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SETTING OF-BUTLER TRUAL DIFFERENT President of Court Will Re- ceive 13-Gun Salute on Ar- rival at Philadelphia. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, February 7.—The court-martial of Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler at the Philadelphia Navy Yard February 16 will differ little in pro- cedure from the trial of an ordinary enlisted sallor or Marine private. There will be, however, all the dif- ference in the world between the stage setting of the trial of a colorful and peppery major general of international fame and that of a lonely gob or “Devil Dog” of the Marine Corps. When Rear Admiral Louis R. De Steiguer, commandant of the Third Naval District, New York, senlor among the rear admirals of the court and president of the tribunal, makes his offi- cial call upon the commandant of the Philadelphia yard he will receive the rear admiral's salute of 13 guns. Wheth- er this call will be made next Saturday or on the morning of the opening of the trial has not been announced. Exceptions Not Allowed. After the formalities of opening the court have been strictly carried out, Gen. Butler will plead not guilty or guilty to each specification in the charges. Witnesses will then be exam- ined by each side in the same manner as in civil courts. The rules for admis- sion of evidence are virtually the same as practiced in the Federal courts ex- cept that exceptions are not allowed when the court overrules motions, be- cause there is no higher tribunal to which appeals can be taken. After all witnesses have been ex- amined the accused is permitted to make any statement he desires. The usual closing arguments then follow, with the judge advocate, the prosecut- ing officer, opening and closing. Procedure of the Court. ‘The court then deliberates behind closed doors. When it has arrived at a decision it calls in the judge advocate and instructs him to record in his own handwriting the verdict, called the findings. If the court finds that none of the charges had been proved, the finding is immediately announced and the case is over. However, if the court in open sesslon should ask the judge advocate ‘whether there had ever been any con- THE SUNDAY STAR, Butler—The Marine Fighting General Walked Through Vera Cruz Street Filled With Snipers—Spy Work in Mexico City Daring Achievement—Adored by His Men. is Smedle ri 3aid to have made al 1ini? "1s this Quaker fire eater a pub- lieity seeker or a hero? A former aide cture of Butler in a series of dra & Pl our brisk articles, of which this is the four first. BY LIEUT. ARTHUR J. BURKS, U. 8. M. C., Resigned. Former Aide to Gen. Butler. To Sergt. Maj. Copeland, U. S. M. C., retired, of Ocean Beach, Calif, Gen. Smedley D. Butler is and always has been a hero and a fighting idol. At the Marine base in San Diego Copeland was always underfoot, afraid some emergency might send the Ma- rines to the far corners of the world when he wouldn't be able to go along, or at the very least be at the dock to bid good-by to Butler. “What is there about Butler to cause all this loyalty?” he was asked. “Plenty! I've known him a long while and soldiered under him several times, and it would take too long to tell you all about it unles you had plenty of time. ‘Went Without Weapon. “One incident is enough. That's when Butler led his Marines into Vera Cruz in 1914, after having got away with some spy work in Mexico City. | Nobody can tell me he hasn't courage. He led his men through the streets with no weapon of his own in use except a stick he'd picked up on the | way in. “He walked in the center of the street while snipers in the windows on either side were trying to pick off his| men, who were in two columns on either side, keeping close to the door- ways for cover. say, squlrel{ in the middle of the street, with bullets kicking up dirt all around him. He pointed out Mexican snipers in the windows to his sharp- shooters and yelled to them to do their | stuff. “Maybe it was sensational, but to Butler it wasn't. He walked in the center of the street because he could see better there and he was anxious to get the job over as fast as possible.” A short time later I heard Butler say a few words on the subject of courage. Explains His Courage. “I've no more courage than the next victions against the accused and makes no other announcement it is an indi- cation the court has found the accused guilty of at least some of the specifica tions. . The court’s findings and the punish- ment fixed are then transmiti to the Navy Department at Washington for review and announcement. The Secre- tary of the Navy has the authority to reduce the punishment. If it calls for dismissal from the service the findings 80 to the President for final action. According to the practice in court- martials, the man on trial is not re- ferred to during the proceedings by his rank or by his name, nor is he referred to as the defendant as in civil cases, but is called “the accused.” J. C. SHAFFER RETIRES AS CHICAGO EDITOR Son Succeeds in Control of Evening Post, Held by Chain Publisher for 30 Years. