Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1924, Page 27

PRESIDENT LEWIS - TO GREET VISITORS George Washington Univer- sity Head Will Welcome Scientists. President William George Washington deliver the id of welcome to ore than $00 of the Nation's leading scientists at the Association for the Advancement of Science meeting which opens tomorrow for a pro- tracted session The George Washington University Thead is chairman of the committee on arrangements. The university has turned over the new Corcoran Building to the scientists, who will come from all parts of the United States and Canada The association lias not gathered here in many years. university profes , notab! Hugh Miller, Dean H. Hodg 1 membe of the rtments of th university will be on hand for the various sessions. Will Lecture in Chicago. Spaulding and Ha W. law school will @ lectures in Chicago during the t the Americn Association of 1 sessions, Prof. Samuel Bemis and Prof. Elmer Kayser are attending a history vention in Richmond. Dean George Henning, Profs. Henry G. Doyle, Dewitt C. Croissant-and Robert W Bolwell are attending modern association at Mather Lewis of Unliversity will Many s0 Dean Prof. Edge Hector ( ton of the language meeting The Columblan reception for the scientists Wa b Tuesday night \ count made in the foreign-born students fact that 26 different represented Natic nations from fr Women will hold a at the 5t ent of Ve Nations are ~ Represented. represented there Philippfnes, 12 from Porto Rico, 4 from Switzerland, 4 from om Poland, 3 from from Italy, Panama, China and Spain. Other represented are Germany, Finland, Cuba, Ireland, En Ruma Palestine, Ukraine and ithuania: 2 land Scotla The university ia, the and prising sn-born group, are men that the chemical laboratory shortly and that > room will be avail- within a short he department students to the laboratory has greatly quarters in the Medical Sehool Building. CHRISTMAS FETES AT BUSINESS HIGH Holiday Season Marked by Many moving of i scie Attractive Social Features by Students. A i series o and pre-holiday at Busine: pretentious | the Balance sponsored aret Bavly and Mis assisted by Miss Bes Yoder and the combined busin and editorial staffs of the paper. Six hundred guests enjoved the program of novelties and dances, con- tributed by the \bers of the s tions invited the party. These talented folk d Herbert Gil- latte Nat Kiuft, Ralph Hisle, Regina Timmins, Grace Woden, Mary | Kaminsky Mar Postin idith Brusiloff, James Oder, James Graves, Cummings, ithan Fishman, | Katharine Roth, Durso, Anna Marie s rning the school orches. nbined Boys' and Girl tertained the student e affair a community sing for of the numbers. Principal Allan Davis, Assistant Prin- cipal Miss May P. Bradshaw, Mrs.| Kate Outwater and Miss Margaret 3ayly were welcomed by the officlal Santa Claus. The pupils of section 543 presented fheir dramatic offering, pread the News the parts ing taken by Frances Colella, Helen Bwi Ruth Essex, Lucille Byram, Anna She n, Evelyn Ulrich, Lillian Taliaferro, Victoria Cocuzzi, Dorothy King and Margaret Shuman. Forming ene of the Christmas groups was Miss Mary Sherman, Jessie Cornwell, louise Dodge, Mildred Lehman and Blanche Simpson. Forecasting the coming activities for the graduation of the fourth and eighth semester classes are the re- hearsals already in progress for the class plays, to be presented shortly after the reopening of school. Elec- tion of temporary officers for the seventh semester was held Tuesday, he studgmts chosen being Raymond Jerzog, president; Miss Venida Hayes, Vice president; Miss Helen Boyd, sec- retary, and Frank Oder, treasurer. Announcement that the basket bafl season is to open immediately has brought out many of the boys, and the first event in the athletic group will be the selection of the team. The Student Council will take especial in- terest in this department during the Winter term, and hopes for a larger number of candidates than has al- ready been promised lassroom ked the week most st The rings was and danc in James M tra and the cc Glee body making t RANDALL JUNIORS GIVE CHRISTMAS PROGRAM School Pupils Entertain With Carol Service and Other Features, Aided by Santa Claus. Randall Junior High School closed for the holidays with a program, in- cluding Santa Claus and Christmas tree and carol service. Christmas cards printed by boys of the print shop were sent to parents, guardians and school officials. Under auspices of the Student Coun- cil, the Christmas tree was appro- priately furnished and decorated. A playlet, “Nazareth,” under direction of Mrs. Georgia Sheffey Johnson, was given at the tree by pupils of the seventh grades, Amelia Gaines appeared as Holy Mother, Helen King as_the gel, William Ware, Robert Ruh Vincent Thompson as shepherds, and Robert Young, Oliver Green and George Sheriff as Kings of Orient. Under auspices of the Student Coun- ¢il, also a number of needy persons of the neighborhood ~were given con- tributions as an expression of good will of the student body. Funds for athletics were ralsed through two successful iuncheons the An- and Hall | scientific | .U REPRESENTED uni- ost i m JEFFERSON STUDENTS IN CHRISTMAS FEATURE Junior High Clubs Present Pro- gram of Carols and Other Exer- cises Tuesday Afterncon. A Christmas operetta was presented at the Jefferson Junior High School Tuy ay afternoon by the combined dramatic and glee ciubs. The pro- gram included solos, Christmas carols and songs by