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* 18 G.W.U.GLEE CLU T0SING THURSDAY Annual Recital to Be Held at Masonic Auditorium. Mueller, Director. PLAN FOR JUNIOR WEEK Promenade Arranged for February 19—Prof. Collier to Lecture on Law Friday. The first of the big sos functions. of the mid-winter term at George Wash- ington University, will be held this week, when the University Glee Club Zives its annual recital at the Masonic Auditorium Thursday night, at $:30 o'clock. The club will present an at- tractive program of eight numbers. Twenty-eight students have been worl fall, under the direction of dward Mueller. Mrs, William Mather Lewis, wife of President Lewis, will lead a list of patronesses, who represent the board of Trustees of the university, the facu'tie university council and the pres dent’s council. 3 The giee club will turn over a part of the procceds of the recital to the en- dnt and building fund of the uni- the drive for which is being at_this time. nders, president of the club, s the members, have been a p arranging all the pri detai’s of the concert, expected to be the biggest ever the university Prof. Collier to Lecture. < will mark the holding of a which given Prof. Charl school will d public lectures on law at the Jaw s bui ding, 14 K street northwest. on Friday night, at $:15 o'clock. Prof. Collicr 1k on “Judicial Supre- n charge . who is chairman of the weck. Junior pro; de, which will be held at the New Willard Hotel on the night of Februars ) McCarthy, Columbian Colleg which will be he ard on the will be in cl sngincering *25. The at_the ge 25, charge of H. D. Bradley, Me and will pre.ented in finances , Columbian sblicity. will be directed Stewart, Columbian Col ] The various details of the junior weels celebration have been careful Worked out by the students in_charg and are reported to be in excellent fhape for presentation later on. The Junior class intends to make the Wweek an unusually brilliant one, and has the co-operation of all university officials. ‘Fribute to Wilson. Huston Thompson, federal commissianer, i close friend and for- mer student of the late Woodrow WilsonWilson, spoke at the chapel exercises Wednesday on his personal reminiscences of Wilson, e The students of the university opted resolutions on the passing of war President which were pre- d by Dean of the University Dr. d Lincoln Hodgkins, and were a up by Dean William Allen Wilbur of Columbian College. A On Thursday night at the Cosmés Club Prof, Alexander Wetmore de- jivered an interesting lecture on “The Birds of Leysan Islands.” The lec- ture was profusely illustrated. second of a series, n William C. Ruediger, director of the George Washington University Summer School, has announced the messions of the recess activities ch will have two separate courses this summer. Ninc-week clases will start June 16 and will continue until August 16. Six-week classes will start July 7 and continue to August 16. There be courses offered in arts and . education and law. Daily the civic and cultural ington will be deliv-| National Education Asso- ciation convention, which will bring 10 Washington 00 teachers and educators, is expected to greatly in- the -enrollment of the summer according to Dean Ruediz Builetins _and_illustrated are being prepared schoel director and within a short time. Considerable progr 1 ade on the mew building arts and science department on 2 treet between G and H strects nor west. The foundations have about completed and the work is be- ing rushed forward rapidly for com- yletion in time for the opening of the university next fall. The building will_cost $280,000 and is being built by the Wardman Construction Com- pany. Arthur B. Heaton and Albert T._Harris are the architects. President Lewis will attend the George Washington University Club dinner in New York at the Hotel Astor on February 15. Three hun- dred alumni will be present. On February 12 President Lewis will speak at the Lincoln birthday dinner ut the New York Avenue Presbyte: rian Church. The Arts Club will have a George Washington University evening Feb- ruary 14, at which President Lewis will"also ‘speak. During the past week President Lewis visited New York city, here the George Wash- ington University Club was organized at the Lawyers” Club luncheon. HOWARD U. ASSETS INCREASE $45,636 = At the semi-annual meeting of the board of trustees of Howard Univer- sity Tuesday Dr. J. Stanley Durkee, president, and Dr. Emmett J. Scoft, secretary-treasurer, submitted re- ports covering the activities of the cred. The summer be ready by the will university for the first half of the' fiscal year. A number of valuable recommendations were submitted by 19, is in charge of Leonard | trade | It booklets | been { Lord Stresses Value Of Budget, But Cites Unfortunate Attempt From a Staft Correspondent. COLLEGE PARK, Md., February 9. —Brig. Gen. Herbert M. Lord, di- rector of the budget, stressed the need of the budget system in busi- ness, church and home in an address to the student assembly at the Uni- versity of Maryland this week. “But don’t ‘be like a wife of a friend of mine,” he sald. “This couple came to the conclusion that the budget system was the one @nd only plan for the home and they proceeded to put it into effect. Her husband gave her a generous sum of money as her first month's allowance. He let her go merrily along for three weeks, and then he finally asked: " ‘How's the budget system getting along?" * Fine,’ she replied. ooks balance,’ he said. ure,' she answered. However, he was a little skeptical and asked that he might inspect her accounts. This was readily granted. On running over. the list of found that the abbreviation ‘G. was generously interspersed. When Ihe finished, he sald, ‘everything ap- pears to be fine, but 1 can't just un iderstand what this frequent entry o |'G. O. K.' means. { teiling me." i “‘God Only Knows,' she sald.” 