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Evening star., 1926-06-13
TECH GIRLS MAKE HIT
IN INITIAL STYLE SHOW

FiNe hundred WASHINGTON women
saw nifty Mckinley Technical High
9chool girls in the first annual sryIa
snow held in the auditorium last
week. l'SI
Betore full gathering Of girls and
mothers the representatives Of tho
QoileSlIc science department OF Nc
\ihltE' under the direction of Mrs.
oia kush, their instructor in sew
ing, put on a style show that was
unique. The creations adorninc at
tr1ctlve girls, plus the low prices of
The finished product made even the
Skeptic believe that practical
course in sewing may bring results
pleasing 10 both the eye and The
BANK account.
SOFT silks. crisp orSandies. smart
sports dresSeS--drcSSes made over
dresses for home for graduation. for
what not. each had its turn, ana an
We're the products of the girls who
Wore them. None cost more than
3l2, many cost less than $50
Features included a blue silk
afternoon dress, shocked about the
neck and waist for So: a black silk
evening gown with a touch of rose
about the neck and hem. the same
note repeated in the embroidered
flower on the skirt, cost S10.25: "a
light blue organdy. its full skirt
showing here and there i'm its folds
large rose. which motif appeared
also on one shoulder of the tight
fitting waist. cost <7.9S: school
dress of yellow linen in two-piecs
style. black buttons and black tie.
$i.15. and a graduation dress of some
soft white material for less than So
Evening star., 1926-06-13
A. S. A. GIVES DANCE
WEDNESDAY EVENING
Program Is for Benefit of Summer
Glasses of Americaniza-
ton School.

The Americanization School Asso-
citation will give a dance at the Wash
| ington Hotel Wednesday evening for
the benefit of the Summer classes of
the Americanization School
The special artists of the occasion
will be Miss Irene NJ. Koehl, soloist.
who will be accompanied by Prof.
Albert w. Harmed, and Sam Dessoff.
violinist and leader of the Americana
zation School Association Orchestra.
The America anization School AssO-
citation, under the leadership of S. II.
Hanessian, president has grown from
small organization to a membership
of more than 600. The special project
of the association has been the de-
velopment of Americanization work
through various types of educational
and 1ecreational affairs. There have
been series of lectures. literary meet
ings, debates, musicals and dances.
The chief accomplishment of the year
has been the opening of a library for
the use of the students of the schooi.
For the past three years the asso-
citation has supplemented the pupEc
school classes by contributing to the
| Board of Education a fund that AIDS
in opening classes for adult work IN
the Summer. There are to be classes
for beginning, intermediate ana ad-
vanced students of the English IAN
guage, and special classes for men and
women who are preparing for natural
ization.
There will be reception for newly
naturalized men and women tomor-
row at tine Americanizat1on Scnooi'
Tenth and H streets. Chief Justice
w. 1. Mccoy will preside. Mrs. D..
M. Wiley, State regent of the Daush.
ters of the American Revolution OF
District of Columbia, will greet the ms,
new citizens. Capt. Robert Alton VIII
speak on the American flag Inere
will be talks by new citizens and by
members Of the Americanlzation
School Association and solos by mrs
Dustin and Mrs. earle. Certincates
of satisfactory completion OF cltlzen-
ship training will be awarded.
The day class of the Americanl-
zation School will hold Its last AT
ernoon entertainment OF the season
Thnrsdav at ? nm. The chairman,
Miss Klock, will be in charge VI lhe
recreational program.
Tomorrow afternoon Flag DAY eAer-
cises will be held for the day amer
loo nization classes, Mrs. Mary S.
Parker will speak.
All evening classes OF the AneliSdn'
! ization School will close inursuay'
The Summer classes, day ana eVeliilis'
will open July 6.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
JUNIOR HIGH GROUP.
HOLDS ANNUAL BANQUET
Every School of Glass Represented
at Affair at Grace Dodge
Hotel.

