Evening star., 1926-05-02
HIGH SCHOOL NIGHT
PLANNED At G. v. j.
Seniors of Five Washington
Institutions to Be Enter
tanned Saturday.

entertain the senior class students Of
the Washington High Schools on Sat
urday night in the university gym
nasium in what is to be known as
high school night. Invitations have
been extended to the seniors of Cen
tral. Technical, Western, Eastern and
Business.
According to present plans The Wis
iting school seniors will be entertained
IN the stunt night" by acts from the
recent 'Vodevil Show" the various
university student activities, such as
the dramatic, glee and other groups.
President William Mather Lewis,
Coach H. Watson Crum. Miss Virginia
Hopkins, Dean Anna l.. Rose, Prof.
Henry Grattan Doyle, and others will
speak briefly.
The stunt night" is under the di-
rection of H. Watson Crum, director
of athletics. and Dean Anna l.. Rose.
ON the committee of students are
George Campbell, Helen Taylor. Er
myntrude Walden. Clayton Butler,
Rosamond Lyon. George Won Heck
roth, Helen Warten, Ned Whitcomb.
Charles Crowther and +. McGahn.
Others Pay Visits.
During the past week college and
high school seniors of other towns
visited the university. Groups from
the State Teachers College of Fred
eriCksburg. Va; the Eva ander Childs
School OF New York City, the English
High School of Lynn, Mass; the
Deerfield High School of Deerfield.
Mass; the Newburgh High School of
Newburgh n Y, and the Highland
Park High School of Highland Park,
Mich, came to the institution to re-
ceive some ideas about the city before
starting on a tour of the Capital.
The idea instituted two years ago of
instructing the visiting high school
students in the possibilities of Wash
ington from an architectural, hiStori-
cal and governmental standpoint has
materially helped the boys and girls
of other cities. The students are
given prospective view in short
lecture.
Two articles from the department of
chemistry in the Medical School were
printed in the March issue of the Jour
nal of Biological Chemistry, the official
publication of the American Associa-
ton of Biological Chemists. The arti-
cles were written by DIR. Joseph H.
Roe. in collaboration with Prof. Oliver
H. Irish and James |. Boyd, and also
with s. Kahn. DIR. Roe has been asked
by G.. V. Mosby & Co. to write a
text book on chemistry for nurses. The
request is being complied with.
Lectures i'm Charleston.
Prof. Henry Grattan Doyle. attend
ed the annual convention of the Ma
tional Foreign Trade Council in
Charleston. S. c., April %, 29 and
80. His address was made before the
council on Education for Foreign
Trade" and was given before some
Is, 900 persons assembled for the con-
vention. He represented the American
Association of Spanish Traders.
The Columbian Law Review re
Gently printed an article by Prof. Earl
G. Arnold on Compensated Surety"
During the past week President
Lewis was a visitor in Chicago. He
spoke at the annual George Washing
ton University Alumni Club dinner
and also before the Chicago Geo
graphic Society. President Lewis lee
ture on THE Haunts of Washington"
was unusually well received by the
students a week ago and was enthusi-
astically received in Chicago before
an audience of $500 in Orchestra Hall.
The University debating teams and
the rifle teams recently closed their
season with banquets which were we'll
attended.
Two unusually important events
went into history last week when the
annual pan-Hellenic prom and the
presentation of the Dionysians'
comedy, 1.-The Frogs" was given.
Hold May Day Fete.
Yesterday an enthusiastic gathering
went 20 Rock Creek Park near
Pierce Mill, when the first annual
May day fete was held. In addition
to the various athletic activities.
which included races, games and
other stunts. the athletic awards
! were made.
Announcement is made that all
work on the Cherry Tree. the annual
publication, has been completed.
The annual meeting of the Phi
Beta Kappa Association of the Dis
! trict of Columbia was held in the
alumni room of the University Club
| last week. Prof Samuel F. Bcmis
spoke on Research Work in His
tory" as did Prof. Paul Kaufman.
An unusually successful track
| meet was staged at the Central High
School, which practically closed the
track season for the intromural
athletes. The varsity team, however,
will compete May s with Catholic
University men. Some of the women
are competing in swimming events,
while the tennis teams are out in
/, full force.
Announcement has been made that
Prof. E. A. Hill of the department
of chemistry has contributed a
scientific article of Importance in
the current number of the Journal
| of the American Chemical ASsoci-