Evening star., 1921-04-10
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

With the annual competitive Crll u
the Washington High School Cade'
Corps only about six weeks on. cap
tains Of the twerty-one companies are
putting their men through intensive
drills three times a week. ALREADY
speculation is rife as to which of the
companies will take first honors 'r
The event. which is considered the
sreatest Of the year by school chill
dren.
School military authorities predlc'
that unless more Improvement Il
shown by companies at the nve senloI
high schools, Company NJ OF the "a
Regiment of the o Street Junior Hign
school will win the prize flag at the
drill which will be held at American
League base ball park May ZS ana -
Company NJ of the Junior High Schoo,
is in it's infancy. 1t was organized
last October, and is now CONSIDERED
the best in the cadet brigade OF the
white schools.
A eale of homemade candies. cakes
ana other goodies" will be held al
tie Wallach-T Towers Group School
Tuesday from noon to o'clock. Ihe
Mothers Club of the schoo! ana MISS
Julia NJ. Rawlings, principal nave
which are to be devoted to the pur-
chase of playground and garden ma
terials.
Morris Blum was elected president
of the John Burroughs Audubon So
ciety of the seventh grade OF the
Grover Cleveland School at its meet,
ing Monday. Other officers selected
are Evelyn Neslin. vice president. and
Bernard De Boskey, secretary.
Western High School has under
preparation cabaret mlnstrel snow
Thursday and Fri
day evenings, under the direction
of the deputies Of the institution.
The performance will be in charge
of Mrs Frank Byram. musical dl-
rector of the school: -,
The minstrel walters Will Inciuoe
Lee Douglas, Jack Steward, Charies
Hageage. Archibald Atkins. George
Granger. Charles James, Wiley Rog--
ers. Alfred May. John Dawson and and
Willard Lewis, Others whe Psrrs,l vii
Grifith, Lyman. whelchel. stephens
Baker. Reeve. Knox, Conlyn, WISE
Simmonds. Shear. Stephenson. Brad
ley. Mosely. Dawson and Berg.
tion will furnish a short program be; =;
fore the beginning of the minstrel
show Thursday evening. Those who
will take leading parts In TINS are
Mrs. Gawler. Mrs, W. T. Reid. James
:: Young; Edwin Edwin rSan9son Sallow, Julius
\
The Western High School ORA ORA
matte Association will present THE
Garroters," by w D. Howeiis. as
feature Of the Friday evening per
formance. Those having 1-.pn parts 1ohn IN
Richie. Charles James. Thomas
Neill, Margaret Holmes. Alva Daugh-
ton. Henrietta Hall and Julie Hume.
Receipts from the two entertain
ments will be divided between tne
al
ton.
Troop So OF the Boy s. Scouts ITS :, vii, sin
High school Friday evening. Aside
from scout stunts" an Interesting
program has been prepared MRS:
Warner Gibbs will sing a group OF
songs. the Waiiach-Towers group
and Miss Vietta Droney will recite;
Girls of Eastern High School will
give folk song and dances.
The troop of scouts 10 composed
principally Of wailach School pupils
and is under the direction Of Miss
Julia NJ. Rawlings. group principal
of the Wallach-Towers buildings.
Christopher Lancaster 10 troop
master.
The o Street Junior High School
Parent-Teacher Association will give
two motion picture performances AZ
Crandalrs Knickerbocker Theater
18th street and Columbia road, Wed
nesday afternoon to raise funds to
provide athletic equipment for the
school One performance will be CIV
en- at o'clock and the other at 4.
The stellar attraction will be Doug
ro" There will be several supple
mentary features. Music will be
furnished by the school orchestra
Grumpy" a comedy. will be pre-
sented by students of Business High
School in the auditorium OF the In
stitution Thursday, Friday and sat
urday evenings. The cast VIII -oe
composed almost entirely Of senior
students. Among those who will take
part are Lena Miller, Della Saufert,
Hobert Craven and Merwin II. Brown.
games. formed the program Of the
last meeting of the "En Avant," the
Western High School French Club
which was held in the home OF Mrs
William Hard. Virginia Weakley and
Eleanor Hard were the hostesses.
New classes in Gregg shorthand
typewriting and bookkeeping were
opened at Business High Night School
last week. A new class in shorthand
dictation will open tomorrow even
ing and will be taught by Mr.. Mills
There are now thirty-seven classes
in shorthand at this school.
Eastern High School Alumni Asso-
citation will give its annual excursion
to Marshall Hall June IT.
Schools of the District have a
chance to win three prizes offered by
the National Security League in the
contest for the best original cha
rades. dram matizations or pageants
which illustrate how the Constitu-
tion guarantees the liberties of the
people. Children of thirty-hve states
are entered in the contest.
Pupils of the Fairbrother School
augmented by number of Washing
tons Juvenile amateur actors, viii
give an entertainment in the audi
torium of Central High School Wed
nesday night at o'clock, to rails
funds to purchase equipment for th'
school playground. National song
and folk dances will be features o.
the affair. More than ESQ childrer
will take part
The class in real estate law of Busi
ness High Night School. which ha
been meeting on Tuesday and Thurs
day evenings. will now meet on Mon
day and Wednesday evenings. II wa
announced yesterday by +. T.. Luca:
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