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MEDIGAL CENTER ISPLANNEDATG. U Projected Improvement to Be Outlined at Meeting of Dental Faculty. Progress in the plans for the project- ed new medical center at Georgetown | University and the part the Dental| School will share in its development | will be outlined by President W. Cole-1 man Nevils, S. J,, of Georgetown at a] specfal meeting of dental faculty and TAR, WASHINGTON, D Institution Has Served Seven Years. feats Trinity College in Capital Contest. Linda Jane Kincannon, assistant reg- istrar of the George Washington Uni- versity, will go to New York April 1 to become personal_director in the home alumni Saturday evening. President Nevils will report also on the progress of the new $1,000,000 Medi- cal-Dental School Building, now under | construction at the site on Reservoir | road which ultimately will be the new{ location of the Georgetown University Hospital. With the steel frames alrea being placed in position, the university officials are hopeful that the buildin will be ready for dccupancy at the open- | ing of the Fall academic term ! The Dental School will be host to! the members of the teaching staff and local alumni at a dinner on the occa- sion of the meeting in the Army and Navy Club, invitations having been is- sued by the regent, Rev. Walter G. Sum- mers, and the dean, Dr. William N. Cogan, U. S. N., retired. In view of the fact that' steps are' to be taken to organize a-national alumni body Jepre- sentatitve: of the Dental School, the hope was expressed that every local alumnus interested in the future of the school would attend. Plans are being considered for the establishment. of alumni headquarters in Washington. Speakers Listed for Meeting. Rev, Dr. Nevils: and Dr. Bruce L. Taylor, dean emeritus of the Dental/ School. will be the speakers, Since as- suming the presidency at Georgetotwn Dr. Nevils has given first consideration to the needs.of the medical and dental departments, which have faced & seri- ous handicap in recent years due to the inadequacy of their present quarters on H street. With the completion of the new building on Reservoir road, the new schools will be among the finest equipped in this section of the country. Plans for the co-operation of the den- tal faculty and alumni in enlarging the Dental School and equipping it to meet future needs will be cohsidered at the meeting. . Plans are being completed rapidly for the all-law school prom which will be given April 12 at the Mayflower Hotel and will be quite the largest affair the Jaw students have given in recent years. All classes in the school are combin- McBride; general | chairman, s H. Sisk, to make it a s Prom Committees Named. The following committees for the prom were announced yesterday: Fi- nance committee. M. Rock, chairman; J. Cooney, G. Thore, W. Bowers, C. Pratt, J. E. Langan and V. Latstatter. Hotel, F. Gianotti, chairman; F. Moro- ney, P. Falker, Drummey, A. Haw- kin, J. Benitez and J. Montedonico. Music, T. Cronin, chairman; Mr. Swertely, W. Harrigan. M. Crahan, F. G. Harrison. K. Dempsey and D. Sul- livan. Program and favors, K. Bero, chairman; C. Fix. M. Meyer, Mr. Gross, D. Minihan, L. Feinson and J. E. Mc- Neiney. - Publicity, J. Sculco, chairman: K. Bero. J. Curry, V. P. Carney, Al Philip Kane, A. McGregor and T. Ker- rigan.. Guests. W. Begley, chairman: J. Dillen, E. Richardson, J. Shea. F. Odlium and H. L. Murphy. Executive, Francis McBride. chairman: O. Saur, P. J. O'Connor. J. Kelly, Donald Rock, | Mr. Donovan, J. S. O'Connor and Mr. Maguire. ' Justice Josiah A. Van Orsdel of the Court of Appeals of the District, a members of the Law School faculty, will presidée at the ‘court trial which will constitute the fourth prize debate between the -various law clubs of the school on April 10. Winners of this and the three previous debates will meet_in a final contest for the school championship and the $50 faculty prize on May 8. An alumnus of the Law School, John Carter, class of 1918, is participating as counsel in the important “pocket veto” case before the United States Supreme Court. Carter is a son of the late Senator Carter of Montana. Glee Club Entertains Faculty. The Georgetown Glee Club enter- tained the faculty of Jesuit Seminary at Woodstock, Md., last Sunday with a special concert,. making the trip through the country in two motor busses. Rev. Vincent McCormick, rector of Woodstock, made a brief address after the concert, thanking the club | for its interest and inviting them to make an annual pilgrigame. Of interest to all students of Latin in the university is the announcement of the competitive examination which will be held in the Riggs Library Annex March 24 for the Horace medal for the best orginal oral translation of 20 selected odes of Horace. This award was founded by friends of the late Rev. John J. Murphy, S. J., to_his