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0L OF M NEARS RO INVETERANS WORK 26 Students Remain of Hun- dreds Who Received Train- ing After War. Special Dispateh to The Star. COLLEGE PARK, Md University of Maryland has played part in assisting the Vet- Bureau in the co-operative k of rehabilitating persons whose normal effectiveness was marred by the World War. Of the large number who were at one time recciving instruction at the university only 26 remain. and when these have completed their prescribed courses of Instruction the institution probably will have ened its work along this line The close of 1924 rked termination of the special type of Instruction rendered university to the Veterans' men whose previous education dié Jnot permit their entering the regular college courses and for whom spe- cial vocatio courses in poultry horticulture, dairying. bee keeping. etc, had been developed. Many Have Taken Courses. sent to Mary- 9. after th ebruar: by the Bureau students were land in the Spring of 1 university had agfeed to aid the Vet- | erans’ Bureau in the work of re- habilitating disabled ex-service men Later, as facilities were provided for handling more students, and a spe- cial non-collegiate vocational cour! developed, the number swelled until st one time, during the first term of 1 . 138 men and women we receiving instruction at Collexe Pi Fourteen have recelved the bach degree during the past two Yei while 12 are candidates for degrees in Special non-collegiate provided those whose mitted t but a short indoor classroom work for those whose educs ited. Many were n ary | instruction in arithmet i and agriculture before vocational courses were Project work was Summer of 1921, when went on farms they purchased. During Spring and | Summer of 1922, 28 men were receiv- | ing instruction at their farms, the fnstructor making monthly visits. én 1 with f instructors making | bi-monthly the number creased to in 1924, to §5. Durings the months of* the the cived thres instructors the Couraesmore health per- period of as well as jon was Hm- | English the special | provided. begun in ffve students ad rented or the | ur visit nd last six students 1th, o re a six accomplish | See 60 Successtul. 1en a for ject work during the totaling 145. 43 were tra Lines to which they were ed. Of the remaining 9 in agricultural work. I that 60 of this number suc in the work for were trained Maryland will send of 15 representatives tri-State Y. M. C. conference that will be held at the University of Delaware next week. Some of Ame s leading spes &re on the program. Stude: all institutions in Maryland. Vir and the District of Columbia invited L. C. Corbett of ti rea: Industry of the United partment of Agriculture w the monthly meeting of th, culture Societs Mo night Oratorical Contest April The Maryiand Oratorical | numbering in its membershi ingion College, Wester St John’s Colleze and the of Maryland, will hold contest at College Park April 24 Mrs. Eleanor O. Md., a senior in and Scicnces at time, won the when the debal John's College, in Annapolis Prof. Charles S. Richardson, of the department of public at Maryland, is president of sociation Try-outs uni under this | t four vears, nsferred to will make which they its full to the annual and Y. W. C. A quota . are of Plant tes D 1 addre Horti- day University its annua on Friday Robey of Oakland, | the Colleze of Arts Maryland at the 20ld medal last year. held at | | | head speakir the as- | for the ersity will subject being Punishment Be Abolished?” T. H. Barrett, who pla of selections an ordinary hand saw and on divers and sundry | other instruments, will present his’| unusual program before the student assembly next Wednesday. Dr. P. G. Wilkens, a well known speaker, also | will give a short address. { Praivex Horticulture Work. H Although Dr. V. R. rdner, head | of the horticulture department of the | Univ ty of Michigaa, ¢isited many | departments of horticulture in many colleges ecent trip Iast, none pleased or impressed him more than that at the university, according to.a tter received by Dr. C. Anchter, | head of the like department at Mary land Dr the nual cation b b ting tea held I hould Capital Albert F. university conference to 1d nert in Baltimore Saturday. Dr. De 1. B. Bomberger, Prof. J. A 1ble H. Waite and 1. W. Carpenter will lead discussions on vocational education as related to the various branches of agricultural work Prof. Woods, president of | will addr the an- | on vocational edu- in the Hotel Ren- next Friday and Voe Meade, Dr. 5. H. De Vault, H. F. of broadeast Cotterman of the de- partment agricultural education n a talk on vocational | education Monday night from station WCAP in Washington Charles S, Richardson ad- the Associated Parent-Teach- of Harford County, Md., even'ng. His topiec was for Citizenship.” junior-senior prom will be »me time during the month of April, it has been decided by the com- of which T. Van Doren is Minnie Hill and Fred the other members. The exact date will be named shortly. H. M. Bonnet and J. W. Magruder have been selected to do practice teaching at Hyattsville High School as part of their work in agricultural education. Ten n all will be chosen Dr. R.A. Baker of the department of chemistry gave a paper before the Ithica, Schenectady. Buffalo, | Rochester and Syracuse —sections of the American Chemical Society at | meetings held at Schenectady yester- day and today. His subject was “Co-operation of Tocal Sections With Chemistry Teachers.” OLD DANCE REINTRODUCED English Farmer Lures Foxtrotters Back to Polka. of the Associated Press. MARYPORT, England, January 20.