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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08
VARIED ACTIVITIES
AT JEFFERSON SCHOOL
Junior High Students Present
Play, Entitled Jefferson Choco-
late Drops"

Organization of a Parent-Teacher
Association at the. Jefferson Junior
High School was effected lat house
warming at the school February ~.
A program was given by the Glee
and Dramatic Clubs of the school,
and the young women of the. cooking
school, directed by Miss Margaret
Guest, served refreshments. r. w.
Straw bridge, principal of the schooi,
gave a comprehensive outline of the
work of the jefferson Junior High
School and stressed the need of a
Parent Teacher Association. A bust
ness meeting followed, at which the
ASSOCIATE organized and elected the
following officers: President, Mrs.
Louis Freeman; vice president, Mrs.
Louis Fridinger; secretary, Mrs. }.
A. Banagan, and treasurer, Mrs.
Joseph Newton.
The Jefferson Chocolate Drops
played to a crowded house Friday
afternoon at a minstrel show given
for the benefit of school activities.
Edward Powell acted as interlocuter
and Alvin Cheer. Norman Jack, Rob-
ert Garner and Herman Oscar took
endmen parts. Preceding the min
strel show, the Dramatic Club gave a
sketch from Uncle Toms Cabin" with
Gladys Hewitt as Miss Ophelia, Ruth
Goldberg as Topsy and Mamie Taylor
as Eva.
others who took part in the min
strel show were Harold Fridinger.
Frank Cogswell, Arthur Cohen, Louis
Freeman, George Carpenter, Charles
Beavers, Paul Rosenberg, Joseph
| Sheer, Ralph Bowles, Joseph Gott-
lefb, Norman Jack and Charles
Mothershead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08
DEBATES SCHEDULED
FOR COLLEGE OF LAW
Faculty Adviser Announces Sub.
ject for Discussion to Be Held
Friday Night.

Thomas F. F'laherty, secretary of
the postal clerks organization and
faculty adviser of the freshman de-
bates, which are now a leading ac-
tivity in the college life of the Wash
ington College of Law, announced
last night that the next debate will
be on the subject. Resolved, That the
Philippine Islands should be given
their independence by the United
States" The debate will be held Fri
day night at the college, 1915 X
street Those on the affirmative side
will be Ernestine Matthews, Joseph F..
Gulick and Pearle Cooper. On the
negative team are Thomas Creighton,
Michael Hertz and Florence Hart
nett.
The first debate was on the sub
iect of the proposed twentieth amend
ment to the Constitution giving Con-
gress power to limit, regulate and
prohibit the labor of persons under
considering the subject of modifying
the Volstead act, also was held. A
third debate was on the subject of
the regulation of rental laws in the
District of Columbia by congressional
legislation.
Epsilon Chapter, Kappa Beta Pi
legal sorority, will give a card party
at the college Saturday for the, bene-
fit of the endowment fund The COM
mittees in charge of arrangements
were appointed by Miss Mary L. Kess-
Ter, dean of the chapter, as follows:
General chairman, Matte Tompkins;
committee on tickets and publicity,
Miss Fuller, chairman, Miss Bonner
and Miss Hines; committee on tables
and score cards, Miss Mary c. Whelan,
chairman; Mrs. Gold, Miss Sites and
Miss Kemp: decorations and prizes,
Miss Grace Whelan, chairman, Mrs.
Linkins, Miss Hunter. Miss Grimes
and Mrs. Hawks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08
THREE ONE-ACT PLAYS
GIVEN BY STUDENTS

