Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-18
G. w. u. Schedules Convocation.

THE Fall convocation of the George
] i Washington University will be held
at noon on Wednesday. The ex-
| erciSes will take place in the assembly
room of Corcoran Hall at the univer-
sity. Friends and parents Of the grad
yates are invited to attend. Approx
mately $50 degrees will be conferred at
this time.
The exercises will open with the aca-
demic procession, the graduates deans
and administrative officers participating
Richardson Of the university faculty will
offer the invocation. DR.. William Allen
! Wilbur, provost of the university, will
! introduce the deans of the schools and
directors of the divisions. who will pre-
sent candidates for degrees. The de-
greeS will be conferred by DR.. Cloyd
Heck Marvin. president.
Following the comforting Of degrees
DR.. Marvin will address the graduates.
| The exercises will close with the pro-
nouncing of the benediction and the re-
! ceSsional march.
Extra-curricular groups at the uni
versity are we'll started upon their Fall
and Winter programs. TryoutS for man
debaters are being held to select team
| which will debate against visiting
| team from England on october 30. An
oratorical contest for women is planned
by Sigma Delta Phi, honorary forensic
fraternity.
The Drama Club will present Robert
| Sherwood's romantic comedy, The
Queens Husband" Rehearsals will be
next month in view. The TroubadourS
also are at work upon their annual pro-
duction.
Both the mems and women's glee
clubs have selected their membership
and started rehearsals.
A. U. Dedicates Field.
WITH appropriate ceremony, Ameri-
| w can University dedicated its new
! athletic field yesterday. prior to
the foot ball game with High Point
| College, the first intercollegiate game
on the gridiron. The occasion was
Homecoming day." when alumni and
old students gathered from the District
of Columbia and nearby States.
There was a procession OF students
| across the new field to the flagpole,
Freshmen, attired in white. detached
themselves from the procession and
formed the letters "A. u" on the field
and the flag was raised.
Festivities of home coming day wound
up last night with dance in the audi
forum gymnasium on the campus. The
committee in charge of the celebration
was headed by George Olsen and by
Brooke Bright. The American Uni
versity Band made its first appearance
Of the season for the procession.
DR.. Lucius c. Clark, chancellor of
American University. and Mrs. Clark
left Thursday for Atlanta, Ga. where
DR.. Clark is a delegate from the Bal
timore Conference. Methodist Episcopal
Church. to the Eccumenical Conference
of MethodistS.
Dads day will be celebrated today,
when the fathers of students will be
the guests Of honor. There will be a
big dinner at 1870 o'clock in the col
in Hurst Hall. to be addressed by Rev.
Dr. George L. Farnham, pastor Of Cleve-
land Park Congregational Church.
The services are under auspices Of the
Student Christian Association, OF which
Russell Lambert Is president and Ruth
Edwards secretary. Other officers just
appointed to the association during the
past week include: Emory Buckle OF
! Harrisburgh Pa. first vice president,
second vice president and social chair
/ man.
Under auspices of the International
Relations Club of the college, C. Doug
las Booth, who is travelling for the Car
negie Endowment for international
Peace, will deliver lecture in chapel
next Thursday morning on British
Foreign Policy" Arthur Murphy Is
president Of the International Relations
manager. The lecture will be open to
the public.
The American University Glee Club.
Under direction of Harlan Randall is
planning its first concert Of the season
at Western Presbyterian Church, Oc-
tober 28 Barrett Fuchs Is, president
of the club, which is training regularly
now for its seasons programs.
Alpha Chi Sorority held hayride
and barn dance near Olney, Md. last
Friday. Dorothy Darby was in charge
of arrangements.
The Faculty Women's Club, Of which
Mrs Lucius c. Clark Is president, will
give dinner in honor of the new fac
ulty members at the women'S residence
dining hall on October 90. Mrs. George
B. Woods Is chairman of the Social
Committee.
On Halloween students are planning
Halloween dinner to be followed by an
all college dance.
The Women's Guild of American Uni
versity will meet next Tuesday morning
at IL Is at the Women's Residence, with
Mrs. P. M. Anderson, president, pre-
siding.
G. U. Debate Program Set.
THE four debating clubs at the
l. Georgetown University School of
Law have announced the schedule
for the seasons competitive prize con-
tests, the first Of which will be held
November 10.
Tryouts are held in advance to select
one representative of each club to take
part in the first four debates. the In
dividual winners meeting IN a flnal con-
test. The dates arranged are definite
and no Encouragement is permitted. The
second contest will be on December 16,
followed by others on February %. 1882,
March 20 and a final contest on May 8.
The four clubs, the Oldest OF which
is the John Carroll Club, named after
Archbishop Carroll, founder of George
town, play an important part in the
academic training of the student body.
They are primarily law clubs, the men,
bers meeting regularly to argue cases in
an appellate moot court and taking the
roles of counsel and judges. Held under
faculty supervision, these moot courts
furnish excellent training in court pro-
cedure and practice.
twentieth anniversary on May 8 next,
the date that the Carroll statue on the
Hilltop campus was unveiled In 1912.
The other clubs are the Ashley M.
Gould, Pierce Butler and Edward
Douglas White Clubs, the former named
after former Georgetown law professor
and associate justice Of the District Su-
preme Court. Justice Butler OF the
United States Supreme Court Is patron
of the Butler Club and the White Club
was named after the late Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court, Georgetown'S
most distinguished alumnus.
Announcement was made last week
of the appointment Of the staff of the
GEORGETOWN Law Journal of which
Thomas ] F1avin. a senior In the after