Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1929, Page 20

0.0 TOOBSERVE FEAST DAY SAAY Solemn Pontifical Mass Will ‘Be Celebrated in Crypt of National Shrine. ‘The Feast of the Immaculate Congep- #ion of the Blessed Virgin, which is the patronal feast of Catholic University,! will be observed at the university next Sunday morning. Solemn pontifical | mass will be celebrated in the crypt of | the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception at 10:30 am. by the chan- cellor of the university, Most Rev.| Michael J. Curley, archbishop of Balti-| more. The sermon will be preached by | Right Rev. Maurice F. McAuliffe, titular | Bishep of Derco, auxiliary to the Bishop of Hartford. The mass will be preceded by an academic procession of the stu-| dent body and members of the faculty.; which will leave Caldwell Hall at 10:15 o'clock. A choir composed of members | of the affiliated religious houses will| chant the responses to the mass. Honor for Dr. McCormick. The insignia of domestic prelate will be cconferred on the Very Rev. Patrick J. Mc- Cormick, head of the department of edu- cation of the university, during the cere- monies. Dr. McCormick has been asso- clated with the university for many years. A native of Connecticut. he was ordained in the cathedral at Hartford in 1904. He received his theological training at the Catholic University and was grad- uated S. T. L. in 1963. For a number of years he served in Hartford as dio- cesan superintendent of schools. In 1910 Dr. McCormick returned.to the university as instructor in the depart- ment of education. He is the dean of the Catholic Sisters College and is the author of one of the best known works on the history of education. He has been identified with the Catholic Edu- cational Review since its inception. He was one of the founders of the Catholic Sisters College and a member of the original faculty. A Catholic University faculty banquet will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Chinese room of the Mayflower Hotel. The event will be purely a social oc- casion and present indications are that | practically the entire faculty body will { attend. Wives and friends of fac- ulty members, as well as many dl.m.n-l guished guests, also are to attend. The | ligh rector of the university, Mgr. James ‘Hugh Ryan, will be the guest of honor | and deliver a brief address of greeting. An excellent musical program has been arranged, including a quartet and four soloists. A faculty reception committee will be composed of Rev. Dr. William J. Kerby. Rev. Dr. Peter Guilday, Rev. Dr. | Nicholas A. Weber, Dr. Daniel W. Shea, Dr. and Mrs. Willlam H. DeLacy, Dr. and Mrs. Aubrey E. Landry, Dr. and Mrs. Hardec Chambliss, Mr. and Mrs. George A. Weschler, Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Borden, Dr. and Mrs. James J. Heyden, Mr. and Mrs. Louis H. Crook. Series of Public Lectures. A program of eight lectures, seven of ‘which are yet to be heard, onsti- the first series of public lectures( to be given this Winter at the Catholic | Uz\'ersuy. The schedule, as an- ced by Mgr. Ryan, contains the names of eminent scholars and diplo- mats, all authorities in their respective fields. It follows: ‘Tomorrow eyening William F. Schill- ing, member of the Federal Farm ! Board, will spgek on “The Federal Farm | Board and Coeoperative Marketing.’ Monday, December 9, Chau-chu-Wu, Minister of Ohina, will lecture on a | tor‘:d which Ne¢ has not yet definitely | stated. | December 16, John George Bucher | of the Bureau of Commercial Econo- mies, will speak on “Modern Germany.” | January 6, William F. Montavon of the National Catholic Welfare Conler-l ence will discuss “Church and State in Modern Mexico.” January 13. Rev. Dr. John M. Cooper of the Catholic University will speak on *“The Origin and Early History of Re-, ligion.” | January 20, Charles P. Neill, econo- | mist, will speak on “Economic Progress.” January 27, Senor Orestes Ferrs Ambassador of Cuba, will talk on Evolution of Dominant Civilizations.” All of these lectures will be given on | Monday evenings at 8:15 o'clock and ! all will be cpen and free to the general They will be held in the audi- torium of McMahon Hall. The first of this series of lectures was delivered last Monday evening in McMahon Hall | by Dr. Samuel Flagg Bemis, whose topic was “Hunting American History | in Foreign Capitals.” DUNBAR STUDENTS IN HONOR SOCIETY Prof. W. S. Nelson Addresses As-| sembly Following Induction Into National Body. Eight Dunbar High School seniors | & were inducted into that school's chapter of the National Honor Society of Secondary Schools last Tuesday. They were: Irone Watson, Margaret Just, Margaret Gant, Carolyn Holloman, Lil- | lian Bland, Louis» Tyler, Ruth Ashton | and John Harris. . After the ceremony of induction by the president of the organization. Eliza- | beth Neill, the assembly was addressed by Prof. William Stuart Nelson, as- sistant to the president of Howard Uni- versity. In forceful language and with well chosen examples from history and modern_life, the speaker discussed the | power, beauty and virtue which result | from the combination of knowledge and a well disciplined mind. After words of commendation from the principal, W. L. Smith, and al viokin solo by John Gates, the assembly cloged. ese eight pupils represent the sec- ond group of seniors chosen from the upper 10 per cent of the class. A third group will be chosen in February. There are now 25 members in the organization. The faculty sponsors are Miss G. E. N. Toliver. chairman of the honor council; Mrs. M. S. Hurst, Mrs. Adelaide Daly, ‘Migs J. E. Datchre, Miss J. E. Brooks, | Messrs. A. F. Nixon, J. N. Saunders and W.,L. Smith. «Y” ARRANGES LECTURES ON FEDERAL INCOME TAX rxfderick L. Pearce Will Conduct § Series Which Starts H Next Thursday. special course of lectures on the eral income tax has been arranged by:the Young Men's Christian i College as part of