Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
AMERICAN i. ADDS
TWO TO FACULTY
Plans Progress for Opening
of Second Semester Next
Tuesday.

Two new faculty members have been
obtained for the college of liberal arts
of American University for the open
ing of school next FAN. it was an
nounced last night by Chancellor
Lucius c. Clark. They are DR. Harold
Colder, formerly of Oregon, to be as
sistant professor of English and Miss
Jessie Ferguson of Columbus. Ohio. to
be assistant professor of education.
Meantime plans are geing forward
for the opening of the second semester
at the college Tuesday, examinations
having closed yesterday.
DR.. Colder, the new assistant profess
sor of English, holds the degree Of B.
A. from Carleton College and the de-
gree of Ph.D. from Harvard. He
taught two years on the faculty OF
Lawrence College. and following re-
ceirt of his doctors degree from Har-
ward was awarded fellowship by the
Harvard faculty for study in England.
Mrs. Colder, a native Washingtonian,
is a graduate of Northwestern Univer-
sity, where she has done graduate
work also. Her mother, Mrs. S. Alex
ander Steuart, resides at 305S r street,
and her sister, Miss Emily Steuart, is
in the art department of the District
public schools.
Taught at Ohio University.
Miss Ferguson, who has had 10
years teaching experience in the
schools of Ohio. will receive this com.
ing Spring her Ph.D. degree from
Ohio State University, where she has
been an instructor in the college of
education She is member Of Pi
Lambda Theta, the women's national
honorary educational fraternity, and
of Pi Mu Epsilon, the women's ma.
tional honorary fraternity in mathe-
mates. Miss Ferguson Is a past ma
iron of the Eastern Star and a mem.
Der of the Daughters of the American
Revolution.
Semester examinations closed Satur-
day, and school will reopen in the
college Of liberal arts, the graduate
school and the school of the political
sciences Tuesday. At the college spe-
cial convocation exercises will be held
at chapel Tuesday morning at 10
o'clock, which will be open to the pub
lie. The speaker will be Canon Arson
Phelps Stokes of the National Cathe-
dral, who was former secretary of
Yale University
DR.. George b. Woods. dean of the
college, delivered the commencement
address at Technical High School Fri
day evening, and is to speak at SINH
lar occasion at Western High School
tomorrow morning at II o'clock.
The faculty men were entertained
at dinner last night by the Faculty
Women's Club at the home of Dean
and Mrs. George 3. Woods.
Dean of Women Returns.
Miss Mary Louise Brown. dean of
women, has returned from New York
City, where she attended a meeting of
the Personnel Research Federation,
held by college bureaus and industrial
managers for the purpose of cooper
ating In investigations of research in
vocational guidance. Miss Brown re-
Gently addressed the University of
Michigan women in Washington at
the clubhouse of the American Asso-
citation of University Women from the
subject 1.-THE Work of a Dean Of
Women
DIR. Paul Kaufman, professor of
English. has been appointed vice
chairman of the college conference
on English of the Association Of Col
leges and Preparatory Schools Of the
Middle States and Maryland
Students at the college have picked
by popular vote q name for their col
lege annual, the first number of which
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the college. The name is Aucola,
comprising the first letters of the
name American University College of
Liberal Arts.
Miss Vera Stafford has been named
editor-in-chief, succeeding Miss Doro-
thea Mehring. resigned. and the other
members of the staff are: Assistant
editor, Garth Beaver; art editor, Cath
crime Edwards: assistants to art edi-
tor, Gladys Macaffee and Margaret
Fleming. secretary Celia Sheppard