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Nptes, Gossip and News % of Schools and Colleges 'Continued from Twenty-second Page.) Dhe election of the literary staff will be Meld in a few days. BUSINESS HIGH SCHOOL. The Business High School Bank, ome of the best established and most beueficiul institutions in the- high schools, has had thus far an exceed- ngly prosperous seuson. During the PASE months the bank has cashed War savings stamps equal to $4,000 and has. been involved in numerous bond transactions. The number of de- posttors now exceeds 1,800, with sav- ings deposits equal to approximately 514,000. In order to accommodate number of pupils in the afternoon and morning sessions the bank force has found il necessary to increass the banking hours to ¥:30 to 4 p.m. us well as to increase force. The bank force posed of D. Wassmann, president; L. Hoskinson, cashier; R. Riley, auditor; F. Baker and D. Webb, teflers; R. Hopkins, head bookkeepery C. Fogle, assistant hookke G. Myers and I. Clower, bookk runner. of fthe vramatic S apflently working to- gpment of the school's spring produgiion. The major characters of “The Tam- ing of tae Shrew” and “The Shoes Chat Dymeed” have been excellently selected. With M wE Che role ot lgridge as Petruchio, P aptistu, Hope Ritter as Blanca and Herry as Hortensio, the school 18 coking forward to a realistic produc tion of “The Taming of the Shrew. The cast for the fantasy, Shoes That Danced,” is represented by Beva Fish as Columbine, J. Naimna as Watteau and Leonu Zwissler as the Queen of France. During the past week the book nop has “been busily employed In serving the large number of pupils who have taken advantage of the chool's book exchange S On. account of the reorganizataion of classes the 1st of Kebruary the Shop hus had money transactions amounting to §100 per day. oks re bought and sold at 10 cents profit, cbich amount is immedlately deps ited in a restocking account. - The book shop is conducted by @ most eflicient staff, composed of Viola Bell, chairman; Ethel Ginbers, Idith Mtcy and Mary Larcombe. Thursday evening the Officers’ Club gave the first of a serles of dances in the school gymnasium. Music was turnished by Stephen Wright's Jazz orchestra. Great enthusiasm was dis- Blayed in the manual of arms compe- tition for ex-cadet officers—the ex- fcers displaving their military abil- jty—with ex-Lieut. Merritt Smith win- wing the first prize. Shortly after refreshments were served the coupl At the departure of the chapero: Mrs. Butts and Mr. Parkinson—bade each other adleu. ness High Night School, several of the day schools, had an average attendance of 1,635 students in January, In order to nccommo:ulre‘ the large classes the faculty has ced increased to fifty-four teachers, an the night sessions are from 6:30 |.y,n:]. to 9:30 p.m. Mondasy Wednesday am Friday evenings. The majorit, pupils are W *hool diploma. The members ty the night school king for the night The first night s ool Will be held in the early aduation e, 'There will be ®p- ely thirty graduates in this Plass. The hoard of education s now arranging for the engraving ‘flltlae Aiplomas. The number of pupils tak- . ing advantage of the diploma cm:r:? ts demonst t dred students in February. __ehorthand, typewriting, arithmetic, Dookkeeping, commercial law, Eng- 1sh, American histor: SHAW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. semester course for hic 3 ygiene” i8 teachers in ‘educational hysg! Sy announced by Miss Mineola Kirk- jand, principal of the Shaw Junior High School. who is the local repre- sentative of Columbia l,'nl\'zrslbll). b F. Williams of Columbia Tt ety New York eclty, will con- duct the work of this university ex tension center. The coure, listed as oducation 183, includes lectures, col- Jatoral reading, demonstration and reports. Any teacher completing the course will receive two points cred! foward a degree. The registration office at Shaw 18 open to those desir- ‘ng to enroll for this work in edu- ion. o1 any U, the competing military { m(ll T?“:“;AW n second honors In a battalion d ich in-luded the 4 Friday after- the largest the 24th Regiment and is re; a formidable con- tonder for leading honors in June. Capt. Herbert Douglass commands the boys from Shaw. The automatlo banking system es- tablished in Shaw in December has Dbeen signally successful, it 18 clatm- ed, in instilling the habit of thrift throughout the school. In a report read during morning assembly Tues- day it was stated that nearly 3300 nhad been saved by students since the _first week in January. Pupils are not only encouraged to save, but are nrged not to make hasty and fre- quent withdrawals. Emphasis will be laid this month English, history, sclence and art teachers upon great men whose hirthdays occur in February. Among whose 1ives will be studied are Lincoln, Douglass Darwin, Washington and Longfellow. Appro- priate exercises will be held