— William Smith of Ewanrigg Hall made a successful attempt recently to ! reintroduce the old polka into a mod- ern dance program at the Maryport | rmers’ dance. He led off with the wife of another firmer. Both were erack dancers in the days when rural Cumberland danced the country dances, the waltz and the lancers. Their dancing was vigorously plauded by the younser gene of foxtrottcrs who, later in the ning enjoyed @ turn at the polka. ap- ation eve- | these in- | 3 NEW STUDENTS GREETED. Hine Welcomes 100 Graduates of Other Schools. One hundred pupils from the Wallach, Cranch and other Southeast elementary schools entered the Hine Junior High School at the beginning of the second semester Monday and were welcomed by the student body. A drive for subscriptions to the Orange and Gray Tattler, official school organ, was started at an as- sembly Wednesday. Paul _ Dunn, Evelyn Eller and Robert McCormick appealed for the support of the paper. N. U JUNIOR CLASS CONSIDERED A ‘HIT Second-Year Class Sponsors Social Success—Univer- sity’s Leading Activities. The annual junior prom of the second- vear class of National University last night at the City Club, assembied the largest number of students of any social affair of the season. The dance was in charge of a committee headed by Albert Viault, and composed of i Erieson, Lee F. Denton and Miss Edith Cooper, each of whom headed subcommittees appointed for the ar- rangements of detalls in connection with the dance. A number of guests from other Washington colleges were present, together with numbers of other friends of the students, The freshman dance will be given at the City Club, April 18. The same committee will be in charge and sub- committees will be appointed by Clem- ent T. Robertson, president of the first- year class The Miller Debating Society of the university, which held a recent election i officers for the Spring term, will re- sume regular activities this week. it was announced by Frank Verdi, new preside: Debates and legal discus- sion held each Saturday night and r of debates with University organizations and contests’ will be held. The all oratorical honors school at present, having won at an inter-society debate last Miller of the term. The new president has appointed the following committees for the term's ac- tivitie xecutive, J. L. Rogers, chair- man: Miss Nita Hinman, O'Dea, Steven- son and Knott. Appointment, J. I atzow, chairman; Hickman and Benny. Program, L. M. Bodner, chair- man; Selby, Armstrong and Brecht. Publicity, E. L. Seitz, chairman; Can- field and Martin. “Ye Shingi ok, i veady for the National University rapidly being made press. R. N. Wood, editor-in-chief, has ppointed com- mittees in each class and organiza- tion at the university, and it is ex- pected the work will be done in vecord time. Miss Lillian J. Peters and Olive Palmer will be n the business department. Joseph A. Giovanni is business manager of he yearbook and George R. Martin is treasurer. ve J Address by Attorney Given. stant addres Ba Distyict Attorney Ralph 1 members of the Pi Legal Sorority of National Universtiy at a meeting lay night, on several phases of Al work in the courts. new chapter of a Masonic fraternity will be installed sity this' week. irman of the Cniversity (Inez Milholiand) of the National Woman's appointed committees to this week and complete plans vear's work in the chapter. ¥n Jarvis is vice chairman of the chapter; Miss Bertha Richard- son, second vice chairman: Miss Russell Richards, secretary; M Constance Fogge. treasurer, and Miss Nita Hinman, sergeant-at-arms. The fifth annual banquet of National University Masonic Club will be given at the Raleigh Hotel 1. A number of prominent of the District will be gue: club at that time and ort talks. Marquis T. Albert- presideni of the club, will act .5 toasimaster. ngements for the banauet are in charge of a com- mittee headed by Edwin D. Detwiler, past president Sigma Nu Phi fraternity of Na- tional University 1is joining with other local chapters of the fraternity in the preparation for the Founders’ Day banquet at the House February 17. National versity Chapter will hold its regular business meeting during the next week at Slgma Nu Phi Inn, 1 N street northwest, at which time a number of candidates will be pledged. national meet the Mas of the make n Lee Make Plea for Bus Link. rsity students pre- to the Public Util- a petition bearing several hundred signature: of stu dents and faculty asking that a bus line which can conveniently include the school as one of its stops be & ranged. Albert Viault of the second year class was the representative of the students, and was assisted in get- ting up the petition by members the faculty Tha Cy Prez Club of National Uni versity held a candy bazaar at the school last week.. Miss Elizabeth Emmons was chairman of the commit- tee in charge. The club will hold its regular business meeting at school Tuesday night. Miss Bertha Richardson Aavas recent| elected president of the organization. Representative Henry R. Rath- bone’s popular lectures on “Trial