Evening star., 1923-02-11
DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL.

An assembly was held Wednesday.
The guests of honor were the thirty
nVe pupils whose names appear on
| the general honor roll of Dunbar
High School. These pupils have made
the grade of excellent IN at least four
major subjects and have been salts
factory in all minor subjects. Mr..
smith opened the program oy an
nouncing its purpose as being to pay
honor to the honor roll pIpils, and
introduced to the school the pupils
VINO were seated on the platform. @.
=. Wilkinson, assistant superintend-
emit, congratulated the pupils upon
their high scholastic attainments and
lIkeneo the honor roll society to the
I'M Beta Kappa society.
Mention was made of the fact that
LAT pupils had obtained averages of
at least good in four majors and were
SATISFACTORY in minor subjects. Mr..
ornltn invited the entire school to
dents AoAA STU
The following program was pre-
sented by members OF the faculty. ..
organ solo: Miss Mary Europe; solo
2ohn Wil!iams; piano duet, DR..
Mr. Burleigh: piano solo, DR.. DTkes
organ solo, Miss Europe.
nonor noait'onal oa1a names for the general
Charlotte Corbin, Bs: Grace PaVne
20. Third semester, Erid Cool M.
Dorothy Davis. B3; Louise Ferpncr,'
%. t,;. Sa.nerine Grey. B3; Annette Haw'
S,nr,S tnl, DO; margaret Smith, B3: Louise
~ 'A"A' Do ana Beatrice Walker, B3.
The teachers Of English and history
otronr OF 1e n.nma Dunnsr High School. Arm
the the Shaw Junior High school met met
tuesday at the Dunbar High ScbnnJ
70 nave presented to them Miss
4sena dsen cromwell. the new head Of the
superintendent OF schools in nresent.
ing MISS Cromwell. spoke Of his de-
sire that the work in English wouId
expand to include Journalism. and
other specialized branches OF the
naD5eot. For history he urged ex-
Miss Cromwell who comes to her
ne" position from teaching expert
enee OF a number Of years at the
armstrong Manual Training school,
she obtained the degree of A. r.: Of
Solumbi University. with the de-
gree Of A. NJ; has done graduate work
at Yale University. and for several
est sa,ary cfsss IN for Glass las ss the high
Miss Cromwell spoke briefly Of her
hopes for the department. OF its nm.
told opportunities and her desire that
many new plans OF activity will be
entered upon. She spoke Of her the
ory or how one became All efrectiye
| teacher. and then in a more detailed
way, spoke Of plans for her work
during the year. She succeeds Miss
Harriet E. Riggs, retired.
Dunbar High School is ALWAYS
proud Of honors that come TO her
whether from students. alumni or
faculty. Two faculty members re-
Gently have been honored. The first.
John Cromwell, has received a pro
motion from class ga to class 6B as
a result of a competitive examination
held in the fall. Mr.. Cromwell is a
graduate Of Dartmouth College, with
the degrees of A. b. and A. NJ: was
awarded the degree Of certified public
accountant last year, and is possessor
of a Phi Beta Kappa key.
The second member Of the faculty Is
Aston W. Burleigh Of the department
OF music who has just received from
lone of the largest music publishing
houses in New York, q substantial sum
Iof money in payment Of royalties on
four Of his songs. Somewhere" My
Dream Rose" For You" and "A
Mothers Kiss" 'Somewhere'' has
been sung by John Mccormack, and is
sung by him on q record which also
brings IN return to Its composer. Mr..
Burleigh, whose pen name is Alston
Waters, is the son OF Harry I. Bur-
leigh OF New York city. we'll known
composer and musician.