Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
IN THE SCHOOLS.

DR.. Willard s. Small, principal cf
Eastern High School. has taken h tenn
porary position for research work with
the United States bureau of education.
His place at Eastern has been taken BY I
Charles Hart, formerly faculty adviser
to the athletic association at Business y
High School and head of the department.. .
of bookkeeping and stenography. Mr. =
Hart took up his new duties last week. =.
DR.. Small has taken leave of absence -
from EasternsHigh School until June. So
raphy and shorthand, has been trans-i ~
ferred from Eastern High School to's'
Business High School. Mrs. NJ d. Mer-sv
rill. formerly teacher in stenography-e
and typewriting at Business. has been X
transferred to Central High School !.
The officers OF the cadet regiments at :
all the high schools received their s
sabers last week. The sabers are from
the stock used in the Spanish american {,
war and were made in the government >
armory at Springfield. Mass. e
Candidates for the base ball team at -
Business High School reported for the
first practice of the year in the gym
nasium last Monday and followed tho
indoor practice later in the week by y
tossing the ball around outdoors. J.
Callahan, manager OF the team, who .
has been i'll for the past two weeks. has Z
'e'u' Ae0 ~ s'. ..
Members of the dramatic club at Bust. 2"
ness have been practicing in the assem-
bly, hall for the last two weeks in prep
aration for the spring play, which will z
be presented some time in April at the
school The date and the name of tho
play have not been decided, but probA-zo
bly, the play will be called Miss Bust- 10
ness" The scenes are laid in a modern ~
store.
u
t The ninth number OF Tech Life, Me- :
Kinley High Schools weekly publica- u
ton, appeared Tuesday morning, hay-s s
ing been printed in the school print >,
shop. ~
The sold. out" sign was out before
the school day was over. A printer has .
been obtained to take charge of the,
printing of the publication and there's
are promises of no more delays. -tT
- sfit
Over fifty students at Mckinley turn-.-
ed out for the first call for candidates
for the base ball team Monday MORN -
ing. ~
The service flag of Mckinley. COM
tanning the numeral 3os. will soon be
changed. Another white. star, in honor
of a former Tech student who has.
given his life in the service Of his
country, will be adder to that repre-.
senting Lieut.. c. +. Wedderburn. whoiis
lost MS lie IN Ine SINKING OI lueN
Chauncey. The new star will honorss
the memory of Kenneth Hugh Nashs-s
killed in an aeroplane accident.
The Club of Mckinley will honor.
the basket ball team of the school with Z
a dance at the Cairo, March 9. ,s
Central High Schools service hags1s
containing the numeral 500 surrounds q
ed by thirteen white stars was hup9Sn
OUT over the main entrance to theirs
school Wednesday morning. The en.o-
tire cadet regiment drawn up in eom-tf1
pahy formation stood at the salutehg
while the flag was broken out, within
the student body of the school group :.
ed on the steps about the entrances :;
Emory Wilson. principal Of the schoo1.sg
delivered a speech at the dedication II
ceremony eulogizing the spirit of Gen.
trail.
Joan the Woman" with Geraldine1
Farrar in the title role, was produced. 81
in the auditorium at Central High :,
School Friday night The productions
was staged by the Red Cross auxiliaryed
Of the school in the endeavor to raieeno
the balance of pledged contribution. OF
of 81 900 to the American Red Crosa...
made by the school last year. %: