Evening Star Newspaper, February 16, 1930, Page 20

DORMITORY WORK “TOBENATAL Studied by Committee Next Thursday. Construction of & new men's dormi- tory at American University is expected to start about March 1, following the opening of bids next Thursday after- noon in the office of Chancellor Lucius C. Clark. The bids will be analyzed and presented the following Monday to the trustees’ committee on buildings and grounds. ‘With plans completed by Col. P. M. Anderson, architect, who is a member of the board of trustees, it is expected that.a contract may be let soon after the meeting of the trustees’ commit- tee, so that actual construction may begin soon thereafter. It is planned to construct the first of a.serles of units of the men's dormitory this Sum- mer, and have it ready for occupancy next Fall. The women already have & commodious residence hall on the campus ,and there are a few rooms in the gymnasium for men, but this will be the first substantial accommodations for men on the campus. Four Promotions Made. Four promotions have been made in the faculty of the College of Liberal Arts, it was announced by Dr. George B. Woods, dean of the college, and will become_effective next September. Dr. C. H. Leineweber was promoted from associate professor of modern llng;ms to professor of German. Dr. W. B. Holton was promoted from assistant professor of chemistry to associate pro- fessor of chemistry. Dr. Harold M. Golder will be associate professor of English instead of fin t _professor of English. Ferguson has N M; been raised from assistant professor of {dean of the college of education of that education to associate professor of édu- cation. Plans are being made by a commit- tee of students for a celebration of George Washington's y next Saturday. The committee is headed by Pauline Frederick. The next debate on the varsity sched- ule for American University will take place next Friday night, when the men’s team from Colgate Universit, comes here for a contest at Hurst Hail on the Jocal campus, Massachusetts and Nebraska avenues. Alpha Chapter of Phi Delta Gamma Sorority of the Graduate School American University will hold initiation ceremonies at the home of Mrs. Iris Packer, March 1. Miss Elizabeth Haney presented an illustrated lecture of the beauty spots of the United States be- fore the last regular business meeting ©of the sorority. John Marshall Chaj Omega Fraternity hel terday at 1901 F street. One of Special Committee. Dr. John H. Gray, professor of eco- nomics of the Graduate School, was one of the special committee of the Association of University Professors Wwho recently achieved national atten- tion when it found “no manifest social impropriety,” as charged by the board of curators of the University of Mis~ sourt, ’:‘h the dquestlgnnsh‘e sent out among the studsnts by Prof. Harmon ©. De Graff and Muy!t Meyer. The volley ball team organized among the faculty at the College of Liberal Arts will make its first public appear~ ance, under captainship of Dr. K:rle B. Woods, dean of the college, in & | game with the senior class next Priday night at the local gym prior to the l\;ar;n!y basket ball game with Gal- udet, 4 Chlr‘lcelrl‘nr Cla‘rdk Attended a lunch- eon of the world alliance committee last Tuesday at the Willard Hotel, pre- paring for the big meeting of the organization, to be held here next | November. - The Faculty Womens Club held a| mMmeeting Friday at the home of Mrs. chiusm(.:.kol:;:. fi-“e }{msmsn were rs. 1] . Herold QGolder, présadlenst. alfl wxlfne club. ar] ndburg, poet, biographer and zhlll.g:o%l;, will geliver :’n‘r address at u , on the campus, Sat night, March 8. ATy ‘The sophomore class held its Winter dance at the muer hall last Friday night with elaborate decorations and entertainment. ., city, .will sing at ;ebmry 28. She will 7 e by Mb:s. Wt, R. Fuchs, members of the male quartet, Barrett Puchs and Robert Puchs. The Girls’ Glee Club will present a rogram March 21 at Seat P R{:Saodl:t Church, e ter of Phi Psi & smoker yes- mother of two CONTEST SCHEDULED | ON MODEL AIRCRAFT| Advisory Board of District quuel to Hold Competition on March 7 and 8. A true scale model contest for work- manship will be held by the advisory | board of the District of Columbia Model Afrcraft League March 7 and 8, it was announced yesterday by Maj. Gen. Ma- son M. Patrick, board chairman, This contest is open to all residents | ©of Washington, the metropolitan area of Maryland and Arlington County, Va., and boys are requested to deliver theif planes ot later than 9 o'clock on the evening of March 6. There is no limit to the number of planes each contestant May enter but planes entered in the 1928 contest may not compete. Planes will be classified according to Size in three groups: Class A, Baby— Models of planes reproduced to dimen- slons not to exceed the size of & man’ palm with the thumb and little fing Outstretched. Class B, Detroit—Models reproduced from planes