Evening star., 1940-12-22
Academic Meetings
To Interrupt Holidays
OF 6. W. U. Faculty
Advancement of Science
Association to Heur
Dr.. Marvin December 81


With George Washington Univer-
sity's Christmas holidays beginning
tomorrow and continuing through
January S, DR.. Cloyd Heck Marvin,
president of the university, and
faculty members are preparing to
attend a number of academic meet
ings during the period.
DR.. Marvin will discuss Cultural
Relationships Between the Amer
icas' before the American Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Science
in Philadelphia on December 81.
Dean Henry Grattan Doyle, pro-
fessor of romance languages and
dean Of Columbian College, will at
tend the meetings of the Modern
Language Association to be held in
Boston under the auspices of Har-
ward University, December 26 to %.
He will present the prepared report
OF the commission on Trends in
Education of the Association, of
which he is chairman. Dean DOYLE
also will report as chairman of the
Committee on photography of the
section on Latin American Literature
OF the association. During the meet
ing he will attend the annual meet
ing OF the National Federation of
Modern Language Teachers, as rep
resentative from the Middle States
Association of Modern Language
Teachers.
Professors to Attend.
Also attending the modern Ian
guage sessions will be Profs. Irene
Cornwell, L. Clark Heating, Merle
Protzman, Edward H. Sehrt, George
Winchester Stone, Fred Upper,
Audley Smith, Maurice Irvine, Fred
erick Hellmann, Douglas Angus and
Albert Kerr.
The 25th annual convention of the
National Association of Teachers of
Speech and the American Education
Theater Association will be held in
Washington at the Mayfower Hotel
december 30 to January 2, inclusive.
More than 1000 representatives from
every State will be in attendance.
All the members of the department
of public speaking at the university
have some part in the convention.
w, Hayes Yeager, Depew professor
of public speaking, is chairman of
the Convention Committee. Prof.
Henry G. Roberts is in charge of
publicity, Prof. Winfield De Witt
Bennett is in charge of luncheons
and dinners and Prof. Harold Hard
ing will present a discussion of
Military and Labor Service for High
School Youth" before a joint meet
ing of the two associations.
Philosophical Session December 26.
DR.. Christopher Browne Garnett,
associate professor of philosophy,
will attend meeting of the Ameri-
can Philosophical Association in
Philadelphia December 26 to % and
Prof. Warren Reed West, assistant
dean of the school of government,
will attend political science meet
ing in Chicago.
Miss Jenny Turnbull, assistant
professor of physical education for
women. will 60 to New York City
Tor meeting of the Legislative
Board of National Women's Ath-
letics December 1929. She is chair
man of committee on motion pic
lures of the organization. Miss Eliz-
abeth Burtner, also of the womens
physical education department, will
go to New York to assist Doris
Humphrey and Charles Weidman in
opening new theater in that city.
DR.. Lawson E. Yocum and DR.. r.
F. Griggs, professors of botany, will
attend meetings of the Botanical
Society of America at Philadelphia
December 80. and DR.. Ida B. Hansen
and Donnell B. Young, professors
Of zoology, will attend a meeting
Of the American Society of Zoolo-
gists in Philadelphia December 80
to January /.
Britt to Go to Chicago.
Steuart Henderson Britt, assistant
professor of psychology, will attend
the meetings of the American Socio-
logical Society in Chicago December
q to %.
Dean Elmer Louis Kayser and
Profs. Lowell Ragatz. Curtis Wilgus,
Howard Merriman and Wood Gray
will attend the annual meeting of
the American Historical Association
in New York City December 27 to 80.
John Russell Mason, librarian, and.
Mason Tolman, assistant librarian,
will attend the midwinter meetings
OF the American Library Associa-
ton in Chicago December q to 80.
Mr.. Mason. who is presidentn of the
District of Columbia Library As