Three one-act plays, written by
members of the Players Guild, were
presented at Dunbar High School
Tuesday afternoon before large
audience of invited guests. They
were: "a Penny's Penny" a play of
negro life; Leaving the Baby" and
THE New Home" also play OF
negro life.
The characters in "a Penny's
Penny were Allan Woodbridge, Irma
Weaver and Edward Carroll. Those
who took part in Leaving the Baby
were Maud Davis, Helen Ogle and
Miriam Hutchins. The cast for The
New Home" included oliver Hill, Eu-
lalia Luckett, Ethel Hart, Amy Orme,
Raphael Smith and Walter Craig.
Music was furnished by the Dun
bar Sextet, composed of Annette
Hawkins, pianist; Rupert Lloyd, vio-
linist; Harold Lewis, violin1st;
Arthur Williams, violinist; Blanchard
Lloyd, fiutist, and Alfred Scott, vio-
linist. officers of the Players Guild
are: Elinor Robinson, president;
Marion jefferson, vice president;
Gursta Boyd, secretary, and Ernest
Washington. stage manager.
An outline of the activities of the
guild was given following the pro-
auction by MISS M. T. buTrlll, tedCHeT
of dramatics. She presented the au-
thors of the three plays and explain
ed the significance of the movement
at Dunbar toward the production of
plays based on negro life. She also
stressed the seed of creative writing
among the students and their unique
mission of learning to interpret cor
rectly the life of their race.
The mid-year election of the Dun
bar Honor Society as announced by
the Dunbar Honor Council at the re-
cent program of the society COM
pletes the taking in of Is per cent
of the senior class. The next cleo
lions will occur in May and per
cent of the junior class will be
chosen The nine members are:
Gursta Boyd, Margaret Jones. The
resa c. johnson, Lois Pair, Norma
Parks, Elaine Williams, Richard At
kinson, Williston Lotion and Nor
teza Sprague.
In the second game of the basket
ball championship series between
Dunbar and Armstrong, February rs,
Dunbar was defeated. 10 to z. A
third game must now be played to
determine the champion. as Dunbar
defeated Armstrong, 20 to II. in the
first game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08
CROSSWORD Puzzles Simple
after Chinese Study Course
Georgetown Foreign Service School Stu
dents Feel Disposed to Challenge Es-
perts to Match Without Dictionaries.

Cross word puzzles offer no mys-
Chinese at the Foreign Service School
of Georgetown University. After
spending days and nights struggling
mentally with the maze of intricate
| characters that form the simplified
alphabet of the Chinese language,
these score of students feel ready to
issue challenge to crossword
puzzle match without dictionaries.
OF all the foreign language courses
in the Foreign Service School which
include Russian as well as various
Asiatic dialects, the Chinese language
is perhaps the most unique. 1t is en-
tirely different from any other Ian
guage, both in speech and in writing.
1t is the oldest known language, for
one thing. so knowledge of other
tongues offer nothing in the way of
assistance to those who seek to
fathom the mysteries of its thou
sand letter alphabet"
The roots of it's tradition and
foundation are not so deep, however,
as to dissuade the class at the For
eign Service School from excavatins
the historical background of China
from the earliest time of Chinese
philosophy up to the development of
the more popular nah -jong. With
this end in view the Chinese class
arranged a series of four lectures to
be given by prominent Chinese au-
thorities on the subject.
First Lecture Given.
The first lecture was given last
week by K. C. Ii, graduate of the
School of Commerce, Picking Govern
ment University, and research stu
dent in the universities OF California,
Illinois and Columbia. He spoke on
Chinese Economic Institutions"
tracing the economic history of
China from the Chow Dynasty" that
was in the twelfth century B. c. up
to the present day.
Mr. Lii claimed that China, two
centuries ahead of all other nations,
achieved a system of economic law
which brought about the unification
of the Chinese people. Shia, Duke OF
China, was the first to Introduce a
reform and under the able services
of Sung Yang, they succeeded IN unit
ing the 14S states that originally
comprised China, into seven states.
Among the economic reforms they
introduced were the reorganization
of the administrative system of the
state by aboloshing the "iefs"; pro-
mitigation of code of laws: intro
duction of the individual system in
place of the Agrarian system of agri-
culture; Standardization of weights,
measures, etc, and lastly, they en-
couraged immigration.
Others to Follow Soon.
Other lectures in this course will
he announced shortly The second
lecture will deal with Chinese phi
losophy; the third will be the report
of Dr. All, professor of Chinese IT
Georgetown, on his experiment in
teaching the Chinese language which
he conducted at the university.
The fourth will be fitting climax
for the occasion, a get-together chop
suey party in one of tn fashionable
Chinese restaurants. incidentally, TINS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08
VOTE FOR D. C. DEBATED,
Negative Side Wins in Contest al
Junior High School.