and having a wing-§, of exactly 24 inches; and . Optional—Models of any size up to 60 inches of wing-spread, except- ing those included in the other classes. Reproductions of gliders are consid- ered by the committee as scale models and will be judged in the same groups. The judges for the contest are Capt. E. E. Adler, U. 5. A.i Lieut. Comdr. A. C. Mines, Bureau of Aero ics, U. 8. N. and John A. Chamberlain, Paul Garber rnd John H. Willlams compose the committee on rules. E\‘eri; contestant must certify that he built his plane himself, and that the model submitted is a reproduction of a Teal plane, Working drawings or a photograph of @he original plane should @accompany the model submitted. ‘The District of Columbia Model Air- craft League is composed of hundreds ©f boys and is under the direction of an #dvisory board. MOVIE EFFECTS | from an'art patron of W be accompanied | Down! STUDIED. | {Dr. Coffman, Noted Educator, Midwinter Convocation. Half-Hundred Graduates of Various Schools Will Re- ceive Degrees. Lotus Delta Coffman, the University of Minnesota, will ad- dress the Midwinter convocation of George Washington University Febru- ary 22. Held on the anniversary of George ‘Washington's birthday, a traditional day of celebration for the university which bears his name, the exercises wiil take place at 8 o'clock in the evening At Constitution Hall. Degrees will be conferred upon 50 graduates. ‘The a 'mic procession preceding the exercises will include in its ranks officers of the university. Dr. William Allen Wilbur, provost, will introduce the deans of the schools, who will present candidates for de- grees in the following order: for Co- lumbian College, Dean Charles E. Hill; school of medicine, Dean William Cline Borden; school of law, Dean William C. VanVieck; school of engineering, Dean John R. ulfimm; school of edu- cation, Dean William Carl Ruediger; &chool of pharmacy, Dean Louis F. Bradley; uate school of letters rn:l sciences, George H. Henning: di vision of fine arts, Director Norris I. Crandell, and ditision of libra ence, Director Alfred Francis Schmidt. Coffman Is Noted Educator. ‘The convoeation orator is an eminent educator. Since 1921 Dr. Coffman has been president of the University of innesota and prior to that time was president of illiam institution. He is active in educational bodies, having served as president of the National Society for the Study of Education, the Soclety of College Teach- ers of Education, the North Central Conference of Colleges and Secondary Schools, the Association of Urban Uni- versities and the American Council on | hools, He is the author of a num- ber of books on education and the technique of teaching, and is co-editor of the Journal of Educational Adminis~ tration and Supervision. During the war he was adviser to the surgeon gen- eral on the education of disabled sol- diers. Dr. Coffman holds the degrees of A. M. and Ph. D. from Columbia University and has had honorary de- grees conferred upon him by Indiana University and Carleton College. His | unde: uate work was done at In- diana University. The men’s debate team of the uni- versity met a team from Ohio Wesleyan University Wednesday and a team from | Princeton University , Saturday. The George Washington men who partici- Laughlin and Woodfin L. Butte. Upon | Will Deliver Chief Address at | Bids on First Unit Will Be| pated were Norman R. Hagen, Oharles | sities THE SUNDAY STAR., WASHINGTON, D. C, FEBRUARY 16, 1930—PART. ONE. MINNESOTA U. HEAD TO SPEAK AT G. W. U. EXERCISES SATURDAY | DR. LOTUS DELTA COFFMAN. | both occasions the George Washington team upheld the negative of the ques- | tion, “Resolved, That the nations should | adopt a plan of complete disarmament | except such forces as are necessary for police purpases.” _ In the Princeton de- | | bate, the Oregon system, which follows | mednrocedure of the court room, was | used. | , Dean Henry Grattan Doyle will go to Atlantic City next week to preside at |the convention of the Eastern Associa- tion of Déans and Advisers of Men, of which he is president. Fred E. Nessell, | assistant Mt&nr of the university, will | attend the meeting in Atlantic City |of the American Association of Col- | | lege Registrars, Aid Chair Endowment Fund. Under auspices of the George Wash- | ington Masonic Club, cherry blossoms | will be sold on the campus from Feb- ruary 19 to February 22 to aid the es- tablishment of the chairs of foreign service which the National League of Masonic Clubs has pledged itself to endow. Peénding completion of the fund, the league is maintaining two members of the foreign service faculty |in the university. | The men's glee club will meet in competition with the Johns Hopkins University Glee Club and the Catholic | University Glee Club in_a joint con- | cert February 25 at the Willard Hotel. | | Followifig the concert a dance will be | | held in the ball room. Judges will | select the glee club most worthy of | representing this section in a final con- test in New York next month to de- termine the prize collegiate glee club organization of the country. Dr. Edgar Priest, in charge of music at the Na- | | tional Cathedral, & chairman of the committee of judges, has serving with him Otto Simon and Kurt Hetzel, teachers of volce. The contest is being presented by the Middle Atlantic Inter- collegiate Glee Club Association, organ- ized by students of the three univer- sl as an associate member of the National Intercollegiate Musical Council. 