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26 # MIDWINTER PLANS OUTLINEDATG.W.U. Convocation Date Set and Special Exercises Noted Incident to Graduation. George Washington University an nounces the completed plans for the annual Midwinter convoeation to be keld Febru and the de of Junior week, the student celel ion incident to the graduation exercises. 1 endar it is evident that the institution will have quite the busiest seven day in its histo On Monday, February 22, the annual Midwinter convocation will be held at the Memorial Continental Hall at 3 p.ni. At the exercises Dr. Avde. lette, president of Swarthmore College and head of the Rhodes Scholarship Toundation in this country, will be the priacipal speaker. Dr. Avdelette is at present before the public eve v his advo y of honors courses™ in institutions. Ifis w in this connection has been viewed with interest from all angles ol education at Junior Class Reception Follows. Following the graduation ex; : e annual junis s reception will » held in C The dent, faculty nd of the graduation class, as well unfversity officials and class offi will be guests of honor. The reception will start at 5:30 and will end at 7:30 pm On Tus will be rastum, into a iistoric Poselle, Ve the the dep the direction of Prof. Norris dall, will work on the transformation, which is expected to surpass the delightfully surprising in novation disclosed 3 Coleman Jennings has been appoint- ed chalrman of the floor committee for the entertainment. The boar lady managers of the George W ington University Hospital, which will receive the benefit of the entertain ment. announce unusual interest in the sale of boxes and of tickets. On the night of February 23 Butes College of Maine will be entertained in Corcoran Hall in a_ debate. The visitors an enviable reputation ted to attract consider- members the night of February the NG ening at Mount Vernon® en in the university gvni which wil be transformed replica of the music room in Mount _ Vernon. Carmela sister of Rosa Ponselle, will isting artist. Students of rtment of architecture, under I. Cran & able attention. Class ¥ the junior prome. Final Plans for om. The final plans fo nade have been completed. will be staged at the Willard on ihe evening of February The first of the schoeduled social events of ihe week will be the rotating tea. which will be given by the various fraterni ties on Sunday nest. The university has been presented with a colored etching. a rare work, the copy of Stuart’s “George Wash- ington,” by Dr. Charles W. Richardson he etching will be hung shortly ia e university. riday President John B. Larner of the board of trustees addressed the students in Corcoran Hall on *“Remi- uiscences of Washington During the Time of Lincoln.” The given in connection with the celebra. tion of Lincoln’s birthday. In addition to the regular Washing- ton birthday celebration and the aduating exercisos, the university will go on the air twice nekt week. A program will be given over WCAP on February 22 and over WRC on Feb. ruary Details of the two air pro- srams will be forthcoming shortly. It is planned to have a representative of the faculty, the debating teams, the glee and choral clubs and the orches. tra and string quartet perform. Debating Team a Winner. The university debating team was winner from Okiahoma University last The judge: Durkee, A S mond N. by wain and W W. Harrell The . H. Savage, 1. Brett and Burt Grubb. The teams debated on the merits of the child 1 bor biil now pending before Congres Georse Washington taking the nega- tive. All departments of the universit have about completed registration: for the second semester, and it is e: lected that record figures will be rached when the enrollment is finally dompiled in the registrar's office. : Dr. Aurelia Reinhart, president of Yills College, California, and leader in omen’s educational endeavors, re- cently spoke before the students in chapel. Col. . Fred Cook recently addressed the journalism class about the make-up of a modern newspaper. HINE OVERCROWDED FOR SECOND TERM Beparate Junior Assembly to Be Formed—100 in New Class. Work for the second semester at the Junior High School has made a %ood beginning, and all programs have been arranged and put in prac tice. Principal H. E. Warner an nounces, In line with most scheols in the District, Hine is showing the effects of the overcrowded conditions. The school opens the second semester with an enrollment of 730, which fs an in. crease over last semester. The in coming class, drawn from Cranch and Wallach schools, hlready