Evening Star Newspaper, November 23, 1924, Page 38

ANNOUNCES PERIOD FOR HOLIDAY. RECESS THBONE TOGIVE B.W.U.TOOBSERVE | G. U.IS PLANNING YOU AND UNCLE SAM CENTRAL HIGH PLAY T LEGTUR COURS Representative to Renew Series of Talks at Na- tional University. Representative Henry R. Rathbone of Illinois will deliver again this Year, at National University, his pop- ular series of lectures on Trial Prac- tice. The course includes the detailed tracing of a typical lawsuit from the first conference of the client and attorney throughout the various stages of litigation and up to its final conclusion. His course of lectures will begin immedlately after the convening of Congress. There will be ten lectures in the course. A smoker was held last night at Harvey's by the freshman and junior classes, with Harold Stephenson, Junior president, and Clement T. Rob- ertson, president of the freshman class, acting as joint toastmasters. This is the first affair to be given exclusively by the underclassmen, but a series of such social affalrs have been planned for the year, and a social committee from each class has been appointed by the two pres- ents to be in charge of the arrange- Jments for the later entertainments, Dance Given at Hotel. | One of the largest social affairs ever sponsored by a National Univer- sity fraternity was the dance given Monday night at Wardman Park Ho- tel by Phi Beta Gamma legal frater- nity ‘of National, with the George- town Chapter as joint host. W. T. Geier was in charge of the affair, and others on the special social com- mittee appointed by the chief Jjustice, John H. Whittington, for the occasion were: Joseph A. Glovanni, George W. Wright. Michael J. Lane, Ran- dolph Collins, Hugh Craig Bic! ford. Fred O. Roth, Franklin V. An- derson, George Spalding and Freder- ¢k G. Barker. Georgetown and Na- tional University students constituted the majority of the guests, but there | were invited a number of special out- side guests. Prof. Constantine A. Chekrezi. who | Is lecturing at National University ©on BEuropean history, gave a lecture | Friday night on “The Significance of | the Mohammedan Conquest of Spain.” | He will lecture tomorrow on *The | Value of the Medieval Monasteries.” | Yrof. Chekrezi's lectures are glven | Mondays and Fridays at 5:35 o'clock. | He recently announced that he in- tends to organize a_club in his de- partment of the Business College for the pleasure and instruction of those wishing to go more deeply study of Eurovean history. inte the | [EDUCATION WEEK | | university [ENRY DBSERVEDATC. U, Classes Suspended for Two Assemblies — Many Ad- dresses Are Delivered. National Education week _was ob- served at Catholic University with two assemblies, one Tuesday and the other Thursday. Classes were sus- pended during the exercises, which were attended by the student body, superiors of the religious houses and Dprofessors. Speeches relating to the various phases of the Education week pro- gram. as planned by the Nallonnl‘ Education Association, were made by Bishop Shahan. president of the university: Dr. McCormick. Rev. Ed- ward B. Jordan, Dr. Leo L. McVay, Right Rev. Mgr. Edward A. Pace and Rev. Dr. George Johnson. ) Ground was broken Monday at the for the new John K. Mullen Memorial Library. Tt will be Cy Press Club Meets. : The Cy Press Club of Xational University, of which Miss Blanche E.| Kerns is newly installed president, | held a business meeting at the school | Tuesday night and the president ap- | pointed a social committee to arrange for several social affalrs which the club is planning to give at an early date. The committee includes Mi Bertha Richardson, chairman; Miss | irginia M. Teeters, Miss Margaretta | M. Campbell, Miss Constance Fogle and Mrs. C. Adams. The debating socleties of National | University are making a drive for membership. The activities of the societles were recently commended in a letter from Dean Carusi to D. J. Fuqua, president of the Milleo De- £ Society. The Alvey Soclety has appointed a committee on mem- bership, of which Miss Loyola M. Coyne is chairman, and are launch- ing this week an intensive drive for members. Lewis Course Attractive} | Prof. Stuart Lewis is giving a | scries of lectures on American His- | tory and Government in the College | of Business and Finance, at National University. The lectures are given each morning at 7:45 o'clock and are being well attended by the studenis and often by visitors. The lectures are supplemented by round table discus- sions by the students making an un-; usually interesting and well rounded! course. Miss Elizabeth S, Emmons was hostess to the members of Kappa | Beta Pi Legal Sorority and their| friends last evening at her new home | in Suitland, Md. About 40 guests were present. Mrs, Pearl Bellman Klein is dean of the sorority and Miss Em- mong is associate dean. The enter- tainment as the second of a seri that have been planned for the sea-| son by the members. The first was| given recently at the home of the dean when she was hostess at a tea. Each of the sorority members will entertain for the sorority some time during the season. The social com- mittee i udes Miss mmons, Miss Edith Cooper. Tiss Janie Newton, Miss Janette Willensky. Miss Donna Davis, and Mrs. Mae T. Peacock. Applications are being received in large numbers by the committee ap- pointed by the dean of National Uni- versity Chapter of Kappa Beta Pi So- rority to decide the awarding of the scholarship recently offered by that organization to some woman wishing to study law at National University. The committee includes Dean Pearl Bellman Klein, Miss Elizabeth 8. Emmons and Miss Edith M. Cooper. “Resolved, That the United States should recognize Soviet government of Russia” was the sublect of a try ocut debate of the Samuel F. Miller Di bating Society of National University in the law school last night. A team of three