1 HOWARD UL PLANS 4D.C. GRADUATES EXHIBIT GALLERY Hopes to Raise Funds for Remodeling of Rankin | Chapel. The department of Art in the College | of Applied Science at Howard Univer- sity i& soon to have a permanent exhi- bition gallery, providing the effort of Prot. J. V. Herring, head of the departe ,000, is successful. 8o deeirable is the project that he has already received an initia’ g\fl of $1,000 | ‘ashington. The ground floor of Andrew Rankin Chapel is t0 be rémodeléd with an en- trance directly from SIxth strest. Members of the art faculty have ex- hibited at the International House town Gallery, Reinhardt, Galleries ot New York City, the National Mu- seum, and Corcoran Gallery of Art and Wells, one of the instructors in art, now are being shown in the College Art | Association traveling exhibition at Princeton University. Art Show Drew Many. ‘There has been an annual exhibition held by the department in the art rooms of the applied science building during commencement week. This ex- hibition has attracted the admiration of numerous visitors, including hun- dreds of high achool students. Among the places of interest to vis- itors of the university, it is said that none is more attractive than the art department. The Bulgarian minister, together with M. Louis Pierrard, mem- ber of the Bulgarian Parllament, and his daughter, were recent visitors to the department and expressed special interest in the work being done in the conservation of African culture. At 11 o'clock this morning in Andrew Rankin Chapel there will be a service of song by th® university choir. Dr. Randall to Speak. t rofessor of philosophy in 'Columbia %mumty. and director of the World Unity FPoundation. New York City, will be the speaker at the noon assembly hour in Andréew Rankin Chapel on Wednesday. Dr. Scott Wood of Pittsburgh, Pa., and a graduate in the college class of '83 and law '86, will address the men’s assembly at noon on Friday in Andrew Rankin Chapel. The tpeaker for the chapel service next Sunday morning will be Prof. Charles H. Wesley, head of the Depart- ment of History of Howard University. Dr. Wesley 18 a graduaté of both Yale and Harvard Universities and in add; tion to his work at Howard University 18 presiding elder of the African Meth. edist Eplscopal Church. INDIA IS PIGTURED AS CAUSING RIVALRY Ghose Says England Is Forced to Maintain Largest Navy Because of Her. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 15.—Sailen- dranth Ghose, president of the Ameri- can branch the 1Indian -National king before the Foreign Psychologist Tests Children's Bleep After Seeing “Westerns.” COLUMBUS, Ohio (#).~8tudy of thé effect of “Western” movies upon the sleep of children has been started at ©Ohio State University Dr. Dale, Ero(ulm of psychology. the type of re- Sction produced by war films. These two researches are part of a general lnvemsmn to learn effects of movies on children. The research is financed by the Payne Fund, New York, and the psy- chology departments of two her American _universi nat ‘g‘n An- nounced, will participate in nves- tigations. Congress, speal Policy Association luncheon today, de- clared that India was the “exciting cause of international rivalries, interna- tional and the lust of éon- est !:he imperialistic nations of “It i8 because of India that England maintains the biggest navy,” Mr. Ghose said, “and it is because of India that America will have to build up to Brits m\l dem‘lndl u“;. mlnluha Ameritan na- val parity with England. "Ir is ‘eeiuu of India that Japan, Prance and Italy may have to build up their navies to match British chal- lenge. "mw India,” he declared, “assures intéthational peace and uni- versal disarmament.” other galleries. Prints by James L. | GET SCHOLARSHIPS Al Have Matriculated at! Strayer College, Director Announces. Four February graduates of Wash- | ington high schools have been awarded scholarships to Strayer College, and | have already matriculated at this insti- | tution, it was announced last night by | P. J. Harman, director. ‘Winners of the scholarships are Alm: Elise Gémeny, of Eastern Sehool; Elnyr Doris Newcome, Central High School: John Irving Loving. McKinley | High School, and Mary Burley Martin, | Western High 8chool. The schol- | arships, covering tuition at Strayer Col- " |lege for & year, are valued at $300 each. Miss Gemeny was graduated with nnU‘ honors from Eastern, where she