Evening Star Newspaper, March 6, 1927, Page 22

22 * B W. U. DEBATERS BAGERFOR CRUSE Passage Engaged for Voyage ‘o England for Contest With Cambridge. Passage has been engaged for the! George Washington University de- baiing team for April 30 for England The date with Cambridge University for debate has been selected as May 24. Arrangements are being ¢ pleted for the subject of the debate and the extended itinerary of the local debaters through England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Upon completion of tional journey George University debaters will the interna- Washington have com- m- | Aid Jobless I pleted what is believed to be a record | in this respect. Since December. when | a trip South was taken, the ( al | arguers will have taken part in 45 en-| gagements. ) | There have been five teams, includl-| ing the women's debating team. en| route during the season. Thes have been selected from 18 del The varfous teams have visited leges and universities in Virgin North and South Carolina. Georgia. Michigan, Ohlo, West Virginia. In- Pennsylvania, Maryland, New | Massachusetts and Season Ends Friday. The extensive engagements have been held with such institutions as Columbia, Swarthmore, West Virginis Bates, Boston University, Clarke. V Jiams, Butler, Indiana, Ohio Wesleyan, South Carolina, Maryland, Catholic University and Colby. On Thursday and Friday of this week the George Washington debaters will end their season. Swarthmore College will be met on Thursday and Indiana University on Friday. Both Institutions will be met in Corcoran Hall. The debating teams have been under the supervision of Dr. George L. Farnham of the department of pub- lic speaking in the university. The men who have.borne the brunt of the engagements this season, and from whom a team wiil be selected to go tu England, are: John T. Trimble, man- ager; Cyrus Hoagland, William F. Willilamson, William A. McSwain, J W. Kirkland, W. I. Cleveland, John Sevmour and J. A. Harris. The women's debating team goes to Ohlo this week to engage Ohio Wes- leyan, having competed against Cor- nell T'niversity and Ohlo Wesleyan during the season. The debates of all university teams this season is thought to set a record. The victories have about balanced defeats. Reports on Benefit. Mrs. Charles W. Richardson of the board of lady managers of the univer sty hospital recently reported that the benefit entertainment held on the evening of February 22 would net about the same amount of money as that of last year. The “evening of music at Mount Vernon” was declared a social and financial success in every way. The project will net in the neighborhood of $8,500, it is under- stood. 3 Dr. Charles R. Mann, director of the American Council on Education and trustee of the university, was the guest speaker at the alumni luncheon recently held at the Hotel La Layette. Dr. and Mrs. William Mather Lewis ‘will be guests of honor at the Gamma Fta Zeta dinner to be held next Wed- nesday evening at Pierre's, with the secretary of the university, Prof. Elmer L. Kayser, and Mrs. Kayser and Prof. and Mrs. Daniel C. Chace.. The dinner is in honor of the initiates, Julia Denning, Dorothy Dougherty, Ruth Greenwood, Eilleen Gardner, Patty Ann Jamieson, Emily Pilkinton, Ann_McCorkle, Ermyntrude Vaiden and Betty Whitbank. £ Tau Chapter of Sigma Gamma Ep- silon, formerly the Geology Club, was ted a charter in the national geo- f:‘.l’zfll organization last Friday. Prof. C. A. Bonine, head of the department of geology at Penn State, installed the local chapter. Students of the university are voting by ballot this week as to the holding of the annual junior promenade. The affair, usually conducted during the week of February 22, was postponed. o CATHOLIC EDUCATION TO BE LECTURE SUBJECT [ k Rev. Dr. Guilday to Speak at K. of | 84 C. School at 8 0'Clock ! Tuesday Night. | Rev. Dr. Peter Guilday of the Cath-| olic University will give the second public lecture in the history series at the Knights of Columbus Evening School Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. The title of the lecture is “The His- tory of Catholic Education in Mexico.” Last Tuesday evening Prof. Mario Barra, graduate of the Liceo of Saluzzo, Italy, gave a.public lecture on “Dante, the Creator of the Italian Language.” At the close of the lec- ture Dr. Paul Gleis, professor of Ger-|C. man at the Catholic University, spoke of the cultural value of the Italian language. Later, a temporary organ- ization of the new Dante Society was effected. Beginning next Tuesday, a class in Dante study will be or- ganized. Students will read Dante in the original. Most of the students who have registered for the course have had some knowledge of Latin or French and it is planned to conduct the Dante course in Italian with a minimum of formal study of Itallan grammar. Prof. Barra will conduct te course. % A full attendance of the member- ship was present at the annjversary dinner given by the Santa Mdria club last Tuesday night. Miss Mary Hoy, president of the club, pre- sided as toastmistress. Among those who responded to the toagts were Dr. Frank O'Hara, Mrs. ‘O'Hara, Mrs. James F. Hartnett and Mrs. Mercedes Hayden, guests of honor at the club. The committee in charge consisted of the Misses Mary: Warren, Mary Hoy, Mary Eike, Margaret Kreig and Betty Gerber, assisted by Georgeana Buddeke, May Shields and Mildred Mattimore. Following the dinner the club gave a dance. The attendance was the ! largest that has been present at any of the club’dances this year. It is ex- pected that many new members will join the club at the meeting on Mon- day night. At this meeting plans will be made for an interesting St. Pat. rick’s day program. R Action Against Wall Street Icono- clast Editor Falls. NEW YORK, March 5 (#).