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Evening star., 1921-10-09
IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

sociate editor. Helen Newman: liter
| ary editors, Harry Jung, Margaret
Balm; athletics. Harley Cummins.
John Espey. Judith Barnes, Louise
Barnes: cadets. Robert Armstrong:
alumni. Lucy Taylor; society. Jessie
Adkins; humor, Mary Griffith; or
ganizations, Margaret Reese: fiction.
Grace Wilson: exchange, John Wise:
business manager, William Brown;
faculty adviser, Grace A. Houghton.
The only I'm Avant' in the Dis
trict of Columbia has been formed
at the Western High School, under
the supervision of Nine. Bimont, one
of the instructors in French of that
school.
The club encourages and stimulates
the study of French and is formed
of students of the third and fourth
year French classes whose vocabu-
larry is sufficient to carry on recOg-
nizable conversation in French, and
allows them to present plays and
macy and whose standing merits their
acceptance in the organization.
Many interesting programs have
been given in the past by this as
semblage. and it's members have
found it's reunions" of the utmost
The officers of EN- Agent" have
been elected and are as follows:
Mile. Reese. president; Mile. Newman.
vice president: Mile. Pace, secrtary,
and Mile. Spencer. treasurer. After
the election of these demoiselles.
Nine. Bimont smiled a very nice smile
and prophesied great things for EN-
Avant" during the next year.
The boys and girls glee clubs Of
Western High School held their first
regular meetings Wednesday for the
purpose of electing officers and for
making plans in regard to the course
OF study to be pursued this year.
There was splendid attendance at
the meeting-forty- five girls and
twenty boys being present. The boys
and girls have two separate classes
and are planning to give individual
and joint entertainments
The officers elected for the girls
club are: President. Ellen Stuart;
vice president. Evelyn Kidwell: sec
retary-treasurer. Abby Green; libra
rian, Dorothy Tschiffely. Those elect
ed Tor the boys club were: President,
Alfred May; vice president, BENJAMIN
thompson; ecretary-treasurer. Ed
gar Spaine; librarian. Leroy Piser
The boys and girls seem enthusiast
NC over the prospects for the club
this year They are planning some
very interesting and beneficial wor.:.
Under the dictatorship of Miss Lucy
Lynch. the glee club promises to be
a success
Evening star., 1921-10-09
washtuRton College OF LAW.

The postgraduate class has been
formed and Honorary Dean Mrs. Mus
sey has begun her course of lectures
Louis L. Post. formerly assistant sec
retary of the Department of Labor.
is giving a brief course on economic
philosophy of Henry George and It
is hoped that his engagements Will
allow him to follow this course with
lectures on immigration laws. Prof.
Oberln has begun his course on mu-
nicipal corporations.
already had their annual elections
with the following results: Senior
class-President. George Stafford; first
vice president. Agnes Minick; sec
ond vice president. R. J. Bowen; sec
retaIy. Anna Boyle: treasurer, Olga
Ella J. Sullivan; first vice president.
Arthur B. A. McNerney: second vice
president, Besse c. Straub: treasurer,
Margaret M. Kelley; secretary. Cath
crime McFall; executive committee,
Lillian Bass. H. C. Barron. Victor C.
L. Fuller.
The junior class is already plan
mining for the annual banquet which
has been the great social feature of
the college for twenty-five years. 1t
has come to be reunion Of not only
the former students. but of the former
members of the faculty and students
The latest appointment of one of
the graduates of the college is Miss
NJ. Pearl Mccall Of the class of 1918.
She Is the first woman to be given
the position as assistant district at
torney for the District of Column
bia. The oath of office was admin
istered Thursday, and Maj. Peyton
Gordon has assigned to Miss Mccall
the prosecution of infringement of
postal laws.
The students are proposing that
there should be a student council
and the faculty will take that mat
ter under consideration.
Mrs. Clara Friedman Brode. Miss
Ruth Levy and Miss May Warner, all
graduates of the college. were ad-
mitted to the bar of the Supreme
Court Of the United States Friday.
Judge Stanton J. Peele (chief
justice of the United States court of
claims retired). who is president OF
Evening star., 1921-10-09
MARTIN K. VANCE DEAD,

