Evening star., 1922-06-11

An extra edition of newspaper Is
q signal to the public that something
of great interest or Importance has
suddenly developed.
The Reporter. official organ of the
Smallwood- Bowen Manual Training
School. "extraed' shortly after noon
last Tuesday. Something of intense
interest to the school and all those
concerned had happened.
Noted Guests Dine at Smallwood."
read the bold black-face headline
across the entire front page of the
paper. Party. Including School
Board Members. officials and Promi-
nent Citizens. Have Dinner in Do
mestic Science Department. and Then
Inspect School"
epoch-making one. and was well de-
serving of the. extra edition. -.et
the Reporter tell the story:
"a party, which included members
of the school board, school officials
and prominent citizens Interested in
education, visited the Smallwood
School today on a tour Of inspection.
BEFORE going on their rounds. the
distinguished party was entertained
at dinner by the girls Of Miss Davis
sB class in domestic science. who
prepared and served an excellent
meal
List of Guests.
The guests included H. E. Strin-
Ger. president of the Mems City Club:
w. S. Washburn, chairman of the
school committee of the Board Of
Trade; w. j. Eynon. prominent citi
zen active In the advancement Of
Vocational education: w. X. Cooper,
NrpS Sident Clr-h To
Lloyd, formerly a member of the
House of Representatives from a Mis-
souri, district, now a member Of
Nashington's board of education; DR..
Ir4nk Ballou. superintendent Of
Nashington's public schools; S. Z.
Kramer. assistant superintendent;
Miss Anne Beers. supervisor of
eighth division: Miss Emma s. Jacobs,
: director of domestic science: w. F.
Smith. our principal, and Miss Mollie
T.. Davis. our instructor in domestic
science.
The results. as shown in the af-
fair, are evidence of the benefits de-
rived from the training offered in
this type of school. and reflect great
credit on the teacher of the class.
Miss Mollie E. Davis, and Miss Emma
S. Jacobs.
The distinguished guests made a
tour of the entire school before leav
ing, visiting the classrooms, domestic
hI IiOoIll lHS " SIOp, lHc
sheet metal shop and the portable in
the yard. where printing is taught.
and where this paper is produced
regularly six times year, with ex-
ira issues when needed.
None of the guests gave out any
thing for publication. but it Is ex-
pccted that some of them at least
will tell us what they think of our
school in the next issue"
Sumptuous Dinner Served.
II space had permitted the Re-
porter" probably would have gone
into elaborate details to describe the
preparations for the sumptuous din
extra edition. however, was limited
to two small pages and space would
not permit superf1uous details. On
the other hand. the pupil scribes and
editors probably were cognizant of
the fact that not comprehensive
descriptions. but cold facts are all
that is demanded of an extra paper
The menu for the feast de resistance
the girls prepared and served per-
haps was the most important feature
of the program Starting with
luscious cold cantaloupe. it included
peppers stuffed with lamb and served
with tomato sauce, potatoes au gratin,
corn and beans. which had been cam
ned by the girls; hot biscuits. coffee,
pear. pineapple and grape salad. also
put up by the girls; cheese straws.
strawberry ice cream and cake.
Important. too. Is the fact that the
pupils of the Smallwood School. be-
sides preparing and serving the din
ner. made virtually everything that
entered into it's completeness, includ-
ing the furnishings. Even the big
dining table and chairs, the table
cloth, embroidered napkins. the
calcimined partition which furnished
the wall separating the dining room
from the kitchen and the pictures