memory. Father rphy was at one time pro- fessor of moral philosophy at the col- lege and prefect of discipline. Joseph Gordon, a student at the School of Foreign Service, recently was elected president of the International University Club of this city. The club, a unique organization in local collegate circles, is composed of memibers from five universities, Georgetown, George ‘Washington, Catholic National Univer- sity and Trinity College. Its members are from almost every important coun- try in the world. Taok Course at Harvard. Mr. Gordon is an American who studied at Harvard University before transferring to Georgetown so that he might be employed in the Department of Commerce. One of the members of the club is Dr. Coutinho, professor of Portuguese at Georgetown, one of the founders of the International University Club &t Oxford, England Two new sections, which have never appeared before in any Georgetown | vear book, are to be given a place in this vear's annual. They are the graduate school. and the “observatory sections. 7 The abservatory section will include both the seismological laboratory, under | the direction of Father Tondorf, and | the astronomical laboratory. under the | supervisioh of Father McNally. Father | Francis A. Tondorf will personally write | his ‘own section. Special Athletic Features. Two features are to be introduced which will make this year’s athletic division _distinctive. Shirley Povitch, sports editor of the Washington Post, 1s | going to act as advisory editor of all spoft. material. It is expected that his influence will lend real color and inter- | est to the work. The most prominent men in George- town eports are being sketched in pencil | by De Witt Coffman. '31. AlL sections of the book are now com- plete except thote of the Foreign Serv- | ice and Dental Schools. | HOOVER ACCEPTS POST | AT GORGAS INSTITUTE | Will Serve as Honorary President. | Organization of Health Serv- ice Held Vital. President Hoover has accepted the honorary _presidency of the Gorgas Memorial Institute, here. Admiral Cary uccess. { {the friendship and admiration of her assistant, Thomas | Evelyn Jones, appointment secreta study division of Columbia University, | according to an announcement just | made. Miss Kincannon has been assoclated with the George Washington University for the past seven years. During her term of service she has been registrar of the department of arts and scienccs and as such, executive secretary of the committee on admissions, and under the new university organization, which separated the department of arts and soiences into separate academic units, she has served as assistant registrar of the university. She is a member of the National Association of Collegiate | Registrars and for several years was president of the Maryland branch of that organization. Miss Kincannon holds the degree of master of arts from George Washing- ton University. Her undergraduate work was taken at Martha Washington College in Vigginia. She has studied also at the Mississippi State College for Women, and has done graduate work at the University of-Virginia. Wins Admiration. During her service with George Wash- ington University, Miss Kincannon won associates, and she carries with her to | her new field of endeavor the bes: wishes of the staff and student body of the university. MISS KINCANNON LEAVES G. W. U. TO TAKE POSITION AT COLUMBIA :‘Assistant Registrar of D. C.| Women’s Debating Team De- | ANERGAN L. TEAN SHEDULES DEBATE Group Undefeated to Date Will Meet Carleton College Tuesday Night. American Unif¥rsity’s undefeated de- bating team, which this year has won four victories, including one over Prince- ton University, will meet Carleton Col- lege of Northrield, Minn., in its next contest Tuesday night at Hurst Hall on the campus. The local debaters, who will take the | negative of the question, “Resolved, | That the jury system should be abol- ished,” are Roland Rice, Blake Espey and W. Willis Delaplain. The visitors i will_be Heman B. Johnson, Kenneth | W. Rowe and Lloyd M. McBride. They ! will be accompanied by 1. M. Cochran, | head of the department of public speak- " |ing at Carleton College. { Dr. Luctus C. Clark, chancellor of | American University, has returned from 5 ] an tmportant business trip in the in- ‘;ggg]’;lei d‘a""fl;“;"flfigflflfl-n:l;g'i“’r;{];" terests of the institution to New York sday ve short stories, - | and Boston. s }::w?! es: and poems comprise mr‘ 7 J“;n; L‘i’lwraal Atts h";“g_ i Tomorrow evening the first elimina Edward L. McAdams, jr., of St. Paul, “ Minn., has been added to the faculty tion tryout for the cast of “Sometime | Mini, has been sdded 10 e SEOULY Soon,” the varsity musical comedy which # the Wardman | structor in English, it was announced e last night by Dr. Ciark, Park Theater during the first week in May, will be held gm Corcoran Hall. Mr. McAdams