debaters wag selected from among the upper classmen, who will represent | the Miller Society in the coming inter- soclety debate with the Richard H. Al- vey Society, composed of freshmen. The winners of that debate will compose the team which ia to represent National University in the first of a series of in- | tercollegiate debates to be held with local colleges during the Winter. Seeks Subscribers. Miss Loyola M. Coyne, subscription manager of the National University Law Review, is making an intensive drive for subscribers to the legal pub- Jication of the university. The follow- ing members of the various classes have been co-operating with Miss Coyne in making ehort talks to their respective classes during the week in an effort to increase interest in the publication: Harold R. Stephenson, president of the junior Jlass; D. J. O'Brien, president) of the senlor lass; Clement T. Robertson, resident of the freshman class, and D. 5 Fuqua, preeident of the Miller Debat- ing Society. Miss Coyne has appointed « corps of assistants who are canvass- Ing the =tudent body and faculty. Elaborare arrangements are being made for the senior class dance to be %held at the City Club December 6. While *it Is the annu:l affair of the senior class, this year's dance is being spon- mored by the entire student body. D. J. O'Brien is president of the senior class, Lee F. Dentca 15 chairman of the enter- tainment committee for the senior cliss Albert Viault, junjor class, and D. A. Seeley, junfor class. Albert Viault is general chairman of the committee on arrangements. | SEA MINE KILLS NINE. Fishermen Pull Up Explosive in| Net Of Dunkir] DUNKIRK, France, November 22. ~—Nine fishermen were killed today when a mine, brought up by ‘the ots, expleded aboard a boat which . was fishing in Dunkirk waters. |rotunda of the chemical laboratory. | 207 feet in length by 150 feet in depth and will have three stories, with high basement and a mansard roof. There will be stackage for 1,000,000 volumes. The library will | be built on the highest point on the | campus facing the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and ! flanked on either side by Gibbons | Hall and McMahon Hall. It will be completed in about two .years. Work Crypt Progresses. | Considerable progress has been | made in the Jast month on the! crypt of the National Shrine of the ! Immaculate Conception. The great diagonal arches across the transept are about complete and offer one of the largest specimens of the famous Guastavino tlling vet exe- | cuted. Sixty-two marble columns that ornament the crypt are all in place. with the exception of one red Numidian ffom Africa. Plans for the | floor of the crypt are being worked out by the architects and call for the extensive use of golden traver- tine. The Maloney auditorium rapidly pushed to completion and| will be under roof by Christmas. It| provides a generous increase to the | chemical laboratory for demonstra-, tion purposes and will at the same time serve as a large hall for various public events of an academic nature. The auditorfum will seat about 900 persons and will be entered from Michigan avenue through the large is being Will Debate Hazing. | The International Relations Club | of the unjversity will hold its first meeting in McMahon Hall Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Dr. Coun- tinho, professor of economics at the university, is the founder of the his intention to bring to the university this year a number of distinguished persons to address the students on questions of foreign trade and commerce. The members of the American In- stitute of Electrical Engineering among the student body held a smoker Wednesday evening in the elec- trical engineer department in St.| John's Hall. A debate will be held Tuesday. be- tween the Debating Soeiety of St. John's Hall angd the Debating Society of McMahon Hall. The subject will be “Hazing.” GIVES CODE OF ETHICS | T0 GOVERN ENGINEERS | Prof. Johnson of Maryland Uni- versity Addresses Students of McKinley School, D. C.. A code-of ‘ethics for prospective en- gineers was outlined by Prof. A. N. Johnson, dean’ of the collége of en- gineering of the University of Mary- land, at an upper class assembly Tuesday at McKinley Manual -Train- ing School, conducted by the Engi: ners' Club of the school. Dwight Horton, president of the general or- ganization of the school, and Franck Danlel, principal, also spoke. Two plays, “The Sixth” and “Fig- ureheads,” featured al entertainment given by the Circle T Club in the school auditorium Thursday. Music was furnished by the school orches- tra under the direction of Dore Walton. New elected officers of the club follow: Francis More'and, presi- dent; Gordon Kessler, vice president; Dwight - Horton, secretary Brist, treasurer, and John MacDonald, sergeant-at-arms. A committee composed of Charles S. Miner and Max Caplan was ap- pointed at a meeting of the 8. O. 8. Club Tuesday to have a new club pin designed. -— COUNTY OFFICIALS HELD. Sheriff, Judge, Prosecutor Under Bonds in 'U. 8. Court. CHARLESTON, W. Va., November 22, —Don Chafin, sheriff of Logan County; Judge Robert Bland of the State Circuit Court, which includes Logan in its ju- risdiction, and John Chafin; cousin of the sheriff and prosecuting attorney of the county, were held by Federal Judge George W. McClintic today under bond of $10,000 each for hearing on December 11 on an indictment returned against them yesterday, charging interference with Federal court witnesses. Judge McClintic said that “for rea- sons It Is not necessary to state” he would ask Judge Charles A. Woods of the. United States Fourth Circuit Court, at Richmond, to preside at.the trial of the. .Logan men or to designate some other* judge to hear the case. . 100TH ANNIVERSARY' Will Commemorate First Graduation Exercises, At- tended by Lafayette. The one hundredth ~anniversary of the first graduation exercises of George Washington University will be celebrated December 15 with the dedication of an alcove in the uni- versity library to the Marquis de Lafayette. It was at the first gradu- ation exercises of the institution that Lafayette was present with President John Quincy Adams, John C. Cathoun and Henry Clay. In commemoration of the event, President Willlam Mather Lewis of George Washington is asking the patronage of those Interested in the institution and in Lafayette to do- nate for the library alcove. The occasion is thought to be proper for the celebration of the anniversary and at the same time to begin to build for a greater university library. It has been decided to seize upon this occaslon to found a fitting me- morial in the ‘university to take the form of a Lafayette alcove in the library, the permanent ‘endowment for which will supply needed books in modern languages and history. Will Buy Portralt. Announcement will be made later of the celebration which will be held in Corcoran Hall, the'new building recently turned over to the univer- sity. Funds will be obtained for a portrait of Gen. Lafayette. The por- trait will be hung In one of the uni- versity bulldings. Great interest has been shown in the project. Dr. Lewis has announced that friends of the university have already interested themselves in the idea. The university has been selected as one of the meeting places for the thirty-eighth convention of the asso- ciation of colleges and preparatory schools of the Middle States and Maryland. The convention will be held here beginning Friday. The convention will be opened by Dr. John J. Tigert, commissioner of education. Dr. William Mather Lewis will deliver the address of welcome. Dr. John H. Denbigh. pres- ident of the organization, will re- spond. Meetings will be held in Cor- voran Hall and the Natlonal Museum. Following the fine record of the foot ball team the university is uniting Wednesday night in a big mass meeting. President Lewis re- cently expressed his satisfaction at! the progress of the team this season and upon the record made. Corcoran Hall 'will find a large gathering Wednesday night at 8 o'elock, at which time all details of the game with Catholic University will be thoroughly talked over. The contest will be played in the new Brookland stadium. H. Clax Espey, Hillory Tolson and Daisy Robsion are in charge of the entertalnment| and mass meeting. The George Washington University rifle team, indoor intercollegiate champions and national intercollegi- ate titleholders, will stage a turkey shoot Thanksgiving day. Gerald R. Trimble, captain of the team, has opened the contest to all shooters in the District from schools, clubs and college teams. The event will be staged on the Camp Simms National | Guard Congress Helghts range. The night of Friday, December 5, has been set aside for the celebra tion of the foot ball team and its season. The G. W. Letter Club and the Pyramid Honor Soclety have planned a big dance to be held in the gymnasium. The Woman's G. W. Club is co-operating with the men' organization to make the aftair a success. Dance to Boost Fund. The entire university is expected to turn out for the affair, which will be one of the largest social functions of | the Fall season. The proceeds of the dance will be turned over to the| general athletic fund of the uni- versity. The recent production of the G. W. Players was unusually successful. It is planned to offer several plays dur- ing the year. The players are meet- ing once each. month in the uni-| versity. Nolan D. Mitchell recently ad- | dressed the' Engineering Society in Corcoran Hall on “Fire Resisting Building Construction.” The university was signally hon- ored last week at Akron, Ohio, when | President William Mather Lewlis was | elected president of “The Assoclation of Urban Universities.” Dr. Lewls read a paper before the assoclation. The 1925 meeting of the organization | will be held in this city at Geory Washington University. Elmer Louis Kayser, secretary of the university, attended the meeting. —_— ARMSTRONG STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE ABILITY ! Survey of Personnels Since 1919 Shows Progress of Class Members. Continuing the survey of the de- partment of Applied Science of Arm- | strong Manual Training School, Har- old ' Haynes, instructor, states that since its organization in 1919, 15 stu- dents have specialized in electricity of whom five went to college to pur- sue courses in electrical engineering three are in business for themselves, employing five others. Seven are in the employment of electrical firms and 53 are taking the course with in- tention of entering the fleld. Dr. Mary A. Fitch of Howard Uni- versity home economics department, addressad the girls of the school at the regular weekly assembly on the choosing of a profession. Discussing the subject from a practical stand- point Dr. Fitch urged the girls to choose courses that relate to their chosen life work. She sald “happi- ness lies in selecting the best work for the individual.” The speaker was introduced by Miss Gertrude Lo Watkins, teacher of domestic sclence. Miss Ora D. Weaver presided. To further appreciation of the Spanish language, customs and music the Spanish Club has perfected an organization’in which Miss Ella Jones is president; Vivian Young, vice pre; dent; Dorothy Shorter, treasurer, and Doris McLane, secretary. The club will give a Spanish play in the Spring and at its next meeting will be ad- ed in the Spanish tongue by a Through prometions in the ranks of the commissfoned personnel of the band, James Bowle becomes & first 1lleutenant in that organization. The band now has an enrollment of 60, according to Lloyd Muse, assistant to the military instructor, and is con- tinuing its work with the same e thusiasm which has marked its prog- ress since its beginning. Dorothy Killingsworth is chairman of the research committee; Victoria Gonzalex heads the program com- mittee, and Mary Howard, the enter- tdinment committee of the Style Club, composed of 30 members who will study standards of dress, under the direction of Mrs. E. D. Burrel, from the viewpoint of suitability, health, beauty, care, economy, selection and how to wear clothe: R SRR o e Ninety per tent of the automobiles in South Africa are of American or ‘l?lll“v ian. make. _ e i v Series of Educational Articles Telling How FederaP Govern- \ment Is Organized and Functions—Written Expressly for School Children. 