Evening Star Newspaper, February 28, 1926, Page 23

CONVOGATION WEEK 15.G. W. U. FEATURE Announcements Are Made of University Gifts and Building Plans. | pal Midwinter 1tion activities convor of junior week Washington | students dur m: engrossed George ials and Beginning on ind continuing | gram given last entful. mcement of the statement William Mather thorization by he of the univ ¥ for anviher v . srmation given out three gifts ha oward the pro- department of arts unit_is expected | sity library, class- | well keeping with as most e made Thi to contain the and Ie laboratory. It wil v be in otherwise tockton ha imouncement 1 will be made later President Lewis an contributions amount for the endowment this week President | New York alumni ndowment lative to car on. | he inced r i meantime cer nnin, il visit connection wit ork Vernon. Monday ception the eve ers of “An mnt Vernon.” Metropo! of the Evenin int T'he wed by the lad fo class under the dire Norris 1. Crandadl e department transfor, Ver s artisti nd Mount \ considerable sum aised by board as ziven over “Belinda,” by m. Friday ard Hotel the went on the the was \ the various | "nt of the Nile irri- Bt v Pasha, Egyp- tian Mini the Engineer- fng Societ winning of the match own ties of debate with the World e Wash- posed of John the rintendence Associa- lectures Wood in Cor rnoos of ed veho artine alumn the which member The af w n took th eicn per led his own P were obtaine Anno ed por former will be un. L date to of t Stockton K. 3 n, cartoonist, ntly c ted and presented | propriate book been knowl contribution HANDBOOK OF EASTERN IS GIVEN TO VISITORS| Guides App("iLtml Eo¥Diect Promi School Dur- ing Past Week nent Callers Visitors to Eastern High School du the | week included C. 8, eson of Denver, Colo; . W. Dy nd N Church of New York g zdon of New Rochelle, N. ¥ 1 E. Mathis of Americus, Ga.; Roland 5. Brooks of Albany, Ga. The visi- presented with handbool which we sntly pub- s were , chairman; Miss Bertha Miss R wy Arnold 4 Miss Elenora Henderson of the glish department. This handbook rises 84 pages and is illustrated uts. A complete sur. ey Eastern’s courses, rules and methods is given. In order that the visitors la might make an instructiv stern, guides wers rect them. They were Alpheus Wal- ter, Lawrence Smallwood, Angus Heeke, Clement Didden, Julius Radice, Ferdinand Cappelli, Edward Andrus, Roberta Harrison, Margaret Parsons, Dorothy Shankin, Dalrymple, Slizabeth Clark, Helen Andrews, Ruth | Apperson, Albert Nichelson, Marvel Douglas, Margery Keim and Mary Clark. The publicity committee s Spring play is he 2osemary Arnold. s selecting char: in Berrard the Man." The next Home and held at Eastern on Iriday. March 12 The program for the meeting will in- clude a sketch to be presented by the Dramatic Society, selections by the Glee Club under the direction of Mrs . V. F. Byram and selections by E rn’s orchestra. Representative Brooks Fletcher of Ohio will address the meet ing. Gardner t week tour of appointed to di- for East- aded by Miss Slla M. Monk i the roles “Arms and general meeting of the chool Assoclation will be A young couple journeved from tneir home in New Zealand to Lyons, . 13.000 miles, that they might ty marrisd by a minister whose ac- quaintanes they had. made THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. | and Local Affairs Specially Arranged {of the young p Current News Events Summary of Important National, Foreign for the Convenience of Students. | expressing “gratification” . status of schools in the| al Capital and the bellef that | ¢ are “coming rapidly to a posi- tion that promises educational leader- | ship.” Bert I Democratic member of the United States Shipping Board, Who declined to resign last August when President Coolidge requested him o co so, resigned last week of | his own accord. Mr. Haney. in I letter of resignation, which is to be effective today, stated that he thought | could properly end his service now, President Coolidge has stated he would not reappoint Iim, and be. | cause the Shipping Board has “re erted its power” over the Gov ment ant