Evening star., 1925-02-15
G. v. j. LAYS PLANS
FOR CONvOCAT|0N
Michael Pupin to Deliver
Commencement Address.
Many Social Events.

Complete plans for the annual mid
winter convocation of George Wash
tngton University, including the social
events incident to the Junior week
celebration, were announced yester-
day.
DIR. Michael Pupin of Columbia Uni
versity, will deliver the graduation
address at Memorial Continental Hall
Monday afternoon, February %.
Baccalaureate Sunday exercises Will
be observed February 23. DR.. q. b.
Stewart, president of the Auburn
Theological Seminary of Auburn, n.
Y, will deliver the sermon.
Following the graduation exercises
Monday afternoon, there will be a
junior class reception. On the night
of February %, the annual Junior
class play will be given. Tea for
Three" is the vehicle which will be
directed by Leonard Hall, dramatic
critic of the Daily News, and j. Fos-
ter Hagen of the Times. On Sunday,
February %, the various fraternitles
will give a progressive dinner of 10
courses, one course being served at
each of the 10 houses. The annual
Junior promenade, the biggest social
function of the year, will be held at
the new Mayf1ower Hotel on the night
of February -.
Mrs. Coolidge Is FatrOness.
The university is fostering the
George Washington colonial ball.
which is to be held in the university
gymnasium on the night of February
35. Mrs. Coolidge is one of the pa
tronesses. An added feature of the
ball is the fact that Elizabeth owens,
a great-great- at-granddaughter of Law
L. ,,,,-t, h.. for
ance.
The university has begun its second
semester, and reports from the Law
School indicate that IA record regis
tration will be made this year. De-
spite the restriction imposed upon en-
tering students, Dean William c. Van
Week reports that there are more
students enrolled than at this time
year ago.
With one year of academic work
required this year and two required
next year for entrance in the Law
School, it was predicted that there
would be fewer listed this year. The
contrary is the case, tA enrolment
for the year being 1850, With students
continually entering. The first-year
law class numbers 800. as against 37S
last year. The department of arts
and sciences has 343. freshman stu
dents listed in midyear, against
S19 year ago.
DIR. Eaton to speak.
DR.. Edward Dwight Eaton, former
president Of Beloit College, will ad
dress the students in chapel tomorrow
at noon. On Friday afternoon Mrs.
Izetta Jewell Brown, well known in
Washington and one of the leading
woman Democrats, will speak to the
student body in chapel
The American Congress on Internal
Medicine will have the use of the
university hospital during the ses-
sions in Washington March .. The
program of clinics and special dem
onstrations is unusually comprehen-
sive.
In keeping with the events of junior
week will be the first intercollegiate
debate of the new year with Syracuse
University and listed for the night of
February %. The Orange debaters
will come prepared to take the af-
firmative side of the question, Re
solved, That Congress shall have the
power by two-thirds vote to declare
effective a law previously declared
unconstitutional by the United States
Supreme Court"
President William Mather Lewis
recently completed a swing through
the Middle West and the North. talk
clubs. He reports unusual interest in
university affairs and a splendid spirit
of cooperation. In the meantime the
student drive for funds to continue
the campaign is going on rapidly
Henry James, chairman of the affair.
reports steady stream of student
contri buttons.
Writer'S Have Dance.
The--staffs of the Hatchet and the
Cherry Tree held a valentine dance
last night in the assembly room of
Corcoran Hall. The affair was well
attended and marked the launching
of the campaign for vigorous activity
in the Cherry Tree deliberations.
The annual yearbook promises to be
Il splendid feature of university life
this year \ poprprrity contest for
students has been krted.
President Lewis Will deliver the
founders day address at the exercises
at HollinS College, Virginia. Saturday.
DIR. Charles Lucius Cooke, a graduate
of Columbian College of the class of
1890, took UP his duties at Hollins
College and brought it to a state of
perfection.
Nine girls have been elected to the
Hour Glass Society. They were
pledged at a tea recently. For gen
eral excellence in student activities
as well as in academic attainments
the girls joined a thoroughly repre-
sentative group. The pledges were
Eleanora Barroll, Elizabeth Bradford,
Louise Espey, Ruth Gregory, Alice
Haines, Edna Fitzpatrick, Marguerite
Smith, Louise Strother and Catherine
Wright.