Evening star., 1921-10-02

of the Filipino Club, held September
25.
! The American University was rep
| resented at the second international
| congress of eugenics by Dr. Ales
Hrdlicka, professor of anthropology.
and Physiological Characteristics Of
! Old Americans" and by DR.. Otto f.
i koegel. who read a paper on Com
| mon Law Marriages.
, DIR. Charles c. Tansills paper on
! The Termination of Wars is to ap-
pear in the January number of the
| London Law Quarterly Review, and
his monograph, Canadian Reciproc-
ity Treaty of 1S45," will appear in
November in Johns Hopkins Histori-
cal Studies.
English literature in the university,
made speech at the Methodist
preachers meeting Monday morning
on English literature.
| DR. +. W. Collier is to preach at the
| afternoon service today at the Uni.
versity of Maryland. College Park.
! Washington boys and girls in >un-
| usually large numbers have entered
| George Washington University this
! fall. According to the figures given
out today majority of the entering
| class, which is the largest in the his
tory of the institution. is composed
| of local boys and girls. The unusually
heavy graduating class in the local
| high schools last June and the fact
| that many of the local students are
staying at home to get their college
education is believed to be the rea-
son for the Unprecedented enrolment
I local
! Unofficial figures from the law and
medical as well as the arts and science
department tend to show a record
enrolment for this time of the year.
Many applications for admission have
been turned down in the medical
school. The freshman class exceeded
| it's quota by thirty-five students. OF
| these. ten. whose scholarship records
were the best. were selected for
| entrance.
A new course offered at the down.
town institution this year appears to
| have gained instant favor. offered
| somewhat as an experiment and to
open up a new department, domestic
science was announced. The popularity
with which the course was received
! is attested to by the forthcoming
/ announcement that it will be neces-
! sary to divide the students in se"-
| tions in order that the work can be
successfully carried on.
! Chi Omega and Sigma Kappa bid
girls for their sororities Wednesday,
the opening day of college. October
~ Is the day set apart by Pi Beta
Phi, Phi Mu. Theta lambda Sigma and
the Coalition Club for bids.
| Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity is
| holding open house at it's new house
at 1920 10th street, the former home
| of Senator La Toilette. The fratern-
/ nfh froS
| members from 4 to pm.
The Rabbit Hole. the popular uni
versity tea room at 2024 G street
| Catherine TOnge. The Rabbit Hole
| found favor all last year. 1t has been
| to Silly decorated and renovated this
| year and is being patronized by stu
dents of the arts and science depart
ment. with visitors from other
! schools
i The student activity pledge cards
| are being circulated freely by the
student council members and fratern-
! ity and sorority mcmbers. 1t is eX-
pected that 1,600 students will be
pledged to support the student ac-
tivities this year.
Gamma Phi Theta is holding open
, house this week at it's new home 1920
I 18th street northwest.
! The Travellers Club. composed of
members of the George Washington
| University Masonic Club. has been
the night of October s. The Masonic
i Club will probably hold a smoker the
| week following.
i The law school senate was in
7; charge of the welcome night at the
i law school. Dean Merton L. Ferson
I of the law school, W. B. King and
:, Henry c. Davis, members of the boa I'd
/ of trustees. spoke during the evening.
! Melville. Walker. editor in -chief of
F.: the University He tchet, the student
i publication. announced the second is
i sue of the Axe" this week. Stu
| dents registering last week were
| greeted with the first issue of the
| paper.
! 1t is expected that George Wash
/ ington University will honor it's foot
! ball team at party similar to the
! May fete carnival some time toward
/ the last of the foot ball season
! Fitz L. Hurley. manager of basket
ball, is arranging schedule for the
! basket ball team, which will be the
most pretentious that George Wash
] ington University has ever under
! taken. John Daily of the law school
!: is basket ball captain.
! Prof. Robert F. Griggs. who is OPEN
| ing new department in botany, is
revising the course. Students are ex-
| pected to have a broader field. with
+, considerably more practical work
! than was offered when the work was
! discontinued three years Ago.
| The usual fraternity house smokers
| will be held Saturday night following
| the foot ball game at Union League
Park with the Western Maryland Uni
| versity. The students are planning a
cheering section for the season and
tryouts for cheer leader are expect
! ed this week.
! Harry Sokolov of the law school has
! written new song entitled 'The
/ Buff and Blue" which will be pro-
| duced shortly. SokoloY introduced
| the song at the May carnival last
! year.
| Robert Coff1esh. manager of the Glee
] Club. is expecting to issue call for
| candidates within the next two
! weeks. A mandolin and guitar club
is also in prospect, as well as an or
| chestra. ,-s.
GUN TEAM TO EXHIBIT.
! An artillery gun team of the I'd
| Ratta1ion 2d Field Artillery at Fort