will teach sophomore Plans for the production are progressing | and freshman English, working with rapidly, and it is expected that final | Dr. Harold Golder, assistant professor selections for the cast will be mnde'o! English. He is now teaching in Illle y | s a feature of the luncheon The Spring issue of the Colonial Wig, this week, immediately after which the | department of English at the Univ production will go into rehearsal. of Minnesota and will receive from that The annual inter-fraternity prom, the [ institution his degree of master of arts outstanding student social function of | this June. He is.a member of Phi the year, will take place next Friday | Beta Kappa and Pi Delta Epsilon, the evening, ' March 22, at the Willard national honorary journalistic fra- Hotel. Arrangements for the prom are | ternity. At Carleton College, from in the hands of Henry William Herzog. | which Mr. McAdams graduated with chairman. The administrative officers | honors in 1927, he was a classmate of and deans of the university and their | Miss Berenice Field, now assistant at wives will act as patrons and patron-|ihe American University College li- esses for the prom. brary. He will join the faculty next The past week has been an active one ‘for campus organizations. On| Tuesday the women's debate team met | and defeated Trinity College here. Fri- day the first annual freshman oratorical contest, sponsored by Phi Delta Gamma, professional forensic fraternity, wnsl held. The scholarship luncheon. given an- nually by the Panhellenic Association, took place yesterday noon at the Hay- Adams House, with Mrs. Cloyd Heck Marvin, wife of the president of the university, as guest of honor. Other honor guests included Mrs. Joshua | S, of the board of trustees: Dean Anna L. Rose, Miss Anifi Pearl | Cooper of the English department, Miss and Miss Kincannon. The distinction of attending the scholarship luncheon is conferred each year upon the pledge | and active member in each sorority who holds the highest scholastic average for the preceding semester, and to the non- sorority girl in each class of Columbia College and the School of Education who has the highest marks in her class. The awarding of the scholarship cup to the sorority which made the highest scholastic average during the past Douglas Bement of the English de- pql); partment has received the distinction| “The Interstate Extemporaneous of appointment by the college entrance | gpeaking Contest for the District of examination board as a reader in Eng- | Columbia, Maryland and Virginia will lish. Mr. Bement will read examina-| pe held at Hurst Hall on the American tions at Columbia University, the| ypjversity campus next Saturday night headquarters of the board, from June | gt g o'clock, with two contestants from 19 to July 4. | ‘each of the two States and the District, George Washington University stu-!who were winners in their respective dents will compete in the fifth national | contests. intercollegiate oratorical contest, to be | The prizes will be $100 cash for first held in June under the auspices of the | prize and $50 cash for second prize. Better American Federation of Call-| The contestants are Leo Alpert of Balti- fornia. A contest to select the George | more City College, Baltimore: Evelyn Washington representative will be held next month. This representative wiil compete in the District of Columbia contest to determine who shall be the representative of the District in the regional contest. The winner of the Decker of Pennsylvania Avenue High School. Cumberland, Md.: Edward Cul- lion, Western High School. this ecity G. Grifith Johnson, Central High| School; Edith Willa Stewart, Point Marion, Pa,, and Milton Baldinger, Oly- final contest, which will take place in f the Los Angeles on June 20, Wil receive 8| oAy g moiogior Of, the contest prize of $1,500, and each of the first | University. seven contestants will be awarded a " The outstanding social event on the prize. The orations are to deal with| campus this week will be the “All Col- the Constitution and American states- | jege Party,” to be held in the colige men. No oration may exceed 10 min-| gymnasium on Friday night, when there utes in delivery. The local contest will | will be an athletic contest between the be under the direction of Prof. Earl C.