Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-10
STRAYER COLLEGE
HONORED
Seven in Recent Typewriter
Contest Are Awarded
Certificates.

Seven students of the Strayer Bust
ness College, who were f1nalists in the
recent typewriting contest conducted as
part Of the Industrial Exposition by
the Washington Chamber of Commercs,
were honored by the college at Its
weekly assembly Friday.
They are Mary Alexander. Thomas
O'Neal, Katherine Hillyer, Anne Louise
Pallas, Burnetta E. Derrick. Helen w.
Petrie and Eva Koday, and each was
awarded a certificate indicating particle
patton as one of the is finalists in the
senior, junior and novice classes. The
cups won by Mary Alexander. cham
pion of the senior class, and Burnetta
E. Derrick, champion Of the novice
class, were exhibited, as was the port
able typewriter won by Miss Alexander.
the pearl emblem won by ONeal and
the compacts presented to Miss Koday
and Miss Pallas.
Honor Credits Awarded.
The exercises were held in the re-
Gently renovated assembly hall. which
has been enlarged to seat the entire
day student body of 426. During the
program honor credits for distinguish
ed proficiency" were awarded by the
college IN the following subjects:
Business administration-Hilda Glenn,
Sarah Smoot, Catherine Rice and Clyde
Taylor.
Commercial law-Etta Lyons. Walter
Newlong and George Seward,
Secretarial studieS-Betty Black, Ruth
Beall, Margaret Lord and MRS. Hazel
L. Davies.
Salesmanship-Mary j. Cline, Helen
Kraft, Jane Nickel, Garnette Pharr
and Nellie Shannon.
Spelling-Clara Bogorad, Dolores
Ccglan, Virginia Davis, Mildred Goheen.
Bette Hickerson, Nina Meredith, Madge
Reynolds, Gertrude Small, Lillian Stone.
Clyde Taylor. Raymond Snedeker, Ruth
Massie, Seona Shenk, Harry Ewing,
Anne Pallas, Frances Hileman, Saran
McElroy, Edna Pifer and Florine
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Arnold, Helen
Grindle, Mildred Showalter, Edna Tay-
lor, Winifred Murdoch, Basil Dulin,
Gladys Moore, Hope Wallace, Katherine
Wells, Florence Moon, Ruby Gilbert,
Naomi Bersh, Nellie Shannon, Halle
Leatherman and Florence Haas.
Arithmetic-LoiS Enzian, Helen kraft,
James A. Walters, Robert Jet, c. Clark
Adams, Clyde Taylor, Margaret Belt
zelI, Glenn Browning, Hilda Glenn, John
w. Clephane, Mary Cline, Mae Duvall.
Donald Fasciott, Eleanor Cough, George
Heath, Grace LEIGH, Virginia Mills,
Willie Ginger, Isabel Pultz, Alice
Schooley. Sarah Smoot, Jane Nickel
Sarah McElroy, Eta Lyons, Lucille
Miller, William Pekover, Evelyn Robey
Evelyn Cox and Catherine Hellmuth.
Rapid calculation--Cecelia d. Win
lack, Winifred Murdoch, Sarah McEl-
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Tax Glass will Meet.
The special 12-week course in income
tax conducted by Arthur p. Erb for
business and professional men will meet
for the first time on Tuesday, at $50
pm. Meetings Of the class will be held
regularly on Tuesdays and Thursdays
at that hour.
Katherine G. Strive. A. B., has been
added to the faculty of the typewriting
department. Mrs. Strive, who is
graduate of Wellesley College, has had
considerable commercial experience, and
is also a graduate of Strayer College.
At Wellesley. Mrs. Strive was active in
musical and dramatic organizations,
and it is expected she will take part in
similar activities at Strayer's.
Last night the annual Fall dance Of
the college was held at Meridian
Mansions. Several hundred students
and alumni we're present. Percy E.
Sackett was chairman OF the arrange
ments committee, Elgie @. Purvis was
in charge of the sale of tickets, Martha
S. eagle headed the refreshment COM
mittee. and Herbert e. Angel directed
publicity
A new class in business administra-
ton under the instruction of F. v.
PultZ was started last Wednesday and
will continue for six weeks.