Wednes- to jointly celebrate the natal of Lincoln and Douglass. Art atudents are producing posters bear- ng not only likenesses of these fa- moud men, but are required to apply their knowledge of good lettering by reproducing their most significant precepts. An eight-foot poster by Student Herbert Rodgers of section 5B has been displayed in the main worridor of the school. Tt bears ex- . cellent sketches of Lincoln, Doug- lass and Washington and the legend, “Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime,” etc. An honor roll of students receiv- fng ratings of G or E in all major subjects during the first semester was announced in regular -assembly AWednesday morning. Sixteen such students were presented to the stu- nt body and received the coveted sitaticn. “Cheer for Old Junior.” the official school song. was rendered by ihe school in honor of their achieve- ment. Short laudatory speeches and -lass cheers were included in the demonstration. COLUMBIA JR. HIGH SCHOOL. ‘The second semester’'s work at Co- Jumbia is well organized. The en- rollr @1t of new puplils was one hun- roll g nt of new pupils was 167, mak- tne & total enrollment of 921. One hundred new desks of the model purchased for the new Eastern High School are being placed in class- A second is com- | - i ships, | Friday, selection and hanging of several beautiful basreliefs from Thorwald- sen’s “Trlumphal Entry of Alexander | Into Babylon.” These were the gift {of last June's graduating class. | With the three drawing teachers as leaders, an arts and crafts club |is to be formed, composed of those puplls who show exceptional talent and to whom in regular class time | little individual attention can be | given. The alm is to obtain & group | of leaders in working out special school projects, such as painting | scenery and designing and making stage properties and costumes. |also will give recognition to those who would not ordinarily gain it in the regular academic subject will be a sketch class as well as a craft class, and an_exhibit of the work will be held each semester, with an entertalnment consisting of a pageant fllustrative of the work ac- complished. | Geogruply in the Junior High School | has now been organized Into a sep- | arate department. More students than | formerly are taking geography as | major subjeot. Much of the interest in the subject may be attributed to the new ways of teaching geography and to the splendid new equipment now being installed. | _There has been no distinct geogra- phy course heretofore. Mrs. Du Mez bas completed the new course of study. Tt plans to attack the subject !from the point of human relation- vitalizing it from the chiid's | Point'of view, and stressing the Inter- dependence of natlons, Europe, Asia | &nd Africa are presented so &s to em- phasize the influence of environment by showing the relation of the natu- | ral resources to the life of the aif- ferent peopies. The course alms to teach the pupils to interpret life and | to create in them a sympathetic un- derstanding of peoples differing from {us in race, customs, mode of living |and ideals. Our own country's de- velopment and rise to power forms the main problem in the 8-A course. The department now feels that it Iy {well equipped. The new reglonal georTaphies by Smith are regarded as | best adapted to the new methods of at- {tack. One of the prides of the geogr: Phy classes is & new hanging globe. The lantern, with its slides, has already furnished inter- esting material Every few weaks the classes are entertained and instructed by an out- sider. The last lecture was given b { Rev. Mr. Thompson of Takoma Par who has just returned from an e | tended tour of Africa. Tuesday the | pupils will be given another travel talk. Some time this semester the 7-Bs plan to give an “oriental exhibit” They are working on this project. It is to be designcd that Junlor High School pupils shall become better citizens ~ through their geography cours WILSON NORMAL SCHOOL. | _The basket ball team played a |match game with George Washing- ton’s team recently with a score of 12—10 in favor of Normal. Wednes- day night the team met the Marjorie | Webster School with a score of 27-16, aguin in favor of Normal. Last night it went to Frederickeburg, Va., to play the state normal in that city. | The members of the team have finally completed their uniform of school colors. It consists of white middy with a gold tie, White sweater with gold W. N. 8., black bloomers with gold stripes, black stockings with white shoes. The junior classes had their nature study lesson Monday and Tuesday in Rock Creek Park. The underlying rocks of the District, soil formation, the cutting power of water, the ef- fect of the removal of trees, recog- nition of trees in winter and the quarry on Tilden street were taught with the real material in its definite location, with the aid of a bua fur- nished through the kindness of the Rotary