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~ 20 DURKEE PREACRES AT HOWARD RIS Retiring President Mentions Parting—Functions Daily All This Week. How to Torture Your Husband. flm.;.?d' DO YOU TN Vo RiAE b monevT Commencement week at Howard University was opened yesterday after- noon with the baccaiaureate sermon by the retiring president, J. Stanley Durkee. The university faculty in academic gowns marched in procession from Carneaw Library to the gym- nasium armory bullding where the ex- ercises were held. President Durkee in his charge to the graduating classes said: “I am speaking under the strain of a great impulsion today. My thought is touched by the truth that this is my last word to you as a class, a college and a people. You have caught the message I desire you to carry through life and you have visioned, I trust, the kind of graduates I long to have you be. WANT | GUESS ANY MAN WHO G mmni am?c AFFoRO o LsE #28 AT RATS AND DRESSES? o/ { FOKER. Qs AFFORD © “You will grow to your hest and you will guide your world truly only as you follow the teachings and repro- duce the character of’ the Master Teacher. Your successes will be final- 1y measured not by what you actually do, but by what you have striven to do. The intention of your souls will be marked infinitely higher than the accomplishments of your hands. Speaks for Dreamers. “It is anly the dreamer in righteous- ness who can pilot the people to peace. Go ye. therefore, and disciple the na- tions, for from many lands you come and make the greatest Teacher of the ages your friend to the end of your days.” The program included an overture, “The Caliph of Bagdad™: a_call to worship_and invocation by Rev. Dr. F. I. A. Bennett of Calvary Protestant Episcopal Chapel: Seripture reading. Prof, James L. Pinn: prayer. Prof. Leonard Z. Johnson. Howard Univer. sity: selections by the vested choir and benedictior by Rev. C. . Williams, Wesley Union Zion Church, WELL, | REMEMBER #28 Y0 CouLD HAVE tawp uP! Closing Ceremony Friday. Other events will be held each day during this week, ending with com- mencement exercises on the university campus at 3:30 o'clock Friday after- noon, when Dr. Edward E. Slosson +will deliver the commencement ad dress. Today chapel exercises will be con- ducted by the graduating students at noon. ‘omorrow the annual meeting of the board of trustees will be held STAR, —BY WEBSTER. C v TIREw SR5%25 N A fowe” GAME “MNOT FOR JUST AN HOUR, NOT FOR JUST A DAY, NOT FOR JUSTA YEAR, BUT ALWAYS!™ WASHINGTON, D. at 10 a.m. Tomorrow night the department of dramatics will present a musical comedy. “In the Garden of Shah,” under the direction of Prof. M. Frank- lin Peters Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel. ! The public is invited to attend the annual exhibition of student work in the department of architecture and art ‘being held’ in the Applied Science ‘Building daily until June 11. The Duke of Peneranda, nephew and one of the principal heirs of the Empress Eugenie, spends most of his time in England, where he enjovs con- riderable celebrity as an expert poio player. MORE BROADWAY PLAYS WILL GET “JURY” TESTS Plan of Judging Morals of Theat- rical Offerings to Be Revived, Says District Attorney. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 7.—The system of judging the morals of theatrical productions by means of ‘‘play juries” will be revived soon by District Attor- ney Joab H. Banton. it was learned | vesterday. An official of the district attorn, office declined to name the lare made in France. plays now on Broadway which will be passed upon by the jury. “The whole purpose of the play- jury plan is to avoid publicity for objectionable shows, and, therefore, the names of the shows wili not be | made public,” he said. ! “The play jury plan originated by agreement between city officials, pro- ducers and actors, all parties promis- ing to abide by ‘the verdict of the jury, composed of prominent citizens. At that time three plays were exam- ined by the jury. which passed all, but suggested a slight change in one. aRETE More than 250 varieties of cheese POLICE HELD IN THEFTS. 3 Chicago Patrolmen, 4 Watchmen Held on Burglary Charges. CHICAGO, June 7 (#).—Thirty-five merchants were called to a Chicago police station yesterday to identify the loot of burgiaries in the wholesale dry goods district, for which three po- licemen and four private watchmen were arrested yesterday. Speedy trial for the men who are charged with using their uniforms to aid in stealing forays was urged to- day by Morgan A. Collins, chief of police. WORLD LABOR HOME DEDICATED IN GENEVA Edifice on Shores of Lake to House International ~ Organization. Many Notables Present. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, June 7.—World labor history was written in Geneva yes- terday with the dedication in the presence of the representatives of 50 nations and thousands of people of the new permanent home of the Inter- national Labor Organization. This organization from plans drawn up by a commission, of which the Ilate Samuel Gompers was president, was created by the treaty of Versailles for the attainment of social justice. ‘The building stands on the shore of Lake Leman, on a site donated by the Swiss government not far from the site selected for the future home of the League of Nations, with which the Labor Bureau is affliated. The building has been enriched by gifts of 20 governments, including mag- nificent tapestries, paintings and statuary. ‘Twoscore orators from as many lands, among them President Haeberlin of Switzerland, Sir Austen Chambeg lain, the British foreign secretary, an Eduard Benes of Czechoslovakia, par- ticipated in the dedication ceremonies and hailed the edifice as a milestone in international co-operation, progress and peace. In honor of the memory of Mr. Gompers the American Federation of Labor made a generous contribution ‘lD aid in the decoration of the build- ng. Theosophist Center for Germany. BERLIN, June 7 (#).—The Lokal Anzeiger says it learns that Mrs. Katherine Tingley, head of the Univer- sity Brotherhood and Theosophical Society, who has been staying at Nu- remberg latelv. has purchased an es- tate called Auf dem Burgberg, near Erlangen. The newspaper says Mrs. Tingley plans to establish European headquarters there for theosophical movement. 4 THE CENTAUR OO ‘At Gmonths 014 35 Doses~40 YacSimile Signaturef C., MONDAY, JUNE 7, 1926. There are ORIA N X SN When Baby Complains. many ways & baby has of expressing ity or di ion romiunm&lwnm - or health and happiness. A short sharp cry, a prolonged irri- tated cry. Restlessness, a constant turning of the head or of the whole body, fretful. In these and other ways a baby tells you there is something disordered sf the cause of is the first thought, but in the event of any . Most mothers know that a tomach, or bowels that do not act naturally are most of baby’s sufferings. A call for the docter delay there should be ready at hand a safe remedy such as Fletcher’s Castoria. Castoria has been used for baby's ailments for over 30 years and has merited the good will of the family physician in a measure not equaled by any other baby’s mgwuu cause of its edy and not And remember this: Castoria is essentially a be- harmlessness and the good ts achieved. baby’s rem- a cure-all for every member of the family. What might help you is too often dangerous when given to a babe. NEW YORK) CENTS Aids in the Fletcher’s Castoria safely relieves Constipation Wind Colio Flatulence Diarrhea To Sweeten Stomach Regulate Bowels assimilation of Food, promoting Cheerfulness, Rest and Natural Sleep withoutdOpiates. To avoid imitations, always look for the signature of W Proven directions on each package. Physicians everywhere recommend it. 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