Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20
AMERICAN i. CAST
TO PRESENT PLAY
RehearsaIs Started for Sim
portance of Being Earnest"
Orchestra Organized.

Rehearsals have started for the first
| important dramatic production of the
! year at American University, The I'm
portance Of Being Earnest" which Is to
be presented by the Dramatic Club
shortly after Thanksgiving on date to
| be selected later.
viii Hutchins, professor OF art, Is d.
recting the play, by Oscar Wilde. and
| the principal characters will be taken
by the following students: s. Carlton
| Ayers. Blake B. Espey, Dorothy Darby
Rosalie Dimmette, pelsie Appel. John
| Houston and Virginia Humphries.
Another production to be presented
under direction of Prof. Hutchins will
be "Fanny's First Play" by G. B. Shaw
which is to be given by a cast includ-
| ing both students and members of the
faculty, November 26.
Both productions will be in the GYM
| nasium auditorium on the campus.
Orchestra Is Organized.
The college orchestra at American
University has been organized for the
season, presenting the best balanced or
| ganiZation yet assembled at the A.
year-old institution, under direction OF
DR.. Henry Leineweber.
For the first time college credit is
| being given students who not only play
in the orchestra under direction of DR.
| Lieneweber, but who also take the
| regular course in orchestral music and
in harmony, which accompany the work
The musicians play for chapel each
| morning, appear at college functions
and consider giving special concert.
Calvin Brown has been elected man.
| ager and treasurer and Carl Levin IL
brarian. The members Of the orchestra
| are: Piano, George L. Sixbey; first vio-
Inns, Carl Levin, Anna Mary Sanford
Max Tucker, Mary Chadwick and Elsie
RoZicka; second violins, Frances Jabaut
Sallte Marean and Rene LutZ; ODE and
clarinet, William Loving; clarinet and
saxophone, Blake B. Espey; trombone
trumpet, bass horn and baritone, Colin
Macafee; traps. Otis Fellows; saxo-
phone, Calvin Brown; trumpet, Vincent
Ryder, and substitute pianist, Margaret
Cross.
Blake B. Espey has been elected
president of the junior class, which has
named these other officers for the year
Vice president, Dorothy Gerth; secre.
tary, Anna Mary Sanford, and treas
urer, Clair Altland.
DR.. Lucius c. Clark. chancellor Of
American University, went to Madison
| N. j., Thursday, where he attended the
president OF Drew Theological Seminary
| Alumni 10 Yet Eagle.
| The board of directors of the Ameri.
can University Alumni Association ha,
decided to appropriate sufficient none,
to send copies Of the American Eagle
the student publication, to every
alumnus Of the university. Four issue.
during the year. it was announced. will
be alumni issues, giving two pages ex.
clusively to alumni news. It was fur.
ther announced that the Eagle regularly
will carry not only news of the college
which it has in the past. but also viii
enlarge on the amount of space devoted
to the Graduate School and the Schoo
Of the Political Sciences at the down
town location. 1901-1907 F street
Plans are under way to hold o lunch
con meeting shortly. when Chancellor
the college, and DR.. Walter NJ w
Splawn, dean Of the downtown schools
will address the directors on futur,
plans for the university.
The International Relations Club wa.
addressed last Wednesday night by DR.
James Riddleberger of Georgetown Uni.
versity on the subject: "Internationa
Aspects of the Tariff Situation"
| Dads day" will be observed at the
college next Sunday with a committee
headed by Jane Lyle in charge
L
the faculty. who has appeared as VEGA
soloist at several college functions, viii
! give recital Saturday evening, No
vember 8, at the womens residence.
Alpha Chapter of Phi Delta Gamms
Sorority at the downtown schools will
hold a reception at 1901 F street on Nc.
vember for thc students OF the down.
town schools, the faculties and The
board of trustees. Miss Elsie Rackstrow
president Of the sorority, is chairman
Of a committee in charge.
Robert Bergman, who graduated from
the College of Liberal Arts last Sprine
at the age of 10. has returned to his ma.
tive country. Esthonia, to serve his two
years in the military service there
Bergman, who lived at the home Of
Chancellor and Mrs. Clark while a stu.
dent at the college, plans to return te
America after completing his military
service and to continue his education
here.