Evening star., 1921-03-20
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

forward, happily to the Easter Naca-
tion period, which begins At the close
of school Thursday and ends Monday,
April 4. Their return to school will
mark the inception of the last lap of
the lS20-1se1 academic year, which
ends June 2c.
The Dramatic Club of Western High
School presented an interesting play,
where Is Helen?" before the student
body Tuesday. The cast included Ruth
Peacock, Jack Ritchie, Margaret
Holmes. Crepps Beckham. Lady Jane
Raby, Mary Tucker Furnish. Law
Hartman. Dorothy Walters and Hen
rietta Hall.
That ireland should be granted her
: independence was the proposition de-
: bated before the Debating Society or
i Western High School Wednesday. The
judges, Louise Barnes. Helen Wesson.
. Judith Barnes. Dorothy Walters ana
! Thomas Brown, decided in favor OF
the negative.
, The Social Council Of Eastern High
. School under the chaperonage OF MISS
Ella Monk, faculty adviser. gave
picnic at Great Falls Wednesday.
Plans for a review and parade of
the Washington High, School Cadet
Corps early next month are being
made by stephen f. Kramer. assist
ant superintendent Of schools.
The Anal performance of ;"Mopsieur
j., Beaucaire," a dramatization of Beoth
! Tarkington's novel. by Ethel haze
Freeman. was given by students OF
Tech High School last night before
capacity audience in the auditorium
of Central High School. e
Teachers and pupils of the Wallach
"a trsh sh,,fa 70
janitor of the school for thirty-eight
years. Monday afternoon. They pre-.
scented the retiring janitor with pot
containing $50 in gold.
Addresses were made by Alexander
T. Stuart. director of intermediate in
struction. Hugh F. McQueeney. super
intendent of janitors, and DR.. f. G.
Kimball, supervising principal OF the
seventh division. Miss Julia NJ. Raw
lings. principal of the Wallach School:
!. presented the pot of gold in behalf OF
( the pupils and teachers.
;. Work Of the nature study depart
!, ment of the colored elementary
5 schools will be put on exhibition at
Armstrong Manual Training School
tomorrow. The exhibit will close
Thursday.
Glass officers were elected by the
senior students of Business High
School Wednesday. They are John A.
Reilly. president: Helen Wallerstein.
vice president; Della Seufert. .secre-
tary, and Frederick NJ. Blum, treas
urer.
the Thomson School are held at the
school every Friday evening at 1880
o'clock. The club has been organized
for the benefit Of persons interested
in expression. public speaking and
amateur theatricals.
Ralph K. Super has been elected
president of the senior class of Tech
High School. Other officers selected
are Elisabeth Parker. VICE president; !;
Louise Sullivan. secretary, and Ed
win Simons, treasurer.
Eighty-five girl students of the
Normal School Of Gymnastics of New
Haven, Conn.,, will give an exhibition
= At the Wilson Normal School, Tuesday
i. night at o'clock. School officials
and teachers are invited 10 attend.
The girls have come to Washington
to inspect the work Of the physical
training department of the public
schools. They are accompanied by
DR.. E. n. Arnold. principal of the
school.
: The Children's Dramatic Club Of the
Thomson School meets every Friday
. afternoon at 3:ls o'clock. it is an
! nounced by Mrs. A., c. Driscoll. The
, club has been formed for the instruc-
tion Of children whose parents are in
terested in expression and juvenile
, drama.
Senior students of Eastern High
School will explain the different col
lateral activities of the institution
at a special freshman assembly Wed
nesday. -.
: Miss N. A. Rice. SECRETARY of the
4 Washington a}umnae sof Goucher
Eastern High School Wednesday.
Elaborate plans are being made by
students of Western High School for
given April Is. .1sand II.
: AMERIcAN1ZAT1oN SCHOOLS.
There will be a club meeting of
Schotts place mothers Wednesday
afternoon. Miss ~ y. Ball will be in
charge. -7's<=f
The faculty of the Afnericanization
department yill meet Wednesday aft
. ernoon. at 3.45 at Old Central High.
Methods Of teaching English will be
discussed.
The Americanization committee Of
the women's Federated Clubs will
meet Wednesday at 7:30 pm. at zoos
> Columbia road, d,northwest. Reports of
members working on a survey will be
given at that time. All members are
urged to be present.
Red Cross Americanization work has
been started in Arthur place and in
Georgetown. Miss Dorothy Donnally
IL in charge.
A special rehearsal.,of the Ameri-
canization Orchestra will be held
Thursday evening. Musicians inter-
ested in orchestra work are invited to
Join.
The Jewish Americanixation Club
has been organized. j. Meyerowitz is
president. The purpose OF the club is
to bring immigrants coming into the
city to the classes.
Y. II. C.. A. SCHOOLS.
william Clabaugh. instructor in the
class Of income tax of the school of
accountancy. has been Ill for some
days, and the class is now being
= taught by Edward NJ. Tyler.
New classes in the second semester
In the school Of accountancy will start
Tuesday. The instructors will be;
Law, Thomas J. Frailey: corporation
finance. Kemper Simpson. and ac-
countancy. John Berg.
Visitors are invited to the opening
sessions on Tuesday. Thursday and
Saturday.
New classes for owners will be
started in. the automotive school.
Evening classes for owners will start
April 1s. New classes for mechanics
also will start on this date. and will
be held in the evening.
Easter vacation of the day school
will begin March - and win continue