The Washington herald., 1915-03-07
Notes OF THE SCHOOLS.

| Active social center work has extended
to high schools. PrinCipa! Allen Davis. nf
! business Offering i course Of i've
| illustrated lectures for 80 cents. both par
ents and one child wiz he aGniutrd on .
| single ticket. Arthur :" Davis. Director
! Of the Reclamation Service W.! ur,-u tI,a
series on March II. with = lee tar. az,
| China. TIL" va"aries "f horedit, will
| he shown by means Of a collection of
rare slides exhibited ny Paul Popeno,.
| editor of the journal of Fi"reIity.' 81
the evening Of April = The remaining
| lectures will b.. announced later.
| The annual indoor meet for girls Of
| Central High School. held at Epiphany
gymnasium Friday afternoon. was la~='-
! " attended by friends of the Young attn
letes- Dodge ball. running mae. dvmh-
! bell drills. RELY raCes and hask~r-.'aN
| were among tn" events. .After -iu-i,r
| Here's to Old Central the senior team
played the basketball team of George
| Washington University.
| d.. Harvey W. Wiley was the speaker
at the Towers School last Monday even
| ing. He told of the high nutritivo value
| Of whole wheat -four. strongly recon-
mending its exclusive use for tn" grow
| ing child. In his opinion there is no en-
| cuse for the present nigh cost Of flour.
The remainder Of tn" evening was de
| voted TO music and social hour.
Columbia Heights Boys Club will issue
n school paper on the first Monda~ of
| each month during the remainder Of tn.
year. John b. Horton has been mad
editOrin-chief: Perry Coleman. business
manager. and David GottwaIs. sporting
editor.
\ general board on vocational guidance
iu high schools. consisting Of q mem
her of the faculty from each high school.
has been appointed as follows; : =.
Lucas. of business; J. +. Smith. Tech
! ncal; Mrs. $. F. Farr. Central: Mis-
Z. Halves. Eastern. and Miss Mar-arrt
Merrill. Of Western.
Dore Wo.fsteiner 'cellist. and Miss X
Stonehraker. pianist. gave Il musical u,
Wilson Normal. Friday afternoon.
Nrvins Young. Central. 1917. has w",
compctitive appointment to West
Point. hoing appointed from West Viz
gina. Richard Rush. u last Years grad
uatc has passed the Annapolis cxamiuI-
lions. or the eight applicants qualified
by the Commissioners TO- tho Naval
Academy. tire" Who passed Were, C",-
trail boys: Daniel Wilkersor. Rod, rIrk
Dunlap and Louis P'Izman.
Daniel Webster Cluh has chosen .frr
u presid.rt Tor tn" third tim" III -,
history. TIL" honor is paid Miss .Tcnnr.
Biron. y public deha:r will h held I've
fore tn" Easter holidays
Remembering the capacity audiences ot
past Years. cuisines High Schou. Will
give three evenings, April u. - p. tc
their spring play. William GilIert"'s
Secret Service has been selected
signed. and weekly rchearsals are
being held
Tech has been granted permission
by the BOARD of Education to hold
its annual luncheon in April for the
benefit of school athletics.
Riffs and bangs witty slams and
forCeful slang. are features Of lit
tie paper. The Wonder" which has
just been issued by an cnterprisinE
section at Business CartOouinE and
printing are done by Vernon Snow.
who owns printing press
Miss Emma Thompson has been
chosen valediCtorian for the 1915
graduating class of Wilson Normal
School. Louise Bridges is president
Of the class: Maud" Burkiin. vice
president; Alice Vessels. secretary,
and Helene RolIow. treasurer.
One of the local theatcrs has been
engaged for an afternoon performance.
of Pride and Prejudice" to be given
by Western High = hOol Dramatic So
clety after the Easter holidays.
Miss Lewanna wilkins. teacher Of
biology at Eastern. and Miss q \
Shelp. teacher of "math' at the sam"
school. left the city last week on in
definite leave of absence due TO i'll
ness. Their places have been filled
by Misses Mcmillan and Barker.
Debate on Compulsory Compensa-
ton Law" between Central High
School and Baltimore City College has
been postponed until March cs The
debate will be held in the evening.
Principal Wilkinson. of ArmstronE
spoke on The South and Educational
Progress. at the session of the
Southern Educational League held IN
Va. Friday night.
BY a carefully worked out plan
social center work became active at
the Gales School last week. Each
teacher will direct speciality one
hour after school each week In this
way children will be taught crochet
ing. folk dancing. dramatics. basket
ball. chorus singing and extra class