'EASTERN ENTHUSED | OVER STAR CONTEST { Students of High School to Take Part in Oratorical Com- petition. £ { i is manifested ern High Unusual enthusiasm by the students of E: e | School over The Star's oratorical con- [ | test, which is to be held this spring I to increase respect for the Constitu- ,tion. Many of the students already | have chosen their subjects and begun { work on orations. At an assembly Tuesday Thomas B. Appleget, ¢xecutive | Brown University, gave Liberal Education” He {panicd by Charles R. Stark, jr., sec- | retary of the local Brown Club. Wednesday evening there was an executive committee meeting of the Alumni Association and a rehearsal of the alumni show. Mi: Anna Dunlap of the Latin de- {partment has been granted lea of absence for educational purpos Additions to Faculty. W. R. Winicove and Miss Bertha h been recent additions y is the . who is 1 talk on now tern. Up to the present time fifty-five el bejof the one hundred and five needed |take place February cadets have enlisted. given 15. The !are going to assist the alumni in |the program. The opening remarks {are to be made by De Witt Croissant, { The program is as follows: | . Orchestra selections, directed by Mrs, Byram: violin solo by Miss Eve- Iyn Scott, “Habanera”; opening re marks, DeWitt Croissant, monumgue, Miss Vietta Droney. “ Point_of View" and it to the Butcher's': s the Whyfor Quartet, Willard King { William™ Burrows, Raymond Weber, | Louis Guerriere, accompanied by M | Edna® Burrows{ songs and dan {;Cam Himselt,” Miss Margaret Bur: ton and Cameron Burton: {Valse Bluette, Ruth Perkins, Mlidred Carroll. Ruth’ Jones, Esther Burgess, | Imogene Johnston, Marie Miller, Hel: ene Hesse, Evelyn _ Hollin Anna Appel, Lucille Gibson, ret Beasley, Mary La Fontaine, lin by Miss Evelyn Scott. Concluding Numbers. “The Crimson Cocoanut. school; songs, . “Tomm: ; dance, directed by Mis Dorothy Schenken. Edna Law, Florence Berry, izabeth Wines, Maribn Gardner, Martha Evans, Dorothea almer, Ber- tha Peet Margaret Beusley, MacPherson, Margaret Cook, 'Jeanette Oaker; “A Shop Girl at Keith's,” Mis: Rixey Lancil; “Beautiful Blue Dan ube,” Miss Monia Dwyer, '17; an old- fushioned waltz, William Fowler and Rubelle Blanton; normal chorus, Miss Mildred Bovnton, '23, Miss Eola Benz- ler, "24, Miss Helen Warfield February students boys of Joseph " Dro- Alexan- {VACATION COURSES | American University Informed of Summer Schedule at Oxford for Americans. word that Oxford University, Eng- land, is providing special vacation courses this summer for the' benefit of American students who are unabl to go to England for protracted study, but who will, it is believed | gladly avail themselves of the oppor: itunity to take one or two vacation, icourses abroad. The courses to be offered at Oxford this year, according {to the message to American Univer- sity, will be in medieval history and political theory. One will deal par- | ticularly with ecclesiastical history |and another with economic history. i _The plan marks an innovation at ' Oxford, and it is the intention to offer | ter similar vacation courses in Eng- lish literature, the classic and phi- losophy. American Unversity also is in formed that wtveral scholarships in {international law _are _available |through the Carnegie Institute of i International Law. The stipends fo; i the first clws=) §1,000; and for the Becoud, 50. | Dr. Lueius Clark, chancellor of American University, has announced that all theses to be submitted by {candidates for degrees at the June {-onvocation must be turned in by March 31. Tt is ~ne of the univer- ;1 8ity’s regulations (hat theses sub- jects must be selected by November i1 of the vear preceding the granting {of the degree, and that the thesis shall constitute the principal intel- lectual output for the year. The lecture to be given at Ameri- can University this week is set for ! Wednesday evening instead of the {usual time, Monday, because the lec- turer, Prof. Will Hutchins of New as accom- | The Eastern alumni show is to be | Lad” and 0" Sole | Alicegene | Ewene | FOR U. S.-STUDENTS American University has received | the president of the university look- | York, was obliged to set a date at ing to the further expansion and de- | themiddle of the week. His subject THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FEBRUARY 10, 1924—PART 1. MARYLAND U. SHOWS RECORD ACTIVITIES Sarah Morris of Hyattsville Elect- ed Secretary of Student Assembly. CO-ED RIFLE SHOTS AT TOP ‘Gl_ee Club Announces Entertain- i ment February 19. From a Staff Correspondent. COLLEGE PARK, Md., February 9. —Sarah® Morris of Hyattsville, Md., {has been clected sccretary of the |student assembly, the governing or- i ganization of the students at the University of Maryland. She suc- |ceeds Anna Murphy, who completed her studies at the university with the close of the first scmester of the 11923-24 term, which ended February 1. Miss Morris {5 a senior in the one of the most active workers in the student bod; E. F. Juska has been elected presi- dent of the New Mercer Society, one of the two literary organizations of the university. Thomas Kelly is vice president; Helen Byerle, secretary; Robert Miller, treasurer, and Ruth Alderman, critic. Named for West Point. Duncam Summerville, a sophomore | in the College of Arts and Sciences, | has received an appointment to the United States Military Academy. He has accepted, and will