13—How Uncle Sam Gets His Money BY WILL P. KENNEDY If you have the notion, like many persons, that Uncle Sam has an un- limited amount of money to spend, just rid your mind of that notfon. Our Government has to figure pretty hard to get enough to meet ex- penses, and here is one thought that every one should keep in mind—each individual citizen must pay his share of the cost of Government out of his own pocket. This fs just, because g00d Government is as necessary for the welfare of each citizen as are food, clothing or a place to live. Some of the things we get in re. turn for this money are: Mail de. ltvery, schools, highways, traffic reg- ulated, travel made safe, our food supply made certain and pure, pub- lic health protected and our national safety made secure. Just as small children often ask their parents to buy things they see in store windows that attract their fancy for the time being, without stopping to think whether those things are good for them or come within their parents’ means, so many men and women are continually urg- ing the Government to do things | that often are not for the public {good and which are not so desirable from any standpoint as to justify taxing all the people to pay for them, Must Have Gold Backing. Just stop to think that it takes between three and four bilion dol- lars in actual cash each year to pay for work Congress authorized by law, or to continue a program of improve- ments already under way, and to keep the Government workshop go- ing. . Some folks think that because Un- cle Sam has a mint where coins are made, and a big engraving and print- ing plant where paper money is made, that all he has to do is make all he wants. There must be actual gold or silver on hand to redeem every scrap of paper momey or currency is- sued. So there are just three ways in which Uncle Sam can get money to pay his way as he goes—taxes, a bond issue (which is really borrow- ing because he has to collect taxes later to pay this money back), and from fees or tolls such as charges for eing passports, or received from ships passing through the Panama Canal—so this third way may be called “service charges.” . Uncle Sam charges what are called customs duties, or imposts, or the tariff. This is an assessment on goods entering this country which are of for- elgn production or manufacture. These, are what are called Indirect taxes, since the amount of the tax is generally absorbed In the ultimate cost of the merchandise to the con- sumer. The Ereatest source of reve- nue from customs duties or the tarift is the charge on wool which comes to us from all parts of the world and on sugar, 98 per cent of which we im- port from Cuba. These customs duties are levied three ways—by an ad valorem rate, which is a certain percentage of the value of the article; or a specific rate, which is based on a unit of quality; or'a compound rate, based on both unit and value. Tarlft Fostered Industries. That was the first method of rais- ing revenue for the United States Government. The first thing that Congress did after adopting the Con- stitution was to decide upon a com- mittee of ways and means to support the Government, and of that commit- tee James Madison was made chair- man, and that committee reported a tariff bill before Washington was in- augurated President. Incidentally, the articles they taxed were those considered nec#ssities in those days, such as tallow candles, molasses and rum, so as to get an immediate reve- nue. And it is interesting to observe that that first tariff really created industries In this country so as to get away from paying the tax. There are two schools of thought BUSINESS HIGH PLANS Social Season to Open With Dance Tuesday Given by Girls’ Auxiliary. ‘Business High School’s social calen- dar for this week is filled with inter- esting contributions from many of the school departments. p Foremost is the premier evening event of this year, the reception and dance set for Tuesday evening, lnd' given by the members of the Girls’ Auxiligry. The event will be in- formal, the students in the auxiliary taking full charge. under the faculty advisers, Miss White, Miss Yoder and Miss Scott. The entertainment is in direct charge of Miss Elizabeth Pfa and she has chosen to ald her an entertalnment committee, of which she is the head; a refreshment com- mittee headed by Miss Jessle Corn- well, and a decoration committee under the direction of Miss Grace ‘Wooden. Decorations of flags, pumpkins and corn stalks will change the ‘assembly hall into a scene of frolic. ‘The pro- gram numbers will include a solo dance by Paul Graves; a playlet ‘en- titled “Piper's Pay,” including in the cast Miss Evelyn McCune, supported by Adeline Gilovanni, Florence Rose, Edith Beall, Louise Bangerter, Martha Bean and Eleanor Patlen. Student director is Miss Anna Marie Frances. The surprise number will bé a sextette headed by John Hall. Echos of the war work done by the Business High School pupils were re- called in the recent assembly held to introduce to the present puplls, Madam Bimont of Western High School. Her speech of greeting had as its message an appeal to the stu- dent body to supplement their orig- inal work by aiding in the provision of a reading and recreation room for the war time French orphans