marine by its dis Dr. Randall J. Condon of Cincinnati | missul esident Palmer of the| s clected president of the Depart- Emej eet Corporation. When | nich o “Superintendence. Dr. Con- Mr. requested the resigna-fgon's election was praised gencrally o Haney, he did so charging|ajthough some of the delegates men that Mr. Haney guilty of 4| (ioned the fact that he had an excel- breach of faith. Mr. Haney denied|jent chance of being made president | the charge and declined to resizn on|of (he National Education Association | the grounds that his resignation \ in its convention in Philadelphia next | would jmply that Mr. Coolidge's| july—a post considered, in some quar- charges were true | ters, as an even higher honor. { | educ: over Secretary of Commerce Hoover, ad- dressing the delegates, lauded the ex- emplary lives of the Nation's 800,000 educator nd school teachers who, he said, utterly inconspicuous in a | scnsatign-loving country.” | Coolidge | of A “Face the “cts’ for one day here prohibition today mackery,” “dangerous octopus.” “immoral and stupid” and one of the c younger generation’s gr vil tod A committee pointed to co-ordinate the those who wish Congres: the question ¢ modif 1 A 1y ure connection with confer last The Senate and House last week | lizing | approved the conference report on| lative | the tax bill and two days luter the| indefensibly | President signed it, making it a law. | ses of the|Although the measure exceeds to| test social | some extent the reduction in revenue | ap-| which the Treasury Department be work of | lieved would be safe, Secretary Mel-| to take up flon said that the law is genc ally ac- ing the prohi to the administration, and of the banquet nds the Government should the conference little difficulty in meeting its| the reading of a beer recipe,|financial nceds, although there prob- written by George Washington, de-|ably will be a deficit. The bill is gen- spite interpretations cf the prohibition | erally effective March but there | laws which declate such recipes|are some provisions which do not | cannot be made public ffect for 30 days, while others - have extended a month from | .,,-’ March The dispatch with which | acked feable influence.,’ was, Be ino Gigii, a leading teno: the Metropolitan Opera ( from Detroit last week celing an_engagement to he 1 1ed of the receipt of a by the Detroit chief of police ening his life. The letter igli of being an unpatriotic ind threatened to *‘get him.” remained in New York until he here for an appearance Fri noon. His appearance hel marked by nothing unusual mpany, fled | the bill was put through the Senate afte - |and the House is considered a legis- | “ing when |lative triumph for the administration, | Jetter | in Which the Democrats share through hreat-| @ non-partisan spirit displayed in its | acensed | consideration. Ital The Senate, after hearing the pros- | ume |and cons of the controversy over | whether or not it should order an-| other investigation of the Aluminum | ‘0. of America, in which Secretary of sury Mellon is a stockhold jopt the minority report of the judiciary committee, which con- ducted” @ preliminary investigation, nd which advised against another. Jlouwe alcoholic trafic com- | mittee, a body which has had little to do shice the advent of prohibition, | | voted unanimously last week to un: {dertake w sweeping investigation of spending great amounts | conditions under prohibition. The the ceremonies rival | House rules committee has allowed @ those of th Avabian i ocolution sponsored by the alcoholic | For the formal func committee to lie in a pigeonhole, but | inces' all wear robes of s the latter committec believes it has | 1v woven from threads of gold and | quthority for the planned investiga while the display of gems and | {jon. After the inquiry the committee < stones probably rivals that of | contemplates recommending what it believes to be remedial legislation. i | Magnificent {voted to tending the cer lebrations ony of the acc r Harry Singh, throne of Kashmir, in Indi vernment alone has spent ap- tely $1,000,000 the mony for the festivities of ina