Evening Star Newspaper, February 16, 1930, Page 68

THE SUI\‘DI\Y STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. FEBRUARY 16, 1930—PART FOUR. D. C. Naval Reserve Active steps have been taken by Lieut. Comdr. Finney Bascom Smith, commander of the 1st Battalion, United States Naval Reserves of the District of Columbia, with the assistance of Lieut. Comdr. R. S. Field, inspector-instructor of the outfit, to correct certain de- ficiencies found during the recent re- hearsal inspection, so that the organi- zation will be in fine shape by the time the inspection board, composed of regu- lar naval officers, arrives on the scene for the annual tests of efficiency. Comdr. method for teaching signaling to the| enlisted personnel. ready to divulge the details, as it is proposed to spring it as a surprise on the men. However, it is declared to be novel, and it is destined to make the crew efficient in this work without any ©of the ordinary drudgery of learning. A radio class has been organized for the purpose of correcting defects in the training of this branch, it was said, and an electrician’s class also has been in- augurated. Comdr. Smith said that an offer would be made to those in charge of the volunteer communications Re- gerve of quarters in the naval Reserve Armary in the Washington Navy Yard. He said that he thought it would be mutually beneficial to both the fleet and volunteer communications branches to have them joined together in their training work. Comdr. Smith said that the local Reserve had radio equipment | available which could be used by the volunteers, and also they would have an opportunity to see and examine the | intricate installations on the training ship. the destroyer Abel P. Upshur. ‘The Navy Department is making strong efforts to enlist in the volunteer communications Reserve all amateur radio operators and those interested in radio, as communications are of the greatest importance in time of war. It is for this reason that every effort is being bent toward recruiting and train- ing a large force of men who could be relied upon to take hold of the great increase in communications system in- | cident to the development of a national | €NSIgn in the Volunteer Reserve for en- emergency. Comdr. Field is scheduled to deliver a lecture to the battalion tomorrow night on discipline in the Reserve, and on January 24 a veteran chief petty officer, who served on sub chasers dur- ing the war, is scheduled to tell some of his experlenceu A new method of 1 reporting on the fitness of officers is to be inaugurated in the local Reserve, on orders from the commandant of the Washington Navy Yard. Fitness reports on junior officers of fleet divisions will be pre- pared by the fleet division commanders and then will be sent to the battalion commander for remarks and thence to | the commandant. The report on the di- | vision commanders will be prepared byl the battalion commander. ‘This new method, it was said, “lll‘ give the Navy Department a better in- | sight into the efficiency of the officers than it has at the present time, and the reports in an officer’s jacket at the de- rertment will show clearly his train- ing and ability, so that lnprupfllle duty can be picked for him in time of war. Field has devised "a new| the parade in connection with the cele- | Officers Were not| George Washington. Comdr. Smith said It was pointed out that heretofore these reports have been made out an- nu.uy by the commanding officers of the vessel on which the officers made their annual cruises. Necessarily they could only cover the period of two ‘weeks during which the officers were on training, and it was pointed out that this was not sufficient time for the ship commander to form an opinion of the officer’s training or his ability. Al divisions of the local battalion have been ordered to proceed to Alexan- dria next Saturday to participate in| bration of the birthday anniversary of that it is probable that he might be out | of the city at that time, in which evenh the battalion will be commanded by | Lieut. Samuel W. Stinemetz, executive officer. The following prumolh)ns in the 2d Fleet Division have been ordered: Mayne A. Harrington, seaman, second to first class; Morgan A. Chism, fireman, third | to second class; Charles M. Kms fire- | man, third to second class; Richmond T. Zoch, coxswain, to boatswain's mate, second class; Francis D. Courtney, fire- man, first class, to engineman, second class, and Arthur K. Olsen, seaman, sec- ond to first class. Frederick M. Foley, seaman, second | class, Volunteer Reserve, has been hon- orably discharged at his own request to |permit him to enlist in the United States Marine Corps. Teodorico Consepcion, officer’s cook, first class, has been ordered to active duty indennitely, and assigned as a | shipkeeper aboard the