Evening star., 1941-12-28
Holidays Take G.W.U.
Faculty Members 10
Distant Meetings
Dean Doyle in St. Louis
For Session Of
Spanish Teachers

With the two-week holiday vaca-
ton in progress at George Washing
ton University. many of the insti-
tution's faculty members are at
tending scientific and scholarly
meetings in various places through
out the country. The Christmas
vacation period started last Mon
day and will continue through next
Sunday.
Dean Henry Grattan Doyle, pro-
fessor of Romance languages and
dean of Columbian College, at
tended a meeting of the American
Association of Teachers Of Spanish
in St. Louis Friday and yesterday
and will leave for Indianapolis to-
day to attend meeting of the Mod
ern Language Association OF
America in that city.
Dean Doyle has been nominated
for the editorship of Hispania, the
official publication of the American
Association of Teachers of Spanish,
which has been published at STAN
ford University since its founda-
ton 25 years ago. The previous
editors. both of Stanford University,
have been Aurelio M. Espinosa and
Alfred CoeSter. Dean Doyle has
been an associate editor of Hispania
uninterruptedly since 1922. and was
national president of the American
Association of Teachers of Spanish
in 1880. He will assume his duties
as editor this week.
To Report on Trends.
At Indianapolis on Tuesday he
will make his annual report as
chairman OF the Commission on
Trends in Education of the Modern
Language Association of America.
This commission, representing the
teaching Of English as well as the
foreign languages and literatures,
has published a report on literature
and language studies in American
education.
Dean Doyle also will report as CO.
chairman. along with Prof. Wilfred
A. Beardsley of Goucher College, on
the activities of the Committee on
the Place Of the Modern Languages
In American Education. AS part
of the work of this committee. he is
arranging a public meeting at In
dianapolis on Wednesday evening.
Prof. Willard Hayes Yeager. De-
pew professor of public speaking,
left yesterday to attend the annual
convention of the National Asso-
citation of Teachers of Speech in
Detroit. Prof Yeager is president of
the association and will preside at all
OF the meetings. He will address
the opening session tomorrow on
The Role of Speech in the Ma
tional Emergency"
Dr.. Steuart Henderson Britt. as
slstant professor of psychology, is
attending the meetings of the Amer
ican Sociological Society in New
York City.
Meeting Hears DIR. JOhnstOne.
DR.. William Crane Johnstone, pro-
fessor of political science and dean
of the Junior College, yesterday
addressed meeting of the Amer
ASdll OllllldI SIlCllCC
the Far Eastern situation, also in
New York City.
Three members of the history de-
partment will attend meetings of
the American Historical Society to-
morrow, Tuesday and Wednesday in
Chicago. They are: DR.. Elmer Louis
Kayser, dean of university students
and professor of European history;
DR.. Lowell Joseph Ragatz, professor
of European history, and Dr. Alva
Curtis Wilgus, professor of Hispanic
American history
Dean Kayser will address a Pam
American Conference in Miami on
January and 3. His address,
PROBLEMS of the Caribbean" will
be one of the conferences principal
speeches.
Miss Ruth Harriet Atwell, director
of physical education for women at
the university, is attending a meet
ing of the American Association for
Health, Physical Education and
Recreation in New York City.