Evening star., 1918-03-31

The public schools Of the District of
Columbia closed last Friday for the
shortest Easter vacation in their his
tory. Only two actual school days were
included in this years vacation. Good
Friday and Easter Monday. The cut in
enforced vacation given the children
in the schools because of the shorts &c
Of coal in Washington during January
and February, when the schools were
closed for eight days.
Numbers Of the pupils at Business
vate schools. To stop this practice AL
Ian Davis. principal, at assembly Tues
day morning urged that all pupils stay
In Business, telling of the advantages
gained by obtaining thoroughly prac-
tical business education. A short
speech on the year book and its policy
for the year was made by Leroy Finne-
gan. editor of the Balance Sheet, the
Business High School monthly publi-
cation. Announcement was made by
Mr.. Finnegan that the editor of the
year book for 1918 will be Charles Con-
rad.
Glasses in first aid to be established at
the school were urged by DR.. S. A. SIN
ClAlT III the assembly IueSOay morning.
DR.. Sinclair cited the advantages of a
working knowledge of what to do in
emergency first aid cases and asked
all the pupils to learn the fundamentals
OF first aid work. A short talk on the
work and aims of the Daniel Webster
Club was given by David White.
Our first aim in this war should
be service, and not money" said w. H.
Morse at the assembly of Business
High School Monday morning. Mr.
Morse. who is a director of the boys
ofhcials of the reserve to get in line
all available schoolboys to work on
the farms OF the nation next summer.
The time for turning in essays on
the the subject Why We Should Buy
schools of the District has been ex-
tended to April 5. On that day the
best essays from each English class
will be read at general assembly and
the leading essays judged by commit
tees OF faculty members and sent to
a District war savings stamp commit
tee to be judged.
The alumni dance to be given by the
Alumni Club of Business High School
will be held at Mrs. Dyer's, on r street
between 18th and 18th, 1t is announced.
The spring play. Miss Business" to
be presented by the pupils of Business
High School, will be held the nights
of April II. is and 20. according to
announcement yesterday by Miss Ba-
ker, the faculty coach. A request for
Club has been granted, and this per-
formance will be given for the benefit
Of the club at the school April 20.
Dancing probably will follow the play.
A meeting of the Daniel Webster
Club of Business High School will be
held Wednesday night at the school.
A meeting of the teachers at Busi-
ness will be held April 2 at 2:3o pm.
Charles Fenwick was elected presi-
dent of the w Club at Western at re-
cent meeting.
new system. whereby it is hoped
to get more boys out for athletics. has
been tried out at Western by Bryan
Morse, athletic director of the school.
All the boys are divided into squads,
with a member of the w Club at
the head of each squad. 1t is this
mans duty to see that every member
of his squad is working hard in some
branch of athletics.
Class pins and rings for the June
graduating class at Eastern High
School have arrived
A cadet dance was given last week
at Eastern to raise money for cadet
medals.
In a letter written to F. c. Daniel,
of Mckinley High School. the
Washington High School Cadet Corps
is highly praised for the soldierly and
manly qualities brought out. An ex-
cerpt from the letter, written by Lieut..
w H. Johnson, a Tech graduate of
1917, now at Camp Lee, follows:
"r would like to say a few words in
to the Washington High School
Cadets. and particularly the cadets of
Tech. There Is no doubt that the Wash
ington High School Cadet regiments are
the best of their kind in the country.
I have often heard disinterested parties
speak of them. 1t is up to the boys of
Tech to make Tech companies the best
in the country, and they can do 1t If
the performance of last spring has any
thing to do with it. 1t is the duty of
every boy in the high schools to join
the cadets. I have often wondered IL
I would now be a lieutenant in the
Army If I had not put in some time in
the cadets. and haven't doubt in the
world that if it hadn't been for my
three years in Tech companies. I would
not be where I am now. If there is any
way I can help Tech companies along.