the curriculu of the Washington School of Account- angy, it was announced today by Dean Jogeph K. Moyer. he first lecture will be given next rsday evening at ‘1’30t o'clockulnd sugceeding classes will meet every Mon- day and Thursday evening through Jamuary, 1930. A ederick L. Pearce, member of the 1l bar and of a local firm of tax cofisultants, will conduct the course. He is a graduate of Dartmouth and rge Washington University. He wds awarded degrees of bachelor of sclence and master of commercial scfence at Dartmouth in 1915 and 1916, ively, and received the degree of of laws from Georze ‘Washing- ‘University in 1925. He is a certified public accountant. | has been equipped on the second floor ) museums is in progress, and many rare Current Topic Talks M E. LEAHY. DENTAL INFIRMARY WILL Unit Will Occupy Third Floor AT . HODERN THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, LEAHY T0 DELIVER LECTURE COURSE i Columbus University to Spon- sor Series by Washington Attorney. William E. Leahy, Washington at- torney, will deliver a course of lectures during the Winter on current tepics, under the auspices of Columbus Uni- versity, 1314 Massachusetts avenue. Mr. Leahy, who is dean of the university's School of Law, will be assisted in de- livering the lectures by Sefton Darr, assistant dean of the Law School, who | { will also speak. While the opening date for this course has not been announced, it is| known that the university authorities are considering having the lectures in the Mayflower Hotel. Cards will be issued to those especially interested in the university to attend and in addition the general public will be permitted to participate. Holiday Celebrated. Columbus University celebrated Thanksgiving by having its freshman hop in the Italian room of the May- flower Hotel Thursday nigat. The event, sponsored by the freshman class in the School of Law. attracted some 500 persons. 2 rs of the faculty were guests of the class. * Crimson and gold, the colors of the | university, were prominently displayed in the decorative scheme. The silken banner of the university, emoodying the seal of Christopher Columbus, was a special attraction. Various entertain- ment features, as specialty numbers, appeared on the program with the serv- of New Structure to Be Opened February 2. ‘The new building for the Georgetown University school of dentistry, nearing completion, on Reservoir road, is equipped with one of the largest and most complete dental infirmaries in the country, according to Rev. John L. Gipprich, 8. J., regent of the school. Occupying nearly the entire third floor of the building, the infirmary is approximately 180 feet long, admirably ted and ventilated, and is already equipped with 69 of the latest type Ritter ‘dental chairs, Ample ce re- mains for the installation of 21 addi- tional chairs to meet the growing needs of the school. Such rapid progress is being made in connection with the instailation of equipment that the formal opening of the new building and its occupancy has been set for February 2. This is the beginning of the second semester. The dental building undoubtedly will be ready for occupancy a good while be- fore then, but the school authorisies de- sire no interruption with the present semester which moving out of the old| building on H strest would involve. Equipment Up to. Date. Father Gipprich and Dr. Willlam N. Cogan, the dean, are supervising the equipment of the building. This has involved an extensive study of dental plants and laboratories, with a result that the Georgetown school has prof- ited by the latest scientific develop- ments. Utmost care is being taken in equipping the laboratories for work in patholo chemistry, physiology and the like. A special dental laboratory of the building, and each professor will have an individual laboratory for study and research and his own separate office. Two large amphitheaters, each with a seating capacity of 280, are being put in readiness. The class rooms, large enough to accommodate 100 and 200 students, likewise are being finished. The dental school wili occupy the south wing of the big building, which &lso will house the new school of medi- cine. The dental building is four stories high, while the medical building is five stories. They are connected by a three- story wing, 100 feet long. Some time will elapse before the med- |ical buflding is ready for occupancy. This will house also the administrative offices, which open onto a large foyer. Antique marble is be! installed in the foyer, and the marble floors are in place. Georgetown’s great seal, iden- tical with the seal of the United States Government, except that the eagle holds a cross in its right claw, has been im- gedded in brass in the center of the oor. Add Rare Medical Books. Equipment of the medical and dental library, the pathological and anatomy medical books are being added to Georgetown's already extensive volumes. Among these is the library of Dr. Ham- ; ilton, former surgeon general of the Public Health Service, considered one of the rarest in the country. The most important scholastic event at Georgetown before the Christmas vacation is the Merrick debate on De- cember 8, staged annually by the Phil- odemic Society. It will be participated in by Edward L. Cox of Brooklyn, N. John F. Lynch, jr. of Jersey . N. J.; J. Godfrey Butler of the istrict of Columbia and J. Fred | Schizfly of St. Louis, Mo. With the wide discussion aroused by Senator Sheppard’s proposal to mak~ the buyer of liquor equally pun'shable under the law with the seller, this new phase of prohibition has n chosen as the topic for the Merrick de- bate. Interest the Philodemic So- ciety itself, will draw a large crowd of students and alumni to Gaston Hall, where the contest next Sunday evening will be held. The Philodemic Society is observing its one hundredth anniver- sary this year and is said to be the oldest debating-society in the country. Band