| ¢, 3 d students, some 1 Ammold, chairman of the commitice 00 | Sente . Tt Tie et an ae refreshments, dancing and as the principal attraction, a one-act play, NATIONAL U. OPENS TERM TOMORROW Spring- Classes Will Begin' With Several New Courses ! Listed. Classeg for the Spring term in the sixtieth year at National University will open tomorrow. Enrollment has been progressing during recent weeks and numerous students formerly in the school have resumed their scholastic ork. ‘In addition to the new courses in this quarter of the Spring’s curriculum already announced, there will a course in the study of land, mining and irrigielon laws by Prof. Thomas C. Havell, assistant commissioner of the United States General Land Office, and another in Federal tax laws, under the direction of Prof. H. B. McCawley. ‘The study of trusts and monopolies will be handled by Prof. Everett F. Haycraft. Law school examinations for the Winter quarter were concluded yester- day evening, having been run since last Monday. ause of the examinations, no classes were held during the week in either the Jaw school or the school of economics and government. Debates Tryouts. Under the direction of Prof. Fred P. | Myers, in charge of debating, tryouts for the representative of National in the fifth intercollegiate oratorical con- test will be held Saturday, April 6. Several students already have sig- nified their intention of competing and they include A. S. Christenson, who was | selected as the best debater in the university last Fall at the first of the four series of individual competitive debates held. Prof. Frederick P. H. Siddons, who lectures . in the school on banking and finance, spoke last Tuesday at Lynch- burg, Va., before the fifth district con- ference of the National Association of Credit Men on_the subject of “The Moral Risk in Business.” Grades for the students in the school of economics and government who completed their examinations on March 9 are being turned in. The highest mark in the examinations in interna- tional relations and organization was obtained by Y. J. Huang of Shanghal, | China, He was awarded a copy of Dean | Pergler's book on international law in accordance with the regular custom. Chinese Make Records. ‘The records being made by the group of students from China in the law school is attracting attention through- out the school, where in the course in international relations and organization all members of this group obtained marks of 90 or more. Students and members of the faculty were gratified to hear of the recent ap- pointment of Patrick J. Hurley as As- sistant Secretary of War. He was a graduate of the National University Law School in 1908. Social functions and various organ- ization meetings will be resumed et this school this week. The annual installa- tion banquet of the Beta Chapter of the Phi Beta Gamma will be held on March 23 at the Cosmos Club. Music Assembly at Dunbar. At a music assembly of the students of the Dunbar High School last ‘Wed- nesday morning. the girls’ quartet, com- posed of Virginia Hewlett, Louise Wesley, Lucy Willlams, and Aramenta Dale, sang a spiritual. A phonograph record and several choruses completed the program. “The Use of Realia” was the subject of an address by Miss Carrie Lee before the teachers of modern languages at their meeting Monday AT RS Woman, 78, Expires. LYNCHBURG, Va., March 16 (Spe- clal).—Mrs. Cornelia’ Pryor Henderson, T. Crayson, president of the institute, in making the announcement, recalled that President Hoover in his inaugural ;ddrrn had declared that the “public and as universally incorporated into cur government system as it public education.” 78 years of age, widow of J. J. Hender- 1son, died at the home of her daughter, | Mrs. W. H. Carter. in Altavista. She {s survived by the following other chil- h service should be fully organized | dren: J. N. Henderson of Boonshoro. J.| course, 12 | R. Henderson of Lynchburg, Mrs. H. A. Freidenstein of Vi ia, and a brother, Nicholas Pryor, of Pleasant View, “The Pirates,” a costume comedy by “The Dramat Club.” The play, under direction of Prof. Will Hutchins, present the following players: Kathryn Heath, Betty Jacoby. Eisie Sanberg, Esther McVey, Virginia Humphries, Elizabeth Joyce and Ethel Smith. Musical Comedy to Be Staged. A musical comedy is in the making on the campus, and is expected to be staged by the sophomore class April 5. Details of the production have not yet been made public, but a musical and | humorous evening “is promised, with | plenty of snappy talent being groomed. The Faculty Women's Club enter- tained at dinner for the husbands of members at the home of Chancellor llildh Mrs. Lucius C. Clark last Thursday | night. The Student. Council is planning to present a play on April 19, with Herbert Elliott as business manager. It is un- derstood the council may present Oscar Wilde's “The Importance of Being Earnest. The faculty has instituted the custom | of presenting at chapel Friday's book reviews of outstanding new books from all flelds. Dr. Paul Kaufman, professor of English, instituted the book reviews March 1, and was followed by Dr. D. O. Kinsman, professor of economics. One of the best presentations by SEEKS AUTHORITY TOPLACECHLDREN lutge Sellers Advocates Giv- ing Juvenile Court Power Over Youngsters. Authority to place children who come within the active jurisdiction of the Juvenile Court of the District of Cc- lumbia in institutions