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B, STIENCE CHANGES Officials of School Confer on| % { Preposals to Radically Alter Present System. { U.MAY MAKE | e | | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, DECEMBER 4. 1927 —PART 1. e — e e e Receives Scholarship Tmportant changes'in the scientifl department of University are anticipated as a result | of a conference of the heads of the, departments held during the past! weck. The organization of the 1 entific work done in the university | was carefully considered with a view | to recommending vital changes. The conference probably will make | several suggestions for the approval of the university head and these, it is | yeported, will be far-reaching in scope. | President Cloyd Heck Marvin, Dean William Allen Wilbur and Profs. | iggs, Bartsch, Mackall, Brown and | er attended the conference. | re- | work in the university and the organization of the various schools as units were made in accordance wit the ideas instituted by the new pre: ident. R February 21 has been set aside for| the Midwinter comvocation. At this time Dr. Marvin wil be inaugurated as president of the institution. Plans for the ceremony have been com-| pleted. Will Speak im Charleston. Dr. Marvin will speak December at Charleston, S. C., before the Ma sonic bodies of the State. Outstanding events of the past week were the annual foot ball dinner held | on Thursday at the Lafayette Hotel under the auspices of the Washington | Alumni Association and the Mothers | day celebration at the university on ¥riday. 1 ‘Phe foot ball dinner was well at- tended and President Marvin, Dr. Frank Hornaday, Mr. William Bruce King, Coach “Maud” Crum and Lewi: AMoneyway were among the speake The season’s review was given and motion pictures were shown of the home games through the courtesy of | Dr. H. S. Hoffman. | Harold B. Warner and Irene Pis-| torio of the executive committee of | the alumni arranged the details, which included entertainment by Honey Campbell of Keith’s, Herbert Aldridge, tenor; Elizabeth Gardner Coombs, Selma Selinger Klein and Earl Klein. The Mothers’ day program was ex-| tensive and included a visit to all de-| partments of the university, exhibition | ‘zvmnasium drills and an_exhibition | basket ball game, talks by Dr. Marvin | and Dean Anna L. Rose, as,well as | bricf speeches by Marcelle Le Mena- | ger on “Scholarship” and Elizabeth | Wright on “Studént Activities.” Luncheon was served in Corcoran Hall, and the program was concludec late in the afternoon in the gymma- sium with the basket ball contest. Three Selected for Honors. Announcement is made of the se- lection of Margaret Maize, Marcelle Le Menager and Elizabeth Wiltbank as members of the Spinx Society. The | selections are based upon scholarship | and student activity attainments. The Hour Glass Honor Society announces | the selection of Maxine Alverson, Julia Denning, Louise Du Bose, Mary Ewin and Alice Graham. Considerable interest is being mani- fest in the university over the bill ex- pectéd to be introduced in Congress by Representative Frank L. Bowman of West Virginia, proposing that all real and personal property owned and used by fraternal organizations amung students of a college in the District shall not be subject to tax. Many fraternities at George Wash- ington University, as well as others affiliated with local institutions, are buying property. The annual Vodvil show will be staged December 8, when a silver cup will be awarded the university organi- | zation presenting the best act in the =how Preparations have heen under | way for some time for the offering. | The advance in date is necessitated by the need for the gymnasium for bas- | ket ball at an earlier date. | * Henry Clay Espey, for many vears manager of the G. W. rifle team, has heen elected president of the G. W. Club. The G. W. Club numbers many former university athletes, and a movement is on foot to combine it with the general alumni organization and to list all former G. W. athletes. | Considerable activity is noted in in- door athletice in the university. The men'’s basket ball team has been called | out under Coach Crum. The girls’| , basket ball, rifle and swimming teams | are under way for the Winter pro-| gram. | DUNBAR'S FIRST YEAR INTERESTS DISCUSSED' Brief Talks Made at Conference of Teachers and Parents—School Activities Outlined. | A conference of teachers and parents of pupils who are spending | their first year at Dunbar High School | was held in_the school library last Tuesday night. The program con sisted of brief talks by officers and teachers. Members of the ¥rench Club met Wednesday morning in the domestic acience room, where Marguerite But ler, assisted by Edith Allen, Pauline Butler and Bettie Taylor, made dough- | nuts. Louise Alexander explained the recipe and each step of the DProcess | in_French. The school Juncheon of November 23 | was planned by a_committee of teach- ers and it netted $152.16 for the “gen- | eral fund.” | Mrs. E. L. Haynes explained the results of the study of retardation at | PDunbar, which has been made by the | guidance department during the past year, in an address at the monthly Dunbar faculty meeting Monda Aszistant Supt. G, C. Wilkinson pa ficipated in the discussion which fol- lowed. STUDENTS AT WEBSTER Eergt. Sandberg Addresses Amer- icanization Classes on Means of Identification. illustrated lecture on finger- as a modern means of posi- | » identification was delivered by &ergl. Fred Sandberg, fingerpriut e pert of the Washington Police De- partment, at an assembly of students of the Webster Americanization School, Thursday night. Se Sandberg struck a respon- sive note for the students when he explained that the