Evening Star Newspaper, March 30, 1924, Page 22

i 4 * I WU INITES - DR, JOHN FINEY New York Educator Will De- liver Address at Grad- uation Fete. FUND DRIVE CONTINUES University Masonic Club Will Hold Benefit Dance Program Saturday Night. Dr. John Finley, former i sioner of cducation of the state of will be the principal | annual gradua- Washing- New York speaker at _the 104th tion cxercises % ton Universit v also was a former presi- | dent of the College of the City of | New York. He is an editorial writer for the New York Times and a bril- liant speaker. Dr. Finley w a cor- respondent during the world war, and | with Gen. Allenby in Palestine Plan Elaborate Program. Elaborate plans are beinz made by the university for the spring convo- sation. The alumni association. of which nuel Herrick is president the various senior classes and uni- versity officials intend to make the | graduation exe ses and the senior- week activities the largest in the his- tory of the stitution. Alumni will be invited to return | 10 Washington, and an effort will be made to lave every clase represented. Plans are working forward in the| student body for a senior-week cele- | bration which will surpass anvthing | ever attempted in the university ln~v= | May Tour Country. President William Mather Lewis. in the interest of the out-of-town | rndowment campaign, met with the | executive committee of the New York Washington Club Thursday and Friday of last week. It is ex- pected that he will swifg out over the country visiting variou and groups of George Washington | men pushing the endowment cam- paign Prof. Henry Grattan T a tivar a lecturs on Spanish Drama’ the Cosmos Club Friday ! uight. The lecture in the Lenten series on the drama follows that given last week on the “German Dran v Prof. H. Schoenfeld President Lewis and Harry Watson Crum. newiy appointed foot ball voach, are to be the guests of honor the Pyramid Honor Society ban- auet which will be held on the night of April 1, at the La Favette Hotel. Pyramid Society Initintion. The Pyramid Society will initiate the following men: Washington Irv ng Cleveland, Robert Will Clay Espey. W s James, Lester W David N. Laux. G. Wilfre William V. Simmons and Stanlev Tr: The men sefected for Pyramid | membership have been conspicuous | in the university for student activi- | ies in athletics. publications. the en owment drive and other student or zanizations which tend to foster uni- Versity spirit P are under w: of the foot ball men as well as mem- bers of the G. W. Letter Club to- gether to meet Foot Ball Coach Crum The first week in April. Crum take: up his duties at the university as coach of foot ball and assistant to President Lewis on April 4 Journalistic Fraternity. Pi Deita Epsilon. national journalis- tic fraternity, will meet shortly to send u delegate to Boston for the annual convention. Many of the other fraternities in the university are se- lecting delegates for national ventions. Some forty men will the city during the summer tend Greek letter fraternity tions. it is estimated The combined senior classes of the various departments are to hold a senior prom at the Washington Hotel, June 2. in connection with the week Fraduation celebration. Preparations | are also being made for a home-com- ing celebration for Georse Washing- ton University alumni. The final week of the vear will also be given over Tn the usual sorority and fraternity ! parties George | | { Fi ¥ to bring all leave to at- conven- Masonic Club Pance. The George Washington University Masdnic Club is holding a spring dance at the Washington Hotel Saturday night. The proceeds from the dance will be 1urned over to tne endowment fund of the unfversity. Dr. Cha R. Mann, director of the American Council of Education. and Dr. | G. W. Hooke were speakers at the re- cant Faculty Club session The university endowment campaign i being carricd on by a special commit- tae of thirty-five, which has set a goal of 310,000 a week until the fund in Washington shall have reached $600,000. At present the endowment fund is a few ‘housand less than half a million dollars. | More than $8,000 was reported as col- ted at the last weekly luncheon at the University Club, at which twenty-one i members were present. $2,000 Gift Received. An anonymous gift of $2,000, an addi- tional $1.000 from Charles 1. Corby, a member of the committee and a_mem- ber of the board of trustees; a gift of | 300 from the Key Pittman, as well as several substantial gifts from Washing- ton business houses, brought the total tor the week sbove $8.000. The George Washington intérclass field and track meet. scheduled for April 19 Al the Central High Stadium. is attract- | ing considerable attention in the Uni- | versity. Events will be scheduled men and women. The program is for in commis- | | George Arliss, jart editors a con- | ! maintained _an 2,095 Pints Milk Drunk at School In Single Week Consuming 687 half pints of milk in two weeks pupils of the eighth £rade of the Douglass-Simmons School won a milk drive held at the school last week to encourage the children to drink more milk. The undergraded class for boys won second place, while pupils of the 5-A grade finished third. A total of 2,095 pints of milk was used by the kchool during the race The project was worked out by Dr. J. E. Washington, assisted by Miss M G. Eleazer, and aroused keen rivarl and interest among the pupils. Tiny automobiles, one for each clas, on a large landscape, showed the daily score of sales during the drive. CENTRAL HIGH PICKS TWO DEBATE TEAMS Harrisburg Tech to Be Met on ! Presidential Election Question. i CAPTAINS TO BE CHOSEN | | Work of Year Book Advancing, February Section Complete. | The debaters for the two Central | High School teams to meet Harris- burg Tech have been