Evening Star Newspaper, June 14, 1925, Page 22

99 MANY ARE LISTED INSUMMER SCHOOL Washington College of Law to Open for Short Special Session. * HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY ENTERTAINED AT PARTY Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Gleason Hosts to Teachers of Mac- farland School. The faculty of the Macfarland Junior High School was entertained at a party given in thelr honor re- cently by Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Gleason Gifts were presented to Miss Thorn. hill and Miss Mayes, two of the teachers who will be married during the Summer. Games also were played, e school session | ation has vears for | of. Edwin | course in The Washington will open th tomic W been L the Moos have proved espe Tk during includes 2. Geor “Evidence,” ntra )" - the | *k night ex- | two at “‘Partner Is. at 6 Persc . Monday, | at 6 iniC) 3 rsday “Domestic A. Halsey, 7 pm ogue. s for the vear ed. The Fall opening Sep- several changes have catalogue. Among the lengthening fuom 320 to 350 n of 60 ha been made might be enab) h the ever- increa tior lastic tates the open- about two weeks customary in list of students during the r gold nd able Gertrude mention, t worl course by research r of senior “Corpus : honor work in pract senior class, to Real Property lizabeth Hyde: honorable mention, Harry Levy. High- est record for scholars senifor year, prize, one-vear scholarship at the college for graduate work, Eliza- beth Hyde: honorable mention, Ger- trude Coyle, Harry Friedman and Charles Peckham. Highest record first and second vear (by woman in second year class), award $20 in gold, offered - the Beta Chapter, Phi Delta Delta. men's legal fraternity, awarded to Doris Hartshorn, average 92.14; honorable mention, Dorothea Wass- man. Same type record to man in second year c award “Bouvier's Law Dictionary,” offered by Oliver Wendell Holmes Chapter, Sigma Nu Phi, men’s legal fraternity, awarded to Herman Berman, average 95.45; honorable mention, Ernest Riley and Louis Messenger. Highest record in second year, “Cyclopedic Law Dic- tlonary,” awarded to Herman Berman; honorable mention, Ernest Riley, Helen Hironimus, Dorothea Wassman and Louis Messenger. ighest Record in First Year. Highest record in first vear, gold, awarded to Al nder Bishoff, e 96.35 honorable mention, Pearle Cooper and Dorothy Bennett. Highest scholastic standing in_patent and trade-mark course, award “Pat- ents for Designs,” given to Elizabeth Bellah, average 98.15; honorable men- tion, Ellis Middleton. Best work in practice court, “Semmes’ Patent Pro- cedure,” awarded to Ellis Miidleton. Highest scholastic standing in post- graduate , prize $20 in gold, of- fered by Epsilon Chapter, Kappa Beta Pi Legal Sorority, awarded to Harry Earl Mitchell; honorable mention, Helen Burton Kelleher and Frank Swain Bellah. Highest record during the past vear made by a member of Sigma Nu Phi Legal Fraternity, cholarship Ke; offered by the fraternity’s executive council, award ed to John Dyer, jr.; honorable men- tion, Barl Ruth. DUNBAR PUPILS GIVE ‘SONG OF HIAWATHA’ Pantomime, by Member of Facul- ty, Is A}so Part of Program. r1ompson’ 5 in “The Quest of the Good Spirit pantomime in one act, and “The Song of Hiawatha,’ in five scenes, were presented at three performances Monday and Tuesday at the Dunbar High School, by the pupils of the graded and high schools, divisions 10- 13, for the benefit of the Sterling Re- lief Association “The Quest of the Good Spirit, an allegory, written by Mrs. Theresa L. Conneliy of the Dunbar faculty, a search of a boy and a girl for hap- piness, the coming of sorrow and hate and the restoring of peace and har- mony through justice assisted by love. _The story as acted out by the young players was strong and forceful, the pictures true and the whole perform- ance excellently conducted. The Inter- school Orchestra, composed of about 40 pleces, under the direction of H. L. Grant, furnished an effective back- ground for the stor: The chief char: vieve Francis, Inece Harrls, a was cters were: Gene- rederich Phillips, Zdna Burke, F Quarles, Elinore TRobinson, Adel: Taylor, W. E. Washington, Barh Connelly, Julia Brooks. Carol Harris, Ruth Mathews, Betty Francis, Mavls Wormley; Nature dancers, Edwina Boyd, Ethel Morgan Grayson, Annabelle Thornton, Clarice Tyler, Lu- nette Logan; slave dancer, Beatrice Bo: “The Prelude,” “The Song of Life” and “Love, I Have Won You,” by Landon Roland, were sung by Miss Estelle Pinkney; “My Heart at the Sweet Voice Miss Gwendolyn Hughes, and “None But the Lonely Heart,”’ Miss Virginia Williams. “The Song of Hiawatha,” a play in five scenes, was arranged by Guy, depicting the important scenes in the life of Hiawatha. Choruses sang “By the Shores of the Gitchee-Gumee—Ira Wilson; Long and_Dreary Winter, Farewell, Fareweil Forever,” S. Coleridge or. The chief characters were Eliza Coppage, W. L. Washington, Claude Wilson, Barrington Guy, Nellle Watts, Thelma. Watson, Wilford Newman, Harry Parker, Natalie Moorman, Robert Murray and Barnett Anderson. A large chorus consisted of guid chiefs, prophets, magicians, medicine men and Indians. The' children's chorus was augmented by a large group of experienced singers who gave fine support in the difficult pas- sages In _the _Coleridge Taylor 1Costume Study, “Down Pet- | four years, were Dorothy Davis, Enid | Henry. the winners of which included Prin: cipal Howard P. Safford, Henry W,/ Draper and Miss Vestal. Other guests were mother of the host Safford, Mrs. H. W Mrs. Miss C. frs. Martin, Mrs. H. P.