Evening star., 1925-11-29
c. v. j. To HONOR
FOOT BALL TEAM
Group of Officials and Stu
dents to Gather at Banquet
Friday Night.
George Washington University will

George Washington University will
pay homage to it's foot ball team Fri
day night at the La Fayette Hotel
when the annual banquet will be held
Headed by President William Ma
ther Lewis a group of university Of
ficials, student leaders, invited guests
and members of the squad. the gath
ering will spend an evening calculated
to fittingly celebrate most successful
season.
Despite the loss of the big game,
the Catholic University engagement
Thanksgiving day, the university feels
justly proud of it's eleven.
Following the foot ball dinner will
be the annual foot ball hop in the uni.
Versity gymnasium. The dinner which
precedes the dance Will be under the
auspices Of the Alumni Association.
Committees i'm Charge.
The comrattee on entertainment is
headed by J. Lewis MoneyWay. Among
those who will make the occasion en-
joyable are Miss Estelle Murray
George Myers and Ann L. Gudhue
President Lewis and members Of the
board of managers Of student activ,
tiles, Coach II. Watson Crum and
others will be among the speakers.
The committee on arr%@gements Is
headed by Vernon H. Brewster and is
composed of Gilbert l.. Hall Airline
Dufour. Philbrick Mccoy. DIR. +. A.
1Iornaday, w. W. Ross, Clinton K.
Yingling and Maxine Role. A gen.
erous turnout Of alumni is expected.
Alumni as well as students are com
bining to make the dinner and foot
ball dance well remembered evening
of entertainment. The gymnasium
will be decorated and the various fra
ternities and secretaries will back up
an interesting program of novelties.
Library Receives Gift.
The university is in possession OF
the gift Of 45 valuable Spanish books
and other interesting volumes from
Arthur Stanley Riggs The gifts
have been placed in the university
library. which IS being added TO rap
idly. Blasco Ibanez recently gave the
library a complete list of his works
Under the announced plan Of build
ing up library interest the various al.
coves for French, Spanish and other
literature have been given a decided
impetus through various gifts coming
in from time TO time.
The last of the series of lectures on
Mayan civilization will be given to
morrow night in Corcoran Hall bv Dr.
oS ~ anu -Ipi lIlt auspices
ol the archaeology department. Dr.
Morley IS finishing a series Of three
most interesting and entertaining IL
lustrated lectures. On December I
DR. Kidder of Phillips-Exeter will de-
liver the first of a series OF two lee
lures on the recent excavations in
New Mexico.
Irish NJ p. Commends G. WI
Sir Robert Lynn, Irish member of
Parliament, has recently written in
the Northern Whig and Belfast Post
laudatory article on his trip TO this
country in which he commends George
Washington University and the work
1t is doing in this city and for the
country. The university was pleased
to listen TO Sir Robert Lynn a chapel
here some weeks ago. The newspaper
article is highly priced among the no.
t1ces the university is receiving ali
over the country.
AT Thanksgiving Day chapel ex-
ercises held Wednesday at noon the
Owman's Choral Society under the
direction of Estelle Wentworth gave
an interesting cantata. The society
will present some interesting mum
bers during the Winter at various
functions.