Evening star., 1923-12-09
DEBATERS ACCEPT
THREE CHALLENGES
Maryland Team to Meet George.
town, G. W. q. and Johns
Hopkins.
From a stan Correspondent. .


COLLEGE PARK, Md, December s.
The council of oratory and debate
of the University of Maryland has
accepted challenges from Georgetown
University. George Washington and
Johns Hopkins. The dates have not
been definitely decided upon.
\ public speaking club has been
organized at the university and has
petitioned for membership in the
Delta Sigma Rho, the national
fraternity whose object is the fur
\thering of the art of debating and
elocution.
The first dance of the season of
the Rossbourg Club took place last
members of the foot ball squad were
guests of honor.
Lecture on Textiles.
Benjamin Streaks Of Washington
lectured on textiles before the home
economic classes yesterday He will
give another lecture Monday, his
topic being China and Silver"
II. G. Waterman of the bureau of
chemistry of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture next Thurs
day night will give "a demonstration
OF the work that he is carrying on
in high voltage and high frequency
currents.
large delegation from College
Park will attend the annual meeting
Of the State Grange, at Bel Air, Md.
heginning Monday and lasting
lures on Tuesday will be a program
presented by the university delega-
tion, headed by Geary EppIey. as
sistant professor in agronomy
.o, wo important projects are to be
ment of the university next week.
q Z. Hamilton is to investigate the
red mite pests among the apple
growing district of Garrett Wash
n mn
ties. while l.. d. Sanders will make a
study of the activities of the coddlinc
moth in the packing houses of west
ern Maryland.
The honorary engineering frater-
nifty of the University of Maryland is
planning the compilation and pub
ilcation of history of the ma ior
engineering projects that have been
carried on in the state in the last
century. Each initiate is required
on some notable feat of engineering
that is of general interest.
Because of the hugeness of the
task several years will elapse before
publication. but when ii is COM
pleted it will be of great value, both
as scientific and historical docu-
ment.
The first papers. submitted by men
recently admitted to the society,
bear the following titles: Cabin
John Bridge by G.. c, Stoll of Bal
';more: Navigation of the Eastern
ana Northwestern Branches at Bla-
densburg," by c. c. Castella of
Hyattsville, and The Bowling Truss
at Harpers Ferry" by NJ. f. Brothers
Of Washington.
Stoll. Castella and Brothers, who
were admitted to the society at it's
last meeting, are ranking students in
the engineering college of the uni
= versity. Stoll and Brothers are SEN
iors, while Castella is. a members
of the junior class.
Dean Zimmerman and Prof. CATER
man of the College of Agriculture
attended the recent meeting I'm Chi
cago of the American Association for
the Advancement OF Agricultural
Teaching. Prof. Cotterman was pro-
noted from secretary of the organ
i:ation to the vice presidency.
Dean Small of the College of Edu-
cation has just completed Il two
week trip to Virginia and North
Carolina. where he visited number
Of schools and colleges. His trip
was, for the purpose of investigating
the programs of hygiene and phys
tcai education in the institutions Of
euVSo GsotEns