The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-20
lD[TS ARE LOOKING
FORWARD TO BIG BALL
November - SCI ~ Date Fur At
fair 20 Be Held In the
Grayy' Armory
TEAcHERs ARE TO ATTEND
Election of Oficcrs For Various So
cactses at High school Begins Sea-
son Of Activities at Big Building.
John Marshall Record Out

Members Of the cadet battalion at
John Marshall High school are ex-
tremeIv interested in their approach
ing full dress drill and ball. which
is to be held in the armory OF the
Richmond Grays' Battalion, Seventh
and Marshall Streets. on November
20. the evening before Thanksgiving.
Preparations fer the affair have al
most been completed by various COM
mittees composed of officers OF the
battalion. II has been decided that
no invitations will be sent Each
member of the battalion will be al
lowed to bring a guest 70 the oall'
however. II ia understood. whether
or not former members Of the bat
TALON and city and State oencials Will
be invited to the drill Is an announce
mant not vet made by the commit
tees In charge.
Last year when the Grays' Battal-
ion presented the cadets with United
States Tag and also rendered them
ball, many city and State officials
were In attendance. and the presen-
tation developed one OF the biggest
events ever held in the armory. AS
the state Teachers Association will
Thanksgivtrs Day, many of the Wis
ting instructors will probably attend
the drill of the cadets The organi-
zsticn has attracted wide attention
in the state, and. as good many OF
the oct-of-town principals are anx-
ious 70 have the scheme tried out in
their own schools. they desire to zee
20 what extent the Richmond cadets
have developed and what good the
system has done. from an educational
standpoint.
But, regardless of anything else, the
approach ball Of the cadets is the
sole topic Of conversation during re-
cess and Off periods at the high school
and this interest will certainly in
crease until the evening OF the drill
and dance. when II will probably end
in a brilliant display of beautiful
evening gowns. ef.ctent soldiery and
dazzling illumination
Literary Society Meets.
Meeting for the hrst time this year
(. the literary societ yof the high school
elected officers Friday as follows:
President. Charlotte Chappell;. vice.
president. Mary Dudley; secretary.
Lse Cox: reporter. Isabel Goodwin.
The study Of art will be taken up
nv the society this year.
I. At the meeting Of the German Club
the following officers were elected:
President, Louise Sauerwald; treasu-
rer, Bernard Martin. reporter, Ned
Flanagan.
Richard walden has been elected
president Of the Latin Society. Geor-
gta woodward, vice-president: Slower
Bowiee, secretary and treasurer, and
Virginia Thornton. reporter. were the
other officers elected At the meeting
Of this society. The object OF the
organization Is to further interest in
Roman customs and manners. Speak
ers OF authority on these subjects
address the society during the year.
MAGaxtne Makes show
An attractive cover, painted by
Flora Hutzler. Ia one Of the features
OF the John Marshall Record for No
vember. which will be distributed to
the subscribing students at the school
today. The magazine contains some
interesting stories. among them be
ing one by John r. Winn. Jr., entitled
'Hoodooed-13." Besides WINS
story Is a Thanksgiving tale by vir-
gtnia Lee Cox and one by Esther
Cartwright and one by George Bot,
entitled "Red Head Airline Eubank.
member Of the class Of 1915. fur
nishes q two-stanEa poem for the
number. ana this. with humorous
verse by Isabel NJ. Goodwin and by
Eewell wfngdeld. make UP the poeti-
cal side Of the magazine. TWO edi-
forials and news notes about the
school and alumni, along with several
pen and Ink sketches. make the mum
Der entertaining. Irving T. Duke is
editor and H0rbArt Cohn In hs1sfn a IA
manager OF the magazine.