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24 b. U. SENIORS PLAN CLASS EXERCISES James P. Quinn, Jr., of Seda- lia, Mo., to Be Cohon- guroton Orator. With the selection of James P. Quinn, jr.c of Sedalia, Mo., as the Cohonguro- ton orator, the seniors at Georgetown College already are making plans for their class exercises the night of June 9 as a feature of commencement week. Georgetown's _ historic quadrangle, which has witnessed similar_events for 429 vears or more, counting the years of she early Georgetown Academie. will be the scene of the seniors’ farewell festiv- ities. Alumni from Washington and other cities will join with them in carry- ing out the traditions of the event. The Cohonguroton oration will be one of the principal features of the eve- ning. The name is derived from that ®aplien by the early Indian residents of ti Potomac, meaning the “River of ' Swans,” and Quinn’s oration will be the swan song of the seniors who are soon to leave the Potomac and its George- town scenes behind. Garbed in Indian costume, the orator will deliver his valedictory from the arched entrance to the Healy Building overlooking the | quadrangle. ! With the approach of commencement week the seniors in all departments are dividing their time between .prepa rations for their participation in th various events and the final examina- | tions which determine their graduation on June 10. For many of them. also, | the ‘annual prize awards offered in the | various competitions are inducive to! extra study and preparation. Two of the principal competitions of the past week were the Hamilton extempore de- | bate at the college and the final prize | debate between the various law clubs. | Maloney Wins Medal. Charles P. Maloney of New York, a genior, won the Hamilton Medal, found- ed by Dean George E. Hamilton of the Law School. & graduate of the college. His competitors for the honor were J. Fred Schlafly of Missouri, Edward L. Cox, jr, of New York; John F. Lynch, ir, of New Jersey: James P. Quinn, jr.. | of Missouri, and Francis 1. McGarraghy of the District of Columbia. The judges in this event were Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana, Thomas F. Wood- | lock of the United States Tariff Com- | mission and Prof. Frederick J. de| Sloovere of the Law School. The Law School debate was won by Robert J. Burke of the Pierce Law Club, | who will receive a $50 prize offered by | the faculty. Each of the speakers was the winner of a preliminary contest | held by each club. Donald A. Rock of the Carroll Law Club was adjudged the second best speaker. The other partici- pants were Alfred D. Loda of the Car- Toll Club and Leo N. McGuire of the Gould Club. Judges of the event were | Justice Josiah A. Van Orsdel of the District Court of Appeals, who is a member of the law faculty; United States Attorney Leo A. Rover and Cl. | Hugh C. Smith of the judge advocate | general's office. Annual Dinner Held. | The Philodemic Debating Society of { Georgetown College, which will celebrate | its 100th anniversary next year, held | its annual dinner Thursday evening at | the Lee House, when the newly elected president. John F. Lynch, jr. of New | York, took office. The success of the Philodemic Society. is & tribute to its chancellor, Rev. John J. Toohey, who has coached its teams for 17 years without once sustaining a defeat in an intercollegiate debate. Lieut. Col. Augustus F. Dannemiller, professor of military science and head of the military department for the last four vears, will take leave of the university’s R. O. T. C. cadets next month. "Col. Dannemiller will review the cadet corps for the last time on Memorial day, for he is to leave after commencement to assume his new post at Fort Leavenworth, Kans. It isn't often that any one outside of 2 star “G” athlete receives a “Hoya” from the student body, but Col. Dan- nemiller was the recipient of a lusty one from the entire cadet corps Thur: day eafterncon after Cadet Lieut. Ed- ward J. Kelly presented him with a handsome wrist watch as a token of their esteem. Capt. Raymond L. Shoe- maker and Lieut. Henry J. Hunt of the military staff are to continue on duty at_Georgetown next vear. William J. McLarney. Hilltop junior from New York, was elected president of the Georgetown Glee Club at the an- nual banquet, held last Monday night at the Hay-Adams House. He succeeds H. | Deane Benson of Maine, who also is the | petiring drum mafor of the military | The other newly elected officers of the | Glee Club are Richard Hungerford of | New. York. vice president. and John C. Hayes of Illinois, secretary and treas-| urer; Glee Club Keys Awarded. Glee Club keys were awarded to Ed- ward Donovan, the director: Prof.! Philip X. Walsh, S. J,, the moderator, and to the senior and junior members of the club:. Although the club has cloted a successful season, it is due for. one . more appearance when the| alumni gather for their commencement reunion. One of the principal scholastic hon- ors, that of being chosen editor of the | Georgetown Oollege Journal. the prin- cipal publication of the university. has fallen upon James L. MacKavanagh of the District of Columbia. Mr. MacKav- anagh has been a member of the Jour- nal staff since his freshman year. and he is now a junior. He has contributed a number of poems, as well as several fine satires, both in verse and in prose. | The new editor, who sicceeds Arthur J. Browne, will be aided on the staff by Edward L. Cox of Brooklyn, N. Y.. as managing editor. Mr. Cox has been cne of the steadiest contributors.to the Journay of essays, short stories and one- | act plays. In