Evening star., 1926-04-25
CENTRAL TOOFFER
TARK|NCTONPLAy
"Penrod" Will Be Given on
May 14-Stamp Club
Has Exhibit.
"Penrod" Booth Tarkington's de-

"Penrod" Booth Tarkingtons de-
ightful story of youthful adventure
| will be presented by the Centr"'
High School Dramatic Assoclat'"'
as the annual student management
plav I'm the school auditorium on the
night of May IA.
With the casting nearly complete
Robert Miller. director-in- chlel' mas
rehearsals under way. toui 40
sistant directors. each having charee
OF one act, will assist hlm Lhey
Marian Mcdaniel. Wlinelihlha
Hoffman. Benjamin Doehio
Andrew Allison. nil.
Under the supervision OF Dick
Chaser the stage crew will tmpro :
wise settings for the two scenes ih'
husiness end of the play will De al ,
landed TO by George Wills anu
EranL Rose The school orchestra
will play.
"Power of Music" Given.
"rhe Power of Music" was me
title of a play written by Eo"atu
Macdonald and produced IN 'ne
Morgan memorial room Ap'n
Thelma Callahan. Virginia Cureton'
r Heare, Bob Belts. Fletcher Al
lon Josiah Hunt and catherine
Austin contributed toward the pro :
duction. c.,...>
The second annual Central S'2 -"
club exhibit was installed In the
cases in the main corridor o. ttS
school April 81. Leo David Is cnalf-
man of the promotion committee:
Each member OF the club was i'm
tied 10 three sheets of stamps 10 De
displayed. ~ ho,ds
the largest collection in the ciup'
with total of about 5000 stamps,
He specialized in United states anu
British colonies. Chaflle Scnmdp ,''' 'a
close runner-up. with a shsh'iF
smaller number. specla ilzlhe III
United States stamps
Central Hi.Y Elects.
of,cars for 1926 were chosen al
meeting of the Central Hl-f Clup al
ths NJ c. A. Norris Humphreys
was elected president; Ralph kelster
,.ice. president; Everett Leonard, secre
tary' and John Thacker, treasure
austin Yingling. j. Hugh IaEior an"
lanes Forbes were admitted TO mem
bership. vv.e,
Al the joint meeting of the WASH
;roton HiY Clubs. Prof Louis Mat
trsl Tech, Western. Eastern ana
Woodward were all we'll represented
Margaret Gurney. senior student Oh
captraI has been recently announced
as the winner of one of the nVe open
scbola rships offered TO women py
Swarthmore College. She won among
a group of 120 candidates. VINO com
neted for the first open scholarships
given to women by Swarthmore.
Central also has selected two senior
"a ndidates for the four-year open
scholarships proffered by Swarthmore
TO boys They are Richard squire
and Charles Widmayer. They VIII
compete with more than two hundred
boys throughout the country
Debate Is April 80.
Renewal Of activity in interscholas-
tic debates. following PERIOD IN
which its members are busllN en-
seed in the National Ora torical Con
test occurs for the Central Debating
Society when 1t meets the CleVeiand
Heights High School of Cleveland,
Anril 30. at o'clock, in the music
room.
The question. the negative side of
which will he upheld by Central, IS:
Resolved That Army, Navy and AIT
Service be organized as 1hree sepd
rate branches of a single department
of National Defense" The team Will
be composed of Garfield Marsh.
MerilIat Moses and William kerby
with George Willis alternate.
The Parent-Teachers' Association
will hear the debate. Admittance will
be by invitation and refreshments Will
be served after the contest.
This will be a most interesting de-
bate and the presence of all those
parents who are interested is earn
estly requested.
Signals from the Central Radio
Clubs station, 3WZ. have been re-
ceived by the naval station at Porto
Rico. This is a new distance record
for the Central set. The most re-
markable thing about this is that 1t
occurred in the day time. when trans
mission and reception are most diff
cult. and after the wave length had
been dropped to 30 meters.