Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-01
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

John Shelton Williams, controller
| Of the Treasury. will be tho speaker
at the commencement exercises of
Delaware College, Newark, Del. the
morning of June 9.
The A.rnaut Club win meat on the
mall between Az and 9Th streets at
1i:sO o'clock tomorrow morning.
Lieut. Col. H. c. Clark will preside.
MAI Raycroft will report list of
GGm6ers to be voted upon. and Maj:
Service. will be made honorary pres
ident.
| A meeting under the auspices of
! the Y. M. c. A. and community CEN
tiers will be held at the Dunbar Com
munfty Center this afternoon at
o'clock. Sergt.a Sandy Greene will
speak. Parents, teachers and Sun
day school workers are invited.
The soldiers and sailors department
OF the Twelfth Street Y. M. c. A. will
give special service tonight at 8
o'clock at Mt. Zion Methodist Church,
i, L. Sha6er OF the railroad adminis-
tration won first prize in the annual
typewriting contest held last Thurs
day evening by the Gregg Shorthand
association of Washington. His
speed was 63.s words per minute.
Miss Florence H. Tuck of the Depart
ment of Agriculture was second. with
62.7. Oscar H. Lindow of the Treas
ury Department won third prize, with
speed of 62.1.
The Bryan-Buchanan Parent Tench-
ers' Association will give an enter
.aanment on the evening of June 4, at
1880 o'clock, at the Bryan School, B
street southeast between 18th and
14th streets.
The North Carolina Society of
Washington will give reception and
dance at Wardman Park Hotel on
the evening of June 4, at $40 o'clock,
Daniels, Rear Admirals Griffin, Tavlor
and Earle and Commander Foote.
Secretary Daniels will speak.
The Friends Of Irish Freedom will
meet this evening at o'clock at
GonZaga Hall.
The Red Cross unit Of the Daush-
ters OF America entertained at
dance last night at Naval Lodge Hall.
18th and Pennsylvania avenue south
east, for the benefit of the local
hospitals.
Hereafter u scholarship average Of
at least IS per cent must be reached
ana a leading part must be taken in
one major and two minor classes of
student activity by students Of George
Washington University before they
can be admitted to membership in the
Sphinx Honor Society.
Senator Cummins Of Iowa, David J.
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Robert w. Woolley Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission are to speak
at tomorrow evenings reconstruct
ton conference at the headquarters of
the Nationa! Woman Suffrage Associa-
ton, 1926 Rhode Island avenue, at 8:15
o'clock. The subject will be Public
Utilities, Private Versus Government
Ownership" The public is invited.
The Association Of Oldest Inhabi-
tants will meet at the Union engine
house. at the southeast corner of 18th
and II streets northwest, on wednes-
day evening at 1910 o'clock. Plans for
the celebration Of the 4th Of July will
be considered.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp, No. 1
United Spanish War Veterans. is to
meet Tuesday evening at 18th and E
streets northwest. Delegates to the
department convention will be elected.
Prof. Dewitt c. Crofssant Of the Eng
fish department Of George Washing
ton University has resigned as chair
man of the faculty committee Of the
department. His resignation was ac-
cepted with reluctance. Pressure of
his academic work was given by Prof.
Croissant as the reason for his action
He has been a member Of the commits
tee for three years. "a. X
w. e. Stafford will speak ON APlants
in the Arts Of the American Indian"
before the members Of the Arts Club.
at 2017 street northwest. at $3.50 to-
night. The lecture is to be illustrated.
w. r. Mosler and Louisa Mosler,
members of the Usage tribe of In
dams. in Oklahoma. have filed suit
in the District Supreme Court for
mandamus to compel Secretary Lane
of the Interior Department to pay to