addition to his duties on the journal. Mr. Cox is assoclate and feature editor of the Hoya, editor of Ye Crack of Doom of the 1930 Domes- day Booke. The new freshmen members who have been added to the Journal staff are Martin J. White, Dennis E. Hen- dricks. Alfred Wagner, Joseph Deni- son. William G. Jackson and Robert F. McNamara. The business end of the staff will be directed by Sidney A. Trundle. Dr. Colmo Lectures. Dr. Alfredo Colmo, a member of the Supreme Court of Argentina and presi- dent of the Argentine-American Cul- tural Institute, lectured at the School | of Foreign Service last Monday night | on “Argentina of Today.” Dr. William | F. Notz, dean of the school, who pre- | kided, called upon Dr. Leo S. Rowe, | ctor” general of the Pan-American | i Louis A. Kline, J. G. Schmidt and J. THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, | l Standing, left to right: Jack Maurer, business manager, the Review: cartoonist: Judge Allen, editor, the Review, and Aaron Goldm Elizabeth Middlemas, editor, the Brecky; Lanman, general business manager of Central pub- Eattablia, publication, Seated. left to righ lications, zad Bertha Kl EXERCISES LISTED FOR CATHOLIC U, Commencement Week Fes- tivities to Begin June 7 | With Alumni Dance. The commencement week committee | of the Catholic University has com- pleted arrangements for the various ex- | ercises to be held in conjunction with the fortieth annual commencement and | conferring of degrees, which is to take | place on Tuesday, June 11, in the Cath- olic_ University gymnasium. The program is as follows: Friday, June 7, 10 p.m., annual alum- ni dance at Beaver Dam Country Club. Saturday, June 8. at 4 p.m. senior | class tea dance at the Willard Hotel. | Sundsy, June 9. 10:30 am. bacca- | laureate mass in the crypt of the Na- tional Shrine of the Immaculate Con- ception. The celebrant will be Right Rev. Mgr. Edward A. Pace, vice rector, | and the sermon will be delivered by Rev. | Dr. Willlam J. Kerby. professor of so- ciology at the university, at 12 noon, meeting of the alumni and senior class | members in the university gymnasium. | Monday, June 10, 10 am.. base ball | game in Catholic University Stadium, | alumni vs. senfor class: 4 p.m.. recep- | senior banquet at the Cairo Hotel. | Tuesday, June 11, 8:30 am.. mass for | the senior class in Gibbons Hall chapel: 10:30 a.m.. commencement exercises in | the university gymnasium following aca- | demic_procession from Caldwell Hall | at 10:15. Most Rev. Pletro Fumasoni-Biondi, apostolic delegate, will preside at the | commencement, and the degrees will be conferred by the chancellor of the uni- versity. Prof. J. D. M. Ford of the Spanish department of Harvard Uni versity will deliver the commencement | address. The class valedictory will be delivered by John F. Bergin of Wash- | ington, of the class of 1929. « Sullivan Heads Committee. The committee, which still is engaged in working out the minor details, is under the chairmanship of George A. Sullivan. Other members are William | J. McCarthy, R. H. Patterson. S. L. Denty, J. H. Tatigan, J. H. Juten, J. F. Bergin, Walter Conveigh, E. J. Mans- field, W. E. Weidner, R. H. Rose, A. C. Flanagan, J. H. Conlin, Bart Dig- gins, . Robert Linehan, R. C. Weppner, Amadeo Meitin, Anthony Gadek, Ar- mand De Cesare, Thomas I Moore, A. Wilkinson.. At a meeting of the Cathalic Uni- versity Athletic Association held last week it was voted to award the Harris Cup to Edward “Bo” Mansfield, of New London, Conn. This cup is tendered an- nually to the member of the senior | class, who most admirably combines the | qualities of “gentleman, athlete and | schoiar.” Right Rev. Mgr. Edward A. Pace, vice rector, addressed the alumni of | the North American College. at Rome, at & luncheon held last Wednesday at the Mayflower Hotel. Smoker for Athletes. The students and faculty will honor the athletes of the university tomorrow evening at & smoker to be held in the dining hall, beginning at 8 o'clock. The principal speaker of the evening will be Representative W. P. Connery of Mas- sachusetts. Albert C. Flanagan of Kingston, N. Y., president of the C. U. Athletic Association, under whose aus- pices the smoker is being given, will preside. Men who have received the “C.” either for major or minor sports, will be presented with a gold emblem symbolic of the sport in which the ath- lete participated. The presentation will | be made by Right Rev. Mgr. James, H. Ryan, rector. ‘The men to be so honored are James Schmidt, Baltimore; Edward Mansfield, New London, Conn.; John Malevich, Eveleth, Minn.: Eugene Mur- phy, Manchester, N. H.; Joseph Cham- pa. Eveleth, Minn. George Monke, Washington: J. W. Conveigh, Brooklyn Francis Mullen, West Haven. Conn.; Dallas, Tex.: Thomas | Britain, Conn; Edward O'Brien, New Britain, Conu.; Oscar Gerth, Elkins Park. Pa.. Ross Zeno| Akron, Ohlo; Joseph Raithe. Manches- | ter, N. H: Gerald Healy, New York| City; Michael J. O'Connor, N. J.: James McGuire (capt), Wash- ington; Rocco Blasi, Newark, N. J.: Robert Riordan, Washington: Joseph G. Fitzgerald (manager). Waterbury Conn.; Earl Sullivan. Bridgeport, Conn.: Russel Juten, Gilbert. Minn.: John J. Budds (manager), Hartford, Conn.: John H. Conlin, New Britain, Conn.: A C. Fianagan, Kingston, N. Y.; F. de S Mudd. Washington: Louis Gioffre. Port Chester, N. Y.. Thomas Dunn, Wash- ington; Joseph Walsh, _Middletow Conn.: Arthur Rayhawk, Pueblo. Colo. John Sweeney, Pear] River, N. Y.: Louis Hurley, New Haven, Conn.; Robert Prae- torius, Washington: _Daniel D'Esopo, Hartford, Conn., and Walter McNamara, Bridgeport, Conn. The Ttalian Ambassador and the staff George Smith, McCabe, New Union, a member of the Georgetown faculty, to make the closing remarks. Another speaker at the School. of Foreign Service last Wednesday night | was Axel Oxholm of the Department of Commerce, who spoke before Dr. Notz' class on the history.of industry and | commerce of the United States. Mr Oxholm has been assisting President | Hoover in the movement to save the | country’s forests and utilize the timber | resources more efficiently. 