received | 4 gold medal for having beén on the| honor roll throughout her high school career. Miss Gemeny was a member of the hockey and hiking clubs, and of the lunchroom staff. She also was affiliated with the Theta Pi Sorority. Miss Newcome won a place on the honor roll at Central for six semesters, | and was & member of the National Honor Soclety. She also had the dis- tinction of graduating in three and one- half years. She was actively associated with the school's History Club. Loving was three times on the honer roll at McKinley, and was, “lawyer” of the lrmumna( class. He played on the base ball and basket ball teams. He also was & member of the Glee Club, and served as section presicent for one semester. Miss Martin was prominent in musical activities at Western, and was awarded the honorary “W” for participation in operettas concerts. She was & member of the orchestra and glee club at Western, and was on the honor roll | four semesters, New classes in both the accounting and secretarial departments of Strayer’s will open ‘tomorrow, when both day and | evening groups will be formed, A party of faculty and administrative | officers of the college were guests at the annual Valentine dance of Strayer- Bryant and Stratton College, which was held at the Southern Hotel in Balti- more. Edmond S. Donoho, &Olldcnl of both the Baltimore and ‘ashington schools, was host at & dinner party afterward. The third in a series of after-school dances will be E.\:‘en under the’ auspices of the Btrayer ket ball teams in the college auditorium on Friday even February 28, ! . {68 FRESHMEN ENROLLED g AT FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY Students Listed for Pace Course in Accountancy and Business Administration. Sixty-eight freshmen have registered for the Pace course in accountancy and business Administration in the new mid year classes at Benjamin Franklin Uni- versity. This, together with new en- roliments in advanced classes, brings the total registration for the present academic year to 654 students, or nearly double the number of students of five yeArs ago. Theé increase in matricula- tions dulln‘ the last few years make the local 1 one of the largest Pace {accountancy schools in the country. | While more than one-half of the stu- | dent body is maAde up of gradustes of Washington high and reparatory schools, !'rrml ly every State in the country is représented in the out-of- town enrollment. Because of the size of the mid-year freshman class, it has been divided in two sections, {he first section having already begun its work, while the sec- ond_section s tomorrow afternoon at 5:25 o'clock. At the opening class session tomorrow the entering class will be addressed by John T. Kenne:dl. pres- ident of the school, and by win C. i ! i will lecture regularly in theory and | rent Winter term except Washinzton's | | birthda; | this year, and the | the Law 8¢hool and the School of Gov- Bosworth, dean of the fAculty, who " DEBATE PROGRAN HEAVY AT Meets Scheduled for All Re- maining Saturdays of Winter Term. Having disposed of a debate last night on independence for the Philip- pine Islands, National University is con- tronted with an intensé debate program, with forensic frays scheduled for every remaining Baturday night in tre rur-‘ when there are no class ses- sions. The weekly debates under this schedule will eontinue until the ex- aminations to be held in the middle of "efia‘?umfim:i tilt engaged the 'S eng: e prowess of six of the university's students. John Cotton, Alfred L. Dorf and William Wright contended that the Philippines | should be given complete independence, and Frederick H. Green, ceferd Pruitt and David E. McRae argued against the ition. 4 The Alvey and the Miller Debating Societies take the fore March 1 when teams representing them will op- pose_each other on the resolution that the Volstead act should be amended to increase percentage of alcoholic content of liquors in defining intoxi- cants, The week afterward will wit- ness the preliminaties for the third in- terclass debate of the year. It is through these preliminaries that the class representatives in the class battles are detérmined. National University will participate in the annual intercoll te contest again rst move in thé selection of its spokesman will be made March 1. Through a series of elimina- tion contests the institution’s best de- bater will be chosen to earry the Na- tional banner in the intercollege meet about April 18. New Club Forming. So intense has been interest in_de- ! bates at National this year.that Prof. Fred P. Myers, faculty director of de- bating, is nizing & new club, teams of which will challenge similar organi- sations of other institutions of higher education. The club will include both man and woman members, since the woman students of thé university have been largely instrumental in inspiring its organiration. The club should be functioning within the next two weeks. Of