Evening Star Newspaper, May 22, 1932, Page 12

"A-12 .U CORNER STONE RITES ARE PLANNED Foundations for New Hall to 3 to Be Started at Com- i mencement. A feature of commencement week at Georgetown University, it was an- mounced last night, will be the laying '| New Gates to Be Presented Naval Academy PRESENTATION TO BE MADE BY CLASS OF 1907. of the corner stone of the future science | hall, known as the White-Gravenor | Building, which is to form the north side of a new quadrangle on the college ” campus. [ ‘The corner stone exercises will be deld Sunday, June 5, at 4:30 pm. Sermon to Be Sunday. i Commencement week will start the #preceding Saturday and conclude Mon- day afternoon with graduation exer- cises for seniors in all departments of the university. The baccalaureate ser- mon to the graduates will be delivered Sunday morning at 10 o'clock in Dahl- | gren Chapel. The preacher will be ai graduate of the class of 1922, Rev. James O'D. Hanlon, now a parish priest | in Pittsburgh, Pa. Father Hanlon grad- | uated with cum laude at Georgetown. | ‘While a student there he was manager | of the basket ball team and active in Philodemic debating circles. | Following the corner stone exercises, | Dr. W. Coleman Nevils, S. J., president of the university, will hold a reception in the evening for the seniors and vis- iting alumni. At 9:30 p.m.. in Gaston Hall, scholastic prizes will be awarded %o honor students in all departments Ambassador Paul May of Belgium. on this occasion, will award the Princ: Al- bert de Ligne Medal, founded by the gormer Belgian envoy, after whom it is hamed. | Mass for Deceased Members. | ‘The opening event of commencement &veek, Saturday morning, will be marked | by a memorial mass for deceased mem- bers of the faculty and alumni. Rev. John S. O'Conor, §. J., of the class of 9922, will officiate. Class day exercises will be held in the evening. The induction of seniors into | the alumni association will be followed | by the clas sevents Which will be held in the quadrangle if weather permits. | Pavis A. Dyer, 32, of St. Charles, Mo., will deliver the Cohonguroton oration. | or valedictory. There will be a concert by the class events, which will be held in | by the Mask and Bauble Club. President Nevils will present diploma: to more than 500 graduates the follow ing Monday afternoon at 4:15 o'clock, | bringing the three-day events to an end. | PLAN SPRING LUNCHEON ‘The Bicentennial Spring luncheon of | the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Hebrew | Home for the Aged will be held Tues-| day at 12:30 o'clock, at the Home, 1125 Spring road. Opening prayer will be conducted by | Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith. Greetings | will be extended by Mrs. Jack Veax,| @and vocal selections given by Mrs. | Herman Hertzberg and Guiseppe Bruno, | #ccompanied by Romeo E. Guaraldi Mrs. Yvonne Kushner will give reci tations and Mrs. Elias Gelman wi pronounce the benediction. ! THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, 29 MAY METHODISTS SLASH PUBLICATION LIST Editions of Church Organ Cut to Four in Drastic Econo- my Drive. By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J, May 21.— four of the eight Christian Advocates, | published in various parts of the coun- try as the official organ of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church, were legislated out of existence by the General Con- ference today. Their discontinuance was a part of the general campaign for sweeping re- presented to the academy May 28 by the class of 1907, marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of graduation. The |tienchment as an economy measure. TH‘ESE new gates for the main entrance to United States Naval Avademy, on Maryland avenue, Annapolis, will be gates were designed by the Allied Architects of Washington. éAPITAL-CLEVELAND AIRMAIL LINE SLATED Jackass Entrants | Night Route Over Mountains Will Speed Up Service to West- ern Points. The National Capital is to have a counterpart of the famous night air- mail line across the Alleghenies next month, when night airmail service is inaugurated between this ¢ and Cleveland. The service, which will give the Capital direct connection with the transcontinental route, is to be i gurated June 6 by Pennsylvania A lines Single motored open-cockpit planes will be used. The airmail is to’ leave Washington at 10 pm., daily, arriving in Chicago at 5:12 