Evening star., 1920-12-26
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

white the s2.ooo public school chill
Aren are enjoying tho remainder Of
4heir Christmas vacation period, this
week teachers and officials will be
busily engaged in mapping out inten-
sive programs of study for them during
the final lap of the first semester of the
school year. which ends January 29.
The first two weeks Of January. in
most cases. will decide how many pu-
pils are to be promoted to higher
grades and how many are to be kept
back during the second semester.
Many examinations will be given the
school children early in January, as
soon as review of their work from
September is completed. Preparations
for these examinations Will occupy
the teachers attention all this week.
The central High School &C. Club.
nm organization of the institution let
ter men, will give a banquet at Waro,
man Park Hotel Wednesday night; All
high school principals and alnietic
coaches have been invited.
The most enjoyable feature of Christ
mas week at the Wallach-Towers group
school was the packing and sendins OF
sea sonabie remembranceS to Soldlers at
walter Reed General Hospital The pu-
nils suggested an appropriate nst OF
goodies and then each pupil contriou.su
his share. Oranges, apples. nuts. cdius
and homemade jelly and jam "elS
carefully wrapped in green and red pa
ner and then packed in wooden boxes
which were decorated with sprays oI
holly and evergreens. Iwenty-tu.s:e &c
boxes were required to hold the contri-
buttons of the children. A commttee
sstescbers and pupils. assisted by Miss
Julia M. Rawlings. the principal ar
ranged the boxes while the entire stu
denf body looked on and sang ChrlSt-
mas carols and patriotic airs.
plans are being made to erect at
the new Eastern High School a memo.
rial to Miss Anne Margaret. Merrui:
who was for ten years a memoer OF
the high school faculty. The memo
rial will be an outdoor one. II
school grounds.
Section D-1 at Tech High School
claims to be the most patrlot1c
ssrookie" section in the schooL
has a representative on the general
orranization council another on the
staff or Tech Life, the schoofs omciai
organ and four on the track team.
Nearly all the others. it is said' are
members of the cadet corps.
The twelfth annual reunion Of the
Central High School alumni Will pc
held at the school tomorrow n1She
at 8 o'clock. All graduates ana lot
mer students are invited. A special
prorram has been arranged. in ad-
sIition to a brief business session, at
which officers for the ensuing year
will be selected. Miss Airline Pollock
81 chairman of the reunion committee
Presentation of Faith of Our
Fathers" marked the Christmas cele-
bration at Business High School We'd
nesday. The play opened with a
scene of the embarkatlon OF the XII
grims, to an unknown region across
the sea, where they might worsnp
sode found the Pilgrims anchored on
Cape Cod, after long. hard voyage
across the Atlantic. The third scene
was a beautiful picture OF spring at
Plymouth. the happiest time OF tne
Pilgrims after their arrival IN Amer
ica The fourth setting was PIC
furesoue Thanksgiving scene, IN
which the Pilgrims offered thanks TO
God for having safely guided them
to the land of liberalism and worship.
The last of the pageant showed Co
iumbia welcoming other nations 70
piains-
Many of the costumes worn by par
<acipants in the pageant were the
handiwork of students at the scnool'
The penmanship department of the
uublic schools of the tenth and thlr-
feenth divisions. Miss c. E. Martin
director, is in receipt of letter from
Oty Postmaster NJ. o. Chance reia-
dive to the assistance rendered MS
tn hn
ucity campaign. Miss Martin is re.
nonsibIe for the deliver early
aIogan, which comprehends the leg
fble directing of letters. bundles.
etc, by school children. thus expedit-
ing delivery.
twenty-five Western High School
graduates witnessed the presentation
Of l. l. VS. to the members of the
lightweight foot ball team at the
Tssls.mss Tsoss IGNORED asSem1s Wers j. ~ BAIRD. B.
Whelchel, n. Jeffress, f. Evans L.
llunson, T. Stevens. o. Watson, j.
Cox, F.. Bryan. c. Woerner. c. Hagie.
a. Beall and H. Cummins
Among the speakers at the assem-
bly, were Earle Manson. d. Wight.
Francis Birch, Prescott Willis. Hugh
CAmpfield and Atherton Hastings.
Miss Dorothy johnson. a teacher OF
mathematics, who left the school
Last week to be married. received a
W. as a token of appreciation for
her untiring efforts in the interest
Of the institution. NJ K Parkinson.
who succeeded her, was formally
adopted into the Western family
The music for the occasion was
furnished by George Miller Of the
Washington College of Music. Miss
Frances Corey and Bernhard Spille.
The director Of penmanship OF the
tenth and thirteenth divisions has on
exhibition a number OF acrostics ex-
ecuted by pupils Of Miner Normal
School. They bear on the mo Acci-
dent week"
pilgrims Of Freedom" pageant
In commemoration Of the tercente-
nary Of the landing Of the Pilgrims,
was presented by students of West
ern High School Wednesday night at
the school. Two hundred students
participated in the celebration,
resenting the life Of the Pilgrims in
England, Holland and America. The
production was well arranged from
an artistic point of view and the per-
1ornance might easily have been the
work of more experienced actors.
Despite unfayorable weather, the
auditorium of the school was filled.
The proceeds of the entertainment
will go to the athletic association of
the school
DIR. Frank W. BaIlou, superintendent
OF schools. was the recipient Friday
OF large and beautiful bouquet of
roses. presented him by employees of
0he Franklin School The superfn-
tendent was SO proud of his unex-