fingerprint taken of each immigrant entering this country and filed in the Bureau Naturalization obviates the necessity of witnesses' testimony regarding the period spent by an alien seeking naturalization in the United States. The expert congratulated the stu- dents on the opportunities they have 10 learn citizenship as compared with conditions when he himself came to America from Sweden. Lantern slides, illustrating Sergt. Sandberg’s talk, were projected by Harry Wong, a student of the ad- vanced class, and O. Drmitean of the eitizenship class expressed the thanks of the school to Sergt. Sand- Waxg at the conclusion of his talk An prints 1 George Washington || - { of the District of Columbia, 1718 M | cologi | his connt | magnitude in the firmament of his | Hor: |tions to the Army Medical Museum, . and ball at | ginia_State Soc FR! ear-old son of former Assis of the Interior Goodwin, | 1915 Calvert street, who has been | awarded a scholarship to Harvard Univer: by the vote of the Harvard Corporation. The scholarship received by voung Goodwid is that which was founded and is maintained by the Har- vard Club_of Washington, D. C. juni ioodwin was graduated from ( School last June, and he is vow majoring in economics at Harvard. MEMORIAL SERVICE HONORS DR. BOVEE | them a silver gilt holy water fount | of the early seventeenth century from Leaders in Profession Pay Tribute to Washington Sur- geon and Teacher. High tribute was paid the late Dr. John Wesley Bovee at a memorial service held by the Medical Society street. Distinguished representatives of the medical profession from sev- eral institutions and cities spoke in his praise. An oil painting of Dr. Bovee stood on the platform. An outline of the life and work of Dr. Bovee, prepared by Dr. Huron W. Lawson, Dr. Sterling Ruffin and . Mary Parsons, was presented by Ruffin, telling the remarkable story of the boy born of poor parents in New York State who rose to a place of pre-eminence in his profes- sion, after educating himself in this city. For ears he was professor of gynecology at Georse Washington Universtiy, and for 36 vears visiting surgeon of Columbia Hospital, first as obstetrician and later as gyne- t. Wrote Technical Articles. Bovee's contributions to medi- cal literature were described as numerous, believed to consist of 142 technical articles. “He was an acknowledged master of the clinical teaching of surgery,” said the sketch read by Dr. Ruffin, “and upon this, perhaps, rests his chief claim to fame.” The list of ctions with national medical organizations and publications was imposing. Dr. George Gray University Medical Dr. Bovee was a Dr. Ward of Cornell “ollege declared o r of the first profession. His work,” declared Dr. T. Shelton ey of Richmond. president of the Southern Medical Association, “was stamped by the spirit of the searcher after truth. Dr. George W., Kosmak of New York, editor of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, de- clared him to be “‘one of the outstand- ing figures in American medicine, whose contributions to medical litera- ture will constitute an imperishable monument to himself.” Dr. Ireland’s Tribute. Dr. Merritte W. Ireland, surgeon general of the United States Army, spoke in appreciation of Dr. Bovee for making one of the largest contribu- and as an “example” as a major in the Officers’ Reserve Corps. Praising his skill and his personal- ity, Dr. Thomas S. Cullen of Johns Hopkins University said, “We deeply feel his los Dr. Bovee was described by Dr. Jdohn O. Polak of New York, president of the American Association of Ob- stetricians, as a “skilled diagnostician, | deft surgeon, great leader and loyai| end trusted friend.” Dr. Charles Stanley White, presi- | dent of the Medical Society. presided. PAN-STATE SOCIETY HOLDS RECEPTION Annual Affair Attended by 1,000. Dancing Features Pro- gram at Hotel. The Pan-State Society of Washing- ton held its second annual reception the Willard Hotel last night. About 1,000 persons attended, including several Senators and Rep- resentatives. Dancing and several vocal olos by Mrs. Elvina Rewe were enjoyed. | Lee the or » Robinson. president of ioi, and Mrs. Robinson isted in receiving by Senator <. Morris Sheppard, Senator and Mrs. Lawrence. . Tyson, Senator Henrik Shipstead, Senator William H. McMaster, Rep- e and Mrs. Richard Yates, sentative and Mrs. M. Clyde Representative and Mrs. Albert al, the Assistant Secretary of reasury and Mrs. Carl T. Schune- | Comdr. and Mrs. Stephen S. iss Bede Johnson, Mr. and | * K. Hoffheins, Miss Edith | Lathrop, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Bailey and Dr. W Johannessen. president of the Vir- y. and chairman of the floor committee, was assisted by \arles M. Irelan, Maj. Charles n Freeman, F. Kritchell, ms, R. Lee Barnes, H. Jennings, V. V. Mar- Calvert, William J. William Jennings M. Otterness ulton, George H Williamson. Dy >rice, Moultrie Hitt, J. and Ira Y, Bain. oom was attractively dec- seats being arranged every State was tendance. ALEXANDRIA, Va., December 3.