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

The appointment of Miss Kate D.
Buckman as assistant principal was
greeted with pleasure by both the
faculty and the students of Eastern.
Each successive year that she has
spent in the school has only increased
the feeling of regard which the school
and the alumni have for her. AL
though this halts her career as a
teacher of history, all who know her
are confident she will be equally sue
cessful in her new position. .
The dedication Wednesday night
marked the climax of the celebrations
held in the new school. Although
the building has been occupied for a
month, it has lacked that one thing
the dedication and conservation to
the purpose for which 1t is intended.
\ thrill of pride was felt by the cadet
officers and other students who con-
Quoted the visitors through the build
ing at the close of the exercises. A
large company of citizens of the COM
munity and friends of the school at
tended the official opening of new
Eastern.
Tuesday afternoon DR.. Ballou. su-
schools, and DR.. Slosser. superintend-
ent of schools in Johnstown, Pa, Wis
tied Eastern.
Tryouts were held at Business High
School last week for various parts
in the Shakespearen pageant to be
held in May. OF the several partici-
pants, Karl G. Pearson and John /.
McInerney were chosen for the parts
of Shakespeare and second herald,
respectively. Miss Sarah Simons,
head of the English department, was
among the judges.
Miss Mabel C. Hawes, who travelled
through Spain last summer, recently
gave talk on her visit to the AL
hambra before Miss Egbert's class in
American literature.
Monday, at a boys assembly, a talk
on the value of college training was
given by Prof. H. NJ. Holt of Wash
ington and Lee University.
Municipal Architect Harris is pre-
ing the school. A. green lawn will
greatly add to the appearance of the
premises.
At an assembly Tuesday Miss Imo-
gene Stockett announced the girls
athletic awards. The following re-
Seltzer, Agnes Motyka. Sarah Rohrer,
Agnes Teates. Evelyn Gascoigne,
Mary Beans, Margaret Duffey, Lillian
Keith, Martha Scruggs and Margaret
Rendi. Numerals were awarded as
follows: For basket ball. Margaret
Beasley. Jessie Jones, Dorothy Tripp,
Audrey Blumer. Margaret Knapp and
Mildred Repetti: for tennis, Agnes
Teates and Pauline Babp. In a short
talk following the awards Harold
ing efforts in behalf of the girls.
For these efforts she was presented
with the official "E'' of the school
Announcement of scholastic awards
for the semester ending January 81
also was made at this assembly. The
honor students, approximately 100 in
number, marched in academic pro-
cession to seats on the stage. Prin-
cipal Charles Hart spoke briefly about
scholastic honors at Eastern. He
showed that through a period of
years the number of honor students
has averaged 10 per cent. Eight per
cent of these were girls DR.. Perci-
val Hall, president of Gallaudet Col
lege, gave A short talk on Eastern s
honor system, with which he is we'll
Hall, who graduated from Eastern
last June, won honors at the close of
every semester during her four-year
course.
The first basket ball game to be
played in the girls new gymnasium
was a wordless debate on the sub
ject, rs 1t Better to Be Fat or Lean?'
The girls concluded that 1t would be
we'll to decide the matter by playing
basket ball game, since actions
speak louder than words. Although
the score. AZ to 3, in favor of the
it, the game was hotly contested.
The 'debaters" were as follows. Fat
team, Mary Beans. Agnes Motyka,
Olive Seltzer, Sarah Rohrer. Wini-
fred Sponsler and Marguerite Reudi,
with Hannah Stoler as alternate; lean
team, Helene Hesse, Grace Weitzell,
Elizabeth Johnston. Mildred Crews,
Agnes Teates and Dorothy Tripp, with
Amanda Clagett and Mildred Lind
atom as alternates. Evelyn Gascoigne
WAS referee