Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18
IN THE SCHOOLS.

Dramatic work in the high schools is
now being taken up with interest. AT
Mckinley Manual Training School the
association has in course of preparation
a play which is to be given the last
day of school before the Thanksgiving
holidays The dramatic association at
Business High is also hard at work
and expects to present production
soon.
Rifle practice is another subject which
is again receiving attention from the
boys and girls in the high schools. Jo-
seph E'inckel is busy organizing the
firing squad" at Business High.
Practice at Tech is being conducted
Monday afternoons for the girls ana
THURSDAYS for the boys. The recently
chosen officers of the rifle club are:
President, j. Il. Stockett; vice presi-
dent. Miss Alva Sites, and secretary
treasurer, "A. o Rldsely.
Girls of the senior class at Mckinley
entertained the girls of the freshman
class Friday afternoon The entertain
ment took tn form of halloween
party.
sort is held annually at Tech IN order
to give the new girls feeling That
they are at home.
An assembly in the interest of ath-
Ietics was held at Business Wednesday
morning. The pupils We're urged to
give their support to the teams of the
school. Announcement was made that
none of those in the late afternoon
classes would be excused from work to
attend the foot ball games except when
written parental consent is given.
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Techs new putlicatlon-Hand and
Mind and Tech News Comblned-was
issued for the first time Friday after
noon
Girls of the senior class of Tech.
which is to graduate ext June. were
recently entertained by one of the
members at her home in Bon Air, Va.
Plans are being completed for the
second annual prom of the Business
High School Alumni Association. The
function is to be held at the Raleigh
Hotel November :.
officers of the Maury School Mothers
Club elected at 4 recent meeting are:
President Mrs. \. krauth. vice presl-
dent, Miss Pauline Scott: secretary,
Mrs J. Gaver and treasurer. Mrs. A. l..
Cross. Mrs Willard j. Moore was APP
pointed as delegate to the Federation
of Home School Associations of the
seventh division and to the District
Congress of Mothers The next meet
ing of the club is to be held November
r.
A Christmas savings fund which has
been started at the Business High
School in the Washington High School
Eank is creating considerable interest
among the pupils there About 100
have taken advantage of it so far. pay
ing certain amount each week ihe
plan is followed in about the same man
ner as is conducted by the larger in
stitnIiors.
officers of the bank this year are:
w $. Brenizer. president: A: O. Jack
son vice president: H Louise Clark.
teller: Hester Carter. cashier; Manuel
Mensh. bookkeeper: s. f. Nooers. as
sistant bookl<eeper: r. P Rocca, rum
ner and r. E. Joyce, secretary. The
directors are William Allard. Wendell
Booth. Maurice Saks, Stewart Patter-
son, Irving Ouesado. William Collins,
r. T Crawford Richard Nicholson,
Henry Evans. Miss Ethel Braqunier.
Samuel Mckinney. Harry Bleber. James
Noonan Philip Padgett, Henry Tucker,
E. c. Johnson. William F. A Herman.
James Dyer, William D. Russell. Wal
ter F. Flynn, Calvert Buck. Dwight
Terry. Howard Carroll and John Buck
ley.
Miscellaneous Notes.
officers OF the freshman class of the
medical college of George Washington
University has been elected as follows:
President, John Lyons of Washington,
D c.; vice president. Miss Florence
Ford of Wilmington, Del; secretary.
H. w. Leech of Washington, D. c.;
treasurer Hugh Walker of Augusta,
Ga. and editor. Miss Margaret Quin-
tar of Elmira, \. Y.
Several Neutrality-suspicious. were present
at the annual reunion of the alumni OF
Mount st. Mary's College, held at En-
mitsburg Md, recently. Among those
present from this city were DR.. Martin,
Rev. j. F. Jordan, Rev. Clarence Wheel
er and Joseph w Engel.