Evening star., 1921-04-17
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

n . S~AA8S SSAASOAASe
{, Members Of the rife team of the
Washington Htgh School Cadet Corps
are practicing at Camp Simms. Con-
,ERessHeights, for the coming match
Nsh tho regular team of the United
States Naval Academy at Annapolis
AprH 20 Instruction is being given
by Walter r. Stokes. rifle practice
Instructor. Remarkable scores have
been made by the cadets in their
practice matches. according to Lieut..
Richard r. Day, U. S. NJ. c.. cadet
military instructor. He predicts that
the midshipmen will be defeated if
the cadets make scores as high as
those made in the practice matches.
Opportunities open to high school
graduates will be the general sub
5ect discussed at a meeting Of the
Home and School Association of East
ern High School in the auditorium of
Addresses will be made by Prof. De
Witt Croissant of George Washing
ton University, Assistant Superin-
tendent OF Schools Kramer and Miss
Anna NJ. Cooling. principal of the
Wilson Normal School. Officers for
Troop So of the Boy Scouts gave
an entertainment in the auditorium
of Eastern High School Friday night.
The program included scout stunts"
and musical selections.
Arrangements for the annual COM
petitive drill of the Washington High
School Cadet Corps are nearing COM
pletion. The event will be held at
American League ball park, May %
and "a. The annual review of the
organization probably will not be held
aff drill
Mrs. Alice Buchanan will tell stu
dents of the costume design depart
ment of Central High School how to
make the most of their eyebrows in a
talk at the institution Tuesday after
noon.
Science teachers Of the high schools
and teachers of the eighth grade of
the first nine divisions are requested
of General Science" to be conducted
by J. Richard Lunt of the English
High School of Boston in the physics
laboratory of Tech High School Tues
day afternoon at o'clock.
Many Washington public school
children have committed to memory
the following sentence from Presi-
dent Harding's inaugural address as a
memory gem: I'VE want the cradle of
American childhood rocked under con-
ditions so wholesome and so hopeful
that no blight may touch it in its de-
velopment, and we want to provide
that no selfish interest, no material
necessity, no lack of opportunity
shall prevent the gaining Of that edu-
cation 50 essential to best citizen
ship"
Business High School students gave
their final performance of Grumpy"
last night in the auditorium of the
school. Principals in the cast were
Hobert Craven and Merwin Brown.
The open interscholastic games un-
der the management of the &C. Club
Of Central High School will be held in
the school stadium May IA. The closed
= Snterhigh school championship meet
will be held May Z.
The girls basket ball team Of East
ern High School. chaperoned by Miss
Imogene Stockett, will give its an
nua1 supper at Chain bridge Saturday.
Bird study classes are being held at
three centers for children Of the seventh
grades Of the nature study stan and the
Audubon Society. These centers are at
schools. At the Wallach Miss NJ. A
Emory is in charge and is assisted by
Miss Hickok, Miss Baird. Miss Pellew,
Aisa Fisher. Miss Tennyson and Mrs.
Annie Thrasher. At the Force School
Mss Lucille Wilkinson Ia in charge and
10 assisted by Miss Scott, Miss Wise
Mnss Dennison and Mrs Reese. Mrs.
e. K Peoples, Mrs. Mabel Weidimann
and Miss N. E. Robinson are assisting
Mrs.. Susan s. Alburtis at the Wilson
Normal. Two hundred and dfty-fve chill
dren are enrolled in these classes. They
S>> <ol> ~ AM an
and May Z.
Representative Upshaw Of Georgia ad-
dressed the students Of Eastern High
School at an assembly Thursday. He
spoke on "A Road to Success"
DR.. Hall Of GaIlaudet College spoke
to the students Of the Wilson Normal
School on the education Of the deaf
at general exercises at the school Thurs
day afternoon
Forty students of the day classes Of
the Americanization school at old Gem
trail High School visited the Capitol
Tuesday. For many Of the students IT
was their first visit to the Capitol
building. and great interest in the func-
tioning Of Congress was manifest by
them.
the sick has been organized at the
Americanization schools at old Central
High, in Georgetown and at Arthur
place Twenty-six young women have
enrolled for a fifteen-lesson course.
Any foreign woman interested can make
application for entrance at the Ameri-
canization School, 7th and o streets
northwest. .
A reception was given by the D. A. r.
in honor of the new citizens at the old
Central High Americanization school
Monday night The Sara St Clair
Chapter of the organization presented
nagS to each Of the new citizens. who
also received certificates from the
school Merrill e. Gates. former prest-
dent of Amherst College and Assistant
Superintendent of Schools S. E.
Kramer made addresses Of welcome.