enter the plebe s next June, Co-ed riflc shots of the university {remain unbeaten so far this season. | They scored their seventh victory at {the expense of Ripon College of Wis- consin, 496 to 445. Louise Gehring had a perfect score of 100, and the {four other Maryland girls, Magy Har- :baugh, Thelma Winkjer, An {#cy and Margaret Haeseker, | scored 99. |~ Christopher Atwater, one of the most noted agriculturists of th oun- each Wednesda: ave an address at the experiment station in the {noon on “The Manufacture o genous Fertilizer Materia |talked before the G Club at night on_“Oriental Colleges land Experiment Stations* Both of {his lectures were highly Intercsting {as well as instructive. i Informal Dances n View. | An informal dance was given Fri- {day night b i Rite Iy a joyful occasion for the students, for it serv jed to celebrate the passing of the midyear examinations. Plans now {are beine made for the sophomor | Junior and military proms, which will 29 and Maich 7 fand 28, respectively. Students at the universi r first chance of the 1923-2¢ term 0 see and hear the Glee Club as a funit in ction, February 19. The Glee Club has | given a number of concerts. having |made a tour of the castern shore ‘during the Christmas holidays, and Inpl"flnrtll in Washington and several other places. i Prof. S. S. Richardson, head of the public speaking department of the {university, is chairman of a commit- {tee which' is directing the activities of the State High School Public Dis- cussion League, in_which eighty-two institutions are enrolled. S. M. North and E. C. Fontaine of the state de- ! partment of education are the other {members of the committee. Plan to Improve in Teaching. The College of Agriculture of the iuniversity has started a movement to make a examination of its taculty members with the idea of im- proving the teaching. Plans call for a series of mectings, with Dean Small of the College of Education taking a leading part as lecturer and witness. The complete report of the commit- tee on agricultural prozram, appoint- od by Gov. Ritchle a vear ago, ha: {been put in bulletin form by the ex: 141 {tension service. Dr. S. H. De Vault, assistant spe- {cialist in marketing of the extcnsion | service, after making_a survey of wheat marketing in Mary! s published a bulletin on the s 'BUSINESS GRADS’ | ACTIVITIES OUTLINED Student Body Told What Alumni | Body Is Doing—Musical Com- ! edy to Be Given. Activities of the Business High ,School Alumni Association were out- flined & the student body by Joe Mc- Garraghy at an assembly Thursday. rangements for the association’s vaudeville show to be held at the school February 21, and 23. A musical comedy, *“Be Yourself,” will be one of the features of the show. Other _specialties include { Happy _Walker's Kane, Stephen Garrity and the school glee { club. After each vaudeville performance | there will be a dance in the school gymnasium. Before the cpening of {the show on February 21, a basket all game. will be played between cams representing the alumni and the student body. | what the Girls Auxiliary of Busi- ness has done for the cadet organiza- tion was explained by Margaret Mc- losky, president of the auxiliary, at a cadet assembly Wednesday. Others who spoke were Capt. HarTy | Kratz and Mr. Crandall, the faculty advisor of the cadets. !caflctl during the drill period Thurs- |day by the Girls' Auxiliary. ' ADDRESS STUDENTS AT WESTERN HIGH i {T. B. Appleget and C. R. Starke, | Jr., of Brown University I Are Speakers. H . B. Appleget and C. R. Starke, | a Dor- the Rossbourg Club. in | in the auditorium, on | Alfred McGarraghy told of the ar-| Orchestra, Sara | Doris Schutz, John Baldwin, ' Refreshments were served to the | | TRIBUTE PAID TO WILSON | BY ARMSTRONG TEACHERS Each Gives Ten-Minute Talk on ‘War President Day of Funeral. In_ observance of the memory of President Wilson ten-minute talks on his efforts to insure world peace were' given by each section teacher of Armstrong Manual Training School on the day of his funeral. Many instructive bits of personaly and political history surrounding th war Presidens were brought out. At a special assembly for bhoys Thursday, Capt. A. C. Newman urged jupon them the necessity of proper | public conduct at all times and in all | places. The principal laid particular | stress upon the necessity of all boys lin the school demonstrating by ex- ample their esteem for the women of their own race, without neglecting the women of uny other race in this | respect. | Rapid progress is being made on the excavation of the foundation for the annex. Soundings are taken at various places in the ex- vated area for subterranean streams hich might impair the structure. Provision has been made in the con- tract to cover any extraordinary en- Would you mind |College of Home Economics, and is gincering problems which may arise from this source. Armstrong's Cadet Batallion gained fifty recruits by the February pro- motions. These have been assigned | to various companies to cover short- jages arising from pupil mortality. At the beginning of each semester a check is made of all enlisted men who have failed to live up to their ! military obligations and the principal Fas invented a new form of card to cover cases of cadets excused for ! aisability or on account of pressing | economic conditions. Those detected going a. w. o. 1, produce their cards will receive sum- jmary treatment IBERO-AMERICANA Ceremonies at Catholic' U. on Fourth Centennial of Portu- guese Poet’s Birth. secretary of ‘¢ry gpoke twice at the university | { | On the date of the fourth centennial {of the birth of the great Portuguese | poet, Luis