chosen. Each of the ten boys eligible gave a five- minute debate on either side of th question, “Resolved, That presiden- tial candidates should be nominated by & national system of primaries in- stead of by party conventions.” Rob- t Ward, Joseph Dessoff and Paul Keyser were chosen previously be- use of their ability in the Tech bate The others chosen are Nelson A Andrew Lec and is, | Russel ‘our will be on the affirmative teany and four on the negative. As yet it has not been decided who will be the | captains of the two teams. The work on Centrals the “Brecky,” is advancing at rate. Already the entire F yearbook rapid ruary | section is complete and has gone to pres hth semester biog- raphies and cards are complete, with the exception of about six Photographs Coming In. The photographs, both individual and groups, are coming in rapidly. There will be in the “Brecky” a sroup picture of each approved organiza- tion in the school. The editors are meeting with some difficulty in get- ting the alphabetical lists of the members of these clubs. The editors have an almost un- | believable amount of work in looking {up those ho have a record of three- fourths “E's.”” Those having this scholarship honor will have a statement to this effect under their names. A feature of the “Brecky” is always the clever special articles. All the editors are working on these, trying { to get something really original. The e also hard a their sketches. which ar ttractive feature of the ky A certain number of advertisements is necessary to meet the expense of publication. The advertising mana- re putting forth every effort to many ads as possible. ole the publication of the a big task, requiring a tremendous amount of work from every one on the staff and the co- operation of every department. DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL SPANISH TUTORS MEET «Use of the Subjunctive” Discussed by Lanauze, Among Other Program Features. “Brecky” is achers A meeting of the te. h School was held | ish of Dunbar Hij Monday. The program consisted of a discussion of “The Use of the Sub- | junctive,” by Mr. Lanauze; “Dictation fxercises,” Mr. Gownder, and “Re- view of Current Periodicals,” by Miss Crawford. Dr. H. L. Bailey was chairman’ of the meeting. iss Mary Elizabeth West. Dunbar, 1020, has won Phi Beta Kappg at Weliesley College, where she has excellent standing during her four ars there. Mrs, J. C. Lee, instructor of music at Tuskegee Institute, and Prof. W. I Joiner were visitors at Dunbar during the week. The contestants in The Star's ora- torical contest will be informed this/ week of their respective standing and will begin to deliver their orations before the committee. | The Players’ Guild of Dunbar!| High School presented two one-act plays, “The Florist Shop,” by Winfred | Hawkbridge, and “As ' We Forgive Those,” from the French of Francois Coppee, translation by Mary Aldis, assisted by the Dunbar_Orchestra, Thursday. The cast for “The Florist i Shop” included Edna Mayer, Edward Carroll,. Leon Langhorne, Templemae Muse and Leonard Hill. “As We For- give Those” characters were Hilda Smith. Henrietta Leake, Evelyn Golden, Clarence Johnson, Fannin | Belcher and Edward Beaubian The stage manager was Jesse Wright, His assistants were Darneal Johnson and William Tignor. The officers of the Players' Guild are: BEdward Beaubian, president; | Lucy Johnson, vice president: Rachel | Tolson, manager: Jennie Butcher, secretary The committeo X in_charge follows: | Florénce Greere. chairman; Lucille harge of the members of the G. W. b, 1 AMERICAN U. SUMMER COURSES ARE ARRANGED Run From June 18 to August 30.! Loss Put at $100,000. damage to scientific instru- nd machinery was caused by The fire at the American University grounds Sunday morning. Inasmuch 4% the temporary building which was liestroyed was the property of the United States government and was put up on the university property uring war time, the exact amount “of the loss and its status as to in- Surance are not known. The Depart- ment of Agriculture has carried on <ome highly important investigations ut the university grounds since the end of the war. Unofficial estimates have piaced the loss as high as $100,000. Details of the curriculum of the summer school at American Univer- have been announced. The sum- mer term will begin June 18 and end August 30, and all classes will be held at the downtown center, 1901- 1907 ¥ street northwest, The courses offered will include the following: History of Kuropean diplomacy. Dr. Putney; United States constitutional history, Dr. Putney; secondary edu- cation ' in the United States, Dr. Blauch; the secondary school curric- ulum, Dr. Blauch; recent economic tendencies, Dr. Drury; admiralty law, Mr. Wlournoy: new viewpoints in American history, Dr. Tansill; meth- ods of historical researgh, Dr. Tan- “ill: Roman law, Dr. Nations: depart- mental practice, Mr. Key-Smith, and principles of foreign trade, Mr. Reid. ., _Dr. Lucius C. Clark, chancellor of }.the university, has been absent dur- ing the latter part of the past week .attending conferences of the Meth. “edist Church in Wilmington and Newark, Fire Heav ments | ! { e . {PLANS NATIONAL U. { Island. Alexander. Glad Bundy, Roselle | Cowser, Grace Taylor, Cordelia Jef- ferson, Edith Peters and Helen Kenny The scenery. which was especially | effective in “The Florist's Shop,” was | prepared by the pupils of the Shaw Junior High School carpentry class, | the paidting by students in major | drawing, under Miss Nixon, and the other effects by the committee in charge. | | | k GRADUATION EXERCISES! Committee of Seniors Decide on| Two-Night Program, With Banquet and Dance. Arrangements for the graduation exercises of National University were | discussed at a mecting of the social | and welfare committee of the senior | class Friday night. The exercises | will be held on two nights, featured | by a class banquet and dance. M. J.