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ol LAD) SUNDAY BTAR, WASTHINGTON, D€ MARCH 15 1928 =PART L. | MISS NEISTER NAMED. GRORGETONN PO 20555 | Mics Hilda Nelster has fust been ap- | pointed employment manager of (h2 | Washington School for Secretaric: | The appointment of Miss Neister was made necessary as the result of a sur vey recently conducted by J. E. Pal- mer, general manager of the school, | which shows a marked need for trained men and women in the secretarial anc stenographic fields. According to the figures of the school survey, there were more inquiries for secretarial workers in February than in any similar period during the past four vears. Various large corporations, em- bassies and burcaus are constantly in need of men secretarics, as well as trained young women cmployes, it was indicated. Physician Appointed Head of Medical Staff—Dr. Vaughn Is Honored. Two important changes in the medi- cal faculty of Georgetown University were announced yesterday by the Rev. Walter G. Summers. S. J.. regent of the dental and medical departments. The change is the clection of Dr. George Tully Vaughn as vice presi- dent of the executive factulty, the | HAERIGAN U. PLANS - UTDOOR THEATER Sylvan Pit for College Functions. American University has started preparation of a sylvan theater on the | campus to be used for dramatics, musi- cals, commencements and other college ons, it has been announced by ncelfor Lucius C. Clark. crkmen began grading during the past woek and will be engaged some tim= in making the raissd carthen stage r being the appointment of Dr. Wil- fred M. Barton as professor of-medicine TECH OPERA CLUB death of Dr. Samuel S. ! | d served half & century | Ity at Georgetown. | s are among the old- | n point of | Vaughn has been chief | 1 staff of the Georgetown Students to Present "Dollyé Varden” oh March 30 and 31. | oen o | or 32 ¥ cars. Children's Dental Clinic. he opening of the new hos- Thursda nnounceme dental clinic 1 operation in about two 1 examination and en= will be made possible for any child | careful supervision of mem- | The Tech Opera Club of McKinley Technical High School is applying the | finishing touches to “Dolly Varden.” |the 1928 Spring play which will be| { given March 30 and 31 at the Central | High School auditorium. The leading Toles are being taken by Elizabeth Chick as Dolly Varden, and Harry Schon- krank as Richard Bellville, an English army officer. Hired period costumes will be worn, as the year of the play is 1730. Dancing. sword play and catchy music are features of this opera by Julian Edwards. which presents a fascinating picture of frolicksome youth {in the days of the frivolous French court of Louis XV, known in England as the worldly age of Queen Anne. | “Dolly Varden” is one of the most | charming comic operas. It had a long | run in New York and on tour with the popular Lulu Glaser in the title role. | Gives Many Operettas. | Tech is the only local school that gives standard comic ope: successful productions duri | | 16 vears of existence of its Opcra Club | inclug Wizard of the irates of Pen- “Chimes 1 to extend its publ service which has to the community which it Edmund A. W of the unive: q education in that city, where he has many friends. He has frequently ed in the Hub ci | Georgetown University's Glee Club. | in honor of the feast | . will bs heard me concert. the . tonight at 8:15 Encouraged by it: in eliminating “jazz > Glee Club manage continue its clas: presenting another program devoid of jazz. Instead of bringing about a reduction in attendance, the new policy thus embarked upon appears to have won new admirers of the club. Orchestra on Prozram. The Georgetown Collegians, the stu- | dent orchestra, will share honors in to- s concert a5 will Prancis K. Shu- pianist, and Raymond Woods and Cannon, banjoist and cornet- who are down for solo ore.. { “Dolly Varden” will be the last Tech production at Central High School and the faculty committee is determincd to make it surpass all previous productions A large chorus is being trained by Miss Florence Keene. Miss Rhoda Watkins | and Miss Jeanette Cavanaugh are di- | recting the stage and Dore Walten is| perfecting the work of the orchestra.| Mr. Walten is widely known as a| | violincellist and he has had many years (of experience in the orchestras of | gprommant‘ o;::rz companies. In Eeeping with o se: 3 mb and J. E. Zearfoss are east: of ot pateim ineteson | directing the bullding end painting of I render several popular Irish| D€ elaborate stage settings. ‘The | incinatng dazzling, expensive court costumes of the period of 1730 are being furnished by an cxpert costumer. The general organization of Tech | High School honored the members of | the bo; and girls' basket ball teams at the assembly Wednesday by ing circle and minor Ts. Thos re-| ceiving cirele Ts were: Louis Berger,| Thomas Rooney. Daniel Galotta. John Forney, Jack Goldblatt, Paul Brown and William Hussey, “Killarney” and | Then follows a | s “Ple Jesu” from “Requiem.” | balanced program has been | chosen by Prof. Edward P. Donovan, i~ | award- | y Verdi. Since this is tl ed appearance durin, n. the student body is prepa ¢ the club a cordial rece; With the appointment of 1);‘;1aswmmlndcrolth R.O. T. ass P aitalion with the rank ol’lxeutgnanl Girls Get Letters. the military department yester- | ter of | The girls recelving the minor Ts for | | basket ball were: Mary Gnill, Catherine | The new commander eaptained Com- | English, Catherine * Higdon. Louis | . which won the last weekly com- | Prescott, Dorothy Lane, Catherine | drill and was selected as the | Wassman, Lucinda _Toffoll, Bessie | nding cadet of the entire corps, | Buchanan and Hattie Stryker. Numerals comprises five infantry com- | AwArded to girls for creditable thowing He is a District of Columbia | in basket ball were received by Miriam . th2 socond local battalion com- | Moss and Helen Ranish, '28 | T s Selected fn successive| By the decision of the military com- | m 6. Tarver, who is now a ' mittee, after lengthy discussion, a new | Law School, commanded | company of cadets has been forme ne battalion last year. The other mem- | from the February recruits, bringing | bers of the battalion staff are James P ‘lhe number of Tech companies up to executive officer with the |six. Robert J. Copsland of Company C ‘xn!m or. and Paul I. Berno, adju- | has been appointed to command the with rank as captain | new unit, which is designated as Coy oier P O Bie. | pany F. The lieutenants have not ye o 4 - " been named, as additional officers are complete company rostsr of of- is i fotlows: Gompany A, Capt w. | /cquired not only for Company . but . & i1 | 8150 for Company C. making a total of > L ; four changes to be effected The Beco; t. P. istant manager. which =3 | feut. P. Caniil, sergeants and corporals are to be select- econ 1 ed as soon as possible and th> new unit Capt. Ralph | ©Ompletely organized when the compli- First Liegt, | Cations surrounding the appointments nill, Second | Of the officers are cleared up and T John D First Lieuts. | Heiskell and J. T. Gallagher, Sec- | Lieuts. W. P. Lyon. D. P, Mc-| zra and R. D. Benzing. Company D: Capt. Gerald J. Greeve. command-"| ing: First Lieuts. R. H. Chr! ‘T. Hughes, Becond Lieuts. B. md Lieut. J K. Shuman B WESTERN WAGING YEAR-BODK DRIVE J. R Eben, Becond Lieuts. W. J. Ward, J. A Gleason and J. H. Wagenbach i Fach cadet was chosen by careful petition on his ratings during work 1 the drill ground and in class room. Yext Thursday the R. O. T. C. will re- seeond inspection by Col. Clar- High School Seeking Sub-‘ scription for Publication, | | Wesleyan University, and large orchestra pit. | The whole place is to be heavily sceded for grass. and du 1 the Spring rains it is hoped sufficient growth may be made so that this new feature of .campus life may be dedicated before the end of the school year © The theater is situated in a grove of trees west of the gymnasium or by. i Eventu- ally it is planned to fit the place after the fashion of the true Greek theater. The stage itself will be 25 feet deep by 60 feet wide, Debating Teams Busy. Debating teams of the Coilege of Liberal Arts are in the midst of their busicst season. Following the cont: ast week with the Carleton College me team, including Rolf Lium, the Presi dent’s Summer pastor, and Ne University’s women’s team, the A. U. debaters, will engage a veteran outfit from Ohio Wesleyan University tomor- row night. The visiting team consists f all seniors, Paul Anderson, editor of the college paper; Bernhard Mereer, president of the college Y. M. C. A., and Philip Ebeling, president of the senior class. They have lost only 1 out of 1¢ debates so far this year. The American U. m, which will take the affirmative, will consist of strong men from the local squad. Hugh W. Speer, Blake spey and Roland Rice. There will be four judges. Elaborate plans are being made by the junior class for the minstrel show to be staged next Saturday night at the gymnasium auditorium on the campus. A merry aggregation of genuine minstrel features will be augmented by. songs by the College Glee Club, a male quartet, classic dancing, ic monologue and a_one-act come: he Lost Silk Hat." The committee in charge consists ot Donald Olmstead, Ethel Moulton, Roland Parrish and Aldred Jones. The pro- duction is for the benefit of the college year book, “Aucola.” An unusual presentation of the col- lege next Friday night will be Richard Burton of Minnesota, who will deliver lecture on “Mark Twain, My Neigh- Flemming Congradulated. Arthur S. Flemming, instructor in argumentation at the college, is being congratulated upon: his selection from men teachers of the District of Columbia for the traveling scholarship offered by the Washington Branch of the Eng- lish Speaking Union, which sends him to England this Summer for a study of school and soclal conditions there. Mr. Flemming is a graduate of Ohio and is a candi- date for the degrec of master of arts in political sclence at the Graduate School of American University, special- izing in _international law. Hz will leave for England the last week in June. Dr. Edward T. Devine, dean of the Graduate School, will deliver the prin- cipal address at_the annual meeting of th: Associated Charities here, Tuesday March 27. He spoke Thursday night before the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Fra- on “The Soclal Aim of Educa- cellor Clark and ten students of the college, who are all members of the Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, will attend confer- ence sessions at Baltimore March 21 to 26. Veterans of the World War in student body and faculty held a reunion