num- ber more than 100. The school has grown to such pro- portions that a separate junior as- sembly has become necessary, This ill e formed of all A dand 7B classes. junior assembly will meet on afternoons, and will have, as far as possible, many of the speakers who are scheduled for the Wednesday assemblies. The midyear graduating class held its graduation exercises Thursd Junuary 29, The graduates follow Authony Ambrosi, Charles J. Ayers, : Waiter Reichard Blackman, Jacob Blumberg, Francis L. Dugan, Lin- wood KEugene Enos, Lester Ray Fincham, Willlam Forgit, Israel Gritz, Samuel . chett. ji lerk Rosen- bloom, Williai ebb Wood and Herman Maurice Yager. Nellie Wilson Bell, Esther Cather- ine Berger. Helen Breen, Claudia Bur- lingame, Helen Byers. Miriam Vir- sinia_Byers, Miriam H. Cohen, Erma Camille’ D'Andelet, Juanita Marguer- ile Davis, Virginia May Facer, Anna azel Vivian Garretson, Arlene Garrett, Nettie S Henderson, Meriam _Christina Jones. Bernice M. Kaiser, Rosina Ce- celian La Fontaine, Annie Levy, Mar- saret Cross Lyle, Grace Bevard Mo- n. Hazel Eleanora Miller, Julianne Lee Nolan, Catherine Agnes Pitts, isabel Anna Siegfried, Margaret Alma Simons, Josie Thomas Smith, Maizie, Louise Smith. Marjorie E. Southwort and Beatrice Wilkinson. I B m a resume of the announced cal- | The affair | address was | | CARD PARTY IS PLANNED BY CAMP ASSOCIAT!ON and Friends to Play Bridge and Five Hundred at Home Gathering. The president of the Normal Camp Association has announced th; bridge and five hundred party held by the association on Tu 3 at the home of Miss Schwartz, 1315 Columbia road, at 8:30 o'clock. wing officers and members have taken tables for that evening: alie Furtner, Iyn Naylor. vice Miss Gertrude Fogerty. Miss Edna Schwartz, treasurer Members i PROGRAMI S GIVEN FOR MEETING HERE National Association of Sec- ondary School Princinals Convenes February 21. The final m of the National Association of Secondary School Principals, which meets in connec- tion with the annual meeting of the of _superintendence Education Association 25, was released by ociation Jast 5 here February 21 the officers of the : nizht as follows: The first meetin; will_be held on M February in_ the High School. principal of School, Portland, Me of the assoclation. will give an ad- dress on_“Internationalism: A View- noint.” The report of the committes on size of class will be given by Milo 4 rsenal Technical High polis: Representative Maine wil speak World Court. The report of the committee on_ standard blanks will be given by R. R. Cook. Theo dore Roosevelt High School. Des Moines.Towa, and William A. Wetzel, Senior High School, Trenton. N. J. will report for the national commit- tee on research in secondary educa tion. of the principals nday afternoon, auditorium of William B Deering Hixh and president on the Second Meeting. “Hizh Spots in Secon tion” will be the theme « | meeting, * Tuesday morning, Febru- lary 33 wlso in Central High School I“The Plan_of Organization in Juli: | Richman _High School. New ity.” will be given by Michael H. Lucey: “The Detroit House Plan” will be given by W. R. Stocking. sociate principal of the Detroit Cen- tral High School, and Lucy L. W Wilson will speak on “The Dalton Plan in South Philadelphia Hign chool for Girls.” of which she is principal. Louis P. Slade of the New Britain, Conn chool will ki he New Britain Laboratory Plan for Secondary Earle U. Rugg of the of Colorado will speak on “Curriculum Making in the Field of Citizenship,” and Rich- ard D. Allen of Providence will talk on_ “Personnel Cl High School.” At the third meeting of the ass iation, Tuesday afternoon. Februa 3, at Central, the following program will be held: “School Marks.” by Wi {liam L. Conmer. director of research, | Cleveland. Ohio. with a discussion by Bernard Ross. principal of the East Hartford, Conn., High School. “Some Possibilities for More Efficient High School Admin will be given by John Guy Fowlkes, University of Wisconsin. There will be talks on “How to Supervise Instructiof “Some Suggestions in Supervision” and “How to Control Student Organi- zation, “A Neglected Phase of the Cu culum” will be discussed by Thomas 1. Briges. Teachers' College, (¢ |lumbia University, at the fourth meeting fo the association, to be held on Tuesday afternoon in the music om at Central. At this meetin Sxperimental _Approaches to the Measurement of Character” will be discussed. Other topics on the pru gram wil be “Ethical Character as Interpreted by the Holmes Junior High School, Philadelphia,” and Psychiatry and Moral Education.” Final Session. The fifth and final session of the association will be Wednesday after- noon, February 24, in the auditorium. W. W. Charters, University of Chi- cago. will talk on the “Funetion of Ideals in the High School Curri- and B. H. Bode. Ohio State . will give “The Ideal of Culture in a Democratic Society.” Other topics for discussion at this sion are: “The Importance of uggestion in the Development of Character and Person ome By-products in High School Edu. tion” and he Standards of Life | 4and the Standards of School.” The report of the nominating committee will be given. At 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. ! 