Evening Star Newspaper, September 25, 1921, Page 19

‘ } IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES “ PUBLIC SCHOOLS. [ With the day schools functioning properly after several days of gen- eral upset conditions, incident to the beginning of the new term, school au- thorities this week will focus their attention on plans for opening the night schools on Monday, October 3. How, many night classes will be conducted this year has not been definitely decided. School officials, however, have determined that to keep within the limited appropria- tion for the night school system fewer classes than last year will be opened. They have under consideration a pro- posal to close out the classes in the night schools in the outlying sections of the city, where past attendance | ites that their operation is not Justified. here will be no new subjects taught hools this yeur. n of officials to have the n get down to an eficiency basis on the regular subjects. Cadet com were orga ies at the close of school Thursday temporary officers. Prin- cipul Frank C. Daniel expects Tech to have a regiment of cadets this year in addition to « medical unit and band. Eastern H Davie of the Cadet lace M. Craigie, U. S. A., commandant of cadcts, and Dr. Wallace M. Yater. Capt. Miller was the leader of the victorious Company G of Eastern in and Capt Lieut. Col. this year's competitive drill of the, Cadet Corps. _The Osiris Club of Business High School is planning to give a recep- tion to the new students enrolled this year. The date of the affair has not been decided. A special meeting of the board of education will be held at the Frank- lin School Wednesday afternoon at 4 welock. Appointments of teachers for the night schools will be made. Plans are being made by Charles K. Finckel, principal of the Franklin- Thomson School, and Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, supervisor of the municipal playgrounds, to make a big feature this year of the playground adjoining the Thomson School. Two trial classes in Gregg short- hand have been organized at Busi- ness High School. The Pittman short- hand system has been genegally taught at- Business. 1f the Gregg classes prove popular it is likely that this system of shorthand will find a permanent place in the curricula. The new rules of the board of edu- cation designed to. eliminate fraterni- and sororities in the high schools High School at assemblies Wednesday and Thursday. Miss H. R. Kail, first-grade teacher at the Thomson School, has been granted a leave of absence for a year by the board of education. She has Leen succeeded by Mrs. A. H. Selinger. _ Officers of the Washington High School Cadet Corps for the current scholastic year will be announced this week by " Lieut. Col. Wallace M. Craigle, U. S. A., commandant of the organization. About 150 cadets, as- pirants for zommissions in the sol- dier-student body. took competitive examinations Wednesday. The rank to be given the new officers will be determined by the percentages they made in the tests. g to activities Note—Items per! cl will be pub- tainin, in the public school ity are conveyed by the spacious recep- tion room with its high oak wains- coating, hand- some stairway and rich and quiet fixtores. The living room with its open ceilings and oak floors, 1t is ) Tech High School | e explained to students of Eastern | Dignity and hospital- fireplace, built-in book- cases, ‘north and south exposure and other attrac- tions realizes the ideal. and the ample dining room, the open fireplace in the last and the large connecting openings give exceptional tures. ' A fully equipped kitchen and butler’s pantry, lavatory, cloak room, cov- ered front and rear porches complete this floor. Five master bedrooms, two baths, extra lavatories, bookcases, -open fireplaces, large closets and-a wonder- ful sleeping porch on the second floor. ' Billiard room, three bedrooms, bath and lished in this column. Contributors should hx their copy in The S8tar office by ndbn Thursday. coLLeGes GEORGETOWN. Georgetown University's cadet of- ficers unit, which merited being lated officially by the War Department In the “distinguished” class of R. O. T. C. organizations, is going to be ‘ex- panded into 2 larger and even more efficient battalion this year. With the opening of the Medical School tomorrow Kev. John B. Creeden, S. J., president of Georgetown Univer- sity, announces that the R. O. T. C will be augmented by the establish. ment of a complete medical unit. The War Department has informed Presi- dent Creeden that