3 Orion J. Libert, a graduate of forelgn | service last June, it was learned last week, has been promoted to the posi- tion of commercial agent in the Mil- waukee office of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Service. Since his gradu- ation he has been employed in the Washington office of the bureau. School Holds Dance. ent body, graduates and friends of the Columbia School of Drafting attended a dance at the Roosevelt Hotel last Thursday evening. The affairs was one of the frequent informal functions given by the stud- the schoal. " ‘The K3 of the Ttalian embassy will be hosts to the members of 11 Circolo Ttaliano, the Italian club of the Catholic University. at & reception to be given at {lle em- bassy next Thursday night. The fac- ulty” of the uni be repre- sented by Dr. Francesco Lucidi. Dr Fiancesco Lardone and Eugene S. J. Paulus. Woman Shriners Meet in Atlanta. ATLANTA, May 18 (#)—Local com- ! mitteewomen tonight predicted that | more than 1,500 women would be here | Monday for the opening of the four- day annual convention of the Ladies’ Oriental Shrine of North America, com- | posed of women relatives of Shriners, | The convention never before has been held in the South. Atlanta having the only chapter south of Virginia. Jugoslavs Kill Refugees. SOFIA, Bulgaria, May 18 (®).—Four Bulgarian refugees were reported o have been shot_and killed by Jugosiav ards when they fried to eross the ontier neas Tzaribrod tonight. Newark, | FAL WILL BE VALEDICTORIAN. Naughten Chosen for 1929 Class at Franklin University. James C. Naughten has been chosen valedictorian of the class of June. 1929, at the Benjamin Franklin University Naughten will be awarded the degree of bachelor of commercial science in June. He entered the school in the Winter of 1927. Born in Washington and educated in the public schools here, Mr. Naughten was graduated from Business High School in 1907. With the exception of a short period after his graduation from | high school, Mr. Naughten's entire | business career has been associated with | Scuthern Railway Co.. his present posi- tion being that of statistician in the office of A. H. Plant, assistant to the president of that company. In 1916, Mr. Naughten was awarded the degree of bachelor of laws at Washington Col- lege of Law and. in 1919, he received | the degrée of master of laws from the same college. MARYLAND U. PLANS CLOSING EXERCISES | Commencement Activities to Run From June 9 to 11—Speakers Named. COLLEGE PARK, Md, May 18— Plans have been completed for the tion to the parents and friends of the | closing exercises and commencement at | Harvard University. | senors by the Right Rev. Rector in the | o reception room of Gibbons Hall: 9 D.M., | (e activities and ceremonies will ex- | Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y., and at the the University of Maryland, in which tend through June 9, 10 and 11. Rev. Charles E. McAllister, B. D, M. A. rector of the Church of St. Michael and All Angels of Baltimore, will give the address at the baccalau- reate exercises. to be held. in the uni- versity auditorium on Sunday, June 9. Monday, June 10, will be given over to alumni and class day, with the fol- | lowing program: 10 am.—Annual meeting of the Alumni Association in Chemical Build- ing, with an address by Daniel L. Grant, Ph. D, of the University of North' Carolina. i 12:30 p.m.—Special lgncheon for alumni and senior class in university dining hall. 2:30 p.m.—Tree planting ceremony by senior class. ) p.m.—Senior play in auditorium: award of honors and prizes: transfer of class traditions to Incoming senior class. 5 p.m.—Class reunions and meetings. Classes designated to-return this year are ‘29, '23, '32, ‘21, '20, '04, '03, '02, '01, '85, "84, '83, '82. : 6:30 p.m.—Class reunion dinner In university dining hall. 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.—Commencement ball in Ritchie Gymnasium. Commencement exercises proper will be held in Ritchle Gymnasium ‘Tues- day, June 11, beginning at 11 a.m., with Renick ‘W. Dunlap, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, delivering,the address | to the graduating class. “Polly of the Past, presented by the Footlight Club of the university Monday night at 8:15 in the auditorium. The club gives two pro- ductions each year, one in the Fall and | the other in the Spring, and all i previous efforts hnvepmet‘ with favor. e Kappa Phi Kappa, education fraterni- ty, has just initiated 12 members, 4 from the alumni and 8 from the stu- dent body. Prank R. Davis, Gervis G. Shugart, Kenneth G. Stiner and Wil- liam C. Diehl are the new faculty mem- bers, while the undergraduates initiated were: George Algiro, William Burhans, James Kefauver, Gelston McNeil, Lloyd | Grishon, James McWiliiams, Ramsburg and Henry Whiteford. Charles Dodson, Carroll Jones and James Wallace, have been initiated into Phi Mu, honorary engineering fraterni- ty. All were required to present theses = given subjects as part of their initia- lon. Alpha Nu Gamma, honorary French fraternity, has elected the following offi- cers: Barbar Schilling, president: Mary Koons, vice