Evening star., 1926-10-31
AMERICAN j. WILL
DEDICATE LIBRARY
Formal Ceremonies Decem-
ber 7 for BatteIle Memorial.
Dads Day" Program.

The new Battelle Memorial Library
on American University campus will
be formally dedicated December Z. ac-
cording to plans which are being made
to have this function fall near the
time of the annual meeting of the
board of trustees of the institution.
Details of the dedication have not
as yet been worked out, but 1t will
probably be held on Tuesday evening
prior to the meeting Of the trustees
Wednesday, in the new board room in
the memorial building. DR.. Eucius c.
Clark, chancellor of the university, Is
in charge Of arrangements.
Gordon BatteIle Donor.
The new library was constructed
during the Summer from a sum be-
queathed by the late Gordon Battelle
of Columbus, Ohio, former member
of the board. Books are being re-
catalogucd under the system of the
Library of Congress, and it is expect
ed the first volumes will be moved
from the old library location in Hurst
Hall, on the campus, this week to the
new structure The Battelle Memo
rial is of monumental type, to har-
monize with other buildings on the
campus, and is on the west side of
the quadrangle.
William Knowles Cooper, general sec
retary of the Y. NJ. G. A. of this city,
will be the principal speaker at Dads
day" exercises to be held at the Wom-
ems Residence Hall on the campus
this afternoon, beginning at $50
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The college orchestra, George SiXby.
director. and William Warner. bust
ness manager, will make it's first
public appearance at the occasion.
Prior 20 the meeting fathers of stu
dents at the college will be aeuests OF
the institution at a dads dinner.
Attends College Conference.
DR.. Paul Kaufman. professor of
English, attended a meeting at Phlla-
delphia yesterday of the executive
committee of the college conference
of the Association of Colleges and
Preparatory Schools of the Middle
States and Maryland to arrange a pro-
gram for the associations ThankSgiV-
ing meeting.
A wet and dry subject has been
agreed upon for debate with Buck
nell University of Lewisburg, Pa,
which will meet the American Uni
versity team here March rs. A. L.
will take the negative of the ques-
ton, Resolved, That the Eighteenth
Amendment Should be Repealed"
Or. Edward T.. Devine, dean of the
graduate school has returned from
two recent lecture trips. At Macon,
Ga, he spoke before the State Con-
ference of Social Work during ses-
sions of several days. At Pittsburgh.
DR.. DeVine, who was a member of
President Hardings United States
Coal Commission, delivered an ad
dress before the University EXten-
sion Society on Coal"
Students at the college We're. deep
in midsemester examinations last
week and will receive their grades
tomorrow.
Many members of the faculty and
students of the university attended
the educational meeting at Memorial
Continental Hall Friday night, ad-
dressed by the Lord Bishop of London.
"Brisk PAGES" for Freshmen.
Freshmen and sophomores staged a
lively program Thursday afternoon
on the campus. when freshmen were
made to go through many brisk PAGES
for violation of freshmen rules. Mil
ton Crist won the potato-rolling con-
test, in which freshmen were obliged
to roll potatoes several yards with
their noses. Substantially all the
freshmen: girls submitted to vigorous
scrubbing with wash rag and soap
in the hands of sophomore girls to
wash off any traces of powder paint
or rouge. and a group Of male fresh
men were sent through a human
padding gantlet. Freshmen at
tempted to burn the sophomore ban
ner on the campus. and there was
grand scramble, including both boys
and girls, dressed in athletic garb.
Parts of the banner were saved.
A Halloween dinner was given for
students Thursday night in the col
lege dining room, but the Halloween
party which was to have been held
Friday night has been postponed until
next Friday. Miss Elizabeth Clay is
chairman in charge of arrangements
Officers of the womens guild of
the university entertained at a buffet
luncheon for members of the guild at
the homo of the president, Mrs. Mary
Logan Tucker, 3010 Thirty y-second
street, Friday, when plans for the or
ganization's activity for the year were
discussed.