a chorus of 50 voices. The school paper, the Jefferson Junior Journal, which made its initial appearance Tuesday, presented an at- tractive appearance with a Christmas carol, holly sprays and Santa himself, smiling, from the cover page. The paper contains the story of the open- ing and dedication of the Jefferson Junior High School, a history of the building, news items of interest con- cerning the faculty, the clubs, the student body, all the articles being contributed by the pupils. At the close of thfs month the Jef- ferson loses with regret Miss Mer- riam music teacher. She has been transferred to the Hine Junior Hifh, where she will have full time junior high-school work. In Miss Merriam’s place the Jefferson will have-another talented teacher in Miss Gladys Price, who is well known to all lovers of music in the Southwest. i - ATPERU COUNCILS Foreign School Leaders| | Delegates to Pan-Ameri- can Conference. As ment representatives of the Govern- or various associations in the United States, five members of the foreign service school faculty ofl Georgetown University are attending | the third Pan-American Scientific | Congress and the Conference of the | American Institute of International} Law, both of which opened in Lima, Peru, December 20. Dr. Leo S. Rowe, director general of the Pan-American Union and lecturer on Latin America in the school of| foreign service, is chairman of the| American delegation to the scientific | congress. The United States repre: e for private, public and in- nal la Dr. James Brown is professor of international! law. William Manger, secretary of | the American delegation, Is the as-| stant in the course in Latin Amer Dr. Glen Levin Swiggett, pro-| sr of world markets and world | economics, and Dr. G. A. Sherwell. | head of the Spanish department at| tho school, are also delegates to these | conferences. A graduate of the law | school, Dr. George A. Finch, accom- panied Dr. Scott as a delegate of the Carnegie Endowment. | Dr. Scott has been a delegate to a| number of the Pan-American confer- | | ences and the sesvions of the Pan-| American Sclentific €ongress. the last | of which was held at Washington in 1916. Recognized as one of the fore- experts on international law, cott has attended all of the con- erences at Tae Hague, and also| erved as a delegate to the Peace Con- | ference at Versailles. Later he was a | technical adyiser at the Washington Limitation of Arms Conference. j Atded Law Codification. | His long diplomatic experience and grasp of the law has been an impor- tant factor in the matter of codifi-| cation of international law with the | 21 American republics. As president of the American Institute of Interna- tional Law, Dr. Scott has chiefly di- rected this important work, which was stressed by President Coolidge in | his recent message to Congress. If these conferences are successful and this code is adopted, it will be the| first time in the history of the world | that a large group of nations have | drawn up a definite code of rules of | conduct for international relations| covering the field as a whole. In view of the scope of the foreign service school, the discussions at fjhese two -important conferences,! which bear so intimately on the rela- tions of the two Americas, will be of inestimable value to the students tak- ing the Latin American and constitu- tional law courses. The faculty mem- bers attending the conferences will deal with those various subjects in their lectures upon their return to Waghington. Through the courtesy of William A. Reid, foreign trade expert of the Pan- American Union, a special illustrated lecture on Mexico was given at the forelgn service school recently. A number of up-to-date and instructive films on the commercial and industrial activities of Mexico were shown. Alds in Shipping Studies. So far as known, the forelgn serv- ice school is the only department of an American university in which is| included instruction in the technical subjects of the shipping business. Co- operation is heing extended the school by large business firms, who fre- quently furnish lecturers. In this connection Edward J. Colson, chief operating engineer of the Babcock & Wilcox Co., delivered a lecture recently at the school on water-tube bollers. Mr. Colson is one of the foremost experts in his line. Considerable interest has been aroused among the local —“Hilltop” alumni in the District of Columbia and vicinity by the recent organiza- tion of the Georgetowh Unlversity Alumni Club of Washington. Headed by Frank McCarthy, newly elected president, the club is conducting a membership drive that is meeting with good results. Already more than 100 former students and gradu- ates are enrolled, with indications that this number may be doubled at its next meeting. The Georgetown Club of Washing- ton is the newest link in the chain of similar organizations that the uni- versity is forging throughout the country. Other alumni clubs recently formed in New York, New Haven, Pittsburgh and many other citles are doing their utmost to establish a new era of relatlonship between the alumni and their alma mater, and are actively co-operating in the campaign for a “Greater Georgetown.” -In sending out his appeal for new members Mr. McCarthy stressed the fact that any former student of Georgetown, including the George- town Preparatory School, is eligible for membership in the new club. Since there are hundreds of men in | Washington who attended the