president; Evelyn Rideout, secretary, and Evangeline Gruver, treas- urer. “Doses of Life,” written by Thomas | Loy, which was selected by the Foot light Club as the prize play among those submitted in a student contest, will be presented at the students’ sembly next Wednesday. The leading role will be taken by William Lamar, with Willlam Gifford, Henry Whiting, Elizabeth Mims and Florence McLeod as the supporting cast. It is & one-act | treatise on what life would be like if all necessities were reduced to a mat- ter of scientic pills. Members of the staffs of the student | publications of the university, the Diamondback, the weekly paper, and the Reveille, the 'year book, will hold their annual ‘banquet at the Press Club in Washington next Thursday evening. | Willam Kinnanom, editor of the | Reveille, and Donald Kieffer, business | manager of the Diamondback, are han- dling the affair. Maryland’s Reserve Officers’ Training | Corps ‘unit has received the rating of “excellent” as the result of the annual Government inspection which was held | recently. Maj. A. M. Patch and Capt. W. C. Louisell, both from the 12th U. 8. Infantry of Fort Washington, made the inspection. SCHOOL PRIZES LISTED. Minneapolis First Among Cities in i Creative Work Contests. IOWA CITY, Iowa, May 18 (P).— Results of the national contests in crea- tive work, participated in by an esti- mated 50,000 high school students throughout the country, were announced tonight by George Gallup, secretary of Quill and Scroll, national honorary so- ciety for high school journalists, under whose auspices the contests in more than 20 flelds of writing were conducted. Between 8,000 and 9,000 manuscripts | were submitied to the judges of th | final contests. Students in Minneapolis high school won the greatest number of awards, and | Cleveland ranked second. Boston took third place. W. Carroll Quigley of | Boston Latin | first place: i & comedy, will be | Morris | L School. Boston. Mass. took individual high honors with ‘h"'h 5 D. €. MAY 19. 1929—PART 1. EDITORS AT CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DR SPLAWN TO GIVE GRADUATION TALK | American University to Hold Convocation Exercises June 3. The commencement address at Ameri- | {can University will be delivered this | year by Dr. Walter M. W. Splawn, new | |dean of the Graduate School and the School of Political Sciences. He will : address the graduates of the three | i schools of the university at convocation exercises Monday. June 3, at the gym- nasium auditorium on the campus. It will be Dr. Splawn's first public | appearance here since he was elected | ¢ recently to be head of the two schools riffith Johnwson, editor, the Bulletin: Aurelius . business manager, the Review. Star Staff Photo. BROWN IS ADDED TOGW. U STARF Scope of Department of | Zoology Will Be Extended Next Year. The scope of work of the department of zo0logy of the George Washington University is to be broadened next year through the appointment to the staff of Claud A. Brown, a specialist in the fleld of heredity and genetics. according to the announcement of Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president of the university. . Brown, formerly of the State Uni versity of lowa, will join the faculty associate professor of zo0logy. Prof. Brown will offer a course in heredity and eugenics, a practical study of the elementary laws of heredity and their | application to human inheritance and to problems pertaining to adaptation and evolution, and & course in genetics which will embrace & study of the re- cent literature in genetics, with par- ticular emphasis on the modern con- cepts of the physical and physiological basis of heredity. Prof. Brown holds the degree of bachelor of science from Denison Uni- versity, from the University of Pittsburgh and | the degree of doctor of philosophy from | He has done re- search work at the biological laboratory, | Marine biologicAl laboratory, Woods | Hole, Mass. He has taught at 'the Uni- | versity of Pittsburgh, Harvard Univer- | sity, Radcliffe College and the State University of Towa. He has acted as | scientific assistant at the Carnegie In- | stitution of Washington to Cold Spring | Harbor as a special investigator. Prol. | Brown is the author of numerous publi- cations in his fleld. Curriculum Is Changed. The curriculum of the department of z00logy has been changed, placing the elementary course in z00logy on a one- year instead of a-two-year basis. The laboratories of the department recently have been completely remodeled. the | space being more than doubled and new equipment being provided. | Dean Henry Grattan Doyle made the prineipal address and presented awards |in the annual contest at the annual | convention of the Eastern Intercollegiate Newspaper Association at Penn State College on Saturday. The subject of | his address was “College Journalism and Public Opinion.” Prof. Elmer Louis Kayser was the speaker at the meeting of the Busi- ness High Alumni last Saturday. Prof. Kayser is to be the commencement ora- tor st the Franklin-Sherman High School, McLean, Va., on June 3. He is also scheduled to make the address commemorative of the 100th anniver- sary of the laying of the. corner stone of " the Congress Street Methodist Church, Georgetown, in June. The pro- ceedings will be radio broadcast. Last week the University Hatchet, student weekly, celebrated the twenty- fifth year of its existence with the pub- lication of a silver anniversary num- ber. The issue contained In addition to the regular -paper. an eight-page picture section, containing campus views and pictures of athletic