Evening star., 1923-06-03

of 1923 from the schools of liberal
| arts, education, law, medicine, dentis-
| try pharmacy, religion, music and
| applied science.
A special feature of the com.
! mencement week is the presentation
| by the Howard Players of an out.
| door play. The annual commence.
| ment play has come to be regarded
f. as a special attraction for the thous-
| ands of alumni and guests who re-
! turn to the university at this time
| Especial interest is attached to this
! years play because of the fact that
1t is the work of , member of the
! four-act play. based on the life oi
| Italy during the renaissance. was
| written by Edward Christopher Will
| Jams of the department of romance
| languages. Special peasant and court
trude Curtis. Music will be fur
nished during the performance BY
| the full university band of sixty
! pieces. under direction of Dorsey
| Rhodes and Wesley Howard The
! natural amphitheater on the south
! city of Washington. offers a charm
| ing location for the performance.
The play will be held on the evening
/ of June 6 at 5 o'clock. and 1t is ex-
peCltQ the Will De the
successful effort of this kind in the
! history OF the university.s The How
| ard Players are working under the
direction OF MONTGOMERY Gregory and
/ Marie Moore Forrest.
| The annual banquet by the junior
! class TO the senior class of the school
OF religion of. Howard University
| the class of 1923 in the university
| May "a. The toastmaster was George
a: Parker Of the class Of 1929. and
/ the program was as follows: Grace
Rev. Prof J; l.. Pinn: welcome ad-
, Students Bench" c. Y. Trlgg: The
| Extension Work" Prof. S. N Brown;
THE Evening Class" w. r. Jones'
The University" DR.. Emmett j.
| Scott, secretary of the uni
| versity: The Ladies'" Melvin ]. Key
I and The School of Religion" Dean
J Pratt.
The university on May % enter
| tained the visiting delegates to the
social workers conference being held In
| Washington during the week: Al
! the MONDAY chapel exercises Tues
/ day addresses were delivered by Miss
| Eva D. Bowles. national board. Y. w
| c. A.: Eugene Kinckle JONES' ma
! tional secretary, Urban League, New
| York city: Forester B. Washington
director, department Of research. De
Mich: George E. Haynes. Fedora,
! Council of Churches, New York city
and E +. Horne, international board
| Big Brothers and Sisters. Brooklyn
! n. Y. Luncheon was served the
! guests.
| An impressive ceremony was held
/ at the school of law in connection
vAt nf
| traits of the late. deans. Benjamin f
| Leighton and Mason n. Richardson
Monday afternoon. The exercises
| were held ain the~main lecture room
| neys Augustus w. Gray. '03. and Johr
| w. Love, '22, of the District of Co
| lumbia bar. Judge. Fenton'W. Booth
dean of the law school, presided A:
each speaker made his presentation
| the portrait; of the beioxed deceased
/ clerk of the law school. 1t was Miss
! Cooper. who, assisted by Mrs. Lisemby
| Mrs Craig ard Mrs. Marshall, ar:
ranged the tasty decorations.
! Responding on behalf of the uni
! versity, Prof. James A. Cobb. vice
| dean of the law faculty. accepted the
! portraits of the late deans.
A unique ceremony was arranged
in connection with the awarding OF
| letters and certificates to members OF
! the athletic teams as token OF the
appreciation of the university Tor the
! efforts Of students in representing
their alma mater on the athletic field
! Instead of having the members of the
| various teams appear at one OF the
regular chapel exercises to receive
their letters, arrangements were
made to have them appear on the
athletic field at noon May 2S. Prior
to the appearance or the athietes on
tt&o n
ing, Corps, Unit marched on the field
headed by the university band and
formed a hollow square. The forty
four men. to receive letters and GER
tificates then marched upon the field
amid the applause of the thousand or
more students assembled. The men
were followed by DR.. Emmett j,
Scott secretary treasurer, who pre-
sented the certificates in the absence
of President Durkee. who was en-
gagged in the endowment campaign in
Cincinnati, Ohio Col. c. E. n. How
tactics; D. Ward Nichols. president of
the students council, and l. E. King
president-elect of the students .coun-
ell. also took part in the ceremony.
DR.. Scott. told. of the athletic ac-
tfvities, as follows --
/ THE track team was successful this
year. winning second place at the
Penn relays and winning both the
Howard and Hampton meets, feat
which has never before been accom-
plished.
THE relay team is easily the fast
est in colored schools and ranks well
up with the best in the country, as
was demonstrated at the Penn relays
I'VE entered upon a new field when
we staged an intercollegiate tennis
match. We defeated our aancient
rivals. Lincoln, with ease, winning
every match.
'fThe Reserve Officers Training
Corps Is doing what 1t can to stimu-
late interest in craftsmanship, and for
the first time the university is award
ing letters to the best men In this
activity. 1t Is to be hoped that inter-
collegiate competition In this sport
will develop next year and in the
future"
The men receiving letters and GER
tificates in the spring sports are as
follows:
Track: Thomas J. Anderson, Henry
A. Bridges. Harry o. Bright, Robert
Craft (captain). Raymond Doakes
Arthur A. Green. James II. Green
J Edward E. Nichols, Leo Robinson
Howard l. Warning. Emmett j. wyn-
don and Jonathan Young.
Base ball: Luther s. Baylor. .Phineas
B. Bryant, FELTON, ]. Brown, Maceo
Clark. Joseph N. Dodson. Charles J.