debate on the merits of voting
in the District was staged recently
by the debating club of the Macfar-
land Junior High School. the decision
going to the negative side, upheld by
Anna Bernstein, Marian &. Butler,
Elizabeth Sweet and Mary NeubeCk.
The affirmative side was upheld by
George Jones, Lester Buckley, Doug
las Richardson and David krupsaw
The judges were Maj. W. O. Tufts, c.
w. Williams and G. w Skinner.
Shakespeare's Midsummer Nights
Dream" and THE Merchant of Venice"
were presented by the dramatic club
at a recent meeting of the school
parent-teacher association Those
who took part were Ralph Jones,
Howard Harlan, Morris Arkin, Hugh
Smith Frazier, Hilder, Everett Her
ril, Elinor Crowley, Henrietta Holm,
Doris Stutz, Adelia Steers, Mary FitZ-
gerald, Janet jacobson, Joseph Hoover,
John Weaver, Hugh Smith, Audrey
Raymond and Margaret Hibble.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08
DR.. LEWIS ADDRESSES
EASTERN STUDENTS
Debates and Oratorical Contest
Center of Interest of High
School Glasses.

DR.. William Mather Lewis, presi-
dent of George Washington UNIVERSE
ty, addressed the students of Eastern
High School at an assembly Tuesday
morning. Presidents Lewis was in
troduced by Miss Freda D. Egbert
teacher of journalism
A mixed chorus of 100 voices gave
an enjoyable concert of 10 numbers
Thursday evening at the school.
They represent the Sheldron Choral
Society of Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
DR.. Henry H. Harris, principal of a
high school at Lowell, Mass, visited
Eastern Monday.
Resolved, That a uniform dress
should be established for the girls
at Eastern" was the subject of an
informal debate Tuesday afternoon
before meeting of the debating So
ciety. The leaders of the affirmative
were Pauline Roth and Gertrude
Effenbach, and the negative, Dorothy
Walker. A general discussion fol-
lowed the speeches.
Twenty-Five pupils have enrolled in
the oratorical contest. They hold a
short meeting every Friday morning,
where they discuss problems of in
terest to them as a whole. The
speeches, outlines for which have
been submitted, must be in by March
IL. The best six of the orations will
be delivered April 10, and April %
the winner at Eastern will be chosen.
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| will familiarize the students with
Chinese dishes. Every procedure on
this occasion will be conducted in
Chinese style from the famous
Peking tea to chop-sticks and from
plain chom-min to Hung Shao-go
Even the conversation about the
table will be in Chinese so far as the
limitations of the students will per-
nit.
Goes to Orient.
Frank r. Eldridge, chief of the Far
Eastern division of the Bureau OF
Foreign and Domestic Commerce and
professor of the course on The Far
East" at the foreign service school
left recently for a trip to the orient
He will visit Japan. China and the
Philippines, Siam, India and other
countries inspecting the ports of the
Department of Commerce and the
possibility of increasing United
States trade with the Far East In
his absence, the Georgetown school,
has secured the services of Halleck A
Butts, who is acting chief of the Far
East division. Mr.. Butts was one OF
the first students of the foreign serv-
ice school, leaving some years age
to take up his duties In Toxic, Japan,
where he served as commercial at
tache. He is giving a number OF
lectures on the Far East covering his
observations both in Japan and China
Collaborating with him on this course
will be Emmett A. Chapman. who is
also a graduate of the foreign serv-
ice school, and at present regional
chief of the division of the Commerce
Department, including India, Aus
tralia, Java, etc.
Or. Rowe Resumes Course.
DR.. L. S. Rowe. director-general of
the Pan &Saerican UHion, who has
just returned from South America,
Will resume his lectures of the Latin
America Seminar course at the
Georgetown school. DR.. William j.
Spillman, consulting specialist of the
Department of Agriculture and an
other member of the Georgetown fac
ulty, is absent from the city on a
tour of the West in the interest of
crop diversification.
William Manger, another faculty
member, returned with DR.. Rowe.
He was recently made chief of the
finance division of the union.
Due to the widespread, interest
throughout the United States in con-
nection with the series of lectures on
Russia being given by Father Ed
mund A. Walsh, S. J., regent of the
necessary for him to refuse large
number of invitations to speak in
various cities. In spite of this fact,
even with the lecture program al
ready arranged, Father Walsh has
found it necessary to spend good
deal Of his time in travelling. He is
away at present giving lectures in
Philadelphia and Yonkers, y. Y.
A part of his tentative program for
IL, lectures
Fall River, Mass; New Bedford,
Conn; Providence. r. l.; New York
City, Chicago, Cleveland, Urbana, Ill,
lecture before the Washington
Study, one before the Federal School
mans League in Washington and va
rfous others in addition to his weekly
lectures at the National Museum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08
CLASS ELECTION
GIVES CLOSE RACE
Mckinley High School Seniors
Choose President After
Three Ballots.

