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Community Centers

Community Center Department. Mrs.
Elizabeth K. Peoples, director, Franklin
Administration Building, National 1900.
East Washington Center-Seventeent
and East Capitol streets:
The 1882 one-act play tournament
will be held at this center March l, 3,
8 and 10. The plays to be presented
this week are as follows:
Tuesday evening-"The Trying Time
by North Carolina Avenue Players;
The Rest Cure" by Womens City
Club Drama unit; "Overtones," by the
Jewish Community Center, and De
ceiyers," by the Woodlothians.
Thursday evening-"Martha Wash
ington at Valley Forge" by the Re-
becca Dial Studio Players of the Insti-
tute of Musical Art; THE Stoker," by
the Pierce Hall Players, and "Quare
Medicine" by the Columbia Players.
The center is also open Wednesday
and Saturday evenings for athletics and
community program. Saturday morning
handcraft class is conducted at Eliot
Junior High.
Georgetown Center-Gordon Junior,
Thirty-fif and T streets:
Wednesday fternoon-Contract bridge
group and drama instruction for juniors.
Thursday afternoon-For rhythm and
dancing and Girl Scout Troop
No. IL. Children who were in Miss
Becker's class are asked to come to
Gordon the same time Thursday.
Central Center-Thirteenth and Cliff
ton streets:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday evenings, athletics. The Com
munity Institute presents Herbert
Adams Gibbons, who will lecture on
Wider Horizons" Tuesday evening.
Saturday morning the National SYM
phony Orchestra will give children s
concert.
Chevy Chase Center:
On March 10 and IA the contract
bridge classes will have three sessions
Of supervised play The carpentry class
at E. v. Brown School has room for
three more pupils. Those interested In
an industrial art class on Saturday
mornings communicate with the secre-
tary. The social dancing groups on Fri
day and Saturday evenings are open to
boys and girls Is to II. These are well
supervised neighborhood assemblies"
held at Ben Murch School.
Columbia Heights Center-Due to the
closing of the Wilson Teachers College
the activities of this center have been
placed in the following buildings:
Tuesday afternoon-Rhythni dane
ing for children, at Raymond School.
Evening Columbia Players, at Powell
Junior High; Comets, Satellites, Ais
A. c., at Park View Center.
Thursday afternoon-Tap dancing, at
johnson School. Evening Columbia
Players, Ye Olde Tyne Dance Club, at
Powell Junior High
Friday evening-Boy Scout Troops
No 40 and No. Al, Girl Scout Troop No.
10, at Powell Junior High.
Saturday moIning-Rhythmic dane
ing for children, at Powell Junior High.
Langley Center, Second and T streets
northeast:
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday eve
nings for athletics.
Wednesday evening-Auction bridge.
Friday afternoon - Instructions in
rhythm and tap dancing and dramat-
les.
Burroughs Center, Eighteenth and
Monroe streets northeast:
Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons
Open.
Thursday evening-The Burroughs
Citizens Association.
Saturday evening-A Bicentennial
program will be given.
Macfariand Center, Iowa avenue and
Webster street:
Monday afternoon-Rhythm and tap
dancing, at Barnard.
Wednesday afternoon-Rhythm and
tap dancing, at Powell Elementary.
Thursday afternoon-Sock and Bus
kin Club, at Petworth School.
Friday evening-Macfarland open for
rhythm and tap dancing, Boy Scouts,
contract bridge, Mcfarland Choral
Club. Rhythm and tap groups are
starting work in preparation for the
children's program of RIP Van Win
kle"
Mckinley, Second and T streets
northeast:
Beginning March /, at pm, 1.-THE
A. A. U. will play their league games
in the gymnasium every week day night
up to and including April 2, with the
exception of Good Friday.
Park View Center, Warder and Newton
streets:
Tuesday evenings-Open for athletics.
Wednesday afternoon-R h y t h m C
dancing.
Friday evening-Children's group,
china painting and athletics.
Southeast Center-Hine Junior,
Seventh and c streets southeast:
Monday and Wednesday evenings
Open for athletics
Friday evening instruction
and dramatics for children and COM
munity dancing.
Saturday morning Groups in tap,
piano instruction. instruction in art
and Jolly Junior Club for children meet.
Saturday evening-Boys' Club night
with program.
Buchanan Auditorium, Thirteenth
and D streets northeast: Open Mon
day afternoon for tap and rhythm in
struction for children. Thursday, a
pageant, Living Pages From Wash
ington's Diary" will be presented, fol-
lowed by a Colonial costume dance.
All children who are to take part in
the Rip Van Wrinkle dance pantomime
are requested to be present at their
next rehearsals for important instruc-
tions.
Thomson Center, Twelfth and L
streets: Monday afternoon the Audu-
bon Society will begin classes for chill
dren and adults in bird study.
The center is open Monday, TuSeday,
Thursday, Friday evenings for study