Accompanied Train. Classes will be resumed at the col- lege tomorrow following the close of the Thanksgiving holidays. In view of the large number of students that de- sired to attend the game in Detroit yes- terday, the recess at the college began Wednesday morning. The R. O. T. C. band, one of the mainstays in the cheering section, went along with se: eral hundred students and alumni. P ther O'Brien, the faculty advisor of athletics, and Father Gaynor made the trip with the team. Rev. W. Coleman Nevils, president of Georgetown, was one of the sub-dea- cons participating in the colorful Pan American mass at St. Patrick’s Church on Thanksgiving day. A num- ber of the Georgetown faculty attended the impressive ceremony. The dean of arts and sciences, Rev. R. Rush Rankin, 8. J., has just re- turned from Atlantic City, where he ference of college and high school of- ficials. Dr. John A. Foote, dean of and the District of Columbia Medical Society, of which he is president, at a medical convention in Miami, Fla., dur- ing the past week. He returned Thurs- day. Officials of the School of Forelg: Service have learned that Eugenio An- zorena, a former student at the schocl, attached in his student days to the staff of the Mexican embassy, has accepted a position with an investment company in Bogota, Colombia. Another recent graduate, Corhal D. Orescan, will sail from San Francisco for Shanghai, China, as the representative of au now | B. medicine, also represented 0eorutown| of refreshments. ominent among the guests were President of the University and Mrs. Charles W. Darr; Dean of the School of Law and Mrs. Willlam E. Leany; Assistant Dean and Mrs. Sefton Darr, and these members of the freshman faculty, with their wives: Profs. James Flynn, Thomas J. Fitzgerald, Robert . Lynch, assistant corporation counsel, and Willlam D. Harris. Outstanding members of the Knights of Columbus were likewise in attendance. ‘William Bray, president of the fresh- man class of the School of Law, took an outstanding part in the prepara- tions for the hop. He was assisted by several committees, headed by these chairmen: Tickets, Miss Kathieen Con- nors; floor, Byrnes F. Bentley, and door, Eugene Kinnaly. Dr. Francis J. Hemelt, dean of the university’s School of Accountancy, an- nounced Wednesday night that Prof. J. Leonard Townsend has been officially appointed as faculty moderator of the Venetian Scciety, and will concentrate on a drive for new members. A meet- ing has been called for Tuesday night to make further plans in the campaign. The post-graduate faculty in the Schools of Law ‘and Accountancy and to consider additional plans for the treatment of theses. Publication to Appear. James V. Daly, editor-in-chief of The Skipper, the official organ of the School of Law, announced yesterday that the December issue of the publication is scheduled to come from the printers tomorrow. This number will contain biographical matter of additfonal mem- bers of the faculty and will be jllustrat- ed with timely features, he said. Miss Mary Alberta Warren, the uni- registrar, is already making for caring for the enrollment for the second semester, which is due to commence February 3. Inquirics are coming in, relative to the courses in the Schols of Law and Accountancy and the university is expecting to gain ad- ditional students at the start of the second half of the academic year. ARMSTRONG GRIDIRON VICTORY CELEBRATED Triumph Over Dunbar, Traditional Rival, Brings Assembly Meeting. Armstrong High School celebrated its recent 6-to-0 foot ball victory over Dun- bar High School, its traditional rival, in an elaporate assembly last Tuesday in which students of the defeated school participated. G. David Houston, principal of Arm- strong, commended hoth teams for the spirit of fairness which characterized the game nn? commended the Arm- strong coach for his work. Mr. Hous- ton was presented with a foot ball by Capt. Wallace of the Armstrong team. ‘The first annual program of the Arm- strong Honor Roll Society was present- ed to the student body Wednesday morning, at which time honor was be- stowed upon_ the puplls who were on the general honor roll in June. The main feature was a play, “The Coward.” written by Mrs. E. B. Smith, sponsor of the society. Officers of the Dunbar Honor Soclety were invited to attend the program. The officers of the soclety wete pre- sented to the school after the play These were: President, Benjami: Washington Spriggs, who acted as pre- siding officer; vice president, Vera! Watts; secretary, Thelma Elizabeth Crew; treasurer, Alma Tinsley Dodson; executive committee, Roswell Taylor. Rosalind Queen and Irene Marlow. A new feature of the soclety this year is the including of students who have | just entered from the junior hign schools and who were on the honor roll societies of their schools. These mem- bers are: William Miller, John Henry Fairfax, Benjamin Harrison Johnson, Robert E. Martin, Timothy Paulin, Charles Powell, Roswell Taylor, Amelia Doleman, Jessie Doleman, Georgia Fountaine, Rheudene Gary, Margaret Ciphas, Zadie Vernell Chappel, Francis Lee Plelds, Margaret Holiday, Ruth Lee, Cynthia Slaughter and Elizabeth Wal- lace. The character building program, which is one of the most vital features cf Armstrong’s annual program, fis stressing punctuality this year. The students are anticipating more original plays presented under student directors. SHAW JUNIOR PUPILS OBSERVE THANKSGIVING Donate Small Tru:k Load Canned Goods and Vegetables to Institutions. of ‘Thanksgiving was obscrved at the 1 Shaw Junior High School Jast week with various projects. Ths pupils and teachers of the school, under the lead- ership of Miss Anna S. Payne, donated a small truck load of canned goods and vegetables to organizations and individ- Alumni, Faculty and A huge banquet, at which alumni, faculty and students of The George Washington University will join in fet- ing the university’s