Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-10
IN THE SCHOOLS.

| Leroy Finagin was elected PreSl-
dent of the Daniel Webster Club of
Business High School at an organiza-
f., ton meeting of the club at the school
last week. other officers are: wee
president, Dorothy buckingham; sec
| rotary, Gladys Allison. and sergeant
alarms. Fred SCHNEIDER. Reuben Fink
| is faculty adviser to the club ActlVl-
ties of the Daniel Webster Club Will
| be carried on this year in greater
measure than ever before
| Scenes for the spring play to be given
by the student body and faculty of
Business High School will be laid in
! a modern department store. Inc play
! plans for which are not yet complete
| will be in the nature of a parody on
| those students of Business who worked
| in Washington department stores dur
! ing the Christmas holidays
| I'VE will have one of the prettiest
| choruses ever gathered together for
! a high school play in Washington -
said one of the faculty in charge of the
play yesterday. A brother of Al Jol-
| son will sing southern songs in black
| face makeup.
| The Business High School Rife Club
/ will soon hold its competitive shoot to
| select men who will represent the
| school in the National Rife Association
| indoor and outdoor matches. The out
| look for the team is favorable this
year and is made more favorable by
| the addition to the team of w alter
! Tice. member of the Mckinley Man
| ual Training High School team. which
! did SO well in the y. r. A small bore
| matches last spring.
H y. Dorman. newly appointed athlet-
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arrived and took active charge of ath-
| letics last Thursday. Mr.. Dorman was
| formerly athletic instructor in a high
| school in Portland, Me.
| Business High School has decided that
it has enough young men to form three
companies of cadets and its plans for
the formation of the third company are
time in the history of Business that
three cadet companies have been in tbs
school.
The first special drill to take the place
of the three drills forced to he post
poned when the high schools were
closed in the early part of February
was held by the cadet companies al
Central High School Wednesday after
noon. Two other drills will be held or
succeeding Wednesdays
| robin Hood" will be presented Fri
day and Saturday nights of this week
by the Tech Opera Club in the audi
torium of Central High School. Sc
many tickets have been sold for the
evening performance that request foi
another performance was granted
which will be given Saturday afternoon
The members of the cast have been re-
hearsing since last December.
| Percy Danforth, who was elected
president of the q. o., the student body
in charge of student activities at Tect
last week, has resigned to accept gov
eminent position in California. Other
officers elected last week are: Secre-
tary, Helen Miller; seventh semester
Eleanor Webster; fifth semester. nc
election; third semester, Harry Goodwin
second semester, AL Parker; first semes-
ter, no election. a new campaign FOL
the election of a president of fifth ano
first semester representatives will be
held the coming school week
Company K, I'd Regiment. of the Tecf
High School Cadets, will give dance
at the Cairo March %. officers of the
company are: Capt. P. f. bowling, FRS
Lieut. r. n. Young and Second Lieut.
II. B. Nichols.
The wedderburn branch of the Lit
tauer Red Cross Auxiliary at Tech Il
planning a student play to be given II
about a month at the school to rals'
funds to purchase wool for knitting.
| Cbauncey Brown was elected presi
dent of the seventh semester class a
/. Tech held Tuesday morning. Other OF
fcers are: Vice president. Edith Baker
secretary Irene Prangley; treasurer
Sam Rogers, and sergeant-at- arms, Bar
! nett Chatlin.
The It Club of Tech held a dance al
the Cairo last night in honor of the
basket ball team of the school.
Tech Life, the weekly school publ
| cation will be out tomorrow. The edl'
| ton will be devoted to the coming
I spring play and to the C. o. election
last week.
dents of Tech selling the largest mum
Der of tickets to Robin Hood"
With the addition of ffty-nine ca
diets from the February freshmen, two
, ht-squad companies have beer
formed al Tech.
I. Due to the unexpected change il
! printing, the Central Review, the
: monthly magazine of Central High
: School. was delayed for the month o
= January. The next issue is being plan
: ned as a combination February Marcf
number.
| The number on the service flag o
, Central High School will be changed
, each month as additional names o.
E former Centralites entering the service
l of the nation continue to become
known to the school officials.
: Inter section and inter semester
! basket ball games among the girls o.
Central High School will be finished
= by Easter.
+ officers Of the senior class at Contra
e High School will be elected next Fri
day.
t A knitted comforter done by the girl
= in Miss Robinette's class has been huns
= in the exhibition case at Central Higl
: School Bits of yarn contributed b.
d the students of the school have beer
knit into squares and the whole JOINED
e into comforter.
y Candidates for base ball were called
Il out last Friday at Western Higl
d School.
n William Heron was elected captain
= of next years basket ball team at al
s election held at Western High Schoo
l In