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" B—8 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., OCTOBER 20, 1935—PART ONE. MEETING GALLED ON CROSSING SITE Civic Sentiment on Rockville Overpass to Be Sought Tomorrow Night. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md. October 19.— To enable the people of the com- munity to express themselves relative to elimination of the dangerous Balti- more & Ohio Railroad grade crossing here, where 14 Williamsport High School students were killed last April, and to have them make known their wishes regarding the location of a proposed overhead bridge, a meeting will be held in the fire en- gine building here Monday night. The meeting was called at the in- stance of Mayor Douglas M. Bland- ford and the Town Council. Mayor Blandford is urging a ll.rgel attendance in the hope of a thorough | discussion. It is planned to have the | meeting adopt resolutions for the guidance of the State Roads Commis- | tion. On a visit to Rockville early in the week Dr. Homer E. Tabler, chairman of the roads commission, intimated | that the latest types of safety devices would be installed at the grade cross- | ing. and the crossing allowed to re- | main, and that the overhead bridge would be so located and the ap-| proaches s0 routed as to injure pri- vate property as little as possible. He stated work on the overhead bridze would probably start not later il i ester of last year were announced last than December 15. 1DA VALLEY HOMESTEAD COMPLETION IS DELAYED Mountaineers Probably Will Stay in Shenandoah Park for Another Winter. ®pecial Dispatch to The Star. STANLEY, Va., October 19.—Delay n restarting work on the Ida Valley homestead. five miles southeast of here, probably will mean the remain- ing of the mountaineers in the Shen- andoah Park for another Winter, it was said here today. It will take several months to build the homes once materials are on the ground and plans started. Some time also will be required for the social rehabilitation of these people. The Ida community is meant to be a model for other homesteads in this regard. The Ida project was begun over a year ago. Then work stopped, and from time to time since there have been rumors that it was about to restart. Changes in requirements for those who will occupy homesteads 15 said to be delaying the matter now. There are about 300 families who ' will be moved into homesteads. About 60 will occupy the homestead at Ida. PREACHING MISSION AT DAMASCUS SET Bpecial Services Scheduled Methodist Episcopal Church This Week. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. DAMASCUS, Md, October 19.— Beginning Monday and continuing until Friday, a preaching mission will be held at Damascus Methodist Epis- copal Church, with outstanding speak- ers each evening at 8 o'clock. Subject under discussion will be “The Chris- tian Church and Its Meaning for Life.” Sunday, October 27, will be home- coming day at this church. Sermon at 11 am. by the pastor, the Rev. Raymond Hunter Brown. From 3 pm. to 4 p.m. there will be a sacred mu- sical concert by the Woodberry Ave- nue M. E. Church. From 4 until 5 pn. a reception will be held by the Official Board, re- freshments to be served by the Ladies’ Aid Society. ~ in HOMECOMING PLANNED IN CEDAR GROVE CHURCH Upper Seneca Baptists to Conduct | Special Service in Near Future. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. CEDAR GROVE, Md,, October 19.— Plans are being made for “home- | coming” services at the Upper Seneca Baptist Church at Cedar Grove in| the near future, the date to be an- Dounced later, The Program Committee—Mrs. Elgie D. Hawkins, chairman; Mrs. Herbert King, Mrs. Guy Watkins and Carson Nicholson—are arranging an interest- ing program which will include a talk by Joseph Watts, State secretary of | the Mission Board. ‘The Committe on Arrangements is headed by Mrs. Ralph Walker.» As-| sisting her are Mrs. Wilbur D, Wat- | kins, Mrs. George D. Moyer, Mrs. C.| L. Watkins, jr.; William Beall and | Guy Watkins. UNIVERSITY WOMEN TO MEET AT U. OF M. Dr. Gertrude Bussey of Goucher Will Address College Park Branch. By a 5taff Correspondent of The Star. COLLEGE PARK, Md., October 19. ~—The first Fall meeting of the College Park Branch of the American Asso- ciation of University Women will be held Monday night at 8:15 o'clock in the old library building at the Uni- versity of Maryland, it was announced | today. The Progress Club will meet with the group for the purpose of hearing Dr. Gertrude Bussey of Goucher Col- lege discuss the “Women's Interna- tional League for Peace and Free- dom.” COMEDY CAST Maryland Park Jesters to Pre- sent “The Tin Hero.” Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. SEAT PLEASANT, Md., October 19. —The cast for the three-act comedy, *The Tin Hero,” to be presented by the Jesters’ Club of the Maryland Park High School next month, was announced yesterday by Miss Mildred Parrill, faculty director, as follows: George Walker, Lile Carter, Mil- dred Roberts, Ella Birckhead, Leo Kincheloe, Stanley Bali, Elizabeth Tierney, May Pumphrey, Katherine Fisher, Charlotte McGinnis and Louis ‘Tierney. Educational WITH s total enrollment of 822, American University has made a gain of 54 per cent over last year, it was announced by Dr. Joseph M. M. Gray, chancellor. The College of Lib- eral Arts has reached 400; the gradu- ate school 172, more than doubling its new students in social science courses; the School of Public Affairs has 222, and there are 28 students tak- ing special undergraduate work at the downtown center. Secretary of Agriculture Wallace opened the series of 10 lectures given under joint auspices of the Graduate School of the Department of Agri- culture and the School of Public Affairs of Ameri- can University when he spoke yesterday after- noon in the de- partment audi- torium. The speaker next Sat- urday afternoon will be Walton H. Hamilton, direc- tor of Consumers’ Division, N. R. A. Yule Fisher, president of the District of Co- lumbia Chapter of the A. U. Alumni | Association, announces a card party at Brook Tea House. Honor students for the second sem- ' will be held by the chapter November | Schools and Colleges Events of Interesting Student and Faculty Activities in Washington's Leading Institutions. group of prospective members at a rush smoker last night at the Thomas Circle Club, William T. Lowry, chan- cellor of the chapter, was in charge of arrangements. Parents’ Day at G. W. EORGE WASHINGTON UNIVER- SITY will entertain the parents of its Junior College students Friday afternoon. The mothers and fathers will hear talks by Dr. Cloyd H. Marvin, president of the university; Dr. Wil- liam C. Johnstone, dean of the Junior College; and Mrs. Joshua Evans, jr., of the board of trustees. ‘Tea will be served at Columbian House. Mrs. Vinnie G. Barrows, di- rector of women's personal guidance, will welcome the parents. Tomorrow afternoon the Faculty Club will receive from 4 until 6 o'clock at the Faculty Club House in honor of new members of the faculty and their wives. Mrs. Cloyd H. Marvin, wife of the president, will be at the tea table with Mrs. Willard Hayes Yeager, wife of Prof. Yeager, president of the Fac- ulty Club. Others who will assist are Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, Mrs. John Raymond Lapham, Mrs. Charles Wen- | dell Holmes, Mrs. Dewitt Clinton Croissant, Mrs. Harold Griffith Sutton, Mrs. Benjamin D. VanEvera. Dr. Florence Marie Mears, Mrs. Wood Gray, and Miss Harriet Garrels. pers of the District of Columbia Li- . brary Association at their meeting on Tuesday evening. An exhibit of books The university will be host to mem- | & Murray, vice president; Thomas | man or woman designated the out- Coates, treasurer, and Virginia For- ward, secretary. Members of the junior law class | graduation . A will hold their class elections to-|Thomas E. Rhodes, instructor in legal mMOITow. debating and public speaking at the Registrations opened last week for | university, is director of the weekly the new course on the operation and | contests. regulation of stock exchanges which The first meeting of the Hayden is to be conducted by Albert A. Car- | Johnson Law Club this year will be retta of the Securities and Exchange | held during the coming week when a Commission. The course will con-| group of students will meet under the tinue for a period of 15 weeks. personal direction of Dr. Hayden —~erry Johnson, chancellor of the university C. U. *Frats™ Active, and dean of its law scheol, to discuzs JOHNH.SARIMLIIEDW:MM legal aspects of u case wssigued by Columbia has been chosen t(o|Dr. Johnson. This club was orgai- 3 represent Catho- | jzed last year by a group of students 1fc University's | desirous of augmenting