varsity and fresh- man foot ball teams, will be held at the Mayflower Hotel December 10 under the auspices of the Colonial Club. Elab- orate preparations are being made to make this event the most successful of its kind in the history of the university, and indications point to an attendance of more than 400. The principal speaker of the evening will be Com. William Ingram, head foot ball coach of the United States Naval Academy. Another speaker will be James E. Pixlee, professor of physical education and director of athletics of the university who, since coming to George Washington last Fall, has laid the foundations for a department of physical education which will turn out teams to represent the university wor- thily in all fields of sport. The enviable record of this year's freshman foot ball team is regarded as an indication of what may be expected of athletic teams in the future under the policy now in force. Coach Pixlee will dis- cuss plans and policies for the 1930 season. Prominent Alumnus Toastmaster. A prominent alumnus of ‘the uni- versity whose name has not yet been announced will act as toastmaster at the banquet. Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president; Provost Willlam Allen Wil- bur, Dean Henry Grattan Doyle, Dean Willlam C. VanVleck, Dean William Cline Borden, and a large number of faculty members will attend. Sports editors of the Washington papers and foot ball coaches of the local high schools have been invited as guests. A string orchestra will play through- out the evening and will furnish music for the entertainment, which will in- clude a sketch from the 1929 Trouba- dour Musical Comedy. A feature of the banquet will be the presentation of athletic insignia to players who have earned their letters or numerals. The committee in charge of the foot ball banquet consists of members of the Colonial Club, including Jack Dish- man, George VonDachenhausen, Bucky Herzog and Don Iglehart. The ticket committee includes Russel Combs, Scott Rigby, Floyd Pomeroy, Willlam Snow, Charles Cole, Norment Hawkins, D. I[ELABORATE BANQUET PLANNED IN‘'HONOR OF ATHLETIC GROUPS | American reporters seskin, C.. DECEMBER 1. Students of G. W. U, To Join December 10 in Feting " Institution’s Foot Ball Teams. Jap Highsmith, Robert Gray, Arthur Davis, William Farmer and James Fleck. Troubadours Announce Program. The George Washington University ‘Troubadours will present their annual musical comedy in_the auditorium of the new McKinley High School on the evenings of December 12, 13 and 14. ‘The comedy, written by Mildren Burn- ham and Frank Westbrook, is entitled “Gypt in Egypt,” and concirns two a story concerning an archeological discovery in the Temple of Isis. The complica- tions provide amusing situations, and the Temple of Isis lends a colorful oriental background to the show. There will be three dancing choruses, composed of tall, medium sized and small co-eds. The show is being directed by Dennis Connell, dramatic coach. The producing staff is composed of Bill Jemison, managing and musical | director; Julia Denning, dancing direc- tor; Ralph Kennedy, assistant dancing director; Thomas Stevans, acting busi- ness manager; Theodore Chapin, acting publicity manager; Dan Beattie, as- sistant musical director; Katheryn Boy- kin, costume designer, and R. Redmon, acting stage manager. The cast in- cludes Mildred Burnham and Bert Bagronoft, leads; Carolyn Brasch and Henry Nestor, juveniles; Gerald Sickler, Frank Westbrook. Quincy Lee, Ralph Kennedy and Wilhelmina Gude, com- edians, and Jane Wilson, heavy. Honorary Club Formed. ‘The Troubadours have established a reputation for producing each year a tuneful and lively musical comedy which always is enthusiastically re- celved. To reward several years of meritorious service, and encourage fu- ture interest in the Troubadours, an honorary club has been formed, includ- ing honorary and charter members and an Alumni Council. The members Prof. Robert Whitney Bolwell, chairman of the committee on dra- matics. honorary; alumni council, Sterry Waterman, Larry Parker, Elmer Brown, Edward Moulton, Ruth Peters, Pern Henninger, Mary Virginia Leckie and Peggy Parker; charter members, William Jamison, Julia Denning, Frank Westbrook, Mildred Burnham, Ralph Kennedy. Katheryn Boykin, Dan Beat- tie and Theodore Chapin. EXPERT OUTLINES Mallery Tells How Towns| Through Building Projects Can Aid Stability. (The Federal Government is bend- ing every eflort to keep prosperity up to the level that America deserves. What can you do to help? The answer is given below by the Na- tion’s most noted specialist in the use of public works for the relief of unemployment. Otto T. Mallery of Philadelphia. has worked for years in close association with President Hoover's committee set up when he was Secretary of Commerce. He was a member of the President’s confer- ence on unemployment in 1921 and executive secretary of its committes on public works. In this dispatch he tells simply and concretely just what the individual community can do for prosperity.) BY OTTO T. MALLERY. | PHILADELPHIA, November 30.—Why has the President in his conference at the White House laid such emphasis on speeding up public and private con- | struction? Because a small increase in construction in each town will help stabilize business and _employment throughout the country. The total de- crease in general business if the Presi- dent and industrial leaders had sat idly by and done nothing, might have amounted to 6 per cent or so. Thls; drop can be prevented, or compensated. | One essential step is that every town | shall increase its construction slightly over 1929. The few men employed on any one job or in any one town are important | only because the materials they use— cement, brick, wood—will set others to work in factory, mine and in h'lnspor—l tation. The wages of these groups buy hats, textiles, leather goods, etc., and | thus put a third group to work. The wages of this third group are expended for products which require a fourth group to go to work to make them. Thus construction money is soon spent for a thousand commodities that have nothing to do with public work, for instance, chocglates, copper telephone wire, teddy bears and soap. Nation Is Economic Unit. | | The United States of America is one economic unit. The Mississppi floods decreased the purchasing power of the people of New York, of California and Ohio, This was because the people in | the flood area were unable to buy as much of the goods made by the people of New York, California and the rest of the ntry. Tfif“m?