under her care. A guest of the same occa- sion was Dore Walton, a former graduate and now leader of the Tech Orchiestra. The most important event last week from the standpoint of the student body was the election of officers by the ‘ February graduates. They are president, Ralph Hisle; vice president, Louise Bangerter; secretary, Kathryn McCalmot; treasurer, Austin De Wilde. HENRY WHITING AT HEAD. Elected by Associates President of Junior High Grads. Henry Whiting was elected presi- dent of the graduating class of the Langley Junior High School at a meeting Wednesday. Other officers chosen follow: Roma Medford, vice president; Pauline Shoemaker, secre- tary; Thomas Marshall, treasurer; Loutse Parker, historian, and Am- brose Sweeney, prophet. The weekly assembly Wednesday was in charge of section 7Bl. The program included talks by Maurice Lanman, Elizabeth Brown, Loren Davis and Hen . Draper, .prin- clpal, "and ; musical seléctions by ‘Maurice Black, Elwood Sager and Anna Dittmar. : FIRST RECEPTION| about the tariff—one that it should be for revenue only, and the other that it should be protective. The theory of the first is to tax articles £0 as to obtain merely enough money to meet the needs of Government. The theory of the second 1s to tax articles so as to equalize the cost of production in this country and abroad, and thus build up industry at home and at the same time protect the American workman in American standards of living against cheap for- elgn labor. Internal revenue is a system of taxing certain articles produced in the United States and sold in this country, and is a direct tax. Examples of this are the sales tax, the tax on incomes and inheritances, an admission tax and a levy on tobacco, automobiles and so forth. Inkeritance Tax Leads. Today our greatest source of rev- enue is from the inheritance tax, while the tarift produces about $550,- 000,000 annually. The total receipts for the fiscal year 1923 were $4,007,000,000. Of this the customs duties, which were the largest received by the Government in any year of its history, amounted to $562,000,000. The income and profits tax brought in $1,678.000,000; internal revenue, $945,865,000, and from miscellaneous sources, $658,000,- 000—that is from such sources as in- terest, sale of public lands, fees, rents, penalties and assessments. Under the Constitution, Congress is the only authority to tax the people, and there has been a question wheth- er this authority could be delegated. That is why all revenue measures must-originate in the House, where the members are the direct choice and representatives of the people, elected every two years, 5o as to keep them close to the people. In the tariff act of 1922 an {nnovation was made when authority was given the Presi- dent to make the tariff flexible when on investigation he found that it did not equalize the difference in cost of production at home and abroad. But the maximum and min- imum rates were fixed by the Con- gress, and the agencles such as the tariff commission are not really tax- Ing_bodles, but only investigation work. The President is prohibited by the law itself from raising or lower- ing the tariff more than 50 per cent of the rate fixed in the law. Tariff Dificult Problem. The drafting of a tariff act is one of the most difficult jobs that Con- gress tackles. The ways and means committee, which writes the bill, is comPoscd of 26 members, most of whom are veterans in service and have for years been close students of tariff problems. There are more than 10,000 articles covered in the act, trom aids to zaffer. It took just about hine months to work out the FPayne and Aldrich tariff laws. The Fordney tariff act consumed 22 months. Hearings be- persons, each an expert on some par- ticular item or phase of the tariff, assigned time on the committee cal- endar, occupied 38 working days, It required 84 working days to draft the bill in the House, and there were 19 days of debate on it in the House. The Fordney bill was before the Senate for 338 working days. The printed hearings comprise 4,466 print- ed pages. All 8f this shows the great amount of work Congress does and the care taken to get at the real facts before it exercises the authority it alone has under the Constitution to tax the people. (Copyright. 1924, by Will P. Kennedy.) (The fourteenth article in this series will be on “The Cabinet and Admin- istrative Departments.” It will be printed in this newspaper next Wed- nesday THREE NEW COURSES AT COLLEGE OF LAW i o Dean Emma M. Gillette Announces Ccnditions and Dates of Lec- tures During Winter. Miss Emma M. Gillette, dean of the Washington College of Law, has an- nounced the formation of three new special courses to be given at the college, for which special students are eligible and which are, in addi- tion to the usual studies required on the curriculum for college degrees. These courses have been arranged in response to special requests. They include a course in “Federal Procedure,” to open January b, with 15 lectures on Mondays and Fridays at 6 o'clock under the supervision of Prof. James J. Britt; Ellen Spencer Mussey’s course in social service legislation, starting December 9 When a series of eight lectures rela- tive to delinquent children's laws, crime and punishment, and Immigra- tlon and naturalization, will be given on' Tuesdays and Thursdays at o'clock, and_ Prof, R. J. C. Dorsey course in ‘“Anciént Jurisprudenc which includes detalled study of forms of jurisprudence among the early Egyptians, Hebrews and other races. Mr. Dorsey's course will be- gin January 20 and be given on Tues- days and Thursdays at 5 o'clock. Miss Gillette also announced that the course in “Trade Mark Laws” will close Tuesday afternoon when the last of 20 lectures under William L. Sy- mons will be given and an examina- tion will be held in that class. Ernest D. Fooks of the junior class