Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-24
SERVICES
PLANNED FOR A. u.
Chapel viii Be Open to Public
Every Morning Until
Thursday.

Special services preceding Easter will
be held at American University this
week, including chapel, which will be
open to the public at 10 o'clock each
morning up to Thursday.
The chapel services, to be addressed
by prominent clergymen of Washing
tor, will be held at Hurst Hall. The
oxford Fellowship, an organization Of
students, viii hold sunrise services"
each morning before breakfast during
the week.
Among speakers at chapel will be
Canon Phelps Stokes of Washington
j. Hillman HOLSTER, pastor OF Chevy
Chase Presbyterian Church, Wednesday,
and Rev. Mark Depp, pastor Of Calvary
Methodist Church, Thursday.
The oxford Fellowship will be pre-
sided over by students, with w. Willis
Delaplain, a member of the college de-
batting team, presiding at the first serv-
ice this morning.
Men Debate Wednesday.
The next debate for the mems debat-
ing team will take place next WedneS-
day night at Hurst Hall on the cam
pus, when the local debaterS will meet
the University OF North Carolina team
The American University team VIII sup
port the negative of the question, Re
solved, That the jury system should be
abolished"
Another debate toward which the
whole college community Is looking
with interest is the return contest with
Princeton University, which was de-
feated recently by American University
at Princeton. The Princeton visitors
will be here Saturday. April 6, when
they will take the affirmative Of the
question, Resolved. That national ad-
vertising as now carried on Is detrt-
mental both socially and morally"
Dramatics are receiving much atten-
ton at the college, with one-act COM
edy, THE Pirates" presented last Fri
day at an all-college party; the big mu-
steal comedy, Mice Coin" scheduled
for April by the sophomore class, and
a mystery play, Cat o. Nine Tails" to
be given April 10 by the student coun-
Gil.
The all-college party Friday featured
an athletic contest between the faculty
and students, and 1.-THE Pirates" under
direction of Will Hutchins. professor
of art. The cast of 1.-THE Pirates" in
cluded: Kathryn Heath, Betty Jacoby,
Elsie Sandberg, Jimmy" McVey, Eliza
beth Joyce and Virginia HUMPHREYS.
Show Features Helen Tucker.
Elaborate ARRANGEMENTS are under way
for the musical comedy Mice Coin, !"
which will present Helen Tucker, a
graduate of Eastern High School, and
we'll known in amateur dramatlcS In
washington. She will introduce into the
collegiate show the character OF a
colored nanny singing Negro spirit
ual Jubilee" which at rehearsals gives
promise of being one of the high points
of the production. Miss Tucker appeared
in Eastern High Schools Gypsy Rover, "
in 1926. and took the lead in Green
Stockings" for which she was voted
one of the three best amateur actors
in the District. She made her radio
debut in THE Mikado," as Katisha, and
in 1927 she appeared in Madame But
terfiy," with the Samasaud Opera Co.
At present she is contralto solist at the
Petworth Baptist Church.
The student council mystery show to
raise funds for a new talking machine
for the college parlors Is under direc-
ton of committee including Leland
Field, Herbert Elliott, Thomas Martin
and Eric Friedheim.
The College Glee Club, which recently
sang at Potomac Heights Community
Church, of which Milton Crist, a stu
dent, is pastor, presented another con-
cert last Wednesday at the Service Club
at Fort Myer, Va, under auspices OF
the Women's Overseas Service League,
of which Miss Mary Mears Gait, as
sistant professor of French at the coll
lege, is a member. Miss Galt's French
Club presented an entertainment Thurs
day night at the Wonlen's Residence
HAIL
The interstate extemporaneous con-
test last night at Hurst Hall on the
campus closed this series of speaking
contests held annually at American
University for students Of the high
schools Of the District of Columbia,
Pennsylvania and Maryland.