Evening star., 1927-10-30
HIGH SCHOOL CLUB
IS FORMED At A. j.
Students of Central Taking
Liberal Arts Course Hold
Organization Meeting.

Students of Central High School
attending the College of Liberal Arts
of American University, organized a
club last week and plan to carry for
ward q program both to perpetuate
memories Of their high school days
and to stimulate interest in American
University.
1t is the first club of it's kind to be
formed at the college and is to re-
ceive it's official name tomorrow at
the first regular meeting. There are
81 members.
Leon Schloss, athlete, who gained a
name for himself in high school con-
tests before he came into collegiate
prominence last year as member of
the strong A. U. basket ball five, was
named president. Schloss also has
been playing end and halfback on the
foot ball team this year. Other Off
GERS named by the Central Club were:
Delsie Appel. vice president, and sec.
retary.treasurer, Kay Severance.
Meetings will be held every second
Monday throughout the school year.
Plans are already being made for the
club to attend the Central-Eastern
IS, wearing the A. U. colors. A dance
will be given in December by the new
club.
Student Council Elected.
A movement toward more control of
student life on the campus of the col
lege by the students themselves was
launched last week by election of the
student council. All classes of the col
lege are represented, and both boys
and girls are included in the council
membership.
Although there was student coun-
Gil last year at the college. complete
organization was not effected and
here remains to be drawn up this year
a constitution and bylaws for the gov
eminent of the body itself and of the
collegiate life as whole. A commit
tee is to be appointed shortly to draw
up the constitution and bylaws.
Jacob Snyder. a Junior, was elected
president of the council. Glasses
named their officers on the council. as
follows: Seniors, Clarence Knapp,
Hugh Speer, Harold McClay: juniors.
Roland Rice, Florence Fellows, Bruce
Kessler; sophomores, Milton Crist and
Raymond Spaeth, and freshmen,
James T. Johnson.
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the university, and DIR. Edward T.
Devine. dean of the graduate school,
were in New York early last week in
the interests of the institution. DR..
Clark left the Capital again Friday for
Chicago, where he will participate in
several conferences on university mat.
ters
Halloween festivities marked the So
cial life of the college over the week
end. Festive decorations of the season
featured the dinner Friday night at
the college dining room, where a pro.
gram was presented, under direction
Of a committee. The evenings affair
was in charge of Ethel Moulton, gem
eral chairman, and these committees:
Decorations, Betty Jacoby, Margaret
Woodward. Edna Hawkins. Charlotte
Magee. Pauline Fortney; table. Irene
Pyle. Dorothy Gerth. Elizabeth Nc
Vey and Florence Leighty; program,
Mary Chadwick. Gladys Macafee, Dull
Gle Appel and Louise Murray.
Dance Held i'm Gymnasium.
The seasons gayety was further car
ried out last night at "hard-times
dance" in the gymnasium, for which
Raymond Spaeth was chairman, as
sisted by Fred Carpenter, Mary Scull
and Margaret Buley.
The sophomore foot ball team defeat.
ed the freshman team in a hard-fought
battle on st. Adams field. by the score
OF to o. An interclass tennis match
| is 10 follow.
Phi Delta Gamma Sorority of the
graduate school entertained at a Hal.
loween reception last night at 1901
F street in honor of the trustees. the
faculties of the university and the stu.
dents of the graduate school, and the
school of political sciences. The pres.
ident of the sorority. Ailine Dufour
was general chairman in charge.
Miss Mary Louise Brown, dean OF
women, entertained at dinner yester.
day at the Women's Residence Hall in
honor of DR. and Mrs Harold NJ. Gold.
er. Faculty members Of the English
department. which DIR. Colder recently
joined, and their wives were guests.
Mrs. Lucius G. Clark, wife of the
chancellor, Is in Minneapolis attending
annual sessions of the national execu.
tive committee OF the Women's For.
eign Missionary Society, of which she
| is member.
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