other than pub- lic institutions was advocated as a power which should be accorded the judge of the local Juvenile Court by Judge Kathryn Sellers of that court in the sixth of a series of lec- tures at the Wash- ington College of Law, on the judi- cial system of the District, last Wed- nesday night. last night at the gymnasium, when V. L. Granville, distinguished English actor gave his costume recital, “Dramatic | Interludes.” It was largely attended. The girls of the women's residence hall entertained at tea for members of | Anierican University in its series of en- | N tertainments free to the public was that [N J “Every juvenile court in the coun- g‘y ‘{ms this au- ority except the i d('f 3[ :rre e Judge Sellers. venile Court in the District of Colum- bia,” she said. “I have not heard of | any abuse of this power by a judge, and I believe that children and their par-| ents are amply protected against the | misuse of this power by the right of ap- | peal to the higher courts and the right of appeal to the President and to the Congress. i “To my mind, the most autocratic au- | thority granted the court is the power | to take a child -from its parents. The | placement of the child-comes second, and seems to me only fair to all parties that the judge who assumes the re- sponsibility for removing the child 1rom 1L;ul;ll'glrll lulnlill’flul;: should be charged Wi e respons; for properl; - ms tge child,” AL udge Sellers, a graduate of the Washington College of Law, has served in her present position for 11 years, having been appointed to the bench of the Juvenile Court to succeed Judge George C. Aukam. She explained the operation of the court since its estab- lishment 23 years ago. ‘The freshman class debated last night on the subject. “Resolved, That the United Btates should cancel all war debts,” with the affirmative represented by Eunice Porter, Selma Anderson and Harry Boyd, and the negative by Miss Rose Hyde, Abram Blum and Merritt | Hawley, and on “Resolved, That the | trunk line railways in the United States should be consolidated into five bald Smith and Inocencio Y. Arellano, and the negative by Mrs. Genevieve Gleason Meehan, William B. Doyle and Joseph B. Byrnes. Another session of the Moot Court | was also held last evening: Judge | Luclan H. Vandoren of the practice | court presided. | NINE VICTIMS BURIED. = | | Two Big Graves Receive Bodies of | Tornado Dead. SIX MILE, §. C.. March 16 (#) While thousands filed silently through the little Baptist Church here where the bodies of nine victims of Wednesday night's tornado lay in state, the funeral {of almost all of two families of Garretts was delayed for hours. The funeral was set for 11 o'clock this morning, but it was well along in the afternoon be- fore the two big graves were dug. The caskets stood in two rows in front of the pulpit of the little church. In one row were Mr. and Mrs, Nelson Gar- rett and three of their children, J. G and Edward, sons, and_Bertie, daugh ter; in the other Mrs, Billman Garrett | and_three of her children, Lucia, Mil- dred and Evelyn. EDUCATIONA| BOY‘D rthand In 30 School Daye, . P fest learned. _reads Iike PRI rapid. - Stenographic 5 tise,” to be given April 13 and 16 will | the Faculty Women's Club last Friday. CLUB HOLDS ORATORY | CONTEST AT BUSINESS, Prohibition Amendment to Be De-: bated by Constitution Study Group. Competition in the sixth National Oratorical Contest is under way at Business High School under the active sponsorship of the Constitution Club. Besides the contest subjects, prohibition has found its place in the club’s dis- cussion. At Wednesday's meeting, & de- bate on this moot amendment will be staged with Russell Settle and Champ Carter upholding the affirmative and Morris Weingarten and Melville Stuart representing the negative. The Amikeco Club, girls’ social club of Business High School, will hold its Spring dance in the gymnasium of the school on Thursday, at p.m. The dance is the club's second function of the current season. ‘The Business High School rifle teams, sponsored by A. G. MacNish and Mrs. Lottie M. Sims of the faculty, met last Monday and elected Ralph Smith cap- tain of the boys’ team and Eleanor Hall, captain of the girls' team. ‘The Spring play, “It Pays to Adver- | | | set a new precedent in Business dra- matics, as it will be presented by two distinet casts. ‘This three-act romance includes comedy and present exacting demands upon the performers. “The Orange and Blue,” the school’s ear book, is expected to go to press within a week. b “The Balance Sheet,” the school's periodic publication, has been issued three times this year. The fourth is- sue now is on the press. John Marvin, tenor, entertained the tudents at the assembly last Tuesday. | In a short talk, Mr. Marvin stressed the importance of a high school edu- cation, and he sang a few of his most popular songs. Prince Enters Foreign 70flioe. | | Times learns that Prince George, voungest son of the King, is to begin a | short tour of duty in the Western de- | partment of the foreign office, where he | will be enabled to acquaint himself with relations with the American continents. It is expected, however, that the prince will return to his naval duties afloat in he near futu: COfiMAERCIAL‘KRT Interior decoration, costume de- sign; intensive professional courses. New classes ferming. da; - Secretarial 1 Bonkkeeping 12 weeks Graduates in ar:f::;' o B e gn&maf "Eit. 8 or Livingstone Academy Adams Buildipg, 1333 F St. N.W. Phone Met. 2883 LONDON, March 16 (#).