Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-24
EASTERN QUINT GETS
BASKET BALL TROPHY
Presentation to Be Made BY Chief
Justice Mccoy at School
Tuesday.
HONOR LIST INCREASES
One Student Out of Eight Is Now
on Roll.

The Harvard cup. which is to be
presented annually to the winner of
the inter-high school championship
basket ball team, will be awarded
this year TO Eastern High Schools
quint. The presentation ceremonies
will be held at Eastern Tuesday.
The presentation will be made by
Chief Justice Walter l. Mccoy of the
District Supreme Court, a member Of
the Washington Harvard Club. The
cup will become the permanent pos
session of the school winning it three
times.
Last week the students Of Eastern
enjoyed three assemblies. At the
first OF these Mr.. Orville Dennison.
the executive secretary OF the Alumni
Association of the Massachusetts
Institute Of Technology, gave q talk
On technical courses. He told espe-
Cially about those which are offered
at that institution and supplement-
ed this talk with moving pictures of
the buildings and professors of Bos-
ton Tech. At the conclusion OF his
talk MI. Dennison sang some OF the
Aongs descriptive Of college LIE.
Maj. Holcombe Of the local NJ. !. L.
club accompanied Mr.. Dennison
On Tuesday the honor assembly
was neId An address on Scholastic
Achievement Was given by MISS
Alice Deal. principal OF the Columbia
Junior High School. Harold Warner
awarded the honors. Miss Johnson,
chairman Of the honors committee.
was in charge OF the program. There
were 1874 honor students last stmes
ter-that iS-l21& per cent, or one
out of eight. The number of honor
students is gradually Increasing
Washington Program.
4 George Washington program vas
the chief feature OF an assembly
Thursday Asenath Graves gave
talk on "Washington, the Gentleman.
She read from "a copy OF the manu-
script book that h. kept as a boy.
Gilmore Wheeler spoke on the as
so,.i,tjons Of Washington with the
city Of Washington and IT'S environ
nent. Herbert Angel talked about
W ashingt"n as d world nero.
Wednesday afternoon the member.
OF the Eastern High School orchtstra
gave 4 surprise program TO the SUI
dents of the IIiuc Junior High.
Principal Charles Hart received
letter last week from the secretary
of Syracuse University telling hlm
thHt George Kern Of the class of 1873
stand. second among the entering
freshmen
Trip to Philadelphia.
Ten members of the basket ball
squad with the coach made the trip
70 Philadelphia last week to enter
the intcrscholAstiC tournament, under
the dircc ton of &. u. Hustleby OF the
University Of Pennsylvania. They
are scheduled to return home this
afternoon.
The. February meeting of the Home
and School Association will be held
the supervising principal in charge
of educational measure mcnts in the
public schools, will speak. Some Of
the numbers that featured the alumni
vaudeville show will be repeated.
DR. Eothermel, Miss Birtwell. Miss
Beam. Miss Shelp and Miss Rupert
have been absent on account of illness.
ton Of Harry Keen Wilson's book.
"Ruggles of Red Gap" was given in
the assembly hall.
On February 16 a supper was given
for the basket ball boys of the Ray
mond Riordon School. Mr.. and Mrs.
Riordon. the Central squad. with tn cir
faculty adviser: the Eastern squad.
After the supper there was an enter
tainment and dance. The supper was
under the direction of Misses Monk,
Murray, Holmes. Taylor, Knee and
Tingley
Last week Miss Stockett awarded
the school letter to the four mem
hers of the Hiking Club. who have
walking They are: Margaret But
Ter, 102 miles, Sarah Davis. 123 miles,
1rma Marshall. los miles, and Frances
Roberts, 129 miles.