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, February Shaffer, editor and publisher of the Chicago Evening Post since 1901, to- day retired from both offices. The mnewspaper will continue under the tem- porary direction of his son, Carroll Shaffer. In a formal announcement printed in this evening's final 1t A ‘the financial burden of rry!ueths Post as a public service enterpi has become greater than my other responsibilities justify me in bearing.” He was {ublmur, in addition to the Post, of the Indianapolis Star, the Muncie Star and the Terre Haute Star, all Indiana morning pape: He em- phasized that “none of my other busi- hess interests is involved in the affairs of the Chicago Evening Post.” Mr. Shaffer assumed control of the Post in 1901, succeeding the late man H. Kohlsaat. At that time he phasized that the newspaper's pugpose would be “to take an active interest in the higher life of Chicago.” In his formal announcement he said, in part: “After 30 years of servite to city, State and Nation, under my ownership and editorial direction, the Chicago Evening Post, with today’s final edition, passes out of my control. I have given to it my time and money without finan- cial reward. I have believed that the ©old saying, ‘A good name is rather to be chosen than riches,’ has special ap- fiu&m to a daily ;u:hmgr, and I ve been concern: jefly that it should be true of the Post.” —— EXCESS COTTON GOODS SLASHED TWO-THIRDS Production Aligned to Demand by Co-operation of Mills in New England and South. By the Assoctated Pres: PROVIDENCE, R. I, February 7.— Fine cotton goods mills in New England and the South, possessing an aggregate of 4,500,000 spindles, have so co-oper- ated in the past eight months in re- stricting production and aligning it to demand that they have reduced excess stocks by about two-thirds, R. H. L Goddard, president of the Lonsdale Co., announced today. mfle s:ld an mdennmueonunulflnn of voluntary co-operative program to keep production within - reasonable bounds is necessary if this branch of the cotton manufacturing industry is to achieve other than temporary im- provement. DIVORC;IS GRANTED TO MRS. W. G. T. SHEDD Member of Social Register Set Re- quired to Pay Her $750 Month Alimony. By the Associated Press. RENO, Nev., February 7—On a cross complaint alleging cruelty and attentions to another woman, Eliza Paris Shedd was granted a divorce here | today from Willlam G. Thayer Shedd, a member of the social register set of New York. 7—John C. | " man,” he snapped, “but it's always been my job to take my fellows through a mess the quickest way possible, with the loss of the fewest men. You can't do that from a distance. Besides, was id to do what I did. I've been sca plenty, but if I'd ever let my men know it, they'd have been scared, too. And soldiers who are scared aren't worth so much. They'll keep | their lives, but the job won't get done. | A civilian came to me in San Diego and gave me his card. He had served with Butler in China. He had been a private, Butler a first lieutenant. The chap hadn't seen Butler for 26 years and wanted to renew acquaintance. He told me what rt he'd taken in the Boxer fuss and how he'd been wounded. I didn’t announce him. I took him in to Butler, who called him instantly by name, reminded the man of inci-| dents he had just related to me and | recalled where he had been wounded, together with a lot of stuff the gsitor If had forgotten, but remembered as Butler reminded him of it. aptain who had been Butler's aide in France went to him in San Diego and informed him that the men under him were being forced to work too hard for their $20 a month and were grum- bling, threatening almost opening to de- sert and gene! expressing dissatis- faction. Butler immediately called a confer- ence of all men and officers. _They gathered in the auditorium. Butler went In and stood on a chair to give ‘em Hail Columbia in good Marine Navy. ‘With the announcement the past 10 days of a number of important changes among high-ranking officers of the Navy, speculation continues as to other places, including the officer to relieve Admiral Prank H. Schofield as com- mander in chief of the Battle Fleet, and the officer to relieve Admiral Charles B. McVay, jr., as commander in chief of the Asiatic station. In some quarters it is assumed that Vice Ad- miral Richard H. Leigh, now in com- mand of the battleship divisions of the Battle Fileet, will be advanced to com- mand of that fleet. It has also been rumored that Rear Admiral Montgom- ery M. Taylor, now head of the war plans division of‘.th:“rpfl‘lllonl office, Navy d the Asiatic station. Selection has not been made up to this time of the successor of Rear Ad- miral Harry E. Yarnell, chief of the Bureau of Engineering, who has been assigned to command the carrier divi- sions as the relief of Rear Admiral Jo- seph M. Reeves, who will be assigned to duty at San Francisco. It has been rumored that Rear Admiral Orin G. Murfin, now in command of light cruis- er Division 3, Scouting Force, may be appointed Chief of the Bureau of Engi- neering. Capt. Arthur B. Cook, who has been on duty as chief of staff to the commander of the carrier divisions, will come to Washington for duty as Assistant Chief of the Bureau of Aero- nautics. He will relieve Capt. John H. Towers, who will go on duty as chief of staff of the carrier divisions. Lieut. Comdr. Carl F. Holden, lately with the naval mission in Brazil, will go to duty to the U. S. 8. Arizona as communica- tions officer. KANSAS OFFICIALS ACT TO CURB COLLEGE RUM Arrest of Six Students Near Olathe Results in Conference at State University. By the Associated Press. LAWRENCE, Kans, February 7.