| Draper, Mrs. Willlams, Miss . Weedon. Miss Schoenborn, Miss McGown, es McCauley, Miss Goodman, Miss Hayden, Miss All Shipley, Miss Simonton, Miss . Toner, Mr. Conway, Sergt. Maj Archibald King, Mr. Church and E. A. Root 0 STREET SCHoOL HOLDS GRADUATION esa ticoat Lane,” Presented by Class at Exercises. Class exercises of the graduating class of the O Street Vocational School were held Thursday night at the Dunbar High School. The class presented the costume study “Down Petticoat Lane” by Helen Durham. The costumes worn were made by the pupils under the instruction of Mrs. R. C. Steward and Mrs. E. T. Mayer. The hats were made in the millinery department un- der the instruction of Mrs. F. P. rk After the presentation the gradu- red in their class night ie by the advanced classes naking under the instruction Martin and Mrs. Koonce, marched on the stage for the second | part of their program. These cos- tumes will be on exhibition Tuesday at the school. Miss Leola Bridgeford made the utation, while the history of the class was given by Miss Viola Evans, the prophecy by Miss Peal Hawkins, the gifts by Miss Calpernia Hall. The class through its president, Miss Ju- liette Gantling, presented the school a silver loving cup in appreciation of all that the school has meant to their progress. The valedictory by Miss Gretchen Allen was applauded. The exercises closed with the class song which was written by Miss Jullette Gantling and Miss Eva Sullers. Senior Dance. Friday evening the senior dance was held at the Phyllis Wheatley Young Women's Christian Association. The guests were received by the facuity. | This was followed by dancing inter- mingled with solos and_recitations A toast was_given to the class by Miss L. C. Randolph, the principal, and responded to by Miss Gantling, the class president. With the clos- ing bars of “Home Sweet Home" the dance ended. Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock com- mencement exercises of the graduating class will be held at the aduitorium of the Shaw Junior High School. The fol- lowing program will be rendered: Pre- siding officer, Mrs. Coralle F. Cook; invocation by Rev. Walter H. Brooks, instrumental solo by Clyde Glass, song by the glee club, recitation by Miss Eliza Coppage, address to the class by Miss Mary Anderson, direc- tor of women's bureau, Department of Labor; presentation of certificates by Miss Marion P. Shadd, second assistant superintendent of schools. The graduates follow: Dressmaking course—Gretchen ~ Laverne Allen, Helen Dorothy Bowser, Emma Hyman Dixon, Earlle Mae Deberry, Evelyn Beatrice Hawkins, Mildred Wilthelmina Hyde, Ethel Sedonia Johnson, Marie Lavinta Johnson, Mary Elizabeth Lewis, Nannie Min: nie Norton, Mabel Maria Parker, Lucretia Von Schneider _Pollard, Mabel Isabel Smith, Isabel Margaret | Stewart, Virginia Clara Tapscott, Sara Francis Tyler, Vivian Culiver Wallace, Agnes Elizabeth West, Mil- dred Margaret Williams, Millinery course—Eunice Virginia Diggs, Viola Elizabeth Evans, Ruth Bernice James, Ernestine Beatrice Jones, Erma Catherine Wright. Applied art _course—Anna Marie Handy, Pearl Estelle Hawkins, Vir- ginia Alma Marshall, Domestic _science — Addle Lee Dorothy in dres Barnes, Leola Bridgefors, Alice Brooks, Juliette Lucretia Gant- ling, Calpernia Cecilia Hall, Anna Louise Moore, Alice Du Bois Preston, Ada Edith Robinson, Eva Bertie Sul- lers, Pearl ‘ Francis Thomas, Lena August Thomas, Harriet Irene Webb, Lillian Virginia' Whittingham. PAGEANT FEATURES DUNBAR CLASS NIGHT! All Seniors Take Part in Grecian Festival—Operetta Pre- sented by Pupils. The senior class of Dunbar High School held its class night exercises Thursday in the school auditorium. A two-part program was given. The four valedictorians, who had maintained an average of excellent in all major subjects for the entire Cook, Beatrice Walker and James The salutatorians were An- nette. Hawkins and Louise Syphax, who had the grade of excellent in all major subjects except one, in which they had received the grade of good. The speakers, chosen by lot, were Dorothy Davis and Annette Hawkins. The class poem was read by Florence Jackson. The class song was written by Lottle Hunter, the words by Bessie Lee. James Henry, class president, was presiding officer. The other offi- cers are: Marion Jefferson, vice presi- dent; Helen Lewis, secretary, and Robert Weaver, treasurer. The second part of the program was a pageant, “The Legend of the Laurél,” by Evelyn B. Brownell, in which the entire class participated. The pageant gave a glimpse of & typical Grecian festival through the presentation of two Greek myths. The scene was laid on the Island of Delos. A synopsis' of the play was given by Louise Syphax. The chief parts were played by Reginald Good- win, Frank Byrd, Frederick Petite, Louise Harry, Catherine Ellis, Flor- ence Jackson, Alice Goffney and Edna Ramsaur. ‘The music department, under the direction of Miss Mary L. Europe and Mr. Cowan, assisted by the music and physical training teachers, presented Wednesday evening, before an appre ciative audience, “The Bells of Bea choruses. Miss M. L. Europe and Mrs. Fannie Douglass were the ac- companists for the evening, assisted by Selina