—The Sun-| g8 of St. 1 W Architect’s drawing of the $181,000 building being erected in the close of Washington Cathedral for the Lower School Alban, the National Cathedral School for Boys, one of several institutions associated with the Cathedral. building is expected to be completed in time for the opening of the Fall term in September. ALBAN LOWER ST. ALBAN SCHOOL STARTED 1$181,000 Building to Provide for Increasing Roll and Broaden Work. Construction has been started on » new lower school for St. Alban, the | National Cathedral School for Boy {one of the sevefal educational institu- tions situated on the Close of Washing- ton Cathedral. A collegiate gothic building, costing $181,000, is being | erected. It will provide accommodations necessitated by increasing enroliment and will enable the Cathedral to broaden the scope of its activities In |the advancement of Christian educa- | ton. | “From the earliest days of the Christian _era, cathedrals and the teaching of youth have been associated.” the Bishop of Washington, Right Rev. James E. Freeman, said in making the announcemen “It is a divine legacy and one that has not been neglected by the builders +of Washington Cathedral. The first | building to be erected on Mount St. Alban was a school. To the length and breadth of the education of youth, ordinarily conceived in terms of mind and body, the Cathedral adds the depth and power of religion. The new school should enable Washington Cathedral to fulfill even more effectively than in the |past its responsibility of providing ward il Aremitut] " e 1 TG cvam it . The ADMIRAL MNAMEE “Naval Battle of the Day” to Be Subject at Catholic University. Rear Admiral Luke McNamee, U. 8. N. ill speak tomorow evening at the Catholic University on “A Naval Battle of the Day,” which is to be illustrated by motion pictures. Beginning at 8 o'clock the Navy Band, under the di: rection of Lieut. Charles Benter, U. S. N., will present a concert in the audi torium of the Maloney chemical labora tory, where the lecture is to be delivered at 8:15 o'clock. The Catholic University Glee Club also will have a place on the prufirnm, ‘This is the last of a series of public Winter lectures which have been given at the university. The results of a series of investiga | tions of child intelligence will be dis cussed over radio station WLWL, New York, tomorrow evening by Dr. Paul H Furfey of the university's department of sociology. Dr. Furfey will speak on “The Infant Mind.” The_rector of the university has an nounced the appointment of Dr. J. Lawn Thompson of this city to the of; fice of university physician. Dr. Thomp- son succeeds the John A. O’'Donoghue. ‘The undergraduate body is looking for- Eastern vacations. of George Bradley of Shenandoah, Pa., chariman, of the committee for the an- nual Spring concert and dance of the University Glee Club, has completed ar- rangements for the affair. It is to be held in the National Press Club ball- room April 26. In addition to the music to be rendered by the dance orchestra special musical features will be offered by the Glee Club, notably its double quartette, and by Vincent Walter, so- loist. A program of public entertain- ment is being arranged by Dr. Leo | Behrendt, director of the Glee Club. On April 22 the club will sing at the civic reception to be tendered to Archbishop Curley. ‘The annual dance of the Catholic University law students is to be held on Monday, April 8, in the ballroom of the Willard Hotel. This will be the first dance of the Spring season. The com- mittee consists of Willlam McCarthy, chairman, Bangor, Md.; Anthony Gadek, Perth Amboy, N. J.; James D. McQuade, ‘Washington; Constantine Belfi, West Philadelphia, Pa.; William Fee, Astoria, . and Ralph Ricclardi, Newark, The fifth annual supper dance of the sophomore class is to take place this year at the Wardman Park Hotel on the evening of April 18. The affair will be held in the main ballroom and will last from 8:30 o'clock until midnight. The committee on arrangements for this dance consists of John DeLacy, Wash- ington, chairman: Gerald Heal York City; Willlam A. Rellly, Haver- straw, Duane La Fleche. Old and Paul Calabrese, Y. WOODWARD SEEKS SWIM | Half of Y. M. C. A. School's Par- ticipate