— Deputy Automobile rd J. McDermott and Virgil Wil- a member of the Falrfax County Police Department, today re- covered the automobile stolen from Walter Hauspurg of 114 South Fair- Commissioner | 7 PONTIFICAL MASS TOBESUNGATC. L. Archbishop Curley Will Offi- ciate at Celebration of the Immaculate Conception. Avchbishop Curley will sing pontifi- the National Shrine of Conception at Catholic University, Thursday, in celebration of the feast of the im- maculate conception. The ceremony will take place at 10:30 am. All the faculties and students of the univer- sity will be present and the sermon will he preached by Very Rev. Felix M. Kirsch, O. M. Cap., superior of tha Capuchin Fathers. Dr. Alexander Souter of the Uni- versity of Aberdeen, Scotland, and a distinguished Latinist in Great Brit- mass in Immaculate cal the lain, will deliver a_lecture in_the as- of McMahon Hall on the university campus, Wednesday. December 14, at 4 p.m. His subject will he “Recent Advances in Paleog- raphy.” The public is invited. Altar Enlarged. sembly room The high altar of the crypt of the | National Shrine has been enlarged by 12 statues of the aposties. admirable figures are made of onyx and are the last ornament of the great altar, visitors to the crypt. The marble praedella before the five altars in the southern apse has been completed nd the mosaic decoration of these altars soon will be in place. Several valuable gifts have been made recently to the museum, among the private museum of Prince von Lichtenstein of Vienna. Included with the recent gifts to the library is a set of 100 works on the Amer- jcan Indians from the museum of the American Indians in New York City. Awarded Medals. In a recent judgment of the Beaux Arts Institute of Design the students of the Catholic University School of Architecture were awarded two medals for the excellence of their problems submitted in competition with those from other universities throughout the country. Only two men from the school entered the competition ani both avere rewarded with medals. Edwin Chappelier had his drawing rated the finest of the entire exhibit, while Donald Johnson was the other C. U. man to receive a coveted award. Both Mr. Chappelier and Mr. John- son are residents of Washington. The Washington chapter of the alumni association gave a luncheon last Friday in honor of the visiting alumni and the foot hall team of 1927. The luncheon, held at the Burlington Hotel, was attended by Bishop Shahan, rector of the university. Basil Kelly, president of the local chapter, acted as chairman at the entertainment. F. Joseph Donohue, '23, paid a glowing tribute to Capt. Ray Foley and the foot ball team that had the day before conquered George Washington in the annual Thanksgiving day battle. Coach McAuliffe, mentor of the. foot ball squad; Judge DeLacy, '98, and the right reverand rector spoke upon various phases of university life and ils meaning to the alumni. Prom Committee Named. The president of the junior class recently published the names of the committee that is to have charge of the junior prom to be held some time next February, Paschal lerardi is chairman. Others of the committee, are William Weider, Albert Flanagan, Frank Disch, Russel Juten, John Tatigian, John Mountain, James Barry and George Kline. Donald Hayne was chosen vice president of the Holy Name Soclety at a recent meeting of the class. In accordance with its traditional custom, the Dod Noon Club recently Rive a smoker at College Inn to of- ficially welcome the new men who have been invited to become members of the club. The seven men who ac- from the organization on November 15, were Vin- Walter, James Blaney, William ‘ee, Beniamin Sheehan, Joseph Fitz- gerald, Walter O'Grady and Albert Flanagan. cent, F HOTEL MANAGEMENT EXPLAINED TO PUPILS Mrs. Lewis Discusses Topic Before Senior Assembly of Hine Junior High School. In accordance with the educational and vocational guidance work con- ducted at Hine Junior High School, the senior assembly was addressed last Monday by Mrs. Mary Catherine Lewis of the Lewis Hotel Training School, on the teaching of hotel man- agement. She outlined home prepara- tion for guests and said the hotel business was only “wholesale home- making” magnified many times. Practical application of lessons in general sclence classes under Miss Sitler's direction has proved of in- terest to seventh year students re- cently. A “mending day” lesson was enjoyed and some of the articl mended by the pupils included gla dishes, tinware, radio, electrical fix- tures, candles and books. Rehearsals for the Kall play are being held and the eighth and ninth year dramatic clubs are providing the cast for the presentation of “The Steadfast Princess,” which will be given Wednesday afternoon and Thursday evening in the school audi- torium, PROMINENT ALUMNA ADDRESSES SCHOOL Entertainment Given at Wilson Normal Last | Week. “Several prominent speakers, includ- ing Dr. Lois Hayden Meek, an alumna of the school, and the secretary of the American Association of University Women, spoke last week at Wilson Normal School. Mrs. Charles Abbot, wife of Dr. Ab- bot, widely known astronomer, another of the speakers, told of her trip through India and South Africa with her husband to found an observatory for making observations of the sun. B. G. Foster gave a talk on the Poto- mac River with pictures taken by himself. The Wilnor Choral Club, which last vear was a musical experiment, has become a permanent institution. It was founded a year ago to meet once a week for the purpose of training the students in choral music. The club sings for social and charitable reasons well as financial purposes. The first concert this vear will be held at the City Club, December 21. This con- cert will be a special Christmas pro- gram. The evening’s entertainment will be sponsored by Dr. Ballou, super- fax street, on the River road. The machine was stripped of its tires, wheels. battery and accessories, and then set on fire, the flames doing small damagg.