tion, public work, food for nd entert while the K el jon | to the The g proxim The ench jewelers other nationaliti icu—for the pu the crown jewels were placed on bidding in Moscow last s, emeralds and sa outbid those of | Ajthough the Senate has long since —including Amer ed that the United States enter the e of a number of |y R ay be a vear or more | of Russia when they | hetore th actually becomes | e after competitive |, member srrespondence be- | week. Dia-| tween the Governments of the United pphires weigh- { States and the present members of the 8 ourt promises to be drawn out. Iach | | member zovernment must pass upon the reservations attached to the proto col by the United s Senate. An interesting fe: in the fact that when Se campaigning for reelection next Fall, and the World Court is brought inta the com- as an issue, the United States still_will be technically outside the | | conrts | A five-year aviation building pro- | um for the Army similar to the naval project now before Congress | |svon will be submitted to the House military_affairs committee by Secre- | tary of War Davis. The bill will pro- | vide for an fncrease in aviation equip- |ment and facilities in proportion to | other branches of the Army. hants from I Americans bid § Carrle Chapman & prominent leader in the caus vancement for women, is retiring e age of 67 after reaching the conclusion, she says, ‘that it is time for her to let younger persons carry on the work. She withdraws from th field, howeve without seeing th realization of ene of her dreams world peace. “T shall not live to see gri world peace come to pass, nor will | vou,” said Mrs. Catt. “I am an old hand in the business of helping peo. ple to change their minds. 1 have beet at it for 40 years. The proc Many foolish ~ mis made. Slowly, but surely, these world changes come about. And woman suffrage and »olition of , is certain to come great this ol The appr ation bill, covering ap { propriations for the te, Justic | Labor and Comme departments industrial en- carryving a total of $80,011,631, which tes Steel Cor- its twenty-fifth Sinee its” crea 1901, with incorporation of 50 companies, the corpor tion’s advance been steady and its expansion regular. In the 25 years history its total business has shed more than $23,000,000,000- hich is greater than th fonal the Interstate Commerce Com valuation the ocuntry’s world's United cbrated st week The Alexér;der’s DAHLIAS Lead the World Duhlin King Sure to Bloom | *“ T SPECIAL OFFER ol - | the frozen & white North by the use of “snow motors” i X, has ended in apparent failure. After LE CAC, ¢ ple ROSE PINK CENTURY SIN., Tose-pin| J. K. ALEXANDER trying to car oline from a point Send for F Ca niogue near Fairbanks, Alaska, to Point I row the snow motors were able to the World's Largest Dahlia Grower —-44-54 Central St.. tion in sidi t to conquer purpte negotiate only 70 miles of the 700-mile trip in two weeks. The snow motor. made in Detroit and taken to Alaska to help carry supplies for the Wilkins transpolar expedition, were used latgely as an experiment. Repeated breakdowns made them use less for ; yractical purposes. - 4 7 Fresh Every Day « @ if you Feed Your Hens ,3(, Conkeys (3 g = BUTTERMILE Laying Mash Notnecessarytodevote a great deal of spacetell- ing youthemeritsof this egg mash, when the answer to your ques- Education. ; President Coolidge, addressing convention here of the department of superintendence of the National I cation Association last week, credited America’s prosperity to the church .nd school In a_patrioticaddress in Which he extolled George Washington s “the great example of character. ar country he )’)Xl'nj]\r-rl(-d. o co ¢ is secure,” said the President. | & T “But that prosperity and that se- &?.:gulfif&undln curity flow from the school and the y SERPCTACE) RS church. They are the product of the | t Z. mind and the soul. They aro the re- | termilkLayi ff}fl;:hw B sult of the character of the Americ: - people.” . Mann & Co. 207 Seventh St. people. L P V. Ritter's Son, 1003 B Nw, . James & Kon. 1007 B. St. Distributors _ Among other speakers before the