Evening star., 1925-05-24
TO ENDOW LIBRARY
Of STOCKTON HALL
G. w. U. Alumni Advised of
Plans for Raising Maury
Memorial $50, 900 Fund.

Alumni and friends of George
Washington University have recent
ly been sent Information relative TO
the Maury Memorial, a fund of $780,
600. to be raised to equip and endow
the law library OF the new Stockton
Hall, the s250,0O0 structure which
will be opened on Twentieth street
in September.
The committee named last week to
raise the fund in memory of the late
William A. Maury is headed by
Henry P. Blair. William 3. King,
John Paul Earnest. Maj. Peyton Cor
don, DR.. William Mather Lewis, Dean
William c. Van Week. Justice Ed
| ward Stafford. Gilbert l.. Hall and
Vernon H. Brewster.
1T Is expected that the Maury Ii
brary will be patterned after the
Boa riman Memorial at Cornell. the
Biddle Library Of the University of
Pennsylvania. the Ruger Library at
Syracuse and the Fenton Library at
the University of Oregon.
Exams" Under Way.
Examinations have been going on
| in all departments of the university
during the past week and will con-
tinue during this week. The out
| standing features of interest to
students, faculty and patrons of the
university for the coming week are
| the alumni reception, the senior
promenade and the baccalaureate
| Sunday sermon.
The senior prom will be held Fri
| day night i'll the big ballroom of the
start at 10 O'Clock. On Wednesday
night, at the Washington Club. the
annual senior class reception will be
held. On Sunday afternoon at 2:30
O'Clock the baccalaureate sermon
Will ~be preached on the university
campus by Right Rev. Henry est.
| George Tucker of the Virginia Theo.
logical Seminary.
Details of graduation exercises are
completed. The event will be held
I'm the Washington Auditorium on
the night of June at o'clock.
Arrangements have been completed
to put the exercises ION the air.
| The 400 and more students who will
receive degrees win be addressed by
| DIR. Henry Emerson Fosdick, noted
New York divine, who has just been
mentioned as the possible pastor OF
the Rockefeller church.
| The events of graduation week
start with the baccalaureate sermon
lnext Sunday and are followed by the
pilgrimage to Mount Vernon on Mon
L
by the annual base ball game on the
White Lot Ellipse I'm the afternoon.
| Gen. John A. Lejeune will head the
pilgrimage to Mount Vernon and will
, lay a wreath on the tomb of Wash
| ington. On the night of June ., Pres
ident and Mrs. Lewis will entertain
| the senior class graduates at a re-
ception to be held at Corcoran Hall
| The commencement exercises take
place on June as announced.
! Dean William Cline Borden of the
medical school will attend the an
nual meeting of the American Med
Iical Association to be held at Allan
tic City this week.
| Following period of two weeks OF
more vacation the university Sum-
mer school will open under the di-
rection of Dean William c. Ruediger
iJune 10.
During the Summer the university
Twill supply any number of students
for various occupations. Dean Anna
l.. Rose of Columbian College, has
listed many students who seek en-.
ployment. There are students listed
for many and varied occupations
Those interested may apply to Dean
Rose for information relating to stu.
dents needing employment during
/ the Summer The idea was started
some weeks ago and the list is COM
plete and embraces a wide range OF
applicants.
Announcement is made that the
annual Cherry Tree is coming from
the press this week and that the
weekly publication, the Hatchet
after a seven day suspension, will
print its final issue this week.