Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-12
HOWARD TO HAVE
LARGE HERbAR|UM|
Head of Botany Department
Announces Plan for
Expansion.

The department OF botany OF Howard
| University is to be expanded to include
an extensive herbarium. according to
recent statement of Prof. Charles S.
Parker. head of the department.
/ In addition to the many rare speci-
| mems collected by Prof. Parker and
those cultivated in the university green
! house, numerous others are to be had.
some from the Smithsonian Institution
and Western herbarium in exchange for
specimens provided by Prof. Parker and
oilers as the result of continued botani-
cal exploration.
Prof. Parker has just returned from a
2l-day motor tour through the South
with Mrs. Parker, in which he covered
Carolina, Georgia and the swamp and
sand dunes of Florida. More than 100
different kinds. of fungus plants, many
of which are disease producing and
timber destroying forms, were collected
and will be added to the university
herbarium In addition to the fungus
forms a number of rare living plants
were returned and have been placed
in the green house of the university.
Given Fellowship Honor.
Prof. Parker has just been made a
Fellow of the American Geographical
Society, the society which was founded
in 1854 and was the chief sponsor OF
the Byrd South Pole expedition and
the Roosevelt African expedition. Prof.
Parker is interested in geography from
the standpoint Of the location OF plant
specimens Try-outs for the varsity de-
batting team will be held in Andrew
Rankin Chapel at Howard University
next Thursday evening Thirty men,
representing sophomores, juniors and
seniors, will compete for varsity posi-
tons There is every indication Of keen
competition in spite of the fact that
Manse, Burrell, Manning, Taylor,
Fisher and Tatum have had previous
experience.
The judges for the try-out viii be
three members of the faculty commit
tee, Prof Charles E. Burch, head OF the
department of English, who was varsity
iebater of Wherefore University; Emile
Trevelle Holley, formerly debater at
Middleburg College, and Prof Emmett
Dorsey, former member Of the varsity
debating team at Oberlin, Three teams
will be selected Five minutes will be
allowed for the main speech and three
minutes for rebuttal. They will de-
bate on the subject: Resolved: That
liberal arts education be allowed only
to men and women Of more than aver
age ability"
Debates ON Schedule.
The debates definitely scheduled are
as follows: Shaw at Raleigh, March
10: Morehouse at Atlanta, March II;
Fisk at Nashville, March IA: Oberlin
at Howard, April 3. and Howard at
Oberiin, April Is. Definite dates for
several other debates have not yet been
decided.
The lecture recital committee at
Howard University, will present DR..
Henry Goddard Leach, lecturer and
editor of the Forum, on Thursday, in
Andrew Rankin Chapel. The subject
of the address will be Are Americans
Intolerant?" Miss Lucy d. Slowe, dean
Of women, is chairman Of the public
lectures committee.
The speakers at the university as
sembly next. wednesday at noon will
be Prof. j. B. Matthews, New York
City; Mrs. Lucia Arnes Mead, Brook
line, and Samuel w. Howard, member
Of the junior class.