de Camoens, Tuesday, Feb- {ruary 5. Bishop Shaban formally opened for the Catholic University the rich treasure of Ibero-Americana. | donated to it by Dr. Manoel de Oli- veira Lima. The ceremonies were con- | ducted In the presence of a gathering repre !the orld. Chief among those at- nding were the Spanish ambassador, {the charge d'affaires of Portugal and {Mme. Leal, Dr. Carlos Aldunate, {mer sccrefary of state of Chi | Roberto Gonealv secretary azilian embass {eron former minister of Bolivia | Washington, and Mme. Calderon, and a |number of ' ‘diplomats representing {nearly all the Latin countries of Eu- rope and America, besides distin- ! guished members of the resident col- onies of Portugal, Brazil, Spain, Italy France, Ireland, Belgium, Luxemburg, iPoland, Germany, Rus: Hunga: j Czechoslovakia, ~Greece “Syriu, In !dia and the Philippine Islands. i Rector Presides. The ceremonies were presided over by the right reverend rector, who was |accompanied by the vice reetor, the director of studies, the deans of the different schools, the members of the faculty, the presidents and deans o1 the affiliated religious houses and a large number of university students. Dr. J. De Siqueira Coutinho, assoclate professor in charge of Latin Ameri- can history. acted as secretary. The speakers were Dr. Lima, Dr. Leal and Bishop Shahan. The bishop referred to the gift of the library to the university as an “eloquent permanent pledge of the good will of the Ibero-American world to the United States of Ameri “We are privileged, indeed” he said, “to assist at the birth of a pacific and humaniz- ing institution which belongs with the Christ of the Andes, the Panama | Canal and the new conquests of space, | among the most beneficent agencies of peace throughout the world.” In the future the hazing of fresh- men at the university will be limited to the maintenance of the traditional distinction between them and the up- per classmen. in view of the fact that | razing practices have become increas- ingly severe during the past few years. Thomas J. Crowe. New Britain, Conn., president of the senior class, has appointed the folldving members {of the class to serve on the com- |mencement week committee: B. J. Kelly, Washington, D. C., chairman !Berthold Vorsanger, Englewood, N. J. {T. J. MeBride, Fort Smith, Ark.; It J. is Zast Hartford, Conn.; W. T. |Grumley, t Norwalk, Conn.; R. F. {Nicholson, hington, D. C.: James |A. Breslin, Lyndhurst, X. 3 ‘Connor. Savannah, Ga.; W. livan, Baltimore, Md.; D. G. Kelley, Bloomsburg, Pa.; J. J. Lawler, Jessup, Pa.; J. J. Bergin, Waterbury, Coni A. T "Healy, Holvoke, Mass: E. {Lynch, Northampion, 'Mass.; R iReuss, Wilkinsburg, Pa. { Plan Contest om Oratory. Plans for the oratorical contest to \be held next month were discussed at ithe regular meeting of the Shahan {Debating Society in the reception iroom of Gibbons Hall Wednesday night. The trials will be held within |the next two weeks and the final con- test a month later. | The university has received an In- |vitation to be represented at the !seventh centenary of the University of Naples, and the rector has named Rev. Dr. Paschal Robinson, professor ,of medieval institutions, to act as representative. ‘The rank of knight commander of |the Order of Santiago, an ancient jorder, established in 1187, for reward {for services in the literary, scientific and artistic fields, has been conferred on Dr. J. De Siquelra Coutinho, asso- iciate professor of economics at the {university. The honor is in recogni- {tion of the professor's services in a tvancing the study of the Portuguese {language and literature In the United ates. |”"Ihe treshmen class tendered a re- {ception and smoker in honor of the rector, Bishop Shahan, and ‘the {vice rector, Rt. Rev. Mgr., Dougherty iin the social room of St. John's Hall |Friday night. Both Bishop Shahan jand Mgr. Dougherty spoke. { TECH SCHOOL PAYS being | and who fail to| FORMALLY IS ON VIEW ting nearly every portion of | and | velopment of the university. Dr. Scott, the secretary-treasurer, gave a detailed report of the financial af- falrs of the university, stating that the ussets have been increased dur- ing the past year by $45,636. bring- ing the total up to $2,180,577.2 Commemorating twenty ,vears of service as a member of the board of trustees, a special committee of the board composed of Dr. Michel O. Dumas chairman, and Col. Theodore Roosevelt, presented to Justice Stan- ton J. Peelle, a suitably engraved gold inlaid solid ebony cane: The initial recital of the Howdrd University Glee Club will be given in the Israel C. M. E. Church Friday evening. Rabbi Abram Simon, pastor of the Eighth Street Temple, will be the speaker at the University vesper services this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, to be held in the Andrew Rankin Me- morial Chapel on the university cam- Dus. . Dr. Emmett J. Scott, secretary- treasurer of the university, made & trip to New York Wednesday, where he was the princlpal speaker at the annual meeting of the National Urban League held in the Russell Sage Foundation bulldls The subject of hie address was “The Negro in In- dustry,” B = | will be “Glotto, a Medieval Decora- {tor,” and the lecture will deal in- | tensively with the work of this early Italian painter. It will be open to the publie. Dean Colller of American Univer- sity will read a paper tomorrow morning before the Methodist minis- ters of Washington on “The Lan- : guage of Christ"—not a discussion of | the dialect which Christ may have used, but an inquiry into the philoso- {phy of his language. The sorority at American Univer- |sity Is making plans for a meeting on” Washington's