Evening star., 1923-02-11
Continued from Twenty-second Page
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BUSINESS HIGH SCHOOL.

, The Business High School Bank,
one OF the best established and most
beneficial institutions in the high
schools, has had thus far an exceed
2ng1y prosperous season. During the
past months the bank has cashed war
savings stamps equal to $4,000 and
has, been involved in numerous bond
transactions. The number OF de-
posnors now exceeds 1900. with saw
lnss deposits equal to approximately
$4,000. In order to accommodate
the large number of pupils in the
afternoon and morning sessions the
bank force has found 1t necessary TO
increase the banking hours to $3.50
am. to pm. as well as to increase
1 the force. The bank force is COM
posed of D. Wassmann, president; L..
Hoskinson, cashier; r. Riley, auditor:
f.. Baker and ID. Webb, tehers; K.
Hopkins. head bookkeepert c. Fogle,
assistant hookkeeper: c. Myers and
l. Clover, bookkeepers, and F. Booth,
runner
The members OF. The Dramatic So
ciety are now aEhently working to
ward the development of the schools
spring production.
The major characters of THE Tam
ing of the Shrew" and THE Shoes
That Danced" have been eXcellentiy
seleotS. With Margaret Ryan G,nreaee eaee
tASridse Us Petruchio. P. Graves as
Eaptista, Hope Ritter as Blanca ana
e. Berry as Hortensio, the school ls
looking forward to a realistic proou,c-
tion of 1.-The Tanning Of the ShreW.
The cast for the fantasy, Tine
Shoes That Danced" Is represented
by Beva Fish as Columbine. j; Mamma
as Watteau and Leona ZWlssleF as
the Queen of France.
During the past week the book
shop has been busily enpioEeu m
serving the large number or pupt,s
who have taken advantage or lhe
schools book exchange.
On account of the reorganizataioI
of classes the 1st or FeoruarS tne
shop has had money transaG,,tlolns
amounting to 800 per day. books
are bought and sold at 10 cents pront'
which amount is Immediately oePos
tied in a restocking aa account, hy q
The book shop is conducted o!
most, efficient staff. composed OF Eiols
Bell. chairman; Ethel Ginberg. Edlth
Mhey and Mary Larcombe.
Thursday evening the officers Club
gave the first of series OF dances
in the school gymnasium: Music Vas
furnished by stephen WrlsnI IT, IT,
played In the manual of arms compe-
rition for eX-cadet ohcerS-tne I
officers displaying their mllltaIt au,,
ity-with ex-Lleut. Merritt Smlth VIII
i've tha first prize. Shortly after
refreshments were served the couples'
at the departure Of the chaperons.
Mrs Butts and Mr.. Parklnson-paoe
each other adfeu'
The Business High Night school,
which has larger enrolineht .han
avsrare attendance of 1895 students
in January. In order to accommodate
the large classes the faculty mas oeeI
Increased to fifty-four teachers sno
the night sessions are IRON sSay o;sv and and
to $3.50 pm. MONDAY
Er;dav evenings.
The majority of the night schoo!
puuils are working for the h.sni
school diploma. The nTSt iish. ~ enD,v
6art IF June. There will be ap-
proximately thirty graduates IN TINS
class. The hoard Of education Is nov
arranging for the ensra'lms % +aLo
djplomas. The number or pupils .an
;nr advantage of the diploma coufes
ia demonstrated by the enroIimeno VI
three hundred students IN feor :.
New classes were r,tinp sthreeu arithmetic,
,.nKIeanine commercial law, Eng
ltsh, American history.
SHAW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
second semester course Tot
...cbers in educational hygiene Is
announced by Miss Mineola hirh
land principal of the Shaw Junior
tJ;e,, school. who is the local repre-
ssntatiye of Columbia University
50 Ieaaa F Williams Of Columbia
Irniversfty. New York city. VIII con
,Inct the work Of this university eA-
renston center. The coure, llsteo SS
education 1873, includes lectures oo na
lateral reading, demonstration ano
renorts Any teacher completing tne
course will receive Two points. ,attnn 60.
toward a degree. The registratloh
once at Shaw is open to tnose oes,r
ing to enroll for this work III euo
cation.
S.omnany H. the competing military
nil at shaw won second honors In
. battalion drill. which included the
,ompanios from Dunbar. Friday AFTER
noon. Company II is the larses.
and is regarded as Il formidable con
tender for leading honors In June.
Capt. Herbert Douglass commands
the boys from Shaw.
The automatic banking system es-
tablished in Shaw in December mas
been signally succe ssful, 1t is clam.
ed, in instilling the habit OF thrlie
throughout the school. In a report
read during morning assembly Tues.
day it was stated that nearly SSVO
had been saved by students since tho
first week in January. Pupils are
not only encouraged to save, but are
urged not to mako hasty and fire.
quent Withdrawals.
Emphasis will be laid this month
by English, history. science and art
teachers upon great men whose
birthdays occur in February. Among
the men whose lives will be studied
are Lincoln, Douglass Darwin.
Washington and Longfellow. Appro-
pirate exercises will be held Wednes-
day to Jointly celebrate the natal
days of Lincoln and Douglass. Art
students are producing posters bear
ing not only likenesses of these IA
nous men, but are required to apply
their knowledge of good lettering by
reproducing their most significant
urecepts. An eigllt-foot poster by
Student Herbert Rodgers Of section
3B has been displayed in the main
celIent sketches of Lincoln. Doug
lass and Washington and the legend.
Lives of great men all remind US
we can make our lives sublime" etc.
An honor roll of students receiv-
ing ratings of G or E in all major
subjects during the first semester
was announced in regular assembly
Wednesday morning. Sixteen such
students were presented to the stu
dent body and received the coveted
citation. Cheer for Old Junior" the
official school song, was rendered by
the school in honor of their achieve
ment. Short laudatory speeches and
class cheers were included in the
demonstration.
COLUMBIA JR. HIGH SCHOOL.
The second semesters work at CO.
lun1bia. Is well organized. The en-
rollr 1lt Of new pupils was one hun
roll y mt OF new pupils was 1877, max
ing Z total enrolment of s21.
One hundred new desks Of tho
r.