— Roland Boynton, State's attorney gen- eral, came here today for a conference with University of Kansas officials and later announced he believed authorities were taking any necessary steps to curb student violations of prohibitory laws. In the absence of Chancellor E. H. Lindley, no statement regarding the sit- uation was issued at the university, It was understood the situation referred to by the attorney general was the arrest of six students on liquor charges. ‘I'wo of them, George Tooley, jr., and Edward Tate of Kansas City, were ar- rested Monday night near Olathe, Kans., Butler walked, as I| I | Mexican Corps language. In a matter of seconds he had them in the hollow of his hand, gripped by that personality which even his friends cannot analyze. They cheered him to the echo and went away to work as though it were play. And it wasn't. It was pick-and-shovel stuff day laborers would have balked It wasn't & trick on Butler's part, either. He was sincere. He's sincere in whatever he says in his talks, so sincere that a long speech leaves him limp as a dishrag, sometimes even ready for medical attention. Believes in Marines. It is Butler's bellef that there is lieve it, too. If Butler has been told & job is impossible, he either sets his men to doing it or does it himself. Take the assault on Coyatepe in the Nicaraguan campalgn of 1912. Coya- tepe had never been taken by assault. But the Americans took it, with the Marines in the middle of the mess. In- cideatally the officer who ordered the charge up that cone-shaped hill was Col. J. H. Pendletom, now a retired major general, reported as ordered to sit on the Butler court-marti: Concerning the assault on Coyatepe and his own part in it, Butler seldom has anything to say. He remembers mainly how the night before, while his men were in bivouac below the hill and out of rifleshot, he made the rounds with his stafl. He was then a major. Two kids who were plainly under age, but had as plainly lied about it to the recruiting officer and got away with it, had cried themselves to sleep and the tear stains streaked the dust on their faces. They Led the Attack. “They had cried because they were [‘afraid,” said Butler, “and it got me | about the heart to look at them. To- | morrow they might be dead. So might |some of the rest of us. But looking at them I knew I'd do my best to get to the top without undue casualties. When we went up next day under se- vere rifle fire those two kids led the way, yelling like a pair of Commanche Indians " Butler went in civilian clothes into Mexico City, simply as “Mr. Johnson™ and got the plans of the city streets, which had been renamed during the Diaz regime, but hadn’t been changed on the maps. There were only the original sketches and a copy or two of the new survey in existence. Butler got_them. He chased butterfiles into both forts at Puebla and got the disposition of the forces there. It wasn't courage, for he was scared all the time, he said, that he'd be tripped up. He has a Marine Corps emblem tattooed on | his chest and he knew that if ever he were suspected and searched he'd never be able to explain that. He Met Correspondent. While on spy duty he met a corre- spondent who was ing into the “war.” Years later the correspondent recognized “Mr. Johnson” as Butler. I wanted to tell the Mexico spy story in print and Butler agreed to collabo- rate only on condition that it be told as a juvenile, and as fiction, and it was so told in book form. Among other things he sneaked into Chapultepec Castle in Mexico City on this spy trip and it isn't and wasn't easy to enter Chapulte] In Butler's own mind Gen. Butler is merely & Marine who is trying to do his %ob the way he thinks it should be lone. When a newspaper syndicate wanted a story from him commenting on his disagreements with his superiors in various Latin American approached him on the subject. “No!” he said. "My superiors never sat on me that I didn't deserve it.” (Tomorrow—Butler, the Impatient Idealist.) (Copyright, 1931, by North American News- paper Alliance.) Army. Sound moving picture equipment for the five Army transports, the Grant, Somme and Cambral, operating from San Francisco to New York, Hawaii and the Philippines, and the Thiery and St. Mihiel, operating from New York to Porto Rico and Porto Rico and Panama, has been ordered through the Navy and delivery is expected in May or June. Fifteen thousand dollars will be expended for the installation of this sound equipment, the cost of - tion for each transport being $3,000. Tr‘::erenmu be nn;wm machine 1:; each of the five Army ma- chines will be of the same type and will be procured from a leading manu- facturer of radio sound equipment. The tors of these machines will be cl from civilian personnel of the Army, and they are now being selected to take the instruction course, of six weeks' duration, at the Class D sound motion picture technicians’ school, lo- cated at the Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N. Y. d the Naval Training Station at San Diego, C: With the assignment of Chaplain Joseph R. Koch (Roman Catholic) to the Army Medical Center, this city, the medical center will have available for the first time in four or five years the services of a Catholic chaplain of the Regular Army. Father McGeary, a local civilian priest, in the absence of & regu- larly assigned Catholic chaplain at the medical center, has been administering to the religious needs of both Fersonnel and patients of his faith at Walter Reed and the center. The Protestant chap- lain serving at Walter Reed is Chap- lain R. Earl Boyd. ANNUAL HONORS GIVEN ~ TO THREE SCIENTISTS Discovery of Method to Produce Copper Profitably From Ores Among Achievements. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, February 7.—Three an- nual honors, awarded for scientific achievement were announced tonight by the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers. For discovering & method to hrmdnu copper profitably from ores which had been considered virtually ~worthless, Francis W. McClennan of Miami, Ariz., receives the Willlam Laurence Saunders . McClennan is general manager of the Miami Copper Co. H. Peirce of Baltimore is awarded the James Douglas Medal for numerous improvements in devices for smelting, refining and rolling copper. and charged with possession and trans- Mrs. Shedd, in a deposition IHDMII!! her cross complaint, declared, he sals heAwauld l:tke t.h‘e“:ltur. i s roperty sef nt made ou wnnppmvldel that gfldd shall pay his wife $750 a month alimony: $3,000 yearly for each of his twq ¢hildren un- til they reach the age of 23, a trust having been set aside to guarantee these payments. Salesman Dies Suddenly. GAINESVILLE, Fla., February 7 (®). =J. L. O'Brien, 57, Grand Mich., salesman for portation of liquor. They returned to Lawrence today, accompanied by their parents and Howard Payne, an attor- ney, re-entrance into the uni- versity. The names of the four youths arrest- ed at Topeka Monday and said by of- ficers there to be unmiversity students have not been revealed, Boynton's announcement was forth- coming, following & conference with Henry Werner, men's student adviser. For the time being at least, Mr. Boynton said, any disciplinary action necessary | will be left in the hands of school au- , thoritles. gl o L , here_today, % Argentina’s 1930-31 wheat crop is umm-m*& expected 1o total 8,135,000 tons. He is president of the Peirce-Smith e Baltimore Copper Smeiting & Tex e imore Copper - fining Co. and the American Smelting & Refining Co. Studies in cast iron, tungsten, thor- fum and transformation of austenite bring to Edmund 8. Davenport of Kearny, N. J., the Robert W. Hunt award. Daven is in the research laboratory of the United States Steel Co. Prof. Waldemar Lindgren, geologist of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is made an honorary member of the institute. The honors will be bestowed formally at & dinner here February 18. established al- ne?lumn‘ Air lines have been I | university. Chateau | AT MARYLAND U. Crab Grass Fellowship Is Offered by Donald K. Belt. Special Dispatch to The Star. COLLEGE PARK, Md., February 7.— Donald K. Belt of Baltimore has of- fered an industrial fellowship at the University of Maryland for 1931-32 for the study of the cause and control of crab grass, President Raymond A. Pearson has announced. Crab grass, as is well known, is one of the worst pests in golf courses, lawns and pastures. Freshmen the university will hold their annual dance February 20. Robert Kent, president of the yearling class, has named Alan Goldsborough, Lloyd Ford, Stanley Hollins, Tom Pickles, Willilam Kilroy, “Hack” Wilson, Bill Rafferty, Nova La Motte, Jane Har- veycutter and Ensor to make the ar- rangements. WASHINGTON, D. C, SCHOOL AGTIVITIES | FEBRUARY 8, 1931—PART ONE. Schools and Colleges News of Interesting Student and Faculty Activities in Washington’s Leading Educational Institutions. A. U. Offers Fellowships. R. LUCIUS C. CLARK, chancellor of American University, announces the offering of four fellowships, each for $1,500, for the Graduate School of the University during the next school year. ‘The fellowships are offered in the following departments: International law and relations, history, government and economics. Applications for these fellowships, Dr. Clark said, should be in the hands of the dean of the Grad- uate School, Dr. Walter M. W. Splawn, not later than March 15, 1931. From the amount received each fellow is re- quired to pay the tuition of $300 for the year and the registration and library fees, which amount to $8 a year. The university will also expect these “fellows” to utilize the exception- al facilities for research available in ‘Washington. Dr. Sizoo Will Speak. Dr. J. R. Sizoo, pastor of New York Dances will be given after the Wash- | Avenue Presbyterian Church, will de- ington College and St. John's basket | liver an address on Lincoln at chapel ball games on February 11 and 25, re- spectfvely. for the benefit of the Stu- dent Government Association of the university. John Bischoff, chairman; Ralph Garreth, James Loughran and Mina Cannon comprise the committee in charge. The Opera Club of the university 1s rehearsing “The Chimes of Normandy,” which will be presented in the audi- torlum here April 15 and 16. Prof. B. Louis Goodyear, head of the music de- partment of the university, is directing the cast which appears to be unusually capable. James Andrews, chairman; William Kricker, Gibbs Myers, Robert Allen John O'Neill and John Pitzer have been named by Arley Unger, president of Omicron Delta Kappa, as the Commit- tee on Arrangements for