The first annual banquet of the
Junior High School Association was
held at the Garden House of the
Grace Dodge Hotel, June 5. Mrs
Florence Cornell. retiring president
and L. J. Cantrell, incoming president
presided.
Every junior high school In the Dis
trict was represented. Poems intro.
ducing the teachers present from each
school were read by w. l. Conway for
Macfarland Junior High, Miss Celia
Dulin for Powell Junior High. Miss
May Clifford for Hine Junior High
Miss E. H. Matthews for Langley
Junior High and Miss Ida Harmed for
Jefferson Junior High.
Each school contributed one feature
to the program. Mrs. M. l.. Ambrosi
Of Powell Junior High read sketch,
Father Time Visits a Junior High
School, Miss Gladys Price, repre-
senting jefferson Junior High. sang a
group Of songs. Original poems were
read by Mrs. c. Church of Macfar-
land Junior High, and Miss M. Clifford
of Hine Junior High.
A pantomtne entitled "Mellerdram-
mer' was presented by group of
teachers from Hine Junior High.
Those taking part were E. w. Law
renee, M F. House, Miss Marie Wal
coff, Miss Virginia Parton, Miss
Natalie Parton, Miss Cora Guest, Miss
Elizabeth Walton, Miss Lulu McIn-
rosh Miss Lille Smaski, Miss Lillian
Carpenter, Miss Lulu Thorn, Miss
Pauline Thomason and Miss Arlene
Ball.
The number of Langley Junior
High was omitted in memory of Miss
Katherine Trotter. A Russian skit
was given by Miss Janet Eliot, Miss
Elizabeth Kendrick and Miss Eliza
beth Lee. Songs written by Miss Ruth
Amiss of Columbia Junior High and
Mrs. M. L. Ambrosf of Powell Junior
High were sung to the tunes OF
Always" and Maryland, My Mary
land
Evening star., 1926-06-13
AMERICAN u. TO HAVE
new STAGE IN FALL
Facilities Will Be Provided to Turn
Out Plays in New Gym
nasium.

Complete facilities for building and
staging a dramatic production will be
provided in the new gymnasium to be
constructed during the Summer on
the campus at American University
according to plans made public by
Will HutChins, professor Of art.
The two principal features will be
a stage and a workshop, where both
practical and theoretical training may
be afforded. The stage will occupy the
full width of one end of the gym
nasium, will have a proscenium arch
Of "a feet, and will be 25 feet deep.
Regular size ''flys" will be used, and
the workshop downstairs will be
large enough for building any scenery
or eq quipment needed for the stage.
Prof. HutchinS, who is sailing in
July for a tour of Europe in the in
terests of his course in modern arts,
is considering the possibility of turn
ing out next year an 'all-student'
production.
Chancellor Lucius G. Clark of the
university attended ceremonies yester.
DIR. James A. Beeber as president of
day incident to the inauguration OF
Allegheny College, at Meadville. Pa.
The first of a number of new mem
DerS or the FACULTY or American L nj
vcrsity for next term has arrived in
Washington--Prof. Harry L. Dudley,
formerly of Simpson College. Iowa.
He will be professor of history.
Among those who received their de-
creeS at the recent convocation eXer-
cises of American University was
Mira Bagher Khan kazemi. charge
d 'affaires of the Persian legation, and
Peter Il. Olins, counselor of the Lat
Wan legation.
Ambrosio Pablo, the first student to
receive a bachelors degree in the
history Of the university, has served
as governor of the Province of Pala-
wan, Philippine Islands, and was en-
gagged in a responsible post in the
financial administration of the Philip
pines when granted a years leave to
study in the United tSates
Degrees also were presented to
graduates who hold teaching positions
In nearby colleges and universities.
". II. Stevens is an assistant professor
at the University of Maryland: Louis
\. Dent is professor at Y. NJ. c. y .
Law School. Alton R. Hodgkins is q
professor at the University of Balti-
more, and Basil d. Dahl lectures at
Georgetown University.
George Curtis Peck, who received
the dregree of doctor of civil law, has
been appointed American commercial
attache to Central America, and is ex-
pectcd to take up his duties there
shortly.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
PARISH TO HONOR
FATHER BOWLING
HOLY Name Church Observes
His 3Oth Year in Priest
hood Today.
The thirtieth anniversary Of the