Club. Thursday E. L. Lowe demonstrated to the senior students the “ses and say” method of teaching reading by phonics. He used the 3-A grade for his practical application. Lineoln’s birthday will be cele- ated by a short general assembly in which Margaret Denty will glve 1da Tarbell's monologue, “Did 1 Know Lincoln?” and Virginia Frye will re- cite “Captain, Oh, My Captain.” The juniors who entered in Septem- ber will entertain the class that en- tered in February at a Valentine party Wednesday. The faculty and seniors will be invited. Virginia Frye, as chairman of the entertain- ment committee, has had three plays from “Proverbs in Porcelain” in prep- aration to be given by the junlor kin- dergarten section. Phoebe Atkinson is chairman of the refreshment com- mittee. The now February class met the school as 2 whols for the first time when 13AK culminated term's 'work by giving = port “The Rivals” “Erstwhile Susan” and “The Minuet.” The new class has be- come a part of the whole very quick- 1y, and seemed quite willing to follow directions when they were ordered by the_upper class to appear in green on Friday. Only one forgot. AMERICANIZATION SCHOOL. “The American Bills of Rights of the First Ten Amendments of Constitution,” is the subject of & le: ture to be given by Representative Mann Towner of Iowa to the ad- vanced students of the Americanisa- tion School. The lecture {s under the auspls of the Americanization Asso- clation, A dance for the members and friends of the Americanization School Assoclation 1s announced for Satur- day, at 8:20 o'clock, at the Thomson Community Center. Souren Hanes- sian is chairman of the recreational committee. New citizens are to be honored at a reception Tuesday, February 27, at the Americanization School, 7th and O streets. These men and women have recently been naturalized by the Supreme Court of the District. A committee meeting of new cit- izens {8 to be held tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock, room 101, Americaniza- tion School, All men and women from the school, naturalized since November are urged to be present at this meeting. Definite plans for the reception will be made at_ this time. Cora McCarty and D. J. Don- nally, teachers in charge. Mrs. G. M. 8. MoClintock znd stu- dents from the Curtis class, George- town Americenization School, gave an address at the meeting of the state patriotic committee, D. A. R., &t Research University, Wednesday. Sonia Wolf, Russia Helen Ander- ®on, German; Katherine Kyevellos, Greek, and Eugenia Selifanova, Rus- sian, students of the Americaniza- tion School, In native costume, as. sisted Miss Louise Carmen of the Abigail Hartman Rice Chapter, D. A R., at the candy sale for the benefit of Americanization work, Friday, ‘The newepaper committes of the Americanization School Association has received many complimentary notices of the issue of their enlarged rooms. The ninth-grade class dance, held at Central armory, Tuesday evening. January 30, was well attended by teachers, patrons and pupils, and was _an enjoyable affair. The Montrose Or- chestra furnished the music. The graduating exercises for the first semester were marked by the presentation of gifts. This years class presented the school with a handsome silk American flag on & standard: another gift was a hand- some edition of the Encyclopedia Brittanica, bound in leather. The =art classes of the Columbla Junior High School have had an in- teresting project in decorating the basement lunchroom. Each pupil de- signed a_panel and carried it out in poster effect. The domestic art de- partment wiil correlate with the art classes in making curtains for the . windows. roject for the decoration Amother ~of rather walls has been the I Americanization Bulletin. David Ostrof, Adolf Johnson, Mor- ris Schwartz, Pugllsl, Tom Athos, An- tonio De Zimone, Antonlo Breguglio, Stanislaw Prusinowski, Isadore Gor- don, Santo Caponnetto, Benjamin Weisiman, Louls Lesky and Anna Beeger, students of the citizensh, claases of the Americanization School, were naturalised in proceedings in the Bupreme Court of the District of Columbia before Justice Frederick L. Siddons Monday. Beginning tomorrow there will be an additional Americanization class opened at the Columbia Junior High School. 7th and O streets northwest. ARMSTRONG MANUAL TRAIN- ING SCHOOL. Dr. Bernardo Rulz Saures, Spanish traveler and author, spoke to the members of the classes at & special assembly .d.'.' Tha ad- elghteen-inch | THE SUNDAY dress was delivered in the Spanish language and translated by Senor Launaz of the Dunbar faculty. Fol- lowing Dr. Saurez's remarks, which dealt with the philosophy of racial segregation, Dr. Daniel Murray, re- tired assistant Librarian of Congress and an iInternational authority 4n | negro “bibliographw urged upon the ipupils the practical advantages of Studying the Spanish language. Capt. A. C. Newman and Senor Launaz also spoke. Dr. Henry L. Balley of the {forelgn language section presided. Balloting Friday for the staff of the Spark, the school paper, resulted am follows: Tdltor, Clifford Campbell; Ilfisl!