it has selected the Georgetown Medical School as deserv- ing the appointment of a medical o ficer in charge of the new depart- ment, Under the direction of Maj. R. C. i Bull, Untted States Medical Corps ¢ 1 tired), theé organization will be pe i fected into an cfficient unit for the i training of medical ofticers in hospi- j tal and field service, canp sanitation ! and all the other courses necessary | for the preparation of officers for | the Medical Corps of the Army. [t it expected that 100 students will enroll in the medical unit. Maj. William H. Hobson, U. 8. A. the War Department at Univorsity as ' military mmandant, is euthusiastic over the prospects of the R. O. T. C. battalion doubling its size at the college this car. Upon the opening day 130 in- detailed by Georgetown coming . freshmen - enrolled in the cadet unit, and all of last year's members _likewisa re-enlisted. A number of recruits were added from the students who held off during the ilast two years. With the appoint- | ment of battation and company offi- cers, Maj. Hobson expeets the full | unit to be ‘in immediate training. i Military activities began upon the jopening of the college Wednesday. Maj. istage a sham battle at the hilitop Wednesday, and the cadeis are being put through infantry drill and prac- tice on the shooting range in prepara- tion for the fray. Visiting officers from the War Department will be in attendance. Airplanes from Bolling fleld will take part In the sham battle. while the following troops and arms will participate: Infantry, using rifles, automatic rifles, machine guns, Stokes mortars, 37 MM. guns. The chemical warfare unit also will take part, using tar gas and smoke Screens. Following the sham battle, special | squads_will compete in fire problema, using Browning machine guns, auto- matic rifles and pistols. All mem- bers of the unit will be used in the exercises, including the raw recruits rom the freshman class. The quar- termaster’s department is busy issu- ing uniforms and equipment. ] Senator James W. Wadsworth, chairman of the military affairs com- mittee of the Senate, has accepted an invitation to address the R. 0. T. C. unit tomorrow morning at 9:50 o’clock. As responsible for the passage of the legislation creating the R. O. T. C. units in the varfous universities of the country, Senator Wadsworth is keenly interested in their progress. He will diecuss military training and the new military policy of the United Statgs. With the opening of the School of Law, October 1, preceded by the School of Foreign Service on Sep- tember 30, all departments of George- town University will be in full swing. The law school, for the first time, is awarding two three-year scholarships to college and high school students in the District of Columbla, Applica- tions close tomerrow. Owing: to the large number réceived to date it was necessary to appoint a special com- mittee headed by George E. Hami! ton, dean of the law school.Buccessful tcandidates will he .admitted to. the Hobson already is planning to! new day course. This new course, leading to degrees, will be in addi- tioa to the regular late afternoon course. Already the largest law school in- the United States, it is ex- pected that the addition of a day school will make. it the largest in the world. Approximately 1,300 stu- dents have been enrolled to date, as compared with about 1,100 this time last year. The School of Foreign Service will open with over 500 students, bigger already than the Medical and Dental schools. At School last Monday there were 130 registrations as compared with ten the same time last year. Announcement is made of the ap- pointment of Lieut. John Jean J, La- bat, attache at the French embassy, as head of the French department at the School of Foreign Service. Lieut. Labat is a veteran of the battles of the Yser, Arras, Champagne, Somme, Argonne, Verdun, the Aisne and Rheims. He was wounded and deco- rated for bravery in action by the French government. William A. FEeld, foreign trade adviser of the Pan-American Unlon, series ‘of lectures at the Foreign Service School on “Latin America {as an Export Field; Its History and | Business Proceedings.” Latin Amer- ica is to be made a special field by the foreign service schools, Invita- tions already having been received from the President of Colombia and the minister of ‘foreign affairs of Peru to.send delegations of students to those countries\next summer for the purpose of making an economic survey of South American commer- cial needs. Dr. James. A. Gannon has been