Taylor, who playved with the orchestra. Jolais,” an operetta. The performan was highly creditable, the chorus work being of *high order and the solo work pleasing. The chief characters were played by William Hairston, THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, STOCKTON HALL'S DEDICATION 0CT. 13 Work on New Building Rush- ed to Permit Opening for Next Session. Stockton Hall, the new quarter of a million dollar structure to be com- pleted by George Washington. Univer- sity within the next month, will be formally dedicated October 19. This announcement was made last night by President Willlam Mather Lewis prior to starting the Summer vacation veriod. While the university opens for the Summer school course of nine weeks, work is being rushed on Stockton Hall in order that the transfer of all equipment, books and furniture can be made from the old law school build- ing as soon as possible. The law Summer school classes will continue on in the old building. The new structure, on Twentieth street, will open for work in the Fall and the dedication will draw a number of not- ed educators from various institutions in the East and Midwest. Named for Admiral. Stockton Hall is named in memory of the late Admiral Charles Herbert Stockton, for several years president of the institution and an authority on international law. His law library was recently bequeathed the univer- sity. A Stockton memorial room is to be dedicated in the future. The room will be appropriately furnished from funds raised especially for that purpose. The larger library, to be named the Maury library, will probably be dedi- cated later in the year. Plans for the formal dedication of Stockton Hall will be announced late in the Summer and invitations for the event will be sent out shortly. Some of the most promi- nent educators in the country will be on hand, as the building is one of the largest in the United States given to law education. Summer School Opens. Tomorrow morning the university opens its doors for work in all de- partments in the Summer school. The long term, which starts tomorrow, August 15. The shorter session x weeks begins on June 22 and ends August 1. George Washington has & host of students enrolled {rom many other in- stitutions, as well as many hundreds from its own ranks. According to of- ficlal announcements the enrollment yesterday was unusually large and in- Qicated a very general interest in the work being offered this season. The Summer sesslon will be under the direction of Prof. Elmer Louis Kayser, assoclate ditector. Dr. Wil-| liam Carl Ruediger, director, will be in California the greater part of the Summer_ giving courses in the Uni- versity of Southern California Sum- mer school. Additions to Faculty. In addition to the unusually large Summer school faculty, composed of | the remember members of the univer- | sity, Prof. Arthur B. Wright of Dart- mouth, Prof. J. W. Sprowls of St. John's College, Walter 8. Deffenbaugh, specfalist in_city school systems of the United States Bureau of Educa- tion; Miss Elizabeth A. Hummer, di- rector of intermediate instruction in the public schools here, and Lawrence G. Hoover of Central High School are among the newcomers listed. Emphasis is being laid on the work in education and many courses are of- fered which are especially designed for school administrators and educa- tors. Formal exercises in connection with the opening of the Summer school are planned for the early part of mext week. At these exercises Dr. Lewis will deliver the principal address. New Professor. Two new members of the university faculty are announced for next Fall. Basil Hubbard Pollit, A. B, LLB. will be associate professor of law and Helen Catherine Newman, LL.B., who graduated from the law school last week, will be the new law school sec- retary. Miss Newman graduated with dis- tinction at the exerclses recently held at the Washington Auditorium. The new appointments fill out the quota of full-time faculty members in accord- ance with the regulations of the American Bar Association for full- time teachers. The university has been presented with a portrait of the late Maj. Imbrie, who was killed in Persia. Maj. Im- brie was an alumnus of the institu- tion. The portrait is the gift of H. L. Rust, jr. Dean Hugh Miller of the engineering college will attend the Soclety for the Advancement of Engineering Educa- tion to be held at Schenectady, N. Y., from Tuesday until Saturday. A bulletin of information relative to the study of international affairs at the university is being sent out to prospective students and others inter- ested in the work being carried put along that line. Intended for foreign service students and those interested in international relations, the bulle- tin is proving to be greatly in de- mand. WILSON NORMAL SCHOOL WILL GRADUATE 86 Diplomas to Be Presented at Com- mencement in Auditorium Thursday Night. Diplomas will be presented to 86 graduates of the Wilson Normal School at commencement exercises in the school auditorium Thursday night at 8 o'clock. Sixty-five of the gradu- ates will have completed the &ener-.l course and the remaining 21 the kin- dergarten course. The commencement orator will be Dr. J. Stanley Durkee, president of Howard University. Mrs. William H. Herron, member of the board of edu- cation will present the diplomas. Su- perintendent of Schools Frank W. Ballou