Evening star., 1915-11-21
- CHOOL officials and members OF
: the board of education are ex-


pected to attend a supper to be
~ rendered the victorious foot
ball team of Mckinley High
School Tuesday evening. An assembly
will probably be held next week. at
which the IT'S" symbols of the work
which they did for the school on the
gridiron this year. will be awarded.
]. Fred Essary of the Baltimore Sun
bureau here addressed the Business
High School class in journalism Tues
day. He gave the students many prac-
tical hints on the improvement OF the
Ledger. their bi-weekly paper.
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The fastener, official publication OF
Eastern High School, was issued Mon
day. 1t has a number of improvements
this year, it is explained. particularly
in the makeup"
officers of the Boys and Girls Kine
clubs at Business have been elected as
follows:
Boys club-President, Milton Hart
lev: secretary-treasurer, Harold Thtele;
captain, c. Morton Fry.
Girls club-Captain, Margaret Kelley
president, Miss Agnes Gibson; secre-
tary, Miss Ada Hunt. and treasurer,
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The girls basket ball team Of Cen
trail has Joined a league composed OF
teams representing number OF other
schools.
Various after school activities" were
described by teachers at a recent meet
ing of the Eastern High School Home
and School Association. DR.. willard 3
Small. principal of the school. gave a
general outline of the outside interests,
while they were treated specifically as
follows: William Wallis. athletics;
Claus J. Schwartz, cadets and rifle
practice; Miss Margaret Merrill. camp
fire girls: Miss Bertha L. Gardner. de-
batting: Miss Ethel Prince. drawing:
Miss Edith Grosvenor, girls sports; !;
Miss K. Bucknam, literary clubs; Mrs.
Frank Byram, musical work, and John
Watawa. the school paper.
Business Highs monthly paper, The
Balance Sheet, is to be issued Tues
day. 1t has subscription list this
year of $50. about 100 more than last
year
Plans are under way for Shakes
peare pageant to be given next spring
by Representatives of all the high
schools. Miss S. E. Simons of Central
High, head of the department of Eng
lish, is chairman of the committee on
arrangements.
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A dance was given by the Dramatic
ing.
MY Lord in Livery is to be present.
ed as the Thanksgiving play by mem
bers of the Tech Dramatic Association.
Those in the cast are Herbert Cham
berlain, George Merritt McWhorter.
James Gibson, Russell Riordon and
Misses Amelia GUIDE, Grace Ely and
Margaret Kroll.
Members of the Philologian Society
of Eastern are to give a dance at the
school Saturday.
DR.. and Mrs. Colyer Meriwether
were given surprise party Tuesday
night. at their home. by members OF
the faculty of Business. DR.. Meri-
wether Is one of the teachers at the
school. Refreshments were served.
Miss Susan B. Sipe of the Wilson Nor
NAL School gave an illustrated lecture
on home gardens at meeting of the
Mid-City Home and School Association
Tuesday evening at the Grover Cieve-
land School. Sylvan Levin of the
eighth grade. Twining School. gave
several musical selections.
Girls at Eastern have planned sew
eral basket ball games to be held dur
regularly.
Tech has a cycle club. Its object is
to protect bicycles and to have riding
ton are: President. Morris Cohen; vice
president. K. 1. Nilsson; secretary, P. L.
Hannen. and captain r. Hammond.
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Wednesday the Business High Col:
lege Club went on a hike" in the
vicinity of Chain bridge and the canal
The constitution for the new gener-
al organization at Business High is to
be adopted in the near future.
officers of the Parent-Teachers' As
sociation of the Giddings School have
been elected as follows: President,
Mrs. Georgia Miller; first vice presi.
president, Mrs. Laura Cooper; secre-
tary, Mrs. Berthe Massenburg; assist
ant secretary. Mrs. H. Martin: treas
urer. Mrs. F. Harris. and chaplain. Rev.
Mrs. Coralie F. Cook, member of the
board of education. gave several prac-
teal hints for the benefit of parents
prior to the business meeting. Maj.
of the thirteenth division, another
speaker urged his auditors to know
their children better.
Musical selections were given by a
chorus OIL parents ana ny MISSES ME-
dora Moxley, l. McC. Mill and Captora
Frye A committee was appointed to
urge the board of education to provide
gaslight in the building. This COM
mittee comprises Georgia Miller, chair
man; w. B. Hill and H. Shaw.
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The school was likened to a steel
plant by John r. Hawkins. financial
secretary of the A NJ. f. Church, in an
address recently before the Parent
School. Each teacher through whose
hands the child passes adds to his de-
he said, and when the child
leaves school he is no longer crude
ore" but rather finished product
ready for life work.
Other speakers were Dr. c. w. Childs
and Fountain Peyton. members of the
board of education, and DR.. w. S.
supervising principal of
the division of which the Banneker Is
a part Resolutions were adopted urg- ,
ing the establishment of class in
sewing be established in the school
for the benefit of parents.
More than 200 persons were present. /
Musical selections were gwen by A.
A. Anderson, Misses Lillian
Evans and V. L. Williams. Miss K. r. !
teacher at the school. was in
charge of arrangements for the meet
ng. |
These officers were elected: President. |
J. c. Payne; secretary, r. B. Green.
e. w. U. Notes.
The senior class of Teachers College has I
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