Evening star., 1928-04-08
AMERICAN j. GIRLS
I PLAN FOR DEBATE
Team Win Enter Contest With
Western Maryland Next
Thursday.

American University girl debaters
will engage in their next intercollegiate
debate next Thursday night when they
meet girls from Western Maryland in
q dual contest. the Affirmative teams
travelling to the opposition campuSes.
The American University Affirmative
team which viii so to Western Mary
land will consist of Nola Livingston.
Charlotte Magee and Kay Heath, while
the negative team debating here at
Hurst Hall on the campus viii be
Jane Lytle, The question is, Resolved,
That American Private Investments
Should Not Be Given Military Protec-
tion by the United States Government
A new system Of placing students
who had fallen low In scholastic stand
ing on 8 24-hour probationary schedule
each day has proven productive OF un-
usual results at American University.
according TO DR.. George B. Woods, dean
Of the College of Liberal Arts. who in
tTcduced the system
New System Is Success.
Fourteen students whose work was
rot considered satisfactory were given
q schedule In which they were TO ac-
count for every hour Of the "a each day,
and seven days Of the week. Allowance
and sleep but emphasis was placed on
regular preparation OF lessons at
stated time This group Of students
met twice each week with two faculty
advisers for conference on their prog
reSs. Results shown in their increased
scholastic standing and improved habits
Of mind and Self-control were SurpriS-
ing. according to DR.. Woods, and proved
to q very satisfactory degree the ef-
- Nav@a Era a G
Probation under supervision. Names
Of the students were not disclosed.
School closed Thursday noon at the
college. the graduate school and the
school of the political sciences for the
Easter vacation. and viii reopen Tues
cisv morning in all three schools. AT
the college an annual Easter COM
nlunion service was inaugurated Wed
nesday night. in charge OF DR.. Lucius
c. Clark. chancellor of the institution.
DR. Arthur ]. Jackson, instructor In
religious education, also spoke.
Pre- Easter chapel services held DUR
ing the early part Of the week closed
with monthly convocation on Thurs
dsv morning. when the faculty ap-
pe ared IN scholastic caps and gowns,
sn6 the address was delivered by the
Rev DR.. Frederick Brown Harris,
pastor Of Foundry NJ E. Church, OF this
city
DR.. Devine to Speak.
DR.. Edward T. Devine. dean of the
rraduate school. will deliver an impor-
tsnt address before the Academy OF
Political Science. at the Hotel Astor,
New York City. wednesday OF TINS week.
on Fact finding In the Coal Industry:
Or revine was q member of the PreSi-
dents fact-fndfng commission. and has
made a deep study Of the problem.
Miss Mary Louise Brown, dean OF
women of the college Of liberal arts.
has been appointed chairman OF the
nrass and publication committee OF the
National Association of Deans OF
Women. AS such she has charge OF
the publications for the year, including
the proceedings Of the national con-
ference and supervision OF many oui.
Ietir1s sent out in the name OF the
ron1Ynittee. The appointment is con-
xidered among the most important IA
the national association. ana MISS
Brown has been receiving the congraSu-
Iations Of many friends upon ner new
post.
\ student conference on questions o.
interest TO college students IN WASH
inRton, TO be held at American Uni
versity, April 20. 81 and Il. Prominent
KfteGkEI& O&e@a~AN$e
~ invitations will be sent 70 Syuoents
from other institutions.
politics waxed hotter and hotter on
the campus. with the next event
ecs,eculed as n debate next Ihursoay
y7orninu at chapel, on the relative
merits of the Republican and Demo-
cratic parties and their candidates. Inc
two principal speakers viii be Ranoaii
Penhale for the Republicans aTlo AioFeo
Jones for the Democrats They VIII oe
followed by discussion from the nooL.
rSr woods addressed the Washington
Shakespeare Society last Monday eve
ming al the Corccran Art Gallery on
the subject: Some Problems oil
Othello."
DR.. Woods Completes Manuscript.
Dr.. Woods has completed q manu-
script for a photography Of material coV-
erin9 the English romantic movement
and its writer's OF the period from 1880
and .si0. The photography, wnscn m
rl,,dex a list Of all such material puD-
Nshed between the years 1915 and 1919,
vii De printed this Spring by Scott
Foesman & Co. Of Chicago.
Three one-act plays viii be presented
next Friday night By students OF Prof.
VIII Hutchins class In play acting Al
the gymnasium auditorium on the cam
pus. They w1il include The Lost Six
Hat" 'Will-o-the-Wisp" and The Day
That Lincoln Died"
The cast for The Lost Silk Hat" In
Guides Milton Crist. James johnson,
Arthur Gerth, Edgar Manherz ano Lynn
C0rsoE.
The "wiil-o-the-Wisp viii be pre-
sented By Delsie Appel, Kay Heath
Geraldine Westwood and Rosalie DIM.
rnette. The cast for the third play VIII
include Edwin Brooks, Hattie Teachout,
willis Delaplain, Laura Everett, Eliza
beth Joyce and Clarence Knapp.