the 137 successful candidates in the recent District of Columbia bar ex- amination 51 were graduates of Na- tional. Both students and ‘faculty of the School of Law have been expressing gratitude over the success of their Na- tional assoclates. Justice Frederick L. Siddons of the District 6f Columbia Supreme Court and member of the Law School faculty will be toastmaster of the George Wash- ington birthday banquet of the Natio University Cy Press Club at the May- flower Hotel next Saturday night. Three woman students are preparing speeches on the work and place of the present- day Portias, and the club members are eagerly awaiting the résponses which their man professors will make to their arguments. The friendly tilt will be the feature of the dinner. Dance Plans Complete. Plans are virtually completed for the freshman class dance at the Carlton Hotel March 1. Several musical organi- zations have been engaged for the dance music and for the entertainment pro- gram which will mark the functioh. In- vitations in the form of a “court sum- mons” will be sent to students of both ernment. The patrons of the dance will include Dr. Charles F. Carusi, dean of the School of Law; John L. Casstn, sec- retary of the university, and the fresh- men class faculty. Mémbers of the social committee in charge of the affair include Wellington MeNichols, chairman; Everett Lunsford, Miss Katherine Doherty, Miss Hazel Palmer, Don Farington, Miss Virginia Stanford, Hilary Kendrick and Donald ace. Alphs Beta Chapter of the Alpha Beta Phi Fraternity will give & small dance Tuesday. The chapter, one of the most_active at National this year, re- cently conferred final degrees of mem- bership upon eight néw members, and a dance in their honor is being planned for mext month. National University officials are pre- paring the Spring-térm class schedule, which will follow the mid-March exam- inations of the Winter term. The regu- 1ar quarterly meeting ?( the university's board of trustees will be held at the conclusion of the coming examinations, and degrees will be awarded at that time to students who now are complet- ing their scholastic work. IMPROMPTU SPEAKING COURSE IS OFFERED Business and Professional Men Ex- pected to Enroll in South- eastern U. Class. Business and professional men as well as seversl Government ofeials have indicated their intention of en- rolling in the novel course in im- promptu speaking which opens tomor- row evening at the Southeastern Uni- versity, 1736 G street. The course, said to be the first of its kind ever offered here, will be con- ducted by Dr. Homer J. Councilor, well krown in the Capital as an after-dinner speaker. The class will be incorporated in the curriculum of the School of Accountancy. Complete in itsélf, the course is open wa‘ll amateurs in ;'he art lof making public response when called upon, whether the occasion be a club u-m, directors’ ing or public gathering, According to an announcement by Dr. James A. Bell, director of education of the Y. M. C. A, with which the uni- versity is affiliated. Dr. Councilor has recently completed instruction in & general course on pub- lie speaking at the university. It is not necessary that students take the régular course preliminary to enroll- ment in the special course to to- morrow, it is ted out. Dr. Councilor is director of religious education of Oalvary !logtm Church and dean of the School of Religion of the ¥, C. A g From veldt farm to London. 5,000 miles away, in three weeks is the aim of Bouth American egg dealers in their new campaign to supply Europe. EDUCATIONAL, | has its headquarters in Ha Ireceived his A. B. degree from Qeorge Club Toastmaster JUSTICE FREDERICK L. SIDDONS. DR. SCOTT ATTENDS HAVANA GONGRESS Georgetown Professor . Will Represent University at Educators’ Session. Dr. James Brown Scott, professof of International law and chairman of the graduate committee of the School of Foreign Service, will represent George- town University at the congress of the university executives and educatots, which meets in Havana on Wednesday. He is now in Cuba as a guest of the Cuban government, having left Wash- ington last week at the invitation of President Machado. In addition to representing George- town at this conference, Dr. Scott will consult with officials of the American | Institute of International Law, of which he is president. The institute A, con- | struction _work having started already on the Palace of Intérnational Law, | for which the Cuban government ap-| propriated the funds. The State Department extended an invitation w0 Dr. W. Coleman Névils, 8. J., president of Georgetown, (o be one of the representatives at the Ha- vana educational conference, but he was unable to accept. Few men are more intimately ac- quainted with Pan-American affairs than Dr. Scott, and he will be of par- ticular service in the forthcoming con- ference, as he speaks Spanish, Portu- guese and French, which will be the