teams, prom- inent students and faculty members, The issue was sent to all students and alumni of the university and to seniors of the Washington high schools. Angel Re-elected Chairman. Herbert E. Angel has been unanimous- |1y re-elected chairman of the board of editors of the Hatchet for the year 1929-1930. Betsy B. Booth will be sec- retary of the board and A. Frank Kreg- | low will continue as business manager. The new board of editors, in addition to the above, consists of Pern E. Hen- ninger, Dorothy Albert, Norman H. Connor and Hazel Peterson. The Columbian-George ~Washington Law School Association held its annual afternoon. The annual meeting .of the General Alumni Association will take place Saturday evening, June 8, in Corcoran | Hall. It will be followed by a reception |and dance in honor of the graduating classes. The alumni receplion to the graduates is a feature of commence- ment week each year. Miss Emille Mar- garet White of the executive commit- tee of the association is in charge of |arrangements for the reception. | Other events on the commencement week program are class night exercises, a reception by the president of the uni- | versity and Mrs. Cloyd Heck Marvin in_honor of the graduates, the bacca- laureate sermon and the commence- | mentceremonies. 'BURKITT DEJECTED | AFTER HAGUE FIGHT | By the Associated Press. | _JERSEY CITY, N. J.. May 18.—“Jefr" | Burkitt, who stumped for the slate opposed to re-election of Mayor Hague |in" Jersey City's recent campaign, left for his native State of Alabama today, dejected over the failure to depose the | Democratic leader of New Jersey. Burkitt moved by the well wishes of his followers, wept freely as a large rowd bade him good-bye at the station. A dozen women kissed him. Speaking to the crowd on the plat- form, Burkitt said he had spent a year “two_jumps ahead of the sheriff” and one filled with abuse. This, he said, he {had not minded, but felt deeply the | faflure of the campaign. Burkitt's trip will take him to Amory, Miss., where he was born, the frst white child in the locality: there he will | visit his 72-year-old mother. Other | visits with relatives will be made at | Aberdeen, Miss., and Pratt City. Ala. | When Burkitt returns to Jersev City t the end of three weeks, he will face 90-day sentence as a disorderly per- on_imposed during the campaign. He |is free pending appeal. He was ar- rested as he tried to address a crowd assembled in front of the city hall. One of his fellow campaigners is ap- pealing a six-month asentence on a almilar charge. the degrce of master of arts, | meeting at the university on Friday | of the university at the downtown lo- | cation, 1901-1907 F sireet. | | Graduates of the three schools of the | university—the College of Liberal Arts. the School of Political Sciences and the Graduate School—will total about 60 this year, according to Dr. Lucius | C. Clark, chancellor, who is busy with rangements for the closing of the ear. Degrees for all three schools will be presented at the commencement exercises following Dr. Splawn'’s address Downtown School Closes Saturday. Activities of the year will close earlier at_the downtown schools than at the college on the campus at Nebraska and | Massachusetts avenues. At the down- fown' schools, the final oral examina- | tion for the degree of doctor of phi- | losophy was held Thursday night. when | Reginald V. Truitt appeared in sup- port of his tesis, “Biological Contri- bution to the Development of the ()ystrr§ Industry in Maryland.” Regular ex- aminations at the downtown schools will begin tomorrow and _continue through the week. School will close at the downtown school next Saturday night. At the college, however, examinations | will not begin until Saturday and will | run through to the succeeding Friday, May 31. A large number of year-end functions are on the calendar for the closing of school on the campus, one of the outstanding soclal functions being the annual reception to be given by the chancellor and Mrs. Lucius C. Clark at their home on the campus Wednesday night, May 29. They will entertain for the trustees, faculties and alumni of the institution in special honor of the graduating classes of this Spring. “Garden Gambol” is Given. One of the elaborate class functions of the closing year took place recently when the sophomore class gave its an- nual “garden gambol’ at the gym- nasium. The place was profusely deco- rated, featured by a ceiling of “wisteria. Lattice work and Japanese lanterns completed the scheme. The sophomore committee in charge consisted of Betty Jacoby, chairman: Esther McVey, Rose Flowers, Robert Stallings and S. Carlton Avers, assisted by volunteer members of the class. Guests of honor included Dr. and Mrs. W. B. Holton, Dr. and Mrs. Charles Marsh, Dr. and Mrs. H. M. Dudley and Prof. and Mrs. Will Hutchins. The annual Shakespearean produc- | tion, “The Merchant of Venice” was | presented Friday night at the gym-| nasium before a_highly appreciative | audience. James T. Johnson was busi- | ness manager. | One of the important events of the coming week will be the annual banquet | for the debating squads of the school, | which will take place in the college din- | ing hall. Arthur S. Flemming, dflbal(-! conch, will preside. Recognition will be accorded to those who have contributed to making the year's record the most outstanding yet achieved by the school The annual banquet of the college | Glee Club will be held next Saturdav | night. Dr. Paul Kaufman, professor of English and director of the club, will preside, and arrangements are being made by & committee consisting