—The suit filed by the State attorney gen- eral against George Graham Rice, editor and treasurer of the Wall Street Iconoclast, asking for an injunction in the sale of stock of the Idaho Copper “orp.. was dismissed today by Supreme Court Justice Valentine. Rice made an option with the cop- per concern by which he had the privi- lege to purchase about 50 per cent of its stock at prices ranging from 10 to 30 cents a share, and had the stock listed on the Boston Curb Market. e Bananas, cocoa beans, coconuts, pi H. CLAY ESPEY. : ETHEL GINBERG. Two prominent members of the em. ployment department of the Business Hizgh Alumni Association. BUSINESS MEN URGED TO AID SCHOOL ALUMNI Should Avail Themselves of Em- ployment for High Graduates, Secretary Says. Washington business men are urged to avail themselves of the facilities of the Business High School Employ- ment Department, an activity of the Business High School Alumni Asso- clation, by Ethel Ginberg, secretary. “We' feel,” Miss Ginberg declared vesterday. “that we are doing a dou- ble-edge piece of social service work in that we to¥ to save our school product the embarrassment of unem- ployment and of misplacement and, on the other hand, make it possible for the business men of the city to obtain highly trained office help, ‘hand-picked.’ with reference to the particular position under considera- tion. “Our applicants are classified into three groups—first, pupils who have tq do parttime work in order to re. main in_school; second, recent uates who go out as inexperienced applicants, and third, experienced alymni members who desire promo- tion or replacement.” Time Helps the Girls. From the Arkansas Gazette. Time cures hll things. Look what fashiorf has donme for the girl who didn’t have anything to wear. SHIPPING NEWS Arrivals at and Sailings From New York. ARRIVED YESTERDAY. President Roosevelt—Bremen . Stutteart—Bremen ... Maracaibo—La Guavra... Misty Law—Glasgow . Chattanooga Citv—Liverpos Hyacinthis—Glnsgow . Georgian—San Pedro. . DUE TODAY. 121> BEIRERE Toloa—Limon .. Robert E. Lee—Hav Avon—Bermuda . ... DUE TOMORROW. Ascania—Southampton Cedric—Liverpool .. Cameronin—Glasgow innetonka—Londs Esparta—Port Colomb Huron—Turks Teland DUE TUESDAY. Berengaria—Southampton Deutschland—Hamburg . Aurania—Livernool . San Mateo—Barrios. . Martinique—Kingaton Orizaba—Havana Ponce—San Juan. DUE WEDNESDAY. Oscar_II—Copenhagen rance—Havre ... wensm S FoFaE a 30 BDS0o Voltaire—Buenos Aires. .. DUE THURSDAY. President Garfield—Marsellles Biancamano—Genoa. ... . . . Mercnant— London’. . a—Sta. Marta "3 ez Eme Aragu THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTOM STON COLLEGE CLUB IS PLANNED Georgetown Sponsors Move to Seal Friendship. Meeting Today. B | Georgetown Unliversity officlals and alumnl are co-operating In efforts to form in Washingion a Boston College Club, a matter in which they have a special interest by reason of the friendship that has existed for years between the two institutions. All former Roston Coliege men at Georgetown, consequently, have been urged to attend o meeing in the Willard Hotel this afternoon at o'clock, when & permanent Boston alumni assoclation will be organized For many vears there hax heen an exchange of faculty members between Georgetown and Boston College and the professional departments of th local university, especlally, draw many Boston students. While rivals in athletics, there exists, however, tles that are not found ordinarily between two such intense rivals Rev. Charles W. Lyons, & J.. prest dent at Georgetown, Is a former | president of Koston College, having e here two years ago from that titution, after carry program through successfully. predecessor at Georgetown, Rev. John B. Creeden. S. J.. is now & member of the Boston College faculty, where he himself was graduated. Among the numerous former Boston faculty members at Georgetown now is Rev. Edmund A. Walsh, S. J., vice pres dent and regent of the School of For eign Service, Honor for Father Lyons. Father Lyons will be one of the honor guests at the alumni meeting this afternoon, and it is possible that Father Creeden alsc may come here for the event. Representative John J. Douglass of Boston also will he one of the guests and speakers. Francis S. Russell is chairman pro tem. of the meeting and members of the membership committee are Joseph J. Mulvey, Joseph A. Beecher and Arthur P, Murray. Georgetown College . debaters are looking forward to forthcoming con tests with Washington and Lee Uni versity and the University of Missis- sippi. Announcement was made at the Hilltop that the debate which was to have been held with a team from Loyola College, Baltimore. has been postponed Indefinitely until an- other subject is agreed upon. The subject previously selected for this event was on the question of annex- ing Mexico. The contest with Lee University is scheduled for March Washington and ‘2’1 and is expected to draw a large attendance, as there are many Wash- ington alumni of the Virginia insti- tution. That with Mississippl. which has never debated here Dbefore, is tentatively arranged for April 9 or May 2. number of other inter- colleglate debates are expected to be scheduled before the close of the aca- demic year. Testimonial Tuesday. The testimonial dinner