birthday anniver- sary. —_— FICTION CLASS RESUMED. | Prof. Deering Lectures on Kipling at XK. C. Evening School. The class in current fiction of the Knights of Columbus Evening Schdol was resumed Thursday by Prof. Deer- ing, who lectured on the recent writ- ings of Kipling. Mrs. O'Hara will discuss Sir Phillip Gibbs" “The Mid- dle_of the Road” Thursday night at 8 o'clock. These lectures are free to the public, Dr. Cartwright of St Patrick’s Church delivered the first of a series of lectures on public speaking Thurs- day night ‘]r.. of Brown University, talked to | HONOR TO WILSON the students of Western High School | |at an assembly Tuesday. The former | Special Memorial Service Held ;told of the activities of former | . - | Western students at the university,| Weanesday Afternoon in Tribute to Ex-President. Mr. Brown spoke on the school. epirit |at the university. \The dramatic club held lts mid-year ‘elections Monday. Tho followin, Wero re-elected for a second term:| A special assembly in tribute to | Roger Robb, president; Raechal Will- |former President Woodrow Wilson |son, vice president; Dorothy Smith, | secretary; Tom Stevens, treasurer, and Oliver Gasch, sergeant-at-arms. A number of plays have been se- lected to be presented by the club. The girls’ “W” club hiked to Rock- ville February 2. The hiking party met at Chevy Chase circle, and was chaperoned by Miss Irene Rice of the faculty. On arriving at Rockville the club had lunch. ‘The postponed elections of the art club will be held tomorrow. Presi- dent Elizabeth Wormeley is expected to be re-elected by an overwhelming majority. The committee has planned many entertalnments and theater arties for the future. The club has en especially active this year -in forwarding the school activities. Mr. Eeufn Mahony, the noted artist, is e the give an exhibition of his art before the school at an assembly to be held February 27 The enrolment beginning February 1 was 1,027, . ERCPR was held at McKinley Technical High School Wednesday afternoon. Frank C. Daniel, principal, read a passage from the Bible, and the Glee Club sang “Lead, Kindly Light” The cere- monles closed with a silent prayer. “Honor Bright,” the comedy pre- sneted by Tech’s Dramatic Club last evening with such brilllant success, will be repeated Saturday night. The cast consists of Tanneybelle Tenny, Fred Linton, Virginia Crocker, John Shellhaas and Martha Norton. ‘Tech's embryo politicians are mak- Ing ready for their campaigns for G. O. elections next week. Candi- dates arc busy preparing speeches, to |and poll tax tickets are being coi- guest’ of the club, and will |lected. ‘The war game competition finally has ‘been simmered down 8o that g:l‘-%ulu B dnd D are the only re- ning companiea BROTEI s ettt They will meet | be SIXTY-TWO CADETS ON G. U. HONOR ROLL Members of R. 0. T. C. Unit Sin- gled Out for Meritorious Performance. OTHERS IN THE MERIT GROUP Eight D. C. Collegians Awarded Certificates for Excellence. Georgetown University has entered on its “homor roll” the names of sixty-two cadets of the R. O. T. C. unit singled out for meritorious per- formance in class work and on the idrill ground during the semester just ended. | Capt. William E. Bergin, U. S. A, commandant at Georgetown, made the announcement at the general as- sembly of the colleglans during the past week. At the same time cer- tificates for general excellence in 1studles were awarded to sixty-three istudents by Dean William S. Tallon, S, J. President John B. Creede: S. J., of Georgetown University ad- dressed the student body. | Honors were awarded R. O. T. C. cadets who maintained averages of 90 Per cent or better in class work, 95 per cent in attendance and 95 per cent in deportment throughout the | semester. The record of the battalion, declared Capt. Bergin, compares fav- orably with that of any year. Senior cadets on the honor list in- Burke, William J. Downey, James J. Drumm. Leslie J. iDuffy, Barron Frederick, Edward {Hartnett, Joseph J. Higgi j E. Kleinecke, Louis B. Laplace, John . McGo James E. Russell, | 7. Albert {elude James G. i Francis C. Juniors—Joseph B. Brennan, z Edward M. deCastro, ‘Thomas 1 g ew F. Gaffey, Matthew J. |Lyons, Victor O.'St. Ongo and Her- bert J. Walsh. Sophomores—William _F. Tilig, W. O'Leary, Charles C. Ferrall, F. M. Hickey, Joseph W. Madden. Sophomore Pre-Medical—John C. Flanagan, John T. Hazel. William M. Hoffman, J. J. Houvigan, Joscph R. Jordan, 'Harry T. Nogton, lIsadore iRodis, R. F. Shaw, Anthony Brennan, |Leo B. Breslin, R.'H. Brown, William J. Carey, John J. Conklin, Albert Giordan, Arthur J. McDonough, Charles E. Rimp, Richard F. Ward land John E. Wise. | Freshman Pre-Medical — John | Wynkoop. Charles G. Aronstein, J Leonard Conley, John A. Kennedy, E | Stuart Lyddane 'and D. Freshmen—James . Joseph F. Ferrall, T. H. |James D. Slavin, ‘William John P. Brislin, Harry N. Connaugh- Iton, Joseph R. Daniels, W. Wallace {Garner, James J. Glavinand, L. i : | Donouxh District Students Win Homors. Eight District of Columbia &tu- dents were numbered among the col- {lezians awarded certificates for ex- cellence in studies during of January by re: Thomas F. { Maserick and Paul J. physies; John Wise, James 8. Ruby, N. E. Blechman and Henry Saidman, English composition, 1nnd William S. Tarver, chemistry. { Joseph B. Brennan of Georgiu led tall the students with two certifi- catee. In addition to the aforemen- {tioned, the “honor roll” for the month’ comprised: Albert ward N. Brooks, Thomas Sdward . deCastro, {Donovan, Thomas B. Fenlon, imiah J Minihan, Francis J. Murray, Oliver A St. Onge, James Sweeney, John B. Waish, Louis L. Weber,” Thomas A. Callaghan, Louis