Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20
HOWARD u. HONORS
FOOT BALL SQUAD
Athletic Control Board Entertains
Players at Banquet-Events
of Week Noted.

AS final close to the 1926 foot ball
season. a banquet was rendered the
members of the Howard foot ball
squad on Friday evening in the uni
versity dining hall on the university
campus by the board of athletic con-
troll and university administration in
token of its appreciation of the won
derful record made by the men who
represented Howard on the foot ball
gridiron.
DR.. j. Stanley Durkee, president of
the university; DR.. Emmett j. Scott,
seCretary-treaSurer. and DR.. +. p.
Davis, chairman, and all members of
the board of athletic control were pres
ent at the banquet to personally ex-
tend congratulations TO Coach Louis
l.. Watson and the men of the squad.
Announcement was made of the
names of the members of the squad
who are to receive the university H"
this year. They are Edgar A. Long,
captain: Clarence !. Smith, Vernon
3. Smith, Robert D. Miller. Milfred II.
Martin, Harry T. Webb, Raymond s.
Dekes. Louis F. Campbell, Joseph y.
Dodson. John II. Coles, Carroll w.
Sallie, Lionel Deckle Mclean, James
G.. Tyson. Hughlon VI. Kelley, Joseph
F. S. Carter, John p. Moore, man
ager; James billiard. Edgar NJ. Ross.
l.. Lloyd Burrell, jr.; Harry r. Payne,
George jefferson. Hilry c. Thomas,
Garrett A. II. Price, Daniel w. Brown.
Freshman-SOphomor Debate.
Under the auspices of the Kappa
Sigma Debating Society the annual
debate between the freshmen and
sophomore classes of the academic de-
partment of Howard University was
held last Friday evening in the An
drew Rankin Memorial Chapel on the
university campus. The subject dis
cussed was: Resolved. That the
Eighteenth Amendment Should Be Re
pealed."
The affirmative side of the question
was upheld by the class of 1928 and
the negative by the class of 1929. The
participants in the debate We're MeSSrs.
Robert cambridge, Reginald Goodwin
and George Johnson, representatives
of the freshman class, and MeSsrs. Ed
ward A. Beaubian, Howard A. Bailey
and Walter J. Upperman, representa-
tiVeS of the sophomore class.
The inter-class committee of the
Kappa Sigma Debating Society, in
charge OF the arrangements of the
debate was composed of Messrs. +. r..
Lovett, 20; {. l.. Banks, 81, and
w. S. Robinson, 20.
Basket ball has now taken the place
recently occupied by foot ball as the
sport engaging the attention of How
ard students in connection with ath-
letic activities, the department of ply
steal education Is hard at work round
ing up material for the varsity team.
The university orchestra, under the
direction of Sergt. Dorcy Rhodes.
gave a recital at the MONDAY chapel
exercises held in Andrew Rankin Me-
mortal Chapel on Wednesday.
"CoIored Mems Work." Lecture Topic.
The mems assembly at the noon
day exercises in Andrew Rankin Me-
mortal Chapel heard William c, Cra-
yer, national student secretary of the
Young Mems Christian Association,
Colored Mems Work, New York City.
Mr.. Craver mentioned the helpful and
interesting work being carried on by
the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton in the various schools and col
legeS of the country and urged the
students to take a greater interest In
''Y" work.
Theodore r. George and Miss Mabel
c. Holloway, students in the college
department of Howard University,
representated the university at the
meeting of the National Students
+
University, Princeon, n. j. Miss Hol-
loway was elected a member of the
executive committee of the federation.
The vesper services at Howard Uni
versity this afternoon will be a spe-
cial Christmas feature. Miss Mary
Burrill will read The Other Wise
Man" by Henry Van Dyke. A candle
procession by the women of the uni
versity will be part of the exercises.
The vested choir will furnish special
Christmas music for the occasion.
Plans for the publication of the
Bison, Vol. Nv, the college annual for
the class of 1926, are now under way.
The members of the editorial staff of
the Bison are l.. Lloyd Burrell. jr.,
editor-in. chief; Bernice Chism. asso-
ciate editor; Theodore George, asso-
ciate editor; L. T. Burbridge. business
manager; Threet L. Weiss, advertis-
ing manager; John II. Harmon, as
sistant advertising manager; Louise
K. Johnson, society editor; Norvel-
eatte Hall, art editor; w. Wallace
Andrews, sports editor, and Charles
w. Williams, fun editor.