§ 3 intendent of schools, and will be open to the public. Development of hus lines_jn Brazil s injuring the taxi busines$ the) 4 Edits School Annual GEORGETOWN BOOK TODEPICT HISTORY: Hilltop Annual to Show Part of University in Affairs of Nation. That Georgetown University will | soon have another hook added to the already long list of those which ex- hibit her prestige as the oldest of | America's Catholic colleges was made known yesterday when the senior i lasses announced that the “Domesday | Booke for 1928,” would be bulilt around | a central historical theme. According "to the announcement, the annual will (not only enumerate the distinguished | alumni of the coilege, but will show | how the history of Georgetown is in- separably united with that of the | Nation. AL. PHILIP KANE, These | which draws favorable | comment on the part of numerous | Georgetown iversity senior, who is editor of the “Domesday Booke." the university annual soon to he published. SENIORS OF N.U. HOLD 1327 PROM | More Than 200 Couples At tend Annual Dance i at Carlton. AR S | With more than 200 couples in at-| tendance, the Senior prom, the most | important social event of National | University's highest class, was held last night at the Cariton Hotel. The receiving line was headed by J. €. Hooker and Miss Mildred Reeves, seniors, who acted as host and hostess. The prom was preceded by many supper parties. Special dec- orations bedecked the Carlton ball- room. Annonucement is made that H. Win- ship Wheatley, professor of criminal law at National University, has just completed a digest of the District of Columbia laws, to be published in the 1928 artindale American Law Di- rector: This publication contains a digest of the laws of each State pre- pared by a member of the bar of each of the States, and a directory of all lawyers in the United States. Prof. Wheatley has been doing this work for the Martindale publication for more than 20 years. § In collaboration with A. E. Diet- erich, a graduate of National Univer- sity, Prof. Wheatley also has pre- pared a digest of the patent trade- mark laws of the United States for the same publication, which is to be 1ssued January 1. Lecture Given. Much interest is being _m'anik‘sxed by students of all classes in the spe- cial suppiementary lecture _h_\‘ 0. L. Mohundro, professor of interstate commerce law. These lectures are be- ing given for the benefit of those stu- dents who contemplate taking the District bar examimation during the present month, although other stu- dents may attend. The lectures are given Wednesday and Saturday morn- ings at 7:30 o'clock. ¥ For use during the Winter term of the regular class in interstate com- merce law, Prof. Mohundro has pre- pared a 300-page manuscript. During this period, Prof. Mohundro will make a detailed analysis of the statute with elated cases for each paragraph of the several sections. 3 Four students of National 1 n'h'm-sl» ty will appear with the Washington National Opera Co. during the week. They are Harold McNenny, Arthur Winn and Eugene F. Bogan. seniors. and Samuel Lightman, a junio They will form a part of the chorus. Cy Pres Club Meets. Members of the Cy Pres Club. an organization composed of all women students of National University, met at noon Thursday for luncheon at the University Women's Club, 1634 T street. 1t was the fivsi meeting at Which the newly-elected officers of the club officiated. Tickets for January 17, have Already a large nu to alumni of the the senior smoker, been placed on sale. mber has been sold institution and an ally large attendance is antici- ey The: event, tn he held at ToAiglon, Eighteenth street and Co- lumbia_road. ; : The factor establishing retail prices on commodities is the subject of an article appearing in the current issue of Nation's Business, written by Wil liam Boyd Craig, instructor in English and journalism in the school of eco. nomics and government of National University. « The article appears under the title X Stands for Selling Price.” “Resolved, That the laws granting immunity to representatives of foreign governments from local laws should be abolished,” was the subject of the first inter-class debate of the year, between members of the Alvey So- clety, composed of first-year students. who upheld the affirmative side, and members of the Miller Society, com- posed of juniors and seniors, who took the negative. The latter were ad- judged the winners. Board of Judges. Robert Barker, Public A. Esperdy and Henry A. Kaufman, jr.. repre- sented the first-year team, while the upper classmen were represented by Benjamin W. Harrison, John J. Col- lins and Samuel Lightman. 'The hoard of judges was composed of E. R. Puller, J. T. Hicks and . R. Long, ‘Washington attorneys. . P. Myers, instructor of debate at National Uni- versity, and Walter W. Bryan, presi- dent of the Miller Society, presided. During the course of the year mem- bers of these two societies meet four times in public debate. The best speaker of each debate then is en- titled to compete in a final debate to determine the most able speaker of the university. The latter is awarded the faculty prize for debating at the end of the school year. ‘Warren Bishop, managing editor of Nation’s Business, will address the students of the school of economics and government of National Univer- sity on the subject, “How to Read a Newspaper,” December _14. Mr. Bishop is a graduate of Dartmouth Law School and prior to coming to Washington 8 vears ago, was night editor of the New York Sun. STRUCTION URGED. CONSTRUCT! National Institute to Discuss Cam- paign With Hoover. ST. LOUIS, December 3 (#).