| Lane is chairman of the' committee | on arrangements. ‘A Rhode Island Law Club was or- ganized Tuesday by the law school students who are natives of Rhode ! The McAdoo Club met Thursda night to complete the material for publication in the 1924 Year Book and | 1o outline plans for several social | affairs to be sponsored by the club | during the present term. Another| meeting will be held Thursday night | and regular meetings each week | thereafter. Delegates to the national conven- tion, Sigma Delta Kappa fraternity to be held in Detroit, beginning May 8 will be elected at the next meet- ing of Mu Chapter of this fraternity April 15. Nominations for chapter officers will be made at the last meet- ing in April. The fraternity will open a chapter house on Massachu- Setts avenus, near Thomas Circle, May 1. ! Walter Bromley and Ed Jusk | scheduled { night. | staff have articles [ ciety tw. i will ibe held April 26 at Rauscher's. | be: fand M { musical program was rendered by the THE SUNDA Y STAR, WASHINGTO. N, D. MARCH 30, MARYLAND STUDENTS !Physical Education for Girls Given TO VOTE WEDNESDAY Will Elect Delegates to Southern Federation Meeting in North Carolina. DEBATE Is POSTPONED Poe and New Mercer to Contest for Cup. From a Staff Correspondent. COLLEGE PARK, Md., March Nominations have been made at ‘the University of Maryland for the delegates to attend the sessions of the Southern Federation of College Students at the University of North Carolina wd 13. The senior and junior various colleges in south will be represented. Charles 1), Geist and Aubrey Ward- well are the senior nomineces and are the nd. The at the of [z s at Maryl to \ake place student assembly next Wednesda The_annual debate between the Poe and New Mercer Literar. last Thufsday night, was postponed on account of the illnes of one of the debaters. The debate this_year will decide possession of the Patterson cup, on which each so- ciety has two legs. The the debate, which will bo h next couple weeks, Is the grant a soldier bonus to ex-service men of the late war.” The Poes, who have the affirma- 1l bo represented by Joseph Macko and Robert Straka, Carville Bowen and John Bragg will argue for the New Merce Invited 1o Speak. Dean A. N. Johnson of the engi- neering college has been invited by the Lehigh Alumni Association of Washington to speak annval banquet April 14, niversity junior nomine; elections are Resolved, at its Glee Club has two cments in Washington this month. The singers will uppear at Hamline M hurch on the of April S, April 20 will in at a banquet to be held by rintendents of public buildings. military bail was held Friday It was one of the most ple ing al functions of the Among the invited guests were Gen. Charles M. Muir, commander of the 3d Army Corps, and his staff. Cadet Maj. Juck McQuade was chair- nan of the committee in charge rving with him were L. H. . G. P, Gardner and J. C. Burger. Maxine Heiss and Minnie Hill have been elected captains of the Day Dodger and ¥ Girls' basket bail teams, respectively Dr. E. C. Auchter, head of the hor- ticulture departmeat, addressed the fruit growers of West Virginia en Wednesday on “What Determines the Type of Soil Management, Pruning nd Fertilization that Apple Orchards hould Hav members of in cal report of the for Horticultura has’ just been received tributing articles, all based on re- eurch work, were Dr. E. C. Auchter, F. W. Geise, W. E. Whitehous Schrader, V. R. Boswell and Vierheller. Entertained Pocomoke Girls, The Home Economics Club recently entertained the senior girls from Po- comoke High School at a tea. Miss Dicky, the girls' instructor, expressed her appreciation of the hospitality, and raid she hoped many charges would decide to come Maryland for their college work. Adelegation from the department of floriculture attended the recent an- nual flawer show in New York. Those who went were Prof. A. S. Thurston, H. Weber, V. E. Martin, H. C Yates, Ernest Waiker and “Mac” Me- Cabe. An attractive program has been ar- ranged for the meeting of the Stu- dent Grange Monday night. J. C Seibert will talk on “What Iuropean Farmers Are Doing,” Robert Miller speak on “Pets on the Farm,” thel Dorsey will tell of the origin of April fool's day, and there will be special music. Prof. F. W. Geise recently made a trip to Wicomico county, where he ven the university the twentieth ann American So- Those con- to rranged for carrving on some sweet | i potato fertilizer experiments. V. It. Boswell of the department of horticulture is the author of a bulle- i s Quality and Chemi- al_ Compositions of Parsnips Under Various orage Conditions,” which has just been published by the uni- | versity experimant station. _The varsity base ball team plays Vermont here Monday, and the crosse twelve goes to Philadelphia next Saturday to play Penn. WILL ENTERTAIN FIRST GRADUATES AT BANQUET Washington College of Law Insti- tutes Unique System of Hostesses. The Washington Coliege of Law has instituted a unique system of hostesses for its annual banquet to This will ‘be the twenty-fifth anniversary of the graduation of the first class of the college and, therefore, an es- pecially gala occasion. The members of that class of 1899 will be the special guests of honor and Miss Sheldon Jackson, who was graduated that vear and holds the distinction of having been the first woman grad- uated from the Washington College of Law, will be chief hostess at the banquet, second in importance only to the ' homorary dean, Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey. and the present active dean, Miss Elizabeth C. Har- ris. Mrs. ‘Mussey will issue the formal invitations