the Calvert cotillion to be held February 27. Kati- arine Jenkins and Unger and Martha Thomas and Andrews will lead the cotillion. Both of the young ladies are students at Hood College. Miss Ethel R. Brewster of the Amer- jcan Association of University Women visited the university this week end io inspect the institution, which is pe- titioning the national organization. She was the guest of Miss Adele Stamp, dean of women of the university, and was the guest of honor at luncheon iven by the deans of the various col- leges. Dr. A. E. Zucker, professor of modern languages and comparative literature st the university, has just returmed from a six-month trip to Europe, where he made a study of post-war literature in various countries. Maryland Chapter of Alpha Gammo Rho, national agricultural fraternit will formally cpen its new house to- morrow wll{\ a tea from 1:30 to 5 o'clock. A banquet was held by the chapter in Washington last night. William T. Frazler, son of United States Senator Lynn J. Frazier, has been named chairman of the Program Committee for the annual Reserve Of ficers Training Corps ball to be given at the university March 6. Various other committees also have been named by Henry Whiting, lieutenant colonel of the corps, a Washingtonian, who also is president of the Student Government Association. Wednesday, March 11, has been set as the date for the annual Kappa Al- pha minstrel show 'tzh:; lhu be':om‘e ?’ge leading en nments af e i g:k Clark and Normal Wilson are in charge of the work on the production. Dr. H. J. Patterson, director of the experiment_station and dean of the College of Agriculture, and Mrs. Patte: son will give a reception Tuesday ev ning at their home here for the agri- cultural faculty and staff. Officers of the Student Grange for 1931 at the university recently were In- as follows: Master, Howard Stier; Mary Ingersoll; overseer, lecngieer'hlr;in Gilbert; Elizal orton; Hanna; treasurer, Ralph England; lady treasurer, Sara Huffington; chaplain, Carroll _Warner; assistant steward, steward, Croni. secretary, James House; lady assistant Vera Klein; Ceres, Virginia Pomona, Prances King; Flor: Goodhart. GOV. WOODRING SAYS OIL PROBLEM SOLVED| i Announces Standard of Indiana Has Agreed to Buy 300,000 Barrels. By the Associated Press. TOPEKA, February 7. distress oil problem has been ‘“tempo- rarily solved,” Gov. Harry H. Woodring said tonight in announcing the S ard Ofl Co. of Indiana had buy 300,000 barrels of the product of small wells whose outlet was cut off Jan- uary 1, when the Prairie Ofl & Gas Co. ceased buying crude ol ‘The Standard of Indiana, Gov. Wood- ring said, will buy 6,000 barrels a day from the Prairie for not more than 60 days. This temporary relief for the Southeastern Kansas producers, the Governor said, would “afford sufficient time to put this situation up to other companies in such a manner that they will do their share to bring about & permanent solution. LEGION HEAD FETED e Kansas Boston Honors Dr. Neil Williams at Winter Meeting. BOSTON, February 7 ().—Dr. Neil Williams of Excelsior Springs, national vice commander of the Amer ican Legion, here to attend the annual ‘Winter meeting of the State Depart- ment of the Legion, was well feted to- day. He was tendered a breakfast by Mayor James M. Curley this morning. ‘This noon Gov. Joseph B. Ely gave dinner in his honor and a banquet was planned for the evening. Ralph T. O'Neil, national commander of the , was stricken with pneu- monia in New York City while en route here to attend the meeting. —_—. Defeated Candidate Dies. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.,, February 7 (#).—Dewitt T. Dean, who unsuccess- fully opposed Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen with a wet platform in the iast fou Florida district congressional race, is dead at Holly Hill, near here, pleurisy and complications. from More than 400 varieties diaries were offered in London. SUMMER CAMPS. SARGENT SCHOOL CAMPS of 1931 e Booklet BOSTON UNIVERSITY b to night. 'x;h.summm d “Th tand. agreed to the the ga team ‘Th the rth Clari Christs i 3 urt ‘pointme services at American University, Hurst Hall, on Ithenclmlpu:, next Thursday at 10 o'clock. mtg?.m:rfl'lul’ J. Jackson, head of the department of religion at the college, has picked April 13 and 14 as the dates for the third annual pastors’ con- ference, to be held at the campus. The speaker will be Bishop Edwin H. Hughes icago. o’c‘l:rlr “Alun.)fi of ‘{‘.;'.‘,“;,‘::" virtually comple f';));otge.sdmee of A. B, has been ap- pointed "Tndune assistant In biology’ the college. “The Met:'gs Glee Club of American University will give a concert mnext ‘Wednesday night at Woodside Method- ist Episcopal Church. The club sang last Thursday at Christ's Church, in wn. 0'3'-'1‘:&“. day will be celebrated at the college with a Valentine dinner in the college dlnlnl( {1‘::\,’ and :‘ auspices of e, e Pretnman Committee in charge includes; Joseph Thomas, Dorothy Latham, Harlan Hendricks, Richard Tuve, and Emily Nicklas. Epsilon Kappa Sorority held an in- formal dance at the Rochambeau last night. The committee in_charge con- sisted of Olive Rodgers, Prutia Peirce and Frances Fincher. Dean Will Entertain. Pa., its Dr. George B. Woods, dean of the 9 nd Miss Mary Louise Brown, Sean ot"women, will entertain next Friday night in honor of the pres- idents of student