Evening star., 1923-12-09
c. v. STUDENT BODY
TO SELECT SONG
Fifty Melodies Submitted in
Prize Competition
This Week.

George Washington University stu
dents will select a university song dur
| ing the next two weeks from more than
ffty submitted for prize competition.
Robert Lawrence, director of singing at
the university; Prof Robert W. Boil
WI ard William Northrop Morse of
I, t:sa|Lsl department. - committee
appointed to take charge OF the contest.
VIII submit the songs To the Students
/, III chapel tomorrow.
Johu b. Larncr. president OF the
hoard Of trustees. offered a prize Of $50
for university song Robert Law
renee declares the songs submitted are
exceptional in every wav The com
mlttee in charge has hit upon the plan
of letting the students select the song
These songs will be taken up in
chapel exercises and sung by the stu
dents before voting Each song thought
worthy of possibilities as a prize win
ner will be learned and given try-out
There is unusdl interest in this UNIQUE
method OF selecting q university song
which will net only receive the prize
but will be accepted as the official song
of the university
Tomorrow morning the first Of the
songs gets a trial and it is expected
that the chapel will be packed when
the first try-outs are made.
Chorus ing Formed.
Considerable progress has been made
at the university in forming chorus
and orchestra. Robert Lawrence has
gotten together more than $50 voices
and expects 100 more. The first. re-
hearsal will be held before Christmas
seventy odd musicians in the uniyer-
Sity have signified their intention OF
becoming members of university or
chestrs. and this group will be gotten
together within the next two weeks.
Unusual success is expected 10 attend
the work of the chorus as we'll as the
orchestra
At the present time the glee clubs are
working in preparation for their winter
and spring programs. Harry Edward
Mueller is in charge Of forty voices in
the mems glee club. Mrs. Otis d.
club. which has forty voices. joint
glee club concert is also in prospect for
the clubs later in the year.
An unusually interesting public pro-
duction will be given by the George
Washington Players in Lisner Hall
Thursday night. Three one-act plays
will be given The Ghost Of Chance, y
by Beatrice Henning of thE graduate
George" by William Northrop Morse
instructor in playwriting, a play written
while studying under Prot. Baker at
Harvard snd an adaptation ad from M "a a
Pills in Bottle" by Rachel l.. Field
given in the Harvard a Workshop"
The plays will be presented by George
Washington students with specially Sc
lected casts. Miss Henning's play is the
Phi Mu prize play and. is directed by
the author and acted by the university
students.
There is unusual interest in the forth;
coming lecture in Lisner Han Chapel
next Friday noon by DIR. Mitchell Car.
roll on "Karnak. the Resurrection of
Tutankahmen." The university Is pro,
yiding weekly a series of vocational
guidance talks as well, which have be-
come popular. These guidance talks OF
ten minutes duration are being put IN
book form by the university.
Grouud Broken This Week.
Ground for the new building on
o1st street will be broken with cere-
,uony this week, it is expected. The
hoard of trustees has authorized the
erection of Il S250.000 building and
the contract has been let. students
alumni, members of the board OF
trustees and members of the taculty
are expecting to participate in the
formal ceremony. which will be an
nounced shortly.
On Wednesday night. the Colum-
bia Debating Society will hold din
ner at the Garden Tea House. Ofh-
GERS of the administration have been
invited to attend.
Tomorrow night President William
NJ Lewis and several members OF the
faculty will talk over the radio on
the work of the university. Faculty
members will speak on popular scien-
tific subjects.
Elections for the Pyramid Honor
Society will be held today at the Law
School, 1435 * street only members
of the senior classes in the various
departments are eligible for MEM
bership.
Henry Clay Espey and Sophia
waIdman were elected managers of
the university rifle teams for men
and women. An elaborate program
for the winter is being worked up
by the organizations. During the
winter the rife club will shoot In
the indoor intercollegiate matches in
New York city and in the outdoor
shoot at Annapolis, Md. The two
teams are expecting to make eXcep-
tional records this winter. In the
first match for women against the
University of Maine George Wash
jngton girls won by IL points. Next
week the girls will shoot cable
match with a woman's team from
South Africa. details having been
reached by correspondence.