Evening star., 1924-06-01
G. w. u. WILL HOLD
MASS Meeting TODAY
Baccalaureate Program Arranged
for This Afternoon-Dr. Stokes
TO Preach Sermon.
WILL ASSEMBLE ON CAMPUS
DR.. John Finley Will Speak at
Graduation Exercises.

A mass meeting of George Wash
4. ington University followers, grad
yates, students, faculty and alumni
will be held on the campus, g street
between goth and 21St northwest, this
afternoon. The occasion is the bac-
calaureate Sunday celebration with
the sermon, which will be preached
by DR.. Anson Phelps stokes, former
secretary of Yale University, trav-
eler, author and woGker. The service
will start at 2:45 pm. DIR. Stokes
sermon will be broadcast by WCAP.
{ More than $50 members OF the
graduating classes of the Columbian
College, Engineering College, Teach
ers' College, College of Pharmacy.
the Medical School. the Law School
and the School of Graduate Studies
will be in attendance. The faculties
of the university. members Of the
board Of trustees, the university
council and members of the alumni
will be on hand.
Fred East will sing. Robert Law
renee will direct the singing OF the
hymns.
BaccaIaureate Exercises.
The bacCalaureate exercises open
the activities incident to gradua tion
ceremonies to be held Wednesday. at
which time DR.. John Finley. former
commissioner of eduction. Will be
the principal speaker at Polls Thea
ter. The graduation exercises Will
start at 1890 am The candidat, 1t, es
will be seated on the stage. The
academic pIoce sion Will be formed
by the Sherman statue. south of the
United States Treasury, and will
march to the theater.
Tomorrow afternoon from 4 to
o'clock President William MatheI
Lewis and Mrs. Lewis will hold re-
ception to the graduating class at the
Washington Club, 1901 * street
northwest. In the evening at the
Washington Hotel the annual senior
promenade will be held.
Tuesday morning the classes will
gather to Visit Mount Vernon and
the tomb of George and Martha
Washington. The George Washing
ton Univer rsfty class presidents as
well as officials of the institution will
pay. homage to the father of his
country and the man whose idea was
responsible for the founding of the
university.
Will Lay Wreath.
Student class presidents will lay a
wreath on the tomb of George Wash
ington. This is the second annual
pliS VI Tie
Imme diately after graduation eXer-
ciseS President Lewis will start on
an extended speaking tour at gradu-
alton. exercises. Friday he will speak
At Marshall College. Huntington, W
Va, at commencement exercises
there. He will speak at swarthmore
College June I.
Lake Forest College. at Lake
Forest, ILL.,. has asked Presiden,
Lewis to speak at its graduation
exercises. This is his alma mater
and he will be signally honored with
the degree of Ii. d. He will speak
at Canton. Ohio. June IL, at the Can
ton High School He will speak at
Indianapolis. Ind, June II. and al
the Rhode Island State College COM
mencement June 16.
sI,5OO Pledged to Fund.
Announcement is made that the en-
dowment campaign fund is being
added to each week. During the past
week $1,000 was pledged to the more
than half million dollars raised il
the big drive for the endowment fund
The new building. Corcoran Hall, de-
spite the unusually bad weather, has
been rapidly nearing completion. n,
Is expected that the s2sO.00O structure
will be in use by the fall, when
classes convene.
Preparations are going on for the
opening of summer school. Following
Vic sNdtioldl association
meeting here, which is held the last
week in June and the first week in
July, comes the opening of the sum-
mer school course. All departments
of the university will be opened to
receive what is expected to be Il rec
ord number of students for the sum-
mer session. Additional courses are
onered and the corps of instructors
has been increased correspondinglv
The unusual record of George
Washington University Law School
students in passing bar examinations
in the past ten years has been a
source of considerable satisfaction al
the university. Ninety-one and six
tenths per cent of those taking the
District bar examinations have
passed. This record is considered ex-
ceptional. OF 3S1 taking the examina
tions. but forty-nine failed. Later
seventeen of these forty-nine passed
the test.
Successful Concert Given.
A successful concert was given
THURSDAY with the mems and women's
glee clubs assisting during music
week under the direction of Robe rt
Lawrence at the Central High School
Auditorium
Work is expected to start in the
very near future on the new gym
nasiun. The structure will be on Fl
street between Goth and 21st streets
northwest. 1t will Lave lockers and
'showerbaths for men and women. The
playing floor will be SO feet by 140
feet with ample space for stands for
spectators at basket ball games.
Ihe alumni interscholastic bask et
ball tournament will be revived next
year with South Atlantic scholastic
honors awarded in the shape of the
big" silver basket ball now held nv
Eastern High School. Details of the
tournament will be sent to the schools
shortly.
Harry Crum. George WASHINGTON
root t-1ball coach, has lined up some
loot ball talent from the university
studenTs Following a recent smoker
me me candidates numbered forty and
Will be asked to report early in Sen.