college or professional department of the university without necessarily taking a <degree, it was concluded the new club would fail in its aim to be en- tirely representative of the univer- sity if It refused recognition to these former students. The club is entirely independent of the local alumni as- sociation, it was pointed out, which has been in existence for a number of years. It is planned to hold social meet- ings of the club on the third Thurs- days of each month at the City Club. Usually some form of entertainment will be provided on these occasions. At its first organization meeting last ternati Scott, | i given by Miss Muriel A. Milton. Prin- cipal G. Smith Wormley was present- ed on closing day with an electric Jamp and shade of elaborate Oriental design, with compliments of the fac- ulty. —_ Some men look for work 'with about as much enthusiasm as they would luok for @ case of smallpox. week Brooke Johns, a former George- town boy, was a guest of the club and participated in the program. The officers of the new organiza- tion, in addition to Mr. McCarthy, are Vice Presidents Austin Canfield, law; Dr. S. Logan Owens, medical; Dr. M. A. Stohlman, dental, and Thomas H. Healy, foreign service. Walter T. Ca- hill is treasurer and Emmet L. Shee- han secretary. | eral SCHOOLGIRLS L S SPREAD CHRISTMAS CHEER Memberx of the Fidelis, Club of Eastern High School, who prepared Christmas boxes containing candy, fruits, clothing, and sent them to girls whom Santa Ci Marlon Skinner, Eunice Smith (prexident), Frances Posey, Cl_lrrent News Events Summary of Important National, Foreign and Local Affairs Specially Arranged for the Convenience of Students. History. A curious and iriteresting conflict be- tween church and state has arisen in Argentina, where the government re- fuses to recognize the validity of certain appointments by the Pope. Argentina, whose constitution provides that her president must be a Roman Catholic, re- cently appointed an Archbishop of Buenos Aires. The Vatican, on the other hand, appointed, without Argentine church uthorities, a man to the office of apostolic governor of the Buenos Aires diocese. The Argentine government has refused to recognize the latter appointment, and its attorney gen- has ruled in an opinion that appointee is liable to arrest and prisonment 1f he fails to comply the government's demand that he mit for approval his credentials. he has so far declined to do. im- with <ub- This Trotsky, war lord of Russia, next power to his departed comrade, Len! is broken in health and facing a merc less fire of criticism heaped upon him from all sides. In virtual exile at a re- sort in the Caucasus, where he has gone to restore his shattered health, he is made the target for one of the greatest campaigns of personal vituperation ever borne by any man who played with the destinies of a nation. In March the Communist Congress will miet to pase final judgment against him on charges of heresy in departing from orthodox Communist principles. It is doubtful whether he will-ever return to Moscow in consuiting the | the | or take part again in the government he helped to form. | Great Britain senas word to all the | dominions, notifying them of a spe- cial meeting of the Imperial Confer- | ence in London in March to conside the League of Nations proposal ‘for | disarmament. The next meeting of the League Council will be held dur- |ing that month and disarmament is the most important topic up for dis- | cussion: Great Britain's imperial | conference will discuss the attitude { to be taken at that time by the Brit- |ish Empire Germany, which is expected to re- quest membership in the League Nations, has_addressed a note to the league declaring that if inte conflicts should any would remain absolute under the league covenant to determine how far she should take part in the con- flict. She bases her request for spe- cial consideration on the fact that neutrality is the “last defense of disarmed people.” Under the league covenant its members are bound to adopt certain measures against a country violating the peace, and th | measures virtually amount to a de |1aration of war. Germany, professing disarmament, asks the right to decide | for herself on the question of neu- trality France has formally notified Ger- | many that she will not complete the YOU AND UNCLE SAM Series of Educational Articles Telling How Federal Govern- ment Is Organized and How It Functions—Written B pressly for School Children: . 23—Washington a Great Education Center BY WILIL. P. KENNEDY President Coolidge in a recent speech emphasized that “America has but one great staple product. We till the soil, we operate our industries. we develop transportation, we en- gage in commerce, we encourage the arts and sciences, but these are only means to an end. They are all carried on in order that America may pro- duce men and women worthy of our standards of citizenship.” The United States—which you have seen in previous articles in this series was the first real democracy in the world, and is today the oldest form of Government that has stood the est of time unchanged—has set a shining example for all the world in the matter of well balanced moral and intellectual -training of its peo- ple, as well as encouraging the de- velopment of a sound mind in a sound body De Witt Clinton calls attention to this when he says: “In casting a view over the civilized world we find a universal accordance in opinion on the benefits of