Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-19

INTEREST in Spanish is growing
steadily throughout the school
system in general. In view of its
II commercial value it Is growing
especially rapidly at Business
High School. Special emphasis is be-
Ing placed on the subject there from
the commercial side and conversational
Spanish is proving popular.
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Plans for an exhibit of work done at
Mckinley Manual Training School are
being made. Frank c. Daniel. prtncipai
of the institution. intends that 1t shall
be second to none" ever held there
before.
Miss Catherine r. Watkins. director
of kindergartens here. is delivering
course of FIVE lectures at Baltimore
Friday afternoons.
The following members of the faculty
of Tech have been selected as com .
mittee to decide upon the character OF
and the approximate date for the an
nual spring play: J. E. Smith. chair.
man; Dore Walton. A. B. Nanny and
Miss Jessie Coope.
Group talks which have been begun
at Business High for alternate Friday
Friday: "Salesmanship.' by H. n. Rob
erts; 1.-The Industrial School," by Rob
ert l.. Haycock: The Addressograph.,
by J. A. Bailey; why Go to High
Preparation of kilograms" by David
Goodno: Automobile Construction. by
D. A. Abbott; Trials and Tribulations
of a Composer" by o. G. Sonneck
Teaching of journalism in Colleges,
by Prof De Witt Croissant; Electrical
Insurance" by John Dolph; 'Real
Pan-Americanism," by Harry Otis
Sandberg: Schools of France, Rene
Samson. and Development OF the Al
phabet," by DIR. Walter Hough-
Seniors of Tech are planning to hold
a banquet at the school the Wednesday
preceding Thanksgiving day.
Both bows and girls at Western High
School are taking an active interest in
rifle practice this year.
A committee to arrange a schedule Of
lectures to be held at the Mckinley has
been appointed. 1t consists of Miss
!. Christensen chairman: j. w. Adams
Miss l.. C. McColm and L. T. Brown.
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Efforts to have typewriting intro
duced in the curriculum OF the uppe,
grades Of the Edmonds School by the
| Edmonds Mothers Club are expected tt
| eliminate successfully in the near flu
| ture. Mrs. Harriet F. Saunders. presi'
| dent of the organization. reported thai
| the school officials had granted permits
sion for this instruction. if the clut
could make arrangements to obtain the
necessary machines. Steps to do thi:
are now being taken by the club. The
! report was made at meeting OF the
organization Monday last at the school
Mrs Giles Scott Rafter, president Of
the Congress of Mothers and PareAt-
Teacher Associations. told OF the con
vention of the National Congress OF
Mothers. to be held in Washington mex
April. Mrs. J. J. Locher. chairman OF
the department of motion pictures in
the Federation of Womens Clubs. TOLD
of the motion picture matinees which
are soon to be started for children un
der the auspices of the organization
which she represented
pennant was awarded to the fifth
grade for having the largest number Of
| parents present at the meeting. Re.
freshments were served and socia
Mrs. James Lansburgh. first vice presi-
dent Of the Congress of Mothers ant
Parent Teachers Associations.
Preventive measures which may b,
employed by parents and teacher.
| against contagious diseases among
children are to be considered by th'
| Home and School Association of tn
| Monroe School, according to plans out
| lined at a meeting Thursday evening.
| Upon motion of Mrs. L. A. Hawkins i
was decided to name committee t.
determine what could be done along
| this line.
Miss Blanche Beckham. principal o.
the school, told of the orsanizatio
OF a club for boys from fourteen t.
seventeen years of age. Miss Kohl tole
of the work of the girls club. Mrs. w
Mayberry presided and Mrs. Young TOLD
of work which had been done by the
association. F. w. Schieck gave q
group of songs, being accompanied b,
Mrs. Hilda Hunt. Refreshments were
served following the formal meeting
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A playlet given by the pupils of the
fifth grade of the Webb School was
a feature of the meeting of the Mothers
Club of the Webb and Pierce schools al
a recent meeting of the organization
I in the Webb building. 1t was planned
and staged by the girls of the grade
and depicted Columbus in his trip o.
discovery.
Those who contributed TO the program
We're Mrs. Darnall, Dorothy Burns
Mary Clouser. Durard Bowers and Mil
dreu Castle. refreshments were SeTSeu
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Growth in the o Street Vocationa
School is noted in an article appearing
in the Thanksgiving issue Of the {
Street Bulletin. official publication o
the school. 1t says that when The
school was first organized three year:
ago it had but twenty-five pupils. l.
now has an enrolment of nearly zoo
pubils, and because of congestion two
classes in dressmaking have been re
moved TO the old NJ Street High School
Three teachers were on the stan
when the school opened Today it has