ap- pointed associate professor -of sur- | &ery at the-Medical School and Dr. James Cahill, clinical professor of In the Dental School Dr. | W. 5. Benedict will-join the faculty | as’ professor of oral surgery. ‘With the opening of school the numerous fraternal socleties, debat- ing clubs and - other organizations are preparipg to initiate their sea- sons. The Hoya, the weekly college newspaper, will soon get out its first issue under the editorship of Thomas C. Kinsler, '22, who ‘was rhanaging editor last year. surgery. WASHINGTON 'COLLEGE OF LAW. The Washington College of Law will begin its twenty-sixth year to- morrow evening at 7 o'clock, at 1315 K nree(f The enroliments to date are the largest in the history of the college and it is believed that the freshman class will exceed in number the class of last year. The dean, Miss Emma M. Gillett, announces that the new prize is epen to the students, and the offer is made by the American Law Book Company as follows:Volumes 10 to 43 CYC, W. C. A, 1 to 24, and 14-A Corpus { Juris and 1921 Annotations. These ‘books have been gent the college for use in the legal research training course prize contest, which is open to all students in the college. The law book company will send out a monthly series of questions, the a: swers to which ‘are found in the volumes above mentioned. Every student entering the contest will be given fifty questions each month, and the one answering the most questions correctly will receive the books as a prize. The law chart, first lecture and first serles of questions will be ready to give out by September 26 The.set is a very -valuable one and an 'addition to the library of-any attorney. 3 The dean. also, announces a new 1 scholarship, the funds of which have been ~contributed largely by. the alumni and friends in honor of Belva A. Lackwood the ploneer woman law- yer in the Diatrict. This scholarship has been established. for the- benefit of the women and the requirements the Foreign Service! has accepted an. Invitation to give a can be learned. by conferring with the déan. | The mnew members of the faculty are: Dr. Charles B. Frankham, De- partment of Justice, who is a special assistant to the Attorney General. He will take the vacancy caused by the illness of Mr. Charles W. Needham and will_lecture on the study of law to ‘the first-year class and will have with the senior class constitutional law for the first semester. Other new mem- bers are: Mr. Lucian H. Vandoren, as- sistant district attorney, who will teach evidence, and Prof. Leo A, Rover, well known as a practicing at- torney, who will take the subject “Real Property, No. 1.” Returning for the first semester wil be Prof. Harry A. Hegarty, Prof. Edwin A. Mooers, Prof. Edwin C. Dut- ton, Prof. Roscoe J. C. Dorsey, Prof. George Kearney. Prof. Ellen Spencer | | | Dear Folks: There's not a man, woman or child in. the United States today who's squeezin’ harder for President Hard- ing, Secretary Hoover an' the thirty- eight delegates who cut-in &t *he un- BY W. H. y{Mussey, Prof. Elisaheth C. Harris,)employment conference tomorrow Prof. Edward S. McCalmont. Prof.|than my little pal Lon! The kid has 1 McCalmont will lecture on bank- talked of nothin’ else for the past two weeks, but' the bigness of the Presi- dent in throwin’ all Thomasfoolery to the winds in his efforts to bring relief to the unemployed of the land, an’ if well-wishin’ will help, then the pow- wow can't fail! Bein’ one of them weepin'-willow Americans who can't bid a friend good-bye or hear the Star- Spangled Banner played without burstin’ into tears, the poor little rascal nearly goes delirious every time he reads of some {furreigner referrin’ to America as & money-grabbin’ hation, whose people are selfish an' devoid of a heart! ruptey. The junior class, of which Walter Maxwell Evans Is president, has ar- Tranged a program, which will be put on.after the professors have met the different classes and made assign- ments of lessons. % Ihvitations have been sent out to all graduates and former students to attend. The senior class, of which Clarence C. Smith is president, will act as re- ception committee and serve refresh- ments and dancing will follow. GEORGE WASHINGTON. | George Washington University be- . ““(:l\l'lé" he ;l"led last ‘n(gh! s he gins its second century as an educa- anged down s magazine. > G E fiemal institution Wednesday, when |Jumpin’ Jechosofat, boxs, we ain't nothin® but heart! The whole heart the arts and selences, law, medical and pharmacy departments open their doors