The thirtieth anniversary Of the
ordination Of Rev. John Bowling as
a priest of the Roman Catholic Church
will be celebrated this afternoon at
$3.50 O'Clock at a festival to he held IN
the parish hall of the Holy Name
Church, Eleventh street near X north
east, where he is assigned.
A musicale and pageant will be
presented by children Of the parish,
under direction OF the Sisters OF st.
Joseph. Father bowling, IL native OF
MARYLAND, has been priest Of tue Holy
Name Church for a little more than
four years In that time ne has led
in an expansion movement that re
suited recently in the erection OF u
school and convent. located on west
Virginia avenue northeast.
Children who viii take leading parts
in the pageant this afternoon are:
Isabelle Horner, Elsie Keller, Mary
Dowling, Mary McAllister, Elizabeth
Collins, Frances Nealon, Marguerite
Sartain, Olivia Cleary, Mary Flynn,
Mary Grace Rhodes, Evelyn ONelll.
Doris Bowling, Betty QuigG, Dorothy
Nebel. Anna Barnes, Mary Ellen
wager.
The following took part in Ten Lit
tie Sunfiowers and in the japanese
Umbrella: Josephine Rresnahan, Dor
othy Lacey, Eileen MayheW' ollVla
Cleary. Mary Fitzgerald. Dorothy Gle
bel. Rita Hughes, Elizabeth Collins.
Catherine Casey, Mary Carlin. The
gypsies are: Eileen Jameson, Isabelle
Horner, Elsie Keller, Mary DowlinS.
Catherine Pitts, Frances Nealon, Ellz-
abeth Collins and Rita Hughes
Children who will take part in the
musicale are: Louise Irish, Irene Nc
Namara, Catherine Nealon, Margaret
Atchison, Josephine Bresnahan. Mary
Bowling, Eileen Jameson, Margaret
Kerrigan, Mary Flynn, Joseph White
Frances Jordan, Martin Wilburt,
Elizabeth Collins, NJ. Grace Rhodes
Eileen Mayhew, Peggy Webb. Mary
Carlin, Elsie Keller, Eileen Jameson
Mary DAILY, Frank Burke. Francis Jor
dan, Catherine Pitts, Margaret Atch
ison, Marguerite Sartain, Mary f1tz
gerald. Olivia Cleary. Mary McAllister
Catherine Casey, Ethel Koch, Dorothy
Giebel. Frances NealOn and Margaret
NealOn.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
62 AT ST. PATRICK'S
COMPLETE COURSES
Whitton- Stafford Awards Won bv
Mary E. Arendes and Will
liam R. Freund.