of S. Carlton Ayers, Robert D. Burr and Leon | K. Bryner. Concert to Be June 1. ‘The first annual concert of the club, for which the organization has been preparing carefully, will be given at the gymnasium auditorium on the campus Saturday night, June 1. Senior week will be opened tomorrow with a series of chapel services to be conducted by students. R. G. Stein- meyer will conduct the first chapel to- morrow, representing the seniors who came to the college this year: Rowan- etta Allen will speak Tuesday, repre- senting those who came in last vear: Marion Cross will be in charge Wed- nesday, when chapel will be conducted by those who entered the college three years ago, and Seeley Gray will lead the service Thursday. conducted by the “pioneers,” those who entered as the first freshman class of the new college four years ago. On Friday there will be a recognition service conducted by Dr. George B. Woods, dean of the col- lege, when formal recognition will be acceded those who have distinguished themselves by leadership during the year. Following the recognition serv- ice, Roland Rice, president of the senior class, will superintend the formal mov- ing forward of classes. Ferdinand A. Varrelman, assistant professor of biology, addre: the stu- dents in the departments of botany and zo00logy at George Washington Univer- sity Monday and presented again the motion pictures on living tissues show- ing cell growth, the film which he pre- sented before the Blological Society of Washington at the new National Mu- seum on May 11. Dr. J. H. Gray Speaks. Antonio Alonzv, professor of Spanish at the downtown schools, will sail May 23 for Spain, where he will spend the Summer. Lieut. Col. William C. Rigby, who has been teaching Spanish civil law at the downtown schools, has gone to Panama, but will return in August in time for the Fall term. Dr. John H. Gray, professor of eco- nomics, was the principal speaker last night before the University Club of Evanston, Ill, on the occasion of the club’s twenty-fifth anniversary celebra- tlon. He spoke on “The University and the Good Life.” ‘The Women's Guild of American Uni- versity gave a garden party Friday eve- ning preceding the presentation of “The Merchant of Venice.” Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker, president of the guild. was chairman of the committee in charge. APPLIES FOR DIVORCE; DISPARITY IN AGES! Dr. = . Mrs. Brokaw Alleges Mental Cruel- ty in Suit Petitioning for Separation. By the Associted Press. RENO, Nev., May 18—Mrs. Annie Clare Brokaw filed suit in the District Court_today against George T. Brokaw, New York millionaire, asking for a di- vorce on grounds of mental cruelty. ‘The complaint in the case was sealed, It is understood a property settlement has been effected out of court. There 1s a daughter, 5 years of age. Brokaw, with a cousin of Clifford V. Brokaw, who was divorced in Car- son City, Nev, some months ago, is reputed to be extremely wealthy, his wife, the former Clare Booth, is known as one of New York's most beautiful society matrons. They were married at_Greenwich, Conn., August 10, 1923. While the cruelty charged in ihe | complaint has not been made public, | it is understood that it centers about | the difference in the ages of (he“ couple, Brokaw being some 25 years older than his wife. i Kowloon, China, is to have a new gen- eral civil hogpital, ' | and ! has become so great that, besides im- |EDITORS APPOINTED | FOR CENTRAL HIGH Griffith Johnson Chief of Bulletin: Judge Allen, Review, and Eliza- beth Middlemas, Brecky. Griffith Johnson has been appointed editor-in-chief of the Central Bulletin. | weekly newspaper of Central High School for the year 1929-30. Judge Allen, has been named editor-in-chief of the Review. monthly magazine, and Elizabeth Middlemas, editor-in-chief of the Brecky. the yearbook of Central These appoiptments were to have been announced at the scheduled an- nual dinner given to the staffs of the Central publications, but were given out informally by t# advisers last Fri- day, the dinner having been canceled because of the eritical illness of Alvin W. Miller, principal of the school. ~Miss Mildred E. Stallings is editorial e-- viser for the Bulletin, Mrs. Frances T Doggett for the Review, and Miss Clem I Orr for the Brecky. Bertha Kline has been appointed art editor of the Review by Miss Katherine | Summy, adviser. The staffs for the business depart- | ment of the Bulletin and Review have been announced as follows by Miss Rebecca E. Shanley: General business | manager, Maurice Lanman: manager for the Bulletin. Jack Maurer: man- ager for the Review, Aaron Goldman: subscription manager for the Bulletin, Sam Dick. for the Review, William Ross; finance manager, Ambrose Sisler sales, Earl Riley; circulation. Robert Burkart; publicity, Edmund Dreyfuss | mailing. James Torillo; advertising, for | the Bulletin, Roy Wiseman, for the Re- | view. Staniey ~Rakusin; ~accountant | George Crockett. Tamio Abe, Japanese tennis star, here for the Davis matches, stops his practicing long enough to demonstrate to his friends, Walter Wilcox and Lawrence A. Baker, at the Chevy Chase Club, his ability as a pianist. CORSAIR TO BE RETIRED. Morgan Yacht Will Be Over to Navy. 2+ the Associated Press. NEW York. May 18.