an already in- Beta Kappa|tense program of legal education by Chapter of Gam- | independent study under Dr. Johnson. ma Eta Gamma,| The club’s re-lasunching of its activi- national legal|ties this year will be marked by & fraternity, at the | heavy increase in its membership. Witan national| With increasing prominence of convention to| Great Britain in the current interna- be held Octo-| tios picture, deep interest at Na- ber 24-27 at the | tional is centering upon the course in University of In- | Anglo-American law which Prof. John diana, Indiana- | Paul Earnest is presenting. The course polis. A second | deals with the origins of the common Washingtonian, | law and embraces a review of the Joseph A. Cant- Sari. rell, is national high chancellor, and will preside over the sessions of the Witan. The annual banquet sponsored by the Architectural Society of Catholic University was held Thursday evening at the Lee House. The principal speakers were Dr. FPrederick V. ‘Murphy, head of the department of architecture; Dr. Thomas H. Locraft, instructor in architecture and & former winner of the Paris prize com= | petition, and Ernest C. Ruebsam, as- sociate professor of architecture. | | Charles H. Coogan of East Orange, | N. J.. who is head of the Architectural | Society, presided. James J. Bresnahan of Uxbridge, Mass.,, was unanimously elected su- John M. will be determined by Rev. Speer Strahan of the Catholic University who is the director. The class is being formed to aid, by literary direction and criticism, those still in the amateur ranks. Further information may be obtained through Mrs. Payne, 3410 Lowell street. Contract BY P. HAL SIMS. Cards Had to Be Just So. HE trouble with bridge, so far as the beginner is concerned, is that decisions must be made catch on to the fact that the declarer is confronted with a nasty problem and takes steps to thwart him. South Dealer. As South had hoped, although he | r | didn't realize until he saw the dumm how much he had hoped for it, the opening lead was the seven of hearts. East did not do any covering, so the {10 held the trick on the board. A | small club was led. South went up | week by Dean George B. Woods of the | and manuscripts from the university college. Honors were given to 59, as | Jibrary, arranged by John Russell follows: | Freshmen: Mary Aiken, Florence | the councii room. a Birdseye, David Copenhafer, Doris| The first secretary of the Bolivian Fracker, Herbert Fuchs, Frances Gar- | jegation, Senor Enrique de Lozada, | Mason, librarian, will be on view in | {rett, Jane Getz, Carol Laise, Sherman Lee, John McNeely, Lucile Maris, Jo- seph Masi, Walton Muy, John Meinin- ger, Charles Severson, Kathryn Tay- lor, Raymond Wrenn. will speak at the university lomorrnwi night before the class in current South | American problems. He will discuss | “Present Peace Terms in the Chaco.” | During the past week 200 District | Sophomore-: Nancy Brehm. Rhoda Coulson, Su- " Drager, Maynard Eicher, Margaret ~~!!, Owenita Har- | rah, Stephen Hatchett, Mary Lehman, | Frances Page, William Powell, Sidney Sachs, Helen Sanderlin, Margaret Stevenson, Ruth Stone, Ruth Ward. Juniors: Roger Barss, Jeanee Bea- dle, Catherine Church, Albert Cooper, Mildred Knight, Harriet Reed, Haylet Shaw, Esther Smith, Margaret Spiller, Lucile Stalker, Mary Lesta Wakeman, Melvin Wheatley. | Seniors: Martin _Allwine, Elwood Backenstoss, Philip Ferris, Emily Cole- man, Elisabeth Gray, Lois Green, Sara Hawbecker, John Hoover, Doro- thy Kirsch, Pauline Pariseau, George Sanderlin, Meta Dean Scantlin, Gor- don Sievers, Lois Thompson, Geraldine | Whitaker. G. U. Alumni Meet. REPREENTATIVB of Georgetown University attended a huge din- | ner in Providence, R. I.. last Monday given by the Rhode Island Club of Georgetown in honor of Representa- | tive-elect Charles F. Risk of that i State, a graduate of the law school in | the class of 1922. Rev. Arthur A. O'Leary, S. J.. presi- dent of the university: Rev. Prancis C. Lucey, S. J.. regent of the law school, and Dr. Hugh J. Fegan, assis tant dean, attended the dinner. | who dealt the New Deal its first con- | gressional defeat and consequently re- ceived national publicity. Present at the dinner was Chief Justice Edmund W. Flynn of the | State Supreme Court, also a graduate | of the law school. He is a brother of another distinguished graduate, Wil- liam