Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27
AMERICAN j. GETS
$7,ODO|N REQUESTS
University Announces Two
Gifts-Debating Will
Begin Saturday.

Two requests totaling $1,000 have
been received by American University
it was announced last night by Dr..
Lucius G. Clark, chancellor Of the I'm.
stitution. The largest gift. $1,000.
came from the estate of the late
George Patten Davenport OF Bath.
Me, while the $4,000 was from the
late John G. Clifford of Phelps. y. Y.
The debating season will open next
Saturday night at the College ~ Lib
eral Arts Of American University
when the local team will meet West
ern Maryland at the college chapel
on the question. Resolved, That the
eighteenth amtndment should be
repealed"
The American University team will
defend the affirmative side OF this
question while the visitors will take
the negative The local team IL
composed of Roland Mel. Rice, OF
Waterbury. Md: Hugh Wilson Speer
of Olathe. Kans., and w. Willis Della
plain of San Fernando. Calf. Della.
plain, who is also manager OF the
team, is negotiating with several
schools for forensic. battles this sea-
son, and expects to be able to an
nounce the complete schedule shortly.
Setect TWO SuDlcCtS.
Debates for the year will be on
two principal questions, repeal OF the
eighteenth amendment. and Re
solved. That the international war
debts should be cancelled"
w. J. Showalter, assistant editor OF
the National Geographic Magazine.
will deliver the principal address at
the annual banquet OF the Women s
Guild of American University. to he
held March Q at the women's resi-
dence hall. Mr.. Showalter will speak
from the subject, Science and Re
ligion."
Plans are being worked out for the
three-day convention 10 be held by
the student volunteers at American
University. March IL, ~ and ID. Miss
Louise Rounds, travelling secretary
OF the organization. has been visiting
at the college and assisting in max
ing preparations. She was enter
tanned by students and Miss Mary
Louise Brown. dean Of women at the
college. in her rooms in the women's
residence hall. at tea "Wednesday aft
ernoon. Miss Hilda Bull IN in charge
of local arrangements for the coming
convention.
Women Entertain.
The Faculty Women's Club enter
tanned students at the college party
at the residence hall on Wednesday
night. Miss Josephine Clay was chair
man of the committee on arrange
ments.
DIR. Edward II. DeVine, dean OF the
graduate school of the university. has
left on lecture tour. during which
he will deliver the twenty-ffth ami.
versary address Tuesday at the New
York Monday Club, of which he was
founder and first president.
Dan MCGOWAN of the Bureau of
Commercial Economics of this city
delivered an illustrated lecture Fri
day at chapel on Natures Myster.
ies."
A series of recitals is being planned
by r. Dean Shure, instructor In mu
sic, to be held this Spring at the resi-
dence hall. Dates have not as yet
been picked. but IT is expected there
will be four in the series. The first
will present Mrs. Elvina Rowe, So
prano. and Miss Katherine Riggs.
harpist. Mr.. Shure. who is director
Of music at Mount Vernon place M. E.
Church South. will be heard at the
piano.
The History Club. Carlisle Christie.
president, visited the Pan-American
Building on an educational trip Fri
dow