Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-28
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

DIR. William w. Peet will speak on
the subject of recent developments in
the near east at First Congrega-
tional Church tomorrow evening at S
o'clock. DIR. Peet lived for many
years in Constantinople as the agent
and financial manager of the Turkish
missions of the American board. DR..
Pest has been in the United States for
year as special representative of the
American committee for Armenian
and Syrian relief. The public is in
vited. tM.
The Indiana Society, of which George
F. Schutt is president, will hold its
crystal room of the New Ebbitt We'd
nesday evening, December IL.
A smoker WINS given by the Junior
class in law of the George Washing
ton University Law School last night
at the Lafayette Hotel. Robert l.
AHar, president of the class, presided.
Addresses were made by Henry s.
Boutell, Justice Ashley NJ. Gould, Capt.
Hugh Fegan, formerly secretary OIL
the university: D. w. Baker and Ar
thur A. Alexander.
A social for the men at Walter
Reed Hospital and the government
war workers will be given tomorrow
night by the Epworth League of the
Emory NJ. E. Church, 6100 Georgia
avenue.
The semi-monthly dance Of WASH
ington Camp, Modern Woodmen of
America, will be held tomorrow even
ing in the old Masonic Temple. War
workers are invited.
Students at George Washington Uni
versity are deprived of their usual
week end Thanksgiving holiday this
year on account of time lost during
the influenza epidemic.
Ohio Girls Club will hold a dance on
the sixth floor of the Belasco Theater
building Saturday night. All ohioans
are invited.
Creation Of a new governmental de-
partment, whose function shall be to
look after all problems of reconstruct
ton and unemployment. was advocated
by E. p. Rosenthal of Portland, Greg,
in an address before mem bers of the
national party at the Public Library
last evening"
The regular weekly luncheons Of
the Washington chapter of the Sigma
MI Fraternity are being held at Cush-
mans, GOT 14th street.
J. Clinton Tribby of 3115 NJ street
has been appointed captain OF the
Home Defense League of tie seventh
precinct.
physiological Tests for Men in the
Army will be the topic of Maj. Ter.
man at meeting of the High School
Teachers Association at $3.50 o'clock
tomorrow evening at the Arts Club,
20I7 / street Mrs. Margerita Spald-
ing Gerry vice president of the board
of education, will speak.
A meeting of the B,oioEie.I Society
Carnegie institute. 18th and P
streets. at o'clock Saturday night.
Alma. Temple Patrol will give the
first of it's series Of monthly dances at
street northwest. tomorrow evening,
commencing at 8 o'clock. Admission
will be only by card. which can be
obtained from members OF the patrol
or Noble F. Lawrence Walker, at the
patrol headquarters and New Masonic
Temple.
The next meeting Of Kit Carson Post.
No, >, Department of the Potomac, G.
A. r., will be held at 1872 Pennsyl-
vania avenue Thursday evening, De-
cember Il.
John j. Devfny. superintendent OF
work at the bureau of engraving and
printing. was elected president of the
senior class of the Washington Col
lege of Law at a recent meeting.
Other officers elected at the meeting
are: Vice president, Edith Mary Stew
art of Colorado: secretary, Earl T.
Raglan of Iowa; treasurer, Herbert W.
Archer of New York, and historian,
Miss Preston Womack of Virginia.
The Rumanian government has Is
sued q decree dissolving parliament