Evening star., 1922-06-11
through the generosity Of the Wa
Department.
DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL.

| Chuichui Ohashi, a secretary of the
| Japanese legation, visited Dunbar
with G.. C. Wilkinson. assistant SUI
perintendent of schools. Monday.
LIE Cercle Francois of Dunbar en-
tertained the French pupils at Dun
bar Wednesday afternoon by present
ing play, lie Medecin Mystihe
The play was well received by all.
/ At a special assembly of the stu
! dent body Monday, Cortez w. PETERS
! junior in the department of bu3t-
ness practice, was awarded the Rem
| ington gold medal and engraved GER
tificate for speed and accuracy IN the
/ typewriting contest held Friday, May
[ l9. Peters wrote at the rate of sixty
eight net words per- minute for ten
consecutive minutes under the inter-
national contest rules and made one
| error.
On>April 1G Peters won the Under
wood bronze medal with two bars
and certificate of proficiency. writing
siXty-three net words per minute 1or
! fifteen minutes, and May l was pre-
sented the Underwood credentials ad-
mitting MIN to life membership IN
the Order of Accuracy Typists and
gold button, the official emblem OF
| the order.
Notice has Just been received from
the Underwood Company that Peters
passed the Underwood test held May
| %, writing seyenty-eight net words
per minute. and will be awarded the
silver medal. In this test refers
made his highest record.
Peters is receiving his training un-
der Mr.. Wright.
, Miss Elsie Lewis and Miss Beatrice
! Wilson We're also prize winners in
, the Underwood May test. Miss Lewis
J wrote at a net speed of ffty-one
words per minute for fifteen minutes
| and was awarded the Underwood GER
| titiCate and bronze medal with one
! bar. Miss Wilson wrote at net
>r."d of forty words per minute for
J fifteen minutes and was awarded the
| Underwood certificate and bronze
| m edal.
| Miss Edith Davis and Miss Ruth
! Sutton were awarded Underwood
| certificates. writing thirty-six and
, thirty-seven net words per minute.
respectively These students are
! seniors in the department of business
| practice and are receiving instruc-
| tions under +. J. Douglass.
| Miss Rcvella Hughes. lyric So
! prano graduate of the class of
1917. Howard University Conserva-
tory of Music. and now pupil under
! city. delighted the pupils of Dunbar
! Thursday afternoon. when she ap-
| peared in song recital.
! The first group was composed OF
! That God for a Garden. AT Dawn.
! ing and "Ah. Wondrous Morn" the
! las, written by Turner Layton. a
| former WashinEtonian. This group
was very well received by the enthu-
siastic pupils. Miss Hughes respond
! ed TO the applause that followed the
| group with The Birthday" by Wood
man.
The second group was The An
! swer." by Terry, and The Kiss" a
beautiful waltz song by Ardetti.
! The Song of the Open" by La Forge.
! was sung as an encore. The pupils
| of Dunbar are already looking for
| ward to hearing Miss Hughes again.
! The annual drill prophets rener-
| ally concede that the task Of the
! judges at the competitive drill on
! Monday Will be very difficult one.
at Dunbar High School are trained
up to the minute. and are determined
to bring the victory flag" back to
Dunbar. Each captain says that his
company is out to win. and 1T has
been unanimously agreed to make the
drill field a friendly "Verdun" and a
| peace-time no mans land" for all
competitors.
The design to be used on the off,
cial program for the competitive drill
! is the work of Samuel Dyer. stu
! dent of commercial art. under direc-
! tion of Miss Nixon, Dunbar High
School. The design was selected as
| the best of the three high schools
| competing.
The day school students furnished
delightful program in honor of the
Dunbar night school at its closing
exercises Monday evening. In addi-
tion to the numbers appearing on the
program as printed, Cortez Peters
gave a speed demonstration on the
typewriter. on which he wrote 14S
words a minute. writing two minutes.
@. David Houston. principal of the
Dunbar night school. was presented
a bouquet of roses by the faculty and
students as a token of appreciation
and esteem. The presentation speech
was made by Mr.. Hayes. Garnet c.
Wilkinson, assistant superintendent
of schools, spoke.