—A national construction institute which will bring the real importance of con- struction before the business inter- ests of the Nation will be discussed with Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover by the board of governors of the American Construction Council, Franklin D. Roosevelt, president of the organization, stated here today at the close of the annual convention. The former candidate for Vice Presi- dent on the Democratic ticket said the board of governors feel that a further conference to enlarge on the work accomplished is necessary in view of + the rapid progress already made. | The council was organized five years ago at a mesting called by Mr. Hoover. The book is being edited by Al Philip Kane of this city, a graduate of Gonzaga and a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. Mr. Kane is alread; known as co-editor, with james S. Ruby, ir., now of the uni- rsity faculty, of “The Georgetown Anthology,” a collection of George- town verse published early this y This volume elicited high iterary circles and is now used as a supplementary textbook in the fresh- man poetry sections. In reporting to the classes at their last meeting, Kane stated that the cover of the annual would be an exact eduplication of the cover of the original “Domesday Booke™ given by William the Conqueror in the thir- teenth et The inside covers will fa of the documents relating 1o the institution of George- town in 1789, Historic Plan Developed. In the opening section, the historic plan will be meticulously developed. There will be wood-cut drawings, show- ing the growth of the institution from an academy of one building to a wide- Iy effective univ, ty of eight schools. Wood-cut drawings of Archbishop John Carroll and of his cousin, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the founders, will be included. ‘These will be followed by similar portraits of Father Plunkett, the first rector; William Gaston, the first stu- dent: Charles Constantine Pise, author of “They Say That I Do Not Love Thee, Flag of My Native Land” and other widely circulated poems, and the only Catholic priest to ever serve as chaplain of the United States Senate. There will also be portraits of James Ryder Randall, author of “Maryland, My Maryland”; Edward Douglas White, late Chiet Justice of the United States; George Casimir Dessaulles, centenarian, Canadian Senator and oldest living graduate of the college: Marshal Foch of France, holder of a_degree from the univer- sity, and Rev. Charles W. Lyons, 8. J., the present rector. Permission to include a portrait of President Coolidge, the latest Presi- dent to eliver a commencement speech, will also be sought. The central point of this division will be taken up with the dedication of the volume (o the Georgetown men who have given their lives to their country. Biographies of Seniors. » The college section will be devoted 1o the biographies of the seniors at the Hilltop. This will have the most extensive historic appeal, since the is the oldest part of the uni- lowing them in turn will ons for the law, medical, dental and foreign service seniors, each section marking out the gradu- ates of jts school who attained to eminence in the profession, and each attempting to add honor to the tradi- tions of old Georgetown. One ot the particular features of this vear's book will be the extensive athletic section. A new tradition will be introduced, namely, that of photo- graphing the team captains in a_dis- tinctive place and of using these photographs as division pages be- tween the different sports. With these plans completed, Mr. Kane has announced his staff of as- sistants, representing the university as a whole and each of the various de- partments. These follow: University business manager, Paul I. Berno; assist ant busipess manager, Le Roy Coun- selman; Advertising manager, William C. O'Neil, and circulation manager, John McG. Hallahan, College ~Joseph 1. Porter, editor; Thomas J. McCluskey, business man- ager. Law School—Francis Glenn and James Flynn, editors; Harry Lough- ran and Ralph Kohuene, editors. Medical School—Charles A. Kenna, | editor; William A. Shea, busginess man- | ager. | Dental School--Joseph B. Lutz, edi- | tor, and Edward A. Lane, business manager Foreign Service Scheol: Vincent Coving, editor; Francis Bennett, hu. ness manager. Others Who Are Aiding.” T.aurence K. Sullivan, John O'Reilly, jr.. and Horace A. Herlihy | will co-operate on the athletic division. The art work in the book will be taken care of by Richard ¥. Mathers, Frederick Wiesner and De Witt Coft- man. All photographic work will be superintended by John .J. Phillips. The faculty moderator is Rev. John T. O'Brien, S. J., and he will be assisted by Mr. John JI. Powers, a graduate of the college and a senior at the Law School. ‘While considerable regret was ex- pressed in Georgetown circles over the transfer of the Rev. Francis X. Delany, S. J., university treasurer for the last two years, the appointment of Rev. Joseph A. Farrell, 8. J., as his successor came as a pleasant surprise. Father Farrell is well know: i Georgetown circles, his last assign- ment -to the Hilltop having been in 1916-17 as professor of history. As a scholastic, he also taught at George- town from 1506 to 1912, The new treasurer, who assumed office during the Thanksgiving holidays, came from the St. Andrew’s Novitiate at Pough- keepsie, N. Y. ‘The senior class at the Hilltop held its annual tea dance yesterday after- noon. Since the class is to present a wooden running track to Georgetown as its gift, an unusually large number of students patronized the affair at the Willard. T.ouis Peak was chair- man of the committee on arrange- ments. s D. SHIP BOARD IS ACCUSED OF “DILATORY TACTICS” By the Associated Pres Complaint against the Shipping | Board of “dilatory tactics” in dispos- ing of ships to private bidders was lodged with President Coolidge yes. terday by Senator Shortridge, Repub- lican, California. Senator Shortridge informed the President that some of the rules by the board in connection with the sale of ships to private bidders made sales practically impossible. Particular gomplaint was made against the recent proposal of some members of the