Evening star., 1932-12-18
YULE CELEBRATION
BEGINS TOMORROW
First of Carol Series to Open
Community Observance.
Tree Rites Saturday.

morrow with the first of series OF
Christmas carol programs by more than
is different local singing organizations
and will reach a climax at 4:3o pm
Saturday with the lighting Of the ma.
tional community Christmas tree II
Sherman Square.
The volunteer singing groups will un.
dertake a pilgrimage of carolerS'
patients in local hospitals and the
occupants of various homes and insti-
tutions in tie District.
The weeks program will begin to.
morrow afternoon when the Schubert
Club. directed by Mrs. Beatrice Taylor
will sing Christmas carols at the Epis-
copal Church Home and the PreSby.
terian Church Home.
Will Sing at Home
On Tuesday the Madrigal Singers
under direction of Mrs. j. NJ. Sylvester
will sing program CT carols at the
Congregational Church Home at pm
The Chesapeake g. Potomac Telephcnc
&c. Male Chorus, directed b. Robert
H. Davidson, will sing at the Salvation
Army headquarters during the week as
well as at other downtown centers
Thursday the Student Nurses Glee
Club, directed by Miss Esther Linkins
VIII sing carol program at st. Eliza
beths Hospital.
The Treble Clef Club of Gordon
Junior High School. conducted by Miss
SMary M. wilkins, will sing three carol
programs December % at the Home
Tor 1ncurables. Home for Aged Women
hnd the Home for the Blind, and will
ping at Mount Alto Hospital Tuesday.
tThe TroubadOurs of George Washing
Ton University will sing Christmas eve
et number of hotels and the Estelle
RNentworth opera group will do
likewise.
The George Washington University
Glee Club, conducted by DR.. Robert
Howe Harmon, will sing at the Living
rree on Christmas eve. The Young
Peoples Society of the First Congre-
gational Church will sing at the Dis
trict Jail and at Gallinger Hospital on
Christmas eve under direction of Paul
SedgWick.
Other groups singing throughout the
city on Christmas eve will be the
Chaminade Glee Club, directed by Miss
tlnklns, at the Industrial Home and
et Walter Reed Hospital; Claviarco
Elub, directed by Mrs G. F. Williams.
singing at Epiphany Church Home: the
Elizabeth Somers Glee Club. conducted
by Miss Mary M. Burnett, singing at
Chl!drens Hospital. Emergency Hos
pltal and the Travellers Aid at the
Union Station.
Choir to Sing December "a.
The Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church Choir, directed BY Norton M.
Little. will sing December "a at Tuber-
Cu.osis Hospital; Rho Beta Chapter of
Mu Phi Epsilon will sing at Columbia
ito1
Reed Hospital. Miss Grace Powell Is
president OF this music group in
the city
Many musical groups will appear in
CO-tIme. Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest
OF the Community Center Department
IS chairman of costumes for the carol
singing and groups may obtain cos
tunes by communicating with Mrs.
FCr-eet or Mrs. Gertrude Lyons, chair
nan of the Music Committee, at the
Community Center Department.
Dept the fact President Hoover is
not expected to be in Washington for
the ceremonies in connection with the
lighting of the national community
Christmas tree in Sherman Square on
christmas eve. the program is expected
to be one of the most elaborate in the
history of this annual event.
Vice President Curtis probably will be
invited to substitute for the President.
1T was indicated last night Senator
Arthur Capper of Kansas is expected to
preside at the ceremonies, which will
come to climax with the lighting of
the tree at pm. Saturday.
The United States Marine Band, con-
Quoted by Capt. Taylor Branson. will
bpen the program with a half hour of
christmas music
Decoration of the tree will be in the
hands of the Electric League, which
will supply the lighting. and the Com
immunity Center Department. which will
3urnish the ornaments. The Potomac
Electric Power Co. will provide current
for lighting the tree and f1oodlighting
the area surrounding it throughout the
5nolidays. The floodlights are to be in
Stalled by the Office of Public Buildings
tnd Public Parks.
Glee Club in Chorus.
The Christmas CHORUS this year will
be the George Washington University
Elee Club. conducted by DR.. Robert
Howe Harmon.
The ceremonies will be broadcast over
y Nationwide network, and these ar
fangements have been made by COM
SmitNe including Thomas P. Littlepage,
Charles 1. Stengle Ben T. Webster,
Curtis A. Hodges and William H. Lewis.
Lieut.. F.. B. Butler. assistant director of
public buildings and public parks, is
chairman of the committee in charge
sof stands. lights and amplifiers. The
committee for the lighting of the tree
$ncludes A. F. E. Horn, Ovid Butler,
, John B. Colpoys and Harold Snyder.
ST F. Behler and Miss Sibyl Baker form
sthe committee on invitations to stran-
&gers in the city. The committee on
fhe program is made up of Mrs. E. K.
Peeples, Frank j. Hogan, Mrs Gabrielle
pelham and Mark Lansburgh. The
music committee comprises Mrs. Ger
Etrude Lyons, Hans Kinder and Capt.
kTaylor Branson. Hospitality committee
ton the Presidents stand includes Mrs
/. w. Hardy, j. G. Yaden and c. H.
Pope. Boy Scout and Girl Scout partici-
patton has been arranged by Col. E. l.
aMattice and Miss Harriet johnson. Miss
EBess Davis Schreiner is chairman OF
Rublicity The committee on traffic and
tpublic safety includes Maj. E. W. Brown
tRnd Capt. Doyle o. Hickey.
! Biochemistry to Be Topic.