and joint exercises of all
the eighth grade graduates in division
will be held in . centrally located audi
torium Of each division.
! Georgetown boys and girls OF the
eighth grade will receive their diplomas
At Curtis Hall next Wednesday morning.
Congressman Kahn. of California, will
| address the rs graduates of Division No.
l. at the Cooke School Representative
H. d. Flood. OF Virginia, IL to be the
speaker for the Washington Heights
schools, whose exercises are to be held
at the Normal School, when 80 pupils
will receive their diplomas. Dean W. A.
Wilbur. Of George Washington Univer-
stty, will speak to the $50 graduates of
w. B. Patterson division at Thomson
| Hall, Wednesday morning. Division No.
5 will graduate at Mckinley Hall, For
mer Commissioner Fred bennett making
the address, DR.. Percival Hall and Hen
ry p. Blair will be the speakers in Miss
Flora Hendley's division. Former Su-
perintendent A. T. Stuart will address
the lS Capitol Hill graduates at Eastern
High School Hall. Assistant superin-
tendent 8. E. Kramer will deliver the
address for Division No. at Bryan
Hall. Wednesday. and for the South
Washington schools at the Jefferson, on
Thursday morning.
Sixteen public school Fairgrounds will
open July !. under the direction Of B.
W. March. Each playground will be
provided with a principal and an assis-
tant instructor who direct both the play
and the work Of the children. Congress
has appropriated S2.loo for equipment Of
these Fairgrounds. but funds for salaries
are raised by public school pupils The
grounds are open for a term of six
weeks.
Pupils Of Tech were invited to Join
Flag Day exercises held by the woman's
Relief Corps in the assembly hall of the
school last night.
Speakers for Flag Day exercises in the
schools Friday were provided by the gov
erning board of the Grand Army of the
Republic.
The Teachers Aid and Annuity Asso-
ciation held the final meeting of the
year at Franklin School Thursday aft
ernoon, when reports were made The
financial standing of the association is
good.
DR.. Rebecca stoneroad is arranging
fnF priN-
pictures of athletic work of the schools
which Is TO form a part of the model ex-
hibit at the Panama Exposition. The
pictures were made by an expert from
the Department OF Agriculture.
The final debate OF the Agora Club
was held last Thursday. the question be-
Ing: Resolved. That the District OF CO.
umbia Should have Suffrage" Kinney
Rammling. and Connors represented the
Affirmative. and West. Cleveland. and
Tomlinson the negative. This debate
was to decide the best debater in the
society, to whom q gold medal Is award
ed annually. 1t was won by Kinney,
with Cleveland for second honors, and
only three-tenths of a point behind the
winner.
Scenes and music from Faust" Tales
OF Hoffman, Bohemian Girl" and III
Trovatore" will be presented by seniors
OF the Normal School at Tuesdays class
night exercises. Miss Alberta Walker
has charge of the stage presentation,
and Miss Bernice Randall the music, |
and the young ladies have made most
Of the stage trappings and scenery.
Harvey Haight and William Patcbeu
made the prize awards to the twenty |
successful contestants in sports on the
Business High School excursion. More !
than 500 were cleared from sale Of tick |
cts for the excursion, 800 being sold to !
pupils OF the school.
A large number Of visitors have attend
ed the art exhibition at Central during
the past week.
Tech News has appeared in eighteen
issues during the year. the last coming
out last Thursday.
Eastern High School has won two
George Washington. two Lafayette, the
Lafayette scholarships
were awarded Riehl Arnold and Albert
Weber; the Goucher scholarship went to
Miss Jessie Bruce Handy, and the Syra.
cuse scholarship to Egbert Armstrong.
OF the thirty pupils taking the exami-
nation for music as a major study in
high schools, twenty-seven passed the
test successfully. OF the seventy-one
pupils reckoned as doubtful who took
the principals examination for entrance
to high school but three will be granted
admission.
Maj. ]. p. Heap will make the awards
to winners Of prizes offered by the Hu-
name Society and by the W. C. T. U. II
It the Thomson School next Wednesday. III
both prizes having been captured BY Al
pupils Of the Fourth Division.
Annual election Of officers of Business
High School Alumni Association will be
held Tuesday, June q. A complimentary
lance will be given the outgoing school
yraduates.
Sir Frederic Leighton's representation
II Hypatta and an imposing bust of
1ongfellow were presented by the classes
u 1913 to Business High School last
Thursday.
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