board to require a 10-year guaranty on ships sold here- after in place of the usual guaranty that the vessels be continued in op- eration for five years. Suggestions have been made at the +|the Middle States and Maryland. White House recently that the Presi- IR PALLKAUFHAN HEADSCONFERENE American University Profes- sor Honored by College Group on English. The College Conference on English of the Central Atlantic States in an- nual meeting at Atlantic City last week elected as chairman for the com- ing year Dr. Paul Kaufman, profes- sor of English of American Universit Dr. Kaufman has been a member of the executive committee of the con. ference for the past two years, and presided at the Atlantic City, meeting. Dean George B. Woods of the College of Liberal Arts made the principal address at the conference. The organization which Dr. Kauf- man will head for the coming year in cludes in its membership 55 colleges and universities, in New York, New Jersey. Pennsylvania, Delaware, | Maryland and the District ot Colum: | bia, and meets each year to discuss problems of the teaching of literature in higher institutions of learning. The organization assembles as one of the principal sections of the Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools of Dr. Kaufman tomorrow evening will begin a series of six lectures on pres- ent-day literature at the graduate school of American University, Nine- teenth and ¥ streets northwest, under the auspices of the recently founded Assoclation_of Private School Teach- ers of the District. The subjects and dates of the course are as follows: “Literature in an Age of Speed and Change,” December 5: “The British Novel of the Present Time,” January 16; “The American Novel of Today,” January 30: “English and American Poetry,” February 13; “Contemporary Drama,” February 27, given by Prof. Will Hutchins, of American Univer- sity; and “The Essay and Criticism of the Present Day,” by Dr. Kaufman, March 12. Trustees Meet Tomorrow. The annual meeting of the board of trpstees of American Univereity will be held tomorrow morning at the Battie Memorial on the campus, with John C. Letts, president of the board, presiding. The budget, and edu- cational program for the next college year will be adopted. The annual meeting was preceded b - a meeting of the budget committee last Wednes- day with the chancellor, Dr. Lucius C. Clark, and business manager Herbert E. Walter. The committee consists of John C. Letts, W. 8. Corby and M. E. Church. e One of the most entertaining func- tions of the college vear so far was a novelty last night in the gymnasium auditorium, where the Woman's Fac- ulty Club presented three one-act plays under the direction of Miss Mary M. Galt, with Dr. W. B. Holton, manager. The presentation was listed as * Lady Mary's Company of High-Brow Comedians,” and provoked hearty response with the plays, “An Innocent Villain,” “Sauce for the (Goslings,” and “‘One Rainy Day,” the latter adapted by Miss Phyllis Lama The cast for “An Innocent Villain included Dr. Holton, Mrs. Carl Nep- rud, Miss Berenice Field, Mrs. Lucius C. Clark, Miss Maenette Olsen and Mrs. Lois Zucker, The cast for “Sauce for the Goslings” included Arthur ¥Flemming, Miss Phyllis Lamar. Mrs. George B. Woods, Dr. Harold Golder, Dr. Jessie Ferguson and G. Springston. Players in ne Rainy Day” were Miss Doroty Wulf, Dr. Glenn F. Rouse, Carl Neprud, D George B. Woods and Miss Mary Louise Brown. Psychology Course Opens. The new special course in pschology by Dr. Karl Buehler of Vienna, opened at the graduate school Thursday night, with an attendance taxing the capacity of the largest lecture room at the school. Mrs. Albert H. Putney, wife of the director of the School of the Political Sciences, will entertain at tea next Thursday afterncon for young women of the university who assisted in the recent drive for funds for the asso- ciation. Final plans are being made for the dance next Saturday night by the Brecka Club, composed of Central High School Alumni in the college. Dr. Woods, dean of the college, was a judge at a debate last Thursday between George Washington Univer- sity and West Virginia University. AR 155 e o S 4,000 GIRLS IN CITY | HELD UNEMPLOYED Business School Head Cldims Huy: Untrained Residents Are | Out of Work. There are approximately 4,000 wn- trained girls out of work in Washing- ton, the largest number of unemployed since the beginning of the World War, while the demand for clerical help is smaller than it has been in the past 10 years. L. P. Southern, president of the Southern Brothers Business Uni- versity, declared in an address to the students of the school yesterday. “The labor situation in Washington is hecoming an important problem.” said Mr. Southern; “scores of young women apply each day for positions of minor importance. arly all of them are untrained, or have but an incom- plete business education. It is virtu- ally impossible to place most of them. although they are in dire need of employment of some kind. S. B. Guynn, superintendent of Charles County Schools, La Plata, Md., will address the students Tues- day afternoon. His talk will be the ninth in a series of educational pro- grams by educators of Maryland and Virginia. The tenth of the series will be delivered Wednesday by P. D. Smith, ir., principal of the Warrenton. Va., high school. Other speakers for the week will include' P. W, Troxwell, principal of the Gaithersburg, Md., high school, Thursday; W. C. Marshall. principal of the Marshall, Va., high school, Friday. An important meeting of the Vir- ginia club will be held in the assembly room of the Southern School tomor- row evening. An entertainment pro- gram for the present school term will he prepared by a committee composed of Betty Stuntz, Lucille Harrington and Paul Hottle, all of Virginia. VOTE BOX, FORCED OPEN, HELPS REVERSE CHOICE By the Associated Press. READING, Pa., December pletion tonight of a recoun votes cast in the racent city election showed Charles . Kershner, Demo crat, present city treasurer, re-elected hy a margin of 2 votes cver Willlem C. Hoverter, Sociulist. Hoverter, who had apparently heen elected by 63 votes in the official count, had made no statement tonight as to whether he would contest the result of the r:ount. 