Evening star., 1927-04-17
DR.. CAPEN CHOSEN
FOR GNU. ADDRESS
Buffalo University Chancellor
to Speak at Annual Con-
vention in June.

DR.. Samuel b Capen, chancellor of
the University of Buffalo, has been Sc
lected as the commencement speaker
for the principal address to be given
on June at the annual June convoca-
ton of George Washington University.
The graduating exercises viii be held
in the evening at s o'clock ir the
Washington Auditorium.
Rev. DIR. Henry Sizoo, pastor of the
New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church, will preach the baccalaureate
sermon on Sunday, June 5. The exer-
cises will be held in Corcoran Hall at
3 pm.
Tuesday one of the most pretentious
undertakings Of the university will
start when representatives of SO uni
versities and colleges come here for the
conference on public administration.
The public is invited and is asked to
register in Corcoran Hall for tickets
Of admission.
Registration will be held in Room II,
Corcoran Hall, and the morning ses-
sion will be devoted to addresses by
Joseph Grew, Undersecretary of State,
and Brig. Gen. Hugh NJ. Lord. DR..
Charles Moore, chairman of the Fine
Arts Commission, will speak at lunch
con.
Other Speakers on Program.
In the afternoon Charles S. Dewey
of the Treasury Department and j.
. Walter Drake of the Commerce De-
partment will speak, Wednesday DIR.
julius Klein of the Bureau of Domes-
tice and Foreign Commerce will make
an address. At the PanAmerican
Union DIR. Leo S. Rowe will greet the
delegates. DIR. A. r. Woods will speak
IN "a
visiting delegates will be entertained
at the University Club. Various sight
seeing trips around Washington have
been arranged.
Preparations have been made for the
entertainment of the wives of the dele
gates and other visitors. The various
governmental department heads will
also hold discussions with the visiting
educators,
Friday of this week DIR. William
Mather Lewis will speak at Evanston,
ILL.,, at the annual meeting of the I'LL.
nois State Teachers Association. He
will also speak at the University of
Chicago during his visit.
The senior class of the George Wash
ington University Medical School pre-
sented oil portraits of Dean William
Cline Borden and DR.. J. Wesley Bovee,
respectively, at the Medical Society
Building last Thursday. During the
presentation DR.. Lewis, Dean Borden
and DR.. Bovee spoke. The portraits
will be hung in the Medical School. A
committee of seniors presented the
portraits.
Plan to Honor Debating Team.
Friday, April 20, the George Wash
ington University debating team, COM
posed of William f. McSwain, William
F. Williamson and John T. Trimble
will be honored by the student body in
Corcoran Hall. Brief addresses will be
made by Gilbert L. Hall, faculty mem
Der in charge of debate. and DIR.
George Farnham, coach of the debat-
ing team, in charge of public speaking
in the university. The team will rep
resent the United States in the annual
international debate with Cambridge
May "a. The team sails for England
April 80.
The Weddell prize contest closes
May /. Essays in competition for the
$3.50 prize for the promotion of peace
will be judged by Prof. Edwin Hill.
Prof. G. 8. Collier and Prof. Oscar B.
Hunter.
Alexander Gregg, '23, is the new
president of the George Washington
Columbian Law School Alumni Asso-
citation. He was elected at the recent
annual meeting. Other officers are Pey-
ton Gordon. '9s, first vice president;
Frank III. Stephens. second vice presi-
dent; William L. Symons, third vice
president, and George w. DalZell, 81,
treasurer. The executive committee is
composed of Olive Geiger, Moultrie
Hit, Maj. Gen. Walter Bechtel and
Vernon Brewster.
The George Washington University
Glee Club has accepted a theatrical en-
gagement and will be heard during the
week at local theater. The Glee Club
is under the direction of Robert F.
Harmon. During the Summer many
OF the 48 members win go on a long
tour through the North. The club has
had an unusually successful season.