Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-15
LONGER HOLIDAY
AT AMERICAN j.
Annual Christmas Dinner
Preceded Play Last Fri
day Night.

Christmas vacation at American Uni.
Tersity will start at noon Friday anc
continue through to Tuesday, January
q, holiday longer than usual.
The annual Christmas dinner was
held last Friday night at the college
dining hall, prior to the pre-Christma'
play, THE Importance of Being
Earnest" given at the gymnasium
auditorium. The show was presented
by the American University Dramatic
Club under direction of Will HutchinS
Several Dinner Parties.
Prior to the play several dinner
parties of members of the faculty were
held in the college dining room, guests
being invited to both the dinner and
the play afterward. DR.. Lucius G.
Clark, chancellor of the university ana
Mrs. Clark had as their guests Bishop
William Fraser Mcdowell and Mrs. Me-
Dowell. Col. Peter M. Anderson and
Mrs. Anderson and DR.. and Mrs. A. &.
Christie.
DR.. and Mrs. George B. Woods HAD
as their guests Mr.. and Mrs. H. w.
Fisher, Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Brown
Harris, Mr. and Mrs. j. Elmer Nor
gan and DR.. and Mrs. Harry Z.
Woolever.
DR.. and Mrs. Kinsman entertained
at the dinner and play for Mr.. ana
Mrs. j. Ebersole.
The series of special Christmas chapel
exercises started last Friday and was
under general direction of Prof. Hutch
ins. The special chapel program tomoI-
row will be in charge of DR., Harold M.
Dudley, director of the Girls Glee CLUB,
which gill sing two numbers, SYM
pathy'' and whispering Hope" Anna
Aar1r CopFord will Give a violin SOiCi.
Helen Tucker and Doris Willis will sing
a duet and the Girls Quartet. consist
ing of Delsie Appel. Doris Willis, Mary
Cline and Helen Tucker, will sing two
numbers.
Other chapel exercises will be held
on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
To Attend Conference.
DR.. Paul Kaufman, professor of Eng
fish literature, will leave shortly after
Christmas to attend the annual meet
ing at Cleveland of the Modern Lam
guage Association. DR.. kaufman Is
chairman of the section on romantic
literature of the association.
New Christmas traditions are expect
ed to be illaugurated by the girls OF
the college next Wednesday n ght at
the girls Christmas party in the
women's residence. Some surprises are
expected to be sprung and will be in
the nature of customs, which, it is ex-
pected, will establish themselves in the
new college, for repetition each holiday
season With other things, girls will
exchange presents. most of which will
be toys, and the toys then to be pre-
scented to children's institution here
in Washington. ,--
A special committee meeting of the
Women's Guild of American University
was held at the home of Mrs. LuciuS
c. Clark last Tuesday to arrange tor
the annual dinner party to be held next
February u. Tentative arrangements
we're made to make It one of the most
attractive and elaborate annual din
ners ever held by the guild
DIR. Upperman Guest.
Z DR.. H. L. Upperman. president or
Baxter Seminary, Baxter, Tenn, who
Is in Washington on business in the
interests of his school,. was the guest
of DR.. and Mrs. Clark Tuesday evening
to dinner. DR.. Upperman was the
guest of honor at a dinner at tl1s
City Club Monday, at which DR.. A. o.
Christie presided, and addresses were
made by Bishop William Fraser Nc
Dowen and Representative Corden Hull
Of Tennessee.
Special vespers service will be held
this evening ct the women's residence
hall, with q program in charge of the
student vespers committee, headed by
Jane Lytle.
Waldo w. Young of this city tomor-
row will come to the university To
begin a study of his own new post or
business manager, which he is to a.
sIme in full responsibility at the de-
parture of the present business man
ager, Herbert E. Walter, December 81.
Mr. Young waS having teller. Of tina
Anacostia Bank and has been in WASH
ington for about five years. A daugn-
ter, Frances Young, is junior at the
college.