Evening star., 1924-05-04
G. w. u. PLANS FETE
FOR COM MENCEMENT
DR.. John Finley. Former Commis
sioner of Education of New
York. Will Deliver Address.
WILL BE HELD IN POLLS
DR.. William =. owen Addresses
Classes-Luigu Mar;ani Lectures.

The annual June commencement ex-
| ercses will be held this year at Polls
/ Theater. For the first time in many
| years the university is holding its
exercises in d theater in order to ac-
! commodate "A larger crowd and To
| take care of the desires of the
graduating class in the matter Of
| tickets.
Dr.. John Finley. former commits
/ sicner of education Of the state Of
New York. has been announced as
| the commencement speaker.
| DR.. William 3. owen, former presi-
! dent of the National Education AssO-
j citation. addressed the classes in edu
| cation at the university Friday morn
| ing. During the week Signor Luigu
Mariani, secretary of the Italian en-
bassy, gave illustrated lectures at
! the chapel exercises.
| William Mather Lewis, president of
/ George Washington University. will
| spend this week on speaking tour
| of educational institutions in the
state of kentucky. At the instance of
| the commissioner of education OF the
| state and several academic institu-
| tionS President Lewis accepted the in
| vitation to talk on educational sub
| jects as well as the opportunities for
| d college education in the nations
| apital at George Washington Uni
| yerSity.
VIII Speak at University.
| President Lewis will speak at the
| University of Kentucky. at Centre Col
nj Srh
! city schools of Carlisle, Frankfort.
| Winchester and Lexington, as we'll as
| the Rotary Clubs of the two cities.
He also will speak a number of times
before schools and colleges as well as
civic clubs.
| Announcement is made by Dean
| William z. Van Week of the Law
School of the appointment of Waiter
| Lewis Mor as professor in law. Ihe
| new professor is at present taking
postgraduate work at Harvard Uni
| vesfty and will receive the degree of
S. J. D. in June.
Prof Moll took post graduate work
| at Johns Hopkins, he was professor OF
English at Concordia College, taught
| in the University OF Indiana Law
! School, practiced at Fort wayne,
| Ind. and was also instructor in law
! at Indiana.
Summer school Director.
| Dean William c. Ruediger. direc-
|
! a comprehensive booklet setting forth
| the entire summer school project for
| this year. The registration begins
June IL, instruction starting in the
nine-week classes June 16.
Tomorrow night at o'clock the
first annual combined glee club con-
| cert of the men and women's clubs
will De held at the New Willard Hotel.
\ dance will follow.
Harry Edward Mueller. director of
the Mems Club. and Mrs. otis y.
Sweet. director of the Girls Club, will
have concerted number as finale
with the clubs The clubs will sing
| the university prize song. Each
addition to a few instrumental num-
bers. Following the concert there
will be dancing.
The student council of the univer-
sity has nominated to the board of
managers the following students: To
he editor of the University Hatchet,
Frederick +. Youngman; to be editor
of the Cherry Tree, Arthur Perry; to
be business manager of the Hatchet,
F.. w. Darner; to be business manager
of the Cherry Tree, Edwin S. Bettle-
helm; manager of girls basket ball,
Alice Haines; manager of track, Gill
bert Ludwig, and assistant manager
of mems basket ball, Irving McGrew.
Senior Week Activities.
Plans are under way for the senior
week activities. starting with the
senior promenade June 2. The seniors
are staging Union Vodvil,' seven
act show.
Pi Beta Phi Sorority was visited
| April 90, by their grand president,
Miss Amy Burnham Onken. Luncheon
was served in her honor at the Mems
University Club and open tea was
given in the sorority rooms from
| 4 TO in the afternoon.
More than two hundred couples at
| tended the annual prom of the Pan
Hellenic organization Friday at
| Rauscher's. Refreshments were
served at midnight. and the Petticoat,
satirical sheet published by Gamma
Eta Zeta. was distributed by members
! of the sorority.
President and Mrs. Lewis, the deans
| and their wives, &and several of the
| faculty chaperoned the dance, which
| lasted from 10 to =.
Pan-HeIienfc COUNCIL
] The Pan-Hellenic Council had plan
ned to donate the profit from this
dance to the endowment fund. and at
| the last report more than a 500 had
been cleared and will be given to the
| endowment.
The annual banquet of the local
chapter of Sigma Tau Honorary En-
gineering Fraternity held April %, at
the Cleves, was well attended by
as well as the pledges. Honorary
members present were Dean Hodgkins
and Profs. Harris, Lapham, Ames and
Platt.
At the recent initiation of Sigma
Tau Prof. n. b. Ames and Prof ]. H.
Platt were initiated into honorary
membership and seven undergradu-
ateS, p. W.. Burk, l.. Disney, A. Hart
man. H. p. Hill. H. H James, E. c..
Mckay and c. Yingling.
W. f. Roeser, president of the local
chapter, was unanimously elected as
delegate to the national conclaye to
be held at Lincoln, Nebr, next No.
vember.
The following men have also been
pledged to Sigma Tau: r. c. Blatt. J.
Buckley and V. Johannessen.
Rife Teams Victorious.
Announcement is made by the Ma
ltional Rifles Association of the victory
of George Washington rifle teams in
the indoor intercollegiates, the inter-
collegiate championships and the
urban university championships. H.
Clay Espey, manager of the team, is
in New York attending an intercol-
legiate meeting.
George Washington has taken the
lead in this activity and has received
a letter of congratulation from the
N r. A. in this respect The univer-
sity plans to stage a big meeting here
next winter on its own range.