24, there will be installed of the National Honor Society at Washington Central High School. The officers of the National Asso- | ciation of Secondary School Prin- cipals are: President. Willlam 3. Wing. principal of Deering High School, ~ Portland, Me.; secretary- treasurer, H. V. Church. principal of J. Sterling Morton High School, Cicero, 1. INEGRO HISTORY WEEK OBSERVED AT SCHOOL Hall of Fame Pageant Features Ex- ercises by Randall Junior High Pupils. Prof. Leo Hansberry of Howard University opened the celebration of vegro History week at Randall Junior High School last Monday. He pre- sented illustrative data unearthed in Africa, including the West Coast, as indicative of civilizations there up to a comparatively brief time ago. The speaker was introduced by < S, R. Quander. Miss Vashti Maxwell pre- sided. A pageant, “The Hall of Fame," was presented Tuesday by puplls of classes of Miss H. F. Morris, M A. V. W. MacBeth and Miss M. Quander. An address was made by Dr. Carter G. Woodson. editor of the Journal of Negro History and the per- son with whom the idea for the ob- servance of Negro week originated. An illustrated lecture, “The Negro in Art.)" was presented befors the Parent-Teacher Assoclation Tuesday night by Mrs. Gabrielle Pelham, Com- munity Center secretary. The pro- gram included a duet by Miss Lucy Mason and Miss Dorothy Phifer and other musical numbers by Miss Isa- belle Parker, Miss Victoria Grant. Herbert Turner, F. Smith and Hol- der Burgess. avy duca- the second Februa chapter Virginia Canners to Meet. Special Dispatch to The Star. Luray, VaV., February 13.—Elab- orate preparations are being made for entertainment of the Virginia Can- ners’ Convention, which meets in Luray March 4 and 5. York | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, 'MARYLANDERS G0 TOTULANEPARLEY ' Attend Joint Sessions of Mid- west and Southern Stu- dent Bodies. COLLEGE PARK. Md., January 13.—Joe McGlone of Baltimore, presi- dent of the Students’ Assembly, and I'red Herzog of Washington, head of the Interfraternity Council, will repre- sent the University of Maryland stu- dent body at the joint fon of the Midwest Student Conference and the Southern Federation of Colleges at Tu- lane University in New Orleans. Feb- ruary 17 inclusive. They left this evening. The joint meeting was suggested by the Midwest Conference. Many problems having to do with student government, publications, ath- 2 oclal functions are dis- ssed at the fons. Dates have been set for two annual social functions at the university. Lieut. I rd Lobse, chairman of the milit ball committee. has an- nounced that the dance will be held on March 12 in Ritchie Gymnasium and the freshman “frolic” will be staged two weeks later in the auditorium The committee in charge of the fresh man affair consists of Wilfred Hearn. aivman: Virginin Sturgis, Eleanor eeny. William Hopkins and Parker Lee. > Schnidt is directing the tres to an play Students’ Recommendations. The Students’ Assembly and the nt executive council of the uni ¥ have made the following rec- ommendations to the d nate: First hat there shall be fixed throughout the university in all the leges stundard of grading with tinal grades based upon: Semester examinations only, averages, plus an ave of three announced quizzes. 