sup- per Wednesday night in the college din- ing room. Jesse A. Millard, steward of the college, himself a veteran, fur- nished a typical army supper, and the veterans ate at a long table, using benches for chairs. Participating were Dr. Harold M. Golder, Dr. Glen F. Rouse, Prof. Will Hutchins, Miss Mary | Mears, Harold Merriam Dudley, Her- | bert E. Walter, Jacob Snyder, Robert | Weir and Mr. Millard. Politics Break Out. Politics broke forth at the college dining room Monday night, with a | gethering of Republicans lor campaign | speeches by Pauline Frederick, Fred | Carpenter, Kathryn Heath and Ran- dall’ Penhale, but the Democrats with- drew to a private dining room for a party to themsclves. Miss Galt, assistant professor of French, entertained Tuesday at bridge in honor of Lieut. Comdr. Alfred Zim- merman and Mrs. Zimmerman, who re- cently returned to Washington from China. A delegation of students from the college viewed the Clark collection of art treasures at the Corcoran Art Gal- lery Friday, under the direction of Will Hutchins, professor of art, who lectured | on the subjects of the collection. | Dr. Winifred Richmo.d of the staff | of Bt. Elizabeth’s Hospital delivered the sceond of a series of vocational lec- tures to young women of the upper | | 'COL. YOUNG HONORED iveisity Begins Work on| | igious plays, to be presented during | | Lent, was voted down at the last mect- | appointed literary editor of the Car- AT LOCAL UNIVERSITY Mcmcerial Exercises Held by Stu-| dents and Faculty of Howard. Exercises fn memory of Col. Charles Young, U. 8. A, were held in the An- drew Rankin Chapel of Howard Uni- versity recently under the ausplees of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. Col. \;%l_x’ng was born in South Carolina in He was appointed to West Point and following his graduation from the Mili- tary Academy he rendered conspicuous service in the Cavalry. At the close of the World War he became Minister to Liberia, Africa, in which country he died in 1921. Lieut. H. R. Clarke de- livered the memorial address. The department of medicine of the university at present is making a study of the use of digitalls in the treatment of lobar pneumonia under the direction of Dr. Walter A. Bloedorn, professor of principles and practice of medicine at Howard. The school officlals be- lieve that the study will contribute much toward the solution of the differ- ence of opinfon regarding the use of digitalis in the treatment of that dis- case. Hilyard Robert Robinson, Instructor in architecture, spoke on “Why Art?” as freshman lecture No. 9, last Tues- day. Lieut. Col. West A. Hamilton ad- dressed the students Thrusday and Emory E. Smith, field secretary of the university, spoke Friday. D. C. YOUTH WING ORATORICAL TILT George Cordova Is Victor at| Cathelic U.—Claude! Will Speak. George L. Cordova of this city was| awarded first prize in the annual ora- torical contest held last Monday nizht in the auditorium of McMahon Hall at Catholic University. Edmund J. Fitz- gerald of Brooklyn placed second. Gold medals were awarded the two winners by Right Rev. Thomas J. Shahan, rector of the university. Other contestants, chosen by a preliminary contest, were Frencis D. Mudd, Bryantown, Md., and Georga Barnes, Washington. M. Paul Claudel, French Ambassador to the United States, will be the prin-} cipal speaker at “Senior Night” to be held tomorrow evening in the audi- torium of McMahon Hall at the univer- sity. “Senior Night" is presented each year by th Noon Club, a social student organization, as a mark of esteem to the graduating class. This is the fourth presentation. In former years Amabssadors of England and Ire- | land and Senator James A. Reed were the principal speakers. The program has been arranged under supervision of Robert J. Linehan of Glens Falls, N. Y.| A one-act play, “The Valiant.” has| been selected as the major presentation by members of the “host club.” The| University Glee Club will provide fur-| ther entertainment. Langley Heads Varsity. <Paul Langley of Lewiston, Me., recently as chosen captain of the varsity track team. Langley is a senlor in the aca- demic group at the university and has been prominent for three years in the c,lndcr-trlck sport at Catholic Univer- sity. Another traditional practice has been sustained by the class of 1930 in its adoption of a distinctive class hat. The latest “creations” are in the class colors, gray felt, embroidered with maroon let- ters and numerals. ‘The interclass basket ball title has been won by the Seniors. It topped the list of the “Campus League” with a record of five games won and none lost. Dom Anselm Strittmater, O. 8. B, in- structor in Latin, addressed a small group of language students in the classical seminar rooms Thursday morn- ing on three chief types of carly Latin manuscripts. His lectures will be con- tinued at an early date. Plan Easter Play. The idea of producing two semi-re- | ing of the Dramatic Association. It is now planned to prepare a presentation immediately after the Easter holidays. A tea dance will be held by the associa- tion April 21, after the sophomore sup- per dance. In conjunction with the sophomore “week end.” the University Glee Club is planning to present its annual Spring concert and dance April 20. The rose room of the Washington Hotel probably | will be used. John J. Meng