Carran, Frederick Cavanaugh, Alan A. Daley, Joseph R. DesRaines, Joseph H. Gorman, John C. Hayes, {Robert M. Hitchtock, William J Kalt, J. Harold McCormick, Richard i P. McDonough, James E. McLarney, Thomas M. Muhlfeld, Gerald ¥, Murphy, Esmond D. Murphy. These were given_certificates in lo English Literature—William Norbert H. Clare, Francis B. Dele- hanty, John J. Clarke, G. Wallace Garner. LEnglish Composition — James F. Lee, Armstrong, Lloyd L. Bayne, Carl K. Cocks, George T. Eastment, Harold {A. Kertz, Francis J. McNamara and William Sheahan. Chemistry—Leo B. Breslin, Thomas Lawless, Arthur McDonough, William iC. Smith, Robert Maher, Victor R. Alfaro, G. E. Beattie, Paul J, Buckley Joseph H. Gerdes and Albert O Nibert chemistry; | s—Frederick M. Ziter. Forelgn Service Quiz. isted at the board examination held at foreign service school February 1. Oral board examinations in_Spanish also were held on that day for those !students who graduate this month. The members of the board were Senor :{Gonzalo Meza, Senor Manuel G. Mar- ez and Senor Guerra Everett. Dr. Robert M. Gonsalves, secretary of the Brazillan embasesy, assisted at the Portuguese oral board examination. Recognizing the growing impor- tance of water transportation and the important part that marine terminals play in carrying on world commerce, | the foreign service school, during the coming semester, will give a course of lectures on “Ports and Terminal Facilities,” under the direction of Herbert W. Gruber of the Department of Commerce. N. U. MASONIC CLUB WILL GIVE BANQUET | The fourth annual banquet of the { Masonic Club of National University {will be held at the Raleigh Hotel February 21. Arrangements were completed Friday night. dons of the District Supreme Court will be toastmaster. Dr. Thomas E. Green of the American Red Cross| will make the principal address, A *“McAdoo Club” was organized at the university Friday. C. B. Mc- Cullar was elected president. Other officers are Michael J. Lane, first vice president; Edward J. Orchard, second vice president; George R. Martin, secretary; Alexander A. Koorie. treasurer, and E. R. Henderson, coun- sel. A nation-wide effort to organize similar clubs in. the large universi- ties and colleges is planned. ‘The annual banquet of the Wood- row Wilson Club scheduled for last night, has been postponed indefinitely on account of the death of the for- mer President. Resolutions of sym- pathy were passed Friday night. The club also canceled all its social ac- tivities during the current scholastic year. The first session of the mock court of appeals was held Monday night with Charles F. Carusi, dean of the law school as chief justice, and Hay- den Johnson and Charles L. Frailey on the bench. A founder's day banquet will be held by Sigma Nu Phi fraternity at the Powhatan Hotel Tuesday night. The dance of the second year class scheduled for next week has been called off in favor of the combined dance of all classes of the university at the Washington Hotel March 1. This is the third university dance by the school this year. Michael J. Lane of the senlor class is chairman of the committee on arrangements and he has announced that proceeds will go to the 1924 year book fund. A series of fillustrated lectures on the “Use of Law Books” will be given by Elmo L. Wright and Evan Jones, legal bibliographers of the Corpus- Juris-Cyc legal system beginning next week. This will supplement the case analysis course and the proper use of all standard legal works will ed by stereoptician previous | Hermaun | Brooks, ! D. i J. Me- | 4 ot “1mig, | James D. McHugh, William H.! Claus Schwartz and Dr, C. H. Leine- | v German oral | the | Justice’ Sid- | Y. SCHOOL FRATERNITY PLANS YEARLY BANQUET { Alpha Sigma Dinner to Be Held April 28—Freshman Account- ants to Hold Dance. The Alpha Sigma Fraternity of the | «chool of accountancy of the Y. M. A. held its Valentine dance last night | at the Potomac Boat Club. Prepara- tions are now being made for the {annual banquet of the fraternity on { April 20, ! The freshman class of the school of iaccountancy will hold a dance Febru- jary 29 ] Women are admitted to the various jclasses of the “Y" schoo's, it is pointed fout in a statement issued by the edu- cational department in answer to fre- quent inquiries as to whether the schools are co-educational or not. “There are few classes in session at fhe ‘Y’ in which there are no women," the statement said. “In fact, in some | classes there are more women than men. This is true especially in the {commercial classes. While” in the {school of law there are more men en- | rolled than women, the presidents of the senjor and junior ciasses are both ‘women.' E OS2 el SN, | 150 ON DUNBAR HIGH GENERAL HONOR ROLL! Dorothy Houston Congratulated oni Winning Prize in Star | Contest. | | The general roll of honor of the | | Dunbar High School, first semester, /1923, contains the names of fifty- thres pupils, who have received the 1 &rade of excellent in each major sub- {Ject pursued, up to 4, and are satis- { factory in all minor subjects and in | deportment. The list follows: i Ci-As, Francis Gregory, Joseph | !Jenkins, Leonard dohnson. Ralph { Wright; B?, Carolyn E ne, Mary ; Morton, Lucille Payne, Doris Ridgely, | Hilda Smith; A7, Janet Avery, Ru- della Gordon, Grace Harris, Mary { Johnson, Catherine Lewis, Ethel Mc- {Kinney, 'Sara Moore, Susie Tate; C8. | William Russell; A6, Elise Robinson, tAlice Lan . James Henry, John {Payne, Othello Thompson; Enid | Cook, Dorothy Davis, Louise Fergu- son, Annette Hawking, Lois Pair, Lil- lian Smith, Mary L. Syphax. Beatrice { Walker; A Lottie Hunter, Ardell | | Jones, Margaret