Evening star., 1937-03-07
CCORDING to figures compile

~ by DR.. Andrew j. kreSS,
"A recorder of the Undergradu-
4 \ ate College, Georgetown Uni
versity, graduates from Central High
School who enrolled as freshmen last
September did the best work of all
students from local public and private
high schools at Georgetown during
the first half of the academic year.
For comparative purposes, the fresh
man class was divided into quintiles.
DR.. Kress reported that 87.5 per cent
of the freshmen from Central High
ranked scholastically in the first or
second quintile at the close of the
first semester. Georgetown Prepara-
tory School, at Garrett Park, Md,
with a percentage Of STA in the
same divisions, led the private prep"
schools. The success of the Central
graduates is rather noteworthy" DR..
Kress said. while no accurate rec
ords have been kept of this relative
standing, it is believed that this is
the first time that public school has
outranked Gonzaga High School or the
GEORGETOWN Preparatory School"
The records of students from the
other schools were as follows: West
ern High School, 625 per cent;
Gonzaga, so per cent; Roosevelt High,
so per cent; st. Johns Preparatory
School, 44.44 per cent.
The Georgetown Glee Club, num-
bering 40 members, with Prof. Joseph
M. Barbesot, baritone, as soloist, will
present its mid-Lenten concert pro-
gram this evening at $50 o'clock in
Castor Hall DR.. Edward P. Donovan
is director the club, one Of the most
successful turned out at Georgetown
in some years.
The club has made a number Of
appearances about the city, but to-
nights concert is the only one given
on the campus. Last Sunday 1t was
heard on a national broadcast during
the Catholic Radio Hour.
Rev. John E. Grattan, S. j., dean
Of the Undergraduate College, an
nounced that the annual contest or
public examination in translating Sc
lected odes from Horace, will be held
next Saturday. Entries are being
received. March 20, he announced
also. is the date for the Garvan
oratorical contest. The winner of
each event will be awarded a medal.
A. U. Group to Hear Draper.
A SSISTANT SECRETARY OF
= COMMERCE DRAPER will ad-
dress the next "In-Service Training"
luncheon of the School of Public
Affairs of American University March
20. at the Harrington Hotel. it was
announced by Arthur S. Fleming, di-
rector Of the school.
At the College OF Liberal Arts, Dr.
Orville A. Hitchcock is coaching de-
baters in an active season. preliminary
to departure Of two American U. men,
Sidney Sachs and William Powell on
tour of England this Spring to rep
resent the National Student Federation
of America on debate trip.
American University girls will meet
team from Trinity College in de-
bate Tuesday night at Trinity Vir-
ginia Slim and Kathryn Ingberg will
represent American U.
Next week American University
teams will engage in five debates, meet
ing Western Maryland twice. Rich
mond University, Rutgers College and
Oberlin College
The College Honor Society has
elected six new members for this
semester: Richard Hummer. Mar
guerite Stevenson. Ethel Whitlow,
Frances Page, Susan Drager and Mar
garet Hall Officers of the College
Honor Society are DR.. Edward William
Engel, Sigma Xi. president; DR.. Glenn
F. Rouse, Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma
XII, vice president, and Dr. Earl A.
Dennis. Sigma XII, secretary, all men,
bers of the faculty.
Under auspices of the Panhellenic
Council. of which Margaret lie Masters
is president, there will be a song
festival" tomorrow night at the GYM
nasium auditorium on the campus.
when three prizes will be given for the
best college songs.
Alumni gathered at the gymnasium
last night for the annual Alumni
night, when several games were played
between alumni teams and others and
the festivities concluded with a dance
Richard Jarvis. secretary of the
Alumni Association, was in charge.
DR.. Catherine Seeker Hudson of
the faculty of American University
will be the next speaker in the series
OF lectures being presented by Ameri-
can University for members of the
diplomatic corps and foreign colony.
She speaks at pm. Tuesday at Hurst
Hall on Federalism
Honor students. who maintained a