of Cleveland has been dinal, senfor yearbook. This appoint- ment, which it is customary to withhold until this late date, completes the Car- dinal staff. Good progress on the an- nual publication is reported by the editor-in-chief, Robert C. Legat of New Britain, Conn., who expects to place all material in the hands of the printer by ‘Tuesday. DEBATERS FACING # Deems, R. 0. T. C. officer of the in charge of Third pr Atea activities, He will inspect theoretical and practical work of it 2nd will put the new cadet of- through thelr paces Vallle Whittington, *28. of was the winner of the third bate s eligible for participation in al contest ¥ decide the cham- of the school debaters. Becond ntest went U Louis Leo 8, of Virginia was on the question, “Re- iat & Pederal compulsory in- 1s desirable legisiation,” e side won the verdiel, Mr. rt Emmett Coyl n Joseph O'Conr of Columbie. T e team. in zddition 1o My were Albert Donald Hollo- Californie. and Parnell 28, of Nehrasea ¥o'castle Club Dines F¥o'castie ki Clun held 1 " g Andrev it of tie International end Eens Minnessta. € als virtue of hi were glest mfined o those students led u minimum of 10,900 #nd have Lonorable Qi e from merchant vessels s A ‘for ai ! b res on carth- recorded Newcomers Cl i Fayete ut ih of ' wre neAt it legiate with Latsysite L) Tie Wiliop tweam feated New York U e ot United with e at the Bchool of law and | Hotel | Class Pictures Taken. | i An extensive final drive for subscrip- | tions 1o the Westerner, Western High Bchool's year book, started last ’rnuf.- day, will continue until Wednesday, Special assemblies for each of the classes will be held, at which Pauline | Bchaub, editor-in-chief, will speak on | the literary side of the book, while Ben | Morgan, business manager, will discuss | the Sinancial problem . Group pletures of organizations, lower classes and teams were taken on Thurs- day and Priday and they will con- stitute & large mnd important part of | the year book. ‘The editorial staff has practically compl its work for the | Westerner, whie be issued to the school June 11 The Western Alumni Dramatic Asso- claton presented a play, “The Man in the Bowler Hat” at the home and #chool meeting Thursday evening in the school auditorium. “The assocla- Uon, an organization of graduates of will Western who have been prominent in | dramatic productions, presented this play through its own acting, designing, steging and lighting work. Orme ho wppeared In the original pertormance in 1924, returned o take his old part. Other members of the organization are wth Molyneaux Helen Meade, Catlheripe Werneske, Jewell Wilson snd Frank Westhrook Rewolved, That the present appli- cation of the Monroe Doctrine should vmbinued by the Upited States Governiment,” 35 the subject to be dis- cussed vy the debating soceties of Western and Business High Schools al the lntter sehool on March 268, West ern vill uphold the affirmative and Bustness will earry the negstive. Weste Lern's representalives will include Ar- fthur - Murphy, Walter Gard and Chesley Clark, who were chosen afler w preiminary debste on the same subject Western will be repre sy imming veam for the fir yeare Slxbeen men hnve come out for | the squad wnd sithough bandicapped iy the back of & conei and manisger, the tewm e msking repid progress and [ ratistactory resulla are expected ‘Tempo | rarily, practice hms been held at the lyv. M. ¢ bl negotiations are he- ing made for the peymensnt uss of the Hacquet Club ;m. nted by e in four classes at the college Thursday after- | noon. Her subject was “The Profession | of Psychologist for Women.” The first athletic trophy won by rep- | resentatives of American University, & silver figure of a girl throwing a basket ball, which had been won by Betty Jacoby, Ethel Smith, Elste Rosicka, | Marcha Bricher and Florence Fellowes in & contest sponsored by the Washing- ton Post, was presented to Dean George B. Woods at chapel Thursday by Bara Martz, president of the Woman's Ath- letic Association, It is known as the Intermediate Free Throw Trophy. SCHOOL CLUB VISITS RED CROSS BUILDING Stuart Junior High Students In- spect Work—Plan Gifts to Far Lands, WOMEN PICK CAREER INSTEAD OF MARRIAGE Poll Shows 52 Per Cent Prefer Business Life in Preference to Matrimony. A business career rather than mar- ringe i the immediate aim of 52 per | cent of the young business women of today if w recent poll on the question among the female students attending the Bouthern Brothers Steward Busi- ness College can be accepted as a falr standard | “The Tted Cross Club of Stuart Juntor | High Bchool visiied the National Red | Croms Bullding last week, when ity mem- | [bers viewed the exhibits and heard | {explanstions of the mstitution’s work [ An American doll I being dressed by the ghtls of the sewing class for & trip fto s school in Rumanta. When her | wardrobe 15 completed, 1t will be packed |t a trunk which the boys of the [manual training classes are bullding for her, for shipment to the forelgn land. The geography classes are compiling {an dlustrated book Washington, which, when completed, will bs sent to Huwall in exchiange for a book of the 2 type which & Hawallan school recently nent the local school The school savings ccount continues 1o grow i the rate of 8100 per week y pupll I cluss BB-3 Lias wn indiy- Idual account, wnd that class 15 o be awarded u ceviificate by the Uit com- mittee. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superi- [tendent of schools, Wil slgn the certificate This same thrifty class had charge of the eludent wssembly Friday, when (e program ncluded w @il folk dunce wnd w hoys' ditll Choral singing and biackfuce entertament by Josenh Berenter and Bam Rz (Zm-lm the Out of approximately 140 girls who voted, 13 sald they preferred “business freedom” to “domestic cares.” A few admitted, however, that they might ulti- mately marry, Of the remaining 48 per cent, three<fourths replied that they were trainmtg themselves for socretarlal work because it afforded the best and most conventent ans of making & lvelihood until they married. Eight res plied that they wanted the tralning in order that they might have an inde- pendent lvelthood. Approximately 15 por cent atated that they never expected arry, but were ambitious to become porations. Clark King of Gaithersburg, Md., has been chosen president and Arthur L. | Watkins, jr, of Germantown, was elected vice president of the school's Muryland Club. Four new students from Virginia enralled at the university during the week, These were Rena Barr, Woodstock; Clarence . Couglll, Ir, Middletown; Madge Orabill, ‘Toms Brook, and Jullus Cullers of New Mar- ket, Miss Dorothy Jones of Harpers Ferry, W. Va,, enrolled to take the sec- retarial course Arrangements are now belng made by the student body to hold a graduntfon dinner and dance in May. The com- mit I charge of wivangements con- slsts of Hovaee Duffel, . W. Cowan and Miss Loutse Young and Miss Marguerite Voul One of the features of the affair will he w sneed tyning contest hetwaen the members of the twa clubs, ‘The vinning club will be presented with & cllver loving eup donated by Prealdent loo B, Bouthern of the school, Progie, DUNBAR DELEGATES | ATTEND CONVENTION| Four From School Go to New York Session of Columbia Scholastic Press Association. The Dunbar Observer was represent- cd at the anmual convention of the Co- lumbia Scholastic Press Association held last week at Columbia University, New York, by Miss B. C. McNeill, fac- ulty advisor, and three declegates, Evelyn Browne, Helen Scurlock and Blanchard Lloyd. Marguerite Murray, a sophomore, sold the largest number of coples of the March 8 edition of the Observer and Frances Archer, & junior, ranked sec- ond in the contest. Julia Dobson, an- other sophomore, secured 15 paid-up subscriptions, four outside subscriptions and sold 22 papers In addition. A new type phonograph, recently in- stalled, brings a daily lesson in the ap- preciation of music to the students at the noon assemblies. French songs, a folk dance, and the minuet were features of a meeting Monday afternoon of the French Club of Dunbar. The teachers_of Spahish, divisions 10-13, met at Dunbar Monday, when Mrs. H. Q. Jackson, chairman of the committee on vocabulary standardiza- tion, presented the report of that com- mittee. WEEK OF ACTIVITY G. W. U. Team Listed to Meet Rutger’s—Other Contests in Schedule. George Washington University de- baters will meet representatives from Rutgers College of New Brunswick. N. J., tomorrow night in*Stockton Hall At the same time a tcam fepresenting the Colonials will engage & team in New York representing New York Uni- versity. Manager Cyrus Hoagland has sched- uled Ohio Wesleyan University, which will appear here on Wednesday, and Colgate University, which comes Fri- day. The work will be unusually active for_the debating teams. Carl L. Frisble and Douglas Hatch probably will represent the Colonials in the debates this week. Dr. George Farnham, in charge of public speaking, is coach of the teams. The University Glee Club, under the direction of Robert Earmon, has revived a custom started several years ago and will entertain in a dual:concert, the Columbia University combined glee and banjo clubs on April 14. The affair will be held at the Washington Hotel. The club is preparing for two appear- ances at a local theater, one at the National Vaudeville Artists’ midnight show on April 13 and another in a week's booking during June. “Scholarship Luncheon” a Feature. The Pan-Hellenic Counell held .its annual “scholarship luncheon™ yester- day at the Carlton Hotel. Mrs. Gloyd Heck Marvin, Dean Anna L. Rose, Mrs. Joshua Evans, jr. Miss Linda Jane Kincannon, Miss Evelyn Jones and Miss Anna Cooper were guests of honor. Representatives of all the woman's sororities in the university were present. April 12 has been named by the Columbian Women for their annual dinner, which will be held at the Chevy Chase Club. Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley is resident of the organization. At its f/lnrrh meeting, Congressman Fred A. Britten_spoke on “The American Navy in Its Relation to Peace.” The meet- ing_was well attended. George Washington University rifle teams, it is reported, are doing cxcep- tionally well this Winter and expect to repeat their victories in the inter- collegiate match, which will be held here Saturday. ANTONAL U. PRI SESSN T0 START Registration Equals That of Term Just Closed—New . “Courses Planned. With a registration equal to that of the quarter just closed, classes for the Spring term at National University will open tomorrow. Enroliment has been going on for several weeks and nu- merous former students of the institu- tion have resumed their scholastic work during the present term. In addition to the new courses to be included in the Spring quarter’s curric- ulum already announced, there will be a course in Federal tax laws under the ‘direction of Prof. H. B. McCawley. ‘Thiz_course will take up the history of the Federal revenue system and the constitutional law governing Federal taxation, while leading cases on Federal taxation will be studied. Lectures on procedure and practice before the Bu- reau of Internal Revenue, the Board of Tax Appeals and the courts also will be_inclnded in this course. The other courses announced for the Spring term include the studv of land, mining and irrigation laws under the direction of Prof. Thomas C. Havell, as- sistant commissioner of the United States General Land Office; the study of trusts and monopolies under the professorship of Everett F. Haycraft; short story writing, which will be taught by Boyd Craig, instructor in the school of economics and government of Na. tional University, and a comprehensive survey of the new constitutions of Eu- rope under the direction of Dean Charles Pergler of the school of eco- nomics and government. Former Senator Honored. Law School examinations for the Winter quarter were concluded yester- day. having started last Monday. Be- cause of the examinations, no classes were held during the weck at the uni- versity. , At a recent meeting of the Alvey De- bating Soclety, composed of members of the freshman class, former Senator ‘Thomas Sterling of South Dakota, pro- fessor of suretyship at National Uni- versity, was presented with a large basket of flowers on behalf of the first- year class as a token of the esteem in which he is held. The presentation was made by Leon G. Morris, class president. Scnator Sterling then gave : g}:‘nenl review of the course in sure- yship. Announcement has been made that Dr. Pergler's volume on international law in times of peace as interpreted by United States courts, which recently was acoeJ)ted for publication, will go to press during the week. The annual formal dance of Beta Chapter of Phi Beta Gamma, legal fra- ternity at National University, which was held last night at the Carlton Ho- tel, was well attended. Due to the ap- proaching examinations, soclal activities had been in abeyance for several weeks, but with the close of examinations yes- terday afternoon and with Spring term examinations not due until June, activ- ities of this nature are being resumed. Says Marriage Aids Career. That one of the essential prerequisites to a successful legal career is marriage was the statement of Prof Glenn Wil- lett at the last session of the moot court, at which time Prof. Willett took occa- sion to advise members of the senior class regarding their practice. He sug- gested that a young man or womal Just coming to the bar has a better chance for success in a community in which he or she is not known than in one where they are known. He also e class a number of sug- gestions g what they should do in ::’Andlml cases, as well as what to avoid. Prof. Willett has had the present sen- for class in a large number of subjects, beginning when its members first enter- cd Law School three years ago. Among the subjects he has taught are legal liability, contracts, criminal law, bills and notes, real property, equity and a number of others. Due to his constant contact with members of the class, ex- tending over three years, he has had a better opportunity of observing the class than any other member of the faculty. During the week of March 26 the Docket, senior class annual, will go Sororities Plan Bridge Contest. One of the most unusual competi- tions ever staged in the university is that being scheduled by the sororities called the Intersorority Bridge Con- test. Two girls from eight organiza- tions are playlng a series of games. There are two leagues of four teams each. The contests will be concluded Tuesday night. The final game is due on March 27. The Girls' fencing team of George Washington University will meet the fencers of Holton Arms Wednesday at 3:30 o'clock, in the gymnastum. This match s the first in which a Colonial feneing squad has participated. ‘The Masonic Club will hold a card party March 26 at the Chestnut Farms Auditorium, Twenty-sixth street and Pennsylvania avenue. The affair will be to ald in the endowment of two chalrs in the School of Government to be established at George Washington University. AFFIRMATIVE TEAM WINS DRY DEBATE Students Hold Contest at Strayer College—Miss Salda May Named Best Speaker. Arguing that the eighteenth amend- ment has falled to fulfill its purpose, and that as a consequence it should be repealed, the afirmative team won the decision at a student debate held last Friday at Strayer College, 721 Thir- teenth street, in which Miss Salda May was adjudged best individual speaker. ‘The aMrmative team was composed of Miss May, Gladys Reum and Rutland Hopkins. trayer gold pins were pre- rented to each member of the victorious team. The negative was upheld by Martin Bradford, Helen Stecle and Mar- garet Hutchinson, each of whom was given a mechanical pencil In _recogs nition of the time and energy devoted to_the debate. Miss May was given & five-dollar gold plece In vecognition of her ability, Sec- ond individual honors went (o Mixs Reum, while