Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-31
ALEX HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
Assembly on Thursday

Assembly on IHui 7u"!
Assembly was held in the audi
forum last Thursday. Miss Eliza
beth Gester presided and Mrs,
Strauss led in prayer. The EN-
tire program consisted of a de-
bate. the topic being Should
Capital Punishment be Abolished
in the United States ?" The win
ners will each receive media!
awarded them by the Richmond
Times Dispatch. Mr.. Howard
Baggett and Miss Lucy Lee Blunt
for the affirmative, and Miss
Elizabeth Gester and Mr.. Harold
Wells for the negative, all did,
remarkably well and made it a
very hard matter for the judges
to reach a decision, which was
finally made in favor of the af-
,firmative. The judges were Mrs.
&C.. w. Wattles, Mr.. Gardner
}oothe, and Mr.. SnHw. Mrs. Henry
Wattles, Mr.. GwyrHe and Capt.
Sweeney also visited US. This was
Capt. Sweeney's la day as sup
erintendent and the entire school
felt the deepest regret at his
departure. Assembly was dismiss
ed after a Few, words from Mr..
Hayden.
Basketball Supper
ION Thursday night, in the au-
lditorium, a supper was given the
boys and girls basketball teams
lby the girls of the Domestic
Science Class. The Supper was de-
licious and there was dancing
| later. Those invited were Paul
Ortez, Robert Midkiff, James
Houston, Claude Ballenger, Earl
Knight, Bernard Knight, Charles
lSheperson, Leroy jameson, Ma
rion Pohl, Rueben Hayman, Ben
iamin Hayman, Jach Allen, Geo.
Bayliss, Buck Anderson, Malcolm
Moore, Frank O'l'eara, Misses
Mary Davis, Aecla Dricfus, Mil
dred Crupper, ETelyn Parks,
Mabel Blunt, Mary Finks, Gladys
Hohenstein, Genevieye Shopper
son. Dixie Cox, Virginia Dare,
Sarah Chilcott and Helen Can
non. Others invited were Mr.. and
Mrs. Hayden, Miss Reardon, Miss
Round, Miss Margaret Abramson,
Miss Elizabeth RaTeg, Miss Eli
zabeth Jester, Miss Louise Finke,
Capt. Sweeney, Mr.. Gwynne, Mr..
Wagner, Mr.. Woodlin and Mr.,
John Fowler. Letters were award
ed to Robert Midkiff, Claude Bal
cnger, James Houston, Raul Or
tez, Earl Knight, Bernard Knight,
Buck Anderson, Marion Pohl,
Rueben Hayman, George Bayliss,
Frank O'Meara (Manager) Mary
Davis. Tecla DreifuS Mabel Blunt
Gladys Hohensteir, Mildred Crup-
per, Mary Finks, and Helen Can
non (manager). For next years
team Claude Ballenger was elect
ed captain and Earl Knight
manager. The girls elected Tecla
Driefus captain and Virginia Dare
manager.
Literary Meeting
The Literary society will hold
its next meeting Thursday night
at seven-thirty O'Clock in the au-
ditorium. The program will be
announced later.
Senior President Gonvalescent
Henry Hayes, PRECEDENT Of the
Senior Class, who underwent a
serious operation last week in
Washington is home again. He is
reported much better but it will
be some time before he returns
20 school.
New Curtain FDr Stage
Before the spring play is pre-
scented we will have a curtain Tor
the stage. A curtain is very
much needed and the school
board has been very kind in Civ
ing it to us.
Miss Chauncey Better
Miss Ruth Chauncey, of the
Sophomore class, has been seri-
ously i'll with double pneumonia
but is now much improved.
Easter Holiday
The Easter holidays started
Thursday when we were dismiss
sed at one o'clock. School opens
again next Tuesday morning.