Tactics” are proving to be even more popular thils year than ever before. He has been giving them for a num- ber of terms, and each term finds the class filled to capacity and vis- itors coming in for the lectures. A special meeting of the Faba Club of the college of finance and business administration of National University will be called this week by President Oliver K. Smith A pogt of the American Legion will be inétalled at National University during the present term. The mat- ter has been under consideration for some time by the students, many of whom are ex-service men. The only organization for ex-service men in the school at present is a chapter of the Disablgd American Veterans, of which B. M. Hedrick l& president The woman students in the college of finance and business administration of National University have com- pleted plans for the installation of a local sorority in the business depart- ment. 1t will be petitioned for and installed during the Spring. Miss Lillian Peters and Mrs. Andrew Her- lits are in charge of the arrangements. The moot court sessions at Na- tional University continue to attract numbers of _visitors each week. National Univ sented last week ities Commission Judge Glenn Willett presides, and the | trials have proved interesting to both participants and visitors during the year. The case 10 come up on next Tuesday involves larceny after trust. Counsel for the defense will be E. V. Coons, B. C. Thomas and Homer F. Cooper, and the prosecuting att.rneys | will be L. D. Waller, J. J. Aridgs and A. Giovanni. The line-up of for the case last Tuesday night was: Attorneys for prosecution, Barl F. Sechrest, Earl G. Hedrick and Timothy Murphy, and defense coun- sel included D. J. O'Brien, John wein, John H. Pizg-and John H. Clark, Joseph counsel other | assistants | will | annual | Uni- | of | 0 STREET SCHOOL . HONORS AWARDED Vocational Instructor An- nounces Lists of Pupils Ex- celling in Studies. The honor roll for the first semester at the O Street Vocational School was announced at a special assembly last week by Leonora C. Randolph, princi- pal. The honors were conferred on all pupils who excelled in deportment, attendance, trade. courses and other outstanding work. Those who excelled in attendance were Agnes West, Ruth Thomas, Ethel Johnson, Earlie De Berry, Rox- ana Hodges, Dorothy Craig, Mildred Hunter, Ethel Francis, Evelyn John- son, Virginia Brown, Ora Baylor, Ruby Cauley, Julia Chambers, Am. Swann, Jennie White, Lena Thomas, Alice Preston, Mary Jackson and Mil- dred Polk. Exce! in Trade Courses. Those who excelled in trade courses were Mabel Parker, Ruth Thomas, ‘Vivian _Wallace, Sarah Robinson, Mabel Smith, Agnes West, Evelyn Hawkins, Earlie De Berry, Thelma Davis, Mildred Hill, Marie Johnson, Mary Jackson, Beatrice Brown, Marie Jordan, Effie Butler, Elsie Taylor, Leola Bridgeford, Bva Sullers, Har- riet Webb, Pearl Thomas, Lilllan Whittingham, Irma Wright, Louise Minor, Gladys Carson, Cora Holliday, Eleanora Diggs, Gertrude Harrod, Francis Blackstone, Pearl Osley, Julia Chambers, Amy Swann, Mildred Hun- ter, Flossie Lee, Katherine Williams, annis Hayes, Myrtle Minor, Ethel Francis, Marie Jackson, Evelyn John- son, Lucile Miles, Margaret Powell, Marie Coats, Marie McDowell, Minnie White, Beatrice mms, Eleanor Snowden, Hattie Jones, Agnes Knight Emma Gordon, Dorothy Craig, Pear Hawkins, Anna Handy, Virginia Mar- shall List of Promotions. { Yupils who were promoted follow Advanced dressmaking, B grade Helen Bowser, Mary Lewls, Dthel Johnson, Emma Dixon, Bert Al- britton. Lucretia Pollard, Isabelle Stewart. Virginia Tapscott, Iunice Vance, Gretchen Allen, Evelyn Haw- kins, Mabel Smith, Ruth Thomas, Agnes West, Earlie DeBerry, Mildred Hyd e Johnson, Nannie Morto Mabel Parker, Sara Robinson, Vivian Wallace, Mildred Williams, Advanced dressmaking, A Naomi Brown, Marie Coates, Janic | Johnson, Hattie Jones, Marle Me- Dowell, Ethel Turner, Minnie White, Ines Williams, Dorothy Cralg, Gar- netta Cross, Emma Gordon, Harriet Henson, Mildred Lyons, atrice Simms, Delilah Tapscott, Vannetta Willis, Rebec Gilmore, _Roxana Hodges, Agnes Knight. Eleanor Snowden. Blementary dressmaking, B grade: ! Mildred Hunter, Rosa Payton, Ruth Stubbs, Mary Gordon, Katherine Wil- liams, Viola Brooks, Reba Dougla, annis Haves, Myrtle Minor, Elaine orrell, Marie Woodley, Lillian Bet { Madeline Fagans, Bethel Francis, Marie Jackson, Evelyn Johnson. Lu- jcile Miles, Margaret Powell, Fio grade: | A Grade Homor List. Elementary dressmaking, A grade Ruby Cauley, Julla Chambers, Al berta Edmonston, Veronica Fletcher, Mildred Howard, Carrie Kidwell, Alma Minor. Theresa Thornton, Helen Winkey, Ethel Davis, Ora Baylor, Estelle’ Cannon, Bernice Curry, Mar- guerite Jones, Viola Marshall, Ger- trude Robinson, Amy Swann, Del | phine Winston, Janie Butler, Evelyn | Riggs, Fsther Smallwood, Isabeile Smith, Virginia Brown. Tlementary sewing, B grade: The- rese Ashton, Francis Blackstone. Elsie Gant, Annadale Cash, White, Martha Bell, Gladys Carson, Cora Holliday, Ruth Strong. Lucy White, Alice Coates, Fauline Barrett Mary Beckwith, Eleanora Diggs, Ger- rude Harrod, Hortentia Hodge, Pearl sley, Earline Shumate, Lucinda Simms, Dora Watts, Bertha Chisolm, Rebecca Wright. Class in Millinery. | Millinery: Beulah Davis, | Burton, Beatrice Fulton | Minor, Beatrice Wilson, Eur Viola EKvans, FErnestine