Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-06

briefly.
DIR. w C. Gwynn of the Anti-Tuher-
culosis Society and Miss Elizabeth fos
of the Society of Visiting Instructive
Nurses are to tell how free medical
treatment may be obtained in the Dis
trict by persons unable to pay for the
same.
Arrangements for pageant. to be
given in the spring. are being made by
pupils of Business High School Try
outs for positions in the cast are be-
ing held.
Rev DR. John Van Schaick is to speak
on ethics at Western High School Tues
day before the senior class. This is
one of series of lectures on this SUB
ject being given at the school
A representative from Worcester
Polytechnic Institute is to speak at
Mckinley Manual Training School in
March.
Centrals book exchange has been
busy during the last week, because OF
the entrance Of freshmen and the pro
motions from one semester to another,
these changes necessitating new books.
Credit Instruments Used in Banking
and Commercial Transactions" was the
subject of the third credit lecture re-
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of the Federal National Bank, who spoke
to over one hundred advanced students OF
Business High School. Mr. Poole con-
fined his talk to the following classes OF
credit instruments; promissory notes.
bills of exchange. trade acceptances.
bankers acceptances. commercial let
tiers of credit, documentary credits,
bills of lading. warehouse receipts. trav-
elers' checks and certified checks. The
speaker went into detail in explaining
the function of each credit instrument.
and delivered comprehensive lecture on
the subject of credit instruments in gem
eral. A great deal of interest is being
shown on the part of the students in the
credit lectures. Charles Hart: who has
practice. is conducting the course
f. b. Adams, who presided, announced
that the next lecture, to be delivered by
Redman Treasurer OF c hal nesE
postponed until Friday. February II. at
2:15 pm. This will be the last of the
credit lectures to be delivered in the
under the direction of the Washington
Association of Credit Men.
Robert l.. Haycock. supervising prin-
cipal of the third division. told of the
of children in the public schools at
meeting of the Brightwood Parent
Teachers Association recently Mrs.
Gs s0t Rae OF ss pe
operation between parents and teachers.
She also urged children of the neighbor-
hood to make Brightwood a garden
spot"
A program Of vocal and instrumental
music and recitations were given
Refreshments were served.
The Balance Sheet. official publication
of Business High School. was issued last
week. Its chief. William C.
La Clair. was a member of the midyear
graduating class. four-year course. but
expects to continue until June as a post
The current issue Of the publication
contains, as usual a large variety of
stories, articles, jokes and illustrations.
of the principal G!:c>iels urges that eve
do not want preparedness for-war SO
much as we want preparedness 10
prevent war"
All secondary schools in Maryland have
been invited to take part in a statewide
contest in public speaking, to be held at
Tome Institute, Port Deposit. Md, May
20, following the TENN interscholastic
field and track meet. Two prizes, one of
SIS and one of SIS, are offered by the
institute.
Teaching of trades and agriculture,
which would enable colored youth to
live in the country was urged by Prin-
c!pal Fred D. Norton Of Manassas In
dustrial School, in an address at Arm
strong Manual Training School Mon
day. Mr.. Morton was formerly con-
nected with the public schools of the
District. as well as being a graduate
from them.
Il know of no problem more vital
than that of discovering an effective
method of keeping country boys and
country girls from flocking in ever in
creasing numbers to the larger cities
ne said. Your alleys and slums and
too often your prisons are full of them:
open-hearted folk. willing to be helped.
but an actively immoral and at times a
criminal social group 1t is no wonder
that the school has, from time to time,
enlisted the active sympathy and sup
port of such distinguished men and
women as DIR. Robert Collyer, Edward !
Everett Hale Mrs. Burton Harrison. |
Rev. Minot Savage. DR.. Percy Stick !
ney Grant. Oswald Garrison Willard. |
now chairman of the board of trustees, |
and many Others"
The speaker called attention to the |
fact that the founder of the school like |
the great founder of Tuskegee was a |
former slave. THE story Of the found |
ing of Manassas Industrial School," |
said Mr.. Morton, after paying tribute .
to the late DR.. Washington, lis the |
life story of an ex-slave. Jennie Dean. !
She had neither professional nor aca-
uSihiS equipment HUI TeSOuTCSs bul
she did have boundless hope and tri- !,
umphant faith. Unframed though she |
was, she conceived that her highest
duty lay in improving our whole citi-
zenry by helping her own people to
live better and more useful lives. Her !
hopes have succeeded in large measure. /
Today the school-and it is confessedly
an industrial school. teaching the
homely doctrine of work-radiates its
influence for good throughout the
whole of northern Virginia.
"A friend of the school once wrote:
From the history of Jennie Deans life
one comes to a realization of what SIM
pie determination can accomplish. Here
was country girl, born of slave
parents. with only few months
schooling for several years in a primi-
tive country school-the very first
started in Virginia after the war
out to uplift and benefit and
a whole community of people
and actually doing it. The mayor of
Manassas says of the school that the
colored community all love it and work
for it, and forget to get drunk and
get into Jail. One mayor told us sew
eral years ago that he attributed his
empty Jail to the influence of the in
dustrial school"
Miss Helen Gladys Hoffman of Cen
trail High School entertained several
students of that school, when her
At the family home, 1871 street north
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