for the fall term. Filling a peculiar and necessary need for Washington people as well | as for those whose residence in th. city is more or less t e Washington University than t.ve thousand students I With the addition of courses merce: foreign trade, finance and banking, domestic science and botany, as well as the building up of the day law school, the officials of the Insti- tution expect that the figures will be increased this year. The law school begins Its fifty- seventh year this fall. The sixth summer school session has just been terminated. An enrollment of 421 students eclipsed all former records for the first term, with an additional fifty registered in the second term. More than one hundred and fifty students are expected this year in the medical school, which has recently added courses initiated by the Army tending toward fitting medical men for Army service. With the opening of the university this week registration has already begun and available figures show of the world! We feed them, we clothe ght for them, an' we die t if yow'd listen to some of tter, that's our part of the “You bet we've got a heart! Nothin® proves that better than this conclave tomorrow! Think, boss, just think, with the whole world on the fritz, business topsy-turvy, an' folks ail up- set, the chief of our mighty nation can take time from his million othér du- ties to try to solve a méss that is none of our makin® “An’ it ain't only the government’s heart that's flutterin’ like fury, either! Feel the pulse of our peopie an’ then. sing your ditty! Call ‘em tight-fisted if you will, but take it from me there ain’t a civic, sacial or patriotic organization throughout the width an’ breadth of this fair land that ain't workin' overtime in their desire to better conditions! “‘Heart!” Why, boss, it was only a few days back that I saw Harry Karr, i chief cook an’ bottle washer of Inter- nationat Kiwanis,“call a halt to the frivolities at a cracker-jack meetin’, an’ with tears in his eyes slip the members the followin': Boys’ sald Harry, ‘there’s sorrow ‘in our land! et “'e’,':{_b:;';, entering than at this | pye just returned from a conference ¥ ] of the Governors of Kiwanls, where * Hugh Miller, recently resigned from | it was unanimously voted that startin’ the Army, where he held the rank of | today, every one of the 60,000 Kiwan- captain, and was Instructor at Camp |ians in the United States and Canada, Humphreys, Va., has been appointed [who can possibly see his way clear, professor of civil engineering. Prof. | will be expected to add an extra man Miller is a Princeton graduate, in- |to his payroll to help the unemploy- atructed at Harvard and Princeton, jment situation! Many folks are idle was professor of civil engineering at | through no fault of their own, and it's lme ?llrklon College of Technology ;lheddnllv ofPl?bv‘\:;mh:ongve them a i and! Is every i and inetructor at Rice Institute. R A LA e Prof. W. C. Van Vieck of the law the whole shootin’ ‘match, the bunch school, who has been on a leave of | chirped bacl ‘Well,-I'll say so!" absence for a year, has returned and | *“The heart is here alright, but as will devote full time to teaching this year. Courses in the law school this sum- mer were given by the regular fac- ulty, with the exception of the course given by Charles Frankham, who is engaged as special counsel to the At- torney General. Harold G. Sutton, Ohio-State Col- lege, has been appointed assistant professor of economics. ‘He will as- sist Prof. Kern and will give courses in the morning on public finance, banking, foreign trade and com- merce. issue of the student publication for the opening week of college. The Ghost. a humerous monthly magazine, will probably make its ap- pearance again this year at G. W. U. The Ghost will appear October, 29, and will be featured with the George- town-George Washington foot ball game on that date. Twenty ‘foot ball candidates of George Washington accepted the hos- pitality of Maryland Unlversity and Wednesday evening: a reception for ten days out at Colieg: Park, the new law tchool professors and |abd .