Evening star., 1925-01-18
STUDENT GRANGE
HAS FETE AT M. u.
Tenth Anniversary Observed
With Banquet-DeIegation
Goes to Farm ParIey.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


COLLEGE PARK, Md, January
l7.-Untversity of MaryIand's Student
Grange celebrated its tenth anniver-
sary with banquet in the dining
hall at the university tonight
Among those present were B. j.
Black, State master and a member of
the board of regents of the univer-
sity; President Albert F. Woods
DIR. H. J. Patterson, director of the
experiment station; ]. E. Metzger and
w. B. Kemp.
Rubin Brighman, founder of the
Maryland Student Grange, director of
visual education at the United States
Department of Agriculture acted as
POSTMASTER.
Charles Remsberg is master of the
Maryland Grange, the other officers
being: Clark Seibert, overseer; J. Z.
Endslow, lecturer; l.. L. Newcomer,
chaplain; w. II. Evans, steward
Katherine Baker, secretary; Z. A
Walker, treasurer, and Norwood
Thornton, doorkeeper.
A delegation from the university
attended the recent convention of the
Maryland Agricultural Society and
the Maryland Farm Bureau Fedora
tion at Cambridge, on the Eastern
Shore.
DR.. II. J. Patterson, director Of the
experiment station, and DR.. T. B.
Symons, director of the extension
service. had prominent parts in the
meetings. The entire staff of the
extension service was present
Speakers included former Gov. Emer-
son c. Harrington.
Arrangements for the convention
were made by Edgar Montell, a Uni
versity of Maryland alumnus. who is
serving as county agent in Dorches-
ter County.
Donald Adams of Washington.
former Tech High student, has been
elected president of the freshman
class at the university. Adams, who
played tackle on the yearling eleven
last Fall and who is regular center
on the frosh basket ball Guint, won
out over three rivals for the ofice.
Adams turned over scholarships at
three or four other large institutions
TO pay his own way at Maryland.
Wilbur Pearce, past master of the
Student Grange at the university, d.
rected the installation of officers Of
the chapter at Sparks, Md, Tuesday
night He was assisted by Frances s
Wolfe, Katherine Baker, Fred Bull
and Howard England, who also pre-
sented a program of musical numbers
and short talks.
The contest for new yells and songs
for the university. sponsored by the
M Club, is progressing. The COM
mittee in charge has made no official
announcement, but it is known that
several impressive songs have been
submitted. r. V. Truitt, w. B. Kemp
and G.. f. Eppley Will pass upon the
efforts of the contestants just as soon
as the contest closes, the last of the
month.
L. b. Goodyear, voice instructor at
the university, will appear on the
radio program of WCAP Monday
night. He will present several solo
numbers and is expected to sing with
a quartet, the other members being
Anne Stewart, Violet Kelke and Ed
ward Barron.
Prof S. S. 4einberg, head of the
department of civil engineering of the
university, has received a number of
requests for copies of the talk, High
way Research" that he broadcast
over WCAP recently.
Dates for three of the big dances of
the year have just been arranged.
The sophomore prom has been set for
| Friday, February 27; the junior prom
will take place Friday, March 6, and
the military ball, Friday, March 27.
Katherine Stevenson, Charles Fut-
terer, Leroy Sheriff, Arthur Boyd and
Llewellyn Jones will have charge Of
the sophomore event; John Waters,
Alvin Parker, Joe Endslow and
George Schmidt make up the junior
prom committee, while Joe Burger,
cadet major of the r. o. T. C., and
Emanuel Zalesak, the adjutant, will
care for the military ball
one hundred and thirteen students
have accepted bids of the Greek letter
fraternities of the university. The
nine mems fraternities have pledged
SO, while the three women's organiza-
tions have signed UP 20. Phi Sigma
Kappa and Delta Sigma Phi led in the
pledgiug with l5 men each. Sigma
Delta reports nine, the highest num-
Der for the girls.