for Harry (“Babe’) Connaughton, all-American guard of the Hilltop foot ball team, Tuesday night at the Hamilton Ho- tel, promises to be the biggest Georgetown event of its kind this vear. Arrangements for the affair are entirely In the hands of senlors at the law school,-who planned this honor for their classmate. Frank J. Hogan of Washington, president of the National Alumni _Association, will be toastmaster, and a number of prominent Georgetown men from other cities will attend. J. Burke Walsh, '29, of the District of Columbia was selected as the best individual speaker at the second prize debate of the TLaw School. held Wednesday evening. He will com- pete in the final contest to be held just before the June commencement. Although the beat debater, Walsh was on the losing side of the debate, as the judges rendered a verdict in favor of the affirmative team. The question was on the abolishment of the pri- mary. system. Judges for the event were M. Garcia De Quevedo, a son-in-law of the late Justice Ashley M. Gould of the Dis- trict Supreme Court and for 20 years one of the most distinguished pro- fessors at the Georgetown Law School; Walter Clifford Stone, attor- ney in the admiralty department of the Department of Justice, and George Heber Webb, an assistant torney in the office of the Attorney General. All are former Law School graduates. Guerra Everett Speaks. Guerra Everett of New York, an at- torney in international law, gave a lecture at the School “of Foreign Servyice last week on the development of arbitration in the United States, stressing particularly commercial ar- bitration. ‘He is a member of the American Arbitration Association and returned recently from a residence In Caracas, Venezuela. Dr. Thomas . H. Healy, assistant dean at the Forelgn Service School, recently called the attention of the student body to the scholastic records of Kappa Alpha Phi Fraternity men Nova & Monterey—Ha DUE SATURDAY. Volendam—Rotterdam Delilian—Antwerp OUTGOING W' SAILING TODAY. Cristobal Colon—Corusa SAILING TOMORROW. Aidan—Para City of Cairo—Fort Sald. . Clan “MacBean—Cape Town. Kentuckian—Cristobal Marstenen—Maracaibo Skipper—st. Johu's (mails close 8 p.m.: rail to Boston. SAILING TUESDAY. Avon—Hamilton . Chateau Thierry. 7:30 am). Cristobal—C ristobal - Robert E. Lee—Havana’ Tomalva—ADLWerD . . . S trina Luckenbach—Pacific SArACAIbO oo oo e velt—Bremen. . . THURSDAY. American Trader—London. Alexandria - ~Copenhigen. rdeaux ... 41h0- rosident Siin ‘Lorenzo—San Thuring d—Hambure S&ILING FRIDAY est. Tndia, ia—Southamiy —Helsingfor Berengar rd Cit; 2 s Yoo Naseas Sexundo—Buenos Alros, SAILING SATURDAY. Angela—Barcelona . Araguaya—Hamilton ndon . Ashbee—Cartagena . Aurania—Liverpool Cameronia—G: Zogrs! Zo § e & B OZZSZ , $558 g8x3 Z; K3, Huron—s Hyacinthus—Cape T Lages—Santos ... .. a—London . own’ —Limon . s Cross-—Buenos Alres. anto Domingo, mento and: logwood were recent shipped in large quantities from Ja- maica to the United States. §aih “Mageo—Barrio gun(v?—gll\P':{}h B ham S Se Johne. at the school during the semester just ended. The average for the whole fraternity was 82.6 per cent, much higher than the average for the whole school. Out of 89 active members of the. fraternity 30 men averaged above %0 per cent in all studies. . Leslie G. Mayer attained the high- est average, 91.9 per cent. —_————— Nooi | WILSON NORMAL SCHOOL GIVES CHARMING OPERA Presents “The Japanese Girl,” Principal Roles Being Taken by Young Woman Students. “The Japanese Girl,” a charming opera of Japan, was presented at the ‘Wilson Normal School last night. The principal roles were played by Misses Dorothy Skinner, Marie Miller, Ruth Weedon, Janet Bates, Margaret Hoover, Evelyn Burns, Vera Lacy and Kitty Bennett, assisted by a chorus of forty members of the Wilson Normal Glee Club, with Miss Florence Lawson, accompanist. The role of the Mikado was sung by Mr. Harry Angelico. Miss Muriel Crosby had charge of the business management. The scenery and costumes were made by the students of the school. There was a large and enthusiastic audience -both Friday and Saturday nights. Miss Mary Armstrong, & member of the senior class, told the story of the “Pacing Mustang” by Ernest Thomp- "son Seaton to the children of the practice schools and the junior classes of the Normal 8chool in an assembly Thursday afternoon. This was given in connection with the nature work of the school. It is a story of the ‘Western plains. The Wilnor Club gave a half-hour | program of children’s songs and choral selections at the Women's City Club. A similar concert was given by the club at the John Dickson Home later in the week. The glee club, under the direction of Mrs. Bernice Randall Angelico, has been very successful this year. The senior class of the Normal School is having a benefit at Keith's Theater, Thursday evening. The Wilnor Club will sing during the intermfssion. ng its building | His | ! CLUBS PLAN OPERETTAS. Two Affairs Arranged by Business High Students. rettas are to be giyen by the Boys® Glee Club and Girla’ Glee Club of Langley, on March 18 and 19, at Business’ High School. The: are entitled “Aunt Drusilla’s Garden {and “The Maid of the Golden Slipper | The drawing department, under | Miss Nelle Patterson, is looking after scenery and advertising cards. The shops “are constructing _frameworks for the scenery, while the costumes are heing made by the domestic art department, under the supervison of Mrs. J. H. Lawless, Miss M. @ Matthews, physionl training teacher, is directing the incldontal