~ working with the Maryland students will be given at the law |ggyad. school. After a short program, which begins at 8:30 o'clock, there will be dancing. The law school senate is in charge of the reception. Melville Walker and the staff of the i Uniyersity Hatchet produced the first Robert N. Anderson. president of ing on the chautauqua circuit this summer. Anderson is the youngest lecturer listed with the chautauqua. the student council, has been lectur- | DOPEY DAN AND LON THE UNEMPLOYED I’l‘ CLAGETT. President Harding says both parties to the transaction must pull together! ‘We're a prosperous peopic, l1ove pros- perity, an’ nothin’ galls the average American more than the sight of thousands of his fellow-countrymen up against it! Yet, on the other hand we hate to be done, an’ the unem- ployed don’t want to overlook the fact that they've got their part to play. too! Thurfore let all them who are feelin’ the pinch forget their troubles for the time bein’ an’ ald in every ‘way they know how to help them who are tryin’ their durndest to help all! Cut out the selfish stuff, don’t be choosey, an' always remember—— “Every dog must havé its day” is & sayin’ we all learn; Then, too, we've heard about “the road that never seems to turn’ An’ while it's true this old-time dopec s based on logic straight, It really doesn’t mean that we should Just stick ‘round an’ wait! For many folks will gladly back the “early bird an’ worm' Agalnst “the dog” or “long-long road"” without the slightest squirm, For they have found by tryin' all, to push their efforts through, That if & guy sticks by the first, he'll beat the other two! Many a poor misguided dog has gotten old an’ gray, From doin’ naught but sittin’ down Just waitin’ for his day; For when the big day comes at last an’ tips him it/f5 there, The poor old stiff ain't got the vim to raise a single hair! An’ while you trek along the road that never seems to swerve, Unless you keep a sharp look-out you might not see the curve; For bein' so preoccupied with what you heve to bear, ‘The chances are you'll never know the turn was even there! S0 brand this deep into your brain until it fairly burns; he winners on the road of life don’t waste time over turns; An' every day will be your day, an' every ‘night your night, It you but try the Golden Rule an' keep hard to the fight! I thank you, DOPEY DAN. - Note—Lon says while no man has the cautious “persimmon” has a fairly good idea ever seen tomorrok, what it's gonna look like. _—_ Y. M. C. A SCHOOLS. ‘The Boys' Day School opened Mon day with an enrollment of seven five. The new students were wel comed by William Knowles Coope: Athletic teams have been formed | | 3 compete against outside ! teams .jn foot ball, fndoor base ball ! cer. Gymnasium competition | and confests will be started tomor- | | STORY and COMPANY C. H. Warrington, president of the | Washington Automotive Dealers’ As- | sociation, will address the Auomoive School Tuesday evening at § o'clock. which will and s row. The’ School of Accountancy opened Tuesday night with an enrollment of meore than 600 pupils. Beamed ; in these rooms and-cold storage in the full basement.- e aividual based. on- are fuvited. . Northwest kniocking at ‘your door, as this exceptional - residence .can be had’ promptly. and .at a price. . - sre-war values. ‘Inspection: and 1thmu¢h&1nvufiufi?p~ : , NéWark Street, Cleveland Park Architectural beauty, permanence of construction and economy of upkeep are the features of this modern building. Within fifteen minutes of the Treasury by motor and convenient to Connecticut avenue cars, accessibility, social environment and natural attractiveness are hardly to be surpassed at any price. Washington is proud of its many beautiful spots, but few conceive the secluded, /<restful charm of these grounds with their great trees, terraces for flowers and garden and the extended view and comfort afforded by the elevation. slate roof and with erty, conforming wi = 7, general secretary, who gave a short | talk. The garage, of steel is an added ornament to the prop- and has space for two cars. His subject will be: “Lubrication, Its Dilutton and Danger.” NATIONAL UNIVERSITY. The National University Law School will reopen for iis fifty-third annual session October 1, at 6:30 p.m., at which time addresses will be made by the dean, Justice Siddons, Col." Tuck- er, Conrad Syme and others of the faculty. The registration of the school is announced to be In excess of that of any previous year and the school au- thorities are considering the division of the classes in order to accommo- date the heavily increased enroliment. The university contemplates the opening of a college of liberal arts and sciences, which will enable stu- dents to combine work of that char- acter with the work in law for the A. B. degree. Formal announcement concerning these courses will shortly be made. The securing of additional space for classrooms and other activities of the university are now being given