3. Average of daily grades, inal examinations. Second—Students having daily average of 90 per cent or over shall be exempt from examinations Third—Any, senfor having average of 85 per cent or over exempt from final examinations of his last semester. Fourth—That the be adopted in_all 100, B—X) to 95, C— 75, E—60 to 63, F—60 or under. Miss Constance Stanley, instructor of modern languages, has obtained a leave of absen: until July 1. Her place has been taken by Miss Ruth Lackman of Philadelphia Two valuable gifts have be to the university lbrar: s Dean W. S mith of the College of Sducation, donated bound volumes of the Atlantic Monthly covering a period rom 1838 to 1870. while Dr. H. J. Pat terson, head of the experiment station and dean of the College of Agriculture, contributed his personal sets of Chemi- racts, Journal of American ociety, and Engineering 5 Some years ago he pre- sented the library with the Journal of the Chemical Society of London. Al together these volumes number more than a hundred. Will Address R. 0. T. C. Maj. George T. Everett, head of the military _department, has announced that the following men have consented address the Reserve Officers Train- ing Corps at the university during the present semester: Maj. Gen. Robert W. Allen, chief of Infantry: Brig. Gen. Milton E. Rockford, adjutant general of the State of Maryland: Maj. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, commanding the | 3d Corps Area. Benjumin Berman has resigned as tructor in civil engineering to ac- cept a position with a subway con- struction firm in New York City. Prof. Berman has been at Maryland for a number of years and was popular with the students. { Prof. B. L. Goodyear. head of the music department. has accepted a po sition of tenor soloist and director of music at the Columbia Heights Chris- | tian Church In Washington. This in no way will interfere with his duties at_the universit i The Women's Senior Honor Societs has voted to award a cup to the co-ed of the three upper classes who re ceives the highest scholastic average for the vear. The award will be made an annual affair with presentation at commencement time. Dr. T. S. Symons and Dr. F. B. | Bomberger, director and assistant di- | rector of the extension service, have Jjust returned from Atlanta where they attended a conference of the extension service workers of the Southern States. Dr. Symons gave an address on| JEFFERSON PUPILS NAME SECTION HEADS Elect Presidents for Representation on Student Council—64 on Honor Roll. plus Section presidents were elected at the Jefferson Junior High School this week to represent their section in the Student Council, of which George Car- penter is president, Bliss Evans vice president, and Lura Shreve secretary. The presidents elected are: Margaret Hewitt, 9B1; Wallace Williams, 9B2; Herman Oscar, 9B3: Margaret Kerr, 9A1: John Oiiverson, 9A2: Lillian Lackey, 8B1; Thelma Reed, 8B2; Myr- teen Bowen, 8B3: Vivian Coulter, 8A1: Helen Nott, SA2 Irene Guy, 7B1; Lawrence Flynn, 7 Louise Ross, 7B3; James Mills, 7B+ Irma Maletti, 7B5; Eunice Maddeford, 7A1: Rose Reitz, TA2; George Kalden- bach, TA3; Leo Shackelford, 7A4, and Frank Hutchinson, IA. The following departments of the school have prepared exhibits to be | displayed during the meeting of the {department of superintendence, begin- |ning February 22: English, mathe- matics, commercial arithmetic, histor; geography, science, wood shop, print |shop, sheet metal shop, paint shop, free drawing, shorthand, typewTiting, French, domestic art and domestic sclence. The following students have earned a position on the honor roll for the past semester: Ruth Goldberg, Dorothy Zimmerman, Virginia Sloane, Mary Lewis, Arthur Cohen, Gladys Hewitt, Margaret Hewitt. Dorothy Amin, Laura Myers, Eva Tolchinsky, Thomas Guy, Webster Richards, Ruth Morgenstein, Dorothy Ruppert, Vivian Ireland, Beverly Newton, Jeanette Peters, Carlos Spence, Willlam Cogs- well, Sarah Fisher, Ralph Grimes, Rhoda Bailey, Yetta: Morgenstein, Mal- colm Shutters, Harry Cole, Dorothy Chapman, Mildred Farrah, Nellie Hef- fin, Yetta Schneider, Dorothy Fla- herty, Irene Guy, Dorothy Pfleiger, Marie Taylor, Katherine Winters, Dorothy Engel, Joseph Hillman, Irma Sweeney, Dora Berkman. Wilbur Cap- lan, Waiter Hamburg, Margaret San- ders, Helen Weiver, Henrletta Cherni- koff, Jennie Kratz, Mae Kiely, Elsie Lunch, Marie Trede, George Car- penter, Alvin Gheen, Ethel Sheppe, Bliss Evans, Clifton Good, Francis Jones, Ellen Mothershead, Sidney Nathanson, Rose Okum, Margaret Os- tharis, Calvin Warring, El%kwum\, | S 4Saul Mindel and Joseph Mz | dent | jup to ‘bos'n tight and the mid | | ergy FEBRUARY 14, 1926—PART 1. TO REPEAT “SMOKE DANCE” AT THOMSON ON THURSDAY NIGHT girls, Norn munity Cent. numbers at the Wilso W 1~ and Sara Thornley. ool last night. for the be Jane Robertson, Genevieve Bergling, Sara Bergling, Virgi prese; ofumbian Heigh Garrott, Ella Bergling, Lillian ) || INNEW™Y" COURSE: lund the fact that a demand fo ted and other ft to right: athews, Sally Aiman “CURLY" BYRDBIG VAN AT MARYLAND | | | Much More Than Athletic| Coach, Article in Baltimore | Sun Shows. | H The ros who big men at the Unive land. was the - in the Baltimore Sun of in a