Dwight Horton was elected president
of the Mckinley Technical High School
June graduating class last week on the
third ballot Other candidates for the
office were Rebecca Harry and Alvin
O'Halloran.
A close vote also marked the election
of vice president, this office finally going
to Charles Crowder. John Parsons was
his opponent. The Office of treasurer
went to Winton Rooms; that of secre-
tary to Rebecca Harry, and the ser
geant- at arms to Arthur Wondrack.
Spanish games and cross word puzzles
featured a social meeting of the Spanish
Club held recently at the home of
Marion Hunt. Those who took part
were Adele Swecker, Marion Hunt,
Samuel Lewis, Joseph de Julian, Ed
ward Spano. Irving Burr, Edward
Seaman, Albert Pisani and Charles
Blume.
Club Elects Officers.
The Pals and Pallettes Club last
week elected William Shoemaker its
president Shoemaker is prominent in
art affairs at Tech" and was winner
of the robin Hood" poster contest.
Other officers chosen are: Archibald
Detweiler vice president; Hazel Seattle,
secretary; Margaret Mitchell, treasurer,
UNFOLDING the negative side of the
question, Resolved, That the Under
wood Proposal for the Disposition of
Muscle Shoals be Enacted into Law" a
team composed of Arthur Wondrack,
BENJAMIN Bretzfelder and Charles Miner
won the debate at the last meeting of
the Agora Society. The affirmative side
was upheld by Leroy Stockman, Her
bert Reichelt and Dallas Cashell. Hon
ors for the best speech were conferred
on Charles Miner.
To Debate Capital Punishment.
The Agora Society has planned to de-
bate with a team representing the sixth
semester. The question will be, Re
solved, That Capital Punishment be
Abolished" Bretzfelder, Miner and
Stockman will compose the society 5
team, which will uphold the affirmative
side The sixth semester team includes
Warren Magee. Preston Brooks and
Catherine Chase.
CARRIED in grammar school attire
short skirts, hair ribbons, rompers and
socks-the girls in the junior class at
tracted considerable attention at the
Junior day celebration Thursday. The
boys wore short trousers, bat wing ties
and Buster Brown collars. A satirical
play was presented by the girls as a
feature of the party. Those who took
part were Janet Frost, Carolyn Pitchlyn,
Grace Emmert, Fannybelle Tenny, Eliz-
abeth Potter, Kathryn Chase, Helen
Gilmore, Carolyn Smell and Carmen
Collier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08
K. c. EVENING SCHOOL
CHOOSES OFFICERS
Harry Kabat Heads Editorial Staff
of Knight 0wl-Foreign Ian
guage Clubs Forming.

Harry kabat was elected editor Of
the Knight Owl, student publication
of the Knights Of Columbus Evening
school, at a meeting of the student
council Friday. John A. McGuinness
was chosen assistant editor.
The following were assigned places
on the editorial staff: Norwood p.
Cassidy, Louis S. Prejean and Miss
May A. Barrett, associate editors:
Albert ]. kearney. circulating man
ager; Daniel p Stanton, advertising
manager; Harry u. Burnett, business
manager. a reportorial staff was
designated, comprised of Herbert L..
Wynne, law; Mary Z. Hart, English F.;
James E. Davidson commercial:
George V. Menke, academic. The next
issue of the Knight Owl will appear
March Is, and with the organization
of competent staff 1t Is expected
that the success of the first number
will be continued and further i'm
provements made in connection with
the material published in the paper
James III. Kane, past State deputy
of the knights of Columbus of the
State of Washington and a member
of the Washington bar, was a visitor
at the school last week. He was i'm
pressed with the number of students
attending the law courses.
Dramatic Group Busy.
Under the leadership of Norwood p.
Cassidy, chairman of the dramatic
committee of the student council.
plans have been launched for staging
a play by the students. 1t is con-
templated that all preliminary ar
ran gements will have been COM
pleted by March Is, so that the selec-
ton of the cast and the holding of
rehearsals will be under way after
that date. The participants in the
play will be selected from the school
at large
There is now. being organized a
German Club by the students of the
German class. This is a start in the
direction of general foreign lam
guage society with three units work.
ing under It's direction, covering
French, Spanish and German. These
clubs will promote activities tending
to develop the conversational feature
of each language, and will produce
foreign plays and participate in va
rious activities along these lines.
A delegation of students will at
tend the dance, entertainment and
card party arranged by the State
Council, March II, at the auditorium
for the purpose of aiding the arch
bishops scholarship fund.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08
BOY, 10, IS STUDENT
AT CENTRAL HIGH
Erik B. Reed Obtained EIe-
mentary Education at Home.
CIef Club Elects.

