Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19
ALUMNI WILL HOLD
HONOR LUNCHEON
G. W. U. Group Announces
Third of Series in CompIi-
ment to Emeritus Professors.


the George Washington University VIII
hold the third of its series OF lunch
cons i'm homer of the emeritus professors
of the university on Saturday, January
| rs, at 1890 O'Clock, AZ the Hotel
Lafayette.
Three eminent members of the medI-
cal profession, who taught Tor many
years in the university and VINO are ali
George Washington graduates. Will be
the guests of honor. They are VI. Dan
iel Kerfoet Shute, Or. Wllllam ksnneoy
Butler and Dr.. Sterling Ruffin. Through
their practice and teaching, these men
have touched the lives OF many George
Washington alumni and they are widely
known.
DIR. Shute's Career Outlined.
DIR. shute. professor emeritus of Oph-
thalmalosy. holds the degrees al A. b.
and M. d. from the George Washington
University and has studied at the ROYAL
Ianden Ophthalmie Hospital and the
University of Berlin. For "a years.
from 1886 to 1910, he was mem
Der of the university faculty. He Is
the ophthalmoloGist OF PROVIDENCE
Central DiSpenSary and emergency nos
pital Columbia Hospital, Government
Hospital for the Insane and George
Washington Hospital. He is fellow
of the American Association fer the
Advancement of Science and holds
membership in the Medical Society
of the District, of which he has
served as president: the Medical AS
seciatien of the District, the An
thropological and Mioroscopical Soci-
cites, Association of American Anate-
mists Pathological Society,
American Medical Association, Virginia
nv,l nN NH l.
mologists and biologists of Washing
ton. He has contributed widely to
scientific publications.
DIR. Butler Also a Veteran.
DR.. Butler, professor emeritus of
opthalmology, holds the degrees OF
A. NJ. and M. D. from George Washing
ton and has studied in London and
Vienna. He served on the university
faculty for 80 years, from 1885 to 1916.
From 1889 to 1917 he was surgeon-in-
chief Of the Lutheran Eye, Ear and
Throat Institute. He is consulting
ophthamologist of Garfield Hospital
and Children'S Hospital. DR.. Butler is
a member of the American Medical
Association, the Medical Society OF the
District. the Columbian Historical So
ciety, the American Academy for the
Advancement of Science and the Amer
lean Ophthalmological Society.
DIR. Ruffin is professor emeritus Of
George Washington University School
of Medicine and studied at the Uni
versity of North Carolina and the Lon
don School Of Tropical Medicine. He
served for % years on the university
faculty, from 1902 to 1924. DIR. Ruffan
is phySician-i OF the George
Washington University Hospital, visit
ing physician of Columbia Hospital and
consulting physician of the Govern
ment Hospital for the Insane, Episco-
pal Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital,
Children's Hospital and United States
Public Health Service.
DIR. Hunter to Preside.
DR., Oscar Benwood Hunter, assistant
dean of the George Washington Uni
versity Medical School and president of
the General Alumni Association of the
university, will preside at the luncheon.
Dr. Thor Eckhardt. one of the most
prominent of the younger statesmen and
journalists OF Hungary, will speak be-
fore the foreign service students of the
university on wednesday at 1910 am.
in the assembly room in Carcoran Hall.
The subject of his address will be
Economic Problems of Central Europe"
DR.. Eekhardt attended the universe
ties of Budapest, Berlin and Paris.
Appointed assistant professor of law in
the University of Budapest, he was I'M
able to occupy the position because OF
service in the World War. Late In the
war he became one Of the organizers OF
the Hungarian national army. In 1922
he actively entered the service Of his
government as chief of the department
of press in the state department. In
this year he was elected to Parliament
and was known as one of the most bril-
liant speakers in this body. On the at
tempt to re-establish the Hapsburgs
upon the Hungarian throne, DR., Eek
hardt vigorously protested and became
the leader of the Independent National
party. He has served as minister of the
interior and as chairman OF the COM
mittee on foreign relations.
DIR. Eckhardt's Conspicuous Service.
During the postwar period Of recon-
struction Dr. Eckhardt had charge Of
important financial, economic and
commercial negotiations for the Hun
garian government in foreign countries,
and in this field he Is considered an
outstanding authority. He has written
for many of the leading papers Of
Hungary and is the author of num-
Der of books.
Dean Henry Grattan Doyle attended
the meeting in Washington on January
IA. Is and Is OF the Association Of
American Colleges as one OF the two
delegates Of the American Association
of University Professors. On Tuesday
evening Dean Doyle addressed the
Cleveland Park Club on Spanish
America Looks at Yanquilandia," and
on Saturday spoke at the luncheon Of
the Harvard Club of Washington, TAX
ing as his subject Cultural Relations
with Latin America"
Midyear examinations in all schools
of the university, except the Law School
and the School of Medicine, will start
Thursday and continue through the
following Wednesday, and the second
semester will begin wednesday, FeoTu-
airy 5.
In the law school the examination
neriod will extend from Monday. Janu-
-. or u Sat,irdau EehrlIarN l and