Evening star., 1925-01-18
c. v. j. TO PRESENT
BELGIAN EDUCATOR
Public to Hear Lecture on
"GoIden Deeds of Egyp-
tian ExCavat0rS."

DR.. Jean Capart. professor of art
and archaeology at the University of
Liege, and honorary secretary of the
Egyptian Exploration Society, will
speak TO the students and faculty of
George Washington University in
Corcoran Hall tomorrow night at s
o'clock. His work is an outstanding
feature of European historical
achievement.
The lecture is open to the public
and is one of the Winter series instI-
tuted by the university. The famous
Belgian is a chevalier of the Legion
OF Honor, grand officer Order of the
Nile; corresponding fellow of the
British Academy, a member OF the
Royal Academy of Belgium and at
times director of expeditions into
Egypt.
Deeds of E1cavatOrs.
THE Golden Deeds of Egyptian
EXcavators" is the subject of DR..
Capart's lecture. In view of the
recent decision of the Egyptian gov
ernment to allow Howard Carter to
open the tomb of King Tutankhamen
the lecture Will be extraordinarily
timely.
Announcement is made that patrons
of the university may obtain tickets
for the lecture by applying to the
office of the president.
The university was singularly hon
ored last week by visit of J. A. NJ
Elder, commissioner from Australia
to the United States, who spoke upon
the relations between the countries.
Tomorrow morning DR.. Anson Phelps
Stokes, former secretary of Yale Uni
versity. will speak at chapel.
Examinations January 70.
The date of January 26 has been
set aside for the start of the mid
year examinations. Work in all de-
partments of the university will be
suspended and the time given over
to examinations. There will be 10
days of examinations, the second Sc
mester beginning the following week.
The university debating teams have
been chosen for the year and will
work forward to engagements with
Princeton, Syracuse, Virginia, Penn
State and North Carolina. Syracuse
is due here February IS. Princeton
University will be taken on here
March 8. Edwin S. Bettelheim is ar
ranging the dates.
The men who debated in recent
tryouts are X. r. Miller, John T.
Trimble, w. r. Ogg, Robert Ward,
Ray C. Crowell, r. NJ. Faulkner and
H. Clagett.
President William Mather Lewis
has accepted an invitation 20 speak
at the graduation exercises Of two
Massachusetts high schools next
Fredericksburg, Va. In February
President Lewis expects TO make
swing around George Washington
centers in various States in the in
terest of the alumni and the endown-
ment fund.
Next Lecture in February.
There will be a lapse in the lecture
series offered by the university until
the date of February when Prof.
Samuel z. Bemis of George Washing
ton will speak on The Historical
Background of Washington's Fare
well Address" on March II Prof.
Elmer Kayser will talk on The Re
naissance Man" Some time in April
L. Holland Rose of Cambridge Uni
versity will speak.
The Law School will dake drastic
action through its senate for infrac-
tions of the honor code in forthcom-
ing examinations. Resolutions have
been passed by the senate affecting
that department in the matter of the
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Chapter was
declared the winner of the scholarship
cup in the national convention ses-
sion. Rho Chapter of the university
led chapters of four States in the
competition.
Any number of social functions are
planned after the midyear eNamina-
tions. Chief among the big affairs for
the students is the celebration of
junior week.
Ball TO Aid Hospital.
Before the annual graduation ex
ercises due February %, it is ex-
pected that complete plans will be an
nounced for all of the activities of
junior week. including the ball to
be held for the benefit of the univer-
sity hospital.
The visit of the Los Angeles, for
merly the ZR-3, had a peculiar inter
est for George Washington students
A note was found in a tree on Madi-
son place. 1t was addressed to the
Phi Chi medical fraternity. Greet
ings and best wishes to Phi Chapter
and G. w. U. from the ZR-3." 1t was
signed L. L. Mueller, Phi Chapter II.
Edward Moulton has been elected
president of a new debating society.
The organization has held three sue
ceSSful meetings to date. Inc Mines
a dramatic organization, is busy Sc
lecting casts for its various produc-
tions.
H. Watson Crum, director of ath-
letics, has just been placed at the
head of an employment bureau in the
university. 1t is expected that the
organization will be perfected short
ly. The employment bureau and an
other bureau for the supervision Of
rooms for students is expected to ma
terially aid the student body.