Martin X. Vance, post Office EN-
ploye and Spanis American war vet
eran, died Monday at his residence.
431 Massachusetts avenue. He was
forty five years old and died from a
paralytic stroke. Funeral services
will be held tomorrow at $3.50 O'Clock
at Arlington cemetery. under the
auspices of the Spanish American
War Veterans.
Mr.. Vance was born in Harmon.
W. Va. He served in the war of '9s
in the 27th Infantry. Company c.
He was sent to the Philippines and
served for about fourteen years
there in the constabulary. Later he
came to this city and became a clerk
in the Post Office Department, where
he served for nearly five years.
He was a member of the Scottish
Rite. the knights of Pythias and the
Junior Order of American Mechanics.
Surviving him are his wife, Mrs.
Eva V. Vance: a brother, Oliver B.
Vance, of Spokane. Wash, and three
sisters, Mrs. Flodora Warner. Mrs
Molly Roby and Mrs. Olive kearns,
all of West Virginia.
Evening star., 1921-10-09
GEORGE WASHINGTON.

The Law School of George Wash
ington University opened up it's fifty
seventh session last week with an
enrolment nearly double that of any
year in it's previous history. More
than 1000 students, many OF them in
the morning classes, have created the
largest law school and give an lndi-
cation that before the end OF the year
1900 students will be taking courses
in the department.
The registration, which has been
unusually heavy at this time, has ne
cessitated the expansion of the law
school faculty. Dean M. L. Ferson
announces the return of Prof. w; e.
Van Week, who was at Harvard Uni
yersity last year and who will de-
vote his entire time to teaching this
fall Prof. Henry w. Edgerton and
Assistant Prof. Clarence L. Updegraff
have been added to the faculty.
The "Travelers" have opened up
their fraternity house at 1892 M street
and have petitioned the Acacia Fra
ternity, a Masonic organization, for a
charter. The officers of the fraternity
are Charles M. Frey. president; Emory
R. Honts, vice president; J. c. Miller.
secretary; F. f. Hardy. treasurer, and
Charles S. Piepgrass. herald.
Walter r. Stokes of the Law School,
rifle team, has returned from Lyon.
France, where he won the worlds
championship in rifle shooting. Stokes
also holds the individual indoor small
bore championship of the United
States, as well as the intercollegiate
championship, which he wont last Win
ter.
Seven girls, veterans Of last years
basket ball team, will report for prac-
tice when the call is issued this WIN
ter. Misses Dunham, Duties. Robson:
DeGrange, Woodford. Brewer and
Quayle are expected to form the nucleus
Of this years team.
Prof. c. H. Grandgent. head Of the
department of romance languages,
addressed the Faculty Club at George
Washington Tuesday night.
The George Washington Press As
ISOLATION, composed of Bryan Morse,
director of student activities; Prof.
C. C. Chace of the journalism depart
ment, and Melville Walker, editor-in-
chief of the University Hatchet, ex-
poets to expand shortly by the addi-
tion of reporters from the various de-
partments Of the university. All pub
iicity of the university will be han
died through the. press association.
The Architectural Club will meet
Evening star., 1921-10-09

Tuesday night In Lisner Hall chapel.
Officers for the year will be elected
and the plans talked over with the
new members.
The fiftieth session of the School of
Pharmacy has begun under Dean
kalosowski. There are more stu
dents enrolled in the pharmacy course
this year than ever before.
Plans are under way for all forms
of athletics for the interfraternity
association this winter. The bowling
schedule has been announced and the
list of games for basket ball will be
given out shortly.
The Gamma Phi Theta Sorority
initiated a drive for an endowment
fund this fall. Petitions were cir
culated in the various departments
of the university soliciting the aid
of all students toward obtaining an
endowment for the university.
All freshmen girls were enter
tanned yesterday at lunchean at
2023 C street under the auspices Of
the Sphinx Society-the honorary So
ciety for girls.
Thirty-five candidates for positions
on the University Hatchet, the stu
dent publication, are announced by
Melville Walker. editor. The jour
nalism class, in charge Of Prof.
Chase, Is assisting in helping the
Hatchet this year.
Sigma Kappa Sorority has pledged
Mary Frances Barr. Anita McCord
Eleanor McMurrchy and Katherine
Wright.
James c. Hatcher of the Law School
has been elected manager of wrestling
by the student council Hatcher is
negotiating with several university
wrestling teams for schedule for
activities on the mat this winter.
Kappa Sigma Fraternity announces
that Cecil Hunt and w. Francis Ban
vile have been pledged this fall.
Sigma Chi Fraternity has pledged
James A. Thurman of Utah. who is
the first Of the pledges this fall.
A foot ball dinner. which will be
followed by a big dance. has been
planned for the night Of November
rs by the G. w. Club and the board
OF managers of student activities,
Evening star., 1921-10-09
COLUMBIA JR. HIGH SCHOOL.

