Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08
MEDICAL FRAT
CHAPTER FORMED
Branch of Mu Delta Phi Els.
tabIished at Howard u.
IL Charter Members.

chapter of the Mu Delta Phi Frater-
njtv an honorary society composed OF
noedical students was established at
Howard University Monday by one OF l's
founders, H l.. Ettman, student OF
Washington University. st. LOUIS IL
was named Beta Chapter.
Mr.. Ettman was assisted IN the or
ganization by DR.. Ernest E. Just froi'
Frank Coleman and Drs. Ruopiph
Fisher. Keith Madison and Carter Mar
shall. Plans are being made, according
10 Mr. F,ttman, to organize chapters in
all of the leading colleges in the United
States which conduct pre-medical
courses.
Twelve candidates were initiated as
charter members of the Howard chap
ter They are: John Baldwin west,
president Theodore White, vice presi-
dent: James e. Walker, secretary; w.
A Winter treasurer; Arthur J. Sayres,
sergeant-at-arms; DIR. Ernest Il. Just,
Prof Frank Coleman, Prof. st. Elmo
Brady, DR.. II. L. Pelham, DR.. Rudolph
Fisher, DIR. Carter Marshall, DR.. Keith
Madison, c. c. Maxwell, j. 0. Cummings.
Sidney Sumby, Horace G. Scott, Edward
Cheek E. c. Downing and w. C. George.
Included in this group are three Phi
Beta Kappa men, three Sigma XII. three
National Research fellows. three under
graduates on honor roll and the others
have at least grade of b.
Charter Day Celebrated.
Towards charter day was celebrated
with an aIumni-seniof dinner last night
in the university dining hall. More than
500 attended
DR.. J. Stanley Durkee announced that
the medical school had been granted an
appropriation of $4,000 for a new
hui oil A
followed the dinner.
The committee in charge of the dim
ner was composed Of Mrs. Alma J. Scott.
chairman Dean Lucy D. Stowe. Miss
Ethel C. Harris. George A. Parker, Miss
Marie E. Jordan, Maurice Clifford Miss
Harriet G. Heard, Miss Norma E. Boyd,
DR.. William H. Greene, Miss Eleanor
Rivers and Robert l.. Evans.
Howard University's Orchestra, the
Girls Glee Club and the Male Glee Club
participated in the inaugural program
Wednesday night on the east steps of
the Capitol, through the courtesy of the
chairman of the inaugural committee on
arrangements. The special numbers by
the University Male Glee Club were
Deep River" by Burleigh; 'Invictus,'
by Protherol, and Jacobs Ladder"
Orchestra Improves.
The Howard University Symphony
Orchestra, after some three years train
ing under Dorcy Rhodes, formerly con-
nected with one of the United States
Army bands, has developed into most
representative musical organization.
From conglomeration of half trained
musical students who were totally in
experienced in ensemble playing, and
who were for the most part mere begin
ners on their instruments, Mr. Rhodes
has developed at Howard one of the best
negro bands in the country, as was con-
coded by music critics after Howard s
success in the professional band con-
test at Philadelphia on Thanksgiving,
1928. From this same material he has
nodded a remarkable symphony orches-
ira.
A number of concerts have been re-
Gently given by the university orchestra.
1t participated February on the artists
series program, and rendered special
selections in the university chapel in
connection with the recent lecture by DR..
Albert Bushnell Hart. An invitation wa $
extended to the university orchestra to
participate in the inaugural musical pro-
gram on the east steps of the Capitol on
the evening of March 4.
A special song service will be given by
the university vested choir at 40
O'Clock this afternoon in the Andrew
Rankin Memorial Chapel on the Howard
University campus The university choir
is composed of more than SO highly
trained voices, and is under the direction
or Lulu V. Childers, head of the depart
ment or music at Howard University