Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-17
BUSY WEEK PENDS
ING. v. j. ACTIVITIES
BaccaIaureate Sermon to Be
Preached for Midyear
Class Today.
PLANS FOR JUNIOR PROM
President to Hold Reception at
Washington Club Thursday,
February 81.

George Washington University Is
preparing for an unusual amount OF
social and academic activity during
the week. The baccalaureate sermon,
which will be today at the New YORK
Avenue Presbyterian Church FOR the
forty nine members of the mldWlnter
graduating class, will be preached py
Rev. Robert F. Fitch, founder and
president Of the Hangshow College or
China.
The graduates. members OF the
board Of trustees, the university coun-
Gil and members of the faculty Will
be present On the next night. as
part of the junior week celebration.
basket ball team will play the Catho,
lie University team in the Central
Coliseum. x,;,,,s
Tuesday night, at the New Willard
Hotel, the annual junior promenade
will be held. :,
The chairman of junior week is
Herbert H. Mitchell of the law school:
The prom committee is composed or
L. D. Mccarthy, chairman; Graha IN
Fly, vice chairman; Dorothy HaddoN'
William B. Campbell Jack Hutchins,
Richard Wilkinson. ]. B. Boyd. John
r. Hobson, Catherine Hough, William
G. Kerlin. Francis Z. Edwards. Mar
garet Conlyn, Kenneth Bushman'
Frank A. Dawson, BARLEY Corbin,
Catherine Lantel, Ruth Book and
George Brown.
President to Receive.
On February 81. at the Washington
Club President and Mrs. William
Mather Lewis will hold a reception
to the graduates from to pm
held February %, in the afternoon,
at Memorial Continental Hall. Or.
John G. Merriam, president of the
Carnegie Institution, VIII be the prln-
cipal speaker. Candidates will be pre-
scented by Dean Van Week, Dean Hen
aipg, Dean Ruediger, Dean Borden,
Dean Wilbur and Dean kalousowski.
Following the graduation exercises
will be the Junior class reception,
which will be held at the New Will
lard. w. \. Allard is chairman of the
reception committee. The president
of the university. William Mather
Lewis, members of the board OF truS-
tees, members CT the presidents coun-
Gil and the university council. as well
as members of the faculty, Will be
In addition to w. C. AlIard as chair
man of the reception are L. X. Hyde,
Henry James, William Roser. Phil
Rodier. Mary G. Conner, Ardiss A.
Smith, Edwin BROKER, f: L. Pearce,
George e. White, Nan Darton, Pauline
Ayres, Fred Youngman, Gretchen
Campbell and lie Verne Crabtree.
Junior Class Plays.
The junior class plays will be pre-
scented in Lisner Hall chapel on the
night of February %. The Mines will
present Waterloo" Another Way
Out" and 1.-TWO On a Park Bench"
The plays will be directed by Leonard
Hall, dramatic editor of the News:
William Northrop Morse of the uni
rcrsity faculty and j. Foster Hagen
of the university.
President William Mather Lewis re-
ton Club dinner at the Hotel Astor.
in New York, which was attended by
80 alumni Of the university. Presi-
dent Lewis spoke on the drive for the
On Tuesday President Lewis will
speak before the Ell Club Cervantes
1T the Interior Department audi
torium. Thursday he speaks before
the Federal Club of Washington, and
on Friday at the convocation and at
noon before the meeting of the Oldest
1nha bitants.
President Lewis spoke at the recent
meeting of the Gavel Club, the George
Washington University Masonic night.
He also delivered graduation ad-
dresses at the Western High School
School.
Pyramid Society Initiates.
The Pyramid Society of George
Elmer Louis kayser, Herbert o. Allen,
Edwin S. Bettelheim, Edward Schulz
fler and j. ]. w. Palmer. Prof. Kay
ser Is secretary of the university.
Allen has been q member of the
varsity foot ball team for three years.
Bettelheim has been closely identified
with student activities. Scheuffler
was a member of the debating team
which defeated oxford. while Palmer
is a former editor of the year book.
The George Washington University
rifle teams have yet to meet defeat
this winter. The mems team, which
won the indoor intercoliegiates at
New York recently, has won seven
straight matches, the last against the
University of California. The girls
team has won five straight engage
mentS.
Sorority bid day has been set for
February u. Pi Beta Pi, Chi Omega.
Sigma Kappa, Phi Mu, Alpha Della
Two locals. Gamma Beta Pi and Phi
Sigma, are bound by certain rules
laid down for bidding and will en-
force them on Thursday.
Louis Hertle. a member of the board
or trustees, who is keenly interested
In student activities as well as the
progress of the university, as offered
a prize of 500 for the best song,
original words and music, which shall
be Submitted by students. The award
will be made this spring
The university is planning aIGnter-
class held and track meet to be held
on April Il. The winning class will
be awarded what is to be known al
the Louis w. Fischer memorial trophy.
given by several friends of the late
Louis w. Fischer. There will prob
bly, be events for men and women