U. S. destroyer | Abel P. Upshur. Samuel D. Rajscok, machinist’s mate, first class, 3d Fleet Division, having moved from this city to the Canal Zone, | has been transferred to the 15th Naval | District. | Gordon Reed, aviation mncmnxsu‘ mate, first class, has been appointed an | gineering duties only. He was recently transferred here from Minneapolis, Minn,, where he took his examination | for promatlon He is employed in the construction department at the Wash- ington Navy Yard. Lieut. (junior grade) Henry S. She- nier has been commissioned a lieuten- ant. He is attached to the 2d Fleet Division. The following officers have been or- dered up for examination for promotion to the next higher rank: Lieut. E. W. Rounds, commanding the Aviation Di- vision, and Lieut. T. J. Kennedy, head of the medical department of the fleet headquarters division of the local bat- | talion, for lleutenant commanders, and Lieut. (junior grade) J. M. Fewell, 1st Fleet Division, for lieutenant. George M. Richardson, gunner’s mate, first class, has been transferred here from the 3d Naval District at New York City. It was indicated that he will be placed on the Volunteer Reserve list, as there is no vacancy in his grade in any of the fleet divisions of the local battalion. Musigraphs (Continued From Fourth Page.) ranged by Zoltai; “Butterfly, Butterfly,” the waltz from “Coppelia,” by Delibes, and “Finiculi, Flnlcull." by Denza. ‘The soloists will be Audrey Koons, soprano, secretary of the Choral Club and chairman of the musical committee for the society, and Ethel Lynn Fast, coloratura soprano. The club will be under the direction of Eva Whitford Lovette, who will also assist the soloists at the plano. Pauline Lishman is the club accompanist. Beulah B. Smith, club president, has called a special rehearsal for this after- noon at 4 o'clock, in addition to the ! regular meeting tomorrow night. Nellie Barber Brooks, lyric soprano, will be the soloist at the annual ban- quet of the Chevy Chase Baptist Church. Friday. Mrs. Brooks will also sing a group of songs at the social evening of the Na- tive Washingtonians in the Washington | Club the same evening. Eva Whitford Lovette will assist at the piano. At the evening service at Concordia Lutheran Church, which will be a pa- triotic _service in commemoration of the birthdays of Lincoln and Washing- ton, the music will be furnished by the Davison Glee Club. They will sing “Let Ps Now Praise Famous Men,” by R. Vaughan Williams; “Ecce Quomodo Mogitur,” by Palestrina; a setting of “O Clpblln My Captain,” by Henry Holden Huss, and ."Let Their Celestial Concerts All Unite,” by Handel. At the German service at 10 am. Alice Wilcox and Margaret Randolph Muse will sing a duet, “Herr Jesus See- lenfreund,” by Mozart. At the English service the offertory solo will be “The Lord Is My Light,” by Francis Allitson, sung by Mrs. Fred Graebner. The cho- rus choir will sing the choral “Let My Prayer,” by Purcell, and the anthem “Be Glad, O Ye Righteous,” by Henry Smart, with Raymond Escherich, tenor, and Mayne R. Coe, baritone, as soloists. The choir of the Lutheran Church of | the Atonement, and Rhode Island avenue, will give a | sacred concert Wednesday evening, February 26, assisted by Robert Ruck- man, organist. A pipe organ, recently installed, will be dedicated that evening. ‘The public is 1nvlted Helen Bury, mezzo-sopnno. will sing | & group of songs at the meeting of the Indiana State Society Tuesday at the | cczel, authority on Wagner, was the Willard Hotel. The senior choir of the Epworth M. E. Church South will give a service of music at 8 o'clock tonight under the direction of Edwin Moore, organist and director of mausic. The program will include the religious music of ancient and modern times as well as the music of many different composers. Mrs. George Goodwin will assist Mr. Moore in several piano and organ | Lual Program customarily given by the numbers. The symphonic orchestra of the In- | stitute of Musical Art and student solo- ists will be presented in a concert at Vermont Aunue Christian Church | Tuesday at 8:15 p. The orchestra, directed by Dr. C. E. Christiani, will play “Athalia” ture, Mendelssohn, and “Symphony No. 1,” by Beethoven. Student soloists will be Hanna Booth, Emilie Bishop and Glenn Carow, pianists; Daniel Gevinson, Charles Hyder and Flora Clayton, violinists; Dorothy Quinn, Sylvia Shappiro and Hazel Hughes, nmm. Dr. Christiani and Karl Holer be the accom- panists. Signor Amando Jannuzzi, tenor of La Scala, Milan, Italy, an- nounces the opening of his Washington studio at 3403 Fourteenth street north- west. Ray Palkin, sovnno. assisted by Rose Krawitz and Mr. Bovey at the piano, sang for the Army Medical cers’ h(lsonlc Club at the Walter M. C. on the program also included Jigll:lecmlarnes k: o‘l‘muchl Loretta Sutheridzel and ‘H, Duke in popular in- strumental music. The entire ensemble will repeat the program for the Fellowship Masonic Club Saturday. Miss Palkin sings at Arlington Hotel FPebruary 28 for the North Beach Home Club. She will give songs in Italian, French and English. ‘The quartet choir of Mndl‘! M. E. Church will present a musical pro:nm tonight. It wm include: Or- lude, “Capriccio” (Lemaire); | have recently come to Washington and | North Capitol street | O over- | Hotel recently, when she sang songs operatic | Y. | songs in German, Italian and English. anthems, “Te Deum in B Minor” (Buck); ly Art Thou” (Handel) and “The Lord Ls My Light” (Parker); trio, from “Creation” (Haydn); contralto solo, “Oh, Rest in the Lord” (Men- delssohn), and organ postlude, & theme from “Faust” (Gounod). Katherine Hertzberg, soprano, accom- panied by Elizabeth Gardner Coombs, was the featured soloist at the Febru- ary meeting of the District of Columbia Retail Druggists’ Association, at the Raleigh, Tuesday. She was accorded a 'warm reception by an appreciative audi- ence. ‘The Alumnae chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon held its regular monthly meet- ing last week at the home of Hazel Wecod. Following the disposal of rou- tine business, an interesting program of music was given by two Mu Phi's who { have become affiliated with the Alum- | nae Chapter. Mabelle New Willlams, soprano and violinist, sang a group of songs and also played a group of violin selections, ac- companied by Charlotte Klein. Vera Ross, contralto, accompanied by Edith Athey. sang a delightful group of songs. Mrs. Williams comes to the local chap- | ter from Lambda Chapter, Ithaca Con- servatory of Music, Ithaca, N. Y., and Mrs. Ross from the chapter at the Unj- versity of Kansas, Lawrence, Kans. Another Mu Phi has recently come to Washington—Quinta Frey, from Sigma Chapter, Northwestern University of Evanston, Ill, and has affiliated with the Alumnae Chlpler here. The next meeting will be held at the home of Frances Cole, 3206 ‘Thirty- eighth street nonhwest Wednesday evening, March 5. Gertrude Lyons, lyric soprano, will lead the assembly in singing at the 110th birthday of Susan B. Anthony commemoration services this afternoon in Barker Hall. The assembly will sing “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” and “America.” Mrs. Lyons will sing the yLwenty-third Psalm.” set to music by Van de Water. Margaret Bowle Grant ! will be the accompanist. Gertrude Lyan» will sing “The Star Spangled Banner” at the patriotic serv- ’ ices to be held by Willlam B. Cushing Camp, No. 30, Sons of Union Veterans, and its nuxuhry this evening in the Douglas Memorial Methodist Episcopal | ‘hurch, Eleventh and H streets north- east, The Women’s City Club Musical En- semble and members of the educational music committee of the Women's City Club and their friends held their an- | nual dinner last Monday evening in the ball room of the clubhouse when Kurt, speaker. Gertrude Lyons, chairman of this committee and organizer and di- rector of the musical ensemble, was hostess. The appearance of the A Cappell Chorus, Ruby Smith Stahl, dircetor. 1 the fifth annual benefit concert of the Women's Guild of the Central Union | Mission * and _Children’s Emergency Home, in Constitution Hall Februaty 29, will take the place this year of the au. | horus, | Stahl, In this concert the chorus will appear | on the program with James Melton, radio and cencert tenor, of New York. Amy Albi Bustin was soloist for the Wheel of Progress at the Washington This was announced by Mrs[ written by Mrs. Amos A. Iowa Carruthers Lozier, Catherine Pns&ro, soprano, assisted by Elizabeth Gardner Coombs, pianist, will give a program at the Women's City Club today as a feature of the tea given by the club. Mrs. Passero will |sing two groups of songs and Mrs, | Coombs will play a group of piano solos. | The Capitol City Choristers held a | regular meeting at the studio last Mon- |fiay, when Dorothy Radde Emery con- ducted in the absence of the director, Mrs. Henry Hunt McKee, who is in New | York for a few days. While in the me- | tropolis Mrs. McKee is selecting e new music for the club. Ella Mintz, soprano, sang a_gre Pries and group of | Tomorrow Hester Walker Beall will give a short talk on “Don’ts for Radio Broadcasting.” Catharine English, con- { tralto, will be the soloist of the evening. Members of ‘the senfor class of the Master School of the Piano met re- |cently. The evening was devoted to study of the life and works of Chopin. ‘Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Clark, Tonye Gray, Marie Adams, Gertrude Gilchrist, Mrs. Charles Mrs. Samuel Rosenberg, berg, Edna Rosenberg, Mary Louise Cassiday, Helen chk " India Shockey, Noels Miller, Gustav Weckel and Miss Grace G. 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