An entertainment was given Sep
tember 27 by the old seventh grade
pupils of the Columbia Junior High
School for the new pupils.
William Kight was chairman of the
reception committee. Margaret Noel
ler was chairman of the refreshment
committee, Bernard Livingstone of
the finance committee, and George
tee. The party was a great" success.
All the eighth grade pupils of the
Columbia Junior High School gave
small informal party Monday. in or
der to give the new pupils chance
to become better acquainted with the
were played, in which the girls in
variably beat the boys. Miss Burden.
Miss Meyers. Miss Jonas and Miss
Craig were foremost tin. in making making the
chairman of the entertainment COM
mittee. Ruth Parsons of the finance
committee, Roberta January of the
reception committee. while Mary
The Columbia Junior High School
teachers plan to have many more So
sa opr a9Tng ne the the
teachers and their pupils made the
"get acquainted" party success.
The welcoming party given by the
seniors of the Columbia Junior High
School to the newcomers was the So
cial chit of the season. Through the
the teachers the party was made a
great success. First game hand
Shaking game Then games were
played. and last but not least came
the refreshments. which were served
by the 9-B girls. .
This party started the ball rolling"
and since then the seventh and eighth
grades have given similar parties.
Evening star., 1921-10-09
FRIENDSHIP CLUBS.

About thirty girls from the five
washington high schools went to the
Y. NJ c. A. camp at Alta Vista, Md,
Saturday for the regular yearly con-
ference These girls were the officers
of the Friendship clubs in all the high
schools, some Of whom had been sent
as delegates to the yearly conference
at Camp Nepahwin, Canton, Pa.
The object of this conference was
to talk over the work for the coming
year, to hear the reports Of the Nepah-
win delegates, and to bring the high
school girls closer together. All three
things were accomplished through a
very pleasing program.
At the morning session meetings
of the various committees were held
to discuss the details of the work,
and the recommendations from Ne
pahwin. deas for socials, social
service, discussional and business
meetings were considered, as well as
new membership campaigns. The re-
port of the standards commission as
to the right kind of dress, dancing,
ETC., was accepted.
Evening star., 1921-10-09
RESEARCH UNIVERSITY.

Dorsey NJ. Hyde, jr., chief of the
National Civics Bureau Of the United
States Chamber of Commerce, gave a
lecture at Research University We'd
nesday evening on 1.-THE New Research
Functions of the Modern Librarian
and the Opportunities in Special
Library Work. He pointed out that
there is a very great opportunity in
modern business for information spe-
cialists and that the salaries OF such
experts in business compare well with
those of other experts.
DIR. John A. Hall, dean of the Col
lege of Commerce, opened a new class
Wednesday evening for teachers in
the Americanization schools of the
District This will be a research
Evening star., 1921-10-09

course dealing with data on Ameri-
canization at first hand for the pur-
pose of improving methods and ad-
, ministration in this field.
Rachel May Berry started a course
in millinery Thursday evening. Miss
Berry has taught millinery for seven
years in the evening Industrial
schools of Massachusetts,. A number
of women are interested in learning
how to make their own hats.
A free class in efficiency and per-
sonality, taught by President Rapeer.
has been granted to all students of
the university. This is mainly lee
ture course on methods of developing
personal efficiency and Is taught in
large sections of Atty students to a
class. President Rapeer has been de-
Of years and has now made 1t a
means Of meeting all students and
helping them along in their careers.
number of the leading psychology
Fical and vocation tests are given in
this course.
All students in the journalism
course taught by Dean Mckelway of
the School of Journalism last week
took the Freyd test of journalistic
aptitude. This test is distributed by
the Carnegie Institute of Technology
and helps a person to determine II
make a skilled journalist. The tests
are graded by DR.. Freyd in the Pitts
burgh laboratory.
A new class in dressmaking will
o'clock. This class will be taught by
Sarah Elizabeth Coyne. graduate in
home economies from the Rhode
Island State College.
Raymond A. Bartlett of the income
tax unit will start class this week
in machine calculation and comp
tometry.
Dean Fagin of the school of liter
american literature. This course
gives a critical and appreciative sur
Vey of American literature from the
Titus Ulke. the biologist. started
classes in general botany and zoology
last week.
A class in esthetic dancing for chill
dren was started yesterday oy Mary
Fetter. Glasses in social dancing and
physical training will be opened Sat
urday evening at o'clock. Elizabeth
Garnett. a graduate Of the Arnold
School of Gymnastics at New Haven.
Conn, has been made Instructor in
physical training.
A new laboratory for home econom-
les is being instituted at the uni
versity.
A class in airplane engines, under
Dean Stanton Of the air mail service.
has secured an airplane engine, which
they will study at first hand and
learn to operate.
DR.. Robert Wilson Shufeldt has
been employed to teach classes in ma
ture study for the teachers Of the pub
lie schools.
With the help Of Mrs. Alice Bu-
chanan. of one of the women's fur
Evening star., 1921-10-09
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY.

