Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-06

in the war with Germany
| AAx are to be registered by
w pupils of Business High
| School DR.. Colyer Meri-
wether is in charge. Every pupil is to
be given an opportunity to register. but
none is to be forced to do So They may
register for service as farm laborers. for
clerical work, for Red Cross work. for
working in the city gardens and for as
sisting in the collection of reading mat
ter.
| Pupils of Mckinley Manual Training
School are to hold an at home the
evening of May Is Work which has
| been done during the year is to be ex-
hibited. Pupils may be seen under act
| ual working conditions.
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Child welfare work which is being done
| in Washington was described by Mrs.
Fulton Lewis, chairman of the committee
| on parent-teacher associations of the
Congress of Mothers, in an address at
the final meeting for the year of the
Wallach Mothers Club. Mrs. Foster eau
sey presided.
Forget-me-not Troop of the Girl
Scouts gave drill. under the direction
of Mrs. Chester Pyles, captain. A must
cal program was given by the Boy Scout
Band.
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Citizens in the community in the vicin-
| ity of the Emery School have organized
a Red Cross first aid unit. The first
meeting is to be held tomorrow evening.
DIR. F. B. Cogswell is to be in charge of
the class. Miss Alma Cramer has been
selected as president.
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City-wide and division honors in a
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direction of the department of domestic
science are to be awarded Tuesday. fol-
| lowing the baking of bread by girls who
| have already won preliminary honors. A
1 cup will go to the division from which
the winning contestant registers. and
| she will receive a savings bank account
of IS. Girls making the best records in
their respective divisions will each re-
the respective schools from which these
girls register will receive a pennant.
The money prizes are donated by the
tHousekeepers' Alliance. The bread,
about eighty loaves. will be on exhibit
ton all day May 10 at the Morse School.
r street near 5th street northwest. All
interested persons are invited to in
Spect 1T.
| Girls who have won ribbons in the
preliminary contest are:
Blue ribbons Beatrice Goodman,
Carla Ockershausen. Josephine Good
\ win. Linda Frye, Margaret Shepherd,
Ruth Gottwalls. Alise Avery. Helen
Harrah. Irene Hebron. Helen Cook,
Marjorie Wall. Helen Green. Ruth
Saxon. Elizabeth Duvall, iona Dear
don, Florence Hoskinson, Helen New
man. Ellen Fay. Madeline Vaughn and
Gladys Walker.
Red ribbons-Ruth Overstreet, Irene
Carnaggio. Dorothy Rafkind. Louise
Rammbig. Dolly Petrie. Elizabeth La
Roche, Geneva Suit. Clarine Howe,
Dina Tollefsel. Mary Motherwell,
Katherine Golden, Ruth Mundy. Alice
Duffy. Rose Kendall. Florence Hodges,
Blanche Tibbs. Annie Mcdonald. Elinor
Johnson. Minnie Brandt, Jean Jackson,
Dorothy Diggett, Helen Newcomb.
Helen Noyes. Dorothy Greenwich.
Ethel Goldstein. Mary Bottazzi. Helen
thy Arnold. Eleanor Leech. Ethel Cat
lin. Augusta Thomas, Margaret CARING
ton. Dona Herbert, Bessie Gilchrist.
Mary Rock. Nellie Wishaupt. Alice
Kicker. Gladys Murry. Catherine
Dorothy Tschiffely, Regina Burns. Ida
Porton Katherine Minson. Margaret
Smith, Irma Munder. Helen Pursglore.
Ellen Turner. Lena Walker. Virginia
Watson. Lucinda Mealy. Dorothy
| Franklin, Helen Walierstein, Bessie
Duvall. Lillian Little and Mildred Pey-
| ton.
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Twenty-fi boys of Tech and a similar
\ number from Central have been formed
into group ready to go out on farms
\ and assist in the movement for a greater
production Of foodstuffs.
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Plans for the excursion to be held under
| the auspices of the Business High School
Alumni Association were discussed by
| representatives from the association at
I III,
| Robert Tracy, Joseph McGarraghy. Fred
erick c. Hazard and C. Albert Parker.
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Melvin D. Engle son of James NJ. Engle
! of the Treasury Department, and stu
dent at the Maryland Agricultural Col
| lege has won two gold medals this year
| student at Central High.
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| Miss Emma Jacobs. director of domestic
science recently gave lecture and dem
| instration on the use of food materials
at the Grover Cleveland School. Miss
Ruth Miller sang and Miss Olive Wright
| recited.
Three special assemblies were recently
held at the Madison Night School. under
the direction of Miss Mary J. Watts. the
principal At one of these a group of
Business High School Cadets Capts. ]. c,
! Wilkes ana douglass Moore, Lieut. hen-
| meth Markward, Sergts. Brewer and
! Taste. gave an exhibition drill; at the
| second. Charles Hart head Of the depart
ment of business practice at Business,
talked on efficiency. and at the third AL
| Ian Davis. principal Of Business. spoke
on opportunities presented in Washington.
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Graduation exercises OF the Armstrong
| Manual Training Night School are to be
held May IA at pm. at the school. Ros-
coe C. Bruce. assistant superintendent in
charge of colored schools. is to be the
principal speaker. Mrs. Coralie F. Cook
is to present diplomas. J. p. Taylor is the
principal.
G. w. U>Notes.
Sol S. Gluck. president of the George
Washington University Players. has
been asked to become associate director
of the Shakespearean plays. to be given
on the Monument grounds in the
summer.
Ten Medical School seniors have