Evening star., 1922-05-07
WESTERN HIGH SCHOOL.

The Rivals" the eighteenth century
comedy, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
will be presented at Western Hlsh
School as it's spring play. May IL, IL
and 13, at o'clock.
The cast of the play is as follows:
Lydia Languish. Helen Wesson; Mrs.
Malaprop. Mary Griffith; Lucy, Mar
garet Balm; Julia, Mary Stuart: Sir
Anthony Absolute. Otis Turner; Faulk-
land. William Scott: Capt. Absolute,
Orme Libbey; Bob Acres, Bassett
Trudgeon; Fag. Elwood Simpson;
David, James Jester; Coachman. Arthur
Sturgess. The directors are Miss
Gardner, Miss Merrill and Mrs. Balm.
| Many members of the cast have made
their appearance in other Western pro-
ductions, consequently the play Is eA-
pected to be unusually successful.
The admission fee is so and IS
cents. and the proceeds will be used
for the benefit of the w. ID. S. Athletic
Association.
! A Cadet day at Western has been
set for May 10, and all Westerners and
! Upon this occasion an assembly Will
be held in Jhe morning, with Mr..
| Dewitt, chairman of the military COM
mittee. presiding. Col Craigie. mill
, tary instructor. will probably take part
! in the program. Capt. Shea of Com
! pany l. will speak on Extended Order
; and ten picked men. under the com
! mand of Lieut.. Meckling. will present
competitive on Manual of Arms.
| In the afternoon exhibition drills VIII
| be given by each company and by the
battalion, after which there will be a
| II L ia 'dde and I,Vl'W. MiSS
/ Dessez and Mrs. Hussey, who are in
! charge of the entertainment committee,
have arranged for the girls to provide
! refreshments for the occasion.
| A dance. starting al O'Clock in the
school gymnasium, will conclude the
! program.
A current event program. arranged
by Miss Jones, chairman OF the pro
| gram committee. was given after the
regular business of the Civic Asso-
| citation at it's last meeting. The
| topics were: "lmmig grafton, by
Adrian Busick; The Miners Side OF
the Coal Strike by Anita Heurick;
and "Pancho Villa" by Bassett
Trudgeon.
! Work on the "Westerner" is near
ing completion since both the indi-
vidual and group pictures of the
| seniors have been taken. The editor
| also has received numerous contri- :
buttons for the snapshot section OF
| the book and much of the literary
work has been finished.
f. The question Of reservhg a section
| for Western students at all athletic
| games was brought up at the last
| meeting of the student committee.
| The members of the committee be-
! long to the Home and School Asso-
/ citation and will attend the meeting
, of May 10.
| A silver loving cup. to be kept in
i the trophy case. will be presented to
, the class whose girls have made the
/ most points in athletics. and each
| year the name of the winning class
will be engraved on the cup, On the
| day of presentation all the girls who
! have helped to bring the honor to
! their class will be on the platform.
! A change in the base ball managers
! resulted in the selection of Louise
| Barnes as business manager and
/ Pauline Thompson as assistant man
| ager
The next meeting of the Spanish
Club will be at the home of Eleanor
; Foltz, Dominion Heights. Va. May II.
The election of officers for next
years Friendship Club resulted in
the choice Of Marjorie Smith as pres
ident. Marie Suter. vice president;
! Lillian Pace. secretary; Peggy Watts.
treasurer, and Martha Macatee. rep
! resentative to the District of Co
| lumbia High School Council.
A portion of The Rivals" will be
presented by the Dramatic Associa-
| ton at the student committee as
; sembly. probably on TUESDAYS to ad-
vertise the play. which is to be given
| to raise money for the school ath-
| leticS.
The next meeting of the Alumni
! Association Will be held in the
! school library at s o'clock May 9.