for the banquet and preside at the affair. It is ex- pected that at least 300 persons will attend the banquet. Another tradition of the Washing- ton College of Law holds that the graduates of the class a decade pre- vious to the present class are also o be special honor guests. There- fore, this vear the members of the class of 1914 will be so honored, and the hostesses from this class will be Mrs. Sarah T. Andrew, Miss Adele Stewart and Mrs. Helena Doocy Reed. Chauncey De Pew Snow, a member of the class of 1914, will be speaker on_this: oceasion, Each of the classes now enrolled at the college will also have three hostesses at the banguet. They will Senior class, Miss Ninnie M. James. Mrs. Jennie Berliner and Miss Jessie E.” Ganoe: junior class, Miss Elizabeth Hyde, Miss Kathryn Schenkat and Miss Kathryn Bonner, and freshman class, Miss Helen Hi- ronimus, Miss Josephine Hallameck Carrie Hunter: Miss Grace M. Whelan, president of- the jurior class, will, in accord- Ance with the custom of the schaol, wct in.the capacity of toastmistress at the banquet. LT PUPILS TO AID SCHOOL. High Assembly. for better serving ‘their school ‘were discussed by’ the pupils of the Macfarl Junior High School at an assembly Monday afternoon. A Plans school orchestra, Mrs. Burgess: Officers of the Daniel Webster De- bating Club of Business High Schaol have been invited to address the Mac- farland Debating Club at its next mecting. George, Jones is president of the Macfarland club; Mary Marian Butler, vice president: Lester Buck- ley, secretary, and Paul Brown, chair- man. , under ‘direction of April the | ocieties, | United States government | cvening | Science, which | of her; 1a | Prominence in Junior High School| BOTH C. U. TRUSTEES| HOLDS Physical education for girls found an.important place on the cur- riculum of “the Macfarland Junior High School. The training which the | &irls are now undérgoing, under the direction of Mrs. Virginia Woodin, covers a wide range of activities. Howard P. Safford, principal of the school, is an ardent advocate of a | broad plan of physical education for i all school children, and is giving his support to the course at Macfarland. Mrs. Woodin is planning a track day, when ber girls wil meet the Birls of the other junior high schools in_running broad, running high Jumps, target throw, sixty-yard dashes, potato and obstacle rac base ball and other athletic events. There dre @ number of splendid athletes At Mace farland. In addition to this type of physical education, there will be at & later date a demonstration of Swedish Eymnaitics, athletics, apparatus work. games and Tolk dancing. At present the students are qualify- ing for an athletic certifica Yadgetar etic certificate and Requirements to Win. o win a certificate, a girl m have good posture, be able to throw 4 basket ‘ball hirty feet, run fity n _eight seconds, | twenty-four feet 997 Balince To win a badge, the pupil must have good posture, hold a certificate for a previous year and be able to run potato race in twenty seconds: throw a basket ball, underhand throw, fifteen-foot line, and be able to make a goal three out of five trials: balance with bean bag on head twenty-four feet The badge is of gold and white enamel, with the letters & e Public School Athletic League, across the front. These badges are worn with ride by the winners. Mrs. Woodin, who is in charge of the Girls' Athietic Club, had as her Euest at the lust club meeting C. Bd- ward Beckett, physical director of the Young Men's Christian Association. Mr. Beckett talked to the students on the value of physical education Thirty-seven Girls' Perfect Record. The honor roll of the physical train- ing department shows for the semes- ter ending January that the follow- ing thirty-seven girls have a perfect record of attendance and show excel lence in work and discipline: Vesper Crane, Hazel Kirk, Margarct Fallon, farnestine Sacks,’ Clarice Spencer, Catherine Jones, 'Dorothy Jane Kenney, 'Katheryn Kloman, Helen Watkins, Kile Robinson, Margaret Rittenhouse, Margaret Dy- LAW SCHOOL OF 6. U. SOON TO BE CLASS A Highest Rating Possible Expected Next Year From Bar As- sociation. The American Bar Association has advised Dean George Hamilton of the Georgetown University School of Law that the law school has been listed by the. association in class B. notified, the school will be rated as a class A law school, and thus be given the highest possible rating by the American Bar Asso This approval of the tion, eorgetown Law School places it among the lead- | ing law schools of the country. The American Bar Association has ap: proved only 54 law schools out of 147 such institutions in the United States. The law school now requires one year of college work- for admission, and beginning in 1925 two years' col- lege work will be required of all stu- dents entering as candidates for a law degree. ' New Four-Year Course. Beginning the new scholastic vear. next September, the law school will have a four-year course for students attending the late afternoon cla and a three-year course for the morn- ing classes. “The school has a faculty of fortv-one law professors, including @ number of distingulshed judges and lawyers. Included among these are six_full-time professors. Georgetown points with pride to its {list of “distinguished law graduates, who include members of Congress and of the judiciary. The present ef justices of three states, the Governor of Rhode Island, justices of i | | IUnited States attorneys in many parts {of the country are included among its alumn Library of 1 The school takes pride in {library of 12,000 volumes, s the best law school Washington. It contains 000 Books. its law regarded library in complete {reports of the American, English and | {Canadian courts and is being enlarged