The Washington times., 1920-01-30
@. w. u. Lectures On Poetry.

Of eight lectures on Poetry as a
Necessity OF Life" to be given at
George Washington University by
Langdon +. Mitchell, Washington poet
and playwright, beginning next Tues
day. will continue until the series is
under way.
Many society women are enrolling
for the course. which is open to the
general public as well as to students
of the university. Outsiders have
been instructed to register at the Of
fee of the university recorder, in LIS
ner Hall. 2023 @ street northwest.
University students will register at
the office OF DR. William Allen Will
bur, dean of Columbian College and
head OF the English Department
The lectures will be held on Tues
Church, Twentieth and G streets
northwest. Many prominent society
people are among the patrons.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Huddleston
Rogers and Miss Millicent Rogers will
leave New York February Is for an
extended stay In Florida.
Mrs. Edward p. Costigan. chairman
OF the food control committee OF the
National League of Woman Voters
will speak on Consuming the Con-
sumer," at The Women's City club
next Wednesday evening Al eight
o'clock.
Mrs. Costigan has Just completed
an extensive trip through :he West
control committee.
Esther Chapter to Meet.
prl
will hold its next regular melting
Thursday February 8. Arrangements
have been made with T.. 3. Thomp-
son to entertain the members with
some of the latest up-to-date motion
pictures. At the conclusion Of the
regular order OF business, refresh
ments will be served.
Tickets fer G. w. U. Address,
Five hundred tickets will be al
lotted 20 the public for the mid-winter
convocation of George Washington
University, to be held at 2:30 o'clock
Monday afternoon, February %. in
the auditorium Of the New Masonic
Temple, Thirteenth street and New
York avenue northwest, according to
announcement by DR.. William Miller
Collier, president of the university.
A feature of the convocation will
be the comforting of the honorary
degree OF doctor OF letters upon Senior
Vicente Blasco Ibanez, noted Spanish
novelist, and author Of THE Four
Horsemen of the Apocalypse" which
already has passed through more
than 200 editions.
Applications for tickets to the con-
vocation should be addressed to Elmer
Louis Kayser, secretary of the uni
yersity, woodruff Administration
building, 21O1 G street northwest
They will be acted upon in the order
of their receipt preference being
given to university trustees, coun-
ciIIors, alumni, and former students.
All applications must be filed by
February 10. No tickets will be dis
tributed prior TO February II.
Senior Blasco Ibanez is now in Cali
fornia delivering his frst lectures
in this country. His only public sd-
dresses in America following the
completion Of his California lectures,
will be at the convocation and at a
dinner to be given by George Wash.
ington University alumni at
Rauscher's at 7 o'clock on tho even
ing of February %.
MISS MISS
Morgan. Miss Gladys Pugh and Mrs.
Porter Norton, members of the Club
des Allies, wilt be hostesscs at a tea
at Cafe st. Marks tomorrow after
noon in honor of Mrs. Samuel Bur-
leigh Milton and her sister, Mrs. Will
ford Geist s'ronheiser, who Is her
guest.
The Anthony League met at Its
Headquarters, 2O07 Columbia road on
Wednesday afternoon. DR.. Tom r.
williams gave an interesting talk
on the method OF treatment of nerv-
Gus diseases, an used by French army
and urged its adoption in similar
cases in civil and Industrial life. Mrs
wayne u. Wheeler, accompanied by
Mrs. Palmer, rendered several vocal
selections.
The Bible study class, led by Mrs.
Nannett II. Paul, Is particularly In
teresting to Sunday school teachers,
and advanced Bible students. IL
,,.ot. On Monday at o'clock The