Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12
SHAKESPEARE PLAY
TO Be GWEN FRIDAY
American University Club
Plans to Present "Mer-
chant of Venice"

CAAANC 10 LIE III dfudbLC CIup SC1GCLlOIl
Tor this year and its presentation
viii be preceded by a garden party
given by the women'S guild Of the uni
vers1ty from 6 to tao o'clock In the
out-of-doors amphitheater
The student cast. led by w. Willis
Delaplain as Shylock and Orrel Belle
Clahtn as Portia, has been under In
tenstve training by VIII Hutchins, pro-
lessor OF art of the university, and will
give the show twice elsewhere before
the local performance. Tomorrow night
the production will be given at MiIlers-
vile, ND, while it VIII be presented
Wednesday at the high school at Balls
ton, Va.
In addition to the leading characters,
other students in the cast include:
George Sixbey, Roland Rice, Roland
Mclaughlin, Clyde Williams, James
Swan, Milton CriSt, 8. Carlton Ayers,
Carl Levin, Samuel Btlbrough, Louis
Young, j. Harold Riggle, Sara Martz,
Irene Dezendorf, Ward Mitchell, Ethel
Smith, Lulu Lybrook Otis Fellows, Del
sis Appel, Laura Barrett, Helen Tucker,
Esther McVey. Lenore Friesleben, Hazel
Jacobs, Saidee Mae White, Betty
Jacoby. Claribel Eaten, Elsie Sandberg,
Elizabeth Joyce, Kathryn Heath and
Jane Rice.
Committee to Meet.
K preparation for the garden party,
the general committee in charge, head
ed by Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker, preSi-
dent of the guild. will hold a meeting
tomorrow. The refreshment committee,
of which Mrs. A. c. Christie is chair
man, met Saturday. In event of rain
the supper will be served in the Wom-
ems Residence Hall.
DR.. Wesley NJ. Grewehr, now head
of the department Of history at
Denison University, Granville, Ohio,
has been appointed professor of history
and head of the department of history
at the College of Liberal Arts of An1eri-
can University, it was announced by
college. He comes next Fall to wash
ington.
DR.. Grewehr holds the degrees of
bachelor of arts, master Of arts and
doctor of philosophy from the Unfver-
sity of Chicago. He has had impoF-
tant teaching experience at Baker
University Ohio Wesleyan, Iowa State
Teachers College and Morningside Col
lege, Iowa. In 1924-25 he was ex-
Hua College, Pektng, China. His work
at the local college will consist of
courses in American history, American
Colonies, American frontier, World War
and modern European history, Near
East and Far East. DR.. Gfewehr
visited the college last week. DR.. and
Mrs. Grewehr have q son, Hamilton,
IL years of age.
The new research assistantships In |
transportation have been established at |
American University and will be offered |
to graduates of any college or univer- |
sity especially qualified for the study |
of problems of transportation, 1t was |
announced by DR.. Lucius c. Clark, |
chancellor of the university.
Fund Tribute to Facilities.
The funds, which viii amount to |
81 500 each, have been given BY the !
Security Owner, Inc, Of New York |
City, in recognition Of exceptional t
facilities offered in the graduate school |
for conducting investigations In this |
vitally important field of economies. /
to tuition in the graduate school ana !
the remaining $1,000 win be paid In /
Ia monthly installments of 500 each ,
for the year beginning September /, |
1923.
In awarding the two aSsistantships, !
DR.. Clark announced, preference will be /
given to those who have had year Of |
successful graduate work IN economies
or business administration, although an |
exceptional person who has had no |
graduate work may be selected. The
two research assistants viii each be
assigned a project from which he
should develop a thesis acceptable for
the degree of doctor Of philosophy.
The research will occupy several hours
each day and will be done under the
supervision Of the professor OF trans
poTtation economics, and with the APP
prevail of the dean of the Graduate
School
Mothers day will be observed at the
college today when more than 100
mothers will be guests at dinner at
the college dining room. There VIII be
a special program Of addresses and
music at Hurst Hall this afternoon in
charge of the vesper committee Jane
Lyle, chairman Of this committee, will
be in charge of the service, and the
mems quartet will sing with Barrett |
Fuchs as SoloiSt.
Ward w. Keesecker, who recently !
appeared for examination for his de- |
gree of doctor Of philosophy before
the graduate faculty, has been recon- |
mended for that degree. His thesis Is |
Legal Interpretation Of Religious Lib
erty"
Other Hearings Listed.
other hearings under way include: |
William c. waltemyer Quest Of q |
Personal God in a World of Physical |
Science" joseph G. Sinclair, Being |
and Becoming in the Development Of |
Thought; and to be held tomorrow: |
Daniel A. Dollarhide. instructor at the |
State College of Pennsylvania, whose |
thesis is Social Science In College |
Entrance and Graduation Require |
ments," and William r. Howell, an |
instructor and registrar at Washing |
ton College, Chestertown, Nd, whose |
,hesis is THE Government of Kent |
County, Md"
Ralph c. Hon, fellow in economics |
at the Graduate School, who will re- |
ceive his masters degree in June, has '
been appointed professor Of economies |
and head of the department OF economies |
at Nebraska Weleyan College, Lincoln, !
Nebr., for the coming college year.
Elsie Rackstraw has been elected |
president of Alpha Chapter Of the Phi |
Delta Gamma Sorority Of American !
University. Other officers named for
the ensuing year are: Vice president,
Florence Milliken; corresponding secre-
tary, Blanche Enterline; recording sec
xetary, Efie May Ross; treasurer, Mary
louise Brown; registrar Grace r. john
son; chaplain, Hazel Fegans, and his
torian, Ora Cage.
Mary Mears Gait presented her
French class last Thursday at chapel
in one act of the French play, lie
Malade Imaginaire, by Moliere; Tns
cast included Rowenetta Allen, Ronald
Mclaughlin. Warren COLLISION, Dorothy
Darby, Merle Randle, Arthur Murphy,
Helen Goodman and Audrey Belt
The annual banquet Of the oxford
Fellowship, ministerial student club Of
the college, was held Friday night at
the college dining room with Bishop
William Fraser Mcdowell as principal
speaker. The program was In charge of
Robert Wierer, POSTMASTER, the college
quartet sang and Clara Bell Eaton gave
a reading. Other guests included Mrs.