Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-07
In the Schools

The feature of this week in scholas-
tic circles will be the all-high school
Shakespearean festival to be presented
by pupils and faculty of the Western,
Central, Eastern. Business and McKin-
ley High Schools in the natural am
phitheater just south of the 18th street
reservoir Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday afternoons at 4 O'Clock.
Each of the schools will have band
of players. who will present scene or
so from Shakespeare before shake
speare" and Queen Elizabeth" There
will be many dances interpolated. with
special music by large high school
orchestra under direction of DR.. Cogs
well.
Artistic folder programs, in two col
ors on brown paper. have been issued
A. r Stuart, director of intermediate
instruction of the public schools, urged
that additional play space for the Ty-
Ter School be provided for in the cur
rent District bill, in his talk before
the Cranch-Tyler Home and School As
ISOLATION Thursday afternoon. He ad
text books in the high schools.
H. NJ. johnson, supervising principal
of the ninth division. made an address.
Miss F.. C. Shedd. kindergarten teach
err. told japanese FOLKLORE tales and
Miss Marian Larner sang.
A feature of the meeting was the
Nursery Club. where the older children
took care of the babies of the mothers
who were listening to the speakers.
Miss Zana J. Clendening. teacher, SUI
pervised the nursery.
The first meeting to be held at night
nv the Cranch-Ty1er Home and School
Association is planned for Tuesday
night at 8 o'clock at the Tyler School.
nth street near G street southeast.
Edward F. Colladay. president of the
Federation of Citizens Associations,
will be the principal speaker. Mem
bers of the board of education are ex-
pected to be present. The object of
the meeting is to place before the pub
lie the need of a new school building in
the neighborhood.
The Parent-Teacher Association of
the Johnson and Powell schools staged
most successful May ball and card
party in the Arcade the night of May
l. The affair was for the benefit of the
Fairgrounds OF the. schools.
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Two plays, THE Children's Paradise"
and the STORY of Epimetheus and Pan
CORA" were presented in dance pam
tomime" by the pupils of Chester A.
Arthur School at the Business High
School for the benefit of public school
Fairgrounds Friday night. The enter
of Miss NJ. II. Pray, teacher of physical
training in the public schools. More
than a hundred children Of the school
appeared in costume.
Alva X. Ansley appeared as Pan
DORA" Edward l.. Livesay as "Epime-
theus," Julius s. Neviasser as Quick
silver" and Bertha Watson as Hope"
Miss Katharine L. Sanders. student
of Central High School. was accompa
mist for the dances presented by the
children.
Ugo Di Guiliani recited the pro-
the prologue to the second act
The members of the teaching corps of
Arthur School in charge were Miss B. B.
Howell. Miss J. A, Tennyson, Mrs. B.
c. Davis, Miss NJ. l.. Kennedy, Miss r.
NJ Kirby. Miss NJ. f. England. Miss G.
NJ Beard. Miss j. N. Searle, Miss E. P.
Clark and Miss A. NJ. Clayton, principal.
meeting Of the eighth grades Of the
eighth division was held in the hall of
the Jefferson School Thursday after
noon at $3.50. at which Representative
Addison r. Smith of Idaho spoke on
Miss Chambers COM