organizations. Dr. Edward W. Engel, of the chem- istry department, has been elected to membership in the Honorary Scien- tific Fraternity, Sigma Xi. N. U. Proceeds Despite Loss. S 'ATIONAL University has carr] N on its academic activities with- out interruption despite the death early Thursday of its beloved chancel- John L. Cassin, the institution and for many years Dr. Charles F. Carusi's associate in law practice, has directed the univer-| year. sity’s affairs without hesitation in de?e’rence to Dr. Carusi’s own frequent- ly e hope that “things at National would carry on” in event of his Bduclt:g in law himself at National University, Dr. Carusi returned to that institution as professor of law in 1900 after engaging in active practice in New York for several years. In 1910 he was made dean of the Law School faculty and in 1924 he was elevated to the position of _chancellor, his father's successor. During his regime the university's enrollment grew from 174 to 1,200 while his faculty was increased to 69 members. National's class in practice and pro- cedure was scheduled to make its an- nual visit to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals at 10 o'clock yes- terday morning. The students assem- bled in the Court House corridors and, & unit, D‘S:‘M the court, I‘Ihel’l they argued the proj lon, ‘Tennessee statute forbidding the teaching of evolution should be repealed.” H. Miller and affirmative while John C. McAndy and F. Sammons opposed the issue. Next Saturday night another team will contend, ‘“That Congress should create a federal department of edu- cation with its head a member of the presidential cabinet.” Ruth E. Poole and S. D. Minnich will comprise team, while their opponents will include W. E. Koken and W. L. Shoup. The second inter-class debate of the ear will be held February 21, accord- gw an announcement made at university last 3 g Fraternity mfl scheduled x::gk.er at ':‘I}e last ht when two teams “That the of ments completed the program arranged under the direction of George P. Grove. A business meeting of the Philippine Columbians was held at 45 pm. Thursday. J. C. Roca Dr. Lewis Rackow, fessor of political science in the School of Economics and Government, js the author of an article in the forthcoming luur of the American Political Science Review. G. W. U. Debaters Begin Feb. 13. EORGE WASHINGTON UNIVER- SITY woman debaters will n their season on Friday evening, February 13, when they will meet a team from Swarthmore College. The question will be: ‘“Resolved, ‘That the several States sheuld adopt system of compulsory employment in- surance.” The George Washington de- baters will uphold the afirmative. This uestion is to be used in all the women's lebates throughout the season, with the Gt ‘Washi; debaters tak- ing the ative side in some debates and the negative side in others. The team which will argue the ative side is composed of Bertha Kauffman, Elizabeth Wheeler, Genevieve Wimsatt and Louise Feinstein. On the negative team are Elizabeth Reeves, Louise Falli- presided. associate gant, Hilda Haves and Louise Bruce. Other women’s debates which will take place in Washington are those with Trinity College, on February 25; March 6; Cornell 13; a men's team e, March 21, and nnsylvania State e _women’s will visit New York University on March 6, Ohio ‘Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, University of Boston Univefsity, University, March from Carleton Coll & mel from College, March 30. on March 12, and Pittsburgh on March 13, Debating the question wmmmuon. the men's debate team meet, the University of Cincinnati in Washington MUSICAL INSTRUCTION. PIANO PLAYING JALL v Gl‘.LlTAR SAXOPHONE, BANJO, ey oy L 18 “":.l: N.". i r‘m"‘ l:ll An Opportunity donna will train a few singers, ind dramatically. in opera roles and eekly experience. Puplls pr urch, concert and serious, tious girls with goed yolces accepted. Voice trial by Phone Mjtropolitan 2851, Em aiso 1 1 - ‘Thomas E. Boot upheld the | ;) versii the | here unde?t.h:n on February 27, while on the same eve- ning a second team meets the Univer- sity of Cincinnati on its own campus. Debates will follow with the University of Oklahoma in Washington on March 6; with Boston University in Boston on March 20; with New York University at New York on March 19 and in Washington on March 21; with Syra- cuse University in Washington on April 1. and with the University of West Virginia in Washington on April 13. ‘The men’s_varsity debate squad is composed of Dewitt Bennett, Hearst R. Duncan, Ralph Gilby, Norman Hagan, Raymond Herzog, drew Howard, J. P. Jackson, Richard C. Marks, Robert L. Parsons, James Ronald, Clif- ford R. Stearns and William C. West. The debaters are coached by Prof. Willard Hayes Yeager and Prof, Henry G. Roberts of the department of public speaking. Classes opened for the second se- mester of the academic year on Wed- nesday, following midyear recess. Dean Henry Grattan Doyle of the Junior College, will attend the sessions of the Institute of Inter-American Af- fairs at the University of Florida, Febru- ary 10 to 13, as the official representa- tive of the American Council on Edu- cation, of which he is secretary. Ho will speak upon “The place of the press in the development of an inter-Ameri- can educational program.” While in Florida Dean Doyle will represent the Ymv:mf:;,th“ tlhe