official languages of the sessions, with . Dr. Scott also was an official delegate of the United States to the sixth Pan-American conference, at which Mthe HAvnnl‘mPeth:: vas c;g:e for the purpose of considering cl intellectual co-operation between ths American republics. Cronin Passes Bar. John W. Cronin, who was adu- ated from the Georgetown Law School last June, was one of the successful | candidates for admission to the Maine | bar on February 8. Of 40 candidates | who took the examinations, only 11 passed. Mr. Cronin, now a resident of Lewiston, Me, also was among those who passed the District of Columbia bar examinations last De- cember. Another June graduate, Raymond C. Weber of Easton, Pa, has just passed the Pennsylvania bar examination. He ‘Washington University and later at- tended the Georgetown Law School. ‘The library of Georgetown Univer- sity has just received from Miss Eliza- beth 8. Kite and Mrs. Fitzgerald six volumes in French, being the “History of the Participation of France in the Formation of the United States of America,” by Hex Henrl Doniol. The university will undertake translation of this voluminous work. It will require about & year's time. Dr. Thomas H. Healy, assistant dean of foreign service, has been selected as vice chairman of the local committee to arrange for the annual convention | of the National Catholic Alumni Fed- eration April 25-27. 1 Junior Prom Is Big Event. ‘The junior prom given Valentine day at Wardman Park was one of the most successful in recent years. One of the guests was & niece of President Nevils, Miss M. Bernadette Daily of Overbrook, Pa., who came here for the Philodemic celebration last Wednesday and is remaining over the week end as the guest of Miss Mary Elizabeth Bowen. Miss Bowen is & sister of John Bowen, recently appointed secretary of the alumni and assistant to Dr. Nevils. ‘The morning junior class at the law school will give its annual banquet ‘Wednesday evening at the Hotel Roose- velt. This is the only social function of the class during the year. Georgetown students living in Wash- ington and nearby Maryland and Vir- ginia will give a banquet at the Am- dor Hotel the evening of February 26. * This group of students recently changed its name from the Washing- ton Club to the Georgetown Club of Washington so as to conform to the manner of naming similar groups from other cities. Robert Talbott is chair- man of the committee in charge of arrangements. The Pre-Medical Olub of George- town held its annual banquet last week at the Ambassador, with addresses by & number of the faculty. Those who spoke were Dr. P. PFrancis Wilson, faculty adviser of the club: Lieut. Jean Labat, director of the department of modern languages; Rev. John J. Mur- phy, S. J., professor of philosophy: Rev. R. Rush Rankin, 8. J, dean of the college, and Norris B. Flanagan president of the club. EDUCATIONAL. Wood’s Commercial School New CI. now forming in All Commercial Courses 311 East Capitol St._ SPANISH sehoocor FRENC rsational Method, Nat. < ereatl YERSIN METHOD 10 IE REYNOLDS, ve., prictics of accounts to the new class. The o) m lecture in business law will be del ‘Wednesday fifln‘ At the samé hour by Glénn Willett of the law facultg. ::l"lm 15th and E Sts. N.W. s620 WHY DON'T YOUR SHORIES Sell? Mannieripte Criviclsed, The M‘o‘n:yvuy Stu ‘The Penthouse 912 19th St. N.W, Phone "“p‘.fl}:’ or a‘“u: 6:30 ». | | For Practical Results Study s The Master School Interior Decoration COURSES ADDED IN SCHOOL OF LAW Columbus U. Post-Graduate| Class Interested in Pro- gram of Year’s Finals, The post-graduate class of the School of Lawp(:f B't‘;olumbua University, 1314 Massachusetts avenue northwest, is looking forward with renewed interest to the courses uf::l;e: yd!u.fln‘ the latter half of the schol: r. ‘The course on the Iaw of medical jurisprudence, being given by Dr. James A. Flynn, a prlzfl“ !o }}:“’fl.l:';ndt associate professor of of ryngol a the School of Medicine of Georgétown University, is leading the class into an interesting discussion of medical phases of the law. The condition of the hu- man body after death, the various forms of death, the doctrine of survivorship, presumption of death, identity and other absorbing topics are being dwelt on by Di* Flynn during his lectures. Course in Federal Procedure, Another newly started course that is attracting wide attention at the uni- versity is that of Willlam J. Hughes, jr., the professor of Federal procedure. Mr. Hughes, who 18 the law partner of Wil- liam E. Leahy, dean of the School of Law, has in contemplation the writing of a special work on the subject he is now teaching, The finer points of criminal law are being cons! by him and the class 18 being taught the limits of the jurisdiction of the eral courts, how to successfully attack in- dictments and appellate .