Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-08

are as follows: Public Library. Monday,
| April 0, Floyd Featherstone subject, Tone
and Tone-Produclng Qualities" Eastern
High School, Tuesday, April 10, DR.. w l..
Davidson, subject, In and About Shakes
peare's Home" Zion Baptist Church We'd
nesday April II. Rev George w Lee, sub
Ject, What Saw and Heard in England"
Armstrong Manual Training School, Thurs
day, April H. Archibald H Grimke. sub
ject, Wendell Phillips"
Invitations have been extended through
the superintendent to the teachers Of the
public schools for a course of lectures on
chemical geology, to be given by Dr. F. w
| Clarke, professor of mineral chemistry, in
the Chemical Lecture Hall Mondays at
400 pm, al the George Washington Uni
versity. The lectures Will be given as fol-
lows: April 8. The Hydrosphere;" April
49, The Magma and the Igneous Rocks;'
April %, The Sedimentary Rocks" April
80 ore Deposits" May I, Coal, Petro-
leum and Natural Gas"
Prof. Charles E. Munroe dean of the fac
ulty of graduate studies, says Of the lee
lures:
This course Is a novel one, embodying
the results Of many years of research and
investigating a field not covered In any
other university"
On May a joint debate will be held by
the Enosinian Society Of Columbian Col
lese and the Needham Society of the George
Washington Law School. The question Will
pc, RESOLVED that Congress should sub
ssldize the American merchant marine" The
Neeonam Society will be allowed two weeks
10 select the affirmative or the negative
Side, after which the teams to represent
each society will be chosen and preparatory
work VIII be commenced
The Easter recess of the George Wash
lngton University will begin at noon Thurs
Day, April u, and continue until the fol-
loving tuesday. 1t is the custom not to
ceding Friday, but as the debate with Gin
cnhatl is TO be held Thursday afternoon
, the facuity decided to close the university
sooner IN order to give the students every
opportunity to attend
The George Washington University Canoe
Club b., wilS gtxsa dance Saturday. April %,
do the Naas s2s Rifles APmory Messrs.
W. Houghtona G. p, Wilson, S r. sbe al
wood. a. r. Daniels. Roland P. Hougb.
James James M. Cunning. Fred g. Robinette,
have charge of the arrangements.
Mr.. George F. Bowerman. librarian Of
the Public Library, announces In the ApriI
Educational Bulletin No. Z, that teachers
of the District OF Columbia in future will
not be required 20 obtain renewals on books
He says: 49,
In order to save trouble to teachers and
the library 1t has been decided that here
after all books drawn on teachers special
privilege cards may be retained7four weeks
without renewal, but then must be returned
After that time the regular fine of Q cents
day for each book retained will be col
lected. BOOKS taken out on teachers ga rds
previous to April l will be subject to for
mer rules. that is. must be renewed as they
fall due 1.-TWO weeks from the time the books
are draWn) If they are desired for a lonpar
period. The use of any special teachers
card is confined to the person In whose
name 1t stands. and its use by another ex-
cept as a messenger for the teacher viii
occasion it's recall
Mr.. Bowerman further announces educa-
tional articles in current periodicals as fol-
lows:
Denominational College In Southern E5u-
cation: H U. Snyder. So, Att @. January
Discipline in Modern Education Paul
Shorey. Bookman. March.
Natio1 February vega Is and March nj Baldwin
Health and Education. It. c. HorsfeIl
contemporary Review March.
Shaw: Worlds Work. March
Luther Burbank and Child Culture e p.
Irwin. Overland. Mo. March
Making Education Hit the Mark ". G.
Parsons. Atlantic April.
Noblest of Professions. II. w Boynton
Bookman. February
Training Both Head and Hand. C. c.
Johnson ST. Nicholas. April
Tuskegee. B. T. Washington North
American Review April
Twenty-Five Years Of Tuskegee: B. T.
washington Norld s WORK. April
The cause of negro education and par
ticuiarly the claims of Industrial training,
WIS presented by Oswald Garrison Willard
last Sunday evening at the National Ca
thedral School. Miss Bangs and Miss
Wilton. who viii In the fall reopen their
school in New York city, are members of
the newly organized Washington Ma
nassas Association, and as Mr.. Willard Is
the president of the general association and
board OF directors he was invited to explain
The special needs of the students. His adj
dress was clear exposition of the progress
OF the negro race during the last forty