dances. The tickets, which are being din jtributed by Mrs. A, 1. Kinnear, have been printed in Langley's print she under the direction of Vasaar John Mrs T W, Torbert, music teacher, has chagge of all music THOWARD 0. HoLDS " CHARTER DAY FETE Seniors Are Guests of Facul- ty and Alumni at Dinner in Evening. Wednesday marked the sixtieth an : of the granting of the char Congress for the establishment of Howard University. Services wero held in the chapel at noon, where large audience of students and friends of the university gathered to particl pate in the celebration The Howard University Glee Club rendered stilla,” by Protheroe, after which Rev. W, C. Gordon of the School of Religion delivered the invo. cation. After a vocal £olo by Lester Do President Johnson Introduced Dr. D. Williston as thé annual speaker. In his address Dr. Williston recalled his experiences as a student at the university 42 yeais ago, paying speclal tribute to Gen. Howard, who conceived the institution, and to Gen. Balloch for .|senior charter day dinner and his business sagacity in helping to re- lieve the indebtedness of $150,000 for the purchase price on the land in the sale of lots. Dr. Williston painted an optimistic picture of the future of the Medical School, stating that with the new medacil building and Freedmen's Hos- pital the facilities will be unexcelled by any medical school in the country The students were urged to make the most of their opportunities. Seniors Are Guests. At 8 o'clock, in the new dining hall, the faculty and alumni were hosts to 300 seniors. An interesting feature of the occasion was the radio installed by the College of Applied Science, which ®gave the company the benefit of the program broadcast by the Howard University Glee Club from the studio of WRC of Washington. Sylvester L. McLaurin, '09 L, acted as toastmaster. Dr. Emmett J. Scott, the secretary- treasurer, spoke with a special refer- ence to the number of new buildings which have recently been erected on Howard University grounds, including the new Medical School building, which is now in process of construc- tion, and the new dormitory building for girls, which has just been granted by this session of Congress. Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson compared the early beginnings of Harvard Uni- versity with the present struggles of Howard, urging the alumni to thi of Howard as a mother rather than as a market in which they bought cer- tain subjects and received their par- ticular .degrees. Mrs. Johnson, the wife of the president, was then intro- duced. She spoke of the joy she feit in the manifestation of genuine good will among facuity, alumni and student body as evidenced by the occasion. She paid special tribute to the musi- cal organizations of Howard Univer- sity, especielly the boys’ and girls' glee clubs and the vested cholr. Prof. Miller Speaks. There was then a request ‘for re- marks by Prof. Kelly Miller, who re- sponded with a splendid tribute to the president of the university as one who, like former President Patton, was con- cerned primarily with the building of character as the chief objective of Howard University. After remarks and benediction by Prof. Willlam V. Tunnell, '84, '11 L, the celebration .closed at midnight. All agreed that the fourth annual alumni- the chapel service at noon had marked an- other red-letter day in Howard's his- tory. President Johnson will be the speaker at the vesper to be held this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock in Rankin Memorial Chapel. Music will be fur- nished by the university choir. The public is invited to attend. STUDENT INTEREST IN ORATORY GROWS Business High Prepares Candidates for Contest—School Library Aids. Interest in the fourth national ora- torical contest is developing rapidly at Business High School under the en- thusiastic leadership of Miss Cora McCarthy, faculty director of the Constitution Club. The following stu- dents have signified their intention of entering the preliminaries at Busi- ness: Ellen Baron, Ruby Collins, Mar- garet Eberly, Anna Grant, Frances Levin, Nellie Orton, Marie Poston Essie Raphelson, Jeannette Salers, Lois Thompson, Betty Thompson, Maria Zuras, Frederic J. Moore, Stan- ley Segal, John Rappolt and Joseph Tarshes. The school library is a valuable source of help to the students who are planning to participate in the ora- torical contest. All the books avail- able, both from the school library and the Public Library, have been assem- bled on one table, to which the puplls have access at all times. ‘The election of officers in the Boys’ Glee Club resulted in the following: Frank Davis, president; Charles May, vice president; Louls Leventhal, secre- tary; Richard Keefer, librarian. The Junior Girls’ Glee Club elected Evelyn Wooden as vice president to fill the office left vacant by the gradu- ation of the vice president on Febru- ary 1. The Senior Girls’ Glee Club elected Rose Welnstein to fill the office of librarian, left vacant by the gradua- tion on February 1. A harmonica club has recently been formed at Business and election of of- ficers resulted in Elizabeth Mensh being named president, Monroe O'Nell, vice president; Nicholas Libert, libra. rian. The club meets the seventh period every I“dd‘.