Evening star., 1925-03-22
6. v. j. DEbATERS
MAY co ABROAD
Trip Like That Taken by Ok.
ford and Cambridge
Teams Is Projected.

In seeking new fields to conquer
in debate, George Washington Uni
versity men have arranged to meet
the University of Virginia and the
University of Maryland teams on
April Is. In addIrIon to this engage
ment the George Washington men
will enter the National Oratorical
Contest the regional winners OF
which will go to California later in
the year.
Emboldened by the success of the
university debating teams, and the
rapid growth and interest in the COM
petition in the past year and half,
the university is planning to send
team to England neyt year on
iunket similar to that made by the
Oxford and Cambridge teams the past
two years.
Lost Only Once.
The university debating teams have
lost but one engagement this season
and that was last week, when the
women's team went down to defeat
The men lost a preseason engage
ment against Cambridge, which took
place during october.
Against Syracuse, Penn State and
Princeton. the men have been uni
formly successful. Maryland, Nir-
ginia, North Carolina and West Nir-
Virginia are on the schedule. The
women will debate here Saturday
night in Corcoran Hall against the
women from the College of William
and Mary.
The announced trip of the George
Washington University men to Eng
land under the auspices of Institute
Of International Education, has Great
ed unusual interest. 1t is expected
that a thorough tryout of all men in
the university will be made from in
creasingly large numbers in the next
year. The university is anxious to
make a good showing in England and
will bend every effort toward this
end.
T. Holland Rose. We're Harmsworth
professor of naval history. Cam
bridge University, will speak in Cor
coran Hall on Friday night. The
lecture concerns the naval problems
of Great Britain in the late war. In
view of the recent controversies in
this country relative to the Air SerV-
Ice and the Navy, the lecture is of
unusual interest.
Maj. James Mars OF the United
States Army will speak tomorrow at
chapel exercises. During the last
week, the United States Army films
of the bombing of the battleships off
the Virginia coast were shown.
Talks for students.
Educational talks for students
visiting Washington during the
Easter holidays have been planned by
the university. During the past few
weeks practically all of the high
schools in New York. Massachusetts.
Rhode Island and Pennsylvania which
are sending classes here for a visit
during the Easter recess. have been
reached by the university.
President Lewis recently outlined
the project of giving the visiting
students a start from the university.
where lectures and views of the city
would be shown. The Fine Arts Com
mission has heartily co-operated with
the university in lending many beau
tiful views of the city.
These will be shown and lectures
given on Washington to the visitors
daily during the Easter vacation. 1t
is expected that several thousand
visiting high school students will be
welcomed at the university.
Tuesday E. Dana Durant of the
Department of Commerce will give
lecture on american Foreign Trade
In Relation to lf-sufficiency." Stu
dents as we'll as the public is invited.
A significant change in the policy
of awards for student activities was
noted last week when the faculty
committee adopted the report of the
special insignia committee, headed by
Prof. Robert w. Bolwell. In effect
the ideas if adopted for the entire
student body will be practically the
same as those instituted by students
in 1922
Pi Delta Epsilon will hold a dance
on Thursday night in Corcoran Hall.
The Law School has voted to hold
an annual dinner. The affair is in
charge of Joseph Jordan, secretary
of the school. lambda Chapter of
Phi Sigma Kappa held its Founders
day banquet at the Mayflower yes
terday.
Phi Delta Phi held its smoker on
Thursday. Prof. Charles S. Collier,
Prof. Gilbert S. Hall and Representa-
tive Andrew Jackson Montague spoke.
Comdr. Il. ;. Patton of the Coast
and Geodetic Survey. will speak at the
next meeting of the Student Council
Of the American Society of Civil
Engineers in Corcoran Hall on We'd
nesday night.
Announcement is made that varsity
base ball will be dropped this Spring,
and that the Engineering College
team will be continued under the
direction of Prof. Johnson. The track
team, under Coach Tom Probey, will
continue its work in the gymnasium
for the present.