{m. of the Boulder Canyon Dam on the Arizona gives employment to people in Pennsylvania and Michigan in making motor trucks, shovels and machinery. The wages of the people at work on the dam will be spent for articles made in Georgia, and Maine, for instance, drcsslgood'n nd the paper | the wrapped in. | T;’margufldlggc in your town of one | small building more than you bullt last vear will do what the Boulder Dam construction does for general stability, only in a smaller degree. If that little additional building & built in Hisville it helps Myville almost as much as though it were built in Myville for the wages will be spent in part for tic products of Myville. Suppose Myville has three factories, one making sheets, one making stockings and one making electric wire. Doesn't it take the wages earned in a hundred towns to keep those factories going? If wages are earned in every town they will be kep§ going. otherwise not. No town can do anything without helping your town. Your town can do nothing without helping other towns. Whatever the Federal Government does in cities a thousand miles from you in road building, construction of public bufldings, etc., cannot help but i help your town. Nobody can do any- thing others. Traces Constriction Money. constructive without helping uals. Baskets wer: delivered to Stod- | dard Baptist Home, Vermont Avenue Baptist Home, Episcopal Home, Union Wesley A. M. E. Zion Home and Chil- dren’s Home, Eighth street, in addition to many individuals, ‘The Junior Red Cross, under the di- rection of Mrs. M. 8. Ogle, raised $41. The art department and print shop prepared Thanksgiving menu cards for the United States Veterans' Hospital at Tuskegee, Ala. Jelly was made by the American firm. There are already sev- eral former Georgetown students in Shanghal and Mr. Orescan is looking forward with pleasure to renewing his acquaintance with these men. ——e A man-made snow was the ‘Winter sports ex! jump with ‘artificial ure of the recen’, ition in Paris domestic science puplls for the Veteran's Hospital. A Thanksglving play was staged on Wednesday afternoon by the puplls of Miss Romaine Browne's section. A special 15-cent turkey dinner was served the pils in the caf on mm{y ufl‘.‘ Bertie M. Queen ager of the school cafeteria, ! Consider for a moment the behavior i of money spent in public works. Econ- | omists tell us that about 80 per cent goes direct into wages and that about half of this is spent in retail stores. .The money received by the retail stores |'is deposited in a bank. Deposits turn over 25 times a year. For every $100 !spent on public ‘works $80- goes for. | wages. Of this $80, half goes for retail | purchases. But 1f this $40 is spent 25 times a year, that makes $1,000 worth |of purchases for every $100 of public works money expended. Not quite 0 fast. Call it $200 because the wage earner pays the retailer, the retailer pays the wholesaler, the Wwholesaler pays the factory, the factory buys raw materials, and the materials man coni- RELIEF PROCEDURE : pletes the serieg s the W earner. 80 there l:: M’-‘o’ five nugl‘{r‘i the series from wage earner through the retailer back to the wage earner. Every public works dollar in circulat- ing 25 times a year moves through five of these series. So each $100 of public wages becomes in the course of th® $200 worth of retail purchases. This is the economic theory. Tell it to any one who says there is no use adding a picayune building or two to your public construction program. It took only an extra straw or two to break the back of the well known camel. ‘In the same way it takes only an extra building or two in every town to break the back of a business reac- tion. Each public works dollar ex- pended now on good and necessa work in your town is a vote for na- tional stability and regular employ- ment. Outlines Procedure. How go about it? Form a commitiee to visit public officials and ask what public work they expect to do. The committee: may well be composed of members of your business, fraternal or workers’ organizations. Your first ob- Jjective is to get work started this Win~ ter which would not start until Spring. Olassify the information you receive as follows: A. Contracts possible to be let before March. B. Contracts possible to be let soon after March if the effort and general co-operation are enough. C. Time dependent upon overcoming obstacles or upon legislative action. D. Uncontrollable, dependent upon progress in other work. In making this classification you will | learn that certain obstacles are in the | way of starting particular projects. For nstance, some legislative body has not decided something. The particular streets may not have been chosen where sewers are to be constructed, water g:pe! placed or paving Jaid. Or build- g plans may not be ready. Yet you may be able to speed these up. You may find that Winter work is checked by the calendar. Custom looks at the calendar rather than at the weather. We know that the weather does not always go by the calen- dar. There are plenty of da; dur- | ing the Winter that are good working President Heover's committee on | seazonal operation in the construction | days. industries says: “Weather Bureau reports for 10 years show that between November 1 and March 31 there were on the average only 74 