The Washington herald., 1919-06-01
CONTINUED FROM PAGE FIVE.

campaign to raise an endowment for
the university.
The flag will be raised promptly at
Il O'Clock and the patriotic exercises
@1ll terminate In half an hour, at
which time the exercises in commem-
,pration of the centennial Of the birth
s1ay OF Walt Whitman will begin. the
1.-TWO exercises forming practically one
Econtinuing program
Z. The address on Whitman will be
4 delivered by Langdon E. Mitchell of
washington, poet and playwright. au-
ithor Becky Sharp and The New
i,Nork Idea" and other well-known
.;plays. Mr.. Mitchell is a son of the
Hate DR.. S. Weir Mitchell. the famous
lnovelist. He is known to the students
sof George Washington University.
..having recently been a speaker at one
..of the chapels.
~ The exercises will be held In the
grounds OF the university m the rear
iof the Arts and Science Building. at
.o23 G street. IL the weather is fair.
IL not. they will be AID in the As
tsembly Hall in that building. It Is
expected that all the trustees. coun-
cillors, faculty, students. alumni and
friends of the university will attend.
IA special invitation Is extended to
1.-THE organization of veterans of the
late war. as well as of the Spanish
land Civil Wars, to the members of
THE d. A. R., S. A. r. and s. of R.,
,and to the admirers of Whitman.
y For three days, the first of the week.
the students Of the Colonial School
enjoyed events for which they had
been preparing during the closing
weeks of the school year. Patrons,
visitors and alumnae have formed en-
thusiastic audiences for all the ex-
ercises.
Saturday evening. at the close of the
semester examinations. the seniors en-
tertained their parents and the school
by the following program: Piano
solo, Martha Virginia DNiemann. Penn
sylvania: this was followed by a group
of dances given by Eta Taylor. Colo
rado; Josephine Hoffstetter. Pennsyl-
vania; Minnie Ball Moore. Kentucky.
An interpretative dance by Esther
Delemater Jackson was especially ap-
preciated by the audience. "A Child's
Fantasy" by Miss Moore. was given
with such humor that she was recalled
several times.
The number of chief interest was a
play. lnTee FlilS III a DOlllc. ny
Rachael Lymen Field. first produced
at Harvard University. The cast of
characters included Lillian Elizabeth
Schm.tt. New York. the little invalid
boy, Tony Sirnms: Elizabeth Mathews.
West Virginia. as the Widow Simms;
Dorothy Eliza beth Mccormick, New
York, a middle-aged gentleman; his
soul. delineated by Eta Taylor. Colo
rado: Matilda Haupt Millen. Ten
nessee. was the scissors grinder; his
soul. impersonated by Ruth Elizabeth
Flock. Pennsylvania: Esther Delema-
ter jackson took the part of a scrub
woman: her soul was depicted by Mary
Alden PiersOn. New Jersey. The un-
usual character of the play and the
spontaneous. fine Characterization by
the students held the close attention
of an enthusiastic audience The pro-
gram was concluded by a piano solo
by the president of the class. Eta
Taylor.
Sunday morning the baccalaureate
sermon was delivered in the large
chapel of the school by Rev. Br.
Charles Wood.
Monday was a busy day. At II
o'clock occurred the prize contest in
essays. which is open to all members
OF tne SCHOOL SlN contestants, repre-
senting the best work of the English
department. read their own produc-
tions as follows: Theodore Roosevelt.
by Elsie Kuldell. Maryland; Samuel
johnson. by Elizabeth Mills. Wash
ington: Rip Van Wrinkle. by Wyona
Laura Moore. West Virginia: Madame
DefarEe. by Henrietta Enterlin. Mon
tana: Sidney Carton. by Alice Mary
Kelly. New York; Jean val Jean. by
Ella Hughes Georgen. Three judges
determine the award Of the prize given
BY an alumnus, Miss Merriam Ogden
Williams. New Jersey. A piano num-
Der. rendered by Martha Emma Will