Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-10
G. v. j. DEbATERS'
SCHEDULE HEAVY
Team Probably VIII Go to
England to Meet Big
Universities There.

George Washington University de-
baterS, who for the past three years
have been forging ahead to one of the
foremost places in the forensic world.
will enter upon a heavy schedule after
February l.
Under the direction of Coach Louis
NJ. DENT, the team will meet the
universities of Virginia, West Nir-
GINA, Oklahoma, Swarthmore' and a
number of others.
Besides the attractive schedule Of
American contests which is still being
arranged, the team probably Will go
to England to hold return debates
with Cambridge and oxford Univer-
sites.
Try-outs for the team were held Fri
day night. The successful contestants
in this preliminary will be eligible to
compete in the finals from which the
university teams Will be selected.
Topic Of Debaters.
The topic upon which debaters ar
gued on Friday was, Resolved. That
the pending Federal child-labor amend
ment should be ratified" The speak
ers were given five minutes to discuss
both sides OF the subject.
President William Mather Lewis
will attend the sessions Of the Ameri-
can Association Of Colleges in New
York City on Friday and Saturday.
The main subject of the discussion
will be on college Buildings and Ar
chitecture" Drawings and pictures
will show the latest development in
the architecture Of academic institu-
lions.
George Washington University
buildings Of the new units, the Cor
coran Hall and the Stockton Memorial
Hall will be shown in the general ex-
hibition.
Prof Elmer Louis Kayser secretary
Of the university, has been designated
to attend the inauguration of DR..
Colby at the Brooklyn Polytechnic In
stitute on Wednesday.
Meeting Of Board.
The January meeting of the board
OF trustees will be held Oh Thursday
afternoon in the boardroom in Cor
coran Hall. President Lewis will read
his annual report.
Plans for the Midwinter convoca-
ton are we'll under way. The gradu-
ating exercises will be addressed by
DR.. Frand Aydelotte, president of
Swarthmore College, who Is also head
of the Rhodes scholarship Foundation
in this country. The exercises will be
On the night Of January IA the
freshman students will hold a rally.
Student leaders will address the
gathering. On the same night the
varsity is to play Lafayette College at
basket ball. Members Of the Wash
ington Chapter of Lafayette College
are expecting to be on hand by special
invitation.
Vernon Brewster. executive secre-
tary of the General Alumnai AS
ISOLATION, announces the completion
of plans for combining the three uni
versity alumni memberships. The or
CARNATIONS affected are the General
Alumni Association, the Columbia n
George Washington Law School AS
ISOLATION and the George Washington
Medical Association.
Membership in any of the aSsocia.
lions are interchangeable, 1t being ex.
pected that out-of-town members
being affiliated Immediately with the
general organization.
University May Broadcast.
Members of the George Washington
University Episcopal Club are making
plans for the annual conference of
Episcopal clubs which will be held
here on February 26 and days fol
lowing.
Representatives Of Is colleges and
universities will attend.
George Washington University may
go on the air. in a program of an
hour and a half. If present plans are
matured. 1t is expected that con.
siderable talent will be marshalled
before the mike" according to the
outline as talked over with university
officials recently. Whether or not
the institution will give a monthly
program is not known at present.
A campus romance which has at.
tracted a lot of attention was the
recent marriage of Walter r. Stokes
to Katherine Edmonston. Stokes was
a former member of the rifle team
captain and later coach. Mrs. Stokes
was a former rifle captain and one of
the best shots in the country. Mrs
Stokes received her rife instruction
from her husband when she was a
schoolgirl at Central High, and later
in the university. Mrs. Stokes Is In
graduate school. and her husband Is
continuing in the medical school.