&medun in the United States tribunals, as well as other phases of the whole subject. Prof. H. Winship Wheatley is advis- ing the class on the subject of the ad- ministration of estates, which embraces an amount of first-hand practical paper work in probate law.and procedure. Prof. Thomas W. O'Brien, chief counsel of the United States Housing Corpora- tion, is explaining: the details of cor- porate organization and management. Women Students Have Style Show. The Pi Chi Sorority, which is the or- School of Law. attended a special style show on Wednesday evening at Ber- Berich's. Twelfth and F streets north- west. The theme of the show was the professional woman’s wardrobe. Miss Mary J. Kane, '30, introduced the models and pointed out the features of the Spring styles. . M. Green, buy~ er for the store, entertained the sorority and Mrs. Thomas J. Fitzgerald daughter Mary were special gue: Mr. Fitzgerald, who is the professor of the law of torts and real property, is faculty adviser of the sorority. Miss Mnrgnet M. McCarthy was the chairman of the style show and taking a prominent part in the affair were these members of- the Sorority: Helen Furey, Irene Bontz. Helen Huhn, Kathe- rine Connors and Beatrice Smith, Club Plans St. Pafrick’s Dance. ‘The newly-or ized “C” Club of Columbus University is planning a St Patrick's dance, to be held on Monday Hotel from 10 to 1 o'clock. Raymond J. Walter, '32, general manager and treasurer of the dance organization yesterday announced chairmen of the various committees as follows: Dick O'Connell, general chairman; Joseph N. Weis and Frank J. Loveless, ticket “l."""""" and Herbert Reichelt, decor- ations, | | being delivered- by Assistant District Attorney John R. Fitspatrick will be giveh esday morning at. the Uni- | versity from 8 to 8:40 o'clock. This course, which is free to the public, is designed as a groundwork for the study of law.’ Attendance at the opening lectures has greatly pleased the uni- versity authorities, New Students Enrolled. Nearly 20 additional students have enrolled in the School of Law for the second semester work, Miss Mary Al- | berte Warren, the registrar, announced yesterday. Seven of the nine students from Columibus University who took the Dis- trict of Columbia bar examination in December were successful, it was an- nounced. Marks given as the result of the recent midyear examinations are be- ing made available by Miss Warren as the professors t_them in the office. — EDUCATIONAL._ 10} Intensive, roush " secretarial R ik _ The Secretarial School of Individual Training The Temple School 1420 K Street N.W. National 3258 Leading te the 4 of B.C. S. and M. C. S. Prepare for C. P. A, Examin New Class Opens Tomorrow Evening Ask for Catalog BENJAMIN FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY 308 Transportation Bldg. Dist. 8289 17th and H Sts. ganization of the women students in the | evening, March 17, at the Roosevelt | The third lecture in the series of 16 | GIDEON LYON. TO SPEAK. Hotel Training School Egercises to Be Held Thursday. Gideon Lyon, associate editor of The Star, will address the first day class to complete the training at the Lewis Hotel Training School, at exercises in the | small ball room at the Willard Hotel at | 8 o'clock. Thursday night. The diplomas will be awarded by Clifford L. Lewls, president of thv‘ school, and an informal reception wfll} follow. Day class No.“1 1s composed of rep- resentatives from 18 States. WHITE FUND HONORS | LATE CHIEF JUSTICE Mrs. Edward Douglas White En- courages Georgetown U. Forensics. Mrs. Edward Douglas White, widow | of the former Chief Justice of the United States, has founded at George- | town College in memory of her husband & medal for annual competition between two rival debating societies. One of these socleties, the White, was named after the Iate Chlef Justice in 1912 and the following year the Gaston Boclety was named after Willlam Gas- ton of North Carolina, the first student | that attended Georgetown. Chief Jus- tice White left the college as a student naenlm in the Confederate Army in 1. Announcement was made last night by Dr. W. Coleman Nevils, 8. J., presi- dent of the institution, that the medal will be awarded for the first time on February 27, the date for the annual debate between the White and Gaston Socleties. Judges are to be selected to make the award to the best individual debater of the evening. ‘The contest will be used in Gaston Hall The question for the debate is, “Re- solved, That & State certificate of a valid election shall be sufficient to seat & United States Senator.” Gaston will take the affirmative side 6f the ques- tion and will be represented by David A. Dyer, '32, of 8t. Louls, its president; Prank_Loughran, "33, of Brooklyn; Ed- ward R. Glavin, 32, Albany, N. Y., vice resident of th= soclety, and Robert k Douglass, ‘32, of Greensboro, N. C., as alternate. White Society, defending | the negative, will be represented by its | president, Miles F. Gibbons, '32, of | Scranton, Pa.: Joseph G. Smith, "33, of | Pittsburgh, and Richard English, '32, Erie. Pa., vice president. Edward L. Cox, '30, of Brooklyn, N. Y., president of the 100-year-old Philo- demic Society, will be chairman of the debate. Mr. and Mrs. Warwick Mont- gomery, a daughter and son-in-law, will represent Mrs. White, who will be n:mlhlfi to attend owing to failing alth. | GERMAN CRIME CODE REVAMPED BY JURIST Twenty-one Paragraphs Comprhei 0ld Regulations—Village Au- thorities’ Power Is Shown. BERLIN, (N.AN.A).