}' Election of student council repre- sentatives was held February 25. The following persons were elected: Harry Slye, Grace Wheatfleld, Charles May, Frank Davis, Bessle' Suit, Norman Boss, Ruth Robinson and Eleanor Schaefer. The midyear election of officers of the Amikeco Club resulted as follows: Alpha_Chapter, Lavinia Smith, presi- dent; Elizabeth Mensh, secretary; Mol- lie Kellner, tremsurer. Beta Chapter, Dorothy Marinelli, secretary; Marion Mezzanatt!, treasurer. Delta Chapter, Maude McClanamy, secretary; thy Golden, treasurer, D ARCH SCHOOL PLAY PLANNED. Adaptation of “Midsummer Night's Dream’ to B Given at Bhow A speclal adaptation of Mhn ke sy “A Midsummer Night's Ineam’ been chosen an the Hpring g by haw Junior High Nehool thle yvess Mhe play I8 & comedy In thine aris with a speclal muntenl scors by Mo delssohn | The play e werving am n sohisd prol [oct. The dramatic aide (s belng han dled by the Finglieh depsrimant, fhe o the musle dejmy by the phiyalon partmont, the by the print fpartment, coatin Art, the postern by 1 wensry by the vt depnrtment, the wale of thekeats by the entive ool theauph the e ton organiemtione Practienlly #vary tencher and evers gl {promoting 1he projeet HONORS AWARDED AT EASTERN HIGH Charles M. Botler, Former Head of Alumni Association, Speaks at Assembly. On Tuenday n mpecinl assembly was held for uper ssmester pupils at Gant ern High Hchool for the purpows of awarding scholarship honors for inat sementer. An mddress was delivered by Charlex M. Hotler, former presi dent of the Alumni Association. The lower semester puplls had theie honor_assembly on Wednesday. Ar thur Bishop, president of the Home and School ~ Association, spoke The wystem of scholarship honors was established In order that recog nition might be given these students who were proficient In scholnrship the most important activity of the school. The award Is based upon the grades at the end of the semester. A grade indlcated by a letter Ia givon In each subject at the end of the se. mester. Ninety-two per cent to 100 ¢ cent 18 indicated by * excel ;85 per cent to 92 per cens, “G,” good; 75 per cent to 85 pe nt, “F.” falr: helow 76 per cent, ' tailure. Three “I's" and one “G,” or better constitute an award or first honors Second honors are given for two ‘E's” and two “G's.” Honors are not given if the deportment of minor subject grades are below “G.” A bronze medal is awarded for one year of honors; sil- ver medal for two years; for threc years a silver with an enamel circle: for four years, a gold medal is given Those awarded honors are: First Honors. Florence Barron, Kathleen Carr, Kathryn Clark, Eleanor Froehlich, Julian Hoopes, Ruth Kintz, Pauline Walther, Julia Wayland, Ronald Brown, Elmer Whitney, George But- ler, Gardner Davies, Alton Denslow, Robert Himes, Harold Rhind, Edgar Swick, Grace Baker, Virginia Barrett, Thelma Courtney, Ruby Buehler, Mer- line Everett, Ruth Floor, Marion Gard- ner, Marian Gilmore, Eleanor Hoff- man, [da Homiller, Hilda Koontz. Kathryn McCaffrey, Margafet Mow- bray, Ervilla Rolff, Ka Lols Crown, Louise Turner, Yowell, Theodore Bishoff, Samuel Bryan, Max Cohen, Charles Criech- fleid, James Dietz, John Hisle, Robert Knorr, Isadore Matthews, Willlam Matthews, Chester Pyles, Clyde Rich- ardson, Ralph Wardlon Watt. Reryl Daiker, Evelyn Eller, Neva Ewin, Carol Garland, Beryl Hackley, Mabel Hesse, Alice Law. Esther Lin- ger, Carol Meads, Mildred McLaugh- lin, Lyla Moss, Elsie Seay, Jean Sti- vers, Willlam Crovo, Clarence Hart- man, John Riecks, Edwin Allan Ross, Virginia Facer, Frances Hain Ger- nand, Sophie Lubin, Hazel Miller, Cor- nelia Mullena. Margaret 8imons, Mazie Smith, Frances Thomas, Ruby Thomas, Ruth Stuart, Donald Craig, Frederick Stew- art, Dorothy Donella, Ruth Goldberg, Karolina Hedler, Mildred Roberts, Vir- ginia Sloane, Genevieve Spence, Helen Swick, Jessle Tewksbury, Myrtle Thom, Lucille Tucker, John Gernand, Wiley Magee, Joseph Rabbitt, Dora Gohen, Sophle Fischer, Alice Laux- man, Adolphus Worley, Charles Hart, Joseph . Steiner, Dorothy Berry, Clara_Critchfleld, Julia Fick, Mary Mourhess, Anna Ott, Mary Robbin: Alice Sandridge, Hildegarde Schat: Lynda_Swain, Marguerite Teachum, Mary Thomas, Blanche Windome and Winifred Wollett. Second Honors. Lillian Hardester, Edna Jenkins, | phia yesterday: Misses A. M. will niwiat fo | 1927~ PART 1. MARYLAND HONORS M. H. SPRECHER |Will Be Valedictorian—Wins in Class Voting Over | Washingtonian, | LA 3 Mpsrinl) Mifora Falrplay, Ma and wnian PARK, Md, March 1. Hprecher of | ol the ooliegs of ..mi hinw bwan siectad valedic | tearinn b winem of the ('ni “ varnity of Mn na Mprecher n i ke verlng wver Williem Hi), an.| withar Murylander, and Clark Beach of | Wanahington Hprechar w active in many ontnpus affaire. ile lu sditor of the Dinmondback, the oMcial student papar, and in premident of Bligma Tau Omegn Featarnity. After gotting his| Aiploma at College Park next Jfine he % to enter the medioal mchool of univarsity in Baitimore The P of Penzance,” Gilhert | and Bullivan's comic opers, will be| sentpd by the Opera Club next ednesdny avening in the auditorium at the university. Rehearsals have been In progreas for the past three months under the direction of I L Gloodyear, professor of music H. (' Byrd, assistant to the presi | weeks of influenza, has returned his demk Mra. Frieda MecFariand of the tex the and olothing department of the home economics college has bean | asked to be one of the judges of sam- to| therine Simons, | nomics college recently spoke on “The | Fugenie Thompson, Louise Wildman, | Value of Salads in Diet” before the | Frances Wright, Willlam Ackerman, | American Mayonnaise Assoclation® in Hester | Atlantic City. | ples of mewing done in the public | #chools of Washington. i A werlen of radio talks, arranged by | Iwan M. Marle