lat the rate of 300 volumes a r. { A bronze tablet commemorating the | thirty-seven Georgetown law stu- jdents who gave their lives in the i world war was erected by the senior {class of 1921 in the center panel of | the south alcove of the library. For many years the Georgetown school ranked first in the number of bona fide students enrolled, but owing to the fact that several years ago it had to turn over its new addition to house the School of Foreign Service, it now has only limited accommoda- tions. Despite this handicap, it has 1,200 students enrolled this year and is the largest law school in Washing- ton and still one of the largest in | the United States. With the comple- tion of the Georgetown endowment drive the law school will haye in- creased housing facilities. Ralph A. Graves, assistant editor of the National Geographic Maga- zine, will deliver the next public le ! ture 'at Georgetown University, the eve- | ning of April 4, on “The West Coast of England” it will be elaborately illustrated with views _especially taken by the National Geographic Society. Class Has French Dinmer. Prof. Labat's foreign servicé class in advanced French initiated an in- teresting practice recently when it held its first French dinner, at the Livera Rektaurant. Twenty-five stu- dents and faculty members, including Dr. William F. Notz dean of the school, and Thomas H. Healy, assist- ant dean, gathered at dinner, where conversation only in French was pe mitted. Other features planned by the class include a prom and a “hike,” when the conversation will all be French. The Mask and Bauble Club of Georgetown University is rehearsing several times a week, and the Giee Club will - soon _give its Mi-Careme concert. Pregress is being made with the rehearsals of “Hamlet” which the Georgetown amateurs have se- lected as their first offering. “ROBIN HOOD” PROGRAM. McKinley Technical High School Show Opens April 10. ‘With the cast and chorus of “Robin Hood" drilled to a high degree of perfection, the faculty and students of the McKinley Technical High School are putting the last finishing {touches on the rendition of the color- {ful opera, which will be produced by the school April 10, 11 and 12, at the Central High 'School auditorium, at {Plans Considered at Macfarland {3:15 P.m. The coming production of “Robin Hood" marks a return to the policy of some years back, when operatic performances and dramatic presenta- tions- alternated successive years as the spring play. Miss Florence Keene, Dore Waiton, and the music department of McKiniey have brought things to such a shape that play and opera alternating will be a feature of the spring play production in the future as it was several years ago. B il ‘The Northern Hemlock and Hard- wood Association. Oshkos] ports production, ders running well e corresponding week last year, has ers, Beavers, | Next year, Dean Hamilton has been | various federal and state courts and | Martha Buchanan, #Helen Alle- mann, Anna Bernstein, Elonor Giova- netti,’ Anna Ruben, Elizabeth Sweet, Julia Cookman, Frances Brantley Yvonne Julihn, Katherine Srinley Marjoric Miller, Adele Moore, Mari Redman, Sylvia Sherby, Louise Beller, Elanor Crowley, Helen Mauger, Susic Singleton, Doris Vorkeoper, Virginia Hitchcock, Nettie Schwartz, Doris Stutz, Mary Elizabeth Welse and Louise Bennett. Given Physical Examination. Each girl in the school has been given a physical examination, includ- ing heart, sight, hearing, teeth, nose, skin, spine, feet, health habits, gen- eral 1th, girth of the contracted, ninth rib expanded, differ- ence is reeorded. 'he girls are weighed and measured regularly and are told what they should weigh for their age and height. If they are found to be 10 per cent 6r more under weight, they are advised what to do to obtain normal weight. Work done in_posture has shown excellent re- sults. A girl given the quadruple P ure test once each advisory. This test consists in maintaining good pos- ture while standing, walking, exer- cising and sitting. It is a vertical line test wherein the head, shoulders and hips parallel an imaginary verti- cal line. Sometimes a window stick is used, held vertically and placed by the ball of the foot the pupil's hip, shoulder and ear should be on a line with the stick. Drooping in Faulty Posture. In faulty posture there is found a forward drooping of the head, hips are forward of the vertical line, shoulders droop and there is a gem- eral reluxation of the muscles that support the body in good posture. A girl is told wherein she fails, and corrective exercises are given her, along with suggestions pertaining to diet, sleep and exercise in the open air. It is interesting to note the rapid improvement an earnest pupil can make. A class avera, T pos- ture is obtained by dividing the num- | ber passing the examination by those | taking it. This percentage is posted, | and intersection interest is keen to | make the highest aver: Section $B held this record for the final test for the first semester, ending January. The purpose of physical education to promote normal growth and is | tain special qualities su ence, subordination, self-sacr operation, leadership, sportsmanship; to promote a | and intelligent interest in ercise for use during youth Jife, to establish health habits and | edge and consciousness IBEAUTIFUL URNS | GIVEN TO EASTERN | Dr. J. S. Arnold Also Presents Win- dow Boxes to School Beautify Building. to astern High School is the recipient of some beautiful boxes, the gift of Dr. J. S. Arnold, the | school physician. They have been | placed in front of the building and | will be filled with plants and trailing vines. A general assembly was held 1 day, especially to inform the student Ibody of the spring play, which will be given on the nights of April 9 and 11. at 8 o'clock. The play will | Clare Kummer's “Rollo’s Wild Oats | Announcement also was made that ]( ompany C of Eastern captured sec- ‘;Jpnzdm ?’ial’e in l:e 'wnr Kames., 'he composed of Capt. Swin- ond Lieut. Coiburn Beall, Sergts. James I']_‘hclnpsun and Albert Latham, Corp. Herbert Angel. Altérnates’ were Corps. Ferdinand Cappelli and Albert Headly. 