Evening star., 1928-12-09
CHRISTMAS PLAYS
NOW IN REHEARSAL
American U. Holiday CeIebra-
ton to Be Held in Gym
on December 18.

Plans are well under way at the
College of Liberal Arts of American
University for the Christmas celebra-
ton to be held on December Is, in the
gymnasium where play and concert
will be presented.
Rehearsals have begun for the play
"Aria da Capo," by Edna st. Vincent
Millay, under direction of Will
Hutchins, professor of art. and will be
given by five students of the college.
The concert will be by the College
Glee Club, which has been under train
ing by r. Dean Shure, instructor in
music at the college, and director of
music at the Mount Vernon Methodist
Episcopal Church, South.
A double quartet, organized by DR..
Paul kaufman, professor OF English
will sing. Decorations will be in the
holiday colors.
School Is Recognized.
One Of the most important develop
mentS for the university has been the
recognition accorded the College of
Liberal Arts by the Association of Col
leges and Secondary Schools of the
Middle States and Maryland, which, in
a recent meeting at Atlantic City.
recognized the school as a standard
college, and placed it upon the list
of colleges accredited by the aSsocia-
ton. DR.. George B. Woods, dean of
the college, and DR.. kaufman attended
the meeting when recognition was
accorded. The association is one of
five similar accrediting groups in the
country, and comprises schools in the
States of New York, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland and
the District of Columbia. The other
four groups are known as New Eng
land, North Central, Southern and
Northwest.
This. recognition follows previous
honors bestowed on the new college not
yet four years old, which has been ap-
proved by the University Senate OF the
member of the Association Of American
Colleges.
Contestants Are Invited.
High schools of Maryland, Pennsyl-
vania and the District of Columbia
have been officially invited to enter the
extemporaneouS public-speaking con-
tests which are to be held this Spring
under the joint sponsorship of Ameri-
can University and the United States
Daily. The subjects to be used for dis
cussion were made public last night,
and are designed to familiarize stu
dents with some of the most pressing
of modern problems. The questions are
farm relief, Boulder Dam and Federal
control Of water-power sites, consolida-
ton Of railroads, naval ornaments and
Kellogg treaties and revision of the
Dawes reparations plan.
The Maryland contest will be held
February % and %, the District of CO.
lumbia contest March l and the Penn
sylvania contest March and 9. The
| interstate contest will take place on
! March % and %. Each student will be
expected to prepare himself on two Of
the fiye topics.
Two Plays Presented.
The big entertainment at the college
| during the past week following return
Of the students from Thanksgiving was
the show presented Friday night by the
Faculty Women'S Club. Two plays were
staged under direction of Miss Mary
Mears Gait. The casts were as follows
THE Boor," by Chekhov, Mrs.
| Charles Marsh Miss Myrtle Power, DR.
Harold Colder.
Suppressed Desires" DR.. Charles
Marsh, DR.. Jessie Ferguson, Miss Phyllis
Lamar.
Other entertainers included Mile
Simone Schaal of Algeria, contralto
| DR.. Walter Shenton, tenor, and DR.
Harold Dudley, pianist
DR.. Lucius c. Clark, chancellor oil
American University and Mrs. Clark
have returned from a motor tour into
Delaware and Maryland, during which
DR.. Clark spoke on American Univer.
sity.
Vespers service at the college thi.
! evening will be conducted under aus.
pices of the Foundry M. E. Church En-.
worth League. A special Christmas
vespers service will be held Decem.