Evening star., 1925-10-18
{. N. BARRON HEADS
MARYLAND j. UNIT
Elected President of GIee
Club, a Leading Student Or
ganization-Other Officers.
Snecial Dlsnatch to The STIR

COLLEGE PARK, Md. October
17,-Edward NJ. Barron of Hyatts-
vile, Md, has been elected president
of the University of Maryland Glee
Club, one of the leading student or
Sanizations of the institution. Thomas
PyleS is the vice president, Laurence
Lehman, manager; Stanley Jenkins.
assistant manager. and Cecil Probet.
treasurer. Members of the club have
been selected, following try.outs.
Concerts will he listed in Washing
ton and many points in the state.
DR.. Homer {. House again is direct
ing the singers.
Grace Ripple and Ella Powell have
been elected by the Junior and fresh
men classes, respectively. TO repre-
sent them on The Woman'S Student
Council.
Three girls Edna Burnside, 10
Kelley and Frances Freeny, have
been nominated for the secretaryship
of the Sophomore Glass. Grace Lale.
gar, who was chosen last Spring
failed TO return Ia school.
RosSbourg Club. the ruling dancing
organization of the University. last
night held its first of IA series of five
hops that it will have this Winter
Stew Nhaley OF Washington is
president of the club.
Frats Pledge Five Students.
Five students have been pledged by
fraternities: PHI Sigma Kappa has
pledged Elwood Nichols: Delta Sigma
Phi. Alexander MuzZy; Delta Mu.
Harold Thonen and Wade Elgin, and
Nh Sigma Omicron. Richard Coffman
Practically thousand students,
over 100 more than last year. now
are regist cred at the university and
the list is continuing to grow. The
highest total ever reached was in the
Spring semester of 1925 when 1,Oo6
were enrolled.
Dr.. DeVoe Meade. professor of dairy
and animal husbandry, recently was
placed in charge of both of these de
partments at the university. He has
been at Maryland since the Fall of
1918. coming from New York state
College of Agriculture, Cornell Uni
versity. He trained the students stock
judging team. which three years ago
won first honors at the great national
stock shows in the United States.
DIR. William Bowie. chief of the divi-
sion of geodeSy of the Coast and Geo
detic Survey, addressed the Engineer
ing Society Thursday night.
DR.. T. Is. Symons and DR.. f. B.
BOmberger. director and assistant di-
rector, respectively, of the Extension
Service, and other members of the
staff will take part in the program of
the Maryland Farm Bureau Fedora
ton Farming School, which will be
held in Baltimore October $3.50. The
school is designed to instruct farm
bureau officials in various phases of
organization work.
LIewellyn Jones has been declared
the winer of the prize in the M
Club song contest that was started
last November. This decision has just
been reached by the board of govern
ors His song. Sons of Maryland, >"
TO the tune of Sons of America" won
for him. THE Terrapins," written by
Mike Raedy and Johnny Moran, won
second honors, In all half a dozen
songs were accepted to go along with
those that already are in the book.
Prof. G.. II. Nesom, soils specialist
of the Minnesota Agricultural station,
paid a visit to the soils laboratory at
Maryland recently. He expressed deep
interest in the sand cultures that are
being made.