in Tryout Nearly 50 per cent of the students| enrolled in the Woodward School for Boys, the preparatory institution af- filiated with the Y. M. C. A. College of the District of Columbia, this week par- ticipated in a swimming meet in the “Y" pool which was designed to pro- duce likely members of the school Spring swimming team. A schedule for interscholastic swimming meets now is being prepared. The meet was directed by Warren | iying in the Grass.” by the well known Hayes, athletic coach of the school, and under_the general supervision of Prof. Fred L. Dawson, assistant director of | education of the college. In a 50-foot race for students of the midget class, John English captured first place and Robert Mock took second honor. In a 100-foot swim in the same class English also won first place, while Brooke Edmonson Wwas second. In a 100-foot swim for seniors George | Groff was first and Willam Fry was second. John English took first place in an underwater swimming race and Edmonson and Robert Quinn were tied for second honor. In the senior slass underwater race Fred Parker was first and Groff second. George Groff carried off first honors in a fancy diving contest and Marvin C. Sullivan and William Fry tled for | second place. ______EDUCATIONAL. SPECIAL EVENING CLASS in Gregg and Pitman shorthand, typ, Eng., faen he_ Civil Service Preparafory e 12th and F n.w. Met. 6337 * AVIATION AIRCRAFT DRAFTSMEN ew Course Now Ready Local_and_ Correspondence Instruétion COLUMBIA SCHOOL OF DRAFTING & ENGINEERL. Day and Evening Classes. Enroll any time. Classes continued thruout the “THE TEMPLE SCHOOL, Inc. The Secretarial School of Individual Instruction Shorthand, Typewrlting, Bookkeeping, Civil Service. 1420 K St. N.W, M. 3258 Jetter writing. spelling, editing, proof- | e " Ruiton. 35, Classes S nights | WILL BE SPEAKER ward to a bright social season after the | Under the direction | | youth with the opportunity for whole- RANGET010 YEARS ‘The new structure will be three stories in height and will be located imme- diately west of the main butlding of the Two Men, Striking Women With Bricks, Given Longest Terms. school, facing Massachusetts aven | | ‘The two buildings will be connected by a cloister and their architeeture and material will be similar. Potomac blue stone is being used in the construction It is expected that the building will be ready for use at the beginning of the Fall term in September. Accommo- dations will be provided for 105 boys. The design was prepared by Cram & Ferguson of Boston, consulting archi- tects for Washington Cathedral, and the site was selected in accordance with a comprehenslvle program ;\)f lsan‘dscap- | ing being developed for the 67';-acre Prison sentences ranging from 3 to| - 1 10 years were given to five men on va- e e rious charges of theft and assault by | Chief Justice Walter I. McGoy yester- the Cathedral Close. According to Bishop Preeman, the plans were prepared to meet the most day in Criminal Division 1 of the Dis- | Prace " s 2 educational requirements. They b B g sl | provide for six classrooms, masters’ | |, Frank Fenwick, colored, | living quarters, an office, three confer | was |tenced to 10 years for striking Mr: | Lucy Maynard in the head with a brick | and_ attempting to rob her. The as-| | sault_occurred. October 31, 1928, near' ! the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. ence rooms, three music practice rod and a_manual training room. On the first floor there will be a large room which will be used as a temporary gymnasium until the permanent gym- Rear Admiral Luke McNamee, U. S. N. GEORGE WASHINGTON GIRLS IN CONCER Appear With Johns Hopkins Musi- cal Club in Program at Raleigh Hotel. ‘The George Washington Girls' Glee {Club in conjunction with the John: Hopkins Musical Club presented a con- cert at the Raleigh Hotel last night. composed of the vocal chorus, banjo club, Hawailan group and dance or- chestra. The program opened with three selections by the Hopkins Glee Club— "University Ode,” “Deep River,” a well known spiritual for which the audience showed its appreciation by prolonged | applause, and “Old Man Noah,” a com- edy skit. Following the chorus came the banjo club composed of boys of Johns Hop- kins, who played “Washington Post March,” to such effect that they were | forced to play an encore, “Beloved.” Club then made its appearance. They rendered, “Lullaby, from ‘“Jocelyn,” ‘Elfin Dance” and “Mah Lindy Lou.” Louis Llewelyn, ritone, rendered two selections, “Invictus,” by Huhn, and an_encore. The Hawaiian troupe presented “Gypsy Love Song' 'and “Kohola March." Miss Harriet Nash played “Dance Negre,” by Cyril Scott. The Johns Hopkins Quartet sang “Me and the Man in the Moon” and several songs of their own composition, | The Johns Hopkins Musical Club is| The George Washington Girl's Glee | ";}E’fém Maynard resides in Aurora | pagpum, provided [ the ultimate plans | 3 of the school, is built. A 10-year sentence also was imposed | | upon James Beaney, colored, convicted | High Ranking School. | of striking Mrs. Catherine Downing in| St. Alban ranks high among -the | the head with a brick while she was on | preparatory schools of the country. It | her way to St. Aloysius Church, North | is just completing:the first quarter of a | Capitol and I streets, Novemh?