1 Spec ni tes- be ghts have been assi for ‘the Sprink play. in order to seoid | congestion. he first night, Wednes- | day, reserved for sophomores and | juniors; the second night, Friday, is I(ol;i{rox:\'mon_ seniors and alumni. Miss Haines, teacher in the Phila- | delphia high schools, was a visitor (o ithe French and German classes | Thursda Girls to Get Letters. Tuesday the official award of let- jters will be made to the girls who |are entitled to their * | ball. The members of the championship | bove’ basket ball team have just re- ;r’-;:"dr t’;:n.d l?aske! balls, the joint o e school a . (. Spe Eift of o and A. G. Spauiding Under the direction of Mr. Kochk the pin | comm for basket ommittee of the two-year rcial - class decided upon a | classes. The contract for the grading of the northeast section of the grounds has | been let. Ten tennis courts will be | placed on this ce. They will be | ready for use in the fail. { . There was a meeting held at the Franklin School, Friday, to decide definitely in what order the various regiments and battalions will drill in | respectively. The annual competitive | arill will be held June 2 and 3. The Friendship Girls held a tea | dance Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. 1 The preliminary elimination in The I Star's oratorical contest has taken place. This elimination was made on the basis of literary merit. Thirteen now remain in the contest. Tomor- row and Tuesday this number will be reduced to six, when the contestants will deliver their orations before a Jury of teachers. who will act as judges. These eliminations will be made on the basis of oratorical ex- cellence. The date when the six best of the school will deliver their ora tions before the student body for final judgment has not been decided. MOVIES AID TEACHING AT ARMSTRONG SCHOOL Visual instruction was further em- phasized at Armstrong Manual Train- ing School, Thursday, when the teachers of the domestic science de- partment exhibited three films loaned by the bureau of commercial eco- nomics on the “Evolution of a Grain of Wheat,” “Dairying” and “Cattle Raising.” It is announced that the track team will send a team to the Penn relay !games, as in former years. These delegations have always given a good account of themselves in competition {with other athletes in their class, and the present squad is expected to up- hold the established reputation of their predecessors. Girls of the physical culture classes, chaperoned by Miss Clayda J. Wil- liams, hiked through the grounds of the National Cathedral yesterday. Other similar walks carrying out. a program of “seeing Washington” will follow. Chairman Clifford of the finance committee, supervising the produc- tion of “Pepita,” has set the date of the production for Friday, May 16, at the Howard Theater, which has been donated by the management to en- courage similar. productions. Armstrong's companies are being recruited up to six-squad strength, in anticipation of the intensive work which must now be undertaken for the annual competitive drill, the date Arm bands and other designations of company rooters are beginning to ap- pear among the student body, evi- dencing the strong interest of the :pupils in this event. Company L, led by Capt. Louis Hansborough, took first place in the eficlency reports covering the last ten drill days, and is looked upon as a formidable com- petitor for the coveted white flag. Horace B. Wallace -of the Arm- strong military committee shared the honor of conducting the band with 1. N. Miller, at the band's first annual public concert, given at Lincoln The- ater Thursda ninth rib | | organic development,\to develop cer- |3 | to promote a vitalized health knowl- | urns and window and | |standard class ring for the two-year | ithe regimental and battalion drills, | of which has been fixed for June 5. | 1924 — PAR'T NEW U. S. CARDINALS Cardinal Hayes Graduate of Loull School, Receiving Degree in Theclogy. | | |PLAN NEW ENCYCLOPEDIA | H 1l 1 | | Editors to Compile New Edition in i Fifteen Volumes. 1 The elevation last week by the holy of two American archbishops to the cardinalate reflects signal honor on the Catholic University in so far |as both Cardinal Mundelein of Chi- cago and Cardinal Haye: of New | {York are trustees of the university, ‘lhn first having held that office since {1915 and the second since 1920. At the isame time Cardinal Hayes is the first lalumnus of the university to receive }lhc red hat. He matriculated at the juniversity in the fall of 1892 and sub- sequently received the degree doctor |of sacred theology. The visiting committee of the board lof trustees of the university met {Thursday at the university. Members present were Bishop Turner, former Iprofessor of philosophy at the uni- versity; Walter George Smith of Philadelphia and Bishop Shahan, Irector. H he recent announcement of the au- thors of the Catholic Encyclopedia of their intention to compile & new gen- (cral encyclopedia is closely linked iwith the scholastic accomplish- {ments of the university in that Rt. ‘Rev. Thomas J. Shahan, rector, and t Rev. Msgr. Edward A. Pace, gen- al secretary and director of studies at the university, are two of the re- {maining fi editors. The present {Catholic Encyclopedia will remain as Its great fault is that it is not |general. ” The new edition will avail | of its contents. recast and adapted to t the general reader. It will cover