(nnl editors, Vera Sewell and | Bvelyn Dougla athletic editors, Samuel Lacy and Harry Turner military editor, Capt. James Walker: business manager, Frederick Ellis; humor, Edward Hackett; circulation manager, Arthur Selby; art editors, Ralph Vaughn and Bernard Tyler; social editor, Eunice Dickerson. Armstrong’s eastern trip netted two games lost and one game won. How- ard High of Wilmington, Del, was defeated, 28-17, but the strong Wissa- hickon team and a quint repre: |ing the Philadelphia Y. M. C. A. got on the long end of the mcore with 39 and 31 points, respectively, to 17 and 26 for the locals. By a victory over Dunbar during the latter part of the week the school retained its leadership in the basket ball sectlon of the Atlantic League, having previously defeated Baltimore S. and Howard H. S. The game s played in the Dunbar gym and ended 37-21 for the wearers of the orange and blue. Harry Turner and Ellis were, as usual, the outstanding polnt winners for Armstrong. The temporary teachership created by the continued absence of Mrs. George hus been filled by the deslgna- tion of Miss Maeme L. Moon, Syra- cuse, '21. Miss Moon, whose father formerly occupled @ pulpit in Wash- ington, 18 well known as & contralth Soloist. She 18 & member of the D. 8. T. Sorority. DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL. An assembly was held Wednesday. The guests of honor were the thirty- five pupils whose names appear on the general honor roll of Dunbar High School. These pupils have made the grade of excellent in at least four major subjects und have heen satls- factory in all minor subjects. Mr. Smith opened the program oy an- nouncing its purpose as being to PRy honor to the honor roll pupils, and introducsd to the school the pupils Wwho were seated on the platform. Q. C. Wilkinson, assistant superintend- ent, congratulated the pupils upon ltlllx(:’r:.eglxtg l‘\'}:’lnllsllc attainments and le honor roll cl Phi Beta Kappa society. Sl e Mention was made of the fact that 147 puplls had obtained averages of |at least good in four majors and were satisfactory in minor Subjects. Mr, ssnxxrl!n:hlnmr the entire school to 0! e ranks of Ak of the honor roll stu- The following Program w; - sented by members of the ?:cu‘;:; Organ solo. Miss Mary Europe: soly, John Willtams; “piano duet, Dr. Dykes and Miss Weatherle: y Mr. Burleigh: plano solo, organ solo, Miss Europe. Additional names for the honor roll are: . Sixth sesentn Charlotte Corbin, BS: Grace Puyne, Y ird semester, E; “ook, B3! Dorothy Davis, BS: Lomiey cackudd: {B3: Catherine 7 The teachers of Englic y of ‘the’ Dunbar Tiigh tenna " Aesy strong Manual Training School nd the Shaw Junior High School met Tuesday at the Dunbar High School to have presented to them Miss Otelia Cromwell, the new head of the department. Mr. Wilkinson, asalstant superintendsnt of schools, fn present. ing Miss Cromwell, spoke of his de- sire that the work in English would clude journ Siher spectulized bfiannhe':"g'é the t. For his Pt st tory he urged ex- ss Cromwell who new position from u teaching ence of a number of at the A.rms(rnn Manual Traiuing School, is a gradute of Smith College, whers she obtained the degree of A. B.. o Columbla University, with fthe de gree of A, has done gruduate work &t Yale University, and for several years has been in class 6B, the high- est salary class for the high schools. Miss Cromwell spoke briefly of her hopes for the department, of Its un- told opportunities and her derire that many new plans of activity will be entered upon. She spoke of her the- ory of how one became an effective teacher, and then In a more detailed T2 ePake of plans for her work vear. She succesds Miss {Harrlet E. Riggs, retired. g Dunbar High School proud of honors that whether from students, wlumn! or faculty. Two faculty members re- cently have been honored. The firat, John Cromwell, has received a pro- motion from class 6A to class 6B, as & result of a competitive examination, held in the fall. Mr, Cromwell is a graduate of Dartmouth College, with the degrees of A. B. and A. M; was nwo:.:‘dfi!rl lzl? d:‘no of certified publio accountant last year, and s posses of a Phi Beta Kappa koy.‘ 7 o The second member of the faculty is Alston W. Burleigh of the department of music who has just received from one of the largest music publishing touses in New York, a substantisl sum of money {n payment of royalties on four of his songs. “Somewhere,” aly Dream Rose” “For You” and “A Mother's Kiss.” “Somewhere” has been sung by John McCormack, and is sung by him on & record which also brings in return to its composer. Mr. Burleigh, whose pen name is Alston Waters, is the son of Harry I Bur- leigh of New York city, well known composer and musician.’ MINER NORMAL SCHOOL. Louis Gregory, a representative of the movement for fostering racial amity, addressed the student body Monday upon “The Abandonment of Prejudice.” He suggested four waya of overcoming prejudice—namely, by travel, by trade and commerce, by training in the sciences and by har- nessing the Divine power. An addition was made to the normal achool faculty this week In the person of Miss Hilda R. Wilkinson, wl?o will fill the vacancy caused by the retire- ment of Thomas W. Hunster. Miss Wilkinson received 'her training at the Women's Art School of Cooper TUnion and at the National Academy of Design in New York city. She has had varied experience in the commer- clal world as {llustrator and designer. The junfor home economics up are assisting classes in industrial arts by making Valentine favors and novel- ties to be placed on sale at the school In room 38. Special attention is being given to the making of those article: which will be of service to stud teachers and teachers of primary grades. Mias Corine F. Martin, assistant di- rector of penmanship, has sent out printed outlines for the teaching of penmanship by grades, and every teacher of the primary grades of di- visions 10-13 has aiso zecelved = standard alphabet set, printed on white cardboard. These sets are not only a practical help to teacher and pupil, but also & pleasing addition to the schoolroom. Junior classes in penmanship have made unique poster designs, combin- ing figures from 1-0 so as to em- phasise vital points of the Clark sys- tem of penmanship and to suggest a ‘motivation of drill in the correct fo mation of figures. In addition, som students have also submitted appro- priate original verse. At the beginning of the cond semester the personnel of the junior sections was changed so that an op- portunity would be given for wider co-operation in common interests. ‘This has necessitated reorganization of these sections. BSection H now }l. "w officers:- Chairman, r*-.';l. to her experi- : l | | is always come to her STAR, WASHINGTON GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV. Dr. John Garland Pollard, former member of the Federal Trade Com- mission, former attorney general of the state of Virgihla and present bead of the department of political science, will be the principal speaker at the midwinter convocation of the George Washington University Feb- ruary 22, at Continental Memorial Hall. Rev., Lucius Clark, chancellor of American University, will act as chaplain at the exercises. Dr. Pollard {s an alumnus of the university, of the class of 1893. He recelved the degree of LL D. at the centennial convocation two years ago. The ®onvocation exercises will be held at 8 p.m. Sixty degrees in course will be conferred. Following the convocation exercises there will be & junior class reception at & p.m. at the Ralelgh Hotel. The annual junior promenade will 23. According to those in charge of the affair, many novelties and sur- prises will be turnished to those Who attend. Some time during Junior week the Razzberry, satirical sheet of Pi Delta Epsilon Journalfstic Fraternity, will make {ts appearance, according to rumors current about school. Who will be roasted and how many? is the question whose answer students awail with great interest. Merton L. Ferson, dean of the Law School, was elected principal of the recentiy organized honor sotlety, the Benchers. Frank 8. Rowley was elected scribe, The following were elected term benchers: Jcseph Jor- dan, Dan Wheeler, Thomas K. Hum- phréy, Blake B. Nicholkon. Joseph W. Hazell and Frank 8. Rowley. The selection of term Benchers is based upon the work of the first two years in the law &chool, an average of “A" being required. Membership is open to persons of both sexes. The Insignia of the order is a key in form of the fasces, surmounted by a wreath, De Witt €. Croissant, professor of English, wus elected to honorary membership in P{ Delta Epsilon Jour- nalistic Fralernity at its meeting Pebruary 6. Dr. Croissant has taken un active interest in student activi- ties along journalistic lines, He was the 1irst to hold the chair of jour- nalism at the university At the same meeting Tobert 3f Boiton and Dantel B. Lloyd, editor and business manager of the Uni- versity Hatchet, were Initiated. John Paul Farnest, jr. was elected president of Pyramid Honor Soclety at its meeting February 2 to fill the unexpired term of James C. Hatcher. The former president graduates this February and intends to go imme- Gately to Alabama, whers he will engage In the practice of law. El Circulo lspanol, the Spanish “lub, Will hold « short business meet- «ng in the lectura hall ! 