—Dr, - Julius eminent Berlin jurist, has up a penal code in 21 paragraphs to supplant the old one of 413 para- graphs. Prussia has scrapped thou- | sands of police regulations, most of | them butts of the continental wag for years, f The thousands of small village au- thorities are no longer to have the power to ordain new local ordinances. but the protection of public gardens and | rks, forests and lakes wil be in thle | ands of local civil authorities, who will | make their own regulations. | (Copyright, 1930, North American Newspaper Alliance.) K 1ONA CLERK. PROMOTION. CENSUS, stagistical gk fl:'fmha!{‘fl“ course for Patent | School. ‘cor. 13| L i A U S ARIES SECRETAR "fli‘% TeEninG CIAS EXHIBITION STUDENTS’ WORK Open to the Public THE ABBOTT SCHOOL OF FINE & COMMERCIAL ART 1624 H St. N.W. W. F. BAKE’R sSTUDIO o) Dramatics and Speseh Class and Private Instruction Day and Evening Play Production Coaching Parts udio, 1624 Giu-;n in Residence at Strayer College of Accountancy Classes Begin Their Training Through Wal STRAYER COLLEGE 721 Thirteenth Street | B 4 C\ : YOU CAN LEARN COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING Interior Decoration Costume Design Speeializing in Interior Decoration and offering an Accredited, Practical and Professional Training Course. Ez- pert Teachers. I Instruction. 3 rn!':“:"“ m’l N e T ooy Chay A 1T sty B Wahiaion UNGSTINE @ACADETTY 1333 € ST N W. WASH.DC. MET 2883 E. T. DICKINSON, President.. Any Other Method or Course of Instruction. C. U, JUNIOR PROM 1S SET FOR FRIDAY | Winter Social Season Will Be Climaxed by Event at Wardman Park. The Winter social season of the undergraduate body of the Catholic University will be brought to a climax this week with the junjor prom in the main ball room of Wardman Park Hotel FPriday evening at 10 o'clock. The committee in charge includes Michael Sheehan, Baltimore, chairman; Jeremiah Mullaney, Cumberland, Md.; Eugene Bissett, Bradford, Pa.; Alfonso Fanjul, Havana, Cuba; Willlam O'Mal- ley, Springfield, Mass, and Clarence Mitchell, Washington. ~Faculty chi erones will be registrar and Mrs. Charles Fox Borden and Prof. and Mrs. Anthony J. Scullen. Saturday afternoon the Utopian Club will hold & tes dance in the main ball room of the Carlton Hotel at 4 o'clotk. Plan Three One-Act Plays. The Dramatic Association will make its debut February 28, when it will present three Anc-art plays. English, instructor th “dra dirécting the work. The plays are: “Minuet,” by Loiis Parker, the cast of which includes Charles MacAree, Wil- liam Monticone and Clement A. Du “The Game of Chess,” Kennett 8, Goodman, with Patrick Heatom, J Carven and John Tatigian, and “The Drums of Oude,” by Austin Strong, with Robert Neary, Albert Hmu?, Cietus Kilker, Stephen Banks and Joseph O'Connell. The plays will be staged in the auditorium of McMahon Hall at 8:15 o'clock. ‘The second series of & m ol Winter lectures has been arranged. The first will be delivered tomorrow evenlnr in McMahon Hall by Rev. Hugh O'Neill, an eminent priest and biologist, who has been active in the cam) against the Mediterranean fruit fly. His toplc will be “Fighting the Mediterranean Pruit Fly in Florida.” Schedule of Lectures. The other lectures are: February 24, “Blessed John Bosco From the Amer- ican Viewpoint,” ‘H Rev. Patrick O'Leary, 8. J, Fordham University; March 3, “The I'ogress of International Intellectural Co-operation Since the War," by Dr. Waldo QGifford Leland, the Carnegie Institution: March 10, “Some Observations on Pan-Americanism,” by Senor R. J. Alfaro, Minister of Panama; March 17, “Ireland’s Contribution to Medieval Culture,” by Michael . Mac- White, Ministér Plenipotentiary of the Irish Free State. The Dod Noon Club was formally taken over as the Omega Chapter of Phi Kappa, the largest national Catholic fraternity in the country, at an initia~ tion ceréemony last Friday evening. Fol~ lowing the ceremonies & banquet was held at the University Club. EDUCATIONAL. THE WOMANS COLLEGE s W CLASS in ENGLISH, FRENCH s cor. "tn '8P o ki, sam, - THE YERSIN METHOD Frbnch tor' 48" 8 Wrenth TR A0 p0BRY promuneiation. St i ol NOTICE A Short *nd Int~“sive Course. in Boyd or QGregg Shorthand ‘and ‘Touch-typing by the Boyd ‘Instrus tion Plan will insure early employ- ment, or an increase in ry. “The School That Graduates Experts” Boyd School 1333 F St. NW.. Nat'l 2340 National Art School CB!or. Interior Decoration, Costume e Commercial “Art, Posters 1747 R. 1. 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