Mount and the staff of the home economics college with | WBAL, will be concluded this month. Tuesday Mrw. Jane Caton Thurston will talk on while on March 22 Prof. Myron Creese | of the college of engineering will speak on “Home Wirlng."” B. B. Powell, president of the Live ftock Club, has named the following chairmen for the show that will be| held May 14: Rafael Chavarria and | Prof. R. C. Munkwitz, catalogue: Ralph B. Nestler and Prof. Munkwitz, publicity; Joseph C. Long and Prof. L. W. Ingham, dairy cows; Samuel Win- | terberg and Prof. W. E. Hunt, sheep Willlam H. Cockerill and Prof. B. E. | Carmichael, swine; William R. Teeter, Grace Raezer and Prof. R. A. Clark, | horse show: J. Franklin Witter, Prof. Carmichael and Prof. Hunt, auctiof;| Carroll S. Brinsfleld and Prof. S. H. Harvey, finance, and Norwood C. Thornton and Dean M. Marie Mount, banquet. “The Magic of Communieation,” a three.reel film. will be xhown by the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. | Thursday evening. The engineerin- college will be strongly represented in | the audience. Dr. N. E. Gordon, head of the chem- istry department and State chemist, and L. E. Bopst, in charge of the fer- tilizer and lime department, have just completed a bulletin, listing 518 brands of fertilizer which are being offered by the various manufacturers| of the country. The bulletin, which may be had on application, is intepded to assist the farmers in the sele®tion | of fertilizer suited to the soll and to the production of various products. Mrs. Mark Welsh of the home eco- Sigma Nu and Kappa Alpha teams will clash Tuesday evening for the championship of the Interfraternity Basket Ball League. Kappa Alpha won the first series and Sigma ca) tured the second set of games In tl regular schedule, and each has won a | contest in the play-off for the honors. | MONTFORT IS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF SCHOOL Secretaries’ Institution Holds Mid- Term Examinations—Tests Are Also Given. Louis B. Montfort, local attorney, was elected president of the Washing- ton School of Secretaries at a recent meeting of the stockholders. Other officers chosen were: Vice president, Dr. Richard T. Ely, director of the Institute for Research in Land Economics and Public Utili- ties, Northwestern University; secre- tary, Mildred 8. Ginn; treasurer, Oscar J. Bernstein: principal, Annie M. Hahn, and general manager, J. Earl Palmer, The following members of the fac- ulty and staff attended the Gregg | mission is being conducted by O. Mohundro, an official of the Interstate | | Commerca Commiseion. Mr. Mohundro | VISITS TRAINING SCHOOL. Paper in Baltimore. On Thursday®the principal of Miner Normal School, J. Arthur Turner, vis Teachers and the Douglas High Scho of Baltimore. Mr. Turner spent the morning visiting the schools in the practice department of the training | #chool and the afternoon at the Doug- | lus High Hchool. he presented a to the faculty On Monday Miss Annie Willlamson teacher in the normal department of Wilberforce University, spent tite day making a study of the organiza- tion of the theory and practice depart- ments of the normal sehool NATIONAL U, TESTS At the high school aper on supervision TOBEGINMARCH 17 Law School Examinations to Cover Three Days. Giving Lectures. Winter term examinations of scheduled to begin March 17 and will | cover three days. Examinations in the | wil| be celeb: School of Feonomics and Government are to be held the last recitation day preceding March 17. The Spring term of National Univer- sity will start March 21, with several new courses being offered. Among these will be one on money and cre to be given by F. P. H. Stddons, secr tary of the American Security & Trust Co. This course will he a detalled study of credit methods and practi Household Budgets,” | showing their importance to the banks | and the country at large, and will in clude a detailed description of the or- ganization of credit departments. Most of the courses, however. be continuations of those alread gun during the Fail and Winter qu: ters. Course of Sixteen Lectures. As a part of the extension activities of National University, a series of 16 |lectures on the jurisdiction and prac- | tice of the Interstate Commerca Com L. holds the degr@ of LL. recetved from National M., which he niversity | These lectures take up in detatl the | laws regulating interstate commerce, | the extent of the authority which is exerted by the commission and its powers. The lectures are being attended not only by students of the Law School, but also by a large number of the | staff of the Interstate Commerce Com- mission, as well as the public. These lectures are held Mondays, Wednes- days, Thursdays and Fridays at 7:30 a.m. and the public is invited to at tend. Officials of the university have terest which is being displayed in this phase of the work of the university. A large audience was present to hear Warren Bishop, managing editor of the Nation's Busineas and former asso clate editor of the New York Sun, who gave a lecture Friday afternoon on his experiences in business and newspaper | work. Special activities of the universi present because of the approach of ex- aminations. With the beginning of the Spring term, however, a number of functions will be held, Including sev- eral dances and banquets. Law Practice Provided. Practice in trying various kinds of cases at law is being provided the students of the Law School by the or- ganization of the moot court, under the direction of Prof. Glenn Willett, who