Bishop John w. Hamilton. chancel1
lor OF the university, who has just
returned from the Methodist Ecu
menical Council at London, will de-
liver lecture to the students of the
university on Present Conditions I'M
Great Britain and France" tomor !
row at pm. at 1901 F street.
Eight foreign countries are repre !
sented among the students already
registered in the school OF diplomacy
and Jurisprudence for the fall term.
Miss A. Maris Boggs, graduate stu
dent in philosophy, has been elected
a member of the American Academy
for the Advancement of Science.
DR.. Golfers article on visual edu-
cation, published some weeks ago.
has been translated into Spanish and
is to be published in La Prensa, the
leading paper of Argentina.
Evening star., 1921-10-09
be two years of standard colIegiat

be two years of standard COLLEGIATE
training. :
During the summer a complete new
heating system has been installed
under the direction of the secretary
treasurer of the university. In tho
place of the old gas lights bright new
electric lights hang from the cell
ings in all the rooms, while new
sanitary arrangements on all floors
and in the basement are provided
tor' the Office of the secretary new
furniture has been provided. 1t was
hoped that the planned construction
or "a new story to the law school
building to provide for additional
ciassrooms would have been com
pieted during the past summer, but
on account of the contractors not be-
ing able to finish the work by the
opening of the school wear this i'm.
nrovement has been postponed until
the coming summer.
Evening star., 1921-10-09
NIGHT SCHOOLS.

The Mckinley Night School offers
courses in all regular high school
subjects, including English, language.
mathematics, physics, chemistry and
shops and drawing. These courses
are the equivalent to the same courses
in the day school and are recon-
mended for acceptance as snch.
Special classes in mechanical draw
ing. machine shop, electricity, cabinet
making. sewing. cooking and milli-
merry are also given.
Evening star., 1921-10-09

nishing stores of the city. the uni
versity is organizing a class in tex
tiles for department store workers.
The class will begin after the holi-
days. In this course department
store statesmen will be taught how to
determine the quality of different
styles of cloth, and will be given a
better understanding of all the dlf-
ferent grades of cloth which they
handle. One of the stores is now
making scientific tests of it's goods
and labelling them with the qualities
determined by the tests. 1t is eX-
pected that one of the experts in the
bureau of standards Will teach this
class
Evening star., 1921-10-09
DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL.

September 19. 1921, will long be re-
mIhembered at Dunbar High School, for
the Pupils assembled to bid farewell
net G. Wilkinson, now assistant su-
perlntendent of schools, and to wei
smith some their pr.n new, principal Walter L.
were warmly greeted when they ad-
dressed the school.
The third week of school finds Dun
bar running smoothly. with an en-
rollment of 1.4S9 pupils. The build
ing is SO overtaxed that sections
meet in various science laboratories.
lecture rooms and in the library
Recitations are held also in small
rooms off the stage and in the bal
comics of the assembly hall.
The crowded condition of Dunbar
. makes impossible the holding of as
semblies of the entire school. for the
1,20o and the enrolment 1883. The
difficulty will be met by holding sepa-
rate assemblies. one for freshmen. the
other other f?s.nln,. for the three upper classes
when special speakers and guests are
present and appear before one group
only.
letic association Of Dunbar met
reorganization of the association.
Much OF the, success Of Dunbar's ath-
organiza ton. and the announcement
| OF it's policy it awaited with interest.
The several class organizations and
the literary and language clubs.
which have been feature of life at
Dunbar. have not yet been reorgan-
lied but will shortly take form and
their claims for Organization sent
through proper channels for official
approval
A meeting Of special interest to the
community was held in the Dunbar
auditorium Tuesday evening, when
prominent speakers attending the in
stitute on social hygiene being held
in washington were present and dis
cussed problems relative to social hy-
giene.
There are about $50 girls at Dunbar
this year. and the. physical training
most successful year with them.
Plans are under way for the organiza-
tion of girls athletics, in which in
structions will be given in basket
ball, volley ball. indoor base ball and
tennis. At the close of each season
propriate medals will be awarded to
the successful teams. Keen rivalry
between the teams is expected: class
spirit will be greatly increased and
great physical. mental and moral
benefit will accrue from well organ
lied athletics for girls at Dunbar.
The dean of girls is holding meet
ings for the freshman girls in small
groups each Monday. Wednesday and
Friday. in the school library: These
meetings. it is hoped. will do much
to help the girls to become acquaint-
ed with Dunbar and to enjoy their
first year in high school
Evening star., 1921-10-09