'Lhe ..rst pre cinct of the seventeenth ward, in which James H. Maurer, Socialist councilman-elect, .lives, furnished the —Com- of the FOOT BALL DINNER | GIRLS VISIT SCHOOL. Trinity Students Observe Methods at Lewis Institution. A group of domestic science girls from Trinity College, recently visited the kitchens of the Lewis School. studying the operation of present-day equipment. A group of high school girls from Hyattsville also visited the school for the purpose of learning first-hand all that they could in one afternoon of what labor-saving equipment was to | be had for the modern kitchen. GIVEN AT EASTERN Alumni Entertains in Honor of School’s Gridiron Success; Players Get Letters. The annual foot ball dinner given in honor of Eastern High School's team by the alumni association of the school was held last Tuesday night in the school dining hall with an_elab- orate accompanying program of stu- dent talent. Ninety' persons atten ed the celebration, which was arrang by a committee under Mrs. Mary M. Kochka of the alumni association. Charles Hart, principal, presided, and speeches were made by Miss Edna Burrows, Dr. G. H. White, Arthur ‘Warner, Paul Doerr, D. Hughes, Charles Guyon, John P. Collins, Fran- cis Sweeney and Frank Holland, cap- tain of the foot hall team. Following the speeches gold “foot balls” and the coveted “E's” were presented to the playvers. James Dietz, a messenger, entered the dining hall and summoned those present to the “Lan of Fum and Frolic,” located in the music room. Here an entertaining program was presented. Program Presented. The features of the program in- cluded a trumpet $olo, *“ Sl 4 Herbert Cooper, and an original in- terpretation of “Romeo and Juliet” by Hazen Shea and Ronald Van Tine. Rose Ellen Jarvis danced a z clog, and Thomas Coiner sang “Just a Memory.” Reminiscences of the ntral-Eastern foot ball game oc- red when Natale Caponite, William Norton, Louis Naisker, Norman Kirby, John Meades and Theodore Bishoff danced a foot ball clog. which was followed by a foot ball dance by Marion Wehbh. “Wild Nall” was presented in pan- tomime by Dorothy Dunmire, Dale Snell, Harold Witherite, Roderick O'Conner, Virginia Daiker and Mar- garet Beckett, all members of the dra- matic class. . Others on the program were Odell Senart, Audrey Bancome, Arthur Cook, Bert Smith, Willlam Smith, Charles Law and Wilson Reed. Co munity singing conciuded the pro- gram. G Fastern's Home and School Associa- tion will meet December 9 at 8 p.m., in the school auditorium. Class dem- onstrations by the domestic science and art departments, the bovs' physi- cal training department, under the di- rection of Isaac B. Simon, and the girls’ physical training - department, with Miss Imogene Stockett directing. will feature the programs. A series of monologues will be given by Dorothy Lederer, Harold Witherite, Catherine Cross and Thomas’ Clifton, members of the class in dramatics. Medals Awarded. A silver medal was awarded Sophie Bookoff by the Underwood Typewrit- ing Co. for typing 51 words a minute. STRAYER STUDENTS NEAR JUNIOR GRADE Court Reporting Class ‘Near Point Where Speed Will Qualify Them. Students in the court reporting class of Strayer College, 721 Thirteenth street, are nearing the point in their course where their speed will qualify them for the grade of junior court re- porters. This title ix conferred by the Greggk Publishing Co. to students who ate able to write shorthand at the rate of 175 words a minute for five minutes, and transcribe the dictation at a high rate of accuracy. At pres- ent the average speed in the class, which is under the direction of Clyds J. Crouch, head of the shorthand de- partment, is 150 words a minute, and it is expected that a speed of 175 words a minute will be reached shortly after January 1. Seven members of the class already have received official Gregg and Pit- man awards for writing at 125 words a minute. They are Miss Anna Horen- stein, Miss Pearl Rollins, Mrs. Violet ‘Wiks, Mrs. Paul Prosser, Miss Mar- garet McMahon, Miss Dora Senne and Miss Rhoda Hennig. The Gregg Publishi for writing at 150 w ute has been earned by Co. award a min- Mrs. Vio- Bishop, Claus Schwartz, Harold E.|!et Wiks. a-member of the class, who is preparing for the 173-word test. This test is seldom given, and may be pre- sented only by a representative of the Gregg Publishing Co. Eleven students have received their final credits in typewriting and they are Miss Louise Meyer, Miss Mildred sewander, Misa Mary Sievers. Miss Rosamond Lofberg, Miss Elizabeth Robertson, Miss Catherine Just, Miss Francoise Dauphin, Miss Francis Shafer, Miss Pauline Strauss, Miss Sidney Cameron and Miss Nellle Trout. T.ed by Will'am T. Pierson. man- ager of radio station WMAT., the reg ular Friday assembly constituted % college “sinz. COLLEGE LAW CLASS TAKES UP NEW STUDY Washington Seniors Complete Evi- dence Cases and Enter on “Damage: Tpon completion of their study of | evidence cases. the senior class of the Washington College of Law entered upon the course in “Damages” during the past week. under the instruction of Judge Mary O'Toole of the Munic- ipal Court. The freshmen debated the subject, “Resolved, That there shall be en: avted & national divorce law,” last night. The afirmative was carried by Clarke J. McLane, Mrs. Maude R. Pryse and Mrs. Alice M. Grove. Those upholding “the negative were Miss Claire Sullivan. . R. Linn and Miss Charlotte M. Crabh. Epsilon, Nu and Omicron Chapters of Kappa Beta Pi ILegal Sorority united in giving a_luncheon yesterday at the University Women's Club, hon- oving Judge Florence Allen of the Su- preme Court of Ohlo. who is attending the Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia. Judge: Allen s 41 honorary member of the Yale Chap- er. Jacob Blumburg won the bronze pin Beta Chapter of the Phi Delta Delta. for typing 41 words & minute. Tegal Fraternity will have its first Fastern's debating team will debate | ®ducational meeting this _afternoon. hefore the Stanton Park Citizens' As.