acts as judge. At the trial Friday night Dr. D. Percy Hickling, nation- medical jurisprudence at the National fying on a question of insanity which was being tried. Dr. Hickling spent several hours going through the procedure and gave many valuable points to the law students who were handling the case. In the case in question he appeared on behalf of the prosecution and was ex- amined by A. A. Merrill, chief counsel for the prosecution, and Joseph A. Ashi and Charles Green, assoclate counsel. George D. Castro, chief coun- sel of the alien property custodian's office, also took part In the case, ap- pearing on behalf of the prosecution, The part of alienist for the defense was taken by E. F. Tierney, a law student at the university. Mr. Tier- ney is a graduate medical student and regional convention held in Philadel- Hahn, James Brearley, Conrad Grohs, John | Rachel Reinhardt and Mildred S. Hardesty, ‘Waddell, Dorothy Allen, Helen Fén- ton, Ethel Frame, Margaret Hummer, Dorothy Lawrence, Dorothy Robf: ette, Eunice Smith, Helen Tucker, Roberta Willard, Leah Woods, Gif- ford Irion, Richard Locke, Burns, Natale Caponiti, teel, Virginia Gregory, Helen Hughes, Elizabeth Jenkins, Grace Lady, Katherine Collins, Nora Cullinane, Estelle Dunnington, Frances Esl ridge, Anna Fopless, Carmelina Guif- trida. Dorothy Hampton, Rose Saidman,|with headquarters here, Wallace Bruder, .Bernadette Achstet- ter, Evelyn Caton, Ruth Bolen, Mar- jon Fick, Thelma _Geigenberger, Hazel Hartley, Esther Hughes, Laura, Myers, Pauline Nocsinger, Lou Sny- der, Thomas Nally, Edna Creel, Leah Frances Pattison, Sophie Bookoff, Mazine Justice, Lyndon Scates Charles Suter, Harold Swift, Mildred Bishop, Lois Denison, Mary Reed, Ruth Thomasson, Louise Schmid, Carol Warner, Marion Webb and Margaret Wolf. Typewriting Awards. Virginia Smith, silver medal, 52 ‘words per minute; Marie Stone, bronze medal, 48 words ‘per minute; Hilda Kushner, bronze medal, 47 words per minute; Ella Reznek, bronze medal, 45 words per minute; Helen Seitz, bronze medal, 43 words per minute; Margraet Cecil, bronze medal, 41 words per min- ute; Margaret Devers, bronze medal, 40 words per minute: Ida Chernicoff, bronze medal, 42 words per minute, and Bessie Cohen, bronze pin, 41 word, per minute. : Medals. Bronze—Virginia Facer and Louise Turner. Silver—Cornella Mullenax, Brown and Natali Caponiti. Enameled—Hester -Yowell. HELD IN CHICAGO. Man Wanted on Grand Larceny Charge Here Arrested. Traced to Chicago by Detectives Kelly and Darnall, Damon Marion, formerly of 822 Connecticut avenue, was arrested there yesterday after- noon on a telegram from Inspector Pratt, chief of detectives, telling po- lice there a warrant for grand, larceny was in local police hands. A detective will be sent to Chicago for him today, as it was reported he was willing to waive extradition pro- ceédings. Marion is alleged to have stolen a wardrobe trunk, a suit, a Ronald bathrobe and a camera, together with h, valued in all at $145, from Ed- win A. Westland, occupant of another | Orlean: Leigh Ronning, Oscar | Ginn, Mrs. /A, C. Beaver and J. E. Imer. E. Haupt of the Bureau of Pub- - | lic Personnel Administration conducted examinations at the school on Thurs- day. These tests wera given to the Robert | members of the student body in con- Sarah Cas- | nection with experiments being con- ducted in the development of final tests for use by public and private personnel administrators throughout the United States and Canada. The Bureau of Publio Personnel Adminis- tration is a national organization, and is de- veloping tests of various kinds to be used by State civil service authorities and personnel officers of large organi- zations. Mid-term examinations were in progress during the past week. This closed the theory part of the work for a large group of students. - HIBERNIANS PREPARE FOR ST. PATRICK’S DAY Bishop Shahan Will Be Among Banquet Speakers at ‘Willard Hotel. Plans for the observance of St. Pat- rick’'s day on March 17 have been made by the Anclent Order of Hi- bernians and Ladies’ Auxiliary and provide for services and open meet- ings. Pontifical high mass will be cele- brated at St. Patrick's Church at 10 o'clogk. There will be a sermon ex- plaining the meaning of the day. A banquet will be held at the Wil- lard Hotel in the evening. Brief ad- dresses will be delivered by Bishop Shahan, Monsignor Thomas, former Representative Keating of Colorado and others. Vocal solos will be given by Miss Agnes Whelan, Bernard Fitzgerald, Miss Teresa Collins, George O'Connor and Willlam Cross. Matt Horne will be_the accompanist. James T. McCarthy is chairman of the géneral committee. NEW YQRK, March 5 (#).—Arrest- ed as a drug peddler, with the night clubs as her fleld of operations, Ernestine Lewis, 23, a model known to police as the queen of the cabaret: was held in $6,000 bail today on charges of selling narcotics and pos- sessing firearms. Miss Lewis, a blonde, said she comes from a good family in New and was reported to ha apartment at 822 Connecticut avenue. | been winner of several beauty pag- ‘competitions A warrant charging him with passing | eant in the south- bad checks is also held by local police. ern cltys made an Impressive showing as an ex- pert alienist. Other 'witnesses who took part in the moot court were: A. H. Pottinger, W. J. Hamacher and M. A. Behann, for the prosecution, and C. D. McCadden and George Galla- horn, for the defense. Defense attorneys were John Gage, ‘who acted as chief counsel, and E. W. Erickson and W. J. Burrows, associate