and E. Vincent Harper and W. E. Hutchinson of the senior class were Initiated into Holmes Chapter of Sig- ma Nu Phi Legal Fraternity at the college last Saturday evening. The officers of the fraternity sn charge of the initiation included: Chancellor Earl A. Ruth, First Vice Chancellor M. F. Phillips, Second Vice Chancellor C. C. Bettinger, Master of Rolls Wilbur L. Gray, Registrar of the Exchequer Johp W. Dyer, jr.. and Marshal Rob- ert W. Keyser. The fraternity is mak- i Ing ‘plans for a dance. WITH CONSUMERS’ LEAGUE 5 K. of C. School Economic Class Organizes Branch. i Members of the economic class of the Knights of Columbus Evening School organized a branch society of the Consumers’ League of the Dis- trict ‘at a meeting Monday. Miss. Mary E. Gross was elected porary president and Henry Pere temporary secretary. A committee composed of Miss Gross, Mr. Pere and Francis D. Wood was appointed to initiate a -membership campaign. Seiforde M. Stellwagen, instructor in partnerships and corporations, re- sumed his lectures Tuesday. William J. Neale, instructor in mortgages and damages, also has returned to the school, after attending the Court of Appeals in Annapolis, Md. The class in .soclology was addressed Friday by Rev. Dr. John O’'Grddy of Catholic University. 3 E fore the House committee, with 1,486 | STRONGER ALUMNI First Step Is Completion of Register With 10,000 Names and Sketches. Through the issuante of an alumnt register, containing the names and blographlcal sketches of 10,000 living graduates, Georgetown University has taken the first hig step in a campaign to solidify the ranks of its alumni in all sections of the country. The next step to be taken, according to an announcement, is to be the ap- pointment of a permanent alumni sec- retary, who will not only have future charge of the register, but will also be instrumental in organizing alumni as- soclations in every State. cessful culmination of at least three years’ work. The authorities of George- town hope that the register will strengthen the union already existing between the alumni and their. alma mater, and that it will promote frater- nity among the ajumni themselves by furnishing a reliable means of intercom- murication with a view to mutual aid and co-operation. That, in brief, was the original purpose of Rev. John B. Creeden, former president of George- town, when he started the work of making an accurate check of all known graduates of Georgetown. First Complete Lint. During the past vear the bulk of the work has fallen upon Peter B. Prentis, secretary of the Georgetown Endowment Assoclation, with a result that George- town now has, for the first time in its history, a complete and accurate list of all known graduates. The volume, which contains 482 pagee, leads off with an alphabetical list of the living graduates and also of deceased graduates. Then follows a list of grad- uates by classes and a geographical in- dex of living graduates. The District of Columbia leads all other localities, with a total enrollment of 2,500 grad- uates now residing here. Out in Los Angeles. where the Gov- ernment’s big naval oil land euit is in progress, informal reunions are being held by the principal attorneys repre- senting the various factions. Each of them is & graduate of the Georgetown Law School. After the daily legal clashes in the courtroom they forget their differences, as all good lawyers do, and often chat together about their alma mater. Both Sides Represented. Frank J. Hogan of the class of 1902 is the attorney for Edward L. Doheny in defending the oil suit, and has as his assistant J. J. Cotter, a graduate of 1913. Robert B. Camarillo, Assist- ant United States Attorney, who has been the chief counsel for the Gov- ernment during most of the trial, is {a graduate of the class of 1914, and {is regarded as one of the leaders of the California bar. George P. Hoover of Washington of the class of 1907 is a representative of the Sinclair oil in- terests. Holidays Start ‘Wednesday, Thanksgiving holidays for the col- lege students will begin Wednesday morning at 10:30 o'clock and will end Monday morning. Most students from nearby States will take advantage of the opportunity to return to their homes. A brief vacation period also will be given the students of the pro- fessional schools. Three graduates of the Foreign Service School, recently appointed vice consuls of the United States, will sail soon for their posts. They are Edwin A. Schoenr! who goes to Valparaiso, Chile: Joseph P. Ragland, who goes to Monterey, Mexico, and ril Thiel. named for the post at Calcutta, India. At @ recent meeting of the classes |of the foreign Service School the fol- lowing officers were elected for the academic year: First-year class—G. Garibaldi, presi- dent; S.F. Phelan, vice president; M. L. Kenestrick, secretary: Thomas Fogarty, treasurer, and J. H. Rourke, Sergeant-at-armns. Second-year class—G. W. Bates, president; G. W. O'Keefe, vice presi- dent; R. Dillon, secreta J. E. : P. Coffield, treasurer, and J. Bergere, sergeant-at-arms. Third-year class—B. A. ‘Williamson, president; W. J. Donovan, vice presi- dent; F. J. Kelly, secretary; Hirt, historian; . E. Conlon, urer, and R. F. Droney, sergeant-at- arms. Fourth-year class—N. J. Busch, president; J. J. Shanahan, vice pres dent: J. H. Clancy, secretary: W. F | Read, historian; J. Hennesse. treasurer, and L. Kramer, ser- geant-at-arms, w Edwin B. George, a former student at the Foreign Service School, who is now assistant United States trade commissioner at Batavia, Java, has written a treatise entitled “Taxation in the Netherlands East Indies,” pub- lished by the Department of Com- merce as a trade bulletin T. Emmet McKenzie, John T. Hicks and William A. Roberts were selected as the best debaters in the .irst pub- lic contest last week by tBe Senior Debating Society of Georgetown Law School. ~ The question