Evening star., 1924-11-09
HOWARD PLANNING
FOR HOMECOMING
Many Alumni Coming From
Coast Thanksgiving-Uni-
versity Clubs Elect.

Retracing their course from Cali
fornia and Oregon. hundreds Of
| grads" of Howard University will
| be coming East for Thanksgiving
! day. Reduced rates have been Sc
| cured over all roads from all points
! in the United States and Canada.
| Every registered alumnus is being
| informed of this privilege. A large
| number have already declared their
| intention to be present. 1t remains
| for the university officials and stu
| dent body. as hosts to these return
! ing alumni, to make the first real
! Howard homecoming an event long
| to be remembered
| Towards campus for 'home-com-
| ing" is to be Illuminated as at COM
| mencement time. The Alumni Asso-
! Ciation is to have a three-day re
union. The university will give d re-
! ception in honor of the alumni in the
new dining hail Friday evening, No
| vember 2S.
At Griffith Stadium. just before the
! kickoff on THANKSGIVING day, How
| ards old foot ball players will be
! honored by the board of trustees of
| the university and the department of
! physical education. They will march
! to the center of the field and receive
"a felt letter III and the varsity GER
I
| Last year Dr. Thomas w Turner
| established in the department of bot
| any what is today known as the bo-
| tanical seminar The purpose was to
| further interest in the botanical de-
| partment and TO urge advanced stu
| dents to enter the field OF scientific
research. At its first meeting, Octo-
| ber IS, the following officers We're
elected: Winston Pilgrim, president:
/ L
! ing Norcott, treasurer. The meetings
! Of the organization are held every
! Tuesday afternoon in the botanical
/ laboratory of the university science
hall.
! Caribbean Club Elects.
| At recent meeting of the Carib-
| bean club the following officers were
| elected: Canute Contable. president;
! Laurie Norville. vice presidents: Ed
ward Jones, secretary: T. ONeil,
| treasurer: Cyril Walwyn, sergeant
alarms; Leonard Barrett critic, and
! Ernest Williams, journalist The
! club is composed of South American
! students. and meetings are held every
second and fourth Saturday evening
| of the month
The Howard University German
| Club in its initial meeting elected
! Hyram Yates Chase. president: Miss
| c. A. Jeter, vice president; Miss y. l..
! Young, secretary; J. b. Blyton, as
| Sistant secretary. and II. c. Thomas,
! Sergeant-at-armS The club is ar
! ranging Il program of addresses for
! the year. All students of German and
| those interested are invited TO attend
/ meetings. The program of speakers
! for the meeting for the school year
as at present made out promises to
! increase interest in this language.
| In the initial meeting of the Au-
! tumn quarter the Mathe maticS Club
! elected the following officers: ]. d.
| Springer, president; Clarence Jones,
| vice president; Vivian NJ. Johnson,
secretary and treasurer. Prof. w. J.
Baudit of the department of mathe-
matics has been selected advisor.
Problems in higher mathematics will
| be discussed at the programs to be
| year.
| Probably the most striking piece of
! advertising by Howard University in
.connection with the annual Lincoln
! Howard foot ball game is the placard
! for this year calling attention to the
| game to be played between the two
| nationally known educational inSti-
| tutions at the American League Park
| on Thanksgiving day. The pfa ca rd
| shows a player in bold relief, clothed
| in foot ball togs, with ball under the
| left arm, with face firmly set, in the
act of charging through the oppo-
| nent's line. Around the player is in
scribed words announcing The Foot
I Ball Classic of the Year