edueation, but the practical exposition of this opinion exhibits a deplorable contrast. The fundamental error of Europe has been tosconfine the light of knowledge to the wealthy and the great. More just and rational views have been enter- tained in the United States. All men being considered as enjoylng an equality of rights, the propriety and necessity of dispensing, without dis- tinction, the blessings of education followed, of course.” Chance For All Tt is eminently fitting, then, that “the seat of government,” or Capital City, of this model nation—the only city in all the world designed exclu- sively for the conduct of a nation’s business—should have grown into a great center of education. It is emi- nently fitting that youth from all over the land can come to the Capital and while working as a page boy in Congress, or running an elevator in the Capitol, or as a ‘clerk in some Government establishment, or even driving a public taxicab, can have opportunity to fit himself for any profession, for foreign service, for eny chosen line of science, or to add to his general mental development. Many men holding important admin- istrative _positions in the Capital climbed thelr way up from office boys. One great advantage about acquir- ing an education in Washington is that the youth is always in the his- toric atmosphere, with an opportu- nity to see jus{ how any particular line of education works out—how the Government operates; what is done at a great medical center such as Wal- ter Reed Hospital, and with access to the ‘unrivaled Army Medical Museum and library; the practical application of sclence to daily,life as is seen in the Bureau of Standards and the Bu- reau of Chemistry; how the basic rights of a manufacturing concern are safeguarded in the Patent Office; how geography is kept up to date by thé Hydrographic Office and the Coast Survey; how the judiciary system is maintained, and how the Supreme Court interprets the Constitution and the laws of Congress. Many Opportunities at Hand. These are illustrations given at random of how a student of govern- ment, of medicine and surgery, of science in any branch, of business, of law, can not only see the practical application by experts, but can evem have a part in the application by working in some particular branch of Uncle Sam's great workshop that specializes in the line of work he is studying to fit himself to do as an expert. Thus the youth gets tHe best possible education—theory from text books and classroom' going hand-in- hand with actual work. If he Is | studying pate [the Patent Office; if he is studying for foreign service he can work in the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce: if he is studying law he may get a job in the Department of Justice[if he is specializing in science he may work in the Bureau of Stand- ards; if he is studying medicine he |may get an opening in the Public Health Service, etc. | There are literally scores upon scores of schools, academies, colleges |and universities in Washington, some |of which have national and even | world-wide recognition—Georgetown University. George Washington Uni- | verst the Catholic University America, ete. There are also institutions under Federal auspices and support as the Columbia Institu- tion for the Deaf (like which the world has no other), Howard Univer- sity (for colored students) and the administration of the Indian schools for wards of the Government t law he can work in Great Research Center | As a research center Washington is unmatched anywhere in this part of the world. The Library of Con- gress, already one of the three great- | est libraries in the world and stand- ing in the lead in several respects, has fulfilled the hopes of the “Found- ing Fathers” in developing into a great research center. The national home of science has been. established in the Capital. The Bureau of Stand- jards is Uncle Sam's big scientific university, with a staft of more than 500 speclalized experts. The Smith- sonian Institution is one of the chief educational establishments under the Government “for the increase and Laiftusion of knowledge among men.” It comprises the National Museum, the National Gallery of Art, the In- ternational Exchange Service, the Bu- reau of American Ethnology, the As- trophysical Observatory, the National Zoological Park and the International Catalogua of Scientific Literature. The United States Bureau of Edu- cation collects statistics and general information showing the conditions and progress of education in the United States and all forelgn coun- tries. It advises State, county and lTocal school officers as to the ad- ministration and improvement of schools. It issues many publications of value to students and educators and recently compiled a catalogue of Government - publications useful to teachers, including photographs, maps and motion picture films as well as books and pamphlets. This catalogue is in response to a growing tendency to supplement textbooks with source and other refer¢fice materials in the teaching process. The educational agencies of the Federal Government in Washington are too numerous to be detailed here. In addition to those already men- tioned, they include: The Federal Board for, Vocational Education and for vocational rehabilitation of those maimed in industry, and the women's and children’s bureaus. In fact, you can scarcely find any activity of the Interior Department’s work that has not a strong educational appeal, and