Evening star., 1924-12-21
MARYLAND TAKES
YULET|DE HOLIDAY
Classes End Until January 5.
Glee Club Is Making
TWo-State Tour.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

COLLEGE PARK, Nd, December
2o.-Santa Claus arrived at the Uni
Yersity of Maryland today and pre-
sented the Old Line students with a
Christmas holiday that will extend
until Monday, January 8. The exodus
for their homes was begun by the
students this morning. as those who
did not have classes during the day
were on their way shortly after
breakfast. "The Hill" will be de-
sorted for the next fifteen days.
Concerts were given by the Mary
land Glee Club at the Berwyn Pres
byterian Church Thursday night and
last night at Beltsville. as prelini-
nary to the holiday tour 70 western.
Maryland and Pennsylvania Those
who VIII go on the holiday jaunt are
DR.. Homer G. House, director; Mrs
Jesse Blaisdell Of Riverdale, assistan, q,
in music at the universlty; Alene
| Gleason. violin soloist; H o. House
manager; Barron, Burnside. Bowie
Bucciareili, Chapman, Caulk, Cob
lentz, Goodyear. Hook, Jenkins
Kelchner. Lehman, Lipman. Mumford
n. Nichols. J. Nichols, O'NeilI, Ordenan
Propst, Ryerson, Snouffer, Stif1er
Savage, Thomen, Waugh, Whaley ano
Yadal.
Attend Science Meeting.
Maryiapd's faculty was well repre-
ssnted al the toint meeting OF ssvera
scientific societies. including the
Washington Chemical Society, hello
recently In Washington. Among those
who attended were DR.. Nell A. Cor
don, DR.. N. R Haring, DR.. ]. II. Gard
ner, DR.. Baker. E. II. Vanden Bosch
and r. r. Darkis.
A. 8. Goldsborough. secretary o.
the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association Of Baltimore, gave an ad-
| dress before the weekly student as
| sembly Wednesday.
University Post, American Legion
| held a smoker at the Sigma Pm
Sigma house Wednesday evening.
Recent Highway Researches" viii
be the subject OF q radio talk b.
Prof. S. s. Steinberg, head Of the civ,
engineering department Of the uni
versity. from station WCAP January
8, under auspices OF the National Re
search Council and Science Service
The address will be IN non-technical
language, and will supplement one
OF a similar nature delivered recently
by Prof. Steinberg from tho same
station.
Dean A y. Johnson OF the college
| Of engineering attended the meetings
in Washington this week of the con
ference on street and highway safety.
which was called by Secretary o.
Commerce Hoover.
Miss Maude F. McKenney, financial
secretary Of the university, attended
the fifth annual meeting OF the Asso-
| ciatton of University and College
Business officers of the Eastern States
| in Providence recently. In the round
! table discussions that took pface
| MarylaRd's budget system was de
Clarad to be up to date
Prof. Thomas H. Spence, dean emer-
! itus OF the college of arts and
! sciences, has resumed a course of
| courtesy lectures to his class IN
| philosophy. Men IN the various de-
| partments of the university will be
! called upon.
The Christmas party held recently
by the 7. W. c. A. and the Y. NJ. C. 4.
was highly successful affair, cor
sidering that il was the first "offense'
along this line. Fifteen dollars was
dropped into the charity stocking. 80
The money will be given to the Red
Cross.