Evening star., 1916-11-05


popular season.
Talks to groups of pupils of Business
High School. in accordance with the Vo,
cational plans which are being developed
there. were given Friday. These were
the speakers. their subjects and the
groups before whom they spoke:
Group on selling, advertising and sales
manship. Isaac Cans, on How to Sell
Goods; medicine. nursing and pharmacy.
DIR. W. C. Woodward. on Supervision OF
Food Supplies: automobile study. Lenox
Lohr, on Automobile Engineering IL
brarian, bookseller, F. s. Woodward, on
''Helps in Bookselling"; newspaper, Wat
Son Davis, on Making of College
C. Perry. on electrical Engineering;
insurance. James Lee Bost. Insurance;
domestic science, Mrs Susie Root Rhodes,
on Domestic Economy: commercial art.
sWiH Chandlee, on 1.-The Field of CONNER
cial Art.''
Work which they might do was the
subject of an address by DR.. John van
Schaick, president of the board of edu-
cation. before Central High School stu
dents Wednesday morning
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Members of the Johnson Powell Parent
Teacher Association are to assemble for
the first time this season in the kinder
garten rooms of the Powell School. Mon
day evening at O'Clock Plans for the
year will be discussed.
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officers of the Greenleaf Parent
Teachers Association were elected as
follows at a meeting at the school Fri
day afternoon: President, Mrs. w. B.
Wonder: vice president, Mrs. Jennie
Hayden; secretary, Miss B. E. Holden:
treasurer Miss S. E. HALEY: financial
secretary. Mrs. Thomas Posey. Plans
for the season were discussed.
straw vote was taken at the Wheatley
School Tuesday. It resulted in 143 votes
for President Wilson: 81 for Candidate
Charles Evans Hughes and 1 for Can
didate Benson of the socialist party.
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More than $500 has already been de-
posted in the Eastern High School bank.
which opened Monday last Each day
shows an increase in the total amount OF
deposits and it is expected that before
Christmas Withdrawals are made the sum
will be very large.
Teachers at the Rosedale playground
entertained the children of the kinder
garten class at Halloween party in the
afternoon. The room was decorated with
autumn leaves, jack-o'-lanterns. witches.
black cats. bats and owls:
One of the features of the entertain
ment was the telling of a ghost story by
one of the teachers In the course of
narration a ghost appeared. turning into
the director of the ground a little later
however. Ducking for apples. a peanut
hunt, a marshmallow test and other Hal
loween games were played, winners re-
ceiving appropriate prizes About thirty
five children were present. many of them
being accompanied by their mothers.
Those in charge of the affair were Miss
P. Robertson Miss E. Penny and H. A.
Smith.
Tech Life. official publication of Nc
Kinley Manual Training School. was is
sued Friday IT is the foot ball number
and bears series Of cartoons relating to
Techs interest in this sport.
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Wilson Normal School is now one of the
most widely used buildings in the system.
In addition to having the community GEN.
Ter. under the Parents League Of the
third division. carried there. it is also
used by a branch of the w. c. T. u, a
Girl Scout troop the Drama League and
the eighth grade Tirls of the E. v Brown
School at Chevy Chase.
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That a committee should be appointed
from the board Of education to consider
suggestions for the betterment of the
school system was suggested at a meeting
of the Cranch-Tyler Home and School As
sociation at the last named building
Thursday night.
A playlet was presented by the pupils
teacher in the Tyler School Speakers in
eiuded Rev. DIR. John Van Schaick. presi-
dent of the board of education; Capt
John H. Virnstein of No is engine COM
pany. H. NJ. Johnson. supervising prin-
cipal Of the ninth division; Mrs. Martha
j. fea6ody principal of the Tyler: Miss
Annie F. Loonis principal of the Cranch
and Mrs. Allan Davis president Of the
organization. who presided
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meeting of the Eastern High Home
and School Association is to be held Fri
day evening
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Tech Life deyotes considerable space in
an effort to have the number of companies
at Mckinle-:- Manual Training School in
creased Less than one-half of the fresh
man class has Joined SO far. it is ex-
planned 1t is contended that I'VE should
have regiment
Officers Of the Lincoln School Parent
Teacher Association have been elected as
follows; Mrs j. +. Turner. president; F.
T. Thomas, vice president; Mrs. f. c..
sistant secretary John w. johnson. treas
urer, and Rev W. H. Barnes. chaplain.
Wilson Normal School soon is to
have installed a motion picture ma
chime. Although no plans for a booth
for such d machine were made when
the school was built, 1t happens that
room enough for one in an 'out of the
WAY Way place; opening into the rear of
concrete booth. thoroughly ireproof.
IS now being constructed and IL is
hoped pictures may be shown in the
near future.
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Officers of the College Club of Busi-
ness High School were elected as fol-
lows Tuesday: President Manning
shaw: vice president, Miss Dolores
buckingham; treasurer. Elmer Payne;
corresponding secretary. Miss Ruth
Nay. recording secretary. Miss Lillian
Hutton; FIRST member Of controlling COM
mittee. Miss Helen Gibbs. and second
member Of controlling committee Merlin
u. Mcclure
The Review, official publication of
Central High, was issued for the first
time this school year Tuesday Its
cover bears drawing OF the new
bailding, while the frontispiece has the
same subject. but is treated differently
One Of the features of the paper is a
tribute to the late Mrs. Emile Alex
asdriue Nora Lindenhurg Hoegels-
berger. Tor many years connected with
Central. II consists Of a poem in mem
ory OF Mrs. Hoeeelsberger. written by
n. T.. Morgan and placed below a large
picture Of the deceased. In addition to
this is prose article In Memoriam,'
by Lola kyans Hutehins.
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Thrift is to he the subject of an