Evening star., 1923-10-14
STUDENTS HONOR
MEMORY OF SHAW
Junior High Pupils Hold Ex.
erCises on Anniversary
of His Birth.

Special exercises commemOrating
the eighty sixth anniversary of the
birth of Robert Gould Shaw. civil
war hero. after whom the Shaw Ju-
Nor High School is named, were held
at the school Wednesday afternoon.
The guests of honor included Capt.
Alexander Oglesby and Alexander
Freeman of the G.. a. r.
Features of the program were a
CLOSE Up the Ranks" by Marjorie
Chambers; solo. Arise. o Soul" by
roscoe Ward: a recitation, Give Us
Men," by Mary WEIGH: reading of a
letter from Gov. Andrews to the
father of Col. Shaw. by Clara Harris;
an address on THE Life and Charac-
ter of Robert Gould Shaw" by DIR.
w. s. Montgomery: reading of In
John Bond; Lift Every Voice." by
the school chorus; recitation on the
"Colored Soldier" by James Glascoe;
military tribute to the memory of
Col. Shaw by the cadets of the school;
lines from "Memoriae Postum" by
Marjorie Baltimore, and the Battle
HYMN Of the Republic" by the school
chorus.
Discuss Guidance Periods,
Shaw's regular semi-monthly facul-
ty meeting was held in the library of
the school Tuesday afternoon. How
Best to Use the Weekly Guidance Pc
riod," the opening discussion, was led
by Miss n. NJ. Atwood. teacher of
mathematics. and the Fifteen Minute
Supervised Study Period" the subject
of the second discussion, was led by
Miss Esther Popel, teacher of modern
languages at Shaw. Miss Atwood
stressed the responsibility of the
teacher in relation to the moral life
of the child. while Mss Popel traced
the development of Supervised
study as well as the mechanics of
the fifteen minute period" A gen.
eral discussion participated in by
members of the faculty presented
valuable additions to the results of
the meeting.
Fire prevention was stressed in all
Shaw sections during the week. Spe-
cial talks by section teachers and
lessons and experiments conducted in
the general science classes laid en-
all preventive measures. Lantern
slide lectures by J. G Logan of the
science department and posters pre-
pared in the art department were fea-
lures of the weeks program.
Extension Glasses.
The popularity of the extension
classes Of Columbia University. con-
Junior High School each Saturday
morning, are attested by the largest
enrolment of teachers registered in
the three years existence of these
classes Miss kirkland announces
that the enrolment is still increas-
ing One hundred and twenty three
have registered and are attending the
weekly lectures.
The Parent Teacher Association OF
the Shaw Junior High School will
meet in the assembly hall of the
school Tuesday at 8 pm. The busi-
ness will consist of the annual cleo
tion of officers. a demonstration by
the domestic science department and
conferences with teachers. P. C. Glas-
coe is president and ]. G. Logan Sec
. An innovation in cadet circles will
probably be inaugurated this year,
when a portion of the annual COM
petitfve drill program will be devoted
to connection between the cadet
units of the two junior high schools.
shaw and Randall. If plans for this
project develop sufficiently, the pub
lie will be entertained for the first
time with a dual program contest
between the senior schools and one
between the Junior organizations. A
committee consisting of Principals
kirkland of Shaw and Wormley of
Randall, together with Warrant OFF,
GERS York and Kinkaid, are in charge
of the details Of this plan.