celebration of the wenty- anniversary of the for of the University of mr?nd-. s Georgetown Faces Debaters. GEORGEIOWN UNIVERSITY has two intercollegiate debates sched- uled for next month, each on some phase of the prohibition question, Opening its season on March 8 against l"e:e Umv;:;mhy c!wl;llthbur[h‘ the col- vars am next debate wit R.untgen o:; Mn{cth 27. o 'y & series of try-outs the Georgetown team has been selected from the mem- bership of the Philodemic Society as follows: William A. Sullivan of Yonk- ers, N. Y., Willlam G. McEvitt of New York City, John C. Hayes, jr. of Chicago and Lawrence J. Mehren of Chicago, as ;:;;Tlu&l 6 For {lhkgsle nvo‘ contests and are likely to follow she the team s under tion of V. John J. Toohey, S. J., who has been coaching Georgetown debating teams for 18 years. Pittsburgh’s debaters will come here for the contest on March 8, that finally ving been agresd upon as the date. In this initial conest, the Hilltoppers will t.lgle the affirmative side of the ques- tion, “Resolved, That the eighteenth amendment should be repealed and the control of liquor given to the indi- Vidual States.”” For the debate with Rutgers, the local team also will found defending the afirmative, the 2ing the desirability of .the Canadian system of liquor control. Father Toohey has made & unique record in coaching the varsity debating teams, Georgetown having ~ sustained only one defeat in 18 years. It has been customary to select the varsity debaters from ‘the Philodemic Society, the oldest college debating club in the United States. It is now in its 101st All four debaters are seniors Sullivan, winner of the annual Menlllc’i Medal this year, is recognized as the leading debater at the college. The other members of the team are all men of experience and leaders in class ac- tivities. Mr. Mehren is editor-in-chief :(e 't.t;e. p:xroy-. the weekly Georgetown At its next meeting the Phi Society will elect officers for z’fige'fif I 8 beuln( n'tfired Six new members also will :e':fin students in :lrl de) g relaxation. The annual School prom will be held Friday, ;:b'- Tuary 13, the law students being im- mune to superstition. Several hundred couples will attend the affair which is to be held at the Carlton Hotel. James M. Kelly is chairman of the Prom Com- n{nr‘: ng: the Law e up wving indi- s d:nd nodw all the cll:lu y_an combine in one gala |fle:lern‘n‘ R women ene The dozen or more class in d’:nw hygie Dentistry eeting of ition of School classes vidual dances both mvtl;mmmenllben of the , the cl - gperate in plans for the observance of lenic campai, 5 ington early in the Bprmp.:.n o Howard Debates Arranged. OWARD UNIVERSITY debaters will meet teams of the Piske Uni- e i le of now being completed at the unis ) The first of these tilts 'A:n:gmued Howard teams as far south Atlanta, Ga., and to Cleveland, Ohio. JThe Howard squad includes Lionel tsRoy Swann, Mercer Mance and Fred Minnis, varsity debaters for sev- eral years. Oth Philip Green, McKinney and Emile Thomas. the skillful instruction | fpo Cushing, interpreter of Csechoslovakia, in a recital. ‘Woman students of Howard Uni- versity again showed their superiority over the men the Autumn quar- ter, according to information from the registrar’s office students who m a the quarter just ended, 13 were women, two of whom attended both day and of the students gls! in the of cation, and four in the College of eral Arts. Eleven of these students are graduates of Dunbar High They are: Rosette A. Berry, Mary Edna Burke, John Phillip Harris, Cecie R. Jenkins, Virginia E. Jenkins, Marie Louise Moss, Charles Sumner Lofton, Ruth E. Matthews, Ghereteum Alma Ridgley, Beatrice Adams and Anna B. Cooper. Three of the young women, Mary 'Ednl Burke, Cecle Jenkins and Theo- dora Williams, were last year's honor students, having maintained a grade of A for the entire year. Stephen B. Callahan, chief deputy marshal for the District of Columbia, will address Howard University Law School students Saturday at 10 a.m. in the law school auditorium of Evarts Hall, 420 Fifth street. His subject will be ‘“Punctions of the United States Marshal.” Leahy to Teach Legal Ethics. Edu- Lib- WILLIA.I( E. LEAHY, dean of Colum- 1iby bus University School of Law, last night was named professor of legal ethics of the senior class. Dean Leahy has been an active leader since the foundation of the institution. matriculation was exceptionally large with the opening of the second semester last Monday. The purposes of the school were outlined by Sefton Darr, assistant dean, in welcoming the new students. He predicted a continuance lor the school's progress. In line with the expansion program, ! Judge Nathan B. Cayton, faculty ad- visor of the Columbian Debating So- clety, announced two debates with teams from out-of-town colleges would be conducted during the present se- mester. F. P. Brassor, assistant dean of the School of Accountancy, was optimistic over the heavy enrollment in new classes which began last Monday night. He predicted the year would be the greatest in the y.olmenl grade of “A” in MORE LIERARES URGED FORCAPTAL Dr. Arthur Deerin Call Tells WMAL Listeners Educa- tional Importance. Greater library facilities for Washing- ton were urged last night by Dr. Arthur Deerin Call, chairman of the Committee on Public Libraries of the Washington ber of Commerce, in a talk over rldi,o‘h Station WMAL. ““The supreme challe; any civili= zation, Call declared, 91’3 edu-~ catio , “Next to our schools for thelPtumo- tion of education stand the libraries and yet 44 per cent of our total popula- tion in the United States are without local public libraries, 83 per cent of our rural population, one-third of our countries and 89 per cent of our South- ern lgiult:ued people are without public raries. 