Miss Hutchinson was ad- Judged the third best speaker. Judges consisted of Dr, Elmer 8. New- ton, principal of the Western High E(‘lmfl‘. Edmond 8. Donoho, president College, and W, W. Wheeler, of Delta Bigma Rho, na- tional honorary colleglate forensie fra- ternity, and one of the accredited judges for college debates held in the District of Columbia. Purvis, registrar of the col- member of Delta Higma 1d J. Leslie Bowling, in- In bookkeeping and accounting, served as timekeeper. The aMrmative team was conched by Mr. Purvis and the negative leam was under the di- rection of Clyde J. Crouch, Instructor i diotation On the chart of “Outstanding Ac- complishments,” published weekly by the college offoe, James O. Riley, a student n evening sehool, 18 efted for eting two-thirds of the bookkes Ing required for the seeretarial diplonta, with excellent grades, in less than five weeka at eventng sehool Other citattons Include Bvelyn Allen, who passed & mmrlwln theory test with # grade of 06, after having made aix consecutive 100 per cent grades on manual teats owel Haohten, who earned her 30-word credit i typewit- g I elght weeks, averaging but two periods a day In elass for h\n e, also was mentioped, to press, according to an announce- ment by William ‘L. Bruckart, editor. Virtually all material been pre- ared and the last engravings now are ing made. Former Municipal Court Judge Milton Strasburger was the recipient of & framed picture of the senlor class last week, when he concluded the lectures to the class on the District of Columbia code. The picture was presented an be- half of the class by Joseph C. Hooker. Many members of the freshman class have indicated their intentions of at- tending the theater party to be given by the class at Keith's Theater Wednes- day. A total of 500 tickets was re- served and It 1s expected that virtually all of these will be taken, since a large number of upper classmen will attend the performance in addition to fresh- | men and their gue: TRINITY CLUB DANCE SET FOR APRIL 13 Spring Affair Sponsored by Alum- nae and Seniors Will Be at Mayflower Garden. ‘The Washington Club of Trinity Col- lege has completed final arrangements for its formal Spring dance. The affair, which promises to be an fmportant an- nual event in the future, will be in the garden of the Mayflower Hotel, Friday night, April 13, from 10 to 1 o'clock. Proceeds will go toward the Trinity Col- lege bullding fund. The affair is being sponsored by the alum) assoclation and members of the senfor class. Attractive souvenir pro- grams and a surprise in the way of a musical program will add to the eve- ning’s pleasure, ‘The committee in charge of arrange- ments, made up of members from each class are: Ruth Craven, Doody, '28; Mary Fitagerald, ence O'Donoghue, '30; Mary 8. Howe, Betly O'Byrne, '31; Kleanor Brady, . Dorothy Harrington, '29; Dorothy Rhodes, '31; Catherine Sheehan, ‘29, and Catherine Weleh, '30. ON YEAR BOOK STAFF. M1k Thite WoaTe 6B MNANLIFioR Tk Chosen at House in the Pines, Miss Jane Poole, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Poole of Wardman Park Hotel, will be- athletio editor of the Year Book, the annual publication of House In the Pines, Norton, Mass., where she 1s a student. Miss Poole's aotivities at House in the Pines include membership in both the_student_councll and dramatic_club. __EDUCATIONAL, 5 WERY L Rhectut " prow, lon examia e clor wlitorkal vler B uhmorver Wl SERVIUE VRE 10 & P INTERIOR DECORATION COMMERCIAL ART COSTUME DESIGN tutensive alenional Courses Livingstone Academy vight clevk pramat olerk, " STUDENTS HEAR TALKS. : D. J. O'Brien-and B. F. Streeks Address Lewis Schools. Daniel J. O'Brien, president of the Mayflower Hotel, addressed two classes of the Lewis Hotel Training Schools last week on hotel accounting, including departmental reports, extension of local credit, arrangements for functions and the cost of advertising. Benjamin F. Streeks, interior dec- orator, spoke Tuesday on the use of proper materials for draperies and lstery in hotels. Mr. Streeks dis- ayed stmplu of the materials he LEGAL SORORTY EIVES CARD PARTY Epsilon Chapter of Kappa Beta Pi Holds Annual Affain. ‘The annual card party given by Ep- silon Chapter, Kappa Beta Pi Legal Sorority, was held last night in the as- sembly hall of the Washington College of Law. The decorations and favors were in keeping with St. Patrick’s day and prizes were awarded each table. Proceeds from the sale of tickets will be applied to the scholarship fund. The regular monthly business meeting of the chapter will be held this afternoon at the home of Miss Carrie E. Illunter, secretary of the college, in the Iowa apartment. - The freshman class is continuing its Saturday evening debates. Iast week's subjects were: “Resolved, That immigra- tion 15 detrimental to the existence of a republican form of government,” and “Resolved, That the residents of the District of Columbia should be granted national suffrage.” The teams uphold- ing the negative were victorious in both debates. With the final public prize debate scheduled for May 19, the win- ners of the first and second honors in the year's debates, together with a few others to be selected, will begin a series of elimination debates to choose the eight who will be candidates for the two gold prizes at the end of the term. The senior