Evening star., 1926-05-09
CENTRAL PLAYERS
TO0FFER' ''PENROD'
Performance Scheduled for
May 15-Cadets Carry Off
High Honors.

'Penrod" Central High Schools
student management play. will be
given Saturday evening, May 10, In
the school auditorium. Georgie Bas-
sett will assume the role of Penrod.
Herbert Hamilton Dacle also will take
a prominent part.
With the entire dialogue in Ger
man a play, "Das Getohlene Kind"
was presented by Miss Emile Whites
1B German class in chapel last Wed
nesday morning.
This play. given to stimulate inter
est in the study OF German, was
taken from a story in the textbook
of the class. A committee of three,
Merle Ellsworth. Marguerite Brun-
schwig and Anna Davis, made the
adaptation. The cast was made up
of members Of the class.
Miriam Robin, E3, has been quite
successful selling her musical com
positions at various balls and ba-
Zaars. Two of them are entitled "A
Russian Dance" and "A Gypsy
Song" Her first piece was composed
when she was but Z years old.
Three Members Pledged.
Pledges were extended to Marion
MESIS, fNlCHdIu NdTSednt anu
den Leon, at the last meeting of the
Honor Society of the Key. Central's q
! new mecha nical drawing honor Organ n
izatiOn.
Celebrating national music week
the third annual inter-high school
music festival was held last night at
| Eastern High School.
! Groups from the various high
| schools who participated were the
Girls Glee club Of Central, directed by
| Samuel Wood: the Girls Glee Clubs
of Eastern and Business; mixed
glee club from Western, and the
! Tech Opera Club.
| Inter.hish organizations taking
part were the Inter-High Festival
Chorus of 500 members. conducted by
| DR.. Edwin Barnes: the Inter High
! Festival Orchestra of rs pieces. with
! Ludwig Mandy conducting: the In
! ter-High Festival Band OF 10 pieces
conducted by Sergt. Frederick Hess
and the Inter High Festival Male
Chorus OF 1875 members, DIR. Barnes
| directing.
| Cadet night, the annual funfest OF
| Centrals cadet corps, was held al
school recently.
| Features OF the entertainment
We're in pantomme. THE Eternal
| Triangle" presented by the Dramatic
| Association. and songs by Jack Reiss
and Ivy Stevens. Following Lieut.
| Col. Garfield Marsh's address of vel
| come. speeches We're made by the
cadet captains and majors. Stephen
| +. Kramer, in charge of the high
t school cadet corps. Principal Alvin
i w. Miller, and Maj. Donovan also
| spoke.
I % ,i%,@
which was judged by Ma1s. Donovan
and Payne. the non-com winners were
| First. Charles Schwab: second. Gard
ner Dean; third, Frank Govern. Pri
| vate winners were: First, Jack Riley
| second. Don Hammerland; third, Jack
| Lichtenberg.
Wins Competitive Drill.
Bringing first place TO Central in
! the battalion competitive drill for the
/, first time since its inauguration as
an annual competition, Maj. Harold
Jenkins led the first battalion. first
regiment. to victory April 20 in the
Central stadium. The third battalion
of Central cadets, under Maj. Robert
Gray. took third place. with the first
battalion of Tech in the runneruI
position. To make Centrars supremacy
complete, Maj. Merillat Moses. lead
ing the second battalion, won fourth
place.
The averages of the four leading
battalions were 92.4. 90S. S7.9 and
S6.5. respectively. The winning bat.
talon will he presented with the
Craigie Cup by Col. Wallace NJ.
Craigie, donor and military instructor
of the high schools, at the annual
brigade inspection and review to be
held in the Central stadium, May 10.
The Central High debaters gained a
victory over Cleveland Heights High
School recently. when they met the
Ohioans on the question. Resolved,
That the Army, Navy and Air Serv.
ice should be three separate divi.
siOns of a Department of National De.
fense." Central. upholding the mega
tive. was judged winner by a 2.to-1
decision.
Garfield Marsh, Merillat Moses and
William kerby formed the winning
Blue and White team. The winning
of this debate is considered an
achievement for Central's team. due
to the fact that previous to this con
test the Cleveland Heights team had
won seven out of eight matches.