will preside and Rev. Willlam D. Moore will pronounce the invoca- tion. Martha Virginia. Adkins will deliver the address for the graduating class and Emma Gibson Gregg the valedic- tory. The class poem will be re- cited by Esther May Goodpasture. Grieg Wins Scholarship. Joseph W. Grieg of Washington, D. C., an assistant petrologist in the Geosophical Laboratory, Washing- ton, D. C., has been awarded the Ed- ward Russell Scholarship by Har- vard University, it was announced recently. Grieg will continue his ad- | vanced studies in geology at Har- 'vard. He graduated from Queens University in 1921. Jesse Rollins, Booker Medford, Law- rence Edelin, Earl Tyler, Samuel Sut- ton, Goldie Towles, Dorothy Carter, Ethel Easley, Algle Currie, Vianna James, Verlette Johnson, Ethel Nixon and Mr. Saunders. The senior class held a picnic Fri- day in Rock Creek Park. The class 'was accompanied by the senlor section teachers, who are Misses Scott, Mc- Neill, Brown, Dykes and Chandler and Messrs. Parker, Bassett and McDuffle. The senior class dance was held Saturday evening in the Dunbar armory. Zoo Issues Appeal JUNE 14, 1 to Travelers To Keep Eyes Open for New Specimens Efforts are being made by the National Zoological Park here to increase the number of specimens of animal, land and reptile life from varlous parts of the world, and to this end is making an ap: peal to mariners, naval and mer- chant, to be on the lookout for more or less unusual specimens, and to assist in this public work. When a spectmen 1is given to the Zoo the donor's name is placed on the cage. Any one having a dona- tion of this kind may express it C. O. D. and gend a collect tele- gram notifying the authorities of the shipment. In the past many naval officers liave interested themselves in this work to the extent of procuring birds and animals tn foreign ports, and the officlals of the Zoo express the hope that others may do so. The ofticers and men of the mer- chant service, especially those NATIONAL U. READY FOR SUMMER TERM Law School . Opens Tomor- row Evening—Business Ad- ministration June 29. The annual Summer term of the Law School of National University will open tomorrow evening and will run 11 weeks, with an extension term of four weeks during September. Full credit will be given toward degrees up to five units for those completing work, and attendance upon courses and examinations will be unrestricted. Dr. Albert H. Putney, dean of the schood of political sciences of Ameri- can University, will give courses on history of law and Federal procedure- Prof. Glenn Willett, former assistant United States attorney for the Dis- trict, will give courses on contracts and torts cases. George Percy Barse, assistant corporation counsel for the District and professor of the law of agency and damages, will give a course on equity pleading. Bertram Emerson, assistant United States at- torney for the District, professor of evidence and criminal procedure, will glve a course on evidence. Walter N. Bastian, professor of elementary law and suretyship, will give a course on evidence. Willam A. Coombe, pro- fessor of the law of domestic relations, will lecture on marriage and divorce. Turin B. Boone, associate professor of the law of private corporations and personal property, will give a course on property. As legai ethics is now a requirement for the bar examination in the District and 15 of the States, Prof. George E. Edelin will conduct such & course, using the canons of the American Bar Assoclation. Two Courses in September. During the extension term in Sep- tember but two courses will be given, one by Prof. Godfrey L. Munter on preparation of legal documents and the other by Prof. Theodore Peyser on statutory remedies. The Summer session of the school of business administration will con- vene June 29 and run eight weeks. This is the first year that a Summer session has been held for the benefit of business administration students, who also wiil have the privilege of electing courses in the law school to obtain greater credit. The contest for the determination of the winner of the prize in debating has been postponed until later in the month. The commencement exercises Wed- nesday night closed the most success- ful year in the history of the univer- sity, with the greatest enroliment. There were 737 registered in the law school, 289 being in the first-year class, 200 in the second year, 211 in the third year and 37 in the fourth or post-graduate year. They were candidates for the degrees of bache- lor of laws, doctor of jurisprudence, master of laws, doctor of civil law and master of patent law. There were 125 students registered in the school of business administration, making a grand total of 862 in the university. School Activities Stressed. The National University Law Re- view was distributed to student sub- seribers af the commencement exer- cises. It is the iptention of the edito- rial board to publish four issues dur- ing the next and succeeding academic years. One feature of the Review, inaugu- rated for the first time with the recent issue, which will be continued and enlarged, will be the section devoted to the news of school organizations. This will be of particular interest to alumni of the university who desire to_keep in touch with student events. Dean Maynard Ay Clemens, who has just completed his last academic year at the college of commerce of the University of Maryland at Bal- timore and has assumed his duties as dean of the school of business ad- ministration, was given a testimonial dinner before he left that city. Rep- resentatives of the various classes of the college he founded and business and professional men were present and spoke in appreciafion of his services. HUGE TREE IN MARYLAND. White Oak, Near Landover, lieved Oldest in State. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, June 13.—What is belleved to be the biggest tree in Maryland has just been reported to the State Board of Forestry by Mrs. Georgia C. Wilson of near Landover, Prince Georges County. ‘The tree, a white oak, was In its prime when Lord Baltimore conveyed the land upon which it stands. It is belleved to be more than 300 years old, and is located on a farm appro- priately named in honor of the origi- nal donor as Baltimore Manor. One foot above the ground the tree meas-|{ ures 31 feet 9 inches in circumference. It stand 94 feet high and has a'spread of 96 feet. e 100 at Family Reunion. The family of Mrs. G. M. Cecll of Comus, Md., held an old-fashion re- union at the home of her son, William W. Cecll, in Hyattstown, Md., May 31. There were present more than 100 members of the immediate family. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Willlam W. Cecil, located in a beautiful valley on the outskirts of Hyattstown, was an ideal site for such an event. A picnic luncheon was prepared from baskets brought by each family. Among those present were Mrs. Cecil's 12 children, 21 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. $100,000 Forest Fire Damage. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, June 13.—Damage amounting to more than $100,000 was caused by forest fires during the Spring fire season now drawing to a close, according to Assistant State Forester Gordon D. Marckworth. The fires were more severe than in the past two seasons and the total num- ber of fires was greater than in many years, 303 separate forest fires being reported, Mr. Marckworth said. visiting remote ports, occasionally have the opportunity of securing more or less unusual specimens. At the present time pigs of various kinds, deer and antelope are not desired, owing to the exist- ing quarantine against them, but practically any other living thing would be useful to the collection at Washington. For example, the common bird from the west coast of Africa is the African gray par- rot; of these there is no specimen present in the collection. Monkeys of many kinds, birds, young bears, cubs of various cats, turtles, lizards and snakes and other things are offered for sale at nearly all tropical ports. It is not uncommon in some foreign ports to see wild animals as household pets which have become a nuisance, and for this reason are readily obtainable and will be greatly appreciated by the z00logical authoritie MANY 6. U. CADETS IN TRAINING CAMPS Camp Meade and Plattsburg Have Largest Number of Local Unit. About 40 cadets of the Georgetown University, R. O. T. C. unit, are at- tending the reserve officers’ training camps in various sections of the coun- try where they will remain until July 23. Following commencement at the Hilltop they left in time for the open- ing of the camps last Friday. Camp Meade, as usual, drew the largest number of the Georgetown contingent. Others are at Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y., and 12 members of the medical unit are taking their training at Carlisle Barracks, Pa. In the absence of Capt. Willlam E. Bergin, U. S. A., who completed his four-year detail at Georgetown, Capt. W. B. Lowry, U. 8. A., assistant to the commandant, accompanied the 19 men who went to Camp Meade. Sergt. Michael J. O'Donahue and Sergt. J. Inauen, both instructors, also went along. : The cadets at Camp Meade are E. H. Bingham, F. W. Bowen, A. B. Bren. nan, L. B. Breslin, G. L. Brittingham, R. H. Brown, W."J. Carey, W. L. Cooney, G. M. Doyle, H. G. Fitz- patrick, D. M. Heer, F. M. Hickey J. J. Krick, J. J. Madden, J. V. Mec- Kone, V. J. O'Leary, P. L. Reinsel, J. E. Wise and W. C. O'Nefll. Those attending Plattsburg Joseph G. Brislin, J. J. Conklin, Charles C. Ferrall, B. M. Caffrey, J. W. Madden and A. F. Oakes. Maj. John F. Corby accompanied the Georgetown boys to the medical camp at Carlisle instead of Maj. John | J. Maddigan, in command of the unit, who goes to Fort Eustin, Va. The medical men at Carlisle are J. A. Anjelo, J. N. Cassidy, James English, Consa Favaro, Paul C. Lammon, John },ib{_n;.?re.eg .\;xilano. J. Virnstein, | . U. Kennedy, B. J. Bor 8 I Kemuoyy kowskl and This year's detachment is one of the largest that the unit has sent to the Summer training camps. The George. | town men hope to land some of the | honors at the camps as they have'done | in Rthe past. | ev. Charles W. Lyons, S. J., presi. | dent of Georgetown University 1s. in Boston where he will participate in | the 150th anniversary celebration of | the battle of Bunker Hill as a repre- sentative of the Government. The exercises commence Wednesday. Father Lyons was appointed as one | of the members on the quincenten- nial commission by President Cool- idge and with other members of the | commission arranged for the national | celebration. General regret was expressed by members of the faculty over the death of Rev. Willlam J. Ennis, S J. formerly an instructor