am. Leaving Chicago at 8:30 p.m., the mail will reach Washington- Hoover Airport at 4:40 am. The night mountain mail will supplant the “shuttle” service be- tween here and New York, operated by Eastern Air Transport to give the Cap- ital connections with the transconti- nental mail route at New York. The new night mail will connect with the transcontinental at Cleveland, saving three hours on delivery time here. At present the airmail from the West Coast and Chicago reaches Wash- ington at 7:40 o'clock in the morning. Airmail service out of Washington for the West leaves here at 7 pm. for New York, reaching Chicago the next morning at 5:12 o'clock. The new schedule will permit a three-hour later closing here on westbound airmail. The revised night service will be the second across the Alleghenies. MUsIC EVE.NTS CLOSE Last of Macfarland Community Center Programs Is Held. ‘The series of musical programs spon- sored by the Macfarland Community | Center closed last night Selections were given by the Macfarland Choral the Powell elementary class. service | “Jenny Outclasses | In Country Derby Two Thousand Watch Fin- ish in Contest of Hybrids in Virginia. By the Associated Press. AFTON, Va., May 21.—Simple Jenny. local Burgoo King of the hybrid world, with her owner, Gr an Devender up, led & long parade of jackasses across the finish line in both the Blue | Ridge Mule Derby and the Afton Stee- plechase events here this afternoon. More than 2,000 persons gathered at the Edgar Miller farm on the Lynch- burg highway to witness the mule races, and greeted with wild hilarity the numerous spills as the mounts balked at turns in the derby and at | the_jumps in the steeplechase Twenty-two mules were entered in the derby and twen plechase. Second and third in the derby were Burch Bragg and Dick Fox, while Bragg and Richard Pugh finished sec- ond and third, respectively, in the stee- plechase Van Devender’s mule won both events by long leads, taking a handicap of 25 yards in the steeplechase. | BEER URGED BY LABOR | Modification Writes Each Member of House. Committee A letter urging support for the “beer | | for revenue” bill was mailed each me | ber of the House of Representatives | today by labor's National Committee | for Modification of the Volstead Act. The letter, signed by Matthew Woll, president, and John B. Colpoys, sec- retary of the committee, said recent elections have shown clearly sentiment over the country is for modification of the Volstead ac | O’'Connor-Hull 2.75 per cent beer bill LLANSBURGH’S 7th, 8th and E Sts.—NAtional 9800 BASEMENT STORE Cool sleeveless styles, with scalloped trimming, square and round neck- lines, soft, ruffied collars, and glass buttons. 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While here the veterans will seek an | audience with President Hoover, call on embers of Congress and join in the /eterans' Demonstration week.” | | Aroused by news that these veterans | and others are coming from Portland, | Oreg, and the Middle West, Lee T. Turner, commander of the District of | Columbia Department of the Disabled | American Veterans, ed a warning | last night that the “crusade” will be | fruitless and that the ex-service men | must accept the consequences of de titution if they will not follow the ad- vice of those who know the futility of their trips.” 1,000 FATHERS EXPECTED | Annual Visit to Boy Scout Camp Arranged for June 4. Officials of the Boy Scouts predicted yesterday more than 1,000 Scouts and | their fathers would participate in a one-day trip to Camp Roosevelt June 14, | The father and son hike, an annual | | event, enables parents to gain an in- | sight into the Scout work of their sons. | Transportation will be provided for | fathers who prefer not to walk. ; Nationally Advertised QUICK-DRYING ENAMEL only 1c With a Can at the Regular Price of 75¢ pint You May Buy Two Colors Guaranteed by us and the manufacturer to be Highest Quality Enamel—none better. Produces a hard, lustrous surface—excellent for both furniture and woodwork. 4 hours. The following progressive dealers offer this Unusual Value: Northwest Harry Wolfe 1000 North Capitol Street Peoples’ Stores Co. 4913 Ga. Ave. Peoples’ Stores Co. 5536 Conn. Ave. Kentucky Hardware Co. 3241 M Street A. Gordon 2212 14th Street S. H. Landy 3932 Ga. Ave. J. B. Nye 1822 1st St. Dupont Hardware Co. 2004 M Street Columbia Hdwe. 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