this was emphasized at the recent National Education convention _in Washington, when the Interfor De- partment prepared a special exhibi- tion of its educational work. A previous article in this series told about the proposed new executive de- partment of education and relief, to assemble under unified supervision all these educational activities into close working relationship. (Copyright, 1924, by Will P. Kennedy.) (The twenty-fourth article in this series will be “The Capitol Bullding. It will be printed in this paper next Wednesday.) | cathredal did mot visit. They are, left to right: Thelma Fields, herine Wilxon, Mary Harrell and Sarah Castell. withdrawing of her troops from Co- logne by January 10, which is provid- :d for under the Versallles treat: The delay is understood to have re- sulted from reports that Germany Is persistently arming, contrary to other provisions of the same treaty. Germany, on the other hand, denies that she has failed to abide by the treaty's requirements regarding dis- armameént. In one of the picturesque and col- orful rituals of the Roman Catholic Church the holy door of St. Peter's in Rome was opened last week after remaining sealed for 25 years. The ceremony is repeated at quarter-century intervals and marks the beginning of a year of pilgrimage, when more than_one million Catholics come to Rome to”seek inspiration. The Pope officiated at the ceremony. Two tragedies marred Christmas | day national | in a little Oklahoma town the com- munity gathered in a schoolhouse to see the Christmas tree. A candle, ig- niting a ball of cotton, turned the room into a roaring Inferno. Thirty- two were burned to death and 40 others were injured_in a stampede around the one exit the bujlding. About 20 persons were killed, as ny more injured and 200 or more | rendered homeless when a dam on the | Holston [ River, in southwest Virginia, burst Christmas eve. The flood wa- ters swept over the town of Parmar- ton, Va., near Saltville. Economic. Addressing a class in current events last week, Ambassador Jus- serand of France let the cat out of the bag when he declared that the general subject of his recent conver- sations with Secretary of the Treas- ury Mellon Was not how France should pay her debts to the United States, but when. France, sald the Ambassador, needs a “breathing spell,” a moratorium to collect her- self before beginning payment of the debt, but in the end she intends to pay. His speech was widely com- mented upon, because the Ambas: dor's recent conversations with Sec- ary Mellon have given rise to much conjecture to the general effect that France was about to begin pay- ment of her debts to the Unlited States, a subject which is of tremen- { dous importance to England, because France owes England a sum com- parable to her debt to this country. The Ambassador’s speech is reported to have resulted in an admonition from the French foreign office that he is not | to speak until duly authorized to pre- | who heads the mission, |of the country sent his country’s Ject views on the sub- An American mision which went to Persia two years ago to teach that gov- ernment how to raise and how to spend its money, is willing to give up its task s a bad job and come back home. A report has it that Arthur C. Millspaugh, will return to this country in January, when its con- tract with the government expires. The trouble has been, it is reported, that Persia is interested in what the mission has taught, but is unwilling to abide by its instructions. The month of October saw the great est amount of freight in the history shipped over' the rall- ways, according to the monthly state- ment of the American Railway Asso- ciation. Fifteen large banking corporations in the country have been combined *under the single management of the Purities Bakeries Corporation, of Minnesota. The combined business of the’ concerns will amount to $10,000,000 annuaily, Aviation. For six months now, through raip, sleet and snow, the airmail flyers have been speeding overland every night with their cargoes of Uncle Sam’s mail. Last Sunday night the first fatal accident in this servide was recorded when Charles Gilbert, a pilot, crashed to his death in a leap from .his plane. He jumped in a blinding snowstorm, and his para- chute evidently failed to function oroperly. TeStifying before a special investi- gating_committee of the House last week, Rear Admiral Moffett, chief of the Bureau of Acromautics, declared that only 224 out of the 840 planes of all kinds in possession of the Navy could be used in-time of war. About 500 planes now used are obsolete, he said. He disagreed with reports that the next war will be fought wholly in the air. “The air is merely a new arm,” he sald, “but will not displace anything.” Eight persons were killed last week when a big London-to-Paris air ex- press crashed to earth shortly after leaving the airdrome in Croydon. Sinee the establishment of the regu- lar commercial service between Lon- don and Paris a few years ago there have been only three fatal accidents. Geography. When the Association of Ameri- can Geographers meets this week at the National Geographic Society's headquarters here, present-day .ex- plorers who are devoting a good part of their lives to discovering what was going on in the world be- fore men Kept records of such things will discuss some of. their findings. In connection with the meeting of the association therc will be an exhibit Showing the progress af