Central High School has another
ten-year-old Erik B. Reed. The boy
entered the school in the Fall, but
his age was kept secret until he &C
quired enough credits to place him
in the junior year.
Unlike most other students, Reed
did not come to Central from a gram
mar school, but obtained his ele-
mentary education by being tutored
by his parents. Sylvia Altman, who
celebrated her eleventh birthday an
niversary last September, previously
held the honorS for being the young
est student.
Kenneth Stubs, champion of the
Chess Club. held the first of a series
of simultaneous exhibitions Friday.
He played two games Of checkers and
four games of chess. James Bell de-
feated him at chess. This was his
only loss.
CIef Club Elects.
At a recent meeting of the Girls
Clef Club, the officers were elected
for the current semester. They are:
Emily Herzog, president; Alice
Owens, vice president; Helen Prem
y
maker, treasurer. All are seniors.
Rachel Field, author of THE Patch
work Quilt" has written a letter to
Miss Du Breuil, in which she ex-
presses her thanks to the February
class for presenting her play as their
class night play. She also stated
that she regretted not being able to
attend and witness the first public
appearance.
Correspondence is being started by
the French department between the
French students and boys and girls
in France who are studying Eng
lish. The letters from France will
be written in French, while the let
ters from Central will be written in
English.
Upshaw Gives Advice.
Representative Upshaw of Georgia
spoke to the students on Thursday.
Don't be discouraged; never give
up" is the motto which Representa-
tive Upshaw advised all Centralites
to follow. Mr.. Upshaw ascribes his
success to the following of this
motto. DR. Ham also spoke. The
chapel ended with the singing OF
Central songs.
A German racing car is being over
hauled by the automobile class. This
machine is unusual in that It has
four speeds ahead. maximum OF
about 90 miles an hour and a mini
mum of about 20 in the highest gear.
1t also has two foot brakes, one for
each foot, and the power is trans
mitted by chains instead of the
familiar drive shaft. The motor is
"T'' head, double ignition, four
cylinder type. The machine is
owned and being repaired by Cole
man Jones. Visitors are welcome al
the auto shop.
Girls Making Fudge,
Under the direction of Miss White
instructor of domestic science. some
Central girls have been devoting
much time, both during free periods
and after school to making fudge
which is being sold in the lower
corridors during the lunch periods
and after school. Last year over
1000 pounds of candy, at so cents a
pound, were made and sold. From
| these facts it may easily be seen
that the school fund is swelled
greatly by this work.
A new contract has been made to
repair the swimming pool. This con-
tract guarantees to finish the pool
within 60 days from the time it is
begun. The girls on the swimming
team have been using the Y. w. c. A
pool. The boys have used the c. U.
pool.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08
PAPAL POLICY OPPOSED.

WARSAW. March THE Lithua-
nian government, it was announced
here today, is preparing a protest to
the Vatican regarding the Polls con-
cordat in which the papal diplomats
are said to have recognized the de
facto annexation of Wilma to Poland.
The Lithuanian public is asserted
to be highly excited and is demand
ing that the government ask Rome to
recall Mgr. Zeccini, the papal delegate
to Lithuania.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08
FREED IN MAIL Theft.
Three Men Found Not Guilty by
Los Angeles Jury.

Los ANGELES, March Jack
Elerick, Joe Borstch and Frank Will
son, tried for completely in mail truck
robberies with Herbert Wilson, San
Quentin "Iifer," here in 1921. were
found not guilty by jury in Federal
Court late today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08
Central Graduate Honored.

Henry Hall Barr, graduate of
Central High School, class of PA,
who is now taking course in cleo
trica1 engineering at Pennsylvania
State College, has been made a mem
Der OF the Phi Delta Fraternity at
that institution,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08

Four persons are steadily employee
IN cleaning and polishing the table
silver in Buckingham Palace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08

Receivers OF government allowances
In Germany number $4,000.