Evening star., 1927-11-27
AMERICAN j. PLANS
WORK ON CAMPUS
Trees and Shrubs to Be
Planted This Week-Bur-
ton to Address Chapel.

Plans for further landscaping the
American University campus at Ne
braska and Massachusetts, avenues
will be carried forward materially
this week with the planting of about
81 900 worth of trees and shrubs, ac-
cording to Chancellor Lucius &.
Clark.
Planting will begin tomorrow morn
ing, and plans which call for placing
the trees and shrubs i'm effective
grouping about the college quadrangle
and elsewhere have been worked out
by Louis u. StrassburSer OF Phila-
phia, official landscape architect for
the university. The trees. which in
clude rs pin oaks and large number
Of shrubs. were the gift OF Mr.. Strass-
burger and John e. Let's of this city.
president Of the board OF trustees of
American University. There are many
pin oaks already on the campus, plant
ed shortly after the war.
Burton to Speak.
Representative Theodore F.. Burton
OF Ohio, a member of the former
American Debt Commission, will de.
liver an address next Tuesday morn
ing al the college chapel. The service.
which will be at 10 o'clock, will be
open to the public.
Mr.. Burton, who was formerly Sen.
ator from Ohio, will speak from the
subject of the opportunities open to
the youth of today.
Thanksgiving holidays at the uni.
versity started last Wednesday noon
and continue until tomorrow morning,
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students left Washington for nearby
homes. while those whose homes were
at distance and remained at the
campus Joined in Thanksgiving
party at the women's residence hall
on Friday night. following Thanks
giving dinner in the college dining
hall DR.. Edward r. Devine, dean of
the Graduate School; Mrs. Devine, and
their daughter. Miss Ruth Devine, who
is registrar of the Graduate School
and of the School of Political Sciences.
motored to New York City for the
Thanksgiving holidays.
DIR. Karl Buehler of Vienna will open
his special course in psychology at
the Graduate School Thursday after
noon at O'Clock. The course will
consist Of II sessions Of two hours
each. and lectures will be from to
pm. on Thursdays and Fridays
students Of the college will be enter
tanned by the Faculty Woman's Club
at the gymna SUM auditorium next
Saturday evening. Three short com.
edy-dramas will be presented. under
the direction of Miss Mary Gait.
Club Elects Officers.
DR.. Frances Foster of Vassar Col
lege, was the guest of honor last
night at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl Neprud. who entertained for sew
eral members Of the faculty here who
have known DR.. Foster
The Interna tiOnal Relations Club,
which is being organized under the
Carnegie Endowment for Interna-
tiOnal Peace. and under direction of
William l.. Tayler of the faculty, has
elected these officers: President. Hugh
w. Speer: vice president. Pauline
Frederick; secretary. s. l.. Brooks, jr.;
treasurer, Dorothy Buchan. The con-
stitution committee. which will report
at the regular meeting next Fri
day, consists of Pauline Frederick,
Roland Rice and Randall Penhale.
The temporary program committee is:
Roland Parrish. Mary Jane Stewart
and Marion Cross
DR.. ID. o. klnsman. professor of
one of the five commissions in inter-
national relations at the International
Student Conference at Baltimore, be.
ginning next Friday.
Prof. Arthur Lovejov of Johns
Hopkins University. addressed the
American University Chapter of the
American Association of University
Professors in the college parlors Tues.
day. DR.. kinsman. president of the
local chapter, presided.
Miss D. Quincy Smith, a recent
graduate of the college and alsS
student in the Graduate School. who
is on an extensive tour of Africa, is
planning to return on the President
Harding, arriving at Hoboken Decem.
her %, according to word received by
friends here. She reports having had
a fascinating tour, and was last heard
from in Algeria.