Evening star., 1942-06-07
Graduation Week
Al Wilson Teachers
Starts June "A
Faculty Will Undergo
Several Changes by FoII;
New Courses Added

competed py members OF the senior
class. The activities will open with
baccalaureate services at the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church
at 4:45 pm. Sunday, June IA. DR..
Peter Marshall will be the guest
speaker,
The following day an honors as
sembly will be held at the college.
At that time awards for outstanding
service and leadership in various
activities will be presented.
Commencement exercises will be
held at the Central High School
auditorium at $3.50 pm. Wednesday,
June II. Presiding will be DR..
Frank Ballou, superintendent Of
schools. Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle
will award the diplomas and de-
grees. The principal speaker will
be Supt. A. ]. Stoddard of Phila-
delphia, whose topic will be "The
Schools and the War" Members
of the Board of Education and the
faculty of Wilson will be guests at
both the commencement and bac-
calaureate services.
eliminating commencement week
will be the alumni dance given an
nually by the Alumni Association
for the new graduates. This dance
will be given Thursday, June 18, at
the Chevy Chase Women's Club.
Several Changes in Faculty.
The faculty of the college by next
September will have undergone sew
eral changes, due to the retirement
of members and to the war. Chief
among those leaving is Miss Mary
C. Breen, who Is retiring upon COM
pletion of her 50th year of teaching
at Wilson. She attended Cornell,
Harvard and George washington
Universities. receiving her bach
elor of arts degree from the last.
and entered Wilson in 1893, first
as a student and then as teacher
in the following year. At this time
she is adviser to women.
Mrs. Shirley Payne Savage, in
structor of English, has been the
latest to announce her departure.
She is resigning to devote her time
to her family. She served in the
District school system for four years
and taught at the training school OF
the College of William and Mary
in Williamsburg, Va. She is the CO.
author of a set of English textbooks
for the students of Junior high
school age.
Those instructors who have al
ready left are DR.. Albert v. House.
assistant professor of history, who
joined the Army recently, and o.
M. McMillion, instructor of geogra-
ply and adviser to men, who went
to the War Department. Mr.. Nc
Millions place has been taken by
Miss Helen L. Smith, who received
her master of arts degree from the
George Peabody Teachers College
at Nashville, Tenn, and who has
been teaching geography at the
University Of Wisconsin.
New Courses Added.
To meet the increased demand for
people trained in the science and
business fields, Wilson has added
several new courses for next semes-
ter. One of these, principles Of radio.
will present the basic principles OF
the operation of vacuum tubes and
the circuits in which they are used.
It will include study of electrical
resonance, detection, measuring de-
vices, ampliflers and power supplies.
Another new science course Is
physical chemistry. an advanced
course dealing with the applica-
ton of physical principles to chem
ical problems. Among topics to be
discussed are the properties of
solids, liquids and gases; solution,
kinetic theory, electrochemistry;
equilibria and chemical kinetics;
elementary thermochemistry and
thermodynamics. and the structure
of matter. The laboratory work
will acquaint the students with the
use Of precision apparatus.
A scientific course in the field of
social science will be cimatology.
This will be a study of the elements
of weather and climate including
the basic principles of weather fore
casting, the Interpretation of the
daily weather maps, and the study
of major world air masses. Appli-