serles that being athletic leaders 'n Stute he is much more in director was for. s ane ot | of Mary-| S| is st Sunday is v th thun bly 1 Washin over the F E the direct vard, goir ation’s ¢ plling town and ope ountry as first one and ther landmark and hout it They had put the some 10 miles bhehind suddenly sweeping are the road, they saw either side of their paratively new but hamlet of College P **Well, there's th Maryland and here u for Curly Byrd. said one, pointing | to the concrete stands n athletic | field on their left. | ““But look what Curly built them, said the . covering w a threc-quarter s arm the | entire settiement The Curly Ing of wa (Curly) Byrd athlet ball and trac thing at the University made some rem ¥ wn he nd iaurel | . whken, | Vend in spread out on route th com rapidly growing University of what they built | | to the presi- | ch of foot | hout every of Maryland mite and the crew of the capt ®ig." “The athletic pointed to was year-old plant named for who, in the opinfon of many. has done more than any other individual | toward making the school what it is | today. “In payingz have contributed to of the University since he first became t has passed throu and any number « mine stages of development in its rapid advance. it would be @ifficult 10 mive ton much credit to Curly. “The native shrewdness, sound common sense, inspiratlon and en- that have brought Ryrd un- usual success in his chosen fields also have brought much to his alma ater. ™iLittle short of sensational has been the role he has played at Col- lege Park since he returned in 1912 to become English instructor and di- rector of athletics. . i “A story of Byrd's athletic career | would read almost like fiction. Space does not permit of a full and detailed | delineation i Byrd entered Maryland, then “A. C.. in the Fall of 1905, and graduated in 1908. While there ayed foot ball, pitched on the and ran on the track tesmn. ter he played profassio s llrfll. conched at Wostera High and entered the newspaper field lefcre returning to his alma mater. CANTATA “LINCOLN” . SUNG AT BUSINESS Tech Students in Joint Assembly. New Lunchroom Will Open Tomorrow. the first had Stadium, a 2- the man field Byrd whe | up . which | 1 wth! paior | tribute to those ke bu 1 ssembly held on Friday, Feb- rui’l"f“’t the glee clubs of Business and Tech sang the cantata “Lincoln.” the words of which were w‘rllten by Director of Music Dr. E. N. C. Barnes. The music is by R. Dean Shure. The new lunchroom at Business High School will open for business la-i morrow, under the direction of Mrs. E. Smith, Miss Minnie Dean and Miss Cora McCarty. There will be cafeteria v nd home cooking. ) ssl_'“\‘v;el?! “outs for the Business High} School spring play have been com- pleted and the cast selected. Thei members of the cast will be announced later. 5 ':At a recent meeting the Business High School Orchestra elected Louls Fishman president and Elsle Rpzika secretary. Michael Carta remains in office as librarian. A new member of tha orchestra, a February arrival, is Henry Goldstein, who plays the drums. At the last rehearsal the orchestra started practice for the Spring play. The plans for the exhibit at Busi- ness High School, to be held during the convention of the Department of Superintendence of the National Edv- cational Association, the last week in February, are well under way. The committee in charge of the work is conposed of the following teachers: Mrs. Daisie Huff, chalrman: Dr. A. L. Howard, business practice, assisted by Miss Minnie Dean; Mrs. May Ashton, drawing; Miss Frances Hay, geog- raphy and history, and Miss B. L. Yoder, English. \ Any man can make a good bluff by looking wise and keeping his mouth closed. | dem ol | BITt shops: Miss Gertrude Barry, su | ication exel | sor of diterature at the South j freshmen and sophmore Engli NEW CLASS ORGANIZED AT TRAINING SCHOOL| Formed in Response to Demand for Tearoom and Restaurant ‘Workers. A new class in tearoon rant training will be o Lewis Hotel Training row, Clifford 1 nounc He st there is a4 brisk nd for trained tearoom worker: President Lewis announces the fol- lowing instructors for the class: Mr: v Catherine Lewls, lecturer on ad- ertising, decorations and furnishings: Staley, authority on restaurant . Miss Margaret M. Stock urer on concessions and president, roof instruction; r on_kitchen ans, ringer, note: T lecturer 1 the chef and his assistants: R. D, . lecturer on accounting and food st accountin T. Gibson, ring. Miss ke APPOINTED AT G. U. Legation Official Will Give Ad- vanced Courses at Foreign Service