Evening star., 1921-05-15
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Preparations for the annual COM
petitive drill of the Washington High
School Cadet Corps. which will be
held at the American League BAH
Park, May % and "a, have virtually
been completed. The order OF the
appearance of the companies on the
field has been decided, the tickets OF
admittance to the ball park have been
printed. and the seventy-two page
magazine program of the event is al
most ready to so to press. Ihe tnree
Judges for the event probabi Will De
selected by Army officials early this
week.
Miss Olive Dennis. a former mathe-
matics teacher at Tech High School'
is now designing bridges for the bdl-
timore and Ohio Railroad. She is one
of the twelve women in the world
holding the degree of civil engineer.
The Home and School Association
of Western High School will mold It's
final meeting of the year in the H.
brary of the school tomorrow night
Scenes from Twelfth Night, Vest
ern's spring play, Will be given as
an introduction to the performance
to be presented at the school by the
students. Thursday. Friday and sat
urday nights.
Students of NJ Street Junior High
School will present Three Pills in
Bottle" the latter part of this month
This play is a product of the famous
~ Workshop" of Harvard JnlNer-
Z sity. Advertising material, costumes
! and scenery will be produced IN the
shops of the school.
The board of education will meet
!, at the Franklin School "Wednesday
n
portant matters will come UP for
consideration. They are the So
called Bruce case and proposed new
rules and regulations governing the
use of public schools by community
centers.
Juanita Bell. a student at the Q
Street Junior High School, who mas
been appointed sponsor for the cadet
company at the institution. explained
to the girls at a meeting Friday how
they could cooperate in planning
social functions for the cadets.
Work on Tech High Schools an
nual year book has virtually been
completed. according to '. X. Busch,
editor-in- chief. 1t will come off the
presses soon.
An illustrated lecture on mathe-
matics teaching was given at the
M Street Junior High School last
University This school is the Of
cial extension center in Washington
for Columbia University
Plans for the first encampment of
non-commisSiOned officers of the High
School Cadet Corps, the latter part
of next month are nearing comple-
tion. according to Lieut.. Richard r.
Day. L. s NJ. c.. military instructor
of the organization. The encamp-
ment will be held for ten days at
Camp Simms, Congress Heights.
The Parent-Teacher Association of
the o Street Junior High School has
raised S716.53 this year. Part of
this money will be used to give
dinner TO the cadet company OF the
school after the competitive drill, to
purchase music for the orchestra and
to buy a curtain for the stage in
the assembly hall of the institution
Section 9b of the NJ Street Junior
High School conducted unusual rhe-
toricaI exercises Wednesday morning
in the assembly hall of the institu-
toin. Startling tricks in physicssand
mathematics were featured, while two
scenes from "Pollyanna. arranged by
Lillian Washington, A student of that
section. completed the program.
Plans are being prepared by Miss
Alice Deal, principal of the o Street
Junior High School to install equip
ment in the institution for print
shop and pattern making shop for the
boy students and a laundry and do
mestic science shop for the girls
These new features probably will be
added to the school before the be-
ginning of the new term in Septem-
Der.
Business High School will give its
annual excursion to Marshall Hall
June 3. The steamer Charles Macal-
ester he's been chartered for the day
and will make three trips, the first
at 10 am. and others at 2:30 pm. and
Sis pm. For the alumni who work
during the day, there will be forty
mile moonlight trip on the steamer
st. Johns. Dancing will be a promi-
nent feature of the night party.
A spirited intersection contest I'm
the sale of nearly 500 NJ Street Ju-
nior High School Reviews. resulted in
the disposition of the entire edition
in four days.
Students Of the o Street Junior
High School have been selected 10
sing the song "Washington" at
music week celebration on the
Ellipse June /. President Harding is
expected to attend:
Fidelis and Merrill Friendship clubs
of Eastern High School gave an en-
tertainment in the auditorium of the
school Thursday. The feature was
sketch. "Eastern's Navy in which
thirty-five girls garbed in sailor uni
forms sang and danced.
Miss f. Z. Pearce of the New York
American Red Cross talked 10 the
students of Eastern High School. at
an assembly Friday. The subject of
her address was "A Challenge to
Women" She will speak in each Of
the high schools this week.
The dance Of the senior class Of
Eastern High School was held at the
Dupont Studio Friday night
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