Evening Star Newspaper, June 2, 1940, Page 23

Six 6. W. Alumni To Receive Awards For Achievements Dr. Harmon Will Head Association; University Library Opened 8ix prominent alumni of George _ Washington University were named last night to receive the annual achievement awards offered by the university's General Alumni Assy- ciation. Announcement of the awards, which will be presented at com- mencement exercises June 12 in Constitution Hall, was made at the annual meeting of the Alumni Asso- ciation in the Hall of Government. The meeting also was featured by election of a new slate of officers headed by Dr. Robert H. Harmon, for many years director of the uni- | versity's glee club, who was named | president. | Those Chosen for Awards. Those selected by the Executive | Committee of the association to re- ceive achievement awards were: | Miss Helen Rembert Carloss, spe- | cial assistant to the Attorney Gen- | eral, for achievement in law. | Miss Ida May Lind, director of | elementary school instruction in the District, for achievement in edu- | cation. Dr. William J. Mallory, profes- sor of medicine in the university school of medicine, for achievement in medicine. Edwin A. Schmitt, former presi- | dent of the Engineer Alumni Asso- | ciation, for achievement in en- gineering. Theodore W. Noyes, editor of The Star, senior university trustee and former president of the alumni asso- ciation, for achievement in jour- nalism. Wilbur J. Carr, the last American Minister to Czecho-Slovakia and for many years Assistant Secretary of State, for achievement in diplomacy. University Library Opened. The alumni meeting shared the spotlight with the formal opening of the university library in Lisner Hall, the gift of the late Abram Lis-~ ner, who for many years was a mem- ber of the university's Board of Trus- tees. Many prominent alumni, mem- bers of the District Library Associa- tion, and the Library Science Alumni Association, librarians of national prominence and a number of dis- tinguished guests attended a recep- tion in the spacious and gayly deco- | rated hall. 1 The guests were received in the main reading room by President and Mrs. Cloyd Heck Marvin, Robert V. Fleming, president of the Board of Trustees, and Mrs. Fleming; Dean | Elmer Louis Kayser, marshat of the | university, and John Russell Mason, university librarian. | Members of the library staff con- | ducted guests through the many rooms in the six-story building, which was opened last September for student use. Visitors wandered | through the periodical, reference | and reading rooms and inspected the | rare book vault and the many rows of book stacks. The stacks have a capacity of 135000 volumes, with | space for 20,000 more volumes in | other rooms. Bridges connect the ! THE SUNDAY § NEW G. W. U. LIBRARY FORMALLY OPENED—Shown during ing the formal opening of George Washington University’s new to right) Russell Mason, librarian; President Cloyd Heck Marvin, Dean Elmer Louis Kayser and John W. Klemm of the class of 1890. Officers of the General Alumni Association were elected at a meeting preceding the reception. Pictured above (in front) are Mrs. Ermyntrude Vaiden Stearns, vice president, and Miss Margaret M. Neumann, treasurer. Standing in rear: Lester A. Smith, executive secretary; Dr. Robert H. Harmon, president, and August H. Moran, a vice president. —Star Staff Photos. third floor of the library with thejH Clegg, veteran G-man and at third floor of the adjacent buildings | present an assistant director of the and passageways from the basement | Federal Bureau of Investigation. give access to adjoining structures. | Other officers chosen were: Lisner Hall forms the central unit Vice presidents: Mrs. Ermyntrude and completes the group of build- | Vaiden Stearns, Jor Columbian Col- ings on the G street side of the|lege; Dr. Howard F. Kane, for the university quadrangle. medical school; August H. Moran, Dr. Harmon Succeeds Clegg. for the law school; George A. Deg- The new Alumni Association pres- | nan, for the school of engineering; ident, Dr. Harmon, succeeds Hugh | Malcolmn G. Gibbs, for the school ) TAR, WASHINGTON, the reception last night mark- library in Lisner Hall are (left -— of pharmacy; Joseph H. Roe, for the graduate school; Chester W..Holmes, for the school of education, and Ross P. Pope, for the school of govern- ment; treasurer, Miss Margaret M. Neumann, and executive secretary, Lester A. Smith. The last-named two were re-elected. The secretary was instructed to cast a unanimous ballat for election of the entire slate, named by a Nominating Committee headed by Dr. Frank A. Hornaday. A resolution commending the pres- ent university administration for the progress of the institution was adopted by the association. Intro- duced