—The steam yacht Corsair, her officers said today, has made her last voyage for J. P. Morgan. She returned recently from abroad. | __A new Corsair is building at Bath, { Me.. the fourth and finest of the line | of Corsairs to be owned by the Morgans. [ It is understood the present yacht will BY GRETCHEN SMITH. Merle Thorpe, editor of Nation's be turned over to the Navy for national geodetic survey work. Tennis is but one of the hobbies of | Business, magazine of the United States | B9 GG W0, e 0 etinquish Tamio Abe, who may be seen daily on Chamber of Commerce, will make the her name has had many of the crowned the courts at Chevy Chase Club, prac- | graduation address at the sixteenth geads adnd1 d!glomnu of Eurog]e abgurd i ! annual commencement exercises of | her and in her spacious cabins have ticing for the international Davis Cup | ABUAL commencement EXCrrises | O | heen heid many conferences fateful to matches, to be played next week in | mo-er®™ convinental Hall Thursday, | the financial status of many post war Washingto { > shington. C June 13. | countries. Mr. Abe is at present specializing in | TOKIO NET EXPERT THORPE TOTALK MAY STUDY MUS T GRADUATES Tamio Abe Hopes to Teach:Editor of Nation’s Business Occidental Forms on His to Deliver Address at Return to Japan. National University. Turned Mr. Thorpe, ‘& newspaperman of _She bears two golden stripes about | years experience, has been editor of | her funnel, mark of two vears as a U LR o PRt Loy [0 LR Uited States Chamber of Commerces (roop convoy during the war. On her that it is a difficult thing for him to | pusiness magazine since 1916. Prior 1o deck are patched holes where once was decide whether he will further continue | coming to Washington he was editor | fastened ‘a gun that sank one sub- along that line or devote his future in- | Of the Kansas Editer. —He Nolds de 5 ees from Stanford University and the tere: x”(‘r:r:”h‘e:mdy of music, theoretical | Unjversity of Washington. 7 | se. Mr. Thorpe's predecessors. as com- LLDe, Joung Japanese B A BoCOMs |mencement speakers at National include Reser ‘had piano. lessons, he 15 Eifted | S it I etor nmaes &, Feed Wit S tAlenGENIEIenatIEv ine "’{-nd Representative Brooks Fletcher of plav the most difficult compos! S es. | Marion, Ohio. The valedictory address sonL-Should lke seriously to take Mees|in June will be given’ by Norwood P. time o give (6 it. To play well one | S A e e should practice {rom five to six hours | " glementary and advanced courses A day, and with the e i be | ¥ill be given during the Summer ses- O e | sion in the law school of National in impossible for me to do that. | the schedule announced yesterday, be- EDUCATIONAL. LEARN ANOTHER LANGUAGE by our easy conversational meihod. fa- mous for 50 vears. Pricate or class instruction. Moderaie ra FREE TRIAL LESSON Berlitz School of Languages 1115 CONNECTICUT_AVENUE Tel. Decatur 30 COLUMBIA SCHOOL OF Occidental Music in Japan. ginning June 15 and closing the later o e in dpen. |l e WS BT DRAFTING about, the oriental music of his coun- | Weeks, the same length as of other « 4 profession With a Future” try than the music of the occident. "*00S. " - Paul J. Le President B g ;| Subjects and faculty members include aul J. Leverone, Presiden Gleidental music h Japan 15 gy | Qoulee i Mg ALY "Noaiss, Wege | AN brancher—3 1o ¢ Month Conrss gaining in popularity, and 4% ©f | Resdays and Fridays «t 6:30 pm., Prof. Dav and Evening Clases—Enroll Any Time the piano ul wncrels -¥; ‘!t:'“ in | Glenn Willett; torts cases, Mondays, Classes Continue Throurhout the Year. within the.past 10°0r 15 years, Wednesdays and Fridays, 7:30 pm. 15th and E Ste. __M 5826 Tokio alone there are two or three Wednesdass ad Frodys, r:o0 B T sehools of music, one of ‘which, the 5 vm. THE TEMPLE SCHOOL, Inc. Tokto Conservatory of Music, is rapidly | Tuesdass and hursdaye G50, becoming the center of a great occi- divorce, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7 dental musical movement in Japan. | Prof. William A. Coombe, and In addition, the demand for planos D Fror A s, 6:30 to 8:30 |/ BECBELLY 2 Shhsiide A The Secretarial School of Individual Instruction CAROLINE B. STEPHEN, Pres. Send for catalo _1420 K St. N.W. porting planos in large numbers from P Prof. G. E. Edelin. For Practical Results Study at Bermany, and the United States, two| Advanced courses: Constitutional } The Master-Sch ; ] > ° | Mondays, Wednesdays and Friday “Although there are students of vocal | Surse, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri- music and violin in the musical con- | 38¥8 F:30 B RO, O en, rsdavs, servatories of his country, Mr. Abe| CORHICL Of W S g e l states that vocal music is quite diffi-| Co PNM i T dp L 7930 00. cult for the Japanese. “It will take |38les, Tussdays and Whursdays at 7:3¢ several years more before we can culti- | PR FYol G- oo AL - o o] Of For Beginners’ vate the Western vocal methods. Veeal | qoqn o sd.“n o :! w:r‘ s‘e?:ond e povés music is difficult for the Japanese— | JiGall £ A\gtal EambasiGHapiorof . . physically. thev are not developed, for | PRESIEeRt S8 SIPBE (STECh, AR | terior Decoration Occidental singing—thelr volces Iack | o "National. Other officers elected in- | Specializing In Interior Decoration and offering an Aceredited, Practical and Professional Training Course in all the Branches of the Interior Arts. Rudolphe de Zapp. director Representing Arts & Decoration, New York 1206 Conn. Ave. North 5236 to the International Alliance of Wom- of international note, have given "'{;1‘"‘ s Suffrage to be held at Berin, | B OY PRINT_ rapid. . Stenosrapnic in Japan within the past two or thre€ | 'pinal examinations in the Schooi of | EONEE, 1, BEECHL, SRS i armana. e i not an oprea enthusiast. | ECOnOmics and Government start on | pomiioneusraniced New Clajses - Mr. 3 ne. cred! Register Now volume,” he said. ]cluded: _ Elizabeth Kingsland -Prender, Fond of Recitals. vice president; Nethe Young Jones. tional July 1, 1928. Mrs. Webster is citals. Several well known musicians. sailin, e = sailing for -Europe in June as delegate e = = including Heifetz, Kreisler, and others ubslrz:x:'nh.el.:'nefl. .