Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
GRADUATE COURSES
EXPAND ACTIVITIES
American University Adds to
Faculty for Three New
Subjects.

DR. Edward T. Devine, dean of the
graduate school of American Univer-
sity, last night announced expansion
Of the curriculum and addition of new
graduate faculty members, including
Lieut. Col. William Cattron Rigby.
- Judge advocate generals Office,
United States Army. and William Lee
Corbin who has been teaching in the
English department of the College of
Liberal Arts of American University
At least three and perhaps more
- new courses will be offered at the
.opening of the second semester Febru-
AIRY /. DE Devine announced. stating
that 20 courses will be available for
students to enter without having
taken previous work in the first
semester
Col Rigby practiced law in Chicago
prior to the World War. when he
entered the service, rising to the
temporary rank of Lieutenant colonel
in the office of judge advocate general.
He received a permanent commission
when the Army was reOrganiZed in
1920. For the past three years he
was in Panama, where he was a mem
Der of the general council of the
American Bar Association He is now
local vice president for the Canal Zone
of the American Bar Association.
New Courses Program.
\ Col. Rigbv will present p course in
"the government of outlying terri
tories and possessions: and pacific in
tervention and occupation" His
course is to he open to both students
Of the graduate school and To students
in the undergraduate school of the
political sciences of American Uni
versity
Mr.. Corbin. formerly of Boston Uni
versity, Is connected With the Smith
aonian Institution. He will present
new course in eXpository writing, in.
tended particularly for those en-
gagged in the Government service. who
are called on from time to time to
sprepare papers and addresses on the
progress of their work or that of their
collea CUES"
A new course is to be offered by
DR.. D. o. sKinsman, professor of
economics, on Finance and Tax
tation." which will include critical
examination of the functions Of the
State and of public expenditures in
cident thereto"
Dean Devine returned TO Washing
ton yesterday from week at Knox
vile, Tenn. where he conducted an
institute of social economics for social
workers there.
Examinations Due Soon.
Examinations in the graduate
school, the college and the school of
political sciences will take place from
January "a to 90,
At the college Canon Arson Phelps
Stokes will deliver the opening ad-
dress at the first chapel on the re-
opening of school
In a mock trial conducted Wednes-
day by the student council of the
college, J. Courtney Ha yward, roya
gander of the Costing Court, a sophie
more, who has been at the head of
the court intended to inf1ict penalties
upon recalcitrant freshmen for break
ing freshman rules. was tried for
''malfeasance'' and found guilty. He
served sentence last night by rolling
a peanut with his nose across the
gymnasium floor between halves of
the. Lyfichburg American basket ball
game. Jacob Snyder was Judge at the
mock trial.; Roland Rice, prosecutor,
and George Dare and James Sullivan
were bailiffs.
Dean Frederick Lee of the Univer-
Sty of Maryland addressed the Ameri-
, can University chapter OF the Ameri-
can Association of University Pro-
fessors Monday evening at the Bat
telle Memorial from the subject, Con
tract and Tenure of once.
Miss Mary Louise Brown, dean OF
women, was the guest of honor at a
dinner Thursday night at the home Of
Mrs. w. l.. Holt. 1913 Blair road,
Takoma Park. when there were pres
ent officers of Circle No. 3 of the Ia
kamo Park Mothers and Children s
Club. Later, Miss Brown addressed
+ha club at formal meeting at the
home of Mrs. j. C.. Mellis, Maple
avenue, Takoma Park.
Prof. Will Hutchins of the dramatics
department gave lecture on
"cna nish Art" in the ten events
course at the Georgetown Presbyterian
Church Monday evening, when he
smoke of the three most famous paint
ers that Spain has produced, present
Ing on the screen illustrations of their
hest works. Prof Hutchins spoke also
Tuesday night at the Dunthorne Gal
lerv on Ernest Haskell"
Councillor Lucius c. Clark of the
university and Dean George r. Woods
Of the college have returned from Chi
caso, where they attended annual
meetings of the Educational Associa-
tion of the Methodist Episcopal
Church and the Association of Ameri.
can Colleges.
The Women's Guild of the univer
sitv will meet Tuesday morning at
the Women's Residence Hall to hear
renort on a recent calendar project
for procuring funds for scholarship
at the university and to make plans
for a Spring function.
The Faculty Womens Club was
entertained at tea Friday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. B. B. James.