Jones, Ruth James, Erma Wright, Grace Peter | Home keeping and cafeteria opera- ! tion, advanced class, B grade: Add | Barnes, Leola Bridgeford, Dorothy | Brooks, Lena Thomas, J’earl Thomas, { Edith Robinson, Alice I'reston, Anna | Moore, Eva Sullers, Harriet Webb, {Lillian Whittingham, Christine Ball, Calpurnia Hall. Blementary class, B grad i Brown, Grace Burton, Clara Mildred Hill, Marie Johnson, {Allen, Rosa Blackwe, Marion | more, Elsie May Jones, Mildred Polk, { Effie Butler, Beulah Davis, Mary | Jackson, Marie Jordan, Elsic Taylor. | Arnita Dennis, Marguerite Robinson. FIXED i | Bernice Louise : Beatrice Bush, Martha BANGUET DATE ! Annual Event of Washington In- stitution to Be Held at Rau- scher’s on April 25. The dates for the two leading events at Washington College of Law were announced yesterday by Mrs. Laura H. Halsey, new dean of the school. The annual banquet will be held Saturday -evening, April 25 at Rauscher's. The commencement ex- | ercises will be held at Memorial Co; tinental Hall June 2. In accordance with school tradi- tions, the members of the junior class will handle arrangements for the banquet and the guests of honor will be the class of 1915. The senior class has named com- | mittees as follows: Commencement arrangements, Grace M. Whelan, chairman; Marjorie L. Soper. Julia Hallameck, Julia M. Bland, Gertrude E. Coyle, Oliver B. Lerch and J. Y. Blakely; social and finance, M. Mar garet Ranahan, chairman; Mary B. Linkins, Mary C. Boggs, Oliver B. VLerch and E. Vincent Harper; print- ing and engraving, Harry Friedman, chairman; Harry Levy, John W. Dyer, jr.; Hartwell S. Adkins, Julia M Bland and Robert W. Keyser; caps and gowns, Mary C. Whelan, chair- man; Thomas H. King, 1. Vincent Harper, Leslie H. McDaniel, Shelby S. Roberts and Lenore L. Stites. Com- mittees on class pins, photographs, speakers and endowment have not been fully organized. Chairmen of these committees include Susan T. Campbell, Charles W. Peckham, Martha R. Gold and Elizabeth Hyde. Mrs. Rebekah S. Greathouse, execu- tive secretary of the college, has ten- dered her resignation, effective Feb- uary 15, .Another benefit card party for the school's endowment fund = will be | ziven under the auspices of Mrs. | Wright February 21. The national officers of Sigma Nu Phi fraternity were entertained by the Holmes Chapter, Washington College of Law, January 31. Chan- | cellor Earl A. Ruth spoke. Members of Sigma Nu Phi are completing a rangements for the annual founder ¢ay banquet Thursday night at thc Lre House. Jennie | ce Diggs, | Gil- | | FOR COLLEGE OF LAW| RIFLE TEAM CHOSEN AT ARMSTRONG SCHOOL Seven of Group Given Places on Regimental Squad—New Mem- bers Added to Faculty. Capt. Edward York, military in- structor at Armstrong Manual Train- Ing School, announces the selection of the school rifle team to be as follows: Charles H. Baltimore, Raymond Al- len, Walter H. Dabney, Carl E. Dar- den, Ernest Tinnen, Benjamin Drew, rnest Salter, Cornellus Burke, James Cousins and Willlam E. Brown. Th first seven named will also be mem- bers of the regimental rifle team, and will compete as such in the corps area matches, The report of Mrs. M. F. Selden shows that 668 cases were treated at the emergency room last semester. Of these, 660 were cared for by the matron ‘and 8 by the medical in- spector. There were 127 cases of eye and headache troubles, 59 of defec- tive teeth, 28 of indigestion, 106 slight accident cases. Two cases were gent to the hospital for treatment and 66 excused for illness, 1ight men have been selected by Coach Miller to make the trip to Chicago Tuesday to represent the school in the annual sectional contest for the basket ball title with the Wendell Philips High School. . They are: Temple, Whiting, Allen, Jone: McDowell, Robinson, Darden, Hender- son. P. Westmoreland of the faculty will accompany Coach Miller assist in handling the boys. New additions to faculty for the second semester are: Mrs. Irene Per- Kins, Cornell, '22, teacher of biology; Miss Ethel C. Harris, Howard, and Columbla, '24: Mrs, Josephine L. Harley, Oberlin, "07, and Mrs. Bessie Miller Nurse, reinstated. All of the teachers have had wide and varled experience in their work. The school loses Miss M. P. Adams and Miss C. C. Calloway, who will teach at Dun- bar High School. BRADY IS CHOSEN " EDITOR OF BRECKY Central Names Other Officers for Year Book Also—Girl Debaters Lose. ke Brady, associate editor of the entral High School Bulletin, was elected editor-in-chief of the Brecky, the school's year book, last week. Prady also is a major in the Central| det regiment Associate editors of the Brecky fol- low: Geraldine Shock, Marjorie Rice, Margaret Moreland, Robert Caffee, Winifred Fallon, Helen Kuhn, Mabel Brown and Harriet Edelen. Miss C. 1 Orr is the culty adviser for the book. Work on the Brecky will ba- 5in as soon as the midyear reorgani- ation of the school is completed. Central’'s girls’ debating team, up- |holding the negative of the question, “Resolved, That the child ment will be ratified S was defeated by a vote of 3 to 0, debate recently with the West Phil- adelphia High School. This debate has been regarded at Central for years as the annual interhigh school de- bating classic. Central's team was composed of Polly Betts, Audrey Carol and Wiona ven Ammon, with Christine Willlams as alternate. i Short