3 He contended Washington's popula- tion required at least 20 branches of the institution. “The average in 38 American cities 1§ 431 per capita book circulation. Our book circulation is only 2.83 per capits. Our central library building, erowded at?flg}'erflofll. should be doubled im The speaker called attention to the {ollowing' program sponsored by the imber : “1. The formulation by the District Public Library authorities of a 15-year Brognm of expansion for the public lprary system. “2. The enactment by Congress of & 15-year branch library financing law. “3. The inclusion in 15-year financs ing bill of a sum adequate in amount to defray the cost of doubling in sue the present central library building™ Monday, February 6, at 5:30 p.m., still history of the account- ancy branch. Gratification was expressed by Mr. Brassor over the selection of two new professors, H. Mason Welch, who will teach commercial law, Bernstein, who will give instruction in modern accounting methods. Mr. Welch is a native of Vermont. | He has been practicing law in Wash. ington since his graduation from Georgetown Law School in 1919. He is counsel for several insurance companies, Bank of Brightwood and numerous local corporations. A luate of New York University, Mr. tein has been an accountant, auditor and tax consultant in Washing- ton since 1915. He is secretary treas- urer of the District of Columbia Insti- tute of Certified Public Accountants. George F. Cozzens has been named as chairman of the Committee on En- tertainment for a dance to be given by the Venetian Society next Saturday night at the Kenwood Golf and Coun- be | try Club. Students of both schools will attend. ‘Washington College to Dine. TH] ‘Washington College of Law banquet on February 21 will be held at the Mayflower Hotel instead of the Shoreham as originally announced. The second semester of the college opened with a full enrollment and a heavy schedule. The Moot Court sat last night with Judge Mary O'Toole on the bench. Senior counsel who pleaded their first cases were Nellie E. Bishop, Abram Blum, Dorothy J. Quinlan, Benjamin Schlosser, Walter 8. Pawl, Joseph J. Raphling, William B. Doyle, Jane Dyer, Mansel A. Gray, Samuel B. Gahm, ward Michael d The freshman class of the division held its first debate under the direction of Mrs. morning Wednesday Rebekah 8. those upholding the negative were Tom- ;}ef Nl'x, P’I.‘x‘z“ ;11 Bi:‘iley and Edward J. lolenof. e decision was in fi 24 lh:n‘ nm;m.;ge AT e freshman class, under the direc- tion of Rufus S. Lusk, last evening de- bated the adoption of some form of Federal censorship of mo ictures and whether sl ate $25,000,000 for the relief of suffe perticipa in_ the Heilman, Edgar S Idol, and negative, Cecil A. Jones, Vera M. Kelley, Mitro Holovachka. The' wuk]ly junior Tound table for discussion of legal topics and study problems was held in the college library Thursday morning, under the direction of Dr. Edwin A. Mooers, faculty advisor. Gretta Palen, president of the morning division, junior class, presided. Seventy-six men and women have for the new midyear fresh- m-ncm--tme!;:m-mmm ‘The e the way to start By Signors Chiaventeni, I IALIA mative expert teacher. 1429 21st St. N.W. The debating committee, composed of | Profs. Jason C. Grant, acting head of the department of English; Ralph Bunche, head of the department of Ppolitical sclence; Emmett Dorsey of the department of history; Howard D. Gregg of the department of education and John H. Lovell of the department of English, is in charge of the coaching. The Howard University lecture re- cital series will present Stalla Marek —_— P S Arex LEARN TO WRITE SHORT STORIES Registration Daily, Except Wednesdays 510 7 p.m. on Reauest Natiol 10 The Moneyway Studios The_Penthouse, 912 19th St. N.W. For Practical Paying Results Study at The Master School wpe of =g Interior Decoration Interior Decoration Practical fessional Training Course. Ex- pert Teachers. Individual Instruction. Rudolphe de Za Director Representing Arts & Dec o1 1206 Conn. Ave. North 5236 WO0O0D’S SCHOOL 311 E. Capitol St. LL Q038 Shorthand, Typewriting, English 4 Weeks—Day Sessions, $16 Evenings, $5.60 Ace PATENT OFFICE SPECIFICATION WRITING COURSE by B. P. Fishburne, R. P. A. BEGINS Feb. 16—4 MOS. COLUMBIA “TECH” SCHOOL ting Why Be Idle and Lose Money? Take a Review placed annually at laries — $15-850 Start Monday—New Classes Boyd Business University 1333 F (Opp. Fox) Nat. 0700 and Oscar J.| W .| Prot. trom Spain. Rapid Progress, 1338 are being received. A special meeting of the senior c! was held last week for the purpose tion and the election of officers, iam L. McCabe of Utah was elected president. Prior to beginning the study of accountancy, Mr. McCabe was. ated from George Wash: niver- sity with the degree of bachelor of arts. Other officers chosen were Isabella Mallon, vice president; Julia Hoj 3 sect ry; Robert E. 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