Jones, dargaret | | Newman, Louise | Lashle Mabel | Mildren Utz; B3, Marion Rosa Montgomery; A3, Ethel 3 ithel Harvey v na Thompson; M1 Carolyn Shorter; Ki, C H1, Wilder Montgomery Thompson: Cl, Belle | Olga Beckwith, | { { Dorothy Houston, P4, winner of the | third prize in the first Star prize es- | contest, is being congratulated her success, The announcement to the school at the as | nd se-| | | The enroliment for the mester is 1,658 to date. e basket ball | school team girls are en- usiastic over ket balf The next me will be plaved against the fac- ulty team of Dunbar High School. A meeting_of the teachers Spanish of the Dunbar High School, | Armstrong anual Train:ng School } jand Shaw Junior High Schoo) was leld Monday at Dunbur High School, in the office of Mr. Glenn, head of the | | department of languages. | I Mr. Glenn, presided, and gave a program for the monthly meetings {to be held during the remainder of o school term. Miss. Hgooks, as- istant principal of Dunbar High chool and former teacher of | Spanish, gave a report of the annual i meeting of the American Asspciation {af Teachers of Spanish. held at Earl | Ha1l, Columnbia University. New York | city, on December 31, 1923, and January 1, 152 Mrs. Daly, teacher of Spanish at ! Dunbar High School, gave a review of an article which appeared in the December number of Hispania, en- | titled “Latin as a Basis for the Study | ¢ Spanish.” Mr. Lanauze, teacher of Spanieh in Dunbar High School, re- | | viewed several articles appearing | {al%o in the December number of His- i pania. among which were “Formal iand Informal Composition and Blas- { co-Tbanez and Zola." The night school girls' | i ! | ‘WILSON EULOGIES FEATURE THE WEEK { Washington College of Law Hear: | Addresses—New Classes for Second Semester. 1 I i { S Addresses eulogizing former Presi- dent Woodrow Wilson formed the fea- ture of events at the Washington College of Law during the past week. {The speeches were delivered at the { classes Tuesday night. Dr. Charles W. Needham addressed the senior class, Prof. Harry A. Hegarty addressed the | juniors and Prof. James B. Flynn Spoke to the freshman class. Because of the funeral eervices on ! Wednesday no classes were held that | day. The new classes presented at the Washington College of Law for the semester begun February 1 include: Freshman _course—onday, “C: Mooers, and “Torts and Prof. Hegarty; Tuesday, * Harris, and “Real Property, Prof. Flynn: junfor course, mentary Law,” Prof. Taylor, “Equity Jurisprudence,” Prof. 1 Doren; Tuesday, “Cases on Real Prop-{ erty,” Prof. Hegarty, and “Equity Pleading,” Prof. Van Doren; Wednes- | day, moot court until March 19, when ! i Prof. Taylor will lecture on “Testa- | mentary Law”; senior course, “Legal | Kearnéy, and " Prof. Mooers; “Corporations,” Prof. Heg: “Formation _of | ; “Conflict { Tuesday. arty; Wednesday, i | Business Corporations,” Prof. Oberlin; { | Thursday, ~“Legal Ethies Prof. | Mooers, class not to begin until | April 10. | Last Friday night a debate was held on the subject, “Resolved, That the ! iincome tax law be so amended that i excess profits be again put Into ef-; fect”” The affirmative team was com- | { posed of Mrs. Bertha McCormick, Miss Elizabeth Reed and J. Reed Chesel- | dine. The negative team was made | \up of B. E. Proudley, Miss Esther | | Ramsey and S. E. Katapothis. { | “Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, honorary | dean of the Washington College of Law, returned last week from Atlan- tic City. Sie. Clarence W. Wright was in | charge of a card party given at the | | College vesterday afternoon by the | alumni of the class of 1917. There were twelve tables. The receipts are | for the college endowment fund. | The Alumni Association of the! ‘Washington College of Law will hold ! a meeting of its legal section at the | college Friday n@ght at 8 o'clock, ill be “Crimes and Their Punish- | ment” John Murphy of the class of | 1917 will be presiding officer, and the speakers will Include M. Pearl McCall, special assistant district attorney, and Lucien H. Van Doren, vice presi- dent of the Barrister Club and profes- : sor at the college. e discussion will be led by John J. Deviny, class of 1919, and A. Viola. Smith of the Department of Com- : merce, a graduate of the college with | the class of 1920, will discuss Chinese ! criminal law in particular. The next meeting for the legal sec- tion, to be- held on March 21, will have as the subject for discussion, “The Eighteenth Amendment; Law. Relating Therete and Their Enfé |w groo- | 1enberger. How |Gower, {perintendents of v EDUCATIONAL. DNAVI) BHORTHAND I¥ 9a DA\ gharmoR. S 9TV taries, Touch Typ- ~ ing. Bookkeeping. Flat or Monthly Bats. Over STUDENTS TO OFFER | ARTHUR PINERO PLAY iz s St i e Five Performances at Central High | " Building Trades Course School Planned for “Trelaw- ney of the Wells.” Lears bricklaying snd hollow tile wetting New Class Starting Monday, Feb. 18. Evening Classes. Y. M. C. A. TRADE SCHOOL 1736 Gee Streot Main 8250 Al H SCHOOL OF £ | MANY COMPETE FOR PARTS| SP WASHINGTON from Spain — Conversational Msthod s. n.w. Main 5835 Robert Ward Elected Valedictorian Upon Third Ballot. i ACE INSTITUTE Accountancy and Business Administration Graduatanot the nstitate aro found ere in professional Accountancy practics (0 P.4) and T exeo tive pomtions in Basiaes. Late ar. ternoon and eariy-evening classes sre available. Teeohone Main 8260 for Bullctin Traamertation Buibdias. 17th usd H Strerts, W. W, Washiagtes, D.C. “Trelawney of the Wells,” by Sir Arthur Pinero, will be the spring| play presented by the Dramatic As- | soclation of Central High School.