Evening star., 1921-06-12
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Only eight more schooldays.

Only eight more schooldays.
This is a happy thought for virtu-
ally all of the $4,000 public school
children, but not for the 1900 teach
ers and officers. To them 1t means.
work, in addition to that Of teaching.
Preparations for the closing. June
%, already have been started by the
teachers and officers. Text books
have been examined and some con-
demned as unfit for use, and all other
school property has Leen surveyed
and is ready for the storerooms Tor
the summer.
Undoubtedly, this week will be the
busiest of the school year. fInai eA-
aminations will be given to the pu-
pills. and in most instances they Will
determine whether the children will
be passed on to a higher grade or re-
tanned in the present grade 1or an
other semester. at least. Numerous
other arrangements incident TO the
closing also will be made.
Approximately 1900 high and nor
NAL school students will be graduated
next week, according to the estimates
of school authorities. Two thousand
are expected to be promoted from the
eighth grades of the elementary
schools to the senior institutions.
Arrangements are now being made
by the Central High School Alumni
Association to give somewhat more
definite shape to the schoofs war
memorial, for which $500 aireaoy mas
been raised. The plan hitherto has
been for some memorial in bronze,
such as tablet or relief, to be placed
in the entrance hall of the inst1tuu on
Some other proposals. however, nave
been made for a different form or
plan to maintain a memorial alcove In
the library with books in some ap-
propriate field A committee Is now
being organized to study these and
other proposals and to report upon
them. so that the association can
finally decide on the most desirable
form and take staeps to complete the
fund to the total that may be re-
quired.
Girl cadets of Dunbar High School.
250 in number, gave their first drill and
review on the Ellipse Wednesday aft
ernoon. After the ceremonies they
were feted by the Chapin-Sacks cor
poration, which provided ice cream for
all members Of the female military
body.
The girls have been drilled by Mai.
Milton Dean. military instructor of the
Sd Regiment (colored) of the washing
! ton High School Cadet Corps.
Eastern High School Alumni Asso-
citation will give its annual excursion
to Marshall Hall Friday. The outing.
it is expected. will be the greatest in
the history of The school.
Three trips will be made to the Po-
tomac resort by the steamer Charles
Manchester. which has been chartered
by the association. The first will be
made at 10 am, the second at $50
pm. and the last at 6.45 pm. A track
meet will be one of the features of the
event. Prizes will be awarded the win
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sale at the school.
The Parent-Teacher Association of
the Columbia Junior High School.
school Thursday night at 8 o'clock.
The meeting will be open to the pub
lie. A musical program will be
furnished by the students of the
Americanization schools. Frank j
Sobotka. president. win preside.
A meeting of the board of educa-
tion will be held at the Franklin
school Wednesday afternoon at 4
o'clock. Many routine matters will
come up for consideration and dispo-
sition.
| Tho board of education has officially
| named the NJ Street Junior High School
; the Robert Gould Shaw Junior High
| School. This name was selected as q
; tribute to the gallant colonel Of the
54th Massachusetts Regiment composed
| of colored men who achieved fame al
Fort Wagner. The sculptor Saint Gau-
| dens has immorta1ized both commander
and soldiers in> a bronze memorial on
| Boston commons. Boston. Mass.
Tech High School AlumniAssociatior
will hold its annual June reunion at the
| school tomorrow night at Sis o'clock
officers will be elected for the ensuing
year.