Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-10
CAP AND GOWN DAY
HELD AT HOWARD
Dr.. Johnson Addresses
Seniors of Academic De-
partments at Assembly

The seniors of the academic depart
ments of Howard University observed
cap and gown day Wednesday. An
address was delivered by DR. Mordecai
w. Johnson, president of the Univer.
sity, at the MONDAY assembly in
Rankin Memorial Chapel. Cap and
gown day has become a tradition at
Howard University, and a day Is set
aside each year for its observance.
Members of the senior class, dressed
i'm academic caps and gowns, marched
in procession from the Carnegie
Library to Rankin Memorial Chapel.
In speaking to the senior class, DIR.
johnson said:
The noblest impression that you
are to make in the outside world is
the impression that comes from the
mind and from the spirit. Others
will find it necessary to give great
attention to the fitness and beauty
of their apparel. True scholars and
spirits may give the least possible at
tention to these things. The mind
and the weight of the soul will over
balance anything else in the world
cast on the other side of the balance -
Stylus Club Meets.
The Stylus Club met at the Alpha
hdDDd Alpha IlOuSCt QUlNGI-
sity campus, Monday evening. Original
compositions submitted by students
aspiring for membership in the Stylus
Club were read and discussed. Those
elected to membership are: Gladys
Jameson, John Anderson, Andrew
Lanier, Walter Merrick and Loren
Miller. "Porgy," by Du Bose Hey
ward, was reviewed by Dutton Fergu-
son, scribe of the Stylus Club. The
present aim of the organization, &C
cording to the scribe, is ito give an
academic balance to the recent body
of literature by and regarding negroes,
and to thus produce works which will
register significantly in the negro
renaissance. Profs. Stuart Nelson
and w. A. Hunton of the department
of English are faculty sponsors of
the organization.
Miss Lulu V. Childers, director;
Roy w. Tibbs, professor of piano and
organ. and Miss Camille Nickerson, in
structor in theory and practice of mu.
sic, School Of Music, Howard Univer-
sity, have been notified of their cleo
ton to membership in the Pi Kappa
lambda, an honorary society of Ober-
lin College, Ohio.
Miss Cornella .. Hampton, graduate
Of the Howard University Conserva-
tory of Music, class of 1914, was pre-
sented in q piano recital Wednesday
evening, under the auspices of the
public lecture committee.
Gives Address In German.
The German Club met in a largely
attended session on Monday evening
The feature was an address in Ger
man by Noel II. Field, who recounted
to the club members his boyhood ex-
periences in Switzerland. Three lyrics
from Schiller's Wilhelm Tell were
read by Lester G. Spellman, John r.
Price and Dorothy Burnett. Musical
numbers were furnished by Misses
Lottie Stratton, w. l.. Holt, Ethel G..
Griffin, Jack Holt and La Sale Will
liams.
The Natural History Club will pre-
sent Prof. Frank Coleman as the prin-
cipal speaker at the meeting to be
held Thursday evening. In the amphi.
theater of Science Hall, university
campus. Prof. Coleman will speak on
the subject, Modern Physics" He
will also include RELATIVELY" 1.-THE
Electronic Theory" and other concepts
of present-day physics, The public is
invited.
The rendition of 1.-THE Seven Last
Words of Christ" will be presented by
the University Choir at the vesper
service this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock
in Rankin Memorial Chapel. The Uni
versity Choir, under the direction of
Miss Lulu V. Childers, has rendered
this composition annually for several
years. The public is invited.