under debate was the abolishment of capital pun- ishment. Judges were Maurice H. Lanman, secrgtary to Senator Ashurst of Arizona; Austim F. Canfield and | Joseph A. Cantrel. Ray J. Doyle of New Haven, Conn., was elected president of the night class of the pre-legal course of the law school. Other officers are: Ray McCarthy of Youngstown, Ohlo, vice president; Ray S. Sparks of Mattoon, 1IL, secretary; Lloyd McCarthy of Washington, treasurer, and James D, Power of Washington, sergeant-at- arms. VR Charles Clifford, who was grad- uated from the college in June and was “leading man” of the Mask and Bauble Olub, has been appointed to direct all the community plays to be given in Lawrence, Mass., his home. Martin O'Donoghue of the District of Columbia is the new president of the junior law class. A graduate of Holy Cross, Mr. O'Donoghue distin- guished himself last vear as a de- bater at the law school, having won a prize debate and later being one of the participants in the final prize contest. The other officers of the class are: G. V. Leddy of New Jersey, vice pres- ident; H. F. Ralph, secretary; J. A. Redmond, treasurer; C. E. Flynn, ser- geant-at-arms, and K. J. McAuliffe of the District of Columbla, sergeant- at-arms. Delta Phi Epsilon of the Foreign Service School is now housed in one of the finest fraternity homes in the city, at 1660 Twentleth street The members celebrated the occasion by a formal house-warming at - which members of the faculty were guests. bl SRR Al LEASE COVERS 25 YEARS, Fruit Company Obtains Land Con- cession in Guatemala. SAN" SALVADOR, Republic of Sal- vador, November 22.—It is reported from Guatemala City that a contract has just been concluded between the Guatemalan government and the United Fruit Company for the le ing of a large strip of land along the Pacific Coast for a term of 2§ years. At the end of this term_ lccnrl;llng to agteement, the-land, 'as well as the improvements made on it, will become the property of the state. w. ex on Taxation. American ‘U. Plans Thanksgiving Observance to Begin Wednesday and End With Sunday. The Thanksgiving recess at Amer- ican University will begin at the close of classes Wednesday and will continue over Sunday. H Thanksgiving ob- servance, Chancellor Clark will lec- ture tomorrow gvening, at 1901 F street, on “The Story of the Pil- grims.” “The public is invited. Dr. Clark has returned from a trip to Frederick, Md., where he spoke to As a speclal | 800 young women at Hood College on the work being done at American University. The annual meeting of the trustees of American University will be held December 3, at 1901 F street. An exceptional group.of men and women are enrolled in the class in international law at American Uni- versity, lectures for which are given by Dr. Ellery C. Sfowell. The class includes in its personnel the former minister of a European country to Japan, the Washington representative of two leading Swiss newspapers, a Hindu of high position, the charge d’'affaires of a legation in this city, a college professor on leave of ab- sence, who holds a teacher's fellow- ship from the Carnegie Institution. the holder of a Philippine government fellowship and a teacher of history in the Washington high schools. Practically all the other members of the class have likewise gained dis- tinction of some sort, even the young- est member, who, though just out of a Pennsylvania college, was a Phi Beta Kappa man thers, indicating his high scholastic standing. PROVES SUCCESS Debating Team Frepares for Contest With Staunton Military Academy. The vaudeville show given at Cettral High School by the dramatic association Friday and last night was a great success. A pantomine, “The Crystal Gazer,” was the outstanding feature. Section F1 heads the honor roll of the s:hool with a sale of 63 tickets or 185 per cent. Over 24 sections passed 75 per cent in the returns The school looks forward to a good Christmas play, financed by the funds raised by this vaudeville show. The final team for the debate with Staunton Military Academy has been selected as follows: Paul Keyser, captain; Edward Arliss. Percy Russell and Watson Monroe. The debate will be held in the auditorium of Central High School Friday, December 5, at 2:45 p.m., on the question, Resolved, That public utilities should be owned {and operated by the Government. The Central team will debate the negative. The executive officers of the Feh- jruary class will be elected December |3." Great interest is being displayed about the school as to who will he selected and competition is keen The election of the literary officers will be held the following Wednes- HOWARD U. GRADUATE | ““3i. wcaneements nave nern muce PAID HIGH TRIBUTE Dr. H. H. James Made Licentiate of Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Dr. Herman Haughton James, a graduate of the School of Medicine of Howard University, returned to the TUnited States Thursday with pos- sibly the most distinguished honors ‘ever conferred upon a negro physi- cian from this country for work in his profession. He is a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians and | Surgeons of Edinburgh and a Licenti- ate of the Roval Faculty of Phy cians and Surgeons of Glasgow, dis tinguishing himself in medicine, sur- gery and midwifery. Dr. James graduated from the Howard University School of Medi- cine in 1912. He has practiced in Bridgeport, Conn.. and New York City. He sailed for Scotland in Sep- tember, 1923. Members of school met and The officers are: president Frank Mantly, '26, vice ! president; Byron Hoxter, '27; secre tary, and Thomas Mitchell, 26, treas urer. the pharmaceutical organized Friday. Oden Fisher, '25, Internes Elect. The Internes’ Protective Associa- tion elected the following officers for the coming vear: Dr. Carter Lee Marshall, president; Dr. Lewis Keith | Madison, secretary-treasurer; Dr. | Willlam