The Washington herald., 1921-03-27
LOCAL ELKS CONFER DEGREES
AT ALEXANDRIA; RESEARCH
u. OFFERS NEW COURSES
Section of Twentieth Century Club Hikes;
Legion Americanizes.

o. Elks, will journey to Alexandria,
Va, Monday, March 2s, to confer
the degrees TO nifty candidate for
Alexandria lodge. The fitualistic
work Of the order will be in charge
OF Howard NJ. Peter, exalted ruler.
Patrick Callan, Dan Nihion, John
ontrich. Thomas King. John Frick,
and three hundred members. The
new Elks band OF nifty pieces. un-
der Prof Arthur witcomb. will fur
nish the musical program.
Fred Mersheimer. ]. A. Haggerty,
and Thomas G. Hill of the trans
portation committee. announce that
the special cars for this event will
leave Monday, March 2s. at 7:30 D.
m. from the station of the WASH
lngton and Alexandria Railway.
Twelfth street and Pennsylvania
avenue.
Dean N. B. Fagin, of the School
] of Literary Arts. is spending vaca-
ton week in New York City where
he will attend a meeting of the
Writer'S Club.
In the School of Accountancy
Dean Newsom and Professor Schow
will open new classes in bookkeep-
ing and accounting during the week
of April fourth.
Teachers and prospective teachers
will find several new classes offered
in the spring quarter. They are:
Teaching In Elementary Schols, Sec
ondary Education, General and Ap-
piled Psychology, and Principles OF
Education. There will be n larger
list of subjects offered during the
summer quarter by leading educa-
tional specialists.
President Rapeer has an article in
The current number of American Ed
ucation, on Training American
Youth to Think" The article is a
severe criticism CT the educational
practices which fail to train students
in scientific methods of solving prac-
tical life problems. 1t suggests ways
by which such methods may be given
by organized training in schools and
colleges.
Several new classes will be offered
in the School of Foreign Trade dur
ing the spring quarter. Dean Ed
ridge will open a class on "The Prin-
ciples and Technique OF Foreign
Trade. A course in Home Indus
tries" will be taught by Professor
Newsom, and Professor Robertson
will teach the class in Foreign In
dustries."
A party will be given by the Gen
eral Student> t>Association April 1.
Twentieth Century Club.
The nature section of the Twen-
tieth Century Club will meet on
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock
at the corner of New York avenue
and Fourteenth street to take the
car to the Eastern Branch in search
of wild flowers and migratory birds.
On last Wednesdays walk along the
Potomac forty-five species of wild
flowers were found in blossom. This
is a record for so early date.
Press Club Posts.
The National Press Club Post of
the American Legion will give at
tention to the Americanization pro-
gram of the American Legion, and
at a special meeting of the post this
week will select Edward W. Coffin
to represent the post as Americani-
zation officer Mr. Coffin will CO.
zation officers Of the American Le-
eion in the District of Columbia.
College women's Club.
Mrs. Basil Manly, president of toe
College Women's Club, assisted by
the officers and advisory board. will
receive Monday afternoon from ITO
s. at the clubhouse, 1922 l street.
Mr.. Norman Hapgood, former United
States Minister to Denmark, will
discuss the Russian situation. Mrs.
Hapgood will receive with Mrs.
Manly from to S. Delegates to
the biennial conference of the AS
sociation of Collegiate Alumnae are
specially invited guests. Miss Jane
Bartlett will preside at the tea
table. assisted by. Mrs. William En-
bert Chamberlain. Mrs +, T. F.
Johnson and Mrs. Frank Wilkes
Pyle.
"131 Club.
The Washington chapter Of the
"13- Club held a ladies night cere-
monial at the Franklin Square Ho-
tel last night. Charles G. Graves