School. Dr. James Brown of the graduate school of foreign town University, ha honorary degree of from the University ifornia. The degree was connection with the dedication of the new law school building The law was years ago by dean, Dr. liver the pr Scott. ¢ ymmittee vice, just received the doc of founded As it after- president the de- Dr. VVon Kleinsmid, { the university, bestowed gree upon the guest of honor. Announcement was made the foreign service school of the appoint- ment of Kwang-Lai Low, third secre- tary of the Chinese legation. as pro fessor of Chinese. A graduate of Johns Hopkins University and H vard, Mr. Low was formerly prof I ern University in Chin Mankin University., Fol he was connected with service attached to the ic Both the elementary courses of Chinese ider the direction Mr. Low. The rhool of forelgn service is one of the few institutions in this country where courses in Chinese may be obtaine: Many of the students are concentrat- ing thefr attention on the Far East The officials of the schhol feel that for intelligent and profitable business and social relatfons with the Chinese time Chinese of the 1 and ady ire bein ven ced it is necessary for these students to | be well grounded The elementary and advanced courses are designed especially to train the student to read. write and speak mod ern Chinese of the Mandarin idiom Special emphasis is laid on the ability to converse in Chinese. The advanced work takes up commer corre- spondence, business transactions, and the more complicated idioms. Another course which has just opened at the Foreign Service School sts of a European seminar given the direction of Dr. Samuel H. chief of the European divi of the Department of Commerce. This course is one of the few of its kind in the United States. Tt will consist of research work and detailed study of the distribution of the principal American exports in Europe. Another appointment_announced at the school is that of Edward R. Bel- Knap to be assistant in the courses of Mr. Belknap received the bachelo nd master’s degree at this school in 1924 and 1925. He also attended George- town College. Arrangements are being made to throw open a portion of the new scholastic building on the Hilitop to occupancy by the seniors at an early date. Owing to labor disturbances over which the university had no control, construction work was greatly retarded. It had been hoped that the new buildings would have been ready for occupancy by the new year. The congestion on the Hilltop is so acute in the language j that plans are being pushed to move students into one wing of the build- ing while the other is in course of completion. ENVOY WILL SPEAK. M. Samy Pasha to Tell of Irriga- tion in ‘Egypt. M. Samy Pasha, Minister of Egypt to the United States, will speak on “Egyptian Irrigation’” at the meeting of the George Washington University Engineering Society, in the auditorium of Corcoran Hall, 725 Twenty-first street, Wednesday, at 9 p.m. M. Samy was educated as an en- gineer in Egypt and England. He be- gan his career as an engineer in the Egyptian ministry of public orks, and was gradually promated to higher administrative and technical positions until he was appointed general secre- tary of the ministry of public works. In 1922 he was appointed under sec- retary of the ministry of communica- tions, which post he occupied until February, 1925, at which time he was_appointed Minister of Egypt to the United States. Other speakers on the program in- clude President William Mather Lewis and Dean Hugh Miller of the engineering college egceorsa ‘Wash- ington University. sion | CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY ' CONCERT TODAY AT 4 Nine New Members of Dod Noon Club Initiated at Ceremonies and Banquet. | The ¢ University Musical As- | socration will render its monthly con- ert this afternoon at 4 o'clock in the embly MeMahon Hall The artists to appear are Charles Trowbridge Tittmann, 1 and | Miss Elizabeth Winst planist. The | the direction of Mr. and is open to the pub- room in . is und ndt concert | Leo Beh li | The Doa | ceremonies lowed by Inn. Nin m Club held initiation ently, which were fol held at College members were chris eph Canr 26, Olyphant, A t Wayne, Bridgeport. fford hreier. Joseph Philip Conn Plai whlin, 3 el Peloski, 28, Ansonia, Conn., Baymond Dufour Haverhill, Mass. During the banquet, entertain: nt was furnished by Jack Me- hon, tenor: Steve Towel and T. S Hawley Fathi Hart, club moder- ator, spoke on “The University Idea Bishop Shahan. rector, acted as |host to 18 members of the Tower |staff at an informal luncheon Inst Monday afternoon. The affair, which was held in the dining hall. was at tended by the vice rector, George A Dougherty. and the presidents of the ¢ idence halls. Eleven of the 18 s were members of the in | coming and outgoing staffs. The cus. luncheon by the Coll Joseph Do . N. T Herbert Pittstield, M and rilies year of appreciation to | ff for during the gher of M the work vear. Mr accomplished rank Galla- hanoy City, Pa.. was the retiring editor-in-chief. He will be succeeded in office by Mr. John Daly. Naugatuck, Conn. Mr. Daly is also | the student cheer leader. | Bishop Shahan left the university | last Wednesday for Florida, where he | will be for several weeks the guest of Marquis Martin Maloney of Philadel- phiaat his Winter residence at Port Sewell The dean of the school of law an. | nounces that will be opened and conducted by Dr. | Donald A 15 the second semester, 1 H. De La |is giving the course in bankrupt nd is also delivering the university Erw leetures, which are intended pri marily to meet the requirements of the students in the school of ciences, Mr. James J. Hayden is giving the urse in wil |WORK IS REORGANIZED AT TECH HIGH SCHOOL | special | Classt Formed to Aid | “Repeaters"—Alumni and Stu- | dents Study Improvements. The midyear provements in the organization of | McKinley High School, it wa nounced at the school vesterda: peaters in rdem s aiking work in special thelr deficiencies will be discovered and ected. Students who are not re- peating will g0 on in classes where their talents will find better opportu. nities for expression. This reorganiza- tlon is part of a campaign to keep students in school as long as possible. Recently a group of Tech alumni and students met to discuss the pos- sibility of raising scholarship and character standards among students. A member of the faculty discussed the psychoiogical basis of u developing personality, showing the relationship of learning from books and changing conduct. The students and alumni ssent were:: E. Demas, Jack Wild, Katherine Snell, William Shoemaker. Ed Spano, Tullo Cordero, Joe Sorrell, Hazel Schaife, Fannybelle Tenny, Cur Us Draper, Kateryn Chase, Margaret Mitchell, Paul Scott, Harold Joynes, John Mauchly, Janet Frost, Florence Davidson and Gilbert Brooks. Re. freshments and games followed the meeting, - John Green, president of the Radio Club, announces that his organization is engaged in investigating the merits of the many receiving sets on the market. The club has just recently had the opportunity of testing a flve- tube set, which was remarkable in the fact that there was almost no distor- tion. has seen some im- where TELLS OF TRADE GROWTH. —_— Hoover Stresses Need of Diplo- matic Buildings Abroad. The. great expansion of American [l)t@r!&ls abroad was pointed to by Secretary Hoover yesterday as illus- trating the necessity of providing new embassy and consular buildings, as provided in a bill pending before the House foreign affairs committee. He told the committee American trade with foreign nations had dou- bled in 10 years; investments had in- creased more than 340 per cent to a total of $10,000,000,000; overseas ship- ping had jumped from 750,000 tons to 7,000,000 tons; and that tourlsts had mcarmud from 200,000 to 600,000 an- nually. Ten thousand refrigerator cars are required to transport the grape crop g“n; the vineyards around ILodi, @ course in legal ethics | NEED SEEN FILLED Liberal Arts Attracts Stu- dents and Lectures Prove Popular. The popularity of the Y. M College’s new course in liberal uch a course exists have already bLeen demonstrated by the enrollment of more than 100 students, according to a statement last week by Dr. Bell, educational director of the V ington Y. M. C. A. Although course is less than u month old, enrollment is larger than anti tn that time and inquiries indicate there will be additional students, he said While the Y. M. €. A. the first time is offering course leading to the degree of bach- elor of arts in economics, the most popular feature is the series of lec tures by prominent Washington men in the course on biographies, it s stuted. Three of these lectures 1dy have been given, the first eorge Washington tive Henry W. Temple: “Woodrow Wilson,” by Offutt, 3and the thirc S speare.” by Dr. Paul Kaufman. The subjects for the ramaining lectures and the dates on which th, vered have been announ Tuesday. “Michael Faraday. a ypical Man Science,” | Charles I. Monroe Mines: February ton Thompson E torney G Al and now a member of the Federal Trade Commission: