Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17
D. c. ORATOR FETED
BY EASTERN HIGH
Annual Faculty Dinner. Held.
Principal and Mrs. Hart
Honor Guests.

Eastern High Schools annual fac
ulty dinner was held May at the
Grace Dodge Hotel. and was attended
by 60 tecahers. The principal and
Mrs. Charles Hart were the guests of
honor.
Reading of original verses, the solv-
ing of a crossword puzzle, and the
singing of songs. were iHterspersed
between courses, after which the fol
lowing program was given: Mono
logue, Miss Mary l.. Wood; Spanish
dance. Miss Rosemary Arnold and l..
B. Simons; story. Miss Imogene c.
Stockett. and play, Irene Obliges."
directed by Miss Ella NJ. Monk. and
including in the cast Gertrude Wal
ter, John p. Collins and Olivia c. Tay-
lor. Miss Mary J. Watts was master
of ceremonies.
ID. &. Orator Guest.
Tuesday night. Miss Asenath l..
Graves, oratorical champion of the
District, was the guest of honor at the
monthly meeting of the Lincoln Park
Citizens Association. The following
afternoon Miss Graves delivered her
Grafton on the Constitution at the
Gaithersburg High School at a meet
ing in connection with the better
homes movement. A party in Miss
Graves honor was given Thursday
night by the class in journalistic writ
ing, of which she is a member.
AT the Princeton interscholastics re-
Gently, Adolph Bond, captain of track
and field team at Eastern, captured
from field of "a entries first place
in high jump, clearing the bar with
a leap of feet / inches.
Everything from sweet girl grad
uate frocks to smart sport wear for
Summer was displayed by dress mod
els for the girls of Eastern Friday.
Music was furnished by the school
orchestra and two solo dances by child
entertainers from the Cora Shreve
school were other features. This
style show was especially interesting
to the senior girls, who are now fac
ing the problem of purchasing com
mencement clothes.
kingsland Prender was elected
undergraduate speaker for class night
at meeting of the Junior class
recently. Other participants for
senior class day to be held June 10
will be Nathan Clark, president of the
class; John Bowman, speaker for the
graduates; Katherine Gibson, and
Kathryn White, prophetesses and Jay
Y. Hall. author of the will.
Planning Class Day.
A committee consisting of Lydia
Edwards, Kathryn White, Marie Mil
| Ter, Katherine Gibson and Ruth Green
| wood are now completing plans for
class day costumes and program.
The class night exercises, which will
be given on the evening of June 10
| includes music by the Eastern High
| School Orchestra, the class history
| by Ruth Greenwood. the class poem
| by Asenath Graves, the class song by
all members of the class, and one
act play, THE Romancers."
| Harry o. Hine. secretary of the
| board OF education, will deliver the
address to the two-year commercial
class at their graduation Tuesday af
ternoon, June 16, at 2 o'clock.
Miss Mildred Boynton and Miss
Minnie Hoxsey, both prominent
alumnae, will give a recital on the
! evening of May 10, in the school
| auditorium.
Eastern sent a large delegation OF
singers to join the musical students
of the high school in their rendition
of Paul Revere" a historical cantata
which they presented at the May
flower Hotel Monday night.
Members of the editorial staff of the
| fastener are now at work on the
| final issue of the magazine, which is
| the schools annual. .
The class in journalistic writing
visited an engraving company's plant
! Thursday.