Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
c. v. j. CONFERENCE
SPEAKERS LISTED
Cabinet Members and Other
Officials Accept Invitations
for April Meeting.

Definite accentances from high Gov
eminent officials and the promise OF
three cabinet members to speak Al
'he coming Conference on Public Al
ministration have been received at
George Washington University Ine
conference will be held 1.-THE unlVer'
sity on April 10 and 20. 1t Will draw
some two or three hundred heaus Oh
colleges and universities as we'll as
many departmental executives from
various institutions all over the United
States.
The policies and activities''of the
various branches of the Government
will he presented first hand by the
high Government officials In order 70
promote n clearer understandings pf
Government. Bureau chiefs and spe-
cjalists in various governmental netds
will address the gathering during the
two days of conferences
The topics to be discussed are com.
merce. economics. history, political
science and sociology. Opportunities
will be afforded the visiting educators
TO see the actual workings of the vari-
Gus governmental departments and
bureaus.
Accept Invitations.
Among those who have accepted
ItlhlldtiOIS tC dNhICSS bhC V'USeAN~A
are Gen. Hugh NJ. Lord director Of
the budget: DR.. julius Kline or DIR.
r. Danna Durant of Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce, of the Com
merce Department: Assistant Secre-
tary of Commerce i W"l'e" H'Nf
DR. Leo S. Rowe. director general of
the Pan-American Union; =. +.
Wright, Assistant Secretary of State,
and DR.. Charles Moore. chairman OF
the Fine Arts Commissions who viii
speak during one OF hte iuncheon
periods on "Our Capital
There will he three sessions each
day and admission will be by ticket
IT is expected that the conference Will
prove of great value to educators, who
will receive first-hand information
from executives of the Departments
of Commerce, Agriculture, Treasury
and State Further announcements
will be made when completed details
of the conference are available.
The idea has found favor with many
institutions. as reservations are already
coming in in numbers for the fuli
two days of governmental talks.
George Washington University stu
dents were addressed last week in
chapel on Wednesday by Chancellor
Lucien Clark of the American Uni.
versity and DIR. Thomas Green, of
the American Red Cross. The annual
Lincoln birthday observance was the
occasion for the talk given by DR..
Greene.
Cosmo Hamilton British author who
dramatized the ''Pickwick Papers,
will speak in Corcoran Hall tomorrow
morning at 11:50 o'clock. He is here
in the interests of the Graduate School
of Arts and Related Fine Arts.
DIR. Lewis In Brooklyn.
Last week DIR. William Mather
Lewis. president of the university. at
tended the special meeting Of the COM
mittee of Urban University Associ-
alton heads In Brooklyn, II. Y, at the
Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute.
Plans for the annual mid Winter
convoeation are completed. Chacles
Warren, former assistant attorney
general i'm the Wilson administration,
an authority on the Constitution, will
be the speaker The exercises will be
held in Memorial Continental Hall on
the afternoon of February % at 3
o'clock.
There will be approximately So de-
grees granted All departments Of the
university will present candidates
The usual Junior class promenade and
other social activities have been called
off and viii probably be combined with
senior class activities later in March.
On the evening of February % the
board OF lady managers of the uni
versity hospital will present an 'eve-
ming of Scotch music at Mount Yer
non" in the university gymns stun.
Special decorations have been arranged
for. Baldwin Allan-Allan, baritone,
Roger McGregor, pianist, and Angus
Fraser and John Ross, pipers. will
appear in a varied and interesting
program Mrs. Charles Richardson Is
chairman 6f the affair. which is ex-
pected to be unusually successful.
Dean William G.. Van Week of the
Law School, who has been i'll for two
weeks, has returned to his duties.
Dean Van Week suffered from grip.
He was able to return to the univer-
sity during the week for short
periods.
Evans Article, Printed.
The Michigan Law Review prints an
article in its current issue by Prof.
Alvin r. Evans Of the Law School en-
titled 1.-The Competency Of Testamen.
tary Witnesses"
The George Washington University
girls rife team won honors last
week by annexing the intercollegiate
championship. Inc score or Z,ySI out
of possible 5000 was a record for
the matches. The University Of Mis-
souri, team was second, one point
behind and Maryland University
third. with a score of 1883.
The team, composed mostly of
former Central High School girls and
coached by Walter r. Stokes. was
captained by Katherine Shoemaker
The George Washington girls have
made an enviable record under Stokes
the past five years. The team was
made up of Katherine Shoemaker
captain: Ermyntrude Walden, man
ager; Mae Huntzberger. Marjorie Fol
som, Suzanne Jamison. Helen Taylor
Helen Prentiss. Betty Clark, Suza me
Aud, Verna Parsons and Eugenia