March 2. “Willlam Torrey Harris, the Amer- ican Philosopher-Educator,’ by Dr. Henry R. the United States Bureau of Education: March 9. "Mt chael Papin, an I of the Ro- mance of Government H. K. Bush-Brown. Washington sculptor: March His Cortribution to Histor; . C. Barnes, dl- TeC ashington silber Stuart—A Stuart by Mr. College for complet on of former nd Other American Painter Nazareth—The Power Behind ¥ Rev. Dr_ Joseph Sizc of the New York Avenue Presby: Church: April 6. “Robert the Christian General.” s J. Frailev. senior vice District Department an Legion, and April 13, “Abra ham Lincoln,” by Brig. Gen. Amos A. Fries, chief of the Chemical Warf: Service, United States Army. The lec tures are held at § o H h com of the northwest EDUCATIONAT Strayer College Announces Collegiate Courses in Secretarial Science and Accountancy Leading to B.C.S. Degree Bulletin and complete informa: be obtained from the registrar. 7?1 13th Street M. 3430 tion may . E OF {§ . Elementars High School. Commercial. Accounting. Law and Colleze Course Open to both men and women. Au un- usually capable faculty. Tuition rates | | moderate. Enroll this week. For infor- mation address The Begistrar, or phone Franklin 4606, A Select School WASHINGTON SCHOOL FOR SECRETARIES Washington D.C | 1 SHORTHAND 1N SCHOOL, for Seire- \BOYD 25 2% 30 DAYS inz. Spelling, < Letter Writing, | Pobiieping Fut | 1338 6 Pe Speciallzing in Interior Decoration Master-School of Interior Decoration and Design of Washington 1206 18th Street Phone Mai Practical Expert Instruction. Rep- resenting Arts and Decoration (N. V.1 Course. "Call. write or phone for bookiet _and other information RUDOLPHE de ZAPP. Director i A3 by PANISH !(‘l|l The ACCREDITED SECRETARIES Have Installed a Complete Set of EDIPHONE DICTATING and TRANSCRIBING MACHINES Instructions Free to Members of a SPECIAL STUDY C(LUB GROUP NOW FORMING Parliamentars Procedure Under Mrs. Henry M. Robert Convention, Reporting, Research and Publicits Under Mrs. Bertha Taylor Voorhorst All of the Above 10 Weeks for £23 All of the Al Week 52, __Registrations received thix week | National Soelety Accredited Necretaries 1916 Seventeenth 'St. Frankiin 6 | LEARN LINOTYPE—Ideal trade: and hundreds of graduates earn $60 week Course, $200. Establighed 20 vears. & hou from Washingtos East 18th s WOOD’S SCHOOL 311 East Capitol St. 40 Years in National Capital Shorthand, Typewriting, Bookkeeping, Civil Service Moderate Rates Il, write or phone—it is better to Lincoln 38 ~ You Can Learn COMMERCIAL ART IN 4% MONTHS AT Livingstone Academy Arts and Sclences, 43rd Year + 1517 R. L. Ave. Fr. 7475 Ask_for Catalogue THE TEMPLE SCHOOL, Inc. Shorthand and Typewriting 1416 K Street N.W. REGISTER NOW BEGINNERS' CLASSES Day, Afternoon Evening GREGG AND GRAHAM.-PITMAN QUICK REVIEW CLASSES Gregz and Graham-Pitman SPECIAL CIVIL SERVICE CLASSES BEGINNERS' ENGLISH CLASSES Day and Evening Caroline B. Stephen, Pres. public | sh-Brown; Sarch 30, “The Man of | il Write Empire School. [POWELL WILL OBSERVE i 1ST BIRTHDAY THURSBAT Dance to Be Given Friday by Ha:- ents of Students—36 on Honor Roll. | The first Lirthday of the Junior THigh School will be celebrated next Thursday evening in the audito- rium of tie school. The program to be presented will illustrate special, features of curriculum activities f On_ Friday afternoon from 3:30 to 6 a dance will be given to the etu dents by the nts as part of this celebration dmission to each flair is nies as are equal [ 1o the years « This money is to he used for dr perie Fowel 36 students on the schol astie honor roll for the first seme. as follows & Mildred v Chitty, 'Satilla Franklin, e horn, Richard Hery Imogene A Helen ther Stein, ginin Rand 1Jonn Wil i Machen Virginia Frederick | Eloise_Smit % Olive srence hers: Rut} Ma Eli Norman Jre Benmnef Cu The Abbott School Fine and Commercial 1623 H St . 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Main 9 SHORT¥, INTENSIVE BUSINESS COURSES SECRETARIAL STENOGRAPHIC BOOKKEEPING TYPEWRITING CIVIL SERVICE under the personal direction of Virginia Grani Send for Catalog Day and Night Sessions STEWARD SCHOOL Secretaries and Accountants 1202 F Street N.W. Main 8671 Main 7310 NATIONAL SCHOOL . FINE AND APPLIED ART FELIX_) HONY, Director Main 1760 Conn. Ave. and M (1747 Rhode Island Ave.) New Classes Now Forming Day and Evening Classes Sketch and Life Class Children’s Saturday Class Our 8-month Professional Funda- mental Course fits you to accept h position in Interior Decoration, Cos- tame Design, Dynamic Symmetry, Color and Commercial Art. Catall All Miss E.