Evening star., 1925-05-31
HOWARD i. GRADS
OHEAR DR.. DURKEE
President of Institution to
Preach BaCcaIaureate
Sermon Today.

| DR.. J. Stanley Durkee, president of
Howard University, will deliver the
baccaleureate sermon at the annual
exercises this afternoon at o'clock
| in the Andrew Rankin Memorial
Chapel on the university campus.
The university faculty will appear in
full academic costume and march in
procession from Carnegie Library to
the Chapel.
The program for the exercises fol-
lows: Professional; call to worship
and invocation, Rev. Daniel Z. Wise
man, pastor of Lutheran Church of
Our Redeemer; anthem, THE Eve
ming Hymn" vested choir; scripture
readying, Chaplain Oscar J. W. Scott,
D. d. school of religion, Howard
! University; prayer, Rev. Robert W
Brooks, pastor OF Lincoln Memorial
Temple; hymn, vested choir; sermon,
| The Supreme Christ" President
! Durkee; solo, selection, and benedic-
| ton, Rev. Hampton D. Medford, pas
tor of John Wesley A. NJ. L. Zion
Church.
Senior Class Banquet.
The annual banquet rendered the
senior class of the school of religion Of
| Howard by the class of 1926 was
| held Thursday in the university din
| ing hall The faculty and admins
trative officers were guests. The COM
| mittee having charge of the arrange
| nents for the dinner consisted of the
officers Of the class OF 1895, who are;
President. Henry J. Booker; vice presi-
dent. Victor z. Johnson of Ashton.
Md: secretary, Miss Mabel L. Berry
of Camden, n. j.; treasurer, Hiram E.
Smith of Baltimore, Md. The princi-
pal address was given by President
| Durkee, who spoke of some of the
dangers and opportunities confronting
| the Christian ministry today.
| The annual field day of the reserve
officers training corps was held on
| the university campus Friday. \,
! special program consisting OF battal-
| ion parade, competitive drill. indi-
vidual and company; presentation OF
warrants to cadet non-commissioned
| officers, presentation Of commissions
| to cadet officers and a number Of
| other reviews were presented.
The cadet officers receiving COM
| missions follow: Major, James Henry
| Green: captain and adjutant. James
David Peacock; captains. staff. Fran
| els Albert Rfdgeley and Richard Car
roll Turner; captains, James titll Rob-
| inson, Hyman Yates Chase, Kenneth
| Peark Barnes, George Wilbur Webb
and Elbert Ralph Mack; first lieJten.
ants, Lancess Mcknight, Robert Den
| mis- Banks, Tillrnan Hugo Henderson,
William Irving Pryor. jr., Maurice
Eugene Johnson; second ieutenants.
| Gregory Edwards Woods, Lewellyn
| Wilbert Davis, Nealie Derrick Gun.
thrope, Raymond Augustine Lennon
and Fred Kit Adams.
Subordinate officers Honored.
Warrants were awarded to the fol-
| lowing non commissioned officers:
| Technical sergeant, Lee Philip VIII
| son; staff sergeant, Philander VIII
| Alexander Ross, Charles Clifton An
drews, Clarence Edward Davis. John
| Almar Poulson and Franklin Burrell
Logwood.
| Sergeants-Ernest Rivers WEIGH,
Jesse D. Springer, Wendell Phillips
| Collette, Elijah Barber, Phineas Bin
| ford Bryant, George Douglas Bennett,
George Bowie Miller, William Wallace
| Andrews, jr., Britton c. Baskerville.
! Thomas Clarence Cope, Martin Col
lette Bailey. Frederick Payne Watts.
James Sherman Boiling, Ernest Lee
| Raiford, Leonidas Tullius Burbridge,
Charles Leslie Murray, Harvey Lob.
man Green, Cleveland l.. Jackson,
Demon Palma Young, Slaughter NJ.
| MurreIl and Lukengus Carey.
Corporals = Vernon Allen Rich.
Greene Charles Maxwell, Olepheus
Gerald Gist, Clarence Edward Jani-
| son, Togo Dennis West, James Ed
| ward Walker. Charles Maurice Brad
ford, James William Johnson, Adolphus
| Orandor Eggieston, Ralph Augustine
! Vaughn, Earl Vincent Gaunt, Clinton
C. NJ. Moss, Harold Thomas Haw.
thorne, Ogden Napoleon Groomes
! James Welfred Holmes, Carroll Willis
| Sallie, Aidon Leon Baker, Emil Syl-
vester Busey. Joseph Vincent Winn
Percy Ernest Newbie, Herbert Angus
! tine Davidson, Oliver Wendell Wilson,
Montorbell Montgomery, Hilry c.
Thomas, William Henry Payne and
Wolcott Francis Greene.
Campus Is Inspected.
Members of the Fine Arts Commits
gave particular attention to a study
of the general plateau at the north.
east corner of the campus. They
were conducted over the university
campus by DR.. Durkee and DR.. Scott,
| secretary-treasurer.
The development of the Overlook
terrace" between the new dining hall
and the gymnasium and armory,
! fronting on the reservoir, will give
high character to the university
grounds The Fine Arts Commission
| is keenly interested in the extension
of Vermont avenue from the junction
of Ninth street and Florida avenue
to the junction point, Georgia avenue
and Howard place. Sometime ago
recommendations were submitted by
| James L. Greenleaf, landscape archi-
| tect of the Commission of Fine Arts,
looking to the general improvement
of that section of the city in which is
| located the campus of Howard Uni
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