consideration. TUntil October 1 the registration of students takes place between 9. am. and 6 p.m., and after that date the secretary's office will remain open until 9:30 o'clock each night. HOWARD UNIVERSITY. Howard University, in keeping with its mew prozram of rendering the greatest possible service as a na- tignal university for the training of colored youth, last year at the begin- ning of the winter quarter, January 4. Inaugurated a svstem of evening classes, with Prof. William J. Bauduit as director. These evening classes are of full coilege grade and vield the usual credits toward the varigus acn- demic desrees conferred by uni- rsity. They are being taught by the ¢ university instructors and ex- equircments and main- me standards as the day the ambitious, seif-sup- vho is unable to at- ng the day, the How- tional opportunity of securing a col- icge education through cvening in- k of the evening classes at ment employes, lawyers, coliege grad- uates, and others. Some of these stu- dents are pursuing the regular four- vear course leading to the baccalau- reate degree; others are merely becom- ing_acquainted with some particular subject or_keeping in touch with the academic life for purposes of general culture; while still others are obtain ing a speclal preparation which thes must have in order to qualify for some specific position. The work has been regular and thorough, the standards high, and the students and instructors enthusiastic. Beautiful home-like, This property is sit | seven of three rooms an and bath, with excellen vestor a most exceller nd cement, ctric lights £ €l ith the house, sity now offers the excep- | and fittings of unique de October 1st. Can be bought)o as to show the in- REAL ESTATE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY. Catholic Unliversity will open Tues- day with an unusually large enroliment in all its departments. The entering freshmen class numbers about 200. In all there are 500 lay students and 250 ecclesiastics, besides 100 studenis in the Catholic Sisters’ College. The students’ chapel of Divinity Hall has just been redecoratad, like- wise the chapel of Gibbons Hall. The stonework of McMahon Hall has been repointed and the building repainted for the coming year. Dr. Peter J. McLoughlin has been appointed acting dean of the iaw school. He succeeds Dr. Thomas C. Carrigan, who died last month. Inaugural ceremonies will take place next Sunday with solemn high mass in the gymnasium at 10:30 a.m. The public is invited. B ! NEW PUBLICITY RULES. Secretary of Navy Asks Co-Opera- tion of Officers and Chiefs. New rules have been Issued for the dissemination of naval news since Lieut. Commander Wells Hawks of ! the naval reserve force took charge i of the naval news bureau. The Sec- retary of the Navy has instructed all bugeau chiefs and other officers at the department that, “owing to the | great importance of furnishing in- ! telligent and accurate information on { naval subjects to the general public. | it is desired that cordiol co-operation be given Commander Hawks in the supply of matter for the press and { such material and illustrations as { will be of interest to the | public and of value to the Navy The cretary suggests that if | practicable an officer be designated in ! ach bureau and office of the depart- | ment to supply the information office I with maicrial and suggestions so thit ) Lieut. Commander Hawks may look to him for such aid. WOULD BE PREACHER. Special Dispatch to The Star. " sity BALTIMO September 24.—Pick iniversity has thug far beeh! Gaston of Camp Meade will enter e oy e T ool | the Baptist ministry. He is called by caehers, School principals, - govern- | this name because Col. Joseph A. Graton picked him up in the Philtp- pines as a baby, abandoned by his father. a rebel chief. That was ninetecn years ago. at the time of Ithe insurrection, when bables were something of a burden to the war- Jriors and their wives. The boy has been with Col. Gaston ever since, displaying a religious and studious tendency as well as a desire %o be Eenerally useful. He will be | sent to a Baptist school at Bowie's | Greek, N. C., and later to a seminary. H His desi is to return to the | pilippines and preach to the natives. I For Sale or for Rent fireproof building on ex- clusive Sixteenth Street. uated at 1929 Sixteenth Street and contains eight complete apartments, d bath, one of two rooms t finish, hardwood floors sign, to be completed by 1t retun on his money. Agent on the premises all day Sunday. 1112 Connecticut Avenue Main 1166 -