entire ge of human knowledg. N will be known “nive {Knowledge.” It will be published in ififteen volumes, The board of editors will be organized in & permanent in- stitution to be known as the Universal |Knowledge F dation. The first ed see | Gentleman,” | 8A3, 7B1, 7B LANGLEY HIGH SCHOOL ST. PATRICK FETE John Fish Tells Students of Famous Men Who Were Born in March. Ciass Records Shown. The program for the weekly a sembly at the Langley Junior High | School Kriday was in charge of sec- tion SA1. " After the salute flag and’ the singing of “Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean” by the school John Fish told of famous men whose birthdays were in March. The rest of the program was devoted to St Patrick. Margaret Phillips read an account of his life. Rose Haber recited “St. Patrick Was a nnabelle McCullough chopmeyer played the to the and Clifford Irish national song, “The Wearing of | the Green,” and Fulton 4 story about St. Patric gram closed with “Tipperary The following sections reported having a perfect punctuality record for the week: 9A3, SB2, B2, SA2, and 783, GIRLS MAKE UP FIVE BASKET BALL TEAMS Unusual Interest Shown in De- velopment of Sport at Busi- ness High. Stretton told The pro- numerous were the candidates that responded to a call of Mi N derlin, coach of the girls' basket ball teams at Business High School, that five quints have been organized. There are two eighth, one sixth, one fourth and one second semester teams. Each team is represented by a color The first eighth semester team is light blue, the second eighth semester team i® green, the sixth semester is dark blue, the fourth semester team is dark red, the second semester light rll-d. The captains of these teams & Estella Hearn, Norina Klos .\:nrmn. Georgie Smith and Pauline Foxwell. The games between seme ters have started. There was an assembly Tuesday in the interest of the “Orange and Blue the Business High School Year Boo at which Robert Riley, its busin er. was the presiding office tion of the present Catholic Ipedia contained 70,000 sets ! Will Engage Large Staff. | While compiling this general en- icyclopedia the editors will engage a {large staff in producing much-needed |books in English which will be of {universal interest. It is also proposed ito condense Universal Knowledge into {a one-volume dictionary or compen- Idium for those who do not need the larger work The university in its efforts to com- plv with the request of William Mur- ray Butler, director of the Carnegie {Foundation, in collecting bocks with which to restock the depleted libraries jof Japan, has accumulated from va- irious sources nearly 500 volumes. |More literature is coming in daily. The Dod Noon Club held a meeting {Wednesday evening in the gym- nasium. The members took up the iwork of revising the constitution to comply with the new rulings of the interclub council in the matter of tap i make ed in-chief, spoke the general organization of thi book and of its value to the students. He was followed by other members of the staff, each telling of some phase of the Orange and Blue. Fred Booth, advertising manager, told of the cost incidental to the publishing of this book and how they need a large num- ber of advertisements and a wide cir- culation to meet the co: Glady Myers, assistant editor, and Evelyn Phillips, assistant business manager, asked the students to help make the book a great success The staff of the Year B dance in the school gymn das Dr. Edwin Popular ook gave a fum Fri- E. Slosson, cditor of ience, spoke Wednesday on “Some Aspects of Chemistry.” = Al- though ~speaking of the technica qualities of many chemicals, both in single form and in combination, he spoke in such an informal way as to the most technical subjects throuoghly understandable by all Tuesday morninz the graduating class elected their yermanent class of- Association of the fini- enfed at its second con- cert last week two interesting artists, The K. Hubner, contralto, and Louis A. Potter, pianist. | The student council held its first |meeting under its new constitution 'last week. Louis Crook, chairman of {the athletic councll, spoke on the fu- |ture of athletics at the university and outlined the plans the A. A. Council s adopting in trying to improve pres- ent conditions. British Editor Speaks. Before a gathering of nearily ofes: s and students of the uni versity Wednesday evening, Sidney F. | |Wicks of the Manchester Guardian | {delivered a_lecture, developing his topic, “The Teaching of History as a ITraining for Citizenship,” in 2 master- 1y way. Rev. Dr. William J. Kerby, Ph, D., Iprofessor of sociology at the u iversity, delivered a lecture last week ito the post-graduate students assem bled in Graduate Hall on “Character.” | {Kerby covered comprehensively the |wide range of subjects under and kin- ldred to his topic. rroll G. Kirby, Baltimore. Md. as elected captain of the 1924 ten- inis team at a meeting of its members Thursday. Kirby has been a regular | | versity pre 200 |" The University Glee Club sang for {the radio world on the occasion of the n at Convention Hall rance was March 20 and on March The club voices under the second sted of forty {COLUMBIA JUNIOR HIGH HONOR LIST DRAWN UP| i The honor roll for the first advisory | of the Columbia Junior High School | was announced last week. The first ! honor roll lists those whose reports | contained all excellents but one | good; the second honor roll contains | the names of those whose reports | contained no grade below good. 1 Great interest has been aroused in | the scholarship record of each sec- | tion, through recent assemblies, at| which each section president‘report- | ed the total percentages of excellents, | | goods. fairs and poors on the reports |of the section. As a result of