ST. Patrick's Academy graduated
80 in its commercial course, the larges,
class in it's history, when exercises
were held in St Patrick's Church or
Friday. Certificates were awarded 2f
pupils who had successfully completed
the grammar school course
The Whitton-Stafford awards TO,
general excellence were won by Mary
Ellen Arendes, of the commercial class
grammar school. The prizes are So
gold pieces. and are given annually.
Those who were graduated in the
commercial class are:
Margaret Loretta Mccarthy, Cath
crime Tresa Amidon, Katherine Marie
Child, Estelle Ann Padoon, Genevieve
Lindsey Mines. Margaret Mary Har
rington, Katherine Julianna McClel
Ian, Louise Agnes Carlin, Margaret
Agnes Sullivan, Catherine Elizabeth
Sweeney, Elizabeth Rita Hurley, Lo
retta Teresa Lynch, Teresa Julia Finn.
Grace Elizab bet h Linsenmeyer
Frances Margaret Schmitt, Mary He
lene Bradley, F'rieda Helen Creamer
Katherine Bernardine Longpre, Wini
fred Mary Kerigan, Lois Mary FftZ-
gerald, Margaret Agnes Maloney
Margaret Anna O'Neill, Eleanor Ce
SllIft SStcSOIIs S<iluCIAiIC NCShAeb 10y ilSI
Marie Louise Buscher, Mary Elizabeth
Norris, Mary Ellen Arendes.
Edith Marguerite Coates, Mary Ell
len Mccarthy, Margaret Mary Kelly
Julia Agnes Tomey, Anna Teresa
Wanderer. Margaret c a t h er i n {
O'Leary, Margaret Elizabeth Harper
Ralph William Amidon. John Bernard
Holden.
Those receiving diplomas from the
grammar school are: James Francis
Bailey, William Hoath Stevens, Mar
shall Henry Montrose, Ray Francis
Peterson, Lawrence Key Mulvihill
Francis Connell Coglan, John Francis
Oldham, William Ralph Freund
Charles Francis Mouninger, Margaret
Theresa Cox, Alice Eleanor Skelly,
Margaret Ann Haggerty.
Kathryn Mary Sebastian, Ruth Con
stance Hitler, Margaret Mary Profeta
Margaret Mary Payne. Marie Gertrude
McCauley, Mary Elizabeth Deery
Elizabeth Ann Plumer, Katherine Ce
ella Fitzgerald, Mary Elizabeth Con
soil, Ann Marcella Monica, Mary Flea
nor Rollins, Mary Estelle Coates, Mar
guerite Marie Hudson, Marie vii
helmina Rosinski.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
"EvERY SCHOOLGIRL"
TITLE OF SENIOR PLAY
Exercises for Margaret Murray
Washington Vocational Glass
Are Announced.

Class night exercises of the Mar
garet Murray Washington Vocationa
School will be held Thursday evening
at 8 o'clock, in the auditorium OF
the Armstrong Technical High School
The class will present a play, Every
Schoolgirl" written by Mrs. Vivian
r. Turner, instructor of the advanced
class in housekeeping and cafeteria
management.
The play deals with the life OF
every schoolgirl. who has all the
qualities of health, youth, natural
beauty, loyalty, love. modesty, hon
esty and truth. She is tempted by
flattery of the evil spirits and for
sakes her former companions for
good times" Conscience tries &c
keep her from this course. but has nc
influence over her The evil spirit
accompanied by frivolity and good
times takes her to a number Of places
ending at the palace of Pleasure.
Here she is the guest Of honor. She
enjoys the music and dancing, but
finally tires of these and realizes hei
mistake. She appeals again to hei
conscience, who restores her to hel
former self with new appreciation
for worthwhile pleasures.
The characters are portrayed as fol
lows Every Schoolgirl, Jessie Broad
max: Youth. Mildred Polk; Health
Marie Woodley: Natural Beauty, Mar
ion Gilmore; Truth. Marie Jordan
Loyalty. Elsie Taylor; Honesty. NIL
dred Hill; Modesty, Helen Lewis: Con
science, Gladys Randolph; Love, Rosa
Blackwell; the Evil Spirit, Emma At
kins; Dissipation. Eleanora Snowden
Everybody, Margaret Robinson; Fri
volity. Cannis Hayes.
The salutation will be given by Jen
ME White, the class history by Dor
othy Craig, class prophecy by Miss
Louise Minor. gifts by Ruth Craw
ford. and the valedictory by Hattie
Jones.
The senior reception will be held
at the Phyllis Wheatley Y. W. c. A
Saturday evening, June 10, from to
IL o'clock. All former graduates are
cordially invited to attend
Friday afternoon the completed
dresses made by the pupils of the
school for the commencement exer
cises of the senior class will be ex
hibited from l to O'Clock. This will
afford the parents and friends an Cd
portunity to see the dresses before
they are worn
Evening star., 1926-06-13
DUNBAR STUDENT BODY
CHEERS DRILL VICTORS
Awards for Winning Battalion and
Companies Presented
to School.