2017 G strect at 8 pm. February 15. Important business will be trans- acted at tho ineeting of the student counctl, February 20, in Lisner Hall Amendments to the honor constitu- tion will be placed before the council at this time, accord!ng to announce- ment of the chairman, Mabelle Ben- nett. Arrangement of a bowling schedule for the fraternity teams will be made at the next meeting of the interfra- jternity council. Sigma Alpha Epsilon was returned the winner In last GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY. Permanent assignments of officer: and non-commissioned officers of th Georgetown University R. O. T. C. with Thomas F. Fitzgerald as of cudet batta were made yesterday by Maj. Willlam H. Hobson. C. 8. A, commandant at the Hilltop. For the first time the Georgetown unit will comprise four companies made necessary by the great increase in the enrollments under the R. O. T. C., since the opening of the coliege in Yeptember. The appointments were made, it was announced, as re- wards for general efficlency, both in field and class work. { The battallon staff, under Cadet Maj. Fitagerald, will comprise the fol- fowing: Iirst lieutenant and adju- tant, 4. J. Kirwin: captain and bat- talion supply officer, Lo J. McElligott; e r sergeants, (., 4. Barry and G. orte; color g ds, First- Class Pri- Vites L. B. Breslin and A. M. Coneen. Capt. Charles J. O'Byrne i appoint- ed commander of Company "A,” with W. H. Amend and C. L. B. Lowndes as additional platoon commanders. Company “B” will be in command of Capt. R. C. McCann, the additional platoon _captalns being John W. Gahan, L. J. McElligott and C. C. Murph Compan; is under the com- mand of Capt. J. C. McNumara, with J. Robert fhaw and W. J. Ganley as ins. is commanded I Kirchner, assisted b Gullfoyle and Lo J. th Capt. Capts. } Roszrktewle: - i |, The lieutenants are: Company “A 3. J. Higgins and J. K. Russell; Con any C. Saftarans and F. ullivan: Company “E.” R. J. Werner and Thomas E. Slattery; Company “p» 3. H. Grasty and J. J. Kilroy. Tiirst sergeants for each of ‘the four companies are William J. Dow- ney, James G. Burke, John F. Mc- Gowan and W. B. Hunt. At the same time the appointments were announced, Maj. Hobson out- lined plans for the summer encamp- ment of the R. O. T. C. at Camp Meade, Md., midway between Wash- ington and Baltimore. The encamp- ment for the 3d Corps Area will ex- tend from June 14 to July 26. Beginning with the second seme ter, now under way, the foreign serv. foe Bchool has established & special course on “Poland: Her Clyilization and Commerce,” which will be given Wednesday evenings at 8:20 o'clock. Like the course on International finance, it will consist of public lec- tures, to- which all friends of the students are invited. It will be given fointly by the minister from Poland, the honorary counselor of the Polish legation, the head of the Polish bu- reau of information and the commer- ¢clal counselor of the Polish legation. The managing director of one of the oldest iron foundries in SBweden lectured to the forel service school students Friday night on the iron, eel and timber industries of his ocountry. The lecturer, H. de Ecker- man of the Ljusna-Woxna Company, Ltd., was secured through the assis ance of the Swedish legation. Junfor and_senior debaters at the Georgetown Law School will match their skilt Monday night In & trial debate to select the participants in the next prize contest between the two class societies, March 5. The ques- tion will be “Resolved, That the United States {naugurate an intern: tional movement to arbitrate the situation in the Ruhr district.” Franols W. Cullen, 1920 graduate of the law school, has been appointed a deputy attorney general of New York state, and is now in Buffalo. Another law graduate, Henry D. Gaggstatter, of 1917, is practicing in Cofumbus, Ga. He was editor of the Taw Journal during his student days, and was a lleutenant judge advocate during the world war. CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY. The Catholic University Glee Club, in conjunction with the Dramatic As- sociation, will offer an entertalnment Tuesday night, before the Lenten sea- son puts an end to all forms of tertainment during the feollowing six weeks. The quality of the evening’s made up of songe and bal- FEa orchestra numbers and a one-act playlet, is expected to attract a fins attendance ‘Eight numbers are oftered by the Glee Club, under the direction of Prof. Behrendt, the feature being “By the Waters of Minnetonka,” b! a double quuu}tl ‘l:om md o‘: % J. , Gannon, Hylan raub, Hat- e ubine, 3. J. MoMahon and J. N. Clark. W. A. Baumert will render a ocello solo. “The GoodJer-NntMnfi & playlet by Clara Ship is the Dramatic Assotiation’s contribution to the pro- bt be held at the City Club February | | Hotel | North Caroll lion, | sein Khan . D. C. and Paul Drenaw. P. J. O'Connor, Willlam_Grumley, Robert Reuss and Henry Orme have managed the de- tails of the production. The Shahan Debating Society up- held in a debate Wednesday evening the action of France in invading the Ruhr. It was a spirited debate, Claude Courand and R. Reuss insist- ing that France could and would se- cure reparations by the occupation, and C. J. Scott and R. M. Wendelken