Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23
CENTRAL CHAPTER
TO SEAT OFFICERS
School Honor Society Heads
viii Be Installed at
Assembly Tuesday.

Newly elected members of the Cen
trail Chapter of the National Honor
Society of Secondary Schools of the
District of Columbia will be installed
a a chapel to be held Tuesday. Rep
resentative Theodore E. Burton of
Ohio will be the speaker,at the chapel.
He will talk on the principles on
which the Honor Society is based,
namely, scholarship, character, leader
ship and service. The music for the
chapel will be selections on the organ
by Charles Gauss.
Albert Tangora, the world champion
tYpist gave a demonstration under
the auspices Of local typewriter
company in the Central High music
room Friday.
The Central Quill Clique held a
meeting January Is at the home OF
Ruth hardwood. A proposal was car
ried to give medals TO the three out
standing members of publications at
Central next June.
Prepare tons for the Central-EIarris-
burg debates are being made. E. s.
Moves, faculty adviser, is communicate
ing with the William Penn High
School of Harrisburg. Pa. in order to
fix the subject of the debate which
is to be held in February. TryOuts
are being held every week. so that
every member will have a chance to
debate.
At the meeting of the Senior De-
batting Society January IL the subject
was: Resolved. That the revised Nc
Nary farm bill be passed by Congress. .
The negative side. with Jack Permit
Sol Orleans and Sidney Smith. defeat
4 II -
Fiddesop. Jack Permut was voted the
best speaker.
SOphOmOres Win Debate.
AT the meeting of the Sophomore
debaters, Benjamin Schwartz. Frank
Zeiler and August Pohlig of the affirm
ative won on the question: Resolved
That women should received equal pay
for equal work" Robert Littleford
Leroy Miller and Walter o. Laughlin
upheld the negative, while Dorothy
Paugh, Geraldine Logan and Jack
Schoonmaker We're the judges.
The annual short story contest on the
Adjutant, the year book of the Wash.
ington Cadet Corps. is announced for
1927 by Solomon Alpher. editor-in-
chief. In addition to the regular first
prize Of SO in books of the winners
choice. there will be A second prize
of 50, also in books of the winner s
choice. This is the first time in the
10 years of existence of the Adiutant
that two prizes have been given for
the short story contest.
Writing under fictitious names, the
contestants must hand in their stories
to Miss Rebecca E. Stanley faculty
adviser, on or before April IL. 1927.
All of the submitted stories are lin
cd n o l.
military theme. Besides the fictitious
name of the author the real name
must be inclosed with the story Cen.
trail has won the contest each year
Club for Stage Grew.
Miss Ruth M. Denham, an English
teacher at Central, is the chairman OF
the committee which will chose the
winner. Miss Rosemary Arnold OF
Eastern is another member of the
board of judges. The third. who will
be chosen from Tech. has not been an
nounced.
Members of the Central stage crew
have organized an honorary club. to be
called the Prop Richard Chaser.
manager of the crew. is president and
John Williams is secretary treasurer
Miss Anne Heider will serve in the
capacity of faculty adviser. Two mem
bers, Josiah Hunt and Gordon Potter
were appointed to draw up a consti
tuition. The other members of the
club are David Dreyfuss. Allen Posner
Henry Stewart. Dick Lyons, Masor
Culverwell. Howard Bierer and Tao
Jones. William Gordon is serving as
goat for the society for a term.
Several changes have been made or
the Central Review staff John Brase
and Gwendolyn Norton are the new
literary editors and Peggy Croissant
now has charge of dramatics. Ruth
hardwood has resigned her debate
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