Evening star., 1924-12-14
LAFAYETTE VISIT
G. ". u FEATURE
institution to Celebrate Gen.
tenniaI Anniversary Of No.
table Event Tomorrow.

George Washington University will
The date is the hundredth anniver-
sary of the visit of Gen. Lafayette to
the first commencement of the uni
versity. 1t also marks the laying of
the cornerstone of Stockton Hall, tn.
new law school unit on Twentieth
street northwest, between G and II
streets.
The university will be signally
honored by the Ambassador from
France, Jules Jusserand. who will de-
|liver the principal address at the La
fayette memorial meeting in Cor
ooran Hall at S:15 pm. This occasion n
will serve to dedicate the Lafayette
memorial alcove in the university H.
brary which will be the initial move
ment for a greater university library.
In the afternoon the cornerstone
laying ceremony in charge of the
Grand Lodge of Masons Of the Dis
tIict Of Columbia. Charles Roberts
grand master in charge, will start at
$3.50 pm.
Both Open to the Public.
The two celebrations are open to
the public. The afternoon ceremony
will bring together the various mem
bers of the law school faculty as well
as the student body and patrons Of
the university. DR.. William Bruce
King Of the board of trustees. will
deliver an address. President Will
liam Mather Lewis will head the fac
ulty and university officials.
The Lafayette memorial celebration
will be addressed by His Excellency
Jules ]. Jusserand. dean of the diplo-
matte corps, and Harry C. Davis.
member of the board of trustees who
will speak on Lafayette and the First
commencement"
Appropriate music including the
singing of THE Marseillafse," by Miss
Estelle Wentworth. will be rendered
during the evening.
President Lewis announces that a
considerable sum has been raised
toward the Lafayette alcove, the
memorial for the university library,
and that in connection with the exer-
cises a number Of Lafayette relics
will be on display in Corcoran Hall.
Tie recent action of the board of
trustees of the university naming
the new law school unit Stock ton
Hall in memory Of the late Admiral
Charles Herbert Stockton Is pleasing
to the patrons and friends Of the
university as well as to members of
the faculty and students.
Hall to Cost $25O.OOO.
Stockton Hall will cost $250,000
and will be the second new unit Of
the greater university to. be COM
eted within the year. The law
school on K street will be moved into
Its new quarters just as soon as the
building Is completed. which is ex-
pected to be before the end Of the
academic year.
Mrs. Minnigerode Andrews has Of
fered to copy for the Lafayette al
cove a portrait Of Gen. Lafayette, ac-
cording to an announcement made
yesterday. 1t is announced that
relics Of Gen. Lafayette. some Of his
letters and the like, are to become
the property of the university.
The university is preparing for the
visit Of the American Association for
the Advancement Of Science, which
will be held here beginning January
80. The university gymnasium, will
be used for exhibits during the week.
A tea for the visiting scientists will
be given by the Columbian Women
on January 80. 1t is announced that
the Columbian Women have recently
arship fund.
Miss Elizabeth McAdam, secretary
Of the joint universal council of
social study Of Great Britain, ad-
dressed the students in assembly on
Wednesday last.
The annual foot ball dinner will be
held Friday night in the Lafayette
Hotel. Members of the foot ball
committee, Coach II. Watson Crum,
Capt. Guy Hotel and members of
the eleven will be present The foot
ball team had a uniformly successful
season, winning six games, losing
three and tying one. The recent VIC
tory over Catholic University on
Thanksgiving day had a most whole
some effect in the university.
The university Is gratffied to well
come DR.. Howard L. Hodgkins. dean
OF the university. who has recently
second operation on his eye. DR..
Hodgkins had a piece of. glass blown
into his eve several years ago and
had an operation last summer.
Announcement Is made by the
Franklin National Bank that Ray
mond C. Weber OF 1915 Irving street
Is winner of the 1924 Thrift prize.
Seniors of every department in the
university have joined to hold big
senior ball in the university gym
nasium January Is. August H.
seniors; Mead L. Hammond, president
of the senior engineers; Don johnson,
president Of the medical school SEN
iors; Mary Bixler, president Of
teachers college seniors, and Mar
guerite DAILY, president Of Columbian
College seniors, are the chairmen of
the senior council. Harold Young
has been appointed chairman of the
ball. Fred Youngman.' Ernest Klein,
Catherine Lantel, Margaret Nicholson,
Hazen Bond and Terese v. Haley are
in charge of details. - =
Arthur B. Heaton. one of the
architects for the university, has
offered a prize of a set of books of
other prize OF books valued at $25
for the best work on architecture
during the year.
Prof. Charles S. Collier was toast
master at the recent law school
freshman smoker. Senator Key Pitt
man, DR.. William Bruce King, Dean
William c. Van Week and Profs.
Ernest, Arnold and Moll were present.
Women Debaters' Program.
Women debaters of the university
have closed out four dates. The
tryouts will be held on Tuesday night
in 'Corcoran Hall. Helen Newman,
manager and second place winner in
the national debate last Spring, has
sity of Pittsburgh, at Pittsburgh;
Cornell University, in this city; the
University of West Virginia. in this
city, and the College Of William and
Mary, at Williamsburg, Va
Unusual activities among the
students call for the staging OF a
musical comedy this Winter, the pro-
duction Of several plays under the
auspices Of the Mines and organiza-