Evening star., 1924-05-25
DUNBAR HIGH OFFERS
PRIZE TO STUDENTS
SIS Scholarship Will Be Awarded
to Encourage Art Study After
Graduation.

An art scholarship of s75, raised by
the sale of holiday cards made by the
students of Dunbar High School, will
be offered to the seniors to encourage
further study in art after graduation
The winner will be selected by a COM
mittee composed Of Miss Nixon, chair
man; DR.. Dykes and Miss Gibson.
Howard High School of Whining
ton, Del, defeated Dunbar in the
annual interscholastic debate at the
local school on May 16. The Dunbar
debaters were Howard Bailey, John
Anderson and Edward Beaubian. The
visiting team was composed of LII
lian Webster, George Haynes and
Esther James. Musical selections
were rendered by Gladys Thomas and
Ethel Powell. The judges were N
L. McGhee, c. c. Johnson and Z. w
Howard.
Dunbar Art Club.
The Art Club of Dunbar. accom-
panied by Miss Rosa Nixon, visited
the National Museum and the Con-
gressional Library yesterday morn
ing. AT the museum the club in
spected the exhibition by the art
work of Prof. Cizet's class at the
Vienna School of Arts and Crafts. At
the library, some of the mural deco
rations and paintings were studied d
and the mosaic mantels in the repre-
sentatives reading room were eX-
amined
Miss S. l. Daniel also took her class
In ancient history to the museum
yesterday to view the exhibition OF
work by the children of Vienna.
The Dunbar track team won fur
ther points at the Hampton meet on
May II, bringing back the two cups
offered for scholastic events.
National Honor Society.
The first public meeting of the
Dunbar Chapter of the National
Honor, Society was held May p in the
program was presented: Chorus, Lift
Every Voice and Sing; address by
w. L. Smith: Songs, DAWN" S. Col
idge-Taylor; The Years az the
Spring (Mrs. H. T. Beach,, by Miss
Lola Johnson: remarks, Miss Mineola
DetD and .fValse Gracile" Parker),
by DR.. Eva B. Dykes; Star spangled
Banner"
The members of the Dunbar Chap.
| ter, of which Miss Elsie Brown is
| sponsor, are: AS, Janet Avery, Ger
! trude Black, Mary Johnson, Cath
| crime Lewis, Nelline Lewis, Pansy
Major, Sara Moore, Susie Tate ant
| Lillian Washington; B-S, Jennie
| Butcher. Carolyn Evans, Edna Mayer
Mary Morton. Roberta Pettross
| Gladys Rose and Doris Ridgley: C-S
| William Brown, Francis Gregory, 10,
seph Jenkins, Leonard Johnson, Eli:
Kendall. Reuben Mcdaniel, Bruce
Robinson, William Russell and Ralph
| Wright: CT. Theodore Johnson, anC
E-S, Wenonah Bond.
| The last meeting of the History
| Teachers Club for the scholastic yeal
| 1924 was held at Dunbar High
| School Monday. The journalist, il
| her annual report. gave a resume o,
the activities of the club during th'
| year.
photography Compilation.
| The principal feature of the meet
| ing consisted of the reports of tn;
| subcommittee to the general com
mittee on the compilation of bibli
| ography of negro history. All tn,
| history teachers are working on thi:
| photography, and are divided int
| three groups-W. H. Menard is chair
man of the ancient history group: w
| n. Brewer, chairman of the medieva
| and modern history group, and j. \
| Saunders, the American history group
/ n. H. Thomas is chairman of the gen.
| eral committee and sponsor of hte pro-
| ject.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: ]. y. Saunders
| chairman, and Miss n. NJ. Quander
| Journalistic