the board of trustees. returned this
week from summer spent in Cali
fornia.
The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1921-09-29
COUPLE OCCUPIED
ROOM IN WHICH A
BODY WAS STORED
L WAS MURDERED
1t is Believed That the Couple
Did Not Know of the Pres
ence of the Dead Body; the
Husband of the Dead Wom-
an is Being Sought by the
Police.

New York, Sept. 29-Detectives
today We're trying to trace couple
known as Mr. and Mrs. Boulanger.
who it is believed lived for several
days unwittingly in room where the
body of young woman friend-mur-
dered-had been stored
The body packed away in newspa-
pers was found in an unused closet
of a room the Boulangers had occu-
pied. A cloth gag had been tied into
the womans mouth with a white
tocking. The date of one of the news
papers, Sept 81, is believed to fix
the date of the murder.
The Boulangers did not quit the
room until four days later The wo-
man was known only as Mrs. Fay
The proprietor told the police Mr..
Fay left the house Thursday saying
Mrs. Fay had fallen i'll and he had
emoved her to a hospital He is being
sought by the police.
The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1921-09-29
BREAD LINE AGAIN
. OPENED IN BOWERY
FOR C|Ty'S POOR
F IRIS IN YEA RS.
The Action is a Result of the
Activities of Ledoux Who is
a Champion of the Unem-
ployed; Some Declare there
is no Need for such Action
in New York.

New York, Sept. 29.-New Yorks
first bread line since the stormy days
which marked the start of the world
war was established in the Bowery
The bread line was opened last night
under direction of DR.. VIM Guthrie
as result of a conference last week
with Urban Ledoux, champion of the
unemployed. About 500 men many of
whom raced from the benches of a
park to be first in line were fed.
Dormitories have been opened in the
chapel and about $50 men slept
there last night
Despite the opening of the bread
line members of the Industrial Aid
bureau reiterated unemployment con-
ditions here had been overpainted. 1t
was pointed out municipal houses
and other agencies where men can
get food and shelter for two hours
work are running far below their ca
pacity- The bureau housing commit
tee decided against proposals to open
the national guard armory for dormi-
tories
The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1921-09-29
TOBACCO MARKET
IN WILSON WILL
LEAD THE WORLD
OUR VERAGE HIGH
OUR A We r A G E HIGH
State Papers Boosting Greens
boro and Raleigh Markets,
Arrange Booster Trips to An
duce Farmers to Come to
Their Markets, However
Wilson Still Leads the World.

The Wilson Chamber of Commerce
has noticed with a great deal of in
.terest the news items published daily
in the News and Observer and the
GOldsboro News from the various to-
bacco markets in the State boosting
their local markets, showing the num-
Der of pounds sold and the average
prices paid, also the number OF barbe-
cues and booster trips arranged to in
duce the farmers to bring their to-
bacco to their markets, but it still
remains an undisputed fact that the
Wilson Market still leads the world
in the number of pounds sold and
the prices paid. After all it is the dol
lars and cents that the farmers get
that brings them to Wilson, mot bar
becues and promises of high prices,
they want the cash and it has been
demonstrated to them year after year
that it pays to come to Wilson, N. c..
AS an example today's News & OBJ
server shows that yesterday Colds
boro, N. c., sold $1,000 pounds at an
average of $23.59, and Wilson sold
461,2O2 pounds at an average of
$29.63.