Evening star., 1918-03-17
IN THE SCHOOLS.

Mike" Raedy. star athlete at Busi-
ness High School sfor the past three
years. was elected president of the
senior four-year graduating class at
Business High School at an election
held at the school last week. Other
officers elected are: Vice president,
Miss Adelaide Watson, and secretary,
Miss Louise Ryan. The other officers
and the executive committee will be
elected later.
Competitive debates to determine the
most successful members of the Web
ster Club, at Business High School,
are being held at the school. The best
debaters will be picked for the public
debate to be held in the assembly hall
next month.
Pupils Of Business High School were
urged to bring all their spare books
from homo to the school in an address
at assembly Friday morning by speak
cr from the war service council OF the
American Library Association. At the
last meeting of the board of education
authorization for speakers from the
A. L A. to enter the schools of the
District and ask for books to be sent
To our soldiers in France was granted.
All books for which no use can be
found at home will be brought by the
pupils Of the schools to the school IL
brarian and be sent either to the Pub
lie Library or to the Library OF Con-
gress. there to be distributed to train
fng camps near Washington or sent
overseas.
Milton Schaefer, Louis Towbes and
Michael Raedy are the only athletic
letter men to return to school at Bus-
ness.
The Office system at Business High
School has been extended and filing lists
of the pupils and teachers at different
hours of the day made available
Watching a rehearsal of the spring
play to be given by Business High
School students. Miss Business, some
the prevalence in the chorus of red
haired girls. Business is probably
the only high school giving play
this year in which a large part OF the
! chorus is made up OF red-halred girls.
said this official. "sI am sorry the play
| will not be given during the day, wnen
| the sun shines brightly"
Rehearsals.of the play are being held
| in the assembly hall every day. Ihe
play is entirely a student proposition,
as the lines are made up by the actors
| themselves. The faculty committee in
charge Of the play is composed OF Sibyi
Baker. Maude G. Gunther, Louise
| Kingsley, Grace E. Church, Mabel T..
Peirpont and Anna l. Dunlap.
| Business High Schools base ball team
will play it's first game with Briariy
Hall at Briarly Hall. Other contests
are scheduled with Charlotte Hall and
Randolph Macon College.
Louis Towbes, captain of the basket
| ball team at Business, has Joined the
l tnA tot force.
! Central High Schools tennis team is
| finishing up its rackets and making
ready for the spring campaign. Inc
will be more interesting than ever. All
| the finalists in the junior District
championship last year aree from Cen
trail, including Price. Conkling. Knapp
for the school championship will be
| held about the end of March.
James Y. Hughes and William Handi-
| Doe. well known in amateur base ball
| circles in the District. have been Sc
| lected to handle the school champion
ship base bali series which opens at
American League Park April "a, and
| will finish May g.
| The next number of the Central Re-
| view will contain the names of all
| former pupils of Central now serving
their country. 1t has been suggested
| that in addition to the honor roll of
men a list of nurses now in the serv-
| ice be made up and published.
Definite steps toward the resumptio
Of the annual debates between teams
from Central High School and McKin-
| ley Manual Training School have been
taken as a result of communications
between the faculty advisers and offi-
| GERS of the two debating societies. No
4 Isafn hQe1 vak 6Ao sAf hut 1A G-<,&
bate will probably be held about the
| last of March. Eotter. president of the
Central Debating Society. is the only
| member of the team left in school.
| The only players out for base ball at
Central last week remaining from last
years team are Shaffer, Russell and
| Pollock
| Companies of the 1st Battalion of
| High School Cadets at Central are
| looking for service men over five feet
eight inches TO fill up the ranks
The wood shop at Central High
School was the object of much interest
during the visit to the school last week
of principals of four high schools in
other cities Central has a wood turn
ing shop completely equipped with the
latest machinery.
Members of Go class at Central High
School have volunteered to do clerical
work for the American Red Cross. A
clerical unit has been formed under
the leadership of Mrs. Margaret H.
Moulton and the members of the unit
stay after school once a week to do
clerical work for the Red Cross.
Jesse Cooley was elected captain of
the rife team at an election held at
Central High School recently, succeed
ing w. Harrison, who resigned.
Special classes in design are open at
Central to first and second year pupils
for one period a week. Major design
classes are open for third and fourth
year pupils eight hours a week. and
counting one credit point. Art metal
work may be taken by any first or sec
ond year pupil of Central as a minor
study for two periods week or as
major study open only to third and
fourth year pupils with eight periods
a week and counting one point.
Babe" Adams, last years base ball