|Miss Annabel Matthews will preside. sociation next Saturday, in the Pea.| Dr. Vincent H. Todd, a member of body School. on the subject, “Resolved, | the senior class. has been elected a That prohibition should be made the [member of Pi Gamma Mu Honorary chief issue in the coming presidential | Society of Harvard. founded in 1924. election.” Charles Critchfield, James | Among the guests at the Women's Dietz and Robert Shostick will take | Bar Association dinner held at the the affirmative, while Samuel Bryan, | Washington Hotel last night wers Max Cohen and Theodare Bishoff will take the negative. Mrs. Lola D. Hall will coach the affirmatlve and Mrs. Kate D. Bucknam fhe negative. ALUMNI AT BUSINESS BOOSTS SCHOOL PLAY | Graduates Hold Assembly to Aid Show Scheduled for Thurs- day and Friday. The Alumni Association of Busi- ness High School .held an assembly last Wednesday to advertise the play, “Ann’s Little Affair,” by Henry Osborne, which is to be given next Thursday and Friday. Henry H. Schweinhaun, forg president of the alumni, urged fhe students to co-operate with the as- soclation in promoting the p formance. Alfred McGarraghy, Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey. honorary dean of the Washington College o' Taw; Dean Grace Hays Riley, Judge O'Toole and Miss Bessie Parker Bruggeman. VIRGINIA HAS SNOW. Marked Decline in Temperaturs Reported in Many Towns. RICHMOND. Va., December 3 (#) —A marked decline in temperature, following almost 24 hours of intermit tent rain, brought snow to many sec tions of Virginia today. Fredericksburg and Roanoke re. ported a heavy snow, while Lynch- burg and Richmond also experienced flurries during the morning. Gray clouds gave promise of more snow over the week end. The weather forecast predicted celd h‘"ulhu‘ with continued rain to nigl EDUCATIONAL. Results Study at chalrman, gave a synopsis of the play. Mrs. Mary Sherman Resh sup- plemented Mr. McGarraghy's talk by naming the cast and their respective role: Bernard Jones made a hrief appeal in behalf of the foot ball team, and Miss May P. Bradshaw con- cluded the program by telling the students of the activities of the alumni association. ¥. G, Simon has been appointed to fill the vacancy in the faculty caused by the resignation of Mrs. Marie H. Sharpe of the department of geog- raphy. He is a graduate of the Col- lege of Oklahoma. GOLDEN RULE SUNDAY T0 AID NEAR EAST Many Families Will Eat Simple Dinners as Mark of Good Will and Charity. | Today is Golden Rule Sunday, when the people of the United States and some 50 other countries are asked to remember the orphans and refugee children of the Near Hast, thousands of whom are in need of help. Many families, by the simplicity of today's dinner, will call attention to the plain life of these needy children. The prac- tical way for the people of Washing- ton to observe the day is to send do- nations of money to Potomac division headquarters, Near East Relief, 1334 Connecticut avenue. President Coolidge has commended the observance of Golden Rule Sun- day, and a joint appeal for its wide observance is made by Harold F. Pel- legrin, Potomac division director; Dr. L. W. Glazebrook, chairman of the men’s committee of the District, and Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman, chairman of the women’s committee. “Groups of orphans who owe their lives, their education and practical training to American philanthropy,” said Mr. Pellegrin, “have already es- sensation of the night. The key to dent decline to reappoint members of | the district ballot box could not be the board who have opposed his policy | found, but a locksmith opened it, The for early disposal of. the merchant |check lists were apparently in vrror, marine to private hands. showing & much smaller vote for ali Commissioner Hill of South Dakota | the city treasurership candidates than is the only member u now for r for yor. appointment. Heyis serving under a Kershner in this recess appointm box. gain2d 76 voles . tablished in Syria, Palestine and Greece 15 chapters of a league to help each other, “The Golden Rule spirit that ani- mates the Near East Relief's work is the secret of its success; were it not, hostile religions and antagonistic peo- ples would’ have made the saving of more than a million lives impossible.” The M;xster-School of ! ratew Interior Decoration Specializsing in Interior Decoration and Teneh{n: a Practical Course Ap- proved by the Department of Educa- tion of the State of New York. lolph. Zapp, Di Representing Arts & Decoration, New York 1206 Conn. Ave. Main 6978 AccaeoiTen Beantiful new catalog just off the press, write for it 1#'s Free. @ TIDF STREET NW - MAIN 8671 X National School Fine & Agp ed Art FELIX MAH Director Interior Decoration, Costume De. sign, Commercial Art, Posters, Color. Children’s Saturday .'nl-'n_. Classes _€onn. Ave. & M. 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