maintained that Germany was unable to pay the absurd indemnity assessed and France would secure 1no repara- tion, but instead the condemnation of the civilized world for her action. The greatest social event of the academic year took place Friday evening when the juniors held their promenade in the big gymnasium. The gym was In gala attire with flags and flowers and vari-colored ribbons. The fayors passed around consisted . of leather tricks—for the men a wallet and-card case and for the ladles a vanity case. Yesterday afternoon the juniors completed their ceck end with an {nformal tea danc which was also held in the gymna- shum, Monday evening the sophomore class held its annual class banquet at the Occidental. As has heen the custom for many years past, the freshmen put forth every effort to break up the event. Several unwary sophomores on leaving Gibbons Hall about 6:30 were apprehended by a group of freshmen, taken back to their rooms, tied up and locked in. The frosh gven wont so far &s to appear in A body in the lobby of the hotel, but their advent was a little tardy, for not only was the meal long over, but the last of the gspokesmen had taken his geat. John “Henry"” Ford, presi- dent of the olass, was toastmaste Willlam Brennan, Willlam “T K: Newman McEvoy, Hank Orm Brennan, Wililam Hage Michael Kerrigan and Frank Dowd were the speakers. The surprise of the evening was the handing out of the class hats, which are yellow and blue and have a ‘25 on the crown. Close on the heels of this event came the freshman banquet Wednes- day night, which was held at the Franklin Square Hotel and was at- tended by nearly eighty freshmen. In geeking their measure of revenge for the abductions of Monday night the wophomores eagerly seized every frosh who showed hls face on tle campus during the day. Accord- ingly they had about fifteen men locked in” the tower of Gibbons by ghtfall. However, they were re- Iraged in time to get a cold banquet. The freshman, undaunted. succeeded in having an enjoyable evenin orchestra, songsters and dancers fur- nished a ‘great deal of entertalnment after the meal, AMERICAN UNIVERSITY. Dr. Paul Kaufman, president of the Yale Club of Washington, was toast- master at the annual banquet of that organization at the Racquet Clul Saturday evening. _The principal peakers were Dean R. P. Angier of Yale and Chlef Justice Taft. Prof. Kaufman reviewed the history of the organization during Its forty-nine vears of activity and emyl d the imnortance of maintainine a vieorous Tale sentiment at the National Cap- ital. The Chi Pai Omega will hold fte annual ball at the Franklin Square tomorrow evening, beginning at 9 p.m. Students selected for the dehats to be held under the auspices of the tional Literary Soclety of Wash ton on or about March 2§ are: €. C. MecCall, T. I Carro! Brown. It is understood that four universittes of the of Columbia—Catholic ! Georgetown, Gieorge Washingte American —and the universities d Virgin 1 In the oratorical tour nister. Mirza Hu: gave a lecture on the ersian foreign office Monday before a large gathering of students. WASHINGTON COLLEGE LAW. ticipate The, The subject of the debate of Friday | evening was: “Resolved, That Immigra- tion within the United States should be prohibited by law for a period of five years!' The speakers werc: For the afinnative, Misdbs Mary C. Boggs. Katheryn (. Bonner, W. E. Hutchinson. ror the negative Miss Elizabeth Hyde and Robert W. Keyser and Oliver B. Lerch. The judges were Mrs. Elizabeth G. Bellah, Miss Susan T. Campbell and Robert M. Gates. Raymond F. Crist. the new commis- sioner of naturalization, is & graduate of the college of the class of 1817. The evening elementary law class be- n Tuesday evening with Prof. John D. McLeran. This opportunity to take up the study of elementary law was made necessary by the large cnrollment of new students. NATIONAL UNIVERSITY LAW i Sale of Spring Coats SCHOOL. The National University Ma Club will hold its third annual baun quet at the City Club Wednesday evening, February 21. This is the principal affalr of the vear for the Howe 30 include all lumber cut to windows, doors, woodwork, glass, ints, hardware, nails, lath," roofiny and com| tions. interior woodwork. siding. finish. Bend today for Catalog No. 557. The Aladdin Co. “'giesto and and ontside ‘ree Aladdin oF | club, and all master Masons at school are expected to be present. The debate recently between Wilson and Roosevelt clubs was largely attended. The subject, “Re- solved, That the United States take the necessary steps to bring about a readjustment of 'the economic situa- tion” rf thoso countries that were actively engaged in the world war v warmly ~ debated. M. Frampton and Willlam H. McInto of the Woodrow Wilson Club upheld the affirmative of the issue, and George M. Faul and George W. Rog- ers of the Roosevelt Club the negu- tive. The negative was declared the winner. Mr. Faul was awarded