Evening star., 1931-12-20
Schools and COLLEGES
Events of Interesting Student and Faculty
Activities IN Washington Leading
Educational Institutions.

physics department will 60 to New
Orleans for the meetings OF the Ameri-
can Association for the Advancement of
Science and the American Association
OF physics Teachers. Prof Lawson Ed
win Yocum of the botany department
Will attend the meeting OF the Botanical
Society Of America, held In New Orleans
at the same time and Prof. Frank Mark
Welda of the mathematics department
Will also be in New Orleans for the
American Mathematical Society meet
ing.
Prof. Willard Hayes Yeager and Prof
Henry Goddard Roberts Of the public
speaking department will 20 to the
meeting of the National Association of
Teachers of Speech in Detroit Decem-
Der 1881.
c. U. Plans king Lear"
THE Dramatic Association of Catholic
l. University will present its interpre-
tatlon OF the Shakespearean tragedy,
King Lear at the university on Feb
ruary 7, and 9, 1t was announced this
week by the associations special COM
mittee planning the event.
Regular rehearsals for the play are
being held by the dramatic group,
which plans to make the presentation
It's outstanding production of the cur
rent academic year. The cast for the
play will include Shane Mccarthy,
John Mcdonald, Donald Dillon, Frank
OConnell, Matthew Carey, Frank Ian
clio, James Trozze, Jack Hally, Clement
Ducy, James Christianson, Abe Zoss,
Alfred Ellerby, Cletus Kilker, Ed Len
non Joe Cicala, Dan Guinan and Nick
| ChiaScione
The committee on designing and exc
cutting is headed by Roland Marquard
sald Edward Smith, while publicity is
In charge of Shane Mccarthy, Clement
Ducy and William Harrahan.
A set of 88 volumes of standard
works on physics and mechanics has
! Just been presented to the library of
Catholic University by DR.. Albert Zahm.
chief of the Division of Aeronautics at
the Library of Congress. Dr. Zahm
formerly was member of the faculty
OF the university. and is an outstanding
authority on aviation. His division at
the Library Of Congress is considered
the outstanding source of information
| on aeronauticS in this country DR..
Lahm was associated with Langley dur
ing the latter's early experiments with
heavler- than air machines in the first
WIND tunnel erected in the United
states, at Catholic University.
A. U. Observes Yule.
(CHOOL closed at American Uniyer-
- slty Friday noon for the HOLIDAYS,
a1ter series of festivities which
ended Thursday night with a Yule log
service IN the Women's residence
/ Miss Beatrice Adam, who had been
/ elected by girls of the dormitorv the
best loved girl" lighted the Yuie lep
during the ceremony from a piece of
last years log. She was assisted bv
! 1our other girls chosen by their class
mates as the best loved girls" Of their
respective classes as follows: Hazel
jacobs, senior; Eleanor Taylor, Junior
Rattle Tompkins, sophomore; Shirley
Holmes, freshman. These girls were
dressed in colorful costume, while the
senior girls. attired in white, led sing
ing OF Christmas carols A group of
students also sang Christmas carols
through various streets of Wesley
Heights Thursday night. DR.. Lucius G,
Clark, chancellor of American Uni
verslty, and Mrs. Clark, have gone to
Florida for the holidays. They expect
to return by January 2.
DR.. George B. Woods, dean of the
College of Liberal Arts, is in Chicago
TINS week end to attend the meeting of
the University Senate of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, of which he is a
member.
The comedy "Minick" was presented