class has been busily gaged in preparing for its first examina- tion on business associations, which will be held tomorrow evening. This class bas been conducted by Prof. Fdwin A. Mooers. Oliver Wendell Holmes Chapter. Sigma Nu Phi Legal Fraternity, was held re- cently when the following officers were chosen: Lieut. Lowell T. Bassett, chan- cellor; Walter S. Welsh, first vice chan- cellor; Daniel Partridge, 3d, second vice fh‘z\ee.l’hr: #:&n;oemme, master of olls: Josel , treasurer, William 'tn';dm. marshal. % to be held in the coilege In the near e March number of the Coll Grit, published by the students of ffif college, was distributed yesterday. It contains personals and records of the activities of the school. dean, who has been confined to her home by illness. was able tc return to | ber office last week. |BUSINESS CUP PLAY PRESENTED IN PART Excerpt From First Act of “Seven Keys to Baldpate™ Staged at Assembly. An excerpt from th “Seven Keys to Baldpate” was pre- sented by a group of Business High School students at the Friday assem- bly. The play. which in its entirety, will be presented soon as Business' bid for the Brown cup, was introduced through the assembly performance by Milton Hower, Hymen Gordon, Joe "Ginberg. Nathan Coh: Frances Levin, Lois Horsnell, Margarct Weber and Harold Farrington. When the full play fis presented the cast will include, in addi- tion to Priday's performers, Margaret Francis, Charlie May and Bernard Phillips. Members of the Amikeco Club of Business were hostesses to the othel girls of the school at a tea Thursday | afternoon. I ‘The compilation of material for the, | Orange and Blue. the Business High l-annual, is under way now. During the { past week much of the detailed work | centered about the photographing of ersons whose pictures will be printed : n the book Local Student Honored. Richard Jarvis, Washington boy, has i been elected president of the Sopho- | more Y. M. C. A. Counci! at Ohto State University, according to a dispatch re- ceived here yesterday. ENUCATIONAL. The annual election of officers of the | The fraternity is planning a party | Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, Fonorary | 1 ) NIVERSITY PLANS FOR FARMERS Di Variety of Events Being Ar- » ranged by Maryland for Meet May 26. COLLEGE PARK, Md, March 17— Farmers' day at the University of Mary- land this year, which has been definite~ ly set for May 26, will have a large variety of events. Among the events already listed are the annual competitive drill of the Re- | serve Officers’ Training Crops U | live stock fitting and judging sh un- | der the auspices of the Live Stock Ciub; a horse show, with a number of ing contests; the Prince Georges school track meet, and numerou cial exhibits. At a recent meeting the Grange voted to assume some of t sponsibility of entertaining the |gathering of visitors. More than 6, |have attended these affairs pa |years and a record-breaking crowd expected on May 26. | Alpha Chi Sigma has added {more members. They are John E. ! Donald, undergraduate, and Bentor | Westfzll, Romeo Legault and Me! O. Form:-, graduate students Johnny Groves, Maryland gradua has invented a device to test air p lots' vision. It has been found useful in selecting new pilots for tha Air Service, as it shows the candidate's ’ o is with the Aeronautics Division, States Department of Commerce. Miss Grace Sothoron and Miss Lucy Gough, both of Laurel, have taken the College Inn, which previously had been under the management of Mrs. Mark F. Welsh, a member of the facult: At a meeting of the sophomore class |1t was decided to make the annual soph ¢ |prom 1 formal affair. It will be held }in Ritchie Gymnasium, on Apr {McDonald s chairman of the prom {.committee. Dr. William J. Showalter, editor of the National Geographic Mag- azine, addressed the student body of the university at the weekly assemblv { Wednesday on “Science and Religion.” | ! Dean W. S. Small of the College {Arts and Sciences has returned fre Boston, where he attended the cone !ence of the National Education A: | sociation. Le Circle Francais, honorary Fre | Fraternity, has pledged 15 new mx |bers, as follows: Catherine Barn: . 1Evelyn Eckert, Elizabsth Edmiston, | Anne Eliason, Eleanor Freeny, Clemen- | cia Gause, Emily Herzog. Mary Koons, | Maude Lewis, Evelyn Ridout, Mildred | Troxell. Roborta Willard. Milly Wool- | man, Genevieve Wright, Albert Granger {and Donald Shook. Scabbard and Blade. honorary mili- | tary fraternity. has pledged the follow- ing: Fred Linton, Francis Porter, Ben- | jamin Dyer, Richard Epple. Walter | Plumley, Edward Wheeler, Ralph Van | Allen, Alfred Weirick, Edward Shep- herd and William Hopkins. ALUMNI WILL DIE. Frof. E. L. Rice to Speak at Wesleyan Gatheri The Ohio Wesieyan University Alumni Association of the Dis Columbia will. hold its 2nnual di Tuesday at 6:30 oclock at ths ton Hotel. Prol. Edw: speak upon “The New Ol The guests wiil includs Se IB. Willis of Ohio and C. Washington, Hobart H. Bell, th | general alumni sacretary. of the Ohio Wasle: | team, who are in with American Unis and George Washt | Wednoasday. { The officers of the local alumni as- | sociation are: Rev. Dr. William A. Hag- {gerty, president. William__ Wantorn, | Wheeler. secretary, and Edwin K. | Staley. treasurer ___EDUCATIONAL. 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