geography as represented in recent explorations and in educational work designed to raise keener interest in the subject. Civics. _ Basing his statements on personal discoveries in Egypt, Dr. James Hen- ry Breasted; director of the Oriental Institute of- the University of Call- fornia and a world-famous Egyptol- ogist, " declares that the “cradle of civilization” was Egypt. Men hunt- ed on the ‘Saraha Piatéau, then a densely wooded region, hundreds of thousands of years ago, he sald, and evidence of their civilization has been found In instruments they made, now buried 50 feet in' solid rock. The eVidence of this civiliza- [the result of their splendid FIDELIS CLUB GIVES CHRISTMAS CHEER Eastern High Girls Sena Boxes to Unfortunates in Virginia. Two girls in a school in Virginia had a happy Christmas this year as a result of the work of the Fidelis Club of Eastern High School. About 15 members of the club prepared two Christmas boxes and sent them off several days before the holidays. Besides the Yuletide candies, fruit and nuts, the boxes contained articles of clothing and other things both use- ful and pretty. ‘The club members made many of these, and the work was carried on under the direction of Miss Katherine Bell of the domestic art department. . The value of each box was about $25. Members Play Santa Claus. Through the Y. C. A., the Fi- delis Club heard about two girls whose prospects for the season of good cheer were not bright, since there was no one to think of them at Christmas. Enthusiastically the mem- bers took up the idea of playing Santa Claus, and the Christmas boxes were labor of love. The Fidelis Club, one of the sev- eral girls' social organizations at Zastern, is the junior branch of the Friendship Club, and is composed of freshman and sophomore girls. Its president is Eunice Smith. The Christmas assembly was held | Tuesday afternoon. Dr. Small, former principal of Eastern, gave a short talk. A musical pro- gram followed. It included Christmas carols, sung by members of the Glee Club and by the student body; selec- tions by the orchestra, under the di- rection of Mrs. Frank Byram, and two violin solos by Barton Breeskin. Th assembly concluded with a clever “mock radio” program. Coach Guyon extended to the student body on be- half of the principal and faculty best wishes for Christmas and the New Year. Willard S Make Christmas Cards. Artistic Christmas cards and blot- tors were printed last week by the boys in the school printshop, under the direction of the instructor, Henry Flinn. The Easterner staff had a party and Christmas tree at the school Tuesday afternoon. A sketch was presented Ly Florence M. Painter, George Roth, Kingsland Prender, Laura Barrett and Aubrey Morales. ‘ach member of the stafr ald a “stunt.” after which games were played and Christmas gifts were distributed in a novel fashion by Ruth Greenwood and George Finger, who was “postman.” At the conclusion refreshments were | served. = . 2 CENTRAL GIRLS AWARDED LETTER “C” Also Given to Foot Ball Team Members—Play Tryouts Held. Two Central High School girls re- ceived “Cs” last weelk at the mid- vear presentation chapel. They were Florence Fellows, winner of the Fall singles tennis tournament. and Kay Johnson, runner-up. Members of the foot ball squad who also received letters were Mike Gordon, captain Morton Wilner, captain-elect: Elk Hale, Herman Lombard, Frank Blac istone, John Reiss, Roy Engle, Wil- llam Atherton, John Byng and Bob Pilgrim. manager. Mr. Kimble pre- sided at this chapel and gave an in- teresting talk. Other spealkers were “Doc” White, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Minnix, Mr. Worth Shultz and Miss Sander: Tryouts held recently for the sen- lor play, which is presented every vear on class night, evolved casts which include the following: Leroy Bendheim, Mary Branson, Lena Allen, Elizabeth Wright, Bernice Hopkin Meroy Freeman and Elisabeth Halsey There will be two one-act plays, one a drama and the other a comedy. Two casts have been selected for each, and the actors who show most abllity will be selected from them after the fourth rehearsal Quill Clique Under Way. The Quilj Clique is getting well under way this season. Editorials were discussed at their last meeting, | which, being a Christmas one, was a combination of seriousness and fun. | Initlations were made and Santa Claus presented them all with gifts. The bank staff at Central High School celebrated the Christmas sea- son by giving a party for itself in the Contral High Bank. It was a gala affair with an abundance of refresh- ments and a livelv time. The guests of honor were: Mr. Ray, manager of the bank, and Irma Gor- den; Central's lunch room treasurer. A brilliantly lighted Christmas tree and 10-cent presents supplied the necessary Christmas spirit of giving and recelving. Club Gives Dinner. The Mask Club, the honorary dra- matic assoclation, gave a dinner to the cast of the Christmas play be- tween the afternoon and evening per- formances of the play. Short speeches were given by Miss Sybil Baker, fac- ulty adviser for dramatics, and Miss Botty Clark. Foreign language classes at Central celebrated the Christmas season by glving short plays and singing carols. Madame. Romero's Spanish class pre- sented a play, written by Annie Ross, one of the students. The characters in the play were: The Princess, Sallie Thrift; the King, John Osbourne; the Hero, Harriman Dorsey; the Duke, Albert Cohen; the Maid, Ruth Carlson; Spirit of Happiness, Eleanor Morgan. Miss Allce Clarke’s Latin class gave a play written in Latin, entitled “Saturnalia.” It was afterward tran: lated into slang English. Gifts were given with Latin sentiments attached, and Latin carols were sung. Miss White's German class staged 2 play in the Morgan memorial room, attended by puplls from several other German classes. The play was pre- sented in German, and though not all could follow the ljnes, the acting was realistic. e Sausage 63 Feet Long. Special Dispatch to The Star. GRANTVILLE, Md., December 27.