working days when the tempera- ture fell below the freezing point on pre- cipitation occurred between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. in Chicago and Boston. In New York there were 67 days. In St. Louls, 58 days. So 40 per cent to 49 per cent of the working days during the worst calendar Perlod were free of frost and precipitation.” There are many days in which the | Weather Bureau will give assurances of | no frost for 24 or 48 hours. there is a will there is a way. Short Circuit Formalities. Legal formalities may be incomplete. For instance, a bond issue has not yet been voted on or has not yet been ad- vertised for sale. You may find that bids on proposed work have not yet been asked for. The contract may not yet have been formally let to the suc- cessful bidder. All of these formalities take time, but the time may be short cu;:glte‘d. T instance, a contractor will some- times begin work before his contract has been legally granted if he knows that he is the lowest bidder. Bids may ‘Where |be asked for, subject to future appro- priations, even before the money is available, : (Copyright, 1929.) STUDENTS PLAN PLAY FOR CHRISTMAS WEEK Strayer School Cast to Be Chosen by Placement Sec- Tretary. Strayer Business College students will present a one-act play, “Do You Be- lieve in Luck?” at the annual Christmas assembly, December 20, and selections for members of the cast will be made during the week. Miss Kathryn Tobin, placement secretary of the school, will make the choices as director of the Ppresentation. The Christmas recess at Strayer will begin Tuesday, December 24, to con- tinue through Thursday, January 2.|° Evening students and students of the college’s school of :ccoununcY will commence their holiday at the close of sessions Monday evening, December 23, and they will return to school on the evening of Friday, January 3. The first of a series of after-school | dances will be given Friday by the ac- | countancy school. The committee in charge includes Emory R. Blincoe, Lucille Webber and Vietro Goodman. Elgie G. Purvis, assistant director of Strayers, will address the students of Central High School Tuesday on “Op- portunities and Rewards of the Field of Business.” The November ‘issue of Strayer Topics, student publication of the col- lege, been jssi It _now carries four columns. Hi t E. An| editor, | with the school, and the school in closer 1929—PART ONE. IDEBATING SEASDN OF A.U.T0 OPEN University’s Trio Will Meet Washington and Lee Wed- nesday Night. American University will open its de- bating season this week when the A. U. trio will meet Washington and Lee Uni- | versity Wednesday night at Hurst Hall on the campus, Massachusetts and Ne- braska avenues. ‘The American University team, which will take the affirmative of the ques- | tion, “Resolved, That a College of Lib- eral Arts Education Should Be Limited to Thcse With Special Ability,” will consist of Roger W. Craven, Arthur Murphy and Blake B. Epsey. The visit- ors will be C. B. Fulton, 8. R. Nichols and W. T. Davenport. The debate will open at 8 o'clock and will be free to the public. Construction of the new men's dormi- tery at American University Is expected to start early in the new year 1930, it was announced by Dr. Lucius L. Clark, chancellor of the university, following a meeting of the executive committee of the board of trustees. Col. P. M. Anderson, architect, who is a member of the board, is pushing plans fcr the structure; the building, grounds and real estate committee of the board has been authorized to pro- ceed with erection of the building as soon as possible, and it is now definitely assured for the first time that the build- ing will be completed and ready for oc- cupancy by the opening of the Fall term, next September. To Cost More Than $50,000. ‘The building will cost more than $50,- 000 and will be the first of several uhits eventually to be added. The first unit will house about 40 men. The building committee of the board in charge of the project consists of M. E. Church, L. E. Breuninger, Dr. A. C. Christie, Chancel- lor Clark, Edward F. Colladay, Samuel H. Kauffmann and John C. Letts. ‘Thanksgiving vacation at the univer- sity, which started last Wednesday noon, will continue through tomorrow, with' all classes reopening Tuesday morning. Thanksgiving dinner for the student body was served Tuesday night, followed by the show “Fanny's First Play,” by George Bernard Shaw, pre- sented by a cast of faculty members and students before a large and ap- preciative audience, The play was di- rected by WIill Huchinst, professor of art. The next dramatic production at the college will be “The Importance of Being Earnest,” by Osecar Wilde, under auspices of the Dramatic Club of American ‘University and the Student Council. The cast is hard at work under direction of Prof. Hutchins and plans to present the show on Friday, December 13. Prof. Hutchins has been selected to conduct an art tour of Europe this coming Summer under auspices of the intercollegiate division of the Temple Tours, Inc. The party will sail from New York on the steamer Lapland June 13 and will visit France, Switzerland, | Italy, Austria, Germany, Holland, Bel- gium and England. One of the features of the trip will be the “Passion Play"” in Oberammergau July 26. Press Conference Plan. The Intercollegiate Press Conference will hold a meeting at American Uni- versity April 26, when representatives of many college publications will gather on the campus as guests of the Ameri- can Eagle. Norman Cramer, business manager of the Eagle, has. - pointed chairman of a conmimijttee on arrangements for the gathe: 3 Dr. and Mrs, Clark, Dr. orge B. Woods, dean of the college, and Mrs. ' Woods attended the annual convention | at Atlantic City, N. J., last week of the | Association of Colleges and Secondary lSL'!’:;xfls of the Middle States and Mary- and. Plans are being made for entertain- ment of at American