at Georgetown, which occurred New York City. Father Ennis was well known in| Washington and especially to George- town students of the period from 1894 to 18%6. He was attached to St. Ignatius Church at the time of his death. Greetings to the graduates of 1925 were received at commencement week from Senator George C. Des- are saulles of Canada, who, at the age of | 96 vears is the oldest living George- town graduate. _ Despite his vears, Senator Dessaulles still continues his duties as an active member of the Canadian Senate. He Is a graduate of 1848. “Our alma mater has attained great honor and distinction since the class 6f 1848 received its diplomas,” wrote Senator Dessaulles, “and I re- gret that none of my fellow-graduateg should remain with me to offer to those who have brought it to its present excellence, a well deserved word of praise.” CHICAGOAN TO SPEAK AT SHAW EXERCISES Commencement to Be Held at Dun- bar High School Tomor- row Night. Commencement exercises of Shaw Junior High School will be held to- morrow night at 8 o'clock at Dunbar High School. The speaker will be Judge Albert B. George of Chicago. Immediately after the exercises the faculty of Shaw will hold a reception in honor of Judge and Mrs. George. The class day program Friday com- bined with the traditional features some novelties. Zaidee Hill and Bev- erley Robinson, first and second honor students, delivered the valedictory and salutatory, respectively, There also was a class history by Hildred Thomas, a will by Byron Jones and a poem by Joseph Wheeler. Among the novelties were “Personalities,” by Reba Sheffey and ‘Thomas Jones, and “Class Comics,” 2 chalk talk, by Fei- ton Gibson. Flag day will be obwerved tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. Features of the program will be an address by Capt. Clarence O. Davis, recitations on the flag by pupils, the singing of patriotic ;lrl by the school and salute to the ag. In the annual track meet of the Public School Athletic League for senfor, junior and elementary schools held Wednesday at the Cardozo Play- grounds, Randall, in the junior high school class, won first place, with 23 points; Shaw second, with 18 points, and Phelps Vocational third, with 7 points. The championship relay race was won by Shaw, with Randall a close second. Joseph¢Jackson of Shaw won first place in the running broad jump and second in the running high jump. A capacity crowd attended the matinee motion picture performance at S8haw Wednesday. The program included a 4-reel Western picture en- titled “Arms and the Gringo,” and a 2-reel comedy entitied “T'was Henry's last Wednesday in | 925—PART 1. EASTERN STUDENTS WON MANYHONORS Many Prizes and Scholar- ships Taken by Pupils During Past Session. Eastern High School took stock last week of the prizes and scholarships won by its students during the current school year now drawing to a close. Some of the outstanding honors which came to the school follow: In the lghting educational essay contest, Erma L. Ford won a medal, an automobile, and a radio set; Ade- lena Willls, a medal and a radio set; Marion Gaylord, a kodak; Ronald Brown, $10; Evelyn Burns, $10; Flor- ence Painter, $5; Kingsland Prender, $5; Carl Ackerman, §6; Geraldine Car- penter, $15; Mella Edelson, $6, and Annalee Shankle, $5. Other awards were: Stephen A Geradi, $20 from the American Chemical Socfety; Kenneth Patterson, $15 from the Highway Edu- cation Board of Safety of D. C.; Kath- ryn Miller, $15 from Nationai Live Stock Assoclation; Elise Scharf, $50 from Mayflawer Soclety of the Dis- trict of Columbia; Mary M. Henry, $5, and Katherine Pitcher, $3 for posters from Americanization School Associa- o of the District of Columbia; Her- ert E. Angel, $300 scholarship at Strayer's Business School; Marlon Barret, one week's vacation at Y. W. C. A. camp_for poster of that camp; Edward Andrus, scholarship at Camp- bell School of Commercial Art for ex- cellent work at Eastern, and Asenath Graves, winner of the oratorical con- test in the District of Columbia, $800. Senior Day. ‘Wednesday an assembly was held celebrating an annual event, Senior day. Nathan Clark, president of the senfor class, gave an address of wel- come, John E. Bowman made the address to the undergraduates and Kingsland Prender of the junior class gave the reply of the undergraduates. The prophecy was made by Kathryn White and Katherine Gibson. Israel Mendelson and Harry Phillips gave the class will. A play, “The Romanc- ers,” was presented by the seniors. Lucy Amanda Clagett and Franc Lee Timmons took the leading role The seniors were formally dismissed from school at the end of the assem- bly- The annual senior luncheon was held in the Eastern lunchroom during the fourth period. The journalistic writing class of Fastern journeyed to The Star build- ing recently. Through the courtesy of The Star, the class visited the various departments of the paper and had the work explained in detail to them. The new officers of the Easterner are: Editor-in-chief, Evelyn Burns; assistant editor, George Roth: Frank A. Kreglow, business manager, and Nellie Dalrymple, assistant business manager. New plans for next year's Easterner are Nnow in progress. The final issue of the Easterner, which is equivalent to a year book, came out Wednesday. Although school is officlally dis- missed Wednesday, all teachers will remain on duty until