Natlol Tducation Association and | subjects dealt with wert | Commissioner of Education John J. Tigert, speaking before the opening sesston of the convention, declared | that jazz, sex novels and salacious | shows must be fought by instilling in | the minds of the school children of the country worthy ideals of citizen- ship, culture and character. The five | wonerul purposes of the elementar schools were outlined by Mr. Tiger as health, a betfer grasp of the “three R's” upon which to build a broader education, the teaching of “‘common | sense” and skill in action, character building and worthy citizenship. The assoclation went on record as indorsing the Curtis-Reed bill for a department of education with a cab- | inet officer in charge. The passage of the measure has been sought for seven years, but there is considerable opposition to its enactment. The assoclation also indorsed a pro- posal to raise $50,000 as a fund to be used by a national commission on economy and vfficiency of business ad- land few is $2,358,403 greater than the current appropriations and $59,480 less than budget recommendations, was reported ast week to the House. Politics. Foes of the World Court, having been defeated in their efforts to keep the United States from joining it,, are taking their fight back to the people, and hope to retaliate by defeating Senators:for re-election who voted for Amierican_adherence. One of the in- teresting fights has opened in Illinois, where Senator Borah of Idaho and Senator Reed of Missouri, both anti court men, made speeches lust week attacking the court and asking for the defeat of Senator Williani B. MeKin- ', who voted for the court and who is a candidate for renomination. From Tllinofs Senator Borah moved -into Wisconsin, where Senator Lenroot, leader of the pro-court administration forces, is soon to come up for renomi- natfon. n to make their tradi- downward revision of mount issue in the congressional campaign next Fall, ac- cording to Representative Oldfleld of Arkansas, chairman of the Democratic congressional campaign committee. The-194th anniversary of the birth- day of George Washington was celes brated last week throughout the N tior and in the city which b his name. His life and his deeds were tolled at many patriotic gatherings, speakers allowed the oppor: tunity to pass without referring ‘o recent remarks about the life of Wash- ington which generally had heen inter- preted as slurs on a man who has be- come idealized in this country. Demacrats p tional fight for the tariff their p: More Up-to-Date. he plot of your play is The drink-cursed hus- band losing the old homestead won't go nowadays Playwright—Think not? Well, then, suppose we have the wife mortgage the farm for cigarette money. PROFESSOR ADMITTED FEBRUARY 28, 1926—PART 1. Prof. Leo Behrendt, director of the University Glee Club, announces that CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL Frieda Barsky, Mariam McDanell, Julia McPherson, Janet Bates, Wil- Among the the Legion of the Atlantic. Dr. is a native of Loire. and Italy and Appolinare pointed Egyptian in 1889, viving acter of the b he professes been ices to J. centl; e were P. collection in | ticity, which | tigation Dr. Hywi Catholic Un of the Paris, which that city. TO LEGION OF HONOR Very Rev. Dr. Henri Hyvernat of Catholic U. Recognized for Work. interest to linguists on both sides of Henri Hyvernat, a noted French holar, who is professor of biblical archeology and Semetic the Catholic Universit; He was educated in France was professor of Assyriology rptology in Rome. professor 1t the Catholic University and is one of the few sur- members faculty of the university. On account of the unfamiliar char- but in the worl Iy known as one of the great- holars of the present age and highly considering the purchase of a uable. Hyvernat to establish onths of tedious and minute inves- ver: fiftieth founding of the the men under his care are making rapid progress in preparation for the post-Lenten activities of the club. John MecMahon of Hartford. Conn., baritone, and Watson Baumert of Antwerp, N. Y. cellist, are