S. Plynn, former Governor, who received an honorary degree of doctor of laws from Georgetown in 1920, when | the late President Coolidge made the commencement address. The District of Columbia Club of | the Law School held its initial month- |ly Wednesday luncheon with Dr. Edmund A. Walsh, S. J., as the guest speaker. The law alumni | are arranging for a -moker the eve- | ning before the Georgetown-Maryland game. | . Another law school alumnus, Judge | Walter J. Casey of the Police Court, was honored at a dinner last night at the Racquet Club given by the Class of 1924 of which he was a member. | The guests included members of the gohlc: Cgurtt). the District Supreme ourt an ean h Stithe oy wne S The Spanish Club of the School of Foreign Service will meet tomorrow at 8 pm. in the philodemic room for 115 first session of the year. | Il Circolo Italiano, Georgetown’s | Italian Club, also will meet this week o map out an active program. Like | the Portuguese Club, another group in the foreign service school, its aims are cultural. Prominent American and foreign professors are invited to ad- dress these clubs during the year on lx!r ;nds literature. e St. Vincent de Paul Society the college, under the guidance of Rev. Vincent S. McDonough, . J., director of spiritual activities, will carry on its | charitable work through the following officers: James D. president ; Vincent F. Beatty, secretary, and | Frank S. Swain, treasurer. Members of the Executive Committee are James S. Kernan, chairman; Joseph M. Nurre, jr.; Michael J. Connolly, Louis F. Abramowski, John J. Cunningham, | John Love, Francis M. Curry, Robert | | E. O'Brien, Hugh G. Perry and John W. Nurre. | | Law College Elections. THE senior class of the evening divi- sion of Washington College of Law at a meeting held last week elected Ellis 8. Stone as president. | Other officers chosen were Mabel C. | Wright, vice president; Bdith M. Kloeber, secretary; Carl W. Thomp- son, treasurer; John A. Clark, sergean at arms, and Duke H. Bl'lfickwddtrt retiring president; Col. Herold J. Weiler and William T. Lowry, as mem- bers of the Executive Committee. The Fall business meeting of the Alumni Association will be held Thurs- day at 8 pm. The program will in- | { Risk was the Republican nominee | last week, | of Columbia school teachers, selected | to participate in the program of in- service seminars organized jointly by George Washington University and the public began studies in the | field of character education. Eleven studv groups have been organized, which meet as follows: | The group on educational and voca- tional guidance on the senior high school level will meet Tuesday at 4 p.m., Building P, room 10, the George Washington University. The | other groups meet at various public ' school buildings. “¥” School Adds Course. | QOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY'S i ™" School of Accountancy will launch & new course in accountancy for be- ginners tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. | This will be a three-year course, leading to the degree of bachelor of | commercial science. Classes will meet | every Monday, Wednesday and Fri- | day from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Cen- ‘ tral Y. M. C. A. Building. The instruction will include theory | and practice of business administra- | tion and is designed to prepare stu-' dents for governmental or private accounting work. The faculty con- | sists of certified public accountants jand attorneys trained in commer- | cial law. Women as well as men are being | enrolled for the course, in line with | the general co-educational policies of the university. | Dormitories | P | at Howard U. THE two new men's dormitories, | * which will be built at Howard | University under a P. W. A. allot- | ment of $525,000, will remedy a con- dition that has sorely taxed the uni- | versity officials for many years. | The dormitories will replace Clark { Hall, the only men's dormitory in! | existence on the campus for 65 years. | In recent years it has constituted & fire hazard. | | Referring to the mewly authorized | buildings, Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson, president, said: “This will meet our | | present emergency. Last year Clark | Hall was crowded with 166 students. | | As a precaution, tenancy this Fall has been held down to 126, resulting | | in hardships