Story Contest Planned. | The Review, Centfal's monthly magazine, last Wednesday conducted | # chapel for the purpose of inaugurat- ing and introducing to the school a short story contest. Alla Rogers, edi- |tor of the Review, was the presiding officer, and obtained all the talent for the various numbers from the pub- { lication staffs. A Publications Band | demonstrated the musical powers of | the school's journalists. Miss Rogers outlined the rules of the story con- test, and then announced a play en- | titled “The Review Staff Medlum's Trance,” which was a clever dramati- | zation of the desired progress of the| contest. A “ukulele chorus’ from the | Publications Band, sang a song com- I posed by a member of the staff of the | Review, giving in rhyme the contest conditions, the words of which were on the screen One novel ure of the contest is that every contestant is to receive a prize. The interest which is shown yearly | by Centiral students toward the Spring {play, is once more in idence. Thus |far, an air of mystery’ has pervaded |the annual production, for the name has not been announced to the stu- dent body. But it is known that the {play will be a modern, melodramatic |farce, on the order of “Seven Keys to | Baldpate.” the 'well remembered |Spring play of 1922. That 13 is not an unlucky number {has been proved by the automobile {class, which claims that number of students: The course teaches how to dismantle a machine, explain its con- struction and reassemble it, thus giving those in the class a complete and helpful knowledge of how to re- pair their machines, as well as how to keep them in good running order. The “Masks,” the honorary soclety of the Central Dramatic Association, | will present a program Tuesday, at 3 ip.m., in the auditorium. It promises to be as unusual in interest as the previous programs have been. A boys glee club has been organ- ized at Central. The officers elected are: Edward Arliss, president; Paul MeNeil, secretary; Allan Lutz, treas- jurer, and Franklin Clark, librarian. A |constitution has been drawn up! and |sent to the Board of Education for | approval. | A mew class in elementary statistics |has been started at Central by Miss Wilson, teacher of mathematics. This | {class, which appears on the subject | list of Central for the first time this February, is based on the statement of Taussig, the great economist, that the future of all economic value lies in statistics. The mathematical basis of the course is so sound that it has been accepted in lieu of Intermediate algebra at Johns Hopkins and is giv- en college entrance credit at George Washington. A farewell' chapel was ‘held by the school .in honor of the February graduates. Principal Alvin W. Miller paid tribute to the class in a short | address, which was followed by speeches by Robert Harper and Perey Russell, February and June * class, presidents, respectively. The Dramatic Association presented a short pro- gram, ‘and the graduates closed the chapel by singing “Auld Lang Syne" and “Tenax Propositi,” the school songs. GIRLS WORK ON DOCKS, Youngsters of 14 Are Toiling at -Russian Ports. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb- ruary 7.—College girls and boys, rang- Ing in ages from 14 to 21, work durnig vacations as longshoremen on Black Sea docks, several British shipmasters reported on docking here after visit- ing Russian ports with relief supplies. The mariners reported that the Soviet forbade them to feed the work- ers, explaining that Russia did not | want to be obligated to any nation for assistance, and Russians did not want the. world to think they were suffering. Lunches, added the narra- tors, were wrapped up separately and smuggled to- the young tollers. . W.U.UNDER WAY ON 20 SEMESTER Examinations Occupy 10-Day Period—Departments Re- port Heavy Enroliment. George Washington University is well into the beginning of the second semester work. The university open- ed last week, following a 10-day pe- riod of examinataions in all depart- ments. It Is expected that reglstra- tion the second half year will be heavy. The university authorities have made good their announcement of tightening scholarship require- ments throughout the various de- partments. While figures for the second half ar are not avallable, it is under- stood that the natural and logical growth of the university along the lines of enrollment as well as in edu- cational and physical expansion is going forward as was expected. Raised Standards Anmounced. Following the announcement of raised standards in all departments, the enrollment in the second semester is quite heavy. ‘It is expected that record figures will be made despite the announced intention of the au- thorities to restrict entrance as much a8 possible to conform to higher standards. President William Mather Lewis has just concluded a short swing into the Middle West. He visited Chi- cago twice and Kansas City. Tues- day the Chicago alumni turned outsto welcome the president. Col. Gogdon Strong of Chicago announced the award of $600 to the university from the Henry Strong Foundation. In 1926 the university will receive $1,200 and in 1927 $2,400, and so on. The Strong endowment is known as the revolving loan fund and is avail- able for university students. Plans were discussed at Chlcago for the bullding and endowment fund drive as