Evening star., 1918-05-26
IN THE SCHOOLS.

Central High School win give q
play the evening Of May - and IS
at the school for the benefit Of the
Red Cross. The play Is called Gap
tain Lettarblair" and will be a resume
Of the war activities Of young Ameri-
cans during 1918.
The mission Of the American Red
Cross in aiding soldiers Of the allied
armies and refugees from the invaded
districts was outlined by Henry B. F.
Macfarland. former District Commis-
sioner. and Private Frederick. one OF
High School Wednesday morning. Mr..
Mcfarland told Of the relief work
being done by the Red Cross and
Private Frederick told Of some Of his
experiences with the Germans on the
battle front. Clarence Wilson. Dis.
conservation on the pupils Of the
school.
The Red Cross auxiliary Of Tech
of s25 to the Red Cross. Other contri-
buttons will be made from time to
time.
A. departure from the usual COM
mencement program will be made at
year. Graduation night will be held
before class night. Graduation will
be held the evening Of Thursday, June
20. A play, "a Case of Suspension"
will be presented by the seniors Of the
school as part Of the class night exer-
cises.
The date of the final issue of Tech
Life. the school publication, has been
postponed to June 10, to permit the
;rI; ~ %H4 1fo nf hn
nual competitive drill. AS the senior
class Is to have no year book, the final
issue of Tech Life will have a four
page supplement dedicated to the
class.
The annual alumni excursion of the
Tech High School to Marshall Hall
will be held June IA. Athletic events
will be held on the arrival of the boat
at Marshall Hall under the direction
of Mr.. Apple. athletic director at the
school.
The public schools Of the District
will close this year June 19. Members
of the faculty will remain at the
schools until June 81 to check up on
dergraduates.
Robert Boswell, president Of the g.
o. Of Tech High School has received
word from the Harvard Club Of Wash
ington that he has been awarded the
$500 scholarship at Harvard which is
offered yearly to a student In the
Washington high schools by the club.
Bosworth, although he has been sup
porting himself since he left the
fifth to the eighth semester this last
fall, kept himself high on the honor
roll of the school.
Winners in the liberty loan speech
contest at Tech High School have
Wilmer Bartholomew; junior. Henry
Marsh: sophomore. Sidney Needle. and
freshman, Julian Ries.
in the third liberty loan speaking
contest were awarded to the follow
ing pupils of Eastern High School re-
Gently: Eta Florence Grabill. May
Jones. Richard Lee Trainor. Helen
Cecilia Carroll. Bessie Price: Mary
Mahlon Selby. Judges were Maj.
Henry Leonard. U. s. NJ. c.: DR.. W. P.
Hay, Prof De Witt Croissant and Bert
ram G. Foster. First ard second honors
were awarded. respectively, to JOAN NJ.
Selby and Mizs May Jones.
Lieut.. James Clark Edgerton. first
United States aviator to fly from New
York to Washington. carrying mail to
the capital. is a graduate of Central
High School of 1915. Edgerton. who
lives at 1916 Park road northwest,
trained at Princeton and at Ellington
Field, Tex. He was sent to Mineola
in May and selected for the mail serv-
ice because Of his steadiness while in
the air.
Central won every match in the
District High School indoor rife
matches at the National Guard Arm
ory, 472 L street northwest, held last
week. R. C. Stokes, with a perfect
score of 200. led in the championship
sented by The Evening Star was won
by Centrars team. consisting of e. J.
Baxter, Sam Houston. Stokes. e. NJ.
Newcomb, j. Richardson and J. B.
Cooley. E. ]. Baxter. Sam Houston
and E. M. Newcomb followed Stokes
Of f97, 1877 and 1875, respectively. The
NJ. A. Winter medal. presented by the
president Of the Washington Rifle
Club. was won by Baxter.
The annual competitive drill of the
Washington High School Cadet Corps
will be held at American League Park
the afternoons of June and 4. The
colored high school competitive cadet
drill will be held at the park June 6.
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Pamphlets to be used in hospitals
are being made at Central High
School by the group of Red Cross
workers under the Misses White OF
room 311. Eighty pamphlets already
have been made and turned over to
the Red Cross. The pamphlets con-
tain current reading matter and are
lent to the patients.
An employment bureau, to help the
bows and girls of Central High School
find summer jobs. has been opened at
the school by the alumni association.
Pupils are urged in the latest issue
of the Central Bulletin to leave their
names for temporary work during the
summer but are asked not to leave
school to take positions for war work.
'Work in summer or do what you can
after school hours until the end of the
term" is the admonition to the stu
dents. I'm the course. of the next few
years the country will need many
educated men and women. Don't kill
your future now by taking perma-
nent position, but keep on studying a
little longer. Not only is it your pa
triotic duty to work during the sum-
mer, but it will give you experience
which may be valuable In itself or In