Evening star., 1925-12-27
SCHOOL PORTRAYS
COMMUNITY
Pupils of Randall Junior High
Show Growth of CoIored
Section.


west section. The community center
department. Paris Henderson. presi-
dent. and Mrs. Gabrielle Pelham.
executive secretary. Co-operated with
Principal G.. Smith Wormly in the
exposition.
A prologue descriptive OF the gen
eI al nature and purpose OF the project
was presented by pupils OF various
grades of the school, written and di-
rected by Mrs. Irene &. Malvan. Six
teen demonstrations were staged
simultaneously. pupils impsrSonating
merchants, professional men. mem
bers of the clergy. bankers and mu-
SiCians of the past, present and future
Southwest Washington.
The exposition attracted leading
citizens OF the community, as well as
school officials and teachers, including
First Asst. Supt. Garnet c. Nilkens0n,
E.upervisor John G. Bruce and Eugene
\. Clark. principal of the Minor Nor
NAL School.
To demonstrate banking as Z com
munitS project, Miss Norma \. Boyd,
through section %. operated Il bank
constructed by boys of vocational
classes with Maize Lowndes ut the
Information cage: Dorothy Warren az
paying teller and Mildred Proctor as
Ieceiving teller. {. w. Banton. local
banker, spoke.
Printing shop Shown.
Development OF printing as an art
and growth of the industry in the
section was set forth by section 90.
sponsored by Mrs. NJ. H. Plummcr.
The demonstration consisted OF d play
let the scene in the office of one of
the first printers of the section. Par
tiCipating We're Mary Rollins. Mar
suerite Daggs. Margaret Robinson,
Corinne Baylor. Queen Washington.
Clinton Randolph. Earnest Reeder,
Clinton Darmon, Clarence Green.
Arthur Carter, solomon Aston and
William H. johnson.
Mrs. Georgia :. Johnson outlined
the sections productivity in coiured
stage and concert performers of note.
The Famine from LonGfellOW's
"IIiawatha." was produced in panto-
mime by Sarah Campbell, Alice Hail
Storks. Bernice Ware, Hortense
Young, Gladys Frazier. Margaret
Greene, Sylvia Dowery ana Regina
Weber
Twenty pupils of Mrs. \. V. W. Nc
Beth presented results of a survey of
The physicians and surgeons of the
community, illustrating a degree Of
interracial cooperation and helpful
ness in past and present development
as eXemplifying future expansion. DIR.
". II. Lewis, Dir. William II. Howard
and DR.. Willis Johnson made brief
addresses
Colored merchants, including Grocers
and keepers of general merchandise.
We're exemplified in an original play
Jet by pupils of Miss V. c. Cohran, in
Guiding George Davis. Helen Ma
honey, Ruth Dyson. Evelyn Thomas.
Anna Gilchrist. Harold Smith. Horace
Lloyd. Jesse Harris. Bernice Jack
son. Samuel Richardson, Elizabeth
Nelson and Helen Washington
Pupils of section Sc. directed by
Miss V c. Maxwell, made d survey
Of 567 homes and found there $50
musical instruments. In a playlet
they presented briefly the music of
The world. Ruth Bonds selected the
highest forms of musical creation as
eXemplif1ed through Pauline Roberts.
Pharmacy in the Community"
Miss Susie +. Quander developed
Pharmacy in the Community. An
original playlet. "Patronize Your
Naborhood Drugstore" was presented
by Estelle Chapelle. Beulah Lewis,
Evelyn Branch. Bernita Hudson and
Juanita West.
To show how civic organization
makes good citizens. Miss NJ. F.
Quander developed a project. Build
ing Home the Importance of good
home life being stressed by Alton
Wilson as father, Lena Dutton as
mother, and Elias Dyson, Naomi
Plater, Mildred Jackson. Weldon
carter and James Hayes as children
Need for medical and dental clinics
in the southwest was set forth in a
project. exposition of which was made
by Miss NJ A. Milton with charts
from the city Health Department and
the Department of Physical Education.
and a little play, "A Day in Happy
land" participated in by Helen King.
Mildred Williams, Margaret Butler,
Fsteile Pendleton and Marjorie Leg
gins.
History of public education in tho
southwest from 1907 to the present
was shown by section S-4 directed
by George Bell and Enoch Ambush
in founding community education for
the colored population on the site uf
the Providence Hospital. Principal
characters Were Oietta Dawson, Ruin
Ashton, Dorothy Dodson. Irene Far
ley, Myrtle Jenkins. Lydia Mitchell,
Dorothy Watson. Helen Nelson, Eva
Cross. Thelma Frazia and Georgia
Wilson.
Church and The Children.
\ playlet, The Church and the
Children" staged by Mrs. E. Il. King.
portrav ved religious DEVELOPMENT of
the southwest. Principal characters
We're Estelle Campbell. Antoinette
Holmes. Thelma Holmes. Dorothy
Jenkins. Geneva Harvey. Lillian
Dages. Lucille Minor, Clyde Howard.
William Ware and Frank Lee Rev.
William L. Howard. Rev. -AquiIIa
SarieS. Rev. ID. Y. Campbell and Rev
J. Z. King spoke.
Future sectional publicity was out
lined through q printers convention
wher" estimates We're made up for
pubGCation of q wekely colored
newspaper. -Four neighborhood
printers furnished miniature shops
whose facilities We're analyzed for
production by Vincent Thompson,
Philip White, Robert Rich and Al
bert Johnson in u pIayet produced
TN T.. II. Lawson
Miss III. +. Morris gave a detailed
presentation of transportation in the
tection. Mrs. +. \. Ross and Miss
Dclilah Williams presented for the
lt department, play, Art, Where
.Nrt Thou"
community safety was demon
sirated by Mrs. f. l.. Toms. who
showed the activity Of the Police
Department and Fire Company, No.
AIRS. King. Horace Banks. Elton
Dyson, Wilbur Jordan. Chauncey
Ross, Annie Boykin and Grace Luck
ett took part Toys for the exposi-
ion We're loaned by various depart
mrnt stores. and pictures by local
Eewspapers.
The community center exhibited n
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