Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-06
AMERICAN u. GROUP
PLANS PLAY, SERIES
Dramatic Club to Present As You
Like It" at Commence
ment Time.

With the formation of = dramatic
club and selection of LAS You Like
IT, by Shakespeare. for the principal
production of the Spring season. the
movement for several presenta tons at
the College of Liberal Arts OF Amer
lean University got under way last
week.
Several one-act plays will be pro
duced during the season. under plans
Of VIII Hutchins, professor of art and
dramatics at the university. who plans
to put on the first one about Easter.
Details are not ready for announce
ment, he said, but he stated he had
much promising talent in the student
body. LAS You Like II" will he
staged during the commencement
festivities or shortly before Casting
of parts will be started shortly.
The dramatic club elected w. Willis
Delaplain of Corcoran. Calf. presi
dent; Miss Lucille Inlay, Chevy Chase
Md, vice president; Miss Lois Towner
New York. secretary. and Arthur
Gerth, Wyaconda. n. Y. treasurer.
The debate with Western Maryia nd
on proposed repeal of the eighteenth
amendment. which was to have taker
! place yesterday. has been postponed
on account of the illness Of two Of thc
debaters, Hugh W. Speer and w
| Willis Delaplain. TO Saturday, March
! 10. Another debate is scheduled on
the same subject with Bucknell for
! March %. Negotiations are still or
with William and Mary and with
Elzabethtown College,
/ College students from several insti
! tutions and cities will assemble on tbs
! American University campus the las
! three days Of this week for the Student
| Volunteer Convention. An extensive
| program has been worked out. Loca
! arrangements have been in charge oi
! Hilda Bull. q student at the college
Plans for the first student annual
/ of the College of Liberal Are- are
rapidly progressing, the staff adopting
| last week a cover of blue in colonia
| design embellished in FURNISHED gold
| The prevailing tone Of the book viii
! be colonial. and plans have been mad
! TO feature fine arts section of double
/ toned brown printing on pebble paper
/ displaying buildings on the campu'
/ and other subjects. As it will be the
/ first of line of ANIMALS founded a
| the college. the staff of juniors an(
! seniors publishing the book has voteC
/ TO dedicate the volume to the "spiri'
| of Bishop John f. Hurst. founder o.
| American University who died IL
| 1908. Original designs. cartoons ant
art work are being drawn by -four
| students. Catherine Edwards. Mar
! garet Fleming. Gladys Macafee anC
/ Mary Chadwick
Arrangements are complete for thu
| annual dinner of the Womens Guile
of the university. to be held mex
Wednesday night at the Women!
Residence Hall. Addresses will he
!! made by w. J. Showalter. assistant
| editor of the National Geographic
| Magazine, and DIR. Lucius c. Clark
chancellor of American University
! Harriet Harding Guthrie will sing.
Athletic letters in both foot ball and
| basket ball will be awarded soon al
chapel to successful participants in
these two branches of sport DIR
Paul Kaufman, chairman of the
faculty athletic committee. will pre-
sent the insignia, an eight-inch capital
letter "A" done in orange on blue
"A" background.
college, lectured on Wordsworth Tues
day night at the Y. NJ. C. A. present
ing one Of series of lectures on
famous men.
Prof. Hutchins will deliver lecture
on "Daumier." under auspices of the
Colonial Danes of America, March IA.
at the Phillips Memorial Gallery, 1000
Twenty-first street, at pm
The Womens Student Government
Association entertained at tea Friday
afternoon at the Women's Residence
Hall for the Womens Guild Of the
University and faculty women.
DIR. Clark will address the men of
Mount Vernon Methodist Episcopal
Church this morning at 10 O'Clock.