Evening star., 1925-02-15
CENTRAL SETS OUT
TO CAPTURE AWARD
Hopes to Duplicate Last
Years Performance in Ma
tionaI 0ratory Contest.

Central High Schools student body
is taking a keen interest in the forth
coming national oratorical contest.
and hopes to equal or surpass its
record of last year, when Miss Ruth
Newburn, Central student, captured
the second national award.
The June class has elected It's lit
erary officers. Edward p. Arliss s
valedictorian; Richard F. Roper, his
torian; l. Leonard Mikules, poet; AL
Ian B. LutZ, prophet, and Frances
kennon, prophecies. Thirty cand-
dates were voted upon, and three
ballots were necessary.
War Game Semi-FinaIs.
The semi-f1nals have been reached
IN the cadet war map game, Com
panies A and c, commanded by Capt.
George Hebbard and Capt. Paul Key
ser, respectively, being the rivals.
Centrafs cadets are now ready to
take on other schools. The AT en-
counter was a convoy problem. Each
team commanded the units of a com
pany detailed to escort train OF so
supply wagons. Capt. Arliss' team
permitted patrol of enemy cavalry
TO fire upon the wagons, while Com
pany AS efficient patroling kept the
enemy at a, distance
The &C contest was one of the
best played of the series. The prob
lem required each company to form
the outpost for an encamped bat
talon on stormy night. Company
c handled the situation little bet
than Lieut.. Hammers outfit. and won
because of superior all-around team
work
Gift TO Library.
CentraIs library has received from
the estate of Miss Margaret Brewer
former teacher of history, a valuable
collection of history and economic
books. The collection includes "Ele-
ments of international Law" Law
rance Headings in American His
tory Muzzey; Form and Functions
of American Government" Reid
Diplomacy, Old and New" Dickin-
son.
A tie decision was adjudged 10
Steven Gregg and Robert Coltman for
the best collection of stamps submit
ted in the Central High School stamp
club contest Each of the collec-
tions brought out a special historical
event. and these boys were awarded
highest honors on the historical merit
Of their entries. both of which were
so good that the judges could not
choose between them
The Ida N. DAILY scholarship for
girls is about to be awarded for the
second time TO some student of the
Washington high schools
The scholarship is $3.50 a year for
four years, awarded every four years,
for: Cd force of character and lead
ership; CD literary and scholastic
ability and attainm ents: go physical
Vlgor as shown by interest in out
door sports or in other wavs One
of the attractions of this prize is that
the winner is free to choose her own
college
Miss DAILY was a teacher at Nc
hlnley High School. A short time
after her death, some of her friends
started a memorial scholarship fund
and appointed a committee with
Harry English as chairman, to make
the award every four years
A few weeks ago some one brought
broken ukulele into the woodshop
and successfully repaired it. A crit
ical examination of their construction
convinced some of the BOYS that the
complete construction of a luke"
would not be beyond the realm Of
possibility.
Permission was granted by the
teachers for a trial, forms were made
Tor pressing the steamed wood into
shape, and Henry Johnson turned out
the first complete "uke" 1t is made
of walnut wood, scarcely more than
one-sixteenth of an inch thick John
Carr and Donald Dow will be the NEXT
boys to complete theirs, and others
are under way.