Evening star., 1918-04-28
IN THE SCHOOLS

Thirty commissioned officers OF the
Business High School Cadet Corps re-
ceived their warrants for the coming year
at assembly at the school Monday morn
ing. The warrants were presented to the
boys by Maj. Pullman. superintendent Of
! the Washington police force and former
captain Of the cadet corps at Business.
Maj. Pullman praised the boys for the
winning Of their straps and urged faith
| and loyalty to the United States and their
| school. The duties Of the non commits
stoned officers OF the corps were told in
detail by Capt. Tuck Of Company N. DR..
| Merithew presided at the assembly.
In a debate on the subject, Resolved.
That Woman Suffrage Should Be Permit
ted in the United States" by members
Of the Daniel Webster Debating Club OF
Business High School. at the school last
Wednesday evening, the boys supporting
the affirmative. were victors. The names
q the wiz winners are David whi.s @ Donald
| supported the negative: were: Dorothy
Buckingham. Gladys Allison and Blanche
Acker. None Of the girl members Of the
| club were sympathetic to woman suffrage
affirmative. Another debate is planned
for May "a. followed by q dance. This de-
| bate promises to be especially interesting
and will have for its subject SHOULD
Business High School Eliminate Its Two
year Course?'
Several former students Of Business Wis
tied the school last week, among them
| being Louis Towbes, U. s. N. r. F., for
mer captain Of the basket ball team, and
a prominent athlete when in school,
War garden cultivation as a means OF
helping food conservation was urged on
the pupils Of Business High School at as
sembly Friday morning by DR.. g. Hay.
Organization Of the two-year class at
Business was effected at a meeting held
| at the school Friday morning.
Efforts are being made by the tennis
| team OF Business High School to secure
| the courts in the Bloomingdale play
| grounds for the use. Of the team. Mixed
| doubles with the boys and girls playing
are being arranged.
The team from Dunbar High School
won the annual rife team match be-
| tween Dunbar and Armstrong High
schools in q match shot last week.
The match was held at the indoor
range at Dunbar High School. Maj.
E. l. Webster acted as range officer.
| 1ue lHITu annual OpeFetta OF the
Armstrong Singers will be given at
! the school May 16 and IT. Fifty girls
| in native costumes will render India -
an oriental production by Paul Bliss
BENJAMIN Washington is in charge OF
| the production.
Teachers Of school gardening, repre-
sent1ng all the schools in the tenth,
eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth divi-
s1ons, met last week at Armstrong
High School for a conference and DEM
| onstration in preparation of the soil
and planting seeds in school gardens
orders for Seventy-five cut garments
from outside graded schools have been
h!led by the Armstrong High School
Chapter Of the Junior Red Cross. A
special week of sacrifice and service is
set aside each month for allied work. A
luncheon and exhibit of finished work
will be held at the school May 10, when
visitors may inspect finished models
| Of the various garments in use by the
Red Cross.
A musical festival has been planned
for May and by the music teachers
of Dunbar High School at the school.
The following artists will appear:
Felix F. Weir, New York city violin
list; Leonard II. Jeter. New York city.
cellist; J. Rosamond johnson, New
York city, composer; Maude Cuney
Hare. Boston. Mass, 1ecture-pianist:
William Richardson. Boston, Mass.
baritone, Afro-American Folk Song
Singers. D. c., Charlotte Wallace MUIR
ray. director; Washington Concert and