Evening star., 1928-12-16
C. v. i: FRESHMEN
ELECT OFFICERS
William Fleming of Ohio Is
Named President by
Columbian Class.

william Fleming of Findlay, Ohio,
aas been named president of the Fresh
man class of Columbia College, the
George washington University, as re-
suit of the recent election, Fleming,
prominent in student affairs, is a grad
uate of Mercersburg Academy, at Mer-
cersburg, Pa.
other officers of the class elected are:
vice president, John Swartwout, son
! of DIR. and Mrs. F. A. Swartwout, of IL
Iowa circle, a graduate Of Central
High School: secretary, Alice Walford,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Wal
ford Of 2957 Tfden street, graduate
Of Western High School; sergeant,at-
arms, William D. Hanback,, son of Mr..
and Mrs. william D. Hanback, of 1912
H street, a graduate of Central.
Kayser to Address Men.
Elmer Louis Kayser, secretary of the
university, will address the Mems Bible
Glass of the Congress Street Methodist
Church, at 10 am. today. Last Satur-
day Prof Kayser gave the weekly Bible
talk over radio station WRC, taking
as his subject "PaulS Trip to Rome"
This was the third of series Of radio
talks sponsored by the Associated Bible
Prof. Kayser will speak Wednesday be-
fore the Women's Club of Woodside,
Md, on "The Functions Of an Urban
University"
Prof. Dewitt C. Croissant, chair
man of the English department, has
been elected chairman of the advisory
committee of the Community Drama
Guild, an organization recently estab-
Iished in Washington for the promo
ton OF amateur theatricals. The guild
will present lecturers of national rep
utation and will sponsor the production
If plays of the highest order.
The list of, 40 notable American books
of 1927, published by the. American
Library Association, includes the work
of Prof. Samuel F. Bemis Of the history
department, American Secretaries OF
State and Their Diplomacy" This work
is designed to give an account of
American diplomacy through biograph-
ical sketches of the men who have
directed the foreign policy Of the United
States. Only the first 3 Of the 10
volumes, covering the period Of Benja-
min Franklin to James Monroe, have
as yet been published. The list was
compiled by the American Library As
sociation for the use of the Interna-
tional Institute of Intellectual Coop
Grafton of the League Of Nations.
Plan Summer Sessions.
l Plans are being formulated for Sum-
mer session in Columbian College, the
Graduate School of Letters and Sciences,
the School of Education. the Law
School, the Division of Library Science
and the School of Government. The
Summer sessions are under the direc-
ton Of Prof, Kayser. The work in the
Summer sessions probably viii begin
on Monday, June II. The Summer
sessions bulletin, containing announce
ment of courses offered, will be issued
about January is. In addition to men,
bers of the regular STAFF, visiting pro-
fessors from other universities are being
invited to offer instruction during the
sessions.
Prof. Lowell Joseph Ragatz of the
department of history, is to present
paper on Absentee LandlordiSm in
the British Caribbean, 1750-1893," be-
fore the section on the history OF the
West Indies at the annual meeting Of
the American Historical Association to be
held In Indianapolis December 28-3l.
Prof. Ragatz has recently published
"A Check List of House of Commons
Seasonal Papers Relating to the Brit
ish West Indies and to the West Indian
Slave Trade and Slavery. t763-l834," !"
and also "A Guide to the Oficial Cor
respondence of the Governors Of the
British West India Colonies With the
Secretary OF State, 1763-l633."