Celebrating the victory of the Dun
bar Battalion and Of Companies A and
B, an assembly was held Wednesday
morning, when the symbols of victory
were presented with true military dig
nifty to the principal and school. AS
the winning companies and the regt-
mental officers marched down the
aisles of the auditorium, they were
greeted by the cheers of the assem-
bled student body. Then cadets from
the winning companies presented in
succession the white flag, the blue
flag and the silver. loving cup to the
principal, Walter l.. Smith. who re-
ceived them in behalf of the school.
The cup won by the 1sJ Battalion,
commanded by Maj. Stanton, Worm
ley, is the gift of the officers of the
divisions 1913 and the first to be pre-
sented to a winning battalion. After
the singing of Alma Mater by the
students the program, presided over
by the chairman Of the military COM
mittee, Louis Russell, consisted Of
speeches by the officers of the COM
panies, lusty cheers and songs. A
visit by the officers Of the End Bat
talon, the chairman Of the military
committee of Armstrong, Henry Muir
ray, and Company l of the same
school was an interesting feature of
the celebration.
Belle c. Tobias, a former student of
Dunbar, now a junior at Wadleigh
High School of New York city, was
elected to Arista, an honorary society
of that school, on May 25. Of the IS
candidates from the school, Miss
Tobias stood second in the junior list,
with an average of SO per cent. She
plans to attend Barnard College.
where she will specialize in Latin.
In the recent drive to secure funds
for the Association for the Study
of Negro Life and History, the
faculty of the Dunbar High School
was enrolled as life members. This
implies that the donation was at least
s75 and entities the library of the
Dunbar High School to receive all
literature published by this associa-
ton.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
CLASS-NIGHT EXERCISES
AT RANDALL HIGH FRIDAY
Flag Day Rites Tomorrow After
noon With Capt. Jones Speak
ing-Women Address Faculty.

The regular faculty meeting a Ran
dali Junior High School Tuesday was
addressed by Mrs. A. Y. W. McBcth,
Miss H. F. Morris and Mrs. Naleria
G.. Piper. Mrs McBeth discussed as
sistance given by Il supervisory of
ficer to the teacher at work. Miss
Morris outlined plans for improve
ment of teaching through supervision.
Both papers were discussed hy Mrs.
Piper.
Flag day exercises will be held to-
morrow at 2:15 o'clock. capt. T.
Edward Jones, assistant surgeon of
Freedmans Hospital, will be the
speaker.
Mrs. Susie V. Stewart has returned
to the drawing department of Ran
dali.
Two Spanish plays, "El Cuento del
Polio and Los Tres BarcOs," We're
presented in assembly Friday. under
direction of Miss Vashti c. Maxwell.
to demonstrate students ability in
using the Spanish language. y brief
demonstration lesson was given in
Spanish Il short conversation pre-
sented, and several Spanish songs
sung.
Glass night exercises will be con-
Quoted by the graduate class Friday
night at $50 o'clock in Randall
BuiidinC
Evening star., 1926-06-13
No Night Letters Then.

Means of communication has been
problem among men from the begin.
ming of time when one group set out
to conquer or explore the world. FIRE
arrows were one of the earliest forms
of communication telling one group
the location Of the other, out mirror
signaling as practiced IN rers1a py
the Persians. Babylonians and Egyp-
tians ia probably as old form of sig.
Mailing as is known. The FURNISHED
shields of the warriors acted as mir
rors when flashed against the sun.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
Nova Scotia Berries Thrive.

