Evening star., 1923-10-07
T0HONOR
SOLDIERS MEMORY
Shaw Pupils Will Observe An.
niversary of Noted COL
ored Man.

The students of Shaw Junior High
School will celebrate the anniversary
of the birth OF Col. Robert Gould
Shaw. after whom their school Is
ramed, Wednesday. Features of the
program include: An address by DR..
w. 8. Montgomery. supervising prin-
cipal of. the twelfth division Of pub
lie schools; the reading Of extracts
from several letters included in the
war correspondence of Gov. Andrews
relevant to the appointment Of Shaw
to the 54th Massachusetts, Regiment
Of negro troops. student recitations
and placing Of wreaths upon the por-
trait Of Col. Shaw, and the large pic
ture Of the Saint Gaudens Shaw memo
rial in the assembly hall Of the school.
by q detachment Of Shaw cadets. The
appropriate musical selections rem
dreed by the student body. Studies
OF Col Shaw were made in all history
classes as q preliminary background
for the exercises. Souvenir prograrns 8
were produced as class problems in
the schools print shop
Col E. A. Hayers, traveller and
lecturer. entertained and Instructed
the school in general assembly Thurs
day With lecture entitled:' ".The, Pen
Is Mightier Than the Sword" >The
lecturers exposition was illustrated
with nearly 100; -cofored slides COW
eTing the evolution of the fountain
pen. J. q. Logan~o of the science de-
partment directed the operation of
The fourth annual openinggof the
extension center. Of Columbia Uni
versity, New. York city, located In
the Shaw Junior High School, was
held Saturday morning with nearly
100 teachers and school officials In
Study for the first semester will be
Psychology and Treatment of .Ex-
ceptional Children" Mics Jessie. La
Sale. extension lecturer. is In charge
of the work. ;ssS
Miss Justine Townes.< teaofaer of
history in Shaw. will review current
history. publications at. a. meeting of
the high school history teachers at
Armstrong Manuel Training School
a special thrift and banking, as
sembly was held Wednesday after
noon to stimulate saving during the
current semester, with special refer
once to the automatics bank conduct
cd by the school. An exposition OF
Shaw's banking system was made by
several students who had saved ap-
precia BILE sums last year told what
school savings had meant to them.
A new weekly feature of Shaw'e
general assemblies will be reports by
/. students of activities conducted in
other high schools OF the city. The
facts will be secured chiefly from the
local school notes published weekly
in The Star. The aim IL to familiar
ize students with the history OF
groups into which they hope to enter
when leaving the junior high school
as we'll as to form an adequate basis
of comparison with their own work
at Shaw. Clippings from the school
notes columns have been displayed
on Shaw's bulletin boards for over
a year.
Shaw's science classes under the
direction of J.. G. hogan and c. c.
Bannister plan to take field trips
during the unusually fine weather
which prevails at this time, to en-
phasise the recognition OF trees and
their leaves. The popularity Of the
science club, whose program In
eudes the study Of radio. has grown
so tremendously that two divisions
of the group have been made to
facilitate their operation. Hikes. ex-
cursions and public. demonstrations
are scheduled as interesting features
of the science clubs schedule. i