Evening star., 1924-11-23
c. WI. TOOBSERVE
TOOTH ANNIVERSARY
Will Commemorate First
Graduation Exercises, At
tended by Lafayette.

The one hundredth anniversary
OF the first graduation exercises OF
George Washington University will
be celebrated December 15 with tho
dedication of an alcove in the uni
versity library to the Marquis de
Lafayette. 1t was at the first gradu-
alton exercises of the institution that
Lafayette was present with President
John Quincy Adams. John c. Calhoun
and Henry Clay.
In commemoration of the event.
President William Mather Lewis of
George Washington 10 asking the
patronage of those interested in the
institution and in Lafayette to do
nate for the library alcove. The
occasion is thought to be proper for
the celebration of the anniversary
and at the same time to begin to
build for greater university library.
1t has been decided to seize upon
this occasion to found fitting me-
mortal in the university to take the
form of a Lafayette alcove in the
library, the permanent endowment
for which will supply needed books in
modern languages and history.
VIII Buy Portrait.
Announcement will be made later
OF the celebration which will be held
in Corcoran Hall, the new building
recently turned over to the univer-
sity. Funds will be obtained for
portrait Of Gen. Lafayette. The por-
trait will be hung in one of the uni
versity buildings. Great interest has
been shown in the project. DR.. Lewis
has announced that friends of the
university have already interested
themselves in the idea.
rnivorSifv has hean selected
as one Of the meeting places for the
thirty-eighth convention OF the asso-'
citation of colleges and preparatory
schools Of the Middle States and
Maryland The convention will be
held here beginning Friday.
The convention will be opened by
DR.. John J. Tigert, commissioner Of
education. DR.. William Mather
Lewis will deliver the address of
ident of the organization. will re-
spond. Meetings will be held in Cor
roran Hall and the National Museum.
Following the fine record of the
foot ball team the university Is
uniting Wednesday night in a big
mass meeting. President Lewis re-
Gently expressed his satisfaction at
the progress Of the team this season
and upon the record made.
gathering Wednesday night at s
o'clock. at which time all details of
the game with Catholic University
will be thoroughly talked over. The
contest will be played in the new
Brookland stadium. Fl. Clay Espey,
Hillory Tolson and Daisy Robsion
are in charge of the entertainment
and mass meeting.
The George Washington University
..1tN tot
champions and national intercollegi-
ate titleholders, will stage turkey
shoot Thanksgiving day. Gerald R
Trimble, captain of the team. has
opened the contest to all shooters I'm
the District from schools, clubs and
college teams. The event will be
staged on the Camp Simms National
Guard Congress Heights range.
The night Of Friday, December 5,
tion Of the foot ball team and it's
season. The G. w. Letter Club and
the Pyramid Honor Society have
planned a big dance to be held in
the gymnasium. The Woman's G. w.
Club is cooperating with the mems
organization to make the affair a
success.
Dance to Boost Fund.
The entire university is expected to-
turn out for the affair. which will be
one of the largest social functions of
the Fall season. The proceeds of the
dance will be turned over to the
general athletic fund of the uni
versity.
The recent production of the G. w.
Players was unusually successful. 1t
is planned to offer several plays dur
ing the year. The players are meet
ing once each month in the uni
versity.
Nolan D. Mitchell recently ad-
dressed the Engineering Society in
Corcoran Hall on Fire Resisting
Building Construction"
The university was signally hon.
ored last week at Akron, Ohio, when
President William Mather Lewis was
elected president of "The Association
of Urban Universities" DR.. Lewis
read a paper before the association.
The 1925 meeting of the organization
will be held in this city at George
Washington University. Elmer Louis
Kayser, secretary of the university,
attended the meeting.