Evening star., 1918-01-13
IN THE SCHOOLS.

Every male student in Eastern in some
branch Of school athletics" is the slogan
OF ]. H. Battersby, the newly appointed
athletic director at that school. Mr.. Bat
tersby has outlined plans for assisting
every boy at Eastern to take part in some
form Of the schools athletic activities and
is planning interclass and intragroup con-
tests in foot ball, track, basket ball and
base ball. Glass championships in all the
sports mentioned are included in the plan.
and the Inauguration Of elimination con-
tests in the trials of skill between class
teams with final matches toward the close
Of the season in each sport is compre-
hended. The movement will start with
the freshmen
The war savings stamp thermometer at
Eastern now shows that a total Of 800
out of the 412 persons under the roof of
Eastern have purchased the governments s
securities.
A meeting of the Home and School As
sociation was held at Eastern High
School Friday night. The meeting was
preceded by the annual dinner of the as
sociation. Dancing in the school audi
torium followed the business meeting.
Officers Of the Dramatic Society of East
ern High School were elected at a meet
ing at the school Wednesday afternoon
They are: Mahlon Selby. president !;
Dorothy Jasper. secretary; William Donn-
ley, treasurer, and j. E. Burns. stage
manager A meeting of the society Will
be held next week to decide on the annual
spring play.
Class pins for the June graduating
class of Eastern High School have been
ordered.
The Red Cross unit of the Washing
ton College of Law reports a large
amount of work for the month ending
December rs, according to the report
meets every Thursday evening at the
College Hall, 1917 New York avenue.
Work accomplished by the Washington
College of Law auxiliary to date is as
follows: "a hospital shirts. pairs Of
sheets. 12 piIIowcases. SO slings. 20
sleeveless jackets, IL pairs of wrist
lets, muffers. pairs of socks. Is
washcloths, knitted; 1 knitted afghan,
contributed by Grover Cleveland School
through Miss Sophia Kent. the prin-
Ecipal.
Night classes in printing at the Nc
Kinley Manual Training School are
now open to the public. All wishing to
enroll are urged to apply as soon as
possible. Glasses are open to men and
women. Among the studies now being
taught in the Mckinley Night School
are printing, radio electricity. mechani-
cal drawing, Spanish, machine shop
work, wood turning, domestic art and
science, chemistry and millinery. Mr..
Daniel, principal of the school. be-
lieves that the attendance in the mil
linery classes should be larger, despite
competition in classes in stenography,
and typewriting and war work.
Pushing measures for increased pay
for. teachers in the public schools of
the District of Columbia and the urg-
ing of an adequate teachers retire.
ment pension bill will be the chief
aims of the newly organized Grade
School Teachers Union effected at
meeting in New Central High School
Tuesday afternoon. Another meeting
will be held tomorrow afternoon at
Central. when permanent officers will
be elected.
The final meeting to decide on those
pupils who will graduate from Business
High School in the current semester
was held at RuSinesS Thursday after