{ Performances will be given Marcn 21, 22, 28, 29 and April 1. The pro-| coeds will go to various school ac- tivittes, Tho art department fs hard at work on the constguction of posters ‘and the designing of costumes. The do- mestic art department is designing and making all costumes to be worn in the play, and the manual train- ing department is building some of lled the class o rder. Alice pey read the minutes. James Al lison then nominated Herbert Bud- long for valedictorian. Marion Baumgarten, Andrew Lee. Yvonne Levy and Virginia Stoy also were nominated. xt came the nominations for his- prain, Dorothy Gilligan, Marie Ca- Theodore Gatchel, Dick Ledger, ret Loeffler, Peggy Mesnay and Dorothy Swope being proposed. Then came the nominations for poet, prophet wnd prophetess. On the first ballot Dorothy Gilligan was elected historian. John Denniston was elected prophet by a majority of 173 voten The third and final ballot elected Robert Ward valedic- torian; Persis Birtwell, poet, and Anne Jones, prophetess. | Out of the five officers elected four | are members of the school public: tions' staffs. Out of the nine cers of the class seven are members of the Staffs — COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL—W. Toomas Shepard, Ph. D.. pres.: 808% Fiye .w. Instructios college preparatory: las | gusge. mathematics. phywics, chemistry, con 80l patent exs.; day, night; coeds; moderats | Washington School of | Identification CO-EDUCATIONAL, the furniture and setting soenes for 'nfixx-mohlhl:cofl,r‘m. Corering All_phases of play. ingerprint identification, prepares you to take Many Rehearse for Play. Jonrante " commmny - Festien it e Yvonne Levy, Dorothy Latterner |graduates. Suite 8, Departmertal Baok bidg.. and Emille Gray are rehearsing the | 1714 Pa. ave. Phone Main s300. Joading part, that of Rose Trelawney. The part of Mrs. Massop is being re- || hearssd by Dorothy Craeger and Dorothy Wadleigh. ~Imogen Parrot iv being rehearsed by Helep Daiby, ||l Betty Brackett and Marguerite Shei- || CLASSES CONSTANTLY FORMING Three girls are trying for | || Day and Evening the part of Avorna Brunn—namely, | for beginners and advanced studemts | Marion Hall, Marguerite Schneider ||| PREPARE YOURSELF and BE READY and ‘Eleanor ‘Chandler. The part of ||| '™ Brgiies 517 Tnih dmerican Mrs. Telfer is being rehearsed by e Ethelyn_Zellers and Lilli K TRIAL LESSON FREE biatt. The other parts are as fol- | ‘\,!n JErouch, Bpaaish, German or Iialias Miss Gower, Molly Lee and Eula|[| fust 1o show son bow coy < Croissant; Clara de Foenix, Margaret ||| THE BERLITZ METHOD Maize and Frances Heid; Tom || 0 leara to speuk, read and write sry laa- Wrench, William Bradley and Vinton || 85 without usig ome word of hn:h:h.‘ aywort] ett, Harry Wender: i | ind " Fionard Sokolov: Feraimand ||| "o e i s pe. Arecein e | Gudd, Harryman Dorsey and Henry | Lelt;’ Gus Colpoys, Benjamin Doeh and Andrew Allison; Telfer, Le- | roy Bendneim; Arthur Gower, Rob- A wrence and_Frank Barnes de Foenix, Wellington Barto a2t e e S Wi | SCHOOL FINE Manton Wyvell and Ward Offutt; Charles, the butler, Franklin & APPLIED ART Clarke; and O'Dwyer, Watson Mon- roe. 5 v, As yet the other parts have not FELIX MAHONY, Director, Main 1760 boen assigned by Miss Baker, direc-; Conn. Ave. and M CLCh "';f*':‘;"“:sfi«n e “Study Art With a Purpose” The June class elected its literary | DAY and Evening Classes officers lat week. President Sammis| Children’s Saturday Class Our 8-Month Professional Fundamental Course fits you to accept a position in In- |terior Deroration, Costume Design, Color, Poster, and Commercial Drawing. Next Semester Begins Feb. 1 Haxs Margal AT — Government " Clerks —what have you to show for your year or two in Washing- ton, if you have not been at- tending a good night school? A working knowledge of Shorthand would cost you six months of hard, joyful work, and no cash, because you would save more than your tuition, and the added ability might be worth thousands of dollars. | PLANS FOR CHARACTER EDUCATION IN STATES Milton Fairchild, chairman of the Character Education Institution, has returned to Washington from an ex- | tended trip through the southern ! States, where he ciasulted with the i State superintendents of education in ward to the appointment of state | committees of nine members each to formulate, during the next three y 2 co-operation with the Char- acter Education Institution, the best possible plans for character educa- | tion in the several states. According | tn Mr. Fairchild, more than one-half | of the states have appointed or will ! appoint these state committees. “There is no_question,” said Mr.. Fairchild, “of the increased intorest | all over the United States in the pro- | motlon of effective character educa- | tion in our schools.” H The Character FEducation Institu- | tion is incorporated as a non-commer. cial institution for research on the | problems of character education of children. Its membership consists of | the state commissioners and state su- | cducation or their | nominees, and a District of Columbia | rd of trustees, comprising the United States commissioner of edu- cation and several other federal edu- cationlsts. Mr. Fairchild is chairman both of the institution and of the board of_trustees. MUSICAL INSTRUCTION. W ashington Conservatory of Music | 1408 N. H. Ave., at Dopont Circle. Main 7858 | jolin, Plano, Voice, Saxophone, etc. Year Book | e EDUCATIONAL. Ted File Clerks Promotion is the result of train- ing. Our chort, Intensive course teaches you every filing_and _in- dexing method. As an EXPERT you cun command & better posi- Yion. 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