Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-22
IN THE SCHOOLS.

| Use of food materials is to be dis
cussed by Miss Emma S. Jacobs. direc-
| tor Of domestic science in the public
| schools of the District of Columbia, be-
4 fore the Grover Cleveland Parent
Teacher Association when it meets in
the school Tuesday afternoon at 2:4o
o'clock. Patriotic selections are to be
given by the pupils. Miss Ruth Miller
| is to sing and Miss Olive Wright is to
| recite. Mrs. Dodek and Mrs. Mcleod
are to serve tea.
The Alumni Record of Central High
School is to be issued this week. This
| is to be the first number to be issued
since the selection of the new editor.
Alfred l.. Stern.
| In celebration. of the fact that the
! first-year boys and girls of Business
High School sold more tickets than
those of any other class for the spring
luncheon. an assembly was held Tues
| day. Miss Ida NJ. Campbell. who was
chairman of the general committee in
charge of the lunch. presented a ban
ner to the pupils of the first year. 1t
was received by Daniel McGrath. F.
A. Y. Lucas, principal of the Business
annex, where the first-year pupils are
stationed. presided. Miss NJ. Raymond
sang.
The negative debaters were victorious
at Central High recently when the
proposition that 1.-The union men were
justified in striking in the present
street car strike" was discussed. The
| winners were Miss Stuart, Miss Buhrer
and Mr.. Birch. while the affirmative
was supported by Miss Lineback,
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Benefit motion picture performances
for the American Red Cross were given
| by pupils of Eastern and Business High
schools last week. Eastern pupils held
their benefit at the Avenue Grand
Business held their benefit in the school
Wednesday.
| William knowles Cooper. secretary
| Of the Y. NJ c. A, delivered an address
on the will and it's powers. before boys
| and girls Of Central High Wednesday.
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Lieut. n. Butler Briscoe, U. S. A., in
structor in military science for the
high school cadets of the District, is
delivering a series of talks before the
boys, making constructive criticism.
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The Social Council of Eastern, which
has been recently formed for the SUI
pervision of social activities among the
pupils, last week granted charters to
these three organizations: The L. E. w.
A.. the Girls Outing and the Business
Girls clubs.
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Work of the special classes in the
Lincoln and .CardoZo schools was dis
cussed at a meeting of Parent-Teacher
Associations of those schools recently.
Speakers included DIR. ]. Hayden John
son and Fountain Peyton, members of
the board of education: DR.. w. s. Mont
gomery. supervising principal in charge
of these schools, and by the follow
| ing teachers of special classes: Mrs. NJ.
f. Meriwether, Miss E. Peyton, Mrs. A.
T. Freeman and Miss NJ. E. Henson. A
number of parents also spoke. An ex-
hibition was made of work done in the
classes in basketry, rug weaving. maxi
! ing of aprons. shirts, dresses, crochet
work, woodwork, and in cooking.
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The Hatchet, weekly student publi-
cation at the university, has issued
a high school edition for distribution
among the seniors at local and other
high schools and secondary education
al institutions. The issue points out
the numerous advantages of attendance
at the university. 1t mentions that
| in the nine departments of the uni
versity there are 252 instructors and
| 2,194 students.
More than twenty George Washing
ton students have passed the physical
examination for admittance to the Red
| Cross ambulance corps unit being
| formed here by college students and
graduates. Applications for enlistment
are being received by DR.. Bingham,
| the Kedrick. The enlistment is for
! two years. during school months only.
| DIR. Paul PutZki of the Medical School
| has been appointed first lieutenant and
| Paul w. Nestal Of the Medical School
| is acting as sergeant of the first class.
Students must pass in two-th1rdS of
| their work to represent the university
| in any student activities, according to
! a ruling of the faculty committee on
student activities.
| Since it's founding in 1921 as CO.
lumbar College, George Washington
University has conferred degrees on
/ 7I45 persons. The total. number of
| degrees conferred is S,768.
! George Washington has been rated
versity Of Illinois. which some time
/ ago made exhaustive Investigations of
all colleges and universities in order
| to establish standards for exchange
of credits with other educational in
! stitutions.
The annual prom of the Interfra-
| ternity Association was held Friday
night at Rauscher's. One hundred and
Seventy-five persons attended.
The annual university catalogue is
ready for distribution. according to
announcement by Prof Richard Cobb,
secretary of the university. 1t is
+! larger than ever before.
/ The 1917 Cherry Tree. student year
| book, is on the press and will be ready
| for distribution in about week. ac-
| cording to Chester r. Draper, business
manager. The volume will be bound
/ in buff cloth with blue seal in the
center of the cover. 1t contains 1862
| pages. More than 225 cuts are con-
| tanned in the volume.
The Hatchet has raised s135.0e toward
| the fund for the George Washington
| babies" Belgian infants that the uni
| versity proposes to support. Prof.
George n Henning. head Of the de-
partment of romance languages and
| president of the Harvard Club of
| Washington. is treasurer of the fund
1t was at Prof. Henning's suggestion
that the campaign was launched.
Plans are completed for the second
| session of the George Washington
University summer school. which will
be conducted in the Department of
Arts, the Medical School and the Law
School. The summer school will open
June 25 and continue until August 4.
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