— Sliaglest Ganier, & favmer fionth ot here, made what is believed to have been the largest sausage ever manu- factured. It is 63 feet long and Is filled with 19 quarts of-meat. e e ] the assiggant | SANTA CLAUS PAYS VISIT TO DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL Community Christmas Tree Center of Attraction, Featured by Presentation of Gifts. A large community tree was the main feature of the Christmas cele- bration at Dunbar High School Tues- day. Two assemblies were held so that all pupils could enjoy a visit from Santa Claus and contribute to the community tree. Carols were sung and the offerings made. Sev- eral centers received the gifts col- lected. In the various sections gifts were exchanged ' and brightly trimmed trees added color to the day. Miss M. O. H. Williamson’s section bought gifts of fruit, sugar and other foods for the women at Blue Plains, D. C.. and Miss Atwood’s section brought clothes in quantities for the bables at Freedmen’s Hospital. There were lother gifts made by sections as well |as the general gifts from the school. { The Players’ Guild of Dunbar, as- sisted by the Boys' Glee Club, pre- sented “The Miser's Mill” as a part of the Christmas program Monday afternoon. Principals In the cast were Oliver Stewart, Norma Parks, Burke Syphax, Edward Carfoll and James Butcher OF ARMSTRONG CORPS Little Folks of Vicinity Given Christmas Party by School Members. Seventy children from the vicinity of Armstrong Manual Training School, whose addresses were not in the Santa Claus book, were guests of the pupils at the speclal Christmas assembly. On account of the limlited facllities, two assemblies were the freshmen and sophs and the last fr the juniors and seniors. At the first Capt. A. C. Newman presided, and in the afterncon Capt. Cornelius Burke, president of the senior class, was master of ceremonies. Christmas carols’ were sung, to which the tiny guests added their fresh voices. Spe- cial numbers were given by Miss Clara Armstead, Howard Spriggs, Berenice Willlams, Mary Green, Mar- garet Jefferson, Helene Woodward, Miss Ethel Hall, who read delightfully “The Birds' Christmas Carol”; Lucille Pinckney and Rosita Silas contributed hort talks on “Christmas Toddy” an The Christmas Spirit at Armstrong, | and_then Santa Claus, impersonated by Rozier Gaddis and William Gray, came in from the “frozen north” with his packages of tovs, nuts, candy and other goodies, which he piled high around the beautifully lighted and decorated Christmas tree. The suc- cess of the affair was due to the co- operative efforts of section teache and pupils. Efforts of the senlor- junlor group were directed by Miss C. E. S. Lee. Miss S. V. Jennings, Mr. Buckner, Miss E. M. Hall, L N. Miller, ! Miss C. J. Willlams, Lieut. George A Ferguson and Mrs. E. D. Burrel d rected the committes work of the freshmen and sophomores. A pleasant sequel to the rendition of “The Courtship of Miles Standish,” so creditably produced by the public speaking classes, was the award of three prizes by an anonymous donor, raid to be a member of the faculty of Howard University. Among the guests at the final performance was Nathaniel Guy and Miss Angelina Wold Grimke, the former an expo- nent of the dramatic art and the lat- ter a well known playwright. That they were present to judge ti qual- ity of work of the individual per- formers was not generally known. It was therefore somewhat surprising | when the real nature of their mission | was disclosed. To Miss Mary Hayes, | impersonating Priscilla Mullens, was | awarded first prize. Irving Ges and Arthur Lanier were awarded second and third prizes, respectively. An- |nouncement of ‘the selections was made by Miss Ophelia M. C. Davidson under whose direction the play was produced. | Thé announcement that The Star | would be sponsor for another ora- ; torical contest dealing with the Fed- | eral Constitution has created great Interest in the school. Nowhere | | | from this highly patriotic, as well as practical enterprise, more keenly realized than at Armstrong. Another angle productive of much apprecia- tion was that under the-leadership of The Star all of the schools of | Washington were placed upon a falr competitive basis, and Armstrong was just as much interested and pleased at the sucess of Central High School as would have been the case had the coveted city prize fallen to its lot. . In a village the loafers get up early in order to get a good start waiting | for_bedtime, says the Baltimore Sun. LANGUAGES ¥rench, Spanish, German, Itaiian, English and all other modern lan: unges. Berlitz Conversational Method res results. Ask for Free Trial BERLITZ 816 14th St. N. School or Languages Tel. Fr. 2620 [STRAYER | COLLEGE | . . . il “For Business Training” Il 721 13th Street All sessions reopen Monday, if| Janvary 5. Office now open for registration. Main 3430 and 7| New Classes Now Forming in Gregg Shorthand Accountancy