Evening star., 1922-12-10
SHAW JR. HIGH SCHOOL.

SHAW JR. HIGH SCHOOL.
A significant feature of the week in
the Shaw Junior High School was the
Inauguration of a thrift campaign and
the installation OF an automatic pank.
ing system. A local bank co-operated
with the movement and furnished speak
ers, who gave Interesting exposltions OF
the advantages of thrift, especially In
youth. An enthusiastic response to this
call for financial preparedness was IN
dicated by deposits from the students
and teachers. which registered $25 the
first day. 1t is the belief of the princl-
pal and faculty that thrift inculcated
into the lives of embryo citizens is a
fundamental duty Of public education.
The Junior High School Dramatic
Club has been organized, under the
direction of Miss zita Dyson. member
of the faculty. The association plans to
present two one-act plays before CHRIST
mas holiday period. 1.-The Twelfth Night
Party" and THE True Christmas
Spirit" Try-outs for the various parts
are now being held. The club num-
bers nearly fifty. A more pretentious
play with scenic effects. properties and
incidentals music produced by students
is planned for the future.
An innovation in school journalism
was possibly introduced when James
Blackstone. representing the junior
high school history classes and press,
was sent to the convenins OF the
, SiXty-eighth Congress to report for
the two school publications of Shaw
that great national event Another
school reporter will be present when
President Harding next addresses our
great legislative body. Cards OF ad-
mission were furnished through the
Miss Quander.
Miss NJ. E. Randolph. teacher of
mathematics in the school. is applying
; the principles taught in her specially
to concrete problems of actual every
day experiences Parcel post and
school banking were stressed during
the week. Each student brought to
class a package which was used for
! demonstration purposes. Weighing
developed and checked from rates
furnished by the Post Office Depart
ment. All parcels are inspected by
,, the class for strict conformity to
postal regulations as to addressing.
wrapping. tying. etc Percentage
and interest based upon figures fur
ished by student depositors in the
bank made thrift live issue rather
than mere theory
President p. c. Glascoe of the Shaw
Junior High School Parent-Teacher
Association has inaugurated tag
drive to procure an adequate number
of books for the school library. Green
, tags prepared by students of printing
are much in evidence throughout the
city. especially in the homes of the
students. The primary purpose of
the movement was to tag parents and
Interested friends Of the institution.
The result Of the campaign will be
announced later
Two elee clubs have been formed
in the school during the week, one
of girls and one of boys Mrs Fannie
Or. Isaac Cupid directs the boys
Christmas ensembles are being prac-
ticed daily. Friendly contests be-
tween the two groups are planned to
increase their efficiency.
Science classes made two educa-
tional exursions during the week, one
to the Yale laundry and the other
TO Corhy's bakery. At the Yale
laundry students noted the processes
of removing stains, the working of
air brakes and wringing by suction
and other Interesting things which
have been covered in class readings
anu discussion. At the bakery the
Hour used in commercial bread and
pastry making were observed.
DIR. Isaac Cupid, athletic instructor
in the Shaw Junior High School. who
is also musician. favored a large
audience Friday night when he rem
dered Rosamond Johnson's famous
adaptation of Dunbar's poem, Little
Gal. 1t was heard by radio enthu-
SlaSts from Canada to California A
twenty-piece orchestra accompanied
Or. Cupid at the Hecht Company
broadcasting station
William F. H. Wentzel, represent
ing the local branch of the Humane
Society. addressed the school during
assembly Thursday morning. The
lecturer described vividly the blood
lust still active in various countries as
soon in native sports, noting gradual
evolution of some members of the
human race beyond this brutal stage
toward an era in which torture of
living things is no part of enjoyment