Evening star., 1919-05-12
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

LanEdOn Il. Mitchell, playwright
and poet, who recently gave dramatic
versity, will be the principal speaker
at the university May 81 at the CEN
| tennial of the birth of Walt Whit
man. DR.. William Miller Collier.
president of the university, is in
| charge of arrangements.
The Rev. Herbert Shfpmnn. rector
| of the Church of the Heavenly Rest.
in New York city, will preach the bac-
! calaureate sermon to the graduating
| class of George Washington Univer-
| Sity at the peace cross at Washington
| Cathedral the afternoon of June IS.
The exercises will be held outdoors
for the first time in the history of the
university.
| business session Wednesday night at
the Y. w. c. A. at 1880 o'clock.
| DIR. Inazo NitObe, professor of colonial
policy and economic history at the
! Imperial University at Tokyo, will
| speak at George Washington Univer-
| sity chapel exercises at 1918 o'clock
Wednesday in the assembly. hall of
| the Arts and Sciences building. 2023
G street northwest. The general pub
| first of a series of chapel exercises to
| be addressed by prominent visitors to
the National Capital.
Delta Phi Fraternity of George
town University held a dinner and
dance which was attended by forty
couples. at the chapter house, 1 Du-
pont circle, Saturday night.
Annual meeting of the Southeast
Community Center will be held at the
Tyler School Wednesday evening at
s o'clock. The election will be fol-
lowed by dancing.
Washington Camp, No. 305, Sons of
Confederate Veterans, will give an
entertainment to returned military
and naval men of their camp Wednes-
day night at o'clock at 1922 Vermont
avenue northwest Mrs. Maud Howell
Smith and Miss Harriet Clark are in
charge. Entertainers will be Miss
Ruby Raymond, Miss Nell Tichenor,
Miss Mary Davidson. Miss Mary
Burkholder. Marx Kahn. Mrs. w. G.
Shook and Mrs. Samuel Burleigh Mil
ton.
Former Representative keating,
who is chairman of the congressional
reclassification committee, will speak
before Washington Post Office Clerks
Union, Local No. 40. at Topographic
cal Temple, Wednesday evening at 8
o'clock. Thomas F.. Flaherty, ma
tional secretary, will install officers.
The University Of Wisconsin Club
at meeting held recently elected the
following officers: President, Fred
c. Asch: chairman of the program
committee, L. NJ. Hammond: chair
man of the finance committee. o. H.
Schunk; chairman of the secretarial
committee, Louise Evans. The club
Wi Tuesday
night at the Interior Department
building. Tomorrow night it will
have, as speaker Col P. NJ. Anderson
of the War Department, whose sub
ject will be Construction of Concrete
Ships"
A. G. Dill of New York, business
manager of the Crisis. will speak be-
fore the Bethel Literary tomorrow
evening at Metropolitan NJ. E.
Rev. William Taylor. Mrs. Carrie w.
Clifford and the Rev. W. c. Brown.
The Secular League mt Its meeting
yesterday afternoon at Pythian Tenn
pie adopted resolutions favoring the
immediate adoption of the federal
suffrage amendment. Miss Mabel
Movement From the Political Stand
point"
The Georgetown Industrial Center
has elected the following officers:
President. Miss Helen A. Colhoun; /;
vice president, Mrs. Henry ]. Finley:
recording secretary, Mrs. Stanton
Miss Gertrude Blaunelt; treasurer.
Miss Emma Tyler; manager, Miss M.
p. Spencer.
U. s. Grant Circle, Ladies of the
Grand Army. will meet tomorrow
night at 8 o'clock at G. A. r. Hall.
New candidates will be received and
there will be held a short memorial
service for members who died during
the past year.
Progressive Council, No. o. Daugh-
ters of America, will give dance.
free to all men in uniform, at Naval
Lodge Hail. 4th and Pennsylvania
avenue southeast, Wednesday night
at S:45 o'clock.
Piney Branch Citizens Association
| will meet in the Iowa Avenue Baptist
Church, 14th and Emerson streets, to-
morrow night at o'clock. George A.
Finch will speak on his work with
! the peace commission in Paris.
Mary j. Sullivan Of Chester, 8. c.,
and Mrs. NJ Wynn will conduct a
series of revival meetings. beginning
tonight. at Mckinley Memorial Bap-
| tist Church, 4th and l. streets north
| west, Rev S. G. Lamkin, pastor, Jubi-
| lee singing will be led by Deacons F.
l.. Jones and Robert Jackson.
The Day Nursery and Dispensary
Association will meet Wednesday
morning at 1890 o'clock, at the New
| Ebbitt House.
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