Friday. The baccaleureate sermon will be delivered today by Rev. John Comp- ton Ball at 11 o'clock at the Metro- politan Baptist Church, at Sixth and A streets northeast. Tomorrow night the class night ex- ercises of the two-year commercial class will be held, and Tuesday after- noon at 2 o'clock the graduation ex- ercises. Tuesday night the class night exercises of the four-vear class will be held. The graduation of the four- vear class will take place Wednesday night. Admission to the four-year class night and commencement exer- cises will be by ticket only. COLUMBIA HIGH BOYS HONOR ATHLETES Letters Are Awarded Track Team Members and Base Ball Manager. Boys of the Columbla Junior High School assembled Wednesday to honor those students and sections who have excelled in physical training and sports during the vyear. School let- ters were awarded to the members of the track team: R. Browne, manager; ‘W. Cross, captain; E. St. Clair, F. Lacey, W. Higble, L. Fitzgerald. F. Ford, P. Kiernan, T. White, and to the baseball manager, J. Wrathall. ‘The sections which were honored for having the highest percentage for inter-class competition in base ball and track are, in the order named, 9-Ad, {7-B4, 8B3 and S.A2. The sections doing the best work in physical train- ing classes are, in the order named, 7-B8, 8-Al, 7-B6, 8-B3, 7-Bl, and 9-Bl. Graduation exercises will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m., in the school au- ditorfum. Harry O. Hine, secretary of the Board of Education, will preside. The speakers will be the five students having the nighest standing in_the school. These are: Hester Slas, Jeannette Salus, Nathan Cohen, Grace Oldenburg, and Eleanor Kramer. They will give, respectively, valedic: itory, the greeting, the class history, ithe class poem, and the presentation | of the gift. The complete honor roll for the graduating class includes the following _names: Hester Sauls, Jeannette Salus, Nathan Cohen, Grace Oldenburg, Eleanor Kramer, Esther Ruppert, Ann Galloway, Laura Nevius, Epgenia' Burton, Ruth Germain, eanor Gibson, Ida Bush, Ernest Wilt, Virginia Hoffman and Eleanor Macglll. Thursday. all of the eighth grade sections held an_assembly in honor of the flag day. Miss Caron and Miss Rucker were in charge and the pro- gram was given by Richard Mattoon, Sylvia Goodman, John Kilpatrick, Mary Day, Elizabeth Hooe, Clara Sorrell _and Alfred Toombs. EDUCATIONAL. WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW Co-educational Confers Degrees LL.B. LLM., MP.L. Summer Term, June 15th to Jul: Regular Cou be® Beran® o 1315 SIXTY TO GRADUATE. at Hine Junior High School Tomorrow. Sixty students of the Hine Junior High School will graduate at com- mencement exercises at the school to- morrow afterncon at 2 o'clock. Ed- win C. Graham, member of the board of education, will preside. The United States Naval Academy at Annapolls was visited recently by the Hine girls. Members of the| faculty were in charge of the excur- sion. ' K et PLANS RECEPTION TO NEW CITZENS Feature of Flag Day Exer- cises Proposed by D. C. Americanization School. Commencement A reception to new citizens and Flag day exercises will be held at the Amer- icanization School, Tenth and H streets, tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. The Daughters of the American Revolution, the Naturalization Bureau and the Americanization School Asso ciation are co-operating with the Amer- icanization School in this reception to these newly naturalized citizens. Cer- tificates will be awarded certifying that these citizens have satisfactorily completed the American school course in naturalization. Coples of the “Amer- fcan Creed” and American flags also will be given. Chief Justice Waiter I McCoy will preside. Students to Honor Flag. Several short programs will be given by the students of the school in hon or of Flag day. The Americanization School Association Orchestra will fur- nish the music. An exhibit of Amer. icanization work will be displayed throughout the building. An exhibit of Americanization work also will be held at the Americaniza- ation headquarters tomorrow night from 8 to 9:30 o'clock. Plctures and charts showing the entire scope of Americanization work will be dis played in the corridors of the building. also teaching materials and textbooks. Photographs of home classes and an The Americanization School Associa- tion room will exhibit the various ac tivities carried on by this association Students notebooks and other written work will be displayed in the indl vidual classrooms; aiso teaching ma terfals and textbooks. Photographs of home classes and an Americaniza- tion center will show the American- ization field work. Pledges Aid in Financing. ! ‘The Americanization School Associa- tion, under the leadership of its pres- ident, 8. H. Hanessian, will aid in financing the Summer Americanization School, thus making it possible to keep open more classes than would be pos- sible without the financial assistance of this organization. it was announced | last night by the principal, Miss/ Maude E. Aiton. | The “A. S. A.” a student organiza- tion, publishes the Americanization | Bulletin, which is sent to Americaniza tion schools throughout the count. and to interested friends. Abraham Orlean is the editor. The association orchestra has furnished music for all dances and entertainments, which have been given