and Allied Subjects Registration From Dec. 29 to Jan. 5 Day School, 9 to 3 Evening Classes 5 ** 7 Mondny, Wednesday, Friday Washington Business College 1328 Eye St. N.W. Phone Main 4950 | STENOGRAPHERS AND TYPISTS EXAMINATION, JANUARY 13. PREPARE_AT Temple School Main 8258, 1416 K St. X.W. BOYD 8% 30 DAYS SOHOOL for Bsare- e T £ 'th-‘tu.' Eh e iendamen. " et § ’E;" 1338 G Bt. Positiens for graduates. M. 2876 tion is much older than any found in Europe, states Dr. Breasted. President Coolldge secured the largest plurality in his election ever accorded a candidate for President, according to final and complete elec- tion returns. Of the 28,920,070 votes cast, President Coclidge received 185,718,789; Johm W. Davis, 8378962, and Robert M. La Follette, 4,822,319. Gradustes of the Inwut n protessional Accountancy practice (¢ P: A andinexe0 tive positions in Husiness. Late-ai- terncon and eariy-ovening classes are available. held—one for | j the general benefits to be derived| UL WINTERTERY OPENSNUARY 2 Indications Point to Largest Enroliment in History of the University. The Winter term at National U versity will begin at the close of tke Christmas recess, January 2. Regl trations already are being made and indfcations point to the largest em- | rollment yet recorded in the Ristory of the universiff. A number of new courses have been added to the curriculum. They in- clude a course in short-story writing a real estate course, a course in psychology of advertising and psy- chology of salesmanship. Among the social affairs given by the organizations at National Un versity during the holidays was a smoker staged by the Sigma Delta Kappa Fraternity at its new club- {room at 1409 L street Friday night George Martin was in charge of the arrangements. Slgma Nu Phi Festivities. Sigma Nu Phi fraternity of Na- | tional University will include in its | hollday program a dance to bs given at the Sigma Nu Phi Inn, at 1752 N street, Saturday night, January 3 This will be the largest social affair to be glven by the fraternity during the holidays. Invitations have been Issued and the details of arrange- ments have been completed by a com- mittee appointed for the occasion and headed by D. J. O'Brien. The Miller Debating Soclety held its last pre-holidav meeting last week. The meeting was a joint busi- ness meeting and legal discussion T.he topic for a round-table discus- sion was, “Resolved, that women are good jurors” Honors for the im- promptu speaking went to Miss Nita Hinman. After the conclusion of the discussion a short business meetini was held. at which the president D. J. Fuqua, presided. A brief resums was made of the Fall work and program of the club. The most re- cent triumph of the club has been the winning of the intersociety de bate held recently with the Alvey Debating Society The program of the Miller Soclety after the holidays will include a de- bate between the team which won the Intersociety debate and a debating team from the Woodrow Wilson Law Club. The Miller team was: Charles I Haycraft, Miss Lovola M. Covne and Fred L. Flynn. The team for | the club will be: Albert Viault, Doug- 113! Sealy and Andrew Herlitz. The subject for debate has not vet been decided. The Cy Press Club of National Uni- versity will give a tea Sunday after- noon, January 11, at the clubrooms of the District League of American il"’n ‘Women. Miss Constance Fogle is {chairman of the committee appointed {to arrange the tea. This will be the first of a series of teas planned by the club for year., The holiday program of National University clubs will include a dance and tea to be given by Kappa Beta {Pi Legal Sorority. The tea will be given on Sunday during the holidavs and the dance will be the first social affair to be given after the opening of school. It is scheduled for January 7. at the Clty Club. Miss Catherins Rainey is chairman of the social com- mittee. Business Club Formed. At a recent meeting of the students in the College of Finance and Busi- ness Administration of National Uni- versity a business club was organized, headed by J. F. O'Brien. The other elected officers are: Oliver K. Smith vice president; Miss Lillian J. Peters, secretary; William H. Story, treasurer, and Mrs. Andrew Herlitz, historian. No plans were made for the new year. This is to be done at a special | meeting called by the president im- mediately after the opening of the university for the Winter term. EDUCATIONAL. | Fr. 4463 1740 P St. N.W. New Semester—January 2nd College Preparator;—all subjects Day and Evening School for Men and Boys Evening School for Women Special Day Classes for March amd April_Service Examinations NATIONAL Il University Law School Fifty-sixth Year. 30 i that the are new | Secretary's Office Open for Registration Law School Bullding, S18-820 13th Street N.W. Telephone Main 6617 College of Finance and Business Admimistration Political Theories Political Science Amerfean State Government American Political Theories Geogrnphy of Commerce Economics I Investments Publie Utilities Economies It Monopolies Rhetoric Government Contracts and Clatms Ecomomies 1T Short-Story Writing Negotinble Instrument Law Law of Sales Law of Saretrship Real Estate Law New Real Estate Course Em- braciax: Real Estate Practice Business Psychology Paychology of Sales Paychology of Advertising Winter Term Begins January 2, 1925 Secretary’s Office Open for Registration 818-820 13th Street N.W. 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