counsel. The trial lawyers, as well as most of the witnesses, are students of the Law School. A number of visitors were present to witness the trial. “FINER WOMANHOOD” WEEK IS OBSERVED Randall Junior High Pupils Hear Talks at Weekly Assembly Friday. Finer Womanhood week, a move- ment sponsored by the 20 chapters of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, was observed by the faculty and student body of the Randall Junior High School at the ‘weekly assembly on Friday afternoon. Miss S. R. Quander, the presiding officer, speaking on “The Secret of Happiness,” briefly sketched the his- tory and development of Zeta Phi Beta from the formation of Alpha Chapter by five undergraduates of Howard University in 1920. To the secret of happiness, or the by these young women, was attributed the rapid growth from one under- graduate chapter at Howard in 1920 to || 20 graduate and undergraduate chap. | ters at the leading colleges and univer. sities throughout the country in 1927. Reviewing the lives of four women of the past and present, Mrs. H. [ \ i Principal of Miner Normal Beadl; | the Aent, who had been 11l for about three | ag School of National University are | Nationa; expressed keen satisfaction at the in- | are being held in abeyance for the | ally known allenist and professor of | Law School, took an active part, testi- | igh ideals fostered |- CATHOLIC U. PICKS | | ited the Baltimore Training School for | /) |Original Features Expected i to Mark Annual Affair by Sophomore Class. ! The committee in charge of the an- nual sophomore dance has been ap i { pointed by Joseph A. Beatty of Bos the clasy of 1929 ton. president of | George A. Sulifvan, Newburyport Mass., is in charge as chairman of the It has been customary to is affair a supper dance and to depart in some unusual manner from the established customs of pre ceding vears. It is the intention of | the present committee to arrange | some original features A group of university undergrad | uates experienced a rather narrow es cape from serious Injury and possible death last Saturday evening, when the {bus In which they were riding lef! | the road and struck a tree. The group was returning from the. Annapolis boxing meet Feast to Be Celebrated. St. Thomas Aquinas< wiil be celebrated in the erypt of the S of the Tmmaculate Conception tomorrow. Pontifical mass | ated by Bishop Shahan | rector of the university, The sermon | will he delivered by Rev. Dr. Fulton | J. Sheen. professor of apologetics. The | music will be under the direction of | Prof. Des Longchamps. Services be. { &in at 10:30 o'clock. This is the first occasion on which pontifical mass wtil be celebrated on the new high altar of Algerian onyx Catholic University (ilee Club pre. nted one of its regular radio con- | certs from station WRC of the Radio | Corporation T-iesday evening. The concert was rebroadcast through sta F of New York.The club is the direction of Dr. Lao | Behrendt, and is composed exclusively | of lay students of the university. Mor gan V. Martin of Martinsburg, W | Va.. is president. The fresnman class was recently ntertained at a smoker by the Abber Club. The affair was held at the Calvo Hotel, James Kenny, Holyvoke, Mass. president of the Abbey Club, outlined the purpose of the social clubs in gen | eral, their attitude toward the fresh {man and other topics of interest tu | the first-year men The distingulshed South American | painter, Decio Villares, will exhibit a number of his paintings during the {first half of March in the large | Mariana Library f the National Shrine of the Immaculate Concepion. Among them are several fine madon nas. portraits of well known Washing tonians, symbolic Brazilian paintings. religious scenes and the great ma | terpiece of { after Dante, Library Books Increase. | The Mariana Library, attached to ;(lhv National Shrine of the Immacu- late Conception, contains more than | 5,000 volumes, and grows annually to | & considerable extent by the purchase | of the best books on the Blessed Vir | Bin in several languages. It hopes to reach 10,000 volumes in five years. The annual spiritual retreat for la students took place this week-en Services were opened on Friday eve ning at 5 o'clock in the university chapel, and concluded Sunday morn- ing at 8:30 with solemn high mass of thanksgiving. Rev. Ignatius Smith, O. P., prior of the Dominican House of Studies, conducted the retreat. The retreat for the ecclesiastical students of Caldwell Hall was conducted by Rev. John E. Wickham of New Yor! and lasted from Ash Wednesday to Sunday morning The new “Book of Views" sxhibitine 8% scenes of the university has been sent hy Bishop Shahan to entire Catholic clergy of the Uni: States, meaning some 20,000 copie: “Paclo and Francesca™ GRADU FRENCH TEACH) GIVES lessons of practical or grammatica] French or Spanish: vers reasonable prices. Ph. Frayx a2 National Schoo Fine & Applied Art FELIX MAHONY, Director Interior Decoration, Costume De- sign, Commercial Art, Posters, Color, Dynamic Symmetry * Catalog ' Connecticut Avenue & M Main 1760 'SPANISH _w{Zactoses Spain. _Conversational Method. 1338 F St. N.W. M. 3579. ° e for Secretarial Course. 3° ) ndider ‘Eoraagial, Sour 3oMonthn Uotie. soaliireetionally, used:” Toueh Fosltion Goaranteat aranteed a1 Claee Now Fommimaes Start Monday—Earn More BOYD SCHOO! for Secretaries v Main 2338 of Interior Decoration lizing in Interior o R i Rudolphe de Dt Representing Aris & Decoration: New York. 1206 Conn. 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