University of delegates to the annual meeting of the Educational Association of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church at a banquet at the -college dining hall January 16. The | assoclation will meet in Washington in conjunction with the educational asso- clations of many other denominations. At the banguet Chancellor Clark and Bishop Willlam Frazer McDowell will speak. The Jesters’ Club_has announced three pledges, Alan Blanchard, Albert Bittner and Carl Hedburg. The club ghns a dance January 17. Phi Beta eta plans a dance next Saturday night. Ray Spaeth, president, is in charge of general arrangements. Miss Kay Heath, president of Epsilon Kappa Sorority, is steadily recovering at Sib- ley Hospital from a recent operation for appendicitis, New Movement' Launched. A new movement, sponsored by the American University Alumni Associa- tion, to keep the alumni in closer touch | touch with the alumni, was launched during the week with the first issue of The American Alumnite as a supple- ment to the American Eagle. The edi- tor is Roland E. Parrish, graduate of last year, who is now at Cincinnati Uni- versity. The publication carries com- plete news of the alumni association, and numerous items of interest concern- ing graduates and former students of the university. Chancellor Clark, Dean W. M. W. Splawn of the Graduate School, and Dean Woods of the college each have offically approved the new movement and welcomed it. “A university is as strong as its alumni,” said Dr. Clark. “The Amer- ican University does not have a long list of graduates, but does have a most distinguished group. Its graduate stu- dents receiving their degrees before the College of Liberal Arts was opened are found in varied and conspicuous places. Trade advisers from the Unitéd States | are in Central America and Sweden. | Some of our graduates are recognized as writers and authors; many are occupying positions of trust in business and state; and others have high teach- ing positions in schools jand colleges in this and other lands. “There are graduates of the College of Liberal Arts in various universities receiving their graduate preparation for the future, while others are actively en- gaged in various pursuits. There will be great advantage to the university in keeping our contacts with each other and with the university itself.” Chancellor and Mrs. Clark entertained at dinner. and had as their guests at “Fanny's First Play,” Tuesday night, MCinodist Bpiscopar Chstan, o aotaey ‘piscopal urch, and M; Zoole and Belle Fowler. i EDUCATIONAL. e _child is our business’ e child 1s eur buslsET——— DUPONT CIRCLE SCHOOL 1408 N Ham, 1l Nortl Boys and Girls. 15t (0 th Grade ng. Day, . Happy, | | | | Truax is a Cheyenne resident. COUNTESS MARGOT BETHLEN, Wife of the prime minister of Hungary, who will said for the United States shortly to visit friends. She is a suc- cessful novelist and playwright in Hungary. Underwood Photo. ART SCHOOL TO GIVE Business and Professional Men Will Lecture Livingstone Academy Classes, A course in advertising will be launched at the Livingstone Academy of Arts January 2, it was announced" last night by Eugene T. Dickinson, di- rector. Extending over four and a half months, the course will include instruc~ tion in the fundamental principles of advertising, psychology and English, field service, copy writing, reproduction and campaign planning. E. L. Flynn will be director of the course. i Men prominent in their respective businesses and who have knowledge based upon personal experience of the various subjects included in the course will deliver lectures during the course. These include Col. Leroy Herron, ad- vertising manager of The Star; Ernest S. Johnston, advertising manager of the Washington Post; Kenneth J. Nixon, Sunday advertising manager of the Washington Herald; Troland Cleare, display advertising manager of the ‘Washington Daily News; J. E. Finner- nan, national advertising sales man- ager of the Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance; John Poole, president of the Federal-American Bank; Eliot l, Thomson, publicity director, District Bankers' Association: Miss M. L. Sit- greaves, local advertising agency op- erator; H. C. C. Stiles of the Maurice Joyce Engraving Co.; John A. Petty, executive secretary of the Washing- ton Real Estate Board; George McNally, advertising supervisor, Potomae Electric Power Co.; William Pierson, director of Radio Station WMAL, and Vincent F. %lllalahan, publicity director of Station DANIEL BARRlNGER—, 69, LAWYER-ENGINEER, DIES Son of Former Minister to' Spain Discovered Origin of Arizona Meteor Crater. By the Associated Press. HAVERFORD, Pa., November 30.— Daniel Moreau Barringer, 69, attorney, mining engineer, geologit and deu:enx- ant of a distinguished Southern family, died today at his home here from a heart attack. Mr. Barringer was a son of the late Daniel Barringer, who served as Min- ister to Spain and was a member of Congress from North Carolina. He practiced law here for 20 years. Enter- ing the fleld of geology, he compiled a standard work on mining law col- laboration with John Stokes Adams. During research in the West he was credited with discovering the origin of the famous meteor crater in Arizona and the celestial body which formed the rare strata. He was an officer and di- rector of various mining companies here and in New York. Surviving are his widow, the former Margaret Bennett of Phoenix, Ariz., and eight children. BANDIT SUSIBECT FREED. Preston Truax Proves He Was Not in Wyoming Train Robbery. CHEYENNE, Wyo., November 30 (#). —Release of Preston Truax, held for investigation in_connection with the robbery of the Union Pacific-Portland Limited near here last Monday night, was mad: today by the sheriff’s office. He was arrested on suspicion because he an- swered the description of the bandit who loosened the rails and caused the train to jump the track. Investigation brought out that Truax had no connec- tion with the case, the authorities said. Other suspects held by the sheriff , and police still are in jail, but officers indicated thcy, too, would be given their freedom soon unless information was g\emmed connecting them with the rob- Ty, Celebrate Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving was celebrated at the Randall Junior High School assembly last week when a play, “Scotch Grace,” was presented by the students. The: layers included Audrey Quivers in the eature role. The Camp Fire Girls’ Club of the school hiked to Washington Barracks last week, where its members staged a “wiener_bake. EDUCATIONAL. 