these ! {reports 2 was found to have the | { highest scholarship record, with and 9B2 following closely in second and third places. Miss Bonell has selected the cast or the operetta “Bul-bul,” which will be presented in the late spring. Two persons _have been chosen for each part. The choruses will be chosen from the glee clubs. In recognition of their typewriting skill, certificates of proficiency were presented to Ruth Davis and Charles | Massey. In order to qualify for this certificate it is necessary that the re- cipient shall pass an examination on the operation and mechanics of the typewriter and show typewrit- ing skill by writing at the net rate of over thirty words per minute for fifteen minutes. H PUPILS SEE PICTURES EXPLAINING TELEPHONE Motion pictures depicting the mech- anism and use of the telephone was shown to the pupils of the O street Vocational School Friday by Mr. Wat- ers of the Chesapeake and Potomoac Telephone Company. i The school's courtesy campaign has | been continued by talks and demon- | strations on business dress by the advanced class in dressmaking. Busi- ness manners by Mrs. Blake's seation was emphasized by a most ‘appro- | priate play. The special class in Cafeteria operation was very inter-i esting in the illustration of lunch- room manners, and Mrs. Mayer's sec- tion gave particular attention to manners in assemblies and in cor- ridors. ‘The pupils have entered heartily into the project and the les- sons instilled will be, it is believed, ! most effective. At the carnival given at the Metro- politan A. M. E. Church by the Wom- en’s Business League the school had on exhibition work representative of the several departments. At the educational meeting held by tho facuity Tuesday Miss G, E. Jones of the domestic sclence department 'S ficers. They arg Maxwell Stokes, president; Margajet McClosky, vice president: Fred Yooth, treasurer, and Ethel Baker, socretary. Election of the members of the executive com- mittee will <oon be held MUSICAL INSTRUCTION. WANTED—LEARNERS TO piano, 10 cents an hour St n.w. (near 20th anJ P) BOY! PRACTICE 0N 140G Hopkins EDUCATIONAL. SHORTHAND IN School for _Secre- taries, Touch Typ- Bookkeeping, Flat or Monthly rate. Over tendance: 1 School. Inquire G mr. 14th, 1338'G St Fositioas {of graduaies. M. 2876. i LANGUAGES Spanish, German. Italian, Classes for private lesson: Ask for Free Trial Lesson. School ot BERLITZ ool ot 516 14th St. N.W. Tel. Fr. 2620 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 Skorthand 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. Notwithstanding the large decrease of government em- ployes, there has been a con- stant demand for good ste- nographers. Most of those discharged had plenty of notice to have learned Shorthand, but they went right on trying to have a good time. Why not be wise and begin now_to make your position sure? ) We are anxious to help you. STEWARD SCHOOL 1202 F St. N.W. Main 8671 ACE INSTITUTE Accountancy and Business Administration Graduates of the Institute nl’o!-dlu?"v,i.m and in exeo ti fernoon and eariy-evening clasees aro available. Telephone Main 8260 for Balletin Wk SCHOOL OF PANISH WASHINGTON Progress. Profs. from Spain — Gonversational Mothed. Bapid Progress. 1317 F st. n.w. Main 5685, GREAT FALLS POWER - PROJECT DEBATED Western Team Taking Affirmative Side Declared Winner—Both Sides Praised. LANGUAGE CLUBS MEET Dramatic Group Presents Panto- mime—Cadets Busy. “That the Moore-Zihlmar Falls water-power project enacted” was the subject of & de held by the Western Iligh Scho bating Socict {vaters were, delson, Samuel rk; negative, Alice Carmick wiil judges were Suc and Brandon Shea was for the affirmat Miss Irene complimented cellent despi preparation there wds & general dis project. Prof. Oliver h Debating ety is making pli form a te of frosh A me of the Fren: held last week at the Gasch. Talks were Blanche J. Bimont the faculty advisers told of a picturesque Mlle. Du and | presented a short F | Louis read some | French friend The German home of Fraulein Rug payment of dues and the club, “Gluck Auf. by the club. for the presen man. Letters from Gerr in Dresden were { tion of works of museum were exhibited gram was completed b games, songs and refresh Ready for Compet The cadet companies are expecting to take exte ders April 7, and the manus i competition will be held Ap: April 11 the cadets dance 1 of tition Georg ath received Private Carlos Marcum w first place for neatness At a_recent matic Club a | of Lord Bee Oliver Anderser chel Willson, Wi Conard, M should affirmative, Lever! gz and Graham Mille Roger the two faculty Re Bir and o to on Rice. the the v team on ex the debat it had fo the ma nd_ Ml Miie Frene M re Bose ion of a pi g in," me was pre m school's under direction of dent of the Western The girle' rifle te of 923 in the recently. The individ: Karla Heurich, 194 Rachel C1 Candee, 186, and Paulin: Rudio tion produ nearly they were | | | | | | per this at COLUMBIA UNTVERSITY SCHunL—W. Thomas Shepard, Ph. 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Stephen, Principal LN L L ) COLUMBIA SCHOOL OF DRAFTING Roy C. Claflin, Pres.’ 14th and T Sts. N.W. Learn DRAFTIN G—Architectural, Mechanical or Topographic (Map) Drawing—through our special in- dwidual sustruction method, and let us help you into a and Mrs. R. C. Steward of the applied art department led the discussion on adolescence. The subject was one of extreme interest and was most ably discussed from many angles. Memorial exercises were held Fri- day as a last tribute to Mrs. Blyden | Wilkinson Reed, who died March profitable position. Specialization means success! Complete course in 3 to 9 months. Learn in your spare time, either day or night. Call, write or phone for snteresting new catalog. START THIS WEEK!