Evening star., 1924-05-18
HOWARD PLANNING
FOR COMMENCEMENT
Record Graduating Glass Expected
to Leave College This
Year.


of the tentative program for COM
mencement season at Howard Uni
versfty for the school year, 1923-1924
Events in observance of commence
ment week will begin Wednesday.
May IS, and will continue through
Friday. June 8, with the annual COM
mencement exercises.
The largest number of students to
graduate at one time from an institu-
tion specializing in the training of
colored youth is expected out of the
class of 1924 from the various de-
partments of the university.
Among the various events to take
place during commencement week
will be the review of the Howard
unit of the r. o. T. c., the girls exhi-
bition drill by the department of
physical education, tbs presentation
of "Prunello" by the Howard players
in annual commencement play, and
the observance of alumni day. when
various class reunions will be held
and class day exercises will be given
by the senior classes of the collegiate
departments.
BaccaIaureate services will be held
in the University Chapel on Sunday,
June 1. The sermon will be delivered
by DR.. J. Stanley Durkee, president
of the university.
The Howard players presented
THE Exile" a classical Italian drama
by Edward Christopher Williams,
head of the department of romance
languages of Howard University, at
the Douglass Theater, Baltimore, Md,
Monday evening. to a large audience.
This was the first trip which the
players have made this school year.
of Montgomery Gregory, director of
dramatic art and public speaking OF
the university.
The department of botany of the
university, under the direction of
Dr. Thomas W. Turner, head of the
department, made field trip for eX-
detrimental purposes yesterday to
Branchville. Md. The party included
all students of the university who
are taking courses in botany.
The recent election of officers of
the student branch, Y. NJ c. A, for
the school year, 1924-1925. resulted
in the selection of the following
Elvin L. Davenport, president; Till
Rideout, secretary; Percy e. Newbie,
assistant secretary, and George B.
Miller, treasurer.
The student branch, Y. NJ. c. A, of
the university is one of the most i'm
portant extra-curricula activities en-
gagged in by the male students, as it.
in addition to conducting various
meetings in the interest of the re-
ligious welfare of the students, as
sists many students through it's en-
ployment bureau to find work which
may be done during their spare time,
which will help defray their school
expenses.
The fifth annual track and field
meet, staged by the department of
physical education of Howard Uni
versity, was pronounced by many the
best the university has yet held.
Records show 254 entries for fifteen
events, and six entries for special
events. Howard University won the
meet by amaSsing fifty-five points,
chiefly in field events. The univer-
sity boys were off color for the track
events, and Hampton, Lincoln and
Union split the points in track
events for second, third and fourth
places, respectively. The special
Charles West, captain of the Wash
ington and jefferson University track
team and collegiate Pentathlon cham
pion, 1929, was in rare form and
won the cup from Ned Gourdin, the
Harvard star worlds record broad
jumper and National Pentathlon
champion.
DIR. Charming Fl. Tobias of the in
ternational committee of the Y. M.
c. A, will be the speaker at veSper
services held by the University in
Rankin Memorial Chapel this after
noon at o'clock.