While Nova Scotia is not popularity
thought of as berry land, the straw
berries, huckleberries, raspberries and
blackberries of that section of Canada
have really made it famous among
those who know. The berries begin
ming with the first strawberries are
of a. luscious type, and one kind or
another may be picked as late as
october when blackberries are at their
best.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
Comenius Receives Honor.

Comenius, the great Czech teacher
was honored in all public schools or
Czechoslovakia on his birthday. when
fell on March %. Comenius was the
first to advocate a world peace cam.
paign through general educatioh OF
ali countries. The observance in the
schools was in the nature Of peace
lesson.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
Horns Grow on Humans.

In Africa there is, disease quite
prevalent among the natives that
causes horns to grow at almost any
point on the body though more COM
monty the protuberances grow out
from the head. This disease is known
as "goundou" and it is not unusual
to see natives suffering with it, hav-
ing horns growing out from the nose
or lower jaw. Hundreds Of cases
have been examined and operated on.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
Constantinople Polyglot.

The different peoples who go to
make up the population Of Constan.
tinople have been segregated in the
latest official census taken there which
shows OF the total of 1,011 ,265 per
sons counted, 6S2, 2,S01 are Turks, 49,.
1873 are Greeks. 6S,601 are registered
Greeks Of foreign alliance, 27,S67 are
Gregorian Armenians, 1.26S are Prot
estant Armenians, 37S are Catholic
Greeks, 1888 are Bulgarians, 3,512 are
Latin Catholics. 564 are Chaldeans and
l46 are Assyrians. The Jews were not
listed separately.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
Philippines Aids Live Stock.

In order to meet the demand for
trained veterinarians and to protect
livestock in the islands the Philippine
government has Offered prizes in the
way of scholarships, as we'll as ex-
emption from matriculation fees and
laboratory charge to students in vet
erinary scienec.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
MARYLAND Pastor Marries.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FROSTBURG, Md, June 12.-An-
nouncement is made of the marriage
of the Rev. Peter McInness Clasper,
for six years pastor of the First Bap-
tist Church here, and Miss Clara A.
Horsley, former member of the fac
ulty of Frostburg State Normal
School, which took place in Cumber-
land last Wednesday.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
Firms Learn Tree Culture.

Because of the Importance OF wood
in the Finnish economic system, small
farmers and land owners are BENG
educated in tree culture with view
to looking into future needs: Elk
tension agents are being sent out into
the farm area to give practical DEM
onstrations in tree growing.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
ANTELOPE Herds Increasing.

Such rigid protection has been ac-
corded wild antelope in the Western
States that the increase in the last
few years has been noticeable. Re-
Gently a single herd of % animals has
been seen grazing at one time where
as few years ago q herd Of eight
was considered large.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
Virginia Road Bids Asked
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND, Va, June II. - The
State Highway Commission Is adver-
tising for bids for grading and drain
ing a stretch of four miles of roadway
in Richmond County, across the Rap
pahannock River from Tappahannock.
The new road is to be a part OF the ap-
proach to the bridge now being built
at Tappahannock.
Evening star., 1926-06-13

Nine days has been cut from the
travelling time between Mongolia,
Sudan, and Ghartum, British East
Africa. with the opening of the 800
mile motor road between those two
cities recently.
Evening star., 1926-06-13

Balboa's new broadcastings station
has caused a rush Of crystal sets in
the Panama. Canal Zone.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
EDUCATIONAL.

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL, l03
Sih summer school COLLEGE preparatory
languages. mathematics. sciences: day. night
co-educatIonal: class: individual.
Evening star., 1926-06-13

Women of Esthonia are just trying
out electric curling irons.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-06
Through tie Static

Last evening suffered several changes of heart as it ran its course, taking us from excellent re- ception down into the depths of about the worst We have experience cd and then bringing us back again to more normal conditions. From the time darkness set in until short ly after s o'clock conditions were all that one cold ask for, But then static started to roll in and until 9 o'clock or shortly after there was a continuous rattle which penetrated the wave of nearly every station. After about an hour of such actions