‘rz::n DT!’I“ & . Thursday, and will end on Saturday, | Ing, 'Register todas. "Bovd'Sebool “Ac- VENEZUELA REPORTED | IN FIGHT WITH REBELS FeLax Yamoxvy's WATIONAL SCHOOL @ FINE AND APPLIED 4 ART > Ceanecticut Avenae and M Street @747 Rhode lsland Avense) North 1114 v i istrar: Jean Stephenson, secretary: Tokio possesses two very fine orches- | [¥8 ; tras. Mr. Abe states, and the Japsnese ; 2008 Greenlee, chaplain, and" Mrs. e DA as violin ‘and piano re. | This fraternity was installed at Na- Registration continues heavy for the| 1f you would like to become seli- ing and orchestra music, I prefer, | Summer term starting June 15, both | supporting, we can help you. Begin piano recital to opera. | 3 conomics and Government. It indi- X ) criti i operatic music, expressing & preferenci ‘bo_olkkecpmg, dlc;:tre‘r'r\&\':mng, spelling, for the operas of Wagner and Verdl |jact’vear when the Summer session was | arithmetic ani glish. e ko pusten ke somsee of Bee- | o T Ry T MHe| A 10 stk oeiese: day- neeion | + evening session, $50. ¥ or French masters. | costs $100; evening session, $50. You Considerable effort has been made [ y in Japan recently by native composers. tand never regret the preparation. | J Japanese theme throughout. but. 50 | WOOD’S SCHOOL ‘far, Mr. Abe states, there has not been | East Capitol St. 5 much success along this line. tol Tokio, there is a very large conserva- : tory of music for glrls in Kobe. The | Movements and Spreading piano is exceedingly popular Wit 4‘ RessiiniveRdeavens one little 12-year-old friend who DIays | By the Associated Press. the most difficult Beethoven sonatas | without looking at her music. “The | Unofficial reports reaching here from | Venezuela were that troops had been good pianists “is because |sent inta several parts of that country 3 ils in Orlent. These were reported to be spreading. Jass mu::: i Mr, Abe, despite the | It Was said thal casuaities had been fact that its “running mate,” the mov- | Suffered in a battie at San Fernapdo | among the inhabitants of Japan. has not developed great_enthusiasm among his countrymen. _This. he states. is dancing has not yet been accepted in Japan, with its century-old traditions Which would naturally be opposed to In the Fall Mr. Abe will return to Europe, where he expects to study philosophy and the theory of music in are particularly fond of symphony con- ' Genevleve Pratt, reporter. !in the Law School and the School of i . typewriting, Nevertheless, Mr. Abe is fond of a course of shorthand, typewriting, cates an even heavier registration over | thoven to the music of other German | scnool, | would be pleased with the course to write occidental music carrying a | In addition to the conservatories in | Unofficial Reports of New Troop, Japanese girls, and Mr. Abe tells of WILLEMSTAD, Curacoa, May 18.— reason the Japanese are making such they practice and study very hard.” to subdue revolutionary movements. | ing picture, claims many ardent fans de Apure. perhaps due to the fact that western modern terpsichorean styles. Vienna. He hopes, upon his return to Japan, to teach the theory of occidental | music to Japanese students. Will Preserve Clippings. The Business Publicity Club of Car- dozo High School has purchased & large scrapbook in which will be pre- served all newspaper clippings and pro- grams congerning activitles of _the school. On Wednesday morning at a general assembly, Laura Cook. pres- ident of the club, presented this book to the school for its inspection. DUCATIONAL. The Practical School of INTERIOR DECORATION Practical business course includes color. drawing. textiles. furniture periods. art moderne, business arithmetic. cutti d making slip covers. draperies, eic. mates. Course of 9 months. $10 month. 107 discount for ¢ Day and Evenink Classes Eleanor A. Gleason Graduate and teacher 3 years In Master SShont oF Titerior Decoration FeI Ma- hony's School of Fine and Applied Arts. O wate "of Corcoram Schom ot “Art Seven vears' teaching experience. Children’s Class in Art on Saturday Enroll for S mer Business Course Expert Teachers 1770 Columbia Rd. N.W. Col. 6606 after . n esti- per On May 14 it was announced that five generals had left Maracay, Vene- | zuela, with a strong force to suppress a | revolutionary movement under Gen | Gabaldon, former President of the State of Zamora. The revolution was ald to be in the States of Portuguesa. Lara and Trujillo. San Fernando is farther east and is about 200 miles south of the capital, Caracas. EDUCATIONAL. 1 The De | New Classes Now Forming aing. .. Children's Sas - .3 Day and Eve- 'y ing Classes Ladivid: Tastruction by Mr. Mabony and Staff. v We teach you to become am asset in the COMMERCIAL ARTS Professional Fandamental Course fits you to aceept a position in lnterior Decoration, Coon e ing. 3 3 | asd Commereial Ast. Send for our catalog. Is Proud to Announce That last year alone over forty boys were prepared for Annapolis and West Point. T his record was made | strictly to the standards set by the COLLEGE ENTRANCE possible only by adhering E ATION BOARD Registrations for Summer Session June 15 to July 1. Course Continues for Eight Special atten Weeks n will be given to— College Entrance Examination Board subjects for September entrance Preparation for all Service Schools General Secondary Sch ool work to establish addi. tional credits in all subjects. 2961 Upton St. N. Clev. 1911