Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-14
HOWARD j. ISSUES
SUMMER BULLETIN
Catalogue Offers 81 Courses
in II Departments Under
35 Professors.

The bulletin of the Howard Univer-
sity 1929 Summer session has just been
issued and now is ready for diStribu-
ton. 1t announces a faculty of 35
members, offering 81 courses in II de-
partments, with Prof. George M. Light
foot as director.
Registration will begin on Monday,
June II, and continue through to June
IS. Glasses will start on June 10. The
entire plant of the university will be
utilized for the Summer session, in
GLIDING dormitories, library, lecture
rooms and laboratories, as well as the
gymnasium. Many recreational and
social features have been added. There
will be tennis tournament, offering
silver cups to successful contestants.
Trips will be made to many places of
scientific and historical interest in the
vicinity of Washington.
Entrance requirements to the Sum-
mer session are identical with those at
any other quarter. The work covers a
six-week period, is intensive, and
meets the requirements of the regular
university standard. Units secured in
the Summer session have the same
value as those acquired in either the
Autumn, Winter or Spring quarter.
Court to Convene.
The "Court of Appeals" Of the How
ard University Law School will convene
on April 10 and May 3. The following
justices" will preside for April 10:
Fenton w. Booth, George E. c. Hayes
and D. D. Drain; on May 3, James A.
Cobb, Earl A. Alexander and Gilbert
L. Hall.
The freshman law class gave dinner
Cof roiul1f In honor 0f tho Law
School faculty at the new Alpha Phi
Alpha Fraternity House. Music was
rendered by a university quartet. Guests
present included Dean Fenton w. Booth,
Vice Dean James A. Cobb and Profs.
william L. Houston, Charles v. INLAY,
Earl A. Alexander, George E. G. Hayes
and James c. Waters, jr.
Glass representatives who made brief
addresses were Henry Lincoln Johnson,
jr.; C. A. Cowan, Charles A. Lawrence
and B. v. Lawson. The POSTMASTER
was j. Flipper Derricotte
Clarence A Davis, acting head of the
department of physical education, and
Miss Violet NJ Warfield, instructor in
physical education. will represent How
ard University at the convention of the
Eastern District Society of the Ameri-
can Physical Education Association at
New Haven, Conn, April II to 20. Con-
vention headquarters will be at the Taft
Hotel, opposite the Yale Campus.
Prof. Charles H. Wesley, graduate of
both Yale and Harvard Universities and
head of the department Of history at
Howard University, is scheduled to de-
liver the baccalaureate sermon at Fisk
University and the commencement adj
dress at West Virginia State College.
Dr. Wesley was speaker at the annual
banquet of the Wilberforce Club in De-
troit last Friday.
Smith to Give Address.
Emory B. Smith, director of the de-
partment of public information, will adj
dress the Missionary Society of the Ia
koma Park Presbyterian Church Wed.
nesday morning on Howard University,
Its Students and Alumni"
Ralph Bunche, acting head of the
department of political science, ad-
dressed the Mu-so-lit Club last Friday
evening on 1.-THE Political Philosophy Of
the Negro" Mr.. Bunche was valedic-
torian of his class at the University of
California (southern campus. 1927, and
received his masters degree at Har-
ward University the following year. He
has been granted years leave of abb
sence by Howard University to return
to Harvard next year on an OziaS
Goodwin memorial fellowship to do work
in government toward the degree of
doctor of philosophy.
The Howard University Forum is dis
cussing "The Problem of Marriage in
Modern Life" Prof. Robert Ruse Kern
of the department of sociology at George
Washington University spoke on the
subject last Wednesday evening, and
on April "a DR.. j. M Cooper of the
faculty Of Catholic University will speak
on the same theme.
At the noon assembly hour last
Wednesday, Prof. G. r. Wilson of the
department of sociology at Howard
University spoke on "Vaudouism in
Haiti" Prof. Wilson recently spent 10
months in Haiti making special study
OF the life and characteristics of the
natives, In connection with his doctors
thesis at the University of Chicago.