Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
ATHLETIC FIELD
PLANNED FOR A. i.
Contract for Work Is Award
ed-NeW Coach Visits School
Over Commencement.

A new athletic field for American
University next Fall. when the new
athletic director takes up his duties.
was assured last week when the con-
tract was let for completion of eXcava-
ton for the structure
The field is being dug out Of slope
on. the campus, along Massachusetts
avenue, west Of the home Of the chan
cellor. and considerable grading has
work has been let 10 M. Cain Co, Inc,
which previously had done preliminary
work. The, new, coach, Walter M
Young, visited. the college over COM
mencement Comforting with officials
and the foot ball squad. t
In announcing the award Of con-
tract, DR.. Lucius c. Clark. chancellor
Of. the university, explained that the
field will have quarter mile track
and be provided with a foot ball field,
and later with base ball diamond.
Four Weddings Announced.
One of the interesting features of
the year-end at American University,
where commencement took place last
Monday evening with SO graduates, was
the fact that four weddings involving
students and graduates followed COM
mencement within a short time.
Miss Leila F.. Calvert, a graduate Of
last year, and Robert Wierer, now a
member of the senior class, were mar
ried- Tuesday. morning in the women's
residence hall, Chancellor Clark off1ciat-
ing. Sr.-" ~
Louis; M. Young, a graduate of this
year, and Miss v. Louise Eyerfart, q
graduate nurse ;of Emergency Hospital.
were married Wednesday night at
Union Methodist Church Of this city.
DR.. j. Phelps Hand. district superintell-
dent here for the Methodist Episcopal
Church, officiating. ... -
Miss Helen Roher, a graduate of this
year; awas married to ]. Alien Hanes
OF Hornell, N. Y at the home Of the
bride, III st. MaFys, Pa ...'
The fourth wedding involving an
American University graduate will take
place at Albuquerque. N. Mex. June %,
When Miss Ethel Moulton, who gradu-
ated last Monday. viii be married to
Franklin Bond They will spend their
honeymoon in Hawaii and will reside
in Albuquerque.
Faculty Members Plan Trips.
Miss Mary Louise Brown. dean of
women at the college of liberal arts,
is to take motor trip through New
England during vacation. Later she
will go West to her home in Indiana.
Mile. Simone Schall of Algeria, in
structor in French last year at college.
will sail for Paris June 18. She will
meet her family m the south of France
and make a tour Of Europe this Sum-
mer.
Miss Dorothy Wulf, in charge of
physical education for women at the
college, will sail for Europe on June IA.
DR.. William p. ,HOlton, assistant pro-
fpCcNr H0lfnn
plan motor trip to the Far West.
DR.. John E. Bentley, professor of edu-
cation and psychology, and Mrs. Bent
ley are returning for the third year TO
Colorado, where DR.. Bentley will lecture
in the University Of Colorado Summer
school. DR.. Walter F. rShenton profess
sor of mathematics, and Mrs. Shenton
will spend the Summer at their cottage
at Eagles Mere Park. Pa. Will Hutch
ms professor OF art, and Mrs. Hutchius
will spend the Summer at Herricks,
Me, their Summer home. Dr.. Paul
Kaufman. professor of English, and
family will go to their Summer home
at Crescent Beach.
DR.. Arthur J. Jackson. assistant
professor OF religion, is planning to
head the American University seminar
TO the Holy Land, for which he has
been working many months.
Plan Welcome to Newcomers.
Before the close of the college year.
plans we're made by students to well
come the newcomers next Fall Orrel
Belle Claf1in, who made an outstsnd-
ing hit in dramatics as Portia, In the
Spring Shakespeare play, was elected
Big Sister" and Edwin Ross elected
Big Brother" in the movement to. take
care of the freshmen The Big Sisters
and Big Brothers are to write students
who are coming to the school for the
first time next September and to ac-
quaint them with the demands of col
lege life. ...,r. .:e..e..-.-.-%
Much interest is being evinced in the
project for a new mems dormitory, in
view of the fact that the board of
trustees approved in principle, sorori-
ties and ,fraternities on the campus.
The last meeting Of Alpha Chapter of
the Phi Delta Gamma Sorority for the
season was held Wednesday evening, for
installation Of newly elected officers for
the year. One of the sorority Miss
Blance. Enterline, received the degree
of bachelor Of political science at
commencement.
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