well as plans for the annual ban- quet. President Lewis was enthusi- astically recefved at Kansas City, he reports, where great progress was made by the alumni there. Bacealaureate Speaker Chosen. Announcement is made that Dr. George B. Stewart, president of the Auburn Theologieal Seminary, Au- burn, N. Y., will be the speaker at the baccalaureate exercises to he held in Corcoran Hall Sunday, February 22, at 3 p.m.. The Midwinter con- vocatlon will be held in Memorial Continental Hall the afternoon of Feb- ruary 23. Dr. Michael Pupin of Co- lumbia University, president of the Assoclation for the Advancement of ence, will deliver the address. Representative Henry Rathbone of Ilinois will give an address on Abra- ham Lincoln In the university chapel Wednesday in the annual observan'ce of Lincoln's birthday at the univer- sit The fourth of the public lecture series under university auspices will be held in Corcoran Hall February Prof. Samuel F. Bemis of the history department will talk on “The His- torical Background of Washington's Farewell Address.” The historical series has been unusually well pat- ronized by the public. The fifth lec- ture will be held March 11. Drive On for Endowment Fund. Formal launching of the 1925 build- ing and endowment fund campaign was made just before the examination period. Claude Owen, President Lewis end Henry James of the student bods are active in the drive. It is confi- dently expected that $10.000 will be aised among the students and that the xoal of $700,000 will be reached within the yea: With the opening of the second half year student activities are be- ginning to boom. The university athletic teams, men and women, are getting plenty of action. The basket ball team is making a creditable record. The women's team has start- ed in earnest. Track and swimming as well as rifle teams are going for- ward rapidly. Interest in the university Tree,” the student yearbook, has be- come intense following several in- novations announced for the publi- cation this year. The staff met Thursday and outlined the policy and work for the remaining week of preparation. Edward S. Bettelhelm is business manager and Arthur C. Perry editor. Debaters to Meet Syracuse. George Washington debaters are looking forward to the first forensic engagement February 26, when the Syracuse University. debaters are met. The debate probably will be held in Corcoran Hall and a capacity audi- ence is expected Unusual activity is being demon- strated In University Glee Club cir- cles. The Glee Club and the orches- tra have given several performances in the city at hospitals and churches. A trip is contemplated through Ohlo and Pennsylvania during the Easter holidays, according to present plans. Earl C. Arnold, instructor In the Law School, will conduct a course in suretyship in the Summer School at Northwestern University, according to a recent notice. BUSINESS HIGH CLUB TO PRESENT PROGRAM “Cherry All interest at the Business High School for the month is centered in the coming recital to be given by both chapters of the Osiris Club at the Business High School hall Thurs- day and Friday. The Osiris Club is known as the “Leadership Club” and includes in its membership citizens of prominence in the city, as well as the distinguished members of the faculty and student body. Noted among the outside members are Ed- ward F. Colladay, Dr. Frank Ballou, superintendent of ‘schools, and Robert Lawrence. On the evenings chosen for the an- nual presentation of the Osiris recital there will be given this year a double bill. The Isis chapter will present an operetta under the direction of Miss Emma Louise Thompson and Mrs, Josephine Mace. Sketch to Be Given. The “Riddle of Isis” will bring be- fore the audience Anna Marie Frances as Isis, an Egyptian goddess; John Hall, Rameses 1l; Reginald, Fred Ulle Penelope Pinker, Kathryn Roth;_Rose, Grace Wooden; Bashi, Fred English. The chorus will in/ clude Ernest Huyett, Pat Bradley, James Gray, Adeiine Glovani, Helen Boyd and Evelyn McCune. The sec- ond part of the program will incude the Osiris ritual. with its songs, Egyp- tian dances and original musical com- positions, much of which has been contributed by Principal Allan Davis. Colorful, indeed, were the trap- pings of the seniors, who last week celebrated their position by appear- ing in caps of black with blue and orange tassels. Decorations individ- ual in the extreme were added. The next addition to the senior equipment will be the class rings due this week. One of the interesting events of the week was the manual of arms competitive drill. Jack Waters of Company E was the winner of the in- dividual drill. Company I took the flag for the squad competitive drill. The members of the squad are Stan- ley Wetmore, Nicholas Lebert, Morris Fox, Israel Siiverman, Wilmer Taylor, Robert Story, Horace Darcey and George Robbitt. . JAPANESE EDUCATORS ARE DUNBAR VISITORS Evince Particular Interest School Publications—1,800 Pupils Are Enrolled. K. Suglura, superintendent of schools, Chiba-Ken, Japan; Seishira Hattori, principal of the Dairen First Middle ‘School of Dafren, Soyth Man- churla, and Shuzo Aral, vrofessor of the University of Por. Arthur in South Manchuria and a student at Teachers’ College, Columbia University. visited Dunbar High School Tuesday afternoon. They were particularly in- terested In