to many students who have been forced to secure accommo- | dations in private homes.” | The International House at Howard | University was torn down last Sum- | mer, eliminating the only other | dormitory for men on the campus. | | Fifty professional man students are | at this time tempoarily residing in | | Minor Hall, former girls' dm'nitmy.] New Librarian Named. { EAPPOINTMENT of Mrs. Regina | Goddard as librarian of Colum- | bus University was announced yes- | terday by Dr. John R. Fitzpatrick, | dean of the Law School. He also an- | nounced the reappointment of Melvin | A. Miller as editor of the Skipper, | school publication. | Thomas J. Muldowney was elected president of the senior class. On the slate with him were elected Dolores | | { De Jardin School of { FRENCH LANGUAGE| Classes and Private Instruction d Eveni | | New Class Now Forming In Practical, Applied ough weorki knewled, e e praciice ‘suarantecd 1138 Conn. Ave. Over Stadebaker Sales Rooms Met. 960 . clude the election of officers and dis- of plans for the coming year. Catherine L. Vaux, president, will pre- cussed Marks.” ' The freshman class of the day divi- sion devoted their public speaking ses- sion last week to a continuation of the short talks on the lives of early Ameri- can lawyers. The subjects and speak- ers included “William Paterson,” Au- gusta H. Brown; “John Jay,” Rich- ard B. Brown; “Jeremiah Mason,” Ralph H. Carter, “Roger Brooke ‘Taney,” C. Stanton Coats; “Henry Clay,” Berryman Davis. Alpha Rho Chapter, Sigma Delta Kappa Legal Fraternity, entertained & 4 and Business - Day and Commercial Law Taught Accountancy Offers Excellent Auditor, Traveling A Examiner, Field _Auditor. ' Pield Office Maniager and 1736 G St Y. M. ! Dells sand C. M. | Maurice, rtunitie ‘Governmental mt&”‘fi‘o 1d Positions as Compt. Accountants are Qualified to H‘? | Positions o8 Ol preme Utopian at the first meeting of the Utopian Club. Three new members were elected | to the Graduate Council at the last | meeting of the faculty of the Grad- | uate School. They are Otto J. Ram- ler, professor of mathematics; Dr. Henry P. Ward, associate professor of chemistry. and Dr. Arthur J. Har- riman, instructor in biology. Columbia “Tech” Activities. I year at Columbia Technical In- | stitute will be a faculty reception and | dance given for the student body and | their friends, at Meridian Mansions, | on November 12. The main objective of this annual affair is to afford the students an op- portunity to meet the members of the school's faculty, Advisory Board and | Board of Trustees. | Music for the dance will be fur-| nished by the Trojan Orchestra and admittance may only be had by - | vitation, since it will be a closed school affair. N. U. Students Debate Issues. 'HE soldiers’ bonus and rental rates in the National Capital are hold- ing the debate stage at National Uni- versity Law School these days, with students pursuing research respecting both these subjects in preparation for forensic competition. Last night two teams argued the resolution that Congress should enact legislation imme- diately calling for full peyment of the soldiers” bonus. E E. Blakely, J. A. | Coble nrgued for the legislation, while L M. Marvin Cox and L. Carl- berg opposed it. Next Saturday will witness the year's first debate in which woman stodents will par. T F Rhodes. ticipate. Miss M. C. Henderson and Miss Prances Green with E. G. Brown, will comprise the affirmative team which will argue that Congress should enact legislation regulating rents in the District of Columbia. This team will be opposed by William Clark, Charles Smith and Ralph Foster. The winners in these Saturday night debates will be teamed later in a series of run-off contests to determine the best debater of the year. The Wilbur Fisk Dales, Ph. D. . Scheol and_Collese. V. Col. 4341 ¢ Felix Mahony’s National Art School Investigzate our simplified method of instruction. essional faculty. Lai vear 26 of our students were awarded prizes’in competition with other stu- dents. New Clesses Forming Day, Night, Children’s Classes 1747 Rhode island Ave. N.W. National 2656 | Class Limited SPANISH =% ... New class starting October 2: THE TZ SCHOOL OF 1113 Conn The Renshaw School in its nineteenth year. has ar- ' with the king, which held. | ranged its facilities to take care of a! 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