by Newell W. Ellison, local lawyer and president of the Law School Alumni Association, it said: “Whereas, the George Washington University, under the guidance of a vigorous and far-sighted adminis- tration, has shown and continues to show progress of a high order in academic standards and in physical equipment, be it resolved, that the thanks and gratitude of the General Alumni Association are extended to the university admin- istration, together with a pledge of our confidence in and support for the future of the university.” The meeting ended with the sing- ing of the “Alma Mater” by a section of the glee club. George Neille, a vice president of the association, presided in the absence of Mr. Clegg. | Sermon Series Opens The Rev. William S. Dixon, Texas evangelist who sings and preaches, | will open a two-week series of ser- mons at 8 o'clock tonight at the| Mount Vernon Baptist Church, | Arlington, Va. D. C, JUNE 2, 1940— Maryland Republicans Re-elect Weller in Surprise Move Backers Also Override Opposition to Elect Mrs. Lula E. Powell By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, June 1.—Maryland delegates to the Republican National Convention today re-elected Oving- ton E. Weller as national commit- teeman after a move to unseat him fell through. Leaders of the group opposing Mr. Weller kept their candidate un- der cover until nominations were called for at the closed meeting. ‘Then Paul Robertson, chairman of the Republican City Committee, sprang & surprise by nominating George M. Moffett, millionaire in- dustrialist, who now lives at Queens- town. Mr. Moffett, who is chairman of the board of the Corn Products Re- fining Co. and a delegate at large to the Philadelphia convention, immediately withdrew and Mr. Weller got all of the 16 votes. Mr. Weller has been a national commit- teeman since 1924. The Weller forces also overrode | their opposition by electing Mrs. | Lula E. Powell, secretary of the| Republican State Central Commit- | tee, as national committeewoman to | succeed Mrs. William P. Lawson. | Mrs. Powell was elected by a vote of 10 to 6 over Mrs. Jeanette | Sturmer of Easton. W. David Tilghman, jr., chairman | of the Republican State Central| Committee, was elected chairman of the convention delegation and was authorized to represent Maryland | | noon Tuesday, with an address by convention committees. While the delegates held their | meeting, there was another signmfl cant development in G. O. P. cir-| cles, when a boom was begun for Wendell L. Willkie for President. ‘The Willkie group will try to win | the 16 convention votes now pledged t¢ Thomas E. Dewey for the Re- publican presidential nomination, as a result of the primary election May 6. | Kirk A. Landon, an insurance ex- | ecutive and self-styled “political amateur,” is secretary and organ- izer of the Willkie-for-President group. Headquarters were opened today and the committee began canvass- ing voters in behalf of Mr. Willkie, utilities executive. | PART ONE. Dr. Byrd fo Address Graduating Class At Nafional Park 93 Diplomas to Be Presented at Exercises This Week Dr. H. C. Byrd, president of the University of Maryland, will deliver the commencement address at Na- tional Park College, Forest Glen, Md, at 11 am. Wednesday, it was announced yesterday by Dr. Roy Tasco Davis, presideat of the col- lege. Dr. Davis will present 93 diplomas and one special certificate to the members of the junior college grad- uating class. The exercises will be followed by a luncheon for guests and students. Graduation exercises for the 26 high school seniors will be held at Dr. William 8. Abernethy of the Calvary Baptist Church. Today’s program includes a spe- -cial senior chapel at 10:30 am., the baccalaureate address by the Rev. Frederick Brown Harris of the Foundry Methodist Church at 4:30 pm. and teas given by each of the sororities in honor of the seniors, followed by an exhibition by art graduates at 8 pm. Tomorrow is set aside for alumnae activities. Former graduates of the school will be in charge of a chapel program at noon and will entertain at a dance at 8 pm. Following the graduation exer- cises of the high school on Tuesday the senior class will present its an- | nual class day program, beginning at 4 pm. | Nine students from Washington | for LATEST NEWS The Night Final Star, containing the latest news of the day during these dramatic times, is de- livered every evening throughout the city and suburbs between 6 P.M. and 7 P.M. Telephone National 5000 for immediate delivery. and vicinity are members of the gradusting classes: Graduating from junior college will be Miss Vesta Harvey Cassedy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Miller A. 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