all school publications. They commended the cadets and photographed the officers, Two new courses have been added to the curriculum of Dunbar—journal- ism and French 8. The first is taught by Miss B. McNelll, and the second by Mrs. M. G. Brewer. The addition of many books to the Dunbar library was announced by Mrs. P. B. Curtls, the librarian, These books cover almost every department in the school. . Dunbar has enrolled 1,800 pupils. Seventy-four new pupils were received from Shaw Junior and Randall Junior High Schools, and 113 from the elemen- tary schools. The inter-class rifie match held in January resulted in a victory for the seniors. Krom the junior and senfor team, the girls with the highest scores were selected for the Dunbar High School team. They are as follows: Deborah Banks, Evelyn Brown, Julla Brown, Valentina Dial, Margaret Evans, Arreta Guinage, Myrtle Henry, Alice Lane, Olivia Morris, Margaret Newman, Grace Owens, Lois Pair, Wilhelmina White and Juniata Wi Hams. in ENROLLMENT GROWS IN K. OF C. SCHOOL Evening Classes Show Marked Gains in Second Semester. Colors Are Adopted. An increase in enrollment marked the beginning of the second seme: ter Monday at the Knights of Colum- bus Evening School. The increase was noted particularly in the account- ing and shorthand sections. The course in interior decorating also reported a large enrollment. The Student Council held nual election Friday night. There was a lively contest for all offices. Those elected were: President, Tes- mond Murphy; vice president, A:bert J. Kearney; secretary, Miss Mary Eike; treasurer, Harry Burnett, and sergeant at arms, Louis’ R. Kupfer. Reports of various committees were read. Chairman Burnett of the dance committee reported that he had se- cured the Salon des Nations for the dance to be given February 21. Miss Dorothea U. Barrett, Miss Mary Craw- ley and Miss Loretta Ryan and Mr. Harry Kabat were appointed a com- mittee to advertise the dance. Color Scheme Adopted. Harry Kabat, chairman of the com- mittee on school colors, submitted samples of proposed colors. It was dectded to_adopt black, white and gold. Mr. Kearney, chairman of the athletic committee, reported a bow! ing game to be played bctween the accountancy team and the senior law team. A publicity committee con- sisting__of Maurice O'Connor and Harry Kabat was appointed. Mrs. Janes F. Hartnett has started classes in parliamentary law and dramatic reading. Thomas F. O'Bricn gave the first lecture in his course in insurance Monday night. Dr. Willlam M. Deviny is taking over for the second semester the third year accounting course, taught by A. Manuel Fox during the first mester. its an- SCHOLARSHIP OFFER TO D. C. HIGH SCHOOLS American University Course Warth $200 Available in New Col- lege of Liberal Arts. Chancellor Lucius C. Clark of American University announced last night that the new College of Liberal Arts, which will be opened next Fall with the completion of two new build- ings at the university grounds west of Wisconsin avenue, offers a scholar- <hip to each of the high schools of Washington. Each scholarship will be for $200, an amount sufficlent to cover the cost of tuition, and will be awarded annually for one vear. For the academic yvear 1925-26 the college also offers 48 foundation scholarships, one for each State in the Union. These scholarships will cover full tuition charges, and applications should be made not later than April 1, 1925, to George B. Woods, dean of the college, 1901 F street. The new college will give a full four-vear college course, leading to the degree of bachelor of arts. The campus on which the new buildings are being erected comprises 90 acres, and there is now direct street car service to the grounds, only four miles from the Capitol Building. Sixteen teachers have already been engaged for the faculty. It is the in- tention to maintain a ratio of one teacher to 10 or 12 students, in order to assure individual attention. Athletic fields are being developed and a temporary gymnasium, 60 by 140 feet, will be built during the Summer. Dr. Clark is in Cumberland, Md., over the week end and will speak be- fore the Ministers' Federation of that district tomorrow morning. Dr. J. E. Bentley of%he university faculty, will deliver a series of lec- tures this summer at Auburn Semi- Frances Moon Butt: the faculty at Business High School and a graduate student at American University, will be one of the speakers at a conference of short- hand teachers in Philadelphia, Feb- ruary 14. a member FEDERATION FORMED. School Organizations Unite and Adopt Constitution. Organization of a federation of presidents and representatives of varjous school organizations of divi- sions 10 to 13 of the public school system was completed at a meeting Monday night, in Dunbar High School, at which a constitution was adopted and officers elected. Miss Lillian Robinson was chosen president; John H. Wilson,’ vice president; George A. Parker, secretary; Mrs. Bessie Kemp, sssistant secretary, and James Sham- well, treasurer. Garnet C. Wilkinson, first assistant superintendent in charge of -colored schools, complimented the organiza- tion. After Indorsing the five-year school building program and deciding to appeal to Congress to restore the two branch librarles at the Dean- wood and Bell Schools, the federation adjourned until