being groomed as the principals. A con- cert will be given soon at Walter Reed Hospital and a date is now being set for the third appearance of the club this vear at WCAP. Re- hearsals are held each Tuesday and Thursday erenlnz in the gymnasium. The varsity basket ball squad, in- cluding Coach Fred Rice, Manager Joseph Uricchio and the athletic di- rector, Charles Moran, will be the guests of honor at a banquet to he held under the auspices of the Utopian Club Wednesday evenin March 17, at the Mayflower Hotel. The affair will he held in‘the Chinese room. This basket ball team is com= posed entirely of sophomores and is one of the best in the annals of the sport at Catholic U. Straub, St. Mary” Lar; Bangor, Me., Erees ew Rochelle, N. Y prise the committee in charge. The try-outs for tne annual ora- torical contest in the Spring under the auspices of the Shahan Debating Society, will be held Thars- recent . promotions to Honor is one of much g High Tt is that of Very Rev. terling languages at Dr. Hyvernat the department of the Willett, Gardiner before coming to this rington, Mi t the schools of St. He was ap- of Semetic and William €oM- | Van R der G Bill the original Rodney . arold Robert ch of science which Hyvernat is not Each contestant will allowed 5 minutes in which to de- liver his declamation and from tne candidates who speak (hat evening six will be chosen to participate in the contest for the Shahan medal for oratory. The Shahan frésh from it 1d of science he is uni- honored by many Brown, Sidne; Morgan, who w el Debating Society, encounter with ham on v evening, is alr looking forward to the coming butt with the team representing the Uni- versity of Arizona, which will vi. the university on the evening of M 22. Preliminary debates will get way this week and an effort will be made to choose a wining team to rep- resent Catholic University in the m- ing occasion. The first debate will be held Tuesday evening in McMahon rrington, nbitz, lie of Coptic manuseripts, It was left to Dr. their authen- after many he did, at represented the ty at the celebration anniversary of the atholic Institute of was recently held in TO GIVE “BLUE BIRD” Play Will Be Presented March 5, 6, 12 and 13—Cast Is Announced. The Dramatie Association of Central School evenings of March 5 and 13, Fridays and is he coaches are Aune McColm Crans, and Miss Leary. The double Jess min Doehre: Jack Permut, phen Krame Veer, Abbott, iner, er, George cast Stimson, jtshe: Ric Harry ¢ Lawrence G Hatc Johnson Applebee, Coltman, evens Pt inger, nthia Dimmette, I on the « The committee of sophomo; ning the Spring dance of hLeen take the form of > place has not been defi- nitely declded upon. helmina Hoefman, Barbara Stratton, Shiela Meyst, 1vy Stevens, Leonora Combs, Elizabeth Lacy, Olga Helms, Virginia Ladd, Mary Jamison, Evelyn Ballou, Orrel Belle Claflin, Marlan McGrew, Margaret Croissant, Virginia Shull, Dorothy Dvorak, Winifred Royle, Lois Eleanor Crowle; Katherine Janet Coon, Ferguson, Katherine Baden, Mary Gayle, Mary Porter, Gwen Nor- ton, Helen MacLeod, Rhoda Lewton, Elizabeth Orth, Marian Builard, Ruth Markwood, Lucille Ler: | Wood. Helen Simpson | Virginia Riggles, Josephine Catherine Telen Staples, berta Januar nees Skinn, garet Gurn, Dorothy Marion Heyser, Martha Buchanan, »phie Jackerson, Sylvia Kushelevsky, Miller, . Eugenia , ivelyn Butler, Ceril Cousins, Hoffy Kahn, Kathryn Rea, | vion Stewart, presenting on _the Bird Miss Sibyl Baker, Miss_Lynch, Mrs, 3ill. Mrs, Fhx ) . Kellerman Denham, M includes Andrew Miller, than Glaubach, Bourdon, St ayton, Howard nia Tucke: Risfkin, a Cook, Irma Dudley Frec o e an, Bertha Howard, Jane : |“lv,“:,:(,1,'," (l lmr,"'.‘ | Eline, Yetta Dobkin, Johanna Schmut Robert Praetorius, | zer» Sar Marianna Lukei Willls, Tad | Marjorie . Violet Yassell, Mirfam Heare, Sol Orleans, | Silverstone, Mary Fitzgerald, Mabel Howard Heizer, | Thompson and Cynthia Gerstin. Douglas Wilson, | _The dancers, under the directior Sumner Kittelle, Wilson Todd, William | Leonard, ~ Albert Villiam Hoover Weave . 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