Evening star., 1924-01-27
RANDALL STUDENTS
PLAY AT GOVERNMENT
Duties and Powers of Officials Are
Set Forth in Form
of Drama.

| To integrate the activities of the
school and community a demonstra-
ton of the work of the local govern
ment was given by pupils of Randall
[ Junior High School at that building
Tuesday. District night. Among those
| who spoke were Judge Kathryn Sell
ers of the Juvenile Court. Garnet c.
Wilkinson, assistant superintendent of
public schools. Lieut.. Nina Van Win
kle, Miss Mineola kirkland, J. c.
Bruce, DR.. ]. Hayden Johnson, D. c. c.
Fry and DR.. Willis C. Johnson.
| Leroy Brown introduced Leroy
Henson as Uncle Sam. Raymond Z.
Robinson as President Coolidge, Vir-
| gil Moore as Commissioner Oyster,
Gilmore Briscoe as Cuno Rudolph. Ed
ward Ball as Maj. Bell, and James
Watts as Daniel Garges, secretary to
the Commissioners. Uncle Sam pre-
sented to the President his constitu
tional powers, to which the embryo
executive made neat response, dele
eating certain powers to the District
| Commissioners.
A typical meeting Of the board was
givin in a second prologue with Ed
| ward Chase. as Mr.. Rudolph Lorenzo.
Shorts as Capt. oyster, Joseph Edelin,
as Maj Bell and Morris Thomas as
| Secretary Garges: Each official out
! lined the specific needs of his depart
ment. All claSSroomS of. the building
, were thrown open to the public at
this point to illustrate the local gov
ernment in operation. Raymond
Stephney as Chief Watson of the fire
| department received delegation,
| headed by Kenneth Martinas. repre-
who told of their support of Capt.
Gibson at No. 4 and of the officers of
No., 10 engine cmpany in fire prev:n-
! tioh.
First Aid Exemplined.
Elsewhere Edward Scott and Frank
FOLSOM as police stretcher bearers,
with the assistance of William
Holmes and Milton Craig, pupil po-
| licemen, brought into an improvised
station John Hyder, a boy who had
forearm and ankle broken while. play
ling in the streets. Robert Barnes, as
surgeon. rendered first aid while the
police squad sang Keep Off the
squad directed traffic throughout the
building.
In elucidation of the activities Of
local charities Fannie Perkins gave
the latest board report. Tax collec-
! tion, In another classroom, was much
in vogue. Shedonnah Howell demon
strated our system of weights and
measures. The handling of milk un-
der the District law was explained
by Hazel Brooks. In the general sci
ence classroom the water supply SyS-
tenn was explained
Travelers' Aid Featured.
i The Travellers Aid Society and
women's bureau of the police depart
ment We're featured by addresses of
Judge Kathryn Sellers and Lieut..
Nina Van Wrinkle to which responses
4 L. llr.
Mineola kirkland, j. Hayden Johnson
and c. w. Tignor. Judge Sellers dis
cussed the relation of the court to the
delinquent child and commented upon
the small number of cases of del,n-
quency from the southwest.
Lillian Williams. featuring the
health department explained the i'm
provement charts of the school. 9th
er subjects included proper feeding
by Leonora Miles. Fairgrounds by
Evelyn Holmes, dental inspection by
Elizabeth Minor hygiene and Santa
tion by Marian Wills, the ideal school
by Charlotte Holmes, the school nurse
by Irene Adams. contagious diseases
by Ethel Jenkins and medical inspec-
tion by Myrtle Garner. DR.. c. G. Fry
gave talk on care Of the teeth, and
DR.. Willis 9. Johnson spoke on gen.
| eral purposes of the health depart
ment.
| Special assistance for rendition OF
the various programs was given by
| Joseph Clomax. who presented sew
eral placards, by Charles A. Jackson,
VINO gave the program i'll cartoon, by
Morning Star Lodge, No. 40, and CO.
lumbia Lodge, No. IS, 1. B. P. o. E. W.,
1 by Frank Wells, Harry Goodrich and
Daniel Garges Of the District build
! ing. Principal G. Smith Wormley of
| the Randall Junior High School exer-
cised general supervision of the prof.
| ect. Miss Esther L. Butler presided
at the exercises featuring the wom-
ems bureau. Charities were directed
by Miss c. +. Brooks general science
by Miss r. L. Kemp, weights and
! measures by Mrs. Grace Hughes,
health department ty Mrs. Harriet
Marshall, and tax collection by Miss
N. E. Boyd and q. E. Sheffey.