Evening star., 1925-02-01
HOWARD OBSERVES
WEEK OF PRAYER
Special Assembly Held as
Part of National COL
Iege Movement.

Howard University, in keeping with
the country wide annual observance
of the special week of prayer for col
leges, suspended all classes Thursday
and conducted a special prayer serN-
ice in the Andrew Rankin Memorial
Chapel on tho university campus,
which was attended by all students.
Dr.. Mordecai Johnson OF Charleston
W. Va, who a few years ago as orator
for his class at Harvard University
made an appeal for more practical
application of the teachings of Jesus
Christ to present-day living, was the
special speaker at the university for
the services held in connection with
the week of prayer.
DR.. Johnson addressed the students
of the university at noon Tuesday and
Wednesday. On Wednesday. during
the recess. lie was special guest OF
the president OF the university and
the academic faculty at a luncheon
given in the university dining hall.
An address was delivered by him TO
the faculty following the luncheon.
DR.. Johnson gave his last lecture of
the series Thursday at II o'clock in
the university chapel.
f. y. Jones Speaker.
Under the auspices of the caribbean
| Club of the university, e. S. Jones.
who has spent three and one-half
years in Egypt and Palestine. gave
| an illustrated lecture on Jerusalem
in the university chapel yesterday
evening.
TIL" varsity basket ball team met
the Morgan College team in the new
Albert Auditorium on Pennsylvania
avenue Friday evening.
Announcement will soon be made of
the several courses for the Summer
session. Plans are now being worked
out by Prof. George NJ. Lightfoot, who
recently was designated by President
J. Stanley Durkee as director of the
Summer session According to pres
ent information, the registration for
the Summer session will be held
June 10 and 90, and the courses or
study will begin June %. The Sum
mer session will run for period of
eight weeks. The courses offered will
be the same in content as those given
during any other part OF the school
year. Howard University has been
able during the past two years to
build up a Summer session which will
compare favorably with those con-
Quoted by the larger institutions of
the country. The work done by its
students is of the quality which will
secure recognition and credit by other
universities.
The School of Public Health. in it's
attempt to serve in the largest pos
sible way, has inaugurated a course
of lectures for the colored social
workers of Washington. The will to
do this important bit of service has
been stimulated by the earnest and
frequent requests Of this local group
of workers.
This is but the beginning of a
larger program which the School Of
Public Health and Hygiene contem-
plates projecting. A department of
social service, leading to a collegiate
degree, was originally placed in the
comprehensive plans of the School of
Public Health. Unquestionabiy there
is a need for training efficient social
workers along broad lines which
combine humanitarian with scientific
principles. and this is the aim of
Howard University.
Among the lecturers are the follow
ing: DR.. A. B. Jackson. director of
| the School OF Public Health and Hy-
giene; Prof. A. S Beckham, professor
Of psychology; Dr.. Benjamin Karp-
man, professor OF psychiatry; DR..
Mary Fitch, professor of home eco
nomics: Dean Kelly Miller, dean of
| the Junior college; Prof. w. S. Nelson.
professor of religious education; Prof.
Jones, professor of sociology, and
Miss Emily Dinwidee.