by the organization this year, and is under the leadership | of Sam Dessoff. Membership in the| A. S. A. has doubled in the last vear| and is still increasing. The largest work of the A. S. A during the past year has been in its| help of members of the school. The aid which has been given has been | greatly needed, and is considered by Mr. Hanessian as one of the most im- portant functions of the organization. Lectures, excursions, picnics, enter- tainments, dances, banquets and de- bates form a part of the activities of the A, S. A. This is the only organi- zation in the school, and is one en- joyed by each member. EDUCATIONAL. ANISH—A special ten-week _course by BN Mathines, sormerts ot ‘She "Span, ish Dept. of Georgeiown University School of Forelgn Service. begina June 15~ Elemen- tary “and advanced. Classes meet twice @ week ‘aftor 5 o'clock. ‘Low rates. Small £roupg, Excellent opportuntiy to prépare for | next Fall or for special examinations. Ad- | dress,” Room 310, Commerce Dept. Main 5060 Branch 178 g George Washington University Summer School Arts and Sciences and Education | SIX-WEEK COURSES June 22—August 1 \'L\'l-“'lli COURSES June 15—August 15 Forenoon and Late Afternoon Classes For Catalogue Apply to the Reglstrar, Emerson Institute 1740 P St. N.W. Summer School—June 15th Separate departments for men and women—both Day and Evening. Special classes for removal of college entrance conditions and exsminations for credits in September. Call or phone Franklin 4463. Comptometer School “Comptometer” is a registered trade- mark_and is not to be used in connec- tion with any other make of adding or caleulating machine or by any school without the official consent of Welt & Tarrant M{g. Company, owners of the trade-mark and makers of the Comp- tometer. The only school in this vicinity where the regular Comptometer courss of insteuction; spproved by Felt & Tar: s where tometer eTadustes is the school con- ducted by— GEO. D. LANE THE COMPTOMETER SCHOOL 754-765 Munsey Bldg. ‘Washington, D. C. A SWIM AT RECESS Y.M.C. A DAY SCHOOL June 22-Aug. 1st Low Sections National Univer- sity Law School (57th Year) Begular Summer Term of Eloven of P.M. Secretary’s Office 818 13th St. N. W. Fault,” Music was furnished - by ‘Thomas Chases' Orchestrs, composed of six senior high school boys. Msin 6617 HOCKEY CHAMPIONS ARE GIVEN AWARDS Girls” Team at Western High School Presented With “W’s” at Assembly. Athletic awards were presented i« the champion girls’ hockey team a Western High School at the apmua presentation assembly Wednesday Numerals also were awarded to the girls’ rifle and fencing teams and the boys® base ball and tennis teams. Girls who received “W’s"” in hocke: follow: Louise Du_Bose, Alics Gra ham, Lilian Rixey, Ruth Miller, Mar: K. Lutz, Elizabeth Miles, Hele Kerr, Averil Stewart, Katheryn Ca sey, Virginia Brant, Gladys Wiseman Frances Fort, Margaret McMinim: Betty Garber, FElizabeth Zalesk Elizabeth Wilson, Caroline Jansen Jenny Turnbull, Amy Van Horr Mary Fvelyn Bowers and Lillian Lindquist. “H's" were presented fo honorable mention to Sue Birnie Florence Seward, Kathrine Berra Helen Sheckells, Dorothy Leech, Ma rion Zeigler, Harriet Clark, Nancs Matthews, Ruth Greigs, Rae Balla India Bell Corea, June Robinson and Dorothy C: . Given Gold Pins. Members of the varsity team ware awarded gold pins. They are: Loulse Du Bose, izabeth Miles. Mary Eve lyn Bowers, K. Lutz, Garber, A Betty Zal Elizabeth Wilson, Helen Kerr Rixey and M cMinimy. Girls who received “W's"” for ex ent_work in rifie are Mary Tomp kins, Betsy Fries, Constance Candee Nancy Beale, Mary Worthington and Helen Mason “R's"” for honorable mention in rifle were prese Dorothy White, Lillian Lindq dia Bell Corea and Frances Tw Fencing “W's" were awarded Mary Phelan. Nan Surface and L cile Weber. *“F's" for honorable men tion in fencing were given to Allee Flanagan and Josephine Stephens The individual cup for the best sports manship was presented to Lillan Rixey of the class of 1925. Ruth Mi ler and M Evelyn Bowers received honorable mention Members of the boys’ base ball team who received *V are: Ra rber, manager: Ed rd Brow Georgs Walker, James Mitchell, Monroe Pal. mer, John Higgins, John Batsor George Hageage and Horace Mau reice. Members of the tennis team who received “W's"” are: Millard Lewis, captain; Dennison Mitchell, Robinson Glazebrook, Warren Bouve, Hugh Mc Diarmid and Willlam Phelan, m ager. To Edit Paper. Elizabeth Wilson, member junior class at Western, has chosen editor of the Western for next year put into operatic tion of editor i fore. E: En three names of ent Breeze staff selected three m be; These names were co by a committee composed of Prin Rice, facul 1e_Birnie, present editor EDUCATIONAL. of the been Breeze lan is be h the pos more elective than be teacher sen GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL Founded 1865 Member Association American Sehool Co-edueational Summer Session 19 First Term, June 15—July Law 29 50-8:40 a.m.: 5:10-6:35 p.m. Sec’y, Law Building, 1433 K St. M. 6503 Strayer College “Trains Young People for the Profession of Business” 721 Thirteenth Street College grade business courses for high school graduates, preparing young men and women for secre- tarial, accounting and ad- ministrative positions, Strong demand for Strayer graduates. 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