Evening star., 1923-04-01
WESTERN HIGH SCHOOL.

| The proposed plan introduced at a
! meeting of the Home and School
Association. providing for the build
| ing of an addition to Western High
School on the campus now in front
! of the school. has met with a great
deal of opposition. The plans as set
| forth by Municipal Architect Harris
were thoroughly discussed and at a
i later meeting of the association. held
following the appropriation of the
required funds by Congress, this or
ganization expressed itself sa being
opposed to the erecting of the addi-
| ton in the front if it is at all pos
sible to utilize the large space in the
rear This matter was brought to
attention by a representative of the
student committee of the school, who
presented to the association a petit
ton signed by the committee mem
bers asking that every possible
effort be made by the Home and
School Association to prevent this
addition being placed in the front.
Realizing the Importance of further
discussing the plans in view, with
the possibility of bringing about the
pointed by the president of the asso-
citation to interview the architect and
obtain some definite reasons for the
placing of the building on the present
campus and also to reconsider the
practicability of utilizing the clear
consisting of Clarence L. Harding,
Mrs. Herbert c. Hoover, Miss Sue
Gardner, Mrs. Robert B. Armstrong
James Berrall, Arthur B. Heaton and
S. Duncan Bradley, is to report at the
next meeting of the association, to
be held Thursday. The main objec-
ton to the original plan is the certain
loss of the campus, which is one of
the principal features of the school.
The following resolution was adopt
Il hn los
That 1T is the desire of the Home and
School Association of Western High
School that the proposed addition
to the Western High School building
be placed in the rear of the present
structure, in order that the beauty
and the dignity of the front of the
building and the approach to it
through the campus be preserved"
With the beginning of spring the
Civic Association has started its
cleanup" campaign. which is to
continue for several weeks. 1t is the
intention of the association to keep
the lawns surrounding the school in
! excellent condition and to put a stop
to thoughtless distribution of trash
in and around the building. At the
last meeting of the association,
March 8. the semi-annual election of
officers was held and resulted in the
| choice of: President, Beveridge Mil
| Ter; vice-president, Hadley Evans;
secretary, Runyon Tindell and SER
/ geant-at-arms, John Box
Western artists will have a chance
| to display their artistic abilities in
tho spring play poster contest which
! is to be conducted by the Art Club
! A similar contest is held every wear
and many varied types of posters are
submitted to the judges, who render
their decision after considering the
! merits of each. The winner of this
contest receives two reserved seats
for the spring play.
The life and works of Edward Mac
Dowell, an American composer. served
as the basis of program at the last
| meeting of the Pianists' Club. Fol
lowing short talk on the life of the
| composer by Helen Clark, several
/ members Of the club rendered we'll
known compositions. Virginia Riley
played "The Eagle; Helen Clark
THE Scotch Poem," and Ann Keliher
THE Shadow Dance" At the newt
! meeting Frederic Chopin, the RUSSIA
composer, will be studied by the club.
The Easter dance of the Western
battalion will be held in the library
of the school Wednesday evening,
under the auspices of Company r,
The cadet dances of Western this
year have been successful in every
way, and 1t Is certainty that this
enc Will prove no, exception to the
rule.