Evening star., 1918-01-27
IN THE SCHOOLS

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Billy Sunday. famous evangelist. forced
his lesson OF sincerity into the hearts
OF the students OF Mckinley Manual
Training School Wednesday morning at
general assembly. Billy, putting on a
little extra pep" for the students, made
a pronounced impression on every
'Techite" that heard him. and every
student bore away with him a now idea
Of BilIy's character and lesson.
Tech High School had its first impress
sion Of the horrors Of war last week
when efforts were made by the ofncers
of the graduating class to get printed
announcements OF the program for class
might, held last Thursday at the school
iUndaunted by the closing down Of all
tthe printing establishments, the stu
dents printed the class night announce
ments on their own press at the school.
F. C. Daniel, principal Of Tech High
School, who has been i'll at his home
for the last two weeks. is expected back
to school tomorrow morning.
Interhigh school rife matches in
which both Central and Technical
on indoor ranges all over the country
next week under the auspices of ths
National Rifle Association.
Miniature war games to determine en-
trants to the final games to be held by
the various cadet companies of WASH
tington have begun at Tech.
A revival of the old favorite. robin
Hood" by Reginald DeKoven. will be
given this year by the Mckinley Manual
Training School as its spring play.
March Is and 16. in the auditorium OF
Central High School The Opera Club
of Tech will go to considerable expense
for the royalty on the producing rights.
scenery and costumes The costumes
will come from New York and the seem
lery from a leading opera company. This
girls costumes will be made in the do
mestfc art department of the school.
General direction of the play is in the
hands of Dore Walton. who was for
merly a member of the orchestra of
the Aborn Opera Company. Mr.. wal
ten has staged all Techs recent sue
cesses. Miss Florence Keene will di-
rect the chorus of about a hundred
voices. and Miss Genevieve Marsh and
A. B. Many are in charge OF the leads
The cast as announced yesterday con-
sists of Gladys Price as Maid Marian:
George Myers as Robin Hood, Mary
Langley as Annabelle, Sigmund Sachs
as the sheriff. Ridgeway Taylor as
Friar Tuck, Alberta Houser as Alan
a-dale. Edna White as Dame burden.
Harlan Randall as Little John and
Harry Marlowe as Guy of Gibson. The
first six of the leads have appeared in
leading parts in former Tech plays.
The Friendship Club of Central will
give play in March
A patriotic rally will be held by the
Friendship clubs of all the schools at
Central February %.
G. A. Lyon addressed the Journalism
class at Central High School at the
school Thursday morning on 'Newspa
pers and the War" The journalism
class will visit The Star and be shown
through the building tomorrow morn
ing.
The Central High School Athletic
Association held its final session We'd
nesday morning at the school to ap-
prove the awards Of letters for athletics
for the past year. The sections will
vote for a new council when the new
/, semester starts.
Posters of the third French war loan
are now on exhibition at Central High
School They were loaned to the school
by Mr. Bassel1 Of the United States Ma
tional Museum.
War savings and thrift stamps to the
amount OF $4,000 have been sold to
the student and teachers at Central
| High School
As an added effort to "do its bit"
pupils at Central High School are now
Red Cross. The dye is extracted from
the stamps and the money realized
from the sale Of the dye is used for
the support of parentless Belgian
babies.
Prof croissant of George Washing
ton University addressed the tourna-
] lism class at Central High School at its
a meeting Fridav morninR.
Allan Davis. principal of Business
High School. gave out school awards
sembly at the school Thursday morn
ing. Medals were presented to the fol-
lowing pupils for school betterment.
some work done to help the school or
credit for extra work done:
Louise Ryan. 377; Leroy 8. Mann.
436; Harry King, 2S5. and Philip Fried
| lander. 564-
Scholarship medals were presented to
| the following:
Percy Watzman, Clara Barton Woody
and Sarah Katherine Yosgour.
Foot ball "Bs" were presented to the
i members of last years squad as fol-
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F. L. Houck. J. B. Welch. L. Won Elf
and D. R. White.
DR.. Collier Merriweather presided at
| the award of the medals and letters.
| A dance in honor of the mid-year
| graduating classes will be given by
/ the alumni association of the Business
High School the evening of February
| O. Admission will be free to all gradu.
| ates.
| The basket ball schedule of the Busi-
| ness High School team has been ex-
| tended week beyond the ordinary
| scholastic schedule to permit the team
| to fill dates with schools outside the
| high school organization.
| The Red Cross class a. Business has
| during the past week sent to Red Cross
| headquarters fourteen sweaters thirty
pairs of wristlets and a number of
scarfs. A boxful of scarfs underwear
| and used clothing will be sent to Bel
gium by the class tomorrow morning
Eighteen teachers at Business are
now working with Uncle Sam in the
evening, assisting in classifying reg
iStrants.
The Eastern High School second bas.
ket ball team defeated the team rep
resenting the Georgetown Preparatory
School in the Y. NJ. c. A. gym last
Tuesday. "a to 8.
Class pins for the seniors at Eastern