Evening star., 1921-09-25
, PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

With the day schools functionins
properly after several days of gen
eral upset conditions, incident to the
beginning of the new term, school au-
thorities this week will focus their
attention on plans for opening the
night schools on Monday, October 3.
How many night classes will be
conducted this year has not been
definitely decided. School officials,
however, have determined that to
keep within the limited appropria-
ton for the night school system fewer
classes than last year will be opened.
They have under consideration pro-
posaI to close out the classes in the
night schools in the outlying sections
of the city, where past attendance
indicates that their operation is not
justified.
There will be no new subjects taught
in the night schools this year. 1t is
the intention of officials to have the
students get down to an efficiency
basis on the regular subjects.
Cadet companies at Tech High School
were organized at the close of school
Thursday by temporary officers. Prin-
cipal Frank c. Daniel expects Tech
to have a regiment of cadets this
year in add ton to IL medical unit and
II band.
Eastern High Schools military rally
was held at the Institution Wcdnes-
day. Among the speakers We're for
mer Lieut.. Col. benjamin Slmcn, Capt.
Lewis Davic and Capt. William Miller
Of the Cadet Corps, Lieut.. Col. Wal
lace NJ. Craigie. U. S. a.. commandant
Of cadets. and DR.. Wallace NJ. Yatcr.
Capt Miller was the leader of the
victorious Company G of Eastern in
this years competitive drill of the
Cadet Corps.
The Osiris Club of Business High
School is planning to give a recep-
tion to the new students enrolled this
year. The date of the affair has not
been decided.
A special meeting of the board OF
education will be held at the Frank
lin School Wednesday afternoon at 4
o'clock. Appointments of teachers for
the night schools will be made.
Plans are being made by Charles K
Finckel, principal of the Franklin
Thomson School. and Mrs. Susie Root
Rhodes, supervisor of the municipal
Fairgrounds. to make a big feature
this year of the playground adjoining
the Thomson School.
Two trial classes in Gregg short.
hand have been organized at Busi-
ness High School. The Pittman short
hand system has been generally
taught at, Business. If the Gregg
classes prove popular it is likely tina,
this system of shorthand will find a
permanent place in the curricula.
The new rules of the board of edu-
cation designed to eliminate fraterni.
ties and sororities in the high schools
were explained to students of Eastern
High School at assemblies Wednesday
and Thursday.
Miss H. r. Kali, first-grade teacher
At the Thomson School, has beer
granted leave of absence for year
by the board OF education. She has
been succeeded by Mrs. A. H. SelinEer
Officers of the Washington High
School Cadet Corps for the current
scholastic year will be announced this
week by Lieut.. Col. Wallace NJ
Craigie, U. s. A., commandant Of the
organization. About $50 cadets, as
pirants for commissions in the SOL
dier-student body. took competitive
examinations Wednesday. The rank
to be given the new officers will be
determined by the percentages they
made in the tests.
Note-Items pertaining to activities
in the public schools will be pub