‘r 3.hl923.} century of its x:l(e.be!t w‘u!e:‘tabllfihed Samuel Betters, colored, who has a | in 1907 through a bequest o rs. Har- long criminal record, was given 10| riet Lane Johnston, a niece of Presl years on a housebreaking and larceny | dent Buchanan, who gave the first | charge. He was found guilty of break- | building in memory of her two sons. | ing into 1724 Nicholson street October From a first enrollment of approxi- 10 and stealing $70 from Hattie Brooke, | mately 50 students, it has grown stead- COlgffd' P. s: 2 1d, gy Eh?;‘:i'h %h: gm"ne(: \?.se"m,‘éfi Staniey P. Sampson, years old, | den ly of 175. a - was given five y;ars‘on a jm{’—l‘ld\n!li ment :ldl grown ge:;ondn:m fl(lléfli'iks. charge to which he pleaded guilty. It the school last Fall for the first time was charged he took the automobile of | in its history had to relusf admission | Dr. Frederick E. Smith of 5311 Seventh | to several applicants. street, November 29, 1928, and went to Rev. James Henderson, athletic di- Msiry)nnd on a liquor hi-jacking expe- | rector, is also t’he 'ili:‘k‘:fl.m a{;lhe sc)'}_rxl dition. | and master of rel us - s les. . For violation of the Harrison anti- | little sanctuary, the school's chapel. is | narcotic act, Herman Davis was given | administered by the boys through a Lhreekmreersio fi: vu;s clr;arsed Bw-m;‘ ;ruulh{\;ll !fifi;flfl wargens."ele_cx:'!heid reaking in e office of Dr. Grant| from the v each vear. s Barnhard, RIBIdRhotll;; Island avenue, ve;t“r'y;] !h';.s its pll;esulgf’r‘:t g‘e’;ssium and September 7 and stealing narcotics. | cor 's on bul g, ons an In Criminal Division 32, Justice finances, just as any church. | Prederick L. Siddons sentenced George | | Landraum, colored, to serve five vears! |in prison on a house-breaking and lar- |ceny charge, involving entry into the store of William Hummer at Fourth and K streetsd in Jayi:uary fwmmm‘ Stevens, colored, was given a four-year | sentence for attacking#Hugh Martin, | FiEh schools, this semester organized & | colored, with a knife January 12, at| L T e 223 Second street. ¥ 14 8%1 at the close of school. The officers are srp e | Evelyn Scott, president; Gladys Car- e et o STUDENTS FORM CLUB. Gir's who entered Armstrong High School from the elementary and junio Justice Siddons also sentenced Walter M. Collins, colored. to five years for as- | |ing establishnent last October. Collins | had been employed at the shop snd re- turned on the evening of the attempt- ed robbery and threatened the woman if she did not give up her pocket book. S&l: did not have any money at the time. ‘Walter Phillips, colored, was given four years in prison and fined $500 by Jus- | sault and attempt to rob Miss Bettie pp, L. Longley, proprietress of & dry clean-| ., tice Siddons on charges of passing “split” money. all of them in a humorous vein. The musical program was concluded by the sgngmg of Re;;e&s;o“nl, e%v the two glee clubs. Dancing followed the program | % with music. furnishe@ by the Biue Jay | Renominated as Mayor. Twin Six Orchestra of John Hopkins.| WESTERNPORT, Md., March | (Special).—Mayor Roscoe J. Ross was | renominated at a primary held at the | City Building, and Ruel C. Roberts and | | Michael J. White were renominated for | . 16| SCHOOL IS RECOGNIZED. negie, vice president; Lorraine Nutt, secretary, and Lallian Duvall, treasurer. . O. W. Spivey is sponsor for the lub. At the Thursday Girls' Assembly, Miss Lillian Washington, Girl Reserve secretary of the Y. W. C. A, acted as chairman. Miss Marion Chambers, Y. W. C. A, recreational secretary, was in. troduced. Agnes Butler reported on a meeting at the “Y,” and Marguerite | Taylor, who went as delegate to the Girl | Reserve Conference in Germantown, Pa., gave a report on her trip. The reorganized student newspaper, the Torch. appeared on Tuesday after- noon. under the sponsorship of Charles . Thomas, teacher of journalism, and a_staff of student editors. D For Practical Results Study at Martinsburg Institution Is Admit- ted to North Central Association. i MARTINSBURG, W. Va., March 16 (Special) —High school officials hore‘ have been advised that the local high school has been admitted to member- | ship in the North Central Association | of Colleges and Secondary Schools, | recognition which brought much gnn-‘ fication to officials here, L. W. Burns, | superintendent of city schools, said to- day in making the announcement. E. E. 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