April. MUSICAL INSTRUCTION EXPERIENCED “BINGING TEACHBER, RE- gently returned from Parlg wisties to exchange lewsons with Froneh % or_eveming. Fortn aear e e e LEGTURE GOURSE OPENED T0 PUBLIC Father Walsh’s Talks Before G. U. Class on Russia Will Start Friday. With the Russian problem again forging to the front as onme of the major international issues before the American people, the Foreign Serv- ice School of Georgetown University has arranged to admit the public (o its serfts of lectures on “Russia in Revolution,” by Rev. Edmund A Walsh, 8. J., which opens Friday eve- ning at 8 o'clock. Since Japan revived Interest Russia by extending recognition the Soviet government, Father Wal has had so0 many requests to addres meetings in Washington on the ques- tions {nvolved in Sovietism that the Foreign Service School was com pelled to arrange for the use of the | publle auditorium in the National| Museum for the weekly Friday eve- | ning lecture course, | Father Walsh has been fulfilling lecture engagements in various part of the country since Christmas, arousing public opinion to the menace that threatens democratic institutions in the Soviet form of government in to He has just returned from lecturine In Boston, and during March will make a tour of the middle West and North, where he has 22 speaking en- | gagements. On these trips he will | speak before chambers of commeree, | civic clubs and various universities, Regarded as one of the best in- formed men on Russian affairs, Father Walsh has prepared a his- (torical treatment of the Russian revolution in a series of 12 lect These lectures are designed to sketch | the historical background indis- | pensable for a right understanding | of the tremendous upheaval in the | social, economic and political order introduced by the revolution of 1917 | and proclaimed by the boishevists as the only basis for the reconstruc- tion of human society elsewhere, | The course will furthermore fur- nish material for a dispassionate evaluation of the claims of Russla to be admitted into the family of civilized nations on the, basis of absolute equality. Father Walsh spent 21 months of his three-year period in Europe intimate contact with Soviet author ities and institutions during relic work, This period was passed not in Moscow and Petrograd alone, but off the beaten track—in the Crimes in the Cossack country, the and Black Sea districts and along the Volga and In the Ukraine. An inter- esting phase of the lectures will be | pictures of the great sian fami in the Volga district. Congress Members Invited. N Invitations have been extended members of Congress and other pub- lic officials, and tickets may be pro- cured by the general public upon ap- plication to the secretary of the For- eign Service School. The schedule of lectures were Wn- nounced as follows: February 13, “From the Crimean War to the As- | sassination of Alexander IL” Febru- ary 30, “From Assassination of Alex- ander 1I to the Russo-Japanese War.’ February 27, “From Russo-Japanese | War to the Fall of ®the Monarchy March €, “From the Abdication of the Czar to the Murder of the Imperial " March 20, “Fall of the Government to the Triumph Bolshevism.” March 27, “The White Offensives and the Collapse of | the Counter Revolution.” April T “The Red Terror and Its Vietims." April 17, “The Failure of Communism and the Rise of Leninism.” April 24 “The Great Famine” (illustrated) May 1, “The Persecution of Rellgion.” {May 6, “The Soviet State—Its Struc- ture, Constitution and Codes.” Ma 15, “Recognition of Russia by the | United States. Radio fans who happen to “tune in on WJAR, Providence, Tuesday eve- | ning, will hear President Charles W. Lyons, S. J., of Georgetown Univer- sity and Father Walsh, regent of the | Foreign Service School, address a mass meeting of the Georgetown Club of Rhode Island. Both Father Lyons and Father Walsh will attend the meeting. | Arrangements are being made by | the local Georgetown University | Club for its smoker, February 20, the | | night before the Georgetown indoor | {track meet. Members of the New | | York Alumni Association feel certain that Paavo Nurmi, the flying Finn, will be able to come to Washington in time to attend the smoker as the guest of Georgetown. Gen. Smedley Butler, who also was invited, will be unable to attend on account of a throat infection, but the Quantico Marines will be represented by their | commandant, Gen. Dion Williams. Tickets for the smoker, at $1.50 each, are going fast. The affair will be given at the City Club, the regular meeting place of the local alumni. An improved catalogue of George- town College, under date of Novem- ber, 1924, has just been issued from the dean's office. The publication offers a wealth of information to pro- spective students and may be obtained | upon application at the office of the registrar in the Healy Building. Poll's Theater will be the scene of a brilliant assemblage tomorrow eve- ning when the performance of “Rose- Marie” will be presented for the bene- fit of the Georgetown University Hos- pital. A splendid response has been reported from the appeal sent out to triends of the institution. The pur- pose of the benefit—the establishment | and maintenance of free wards at the | hospital—is wor of the support of Georgefown stuMent EDUCATIONAL. 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