8 13 mont in _night —w‘HY Spei s day months yo st eatia school n u_cl 1y as geod & course in every respect (n one-third the he end. “Thousande nteed eraduat . Besd Sec Nat'l 2338, Stenographic pt tio es. Enroll TODAY, _Es tarial_School. 1338 14th_and_Park Rd. XoHiee LANGUAGE our easy_conversational method, fa- Plow "tor 52 Fenre s Brivate o elass AN br; Day and Ciasses osrios Rt 8 k Y. M. C. 1736 G St. N. Nat. 8250 p tisement n lesson Berlitz School of Languages llll'.f'tlln. Avenue It you would like to become sel n help you " Bexin & typewriting. bookkee) writing. spelling, arithmetic ang 10 months' course, day session. costs $100: evening session. $50. 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The junlor prom, which is second in importance in National University stu- dent life only to the graduating class dance, will be held during February. newly appointed social committee will make plans for the event and de- !e‘:.l"lllm‘ne the date. e new constitution and by-laws of the freshman class will be cmlyldend at & meeting at 8:45 o'clock ‘Tuesday night. The constitution and laws were drawn up by a special ‘committee and following their adoption the class :oxg:.l‘:‘t::on will l‘x’: completed with the a tments Bc;l_gl vre!l:’de,;l‘:‘.) bRt 2 e senior prom was held at the Mayflower Hotel last night and it was marked by the attendance of several hundred students and faculty members of the university. The function was one of the most brilllant student events in the history of the university and was given for the financial benefit of The Docket, senfor year book. Pledging and initiation into various fraternities at National were announced during the week by two of the organi- zations. The Jmlyh H. Choate Chap- ter of Sigma Nu Phi have added three new members: Atheron G. Southworth, Andrew J. McGarraghy and George Damm. The chapter held a meeting during the week and made plans for lhi' luoch: edvenu guv‘t-d clh‘rmmu. ne students, Da ripson, n Smallwood, Reuben Goldl;’::. mx Schulman, 1. Gordon, David Silverman, Nathan Steinman, Samuel Lebowitz and Aaron Crowell have been taken into the Alpha Eta Phi fraternity. The na- tional convention of this fraternity. will be held in New York City the Com- modore Hotel, December 26 and .28. Several local chapter members will go to New York for the meetings. Two former graduates of National, David Schatzow and Abe Erlichman are active in the preparation of this convention in New York. Hold Interclass Debate. Last night the first interclass debate of the school year was held between the freshmen and the upper classmen. Many students attended and the winner will b: ;‘nx;nu‘nced this week. [ex urday evening a regular de- bate will be held on the nub?::a “Re- solved that rule No. 22 of the United States Senate should be amended so as to permit cloture by & bare majority instead of a two-thirds' vote as at pres~ ent.” D. W. Farri and T. B. :llt:;lurg E‘uél upr‘ng;d t:cc affirmative, le R. E. Manning and Cyrus Rachel will take the negative side. ) ‘The moot court last week witnessed 2n interesting breach of promise_ sut. Three women students supported the plaintiff while three men were for the defendant. A?roxtmnuly 50 women attended the first of a series of breakfasts inau- gurated by the Cy Pres Club of which Miss Grace Kanode is president. . A unique part of the.program was the holding of a mock court at which the. president of the club was tried by a Jury of 12 and convicted and given a gavel for use at future meetings. The annual banquet will be held in Febru- ary of next year, Judge Charles Loninger of the Law School faculty is the author of a series of articles on “The Cradle of the West- . ern Law,” describing the- Mesopatamian | system. The first appears in the No- vember issue of the United States Law Review, organ of the Ameciran Asso- ciation of Legal Writers. Election of officers of the National University Masonic Law Club will be | held Priday at the university. Follow- ing the club's customary plan no nomi- nations are made in advance of the election meeting. Term examinations in the School of Economics and Government will start The Law School examina- - tions begin the following Monday. OFFER_S TRAINING COURSE. Washington School for Secretaries to Use Y. W. C. A, Facilities. Plans have been completed by the Washington School for Secretaries for an elective course in physical education at the Young Women's Christian Asso- ciation, it was announced last night by J. E. Palmer, manager of the secre- tarial school. 2 The classes will be under the imme- diate direction of Miss Marion L. Melgs, director of physical education for the Y. W. C. A.. R Baltimore's city officials are giving encouragement to a plan to form a symphony orchestra composed entirely of Negro players, claimed to be the first of its kind. EDUCATIONAL. $00000000000r00000 Felix Mahony’s National Art School Color, Interior Decoration, Costume Design, Commercial Art, Posters 1747 R. 1. Ave. North 1114 2000000000000000000000000 For Practical Results Study at, The Master-School Begister of ror Ei'"..""" Interior Decoration Specializing in Interior it and Prof nal Training Course. Ex- pert Teachers. Individual Instruction. resehithe At & DaLSio s ve. 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