Evening star., 1923-12-23
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
is GIVEN AT DUNBAR
Freshman Girls Club Plays Santa
Claus to Poor
Family.

The spirit Of Christmas was present
at the Dunbar High School during
| the week and manifested itself in
,, various ways. In the section rooms
there were Christmas trees. gifts
: were exchanged, and programs pre-
sented during a period set aside for
this purpose. Christmas program
was presented before the entire
student body Friday afternoon. The
following numbers were given: Organ
! prelude: professional Sing. O Sing
This Blessed Morn" (Marks); special
chorus. senior class, christmas,
i. o.; silent Night" (Hayden)
shepherds. Leave Your Flocks Be
hind- old French carols. 170G; special
chorus: Star of Bethlehem" Gay
ner(. James Butcher; There Dwelt
in Old Judea" (Griggs) and sleep.
Holy Babe" Dykes. Boys Glee
lRogers). girls; Ave Maria" (Kann),
harrington Guy. Part II, cantata.
The Child Jesus" CIokey and Kirk !;
| soloists. Ethel Powell, Lenoir Cook,
Robert Syphax, James Tyson, Will
liam Hairston and Clinton Williams.
Ihe choruses were sung by the spe-
cfal chorus. senior girls chorus,
Boys Glee Club and boy sopranos
The Freshman Girls Club is play
ing Santa Claus to poor family
and is getting much happiness from
this service.
Lieut.. Col; T. ], Dickson. L. s A..
retired, addressed the gath Regi-
ment of High School Cadets. the
male students and teachers of the
Armstrong Manual Training School.
Dunbar High School and the Shaw
Junior High School, Tuesday. in the
Dunbar auditorium. The subject of
the lecture was America and Yer
dun." and the address was of great
interest. Maj. o. ]. w. Scott, L. s.
A, retired. now a member of the
faculty Of Howard University, intro
duced the speaker.
The equipment for the cadet corps
will be issued January 2.
The History Club met Monday at
subject under discussion was. Aids
to the Study and the Teaching of
History" Three main speeches were
given: Maps and charts. Miss S. 1.
Daniels; films, w. NJ. Menard. and
review of current publications. c. NJ.
Thomas. The meeting was of great
interest. and a lively discussion fol-
lowed. led by Miss Otelia Cromwell
and Miss Kirkland
Among the alumni who have visited
Dunbar during the week We're John
Davis. Bates College; Adrienne Mar
I
Training; Audrey Wright. Oberlin
College. and Roy Ellis, Hamilton
College.
In the try-outs held Monday the
following girls won places on the
junior and senior teams of the Girls
Rife Club: Seniors, Beatrice Boyd,
Juanita Bette. Mary Johnson. Berne sc
Hackney, Oneita Kave, Catherine
| Lewis, Templemae Muse. Thelma
Robinson. Dorothy Sinkfield. jean
nette Tyler; juniors, Elizabeth Sy-
phsx, Emma Armstrong, Lucy Brown.
Hermoine Lloyd. Helen Lewis, Alice
Lane, Lois Pair, Doris Shumate,
Catherine Hammond and G. Francis.
Templemae Muse was elected cap
tain of the senior team and Alice
Lane was made captain of the junior
team.
The students of the Dunbar Night
School gave the following program
Friday: Violin solo, The Bridal
Rose" Edward Simmons: duet, 20
Holy Night" Martha Taylor and
Oliver Pugh: duet, Starry Night"
Isabel Parker and Agnes Holmes:
violin solo, "Traumerei," Gary Brown.
This was followed by a play. in
/ which Jessie Meyers, Charles Good
win and William Johnson took the
leading roles.
After the program a reception was
held in the armory.