Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
STUDENTS TO HEAR
DAVID LAWRENCE
Second Term of American U.
Liberal Arts College Opens
Wednesday.

The second semester at the College
of Liberal Arts of American University
will be opened formally Wednesday
morning with an address by David
Lawrence, president of the United
States Daily Publishing Co., at Hurst
Hall on the campus.
The subject of Mr.. Lawrence's adj
dress viii be THE Trend of the Times"
The opening chapel ceremony will start
at 8 O'Clock and will be open to the
public.
Glasses for the second semester will
start Tuesday morning in all three
schools of the university, the college on
the campus, the graduate school and
the school of the political sciences, at
1901 and 1907 F street.
Eight Finish Courses.
While there will be no commencement
proper at the midyear, eight students
have completed their requirements for
graduation and will return to the reg
ular commencement exercises in June
to receive their diplomas. These stu
dents, according to announcement by
DR.. George B. Woods, dean of the Col
lege of Liberal Arts, are: Marian Cross
Baltimore; Dorothy Moore of Ridge,
Md; Marjorie Johns of Chevy Chase,
Md; Helen Rohrer of st. Mary's. Pa:
Harriette Eaton of Chevy Chase, James
Sullivan Of Washington, and Mary
Deffinkaugh of Silver Spring, Md.
Several new students have registered
for the opening of the second semester.
DR.. Lucius C. Clark, chancellor of
American University and Mrs Clark,
have returned from an extended trip to
Chattanooga. Tenn, and to Florida.
DR.. Woods gave lecture Thursday
before the education division of the
Y. w. c. A., on Joys and Tribulations
of Making an Anthology"
New Attendance System.
In line with the policy of the Col
lege of Liberal Arts in strengthening
scholastic requirements to raise still
higher the standards of the school, a
new system of required attendance upon
classes has been put into effect, which
virtually abolishes the excuse system for
absences. Students now are granted
no excuses for miscellaneous reasons.
Enforced absences which may be oc-
casioned by participation in school
contests such as athletics, debates and
other interscholastic affairs will be con-
Sidered The system has been much
frightened up, and excessive absences
from now on carry the penalty of a
loss of credits.
Further details of the new plan for
controlling all student affairs funds
through a student controller, Edwin
Kallbaugh, class of 1880, have been
worked out, to go into effect February
l. The controller will receive from
the bursar, Miss Sara H. Dow, proceeds
of the student activities fee, which each
registered student pays at the beginning
of each semester He will allocate these
funds to the credit of the various or
CARNATIONS. But in addition he will
also receive all fees and dues belonging
to student organizations and keep ac-
count of them. He will establish an
Office in the Battelle Memorial, and
keep Office hours from / to 2 o'clock
daily.
william H. Marston. former professor
Of legal PSYCHOLOGY at American Uni
varsity, has entered a. new field of
activity with the motion picture
industry, by signing a contract with
'CaEl Laemmle of the Universal Pictures
CORPORATION to supervise the emotional
aspect OF Universal pictures. He went
to his new post January Is, upon con-
Guiding university lecture courses at
Columbia and New York Universities.
Prof. Marstone obtained wide recogni-
ton as inventor of the Gle detector."
The Mems Glee Club of the college
will present their first public concert OF
the season at the Mount Vernon Metho-
dist Episcopal Church South, February
81. TIE SoIoists will be Ronald Nc
Laughlin and Barrett Fuches.