Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-28
AMERICAN j. CLUB
| SELECTS PLAYS.
College DramatiCS Get Under
Way With Election of
New Officers.

College dramatics are we'll under way
at American University, with election
of officers of the Dramatic Club, and
tentative formation of the program for
the year, including several plays. Will
Hutchins, professor of art, is in charge.
OfhceEs of the club have been elected
IS follows: George Sixby, president;
Laura Barrett, vice president; Kay
Heath, secretary, and James johnson.
-easurer. The election of Sixby, who
Is prominent In student activities. due
partly, it was said on the campus. to
The excellent performance he gave last
year in the Shakespearean role Of Sir
Andrew Aguecheek.
Work has been started already on two
one-act plays, and Prof. HutchinS an
nounced that plans for the year include
a Shakespearean production not only at
commencement time. at the end of the
year, but another also some time in the
middle of the college year.
Two One-act Plays.
The two one-act plays on which work
has already started are "Rosalind," by
j. M. Barrie, and Aria de Cappa," by
Edna st. Vincent Millay. The role OF
RoSalind, 1t is predicted. probably will
be carried by three different players,
Milton Crist, Betty Jacoby and Laura
Barrett. In addition to the regular
plays scheduled, there will probably
be presented several shorter programs.
Death caused two vacancies in the
downtown schools of the university
during the past week, removing both
DR.. Albert H. Putney, director of the
School of the Political Sciences, and
Marchant, instructor in
French. These vacancies, as we'll as
plans for the entire forthcoming col
lege year of 1929-30, will be considered
by the board of trustees of the univer-
Sity, which will meet at the Battelle
Memorial on the campus November IL.
The oxford Fellowship of American
an organization of minis
terial students, indicted new members
into full fellowship last Monday night
at meeting presided over by Louis M.
Young. president. Others taking part
in the meeting included l.. S. Wesley
of this city, alumni secretary for the
organization; DR.. Arthur j.
Jackson, assistant professor of religion;
w. Willis Delaplain, Richard Horner
and Samuel c. Bilbrough New mem
berS taken in were Carleton Ayres, Jo-
oCpI1 NdI tGI (tuoSC1 14dIIl0EEL, hCEIST
FauS, Harold Riggle, j. Elmer Benson.
Alan Ross, Ronald Mclaughlin and
Gordon Webner. The members of the
fellowship win be entertained Friday
night at reception given by DR.. and
Mrs. Clark at the chancellor's residence
on the campus.
Students Attend Rally.
A large delegation of students at
tended the Hoover-CurtiS rally at the
Auditorium last Wednes-
day night. Two trustees of American
University, Edward F. Colladay and
William S. Corby, are members of the
advisory committee of the District of
Columbia unit of the National Hoover
Curtis University Committee. which
sponsored the rally. The student rep
from American University
formally appointed as heads of the
were Raymond Spaeth and
Pauline Frederick.
Halloween was celebrated by stu
dents on the campus Friday night at
formal dinner dance in the college
dining room, which was gayly decorated
for the occasion. Music was by Lee
Fields College Commanders. Alice
Hetzel was general chairman in charge,
AdAy 0CuA Was Al CkkdLkC VI ucCUId-
tons and Carol Rigby was in charge of
Miss Dorothy Wulf, director of wom-
ems athletics, sponsored trip by men,
bers of the hockey squads to Balti-
more Wednesday to see the interna-
tional match between the English and
Baltimore girls teams.
One of the important social functions
of the year will be the dance to be
given next Saturday night by the
Brecky Club, which consists of college
student alumni of Central High School
Of this city. The dance will be given
in the mems gymnasium and assembly
hall, which will be profusely decorated.
Elaborate preparations are being made
for the masquerade event, to which are
being invited Is couples from Central
High School and five couples from each
Of the other high schools in the city
Clyde Williams is in charge Of the gen.
eral committee. Orrel Belle Clafiin is
chairman of the decorations committee
and Kathryn Severance is chairman of
the refreShment committee.
Dr. Bromley Oman, newly elected
president of DePauw University of
Greencastle, Ind, spoke at college
chapel last Tuesday.