Evening star., 1933-02-26
Community Centers

Central Community Center will be
the scene of the Indian ball game Fri
Gay at 2 o'clock, presented under the
auspices Of the Inaugural Committee
on Entertainment. On Thursday eve
ming there is to be the second lecture
and instruction period sponsored by the
Potomac River Power Squadron. the
subject to be "Buoys. Navigation Lights,
Day Marks and Other Aides to Naviga-
ton Government Publications.
At Chevy Chase Center. the Saturday
morning groups at Ben Murch School
will be Cancelled for this week. Langley
Center features an entertainment Fri
day evening including two short plays
and dance numbers by children of Bur-
roughs, Langdon and Langley under the
drama direction of Mrs. Donna Taggart.
| with Miss Margaret Reed and Miss
Sara Bergling as dance directors.
Country dance is Saturday night az
| Langley Center.
Mckinley Community Center Wednes-
day evening, the finals Of the 1888 one
act play tournament, the rehearsal for
which will be held Monday evening. The
! two best dramas and the two best COM
edies offered in the "a preliminary con-
| tests will enter the finals, to be judged
by the dramatic critics Of Washington's
| five newspapers.
Park View Center Friday night will
present a two-act social comedy, The
Laughing Cure" which was originally
announced for last week and was post
poned on account of the tournament.
The Park View Players. directed by Miss
Lena G. Parks, will be seen in this play,
, and the regular activities Of the center
will continue.
, Roosevelt Center announces new
members are invited to join the class
in tap dancing and physical education
conducted by Miss Aileen Collins on
| Tuesdays at 1880 for women and girls.
| Southeast Center announces the
eighth free lecture in the health and
home nursing course, being given by
Miss Florence Turner Garrett, on Mon
days at 8 pm. in Hine branch. This
! weeks lecture is Diet and Disease" On
| Wednesday at 8 pm. a new dancing
| group will be formed for women deSir-
| ing exercise and tap, and on Friday at
| pm. boys from 10 to IA years are in
| vited to take part in program Of ath-
letics and games under fine leader.
At Buchanan Branch of Southeast
Center the Thursday evening social will
take place. On Saturday at 8 pm. there
will be Finnish Society musicale held
in this center.
Thomson Center features its boys
groups on Tuesday and Thursday at
7:30 o'clock, and on Friday at 9 pm.
the community dance for adults.
Burroughs Center will inaugurate a
new physical training and tap class for
| women Monday at 3:15 o'clock, and
Georgetown Center will hold class in
| tap and rhythmic dancing for children
| Monday at BIS O'Clock, with a social
and tap dancing class for juniors on
| Wednesday at the same hour
At Birney Center Friday evening there
| is to be an inaugural ball under the
auspices Of the Twilight Whist Club, OF
which Elmer johnson is president.
At Burrville Center the cracker and
ping-pong tournament will open Tues
day at 7:30 pm. and the Burrville Ath-
! letic Club will hold its stunt night.
/ Dunbar Center announces special bas-
ket ball games and special water polo
games Friday at Z pm; also registra-
tion Of children in preparation for radio
broadcasts.
| At Garfield Center there will be Sc
ries of piano groups for children held
wednesday at 3:15 o'clock under the di
rection of Mrs. Edna Bookings. At
Lovejoy Center the children's chorus
will have party Monday at BIS o'clock,
and at 8 O'Clock the ping pong tourna-
ment opens. At West Washington Gen.
| ter on Thursday at pm. bridge
whist and straight whist party will be
held by the Francis Card Club.
Garnet Patterson Center announces
the opening Of the second semester OF
the District Of Columbia Recreation In
stitute Tuesday evening in Garnet Pat
terson Auditorium. The feature Of the
next five weeks of the institute will be
the series of drama talks to be given
by leading authorities in the city. be-
ginning this week when Prof. w. Hayes
Yeager of George Washington Univer-
sity will deliver talk on "The Art Of
Public Speaking" and will answer ques-
tions. Later. talks will be given by Er-
thur Bradley White on Poetry and
Shakespeare: Dennis E. Connen of the
Drama Guild on Amateur Play Pro-
duction"; Prof Will Hutchins Of Amer
lean University on Tendencies In
Modern Drama" and Harold Snyder OF
the Community Chest Center Depart.
ment on Stage Settings and Lighting"