first honors and Mr. Frampton second. Dean Albert H. Putney of American Unlveraity School of ~Jurisprudence and Messrs. Danlels and Ross acted a8 judges. This was the first debate of the kind attempted at school, and the success thereof has assured the continued holding of such debates by the clubs monthly. the The Cy Pres Club has elected offi- cers, as follows: Miss Virginia Tee- ters, president; Miss Martha Goebel, vice' president; Miss Sarah Wheeler, secretary; Mrs. Peacock, treasurer, and Miss Galusha, sergeant-at-arms. The members of the club will serve as hostesses at the Sunday afternoon tea of the National Women's Party February 15. Plans are being perfected for the ular annual banquet to be held F ruary 22 The second school dance of the school was held last evening at the City Club. Quite a sum was realized Al - wool Prunella, Overplaid Camelair Cloth. Small Deposit Will erve Any Selection e &K /(//( R i Biggest Suit Value P > » > - » > 23 > * > > S * > e * » »> > e * »> * »> b4 All-Wool Tricotines All-Wool Poiret Twills P LA and turned over to the Critic. the school paper. FRELINGHUYSEN UNIVERSITY In order to render more effective serv. ice for the. advancement of education | umong the masses, not only In the Dis- | trict of Columbia, but throughout the country, the “Colored American Forward Movement” Has been inaugurated at the university. The purpose is to make the university as useful as possible for the peopie for whom it was established, and to instill higher and better ideals of life into the currents of thought of the people. The alm is to touch the | homelife of the colored people in mich a manner as js calculated to bring about an_improved condition in the | manner of Hving, and ater intelli- gence in the handling of the problems of ‘everyday life Prof, John A. Lankford was elected president of the movement; Prof. ederick D. Anderson, vic¢ president: John K. Boone and Wiliam A. Dobyns, secretaries; Francls - Wells, treasurer, and Prof. G..A. Parker, chair- man of the executive committee. HOWARD UNIVERSITY. The semi-annual’ meeting: of the board of trustees of the Howard Uni- versity was held February € in the board room of the Carnégle Lib on the university campus. .Justice ton J. Peelle, president of thetboard of trustees, presided at the meeting. Among the decisions of the bosrd of trustees was the designation of James A. Cobb, now serving as professor of conatitutional law in the Howard Uni- versity School of Law, as vice dean Ghe Economy Corner 7th.end H.Sts. Many lots—and many grades—that we have divided into two groups—both marked at less than their $14.75—$19.75 Really good $20 Really good $25 Coats They are in the new popular sport and dressy models—of most_graceful lines and attractive finish—made up in Velour, Polair Cloth and Camelair —in the various shades of Tan, plain colors and overplaids—handsomely lined. They.are Spring Coats—but of a weight you'll find most practical for present as well as later wear—and there are all sizes in both assortments. in America We say that fearlessly—for nowhere is equal intrinsic value offered at such a nominal price: Suits that are made expressly $2 4.75_ Balkan, Box and Jacquette styles—handsomely braided and embroid- ered, and long straightline effects, plain tailored. Lined with silk. All sizes. to our dictated order. U TR worth— Coats of that school. | . A committee of the board, consist- ing of Dean Charies R. Brown, Dr. Albert Bushnell Hart, Dr. Marcus F. Wheatland, Dr, Jesse E. Moorland, Dr. Michel 0. Dum. . Theodore Roosevelt and Gen. John H. Sher- buine, was appointed to confer with @ committee of the General Alumni Assoclation looking to closer co-op- eration between the graduatcs and the un!fversity. . The execulive committee was em- puvered to proceed with the gym nasium, armory and the athletic fleld project, for wihich appropriation been made by the Congress of United States. The reports of the administrative officers, Dr. J. Stanley Durkee, presi dent, and Dr. Emmett J. Scott, sec retary-treasurer, indicated that the university is entering upon a period of physical expansion and greater scholastic usefulne The Stylus Literary Club enter- tained its members at the Delta Si ma Theta Sorority House Monda: evening. Edwin D. Johnson, one of the members, gave a report upon &r- ticles relating to the negro, whicl appear in current numbers of maga- zines and periodicals, Miss Zora Hurston gave a synoj &8 of a story she has recently su mitted for publication in one of the short-story muagasines published ir the United States. At the next meet ing of the Stylus, which will be held Monday, February 19, a discussion of the “Youth Movement” will be hadl with J. Alpheus Butler, & member of the freshman class, as leading speaker. N $083838324328282222248222848422223823222483 484 $0864658000000000000000005000. T T T T SI PO DR D00 08 0 000000000 00230222022200200300000000000000000000000000000004