Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20
PLANS PROGRAM
FOR MOTHER'SDAY
George Washington Univer-
sity to Be Host to Parents
on November ID.

Washington University will be cele-
brated this year November IA, it was
announced last night. Upon the ill
vitation. of the flrst-year class. mothers
of freshman girls will spend the entire
daveat the university, attending classes,
hearing talks by the president and
other administrative officials and III
making a tour Of the university plant.
The Mothers day program. which is
an annual event at the university. al
fords an opportunity for mothers To
become acquainted with instructors
and to learn at first hand Of class
room routine and the various activities
Of university life.
Mothers day will be the occasion
for introducing to the mothers the
newly. appointed secretary for women
G.. Barrows. who. 1t is expected. will
tell of plans now being worked out III
the university in the interest of It's
woman students.
Mothers Will Register.
According to present plans. the
mothers will register in Corcorar:. Hall
between 8:45 and am. From y
until II O'Clock they will attend classes
with their daughters. At IL the moth
ers will come together at q meeting
which will be addressed by DR.. Cloyd
Heck Marvin, president Mrs. Joshua
Evans, jr., woman member Of the
board of trustees; Mrs. Barrows ana
Miss Ruth Atwell director Of physical
education for women.
Following the meeting they will be
entertained at a buffet luncheon, which
will be given in the assembly room III
Corcoran Hall, and after luncheon they
will be taken on a tour of inspection
of the university buildings, visiting the
women's building. the laboratories, the
libraries, the administrative offices, the
gymnasium. the rife range and other
places of interest.
DR.. Marvin and Provost William
Allen Wilbur went to Providence, r. l..
on Thursday to represent George Wash
1ngton University at the Inauguration
of DR.. Clarence Augustus Barbour as
president of Brown University.
On November l DR.. Marvin will 60
to Cincinnati to attend the annual
meeting Of the Ohio Association Of Col
lege Registrars and Examiners. He will
speak on THE Place of the Registrar
in Furnishing Materials for Curriculum
Building in Colleges" The following
week Dr. Marvin will attend the meet
ing in Chicago of the Association OF
he has beer made an honorary mem
Der. He will address the Association
Of Separated State Universities, which
will meet in Chicago at the same time,
on Federal Legislation and Educa-
ttonaI Subsidies
Prof. Hector G. Spaulding Of the
Law School faculty was invited by the
Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace to attend the meeting Of teach
ers of international law to be held az
Briarclih Lodge, New York, beginning
October IA.
Stats to Participate.
Members of the stats Of George
Washington University student publica-
tons will participate in the second an
nualt local collegiate press conference
to be held at Georgetown University
next Saturday. The first meeting OF
this group was held last year upon
the invitation of the George Washina-
ton University Publications Council and
was so supccessful that steps were taken
at that time to form a permanent
organization
The University of Michigan at its
commencement this year conferred the
degree of juridical science upon Prof.
s. C. Oppenheim Of the Law School
faculty. Prof. Oppenheim received his
A. B. degree at Columbia University
in 1918, with highest honors in eco
Monies and history After serving In
the World War he returned to Co
lumbia and secured the degree of
master of arts, specializing in eco
nomics. From 1921 to 1925 Prof. OPP
penheim taught economies at the UEi-
versity Of Michigan, at the same time
attending the University of Michigan
Law School, from which he was grad
uated in 1925 with the degree OF
luris doctor. During 1927 Prof. Open
helm was research assistant for Dean
Henry M. Bates of the University of
Michigan Law School. and it was IT.
that capacity that he completed his
doctors thesis on Waiver Of Jury in
Criminal Cases" Prof. Oppenheim, is
a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the
Order of the Coif He is the author
OF several articles in legal periodicals
Renew Debating Interest.
Development Of the department Of
public speaking at the university has
resulted in renewed interest in debate.
Prot. Willard Hayes Yeager, Depew
professor of public speaking, has been
placed In charge of all intercollegiate
forensic activities. Prof. Yeager is as
sisted by a faculty committee, COM
posed Of Prof. Earl C. Arnold. Prof.
Warren Reed West, Andrew C. Wilkins,
alumni member; the president Of Delta
Sigma Rho and the president of the
Columbian Debating Society. Andrew
Howad has been elected manager Of
mems debate and Louise FeinStein
manager OF women's debate.
Tryouts for the Women's Glee Club
were held last Saturday, 40 being Sc
lected for membership. Rehearsals
have been started by the club. which
expects to give a concert during the
Fall.