Henry Greene, chairman of vigilance committee: Dr. E. Gaylord Howell, chairman of program com mittee. The intarnes under this re- gime are anticipating a profitable vear. Of the 13 local hospitals ex- | amined by the American College of Surgeons, Freedmen's was among the 10 approved. Dean George Johnson of Lincoln| University has written a letter to the authorities of Howard University | in which he stat that the two uni- versities must set their faces against | the exploitation of the game by private individuals. Dean Johnson states that the authorities and stu dents of Lincoln University are back ing the two receptions to be given on the Howard University campus just as the two schools joined together in the reception last vear in_Philadel- phia at the Third Armory Building. Tt is the program of Howard and Lincoln Universities each year to give | joint receptions, which will go for the two schools. the proceeds from the athletics of The alumni and friends of the two universities are | giving cordial approval to this pro gram. The General Alumni Associ- ation of Howard University, through | its general reception committee, and along with representatives of Lincoln University, is doing everything pos- sible to make the two receptions on Howard “hill” Wednesday and Thurs- | day nights brilliant successes. DUNBAR STUDENTS PICK STAFF OF SCHOOL PAPER! Enthusiasm Over Publication Runs High—Main Foot Ball Game Tomorrow. The juniors and seniors of the Dunbar High School have elected as the staff of the school newspaper, the following students: Harold Lewis, editor; Edward Edwards, news direc- tor: Edith Flynn and Charles Shorter, assoclate editors, the former having charge of human interest stories and | the latter of special features; Rober Weaver, general business manager cf special features; Louise Lashley and Viana James, circulation man- agers, and James Butcher, advertis- ing manager. Enthusiasm over the paper, which will maké its appear ancs shortly, runs high. 2 The second educational faculty meeting of the year was held Monday in the school Ilibrary. The subject for discussion was “What Is th Professional Spirit of _Education The speakers were Miss R. E. Weath- erless, Dr. G. R. Simpson and Mrs. A. J. Cooper. The night meeting will occur December 18, at which time the subject “Training For Citizen- ship: What Is It?” will be discussed by Miss B. C. McNeill, Miss S. L Daniel and H. G. Douglass. Officers of the French Club re- cently elected ‘are: Eienor Robinson, president; Louiseo Lewis, vice presi- dent, and Bernice Walker, secrotary. The club meets on the second and fourth Mondays of exch month with Miss M. M. Gibson, sponsor. Education week was fittingly ob-. served at Dunbar by short talks at the midday assemblies on the special subjects designated on the general program for the week. Dunbar plays its most {mportant foot ball game of the season to- morrow when the annual contest with the Armstrong Technical High School comes off at the American League Baseball Park. On Monday, November 17, Bordentown Industrial School held Dunbar to a scoreless tle. FRENCH PASS ALIEN LAW. A new Frénch’ deeree, regulating the sojourn of aliens in that country and under which every alien of more than 15 years of age and who pla; to remain in- France more than 15 days must register his arrival with the proper authorities within 48 hours, was made public vesterday by the State Department. Cards of identity will be issued and the applicant must provide four photographs of himself and other in- formation relative to his nationality, profession, family and most recent Pplace of residence outslde of France. " The new deciee is expected to eome into force within 30 days. for the annual Central High School foot ball supper and dance. Hope Smoot is the general chairman under the direction of the officers of the senior council, Percy Russell and Helen Taylor. Mrs. Edith C. Paul is the faculty adviser of the affair and has the following undergraduate committees: Greens, William Russell; decorations, Clayton Butler; wal resses, Alice Vandoren: place cards, Grace Poole; photos, Rae Edmonston Hope Smoot; printing, Paul McNeii: dance. Herbert Shepherd, Bob Harpe: The foot ball dance has the reputa- tion of being one of the best in the year and is open only to seniors. A valuable addition to the many organizations of the school was made when “The Four-Minute Speakers' Bureau” was organized. These stu- dents are the senfors who have had experience in speaking before large groups of people. To prove their usefulnes the speakers have twice visited the sections of the schoo urging them to buy tickets to the vaudeville show. The faculty ex- pects to use this organization a any time for getting word to the school of some activity. STYLES FOR 1924-25 SETTLED BY DECREE Bon Secour Fashion Revue Presents Unique Program at Y. W. C. A. Administration Building. The fashions of 1924-25 were de- creed by the Bon Secour Revue which was held recently at_the administra- tion building of the T. W. C. A. The originality of the club was shown by the unique way in which the revue was presented. Arthur Philius, the hero, dreamily sang of his former sweethearts, as he played solitaire. While singing, the girls of his dreams appeared and passed in revue before the audience. His sweet- hearts, 12 in number, .were: Western girl, Dorothy Ruth; horseback girl, Lois Wilson: skating girl, Eugenia Cuvilier; Eastern girl, Helen Bor- and: opera girl, Nellie Coleman; matinee girl, Lillian Martin; South- ern girl, Grace McLean: country girl, Frances Harlan, old-fashioned girl Virginia Story: flapper, Lucille Bel- fiumeur; Northern girl, Frances But- ler, and the bride, Alice Owens. The vocal selections which were rendered by Mrs. Ralph C. Wilson, of one of the club members, Passed By Your Window h, Promise Me. 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