Evening star., 1926-12-05
MARYLAND TO HAVE
R. 0. 7. c. MUSTER
Lieut.. Col. Clarence Deems.
Jr., Will Inspect Unit To-
morrow at College.

COLLEGE PARK. Md, September
4 (SpeciaD.-University of Maryland's
Reserve Officers Training Corps unit
will be inspected Monday by Lieut.
Col. Clarence Deems. jr., who is ir
charge of Reserve Officers Train'ns
Corps affairs in the Sd Corps Arsa
Col. Deems Is member of the staS
or Maj. Gen. Douglas Macarthur. Will
offices In Baltimore
Col. Deems. who is n graduate az
West Point in the class of 1900. has
seen varied service, which included
the command OF the 57th Field Artil
lery In France. where he won the
Distinguished Service Medal. F'oy
some years. as captain. he commanded
the Black Horse Battery, Battery r
lst Field Artillery. during which time
he received the highest rating for field
firing of all batteries in the Army.
Col. Deems present activities relate
principally to the military supervision
and coordination OF the Reserve OIL
GERS Training Corps training and re-
lated interests in the Sd Corps
Area. which includes the District Of
Columbia. Maryland. Virginia and
Pennsylvania.
The 1926 Reveille, the university
annual, was given a first-class honor
rating by the Central Interscholastlc
Press Association in the country-wide
ranking. just made public. a total q.
4S9 yearboOks We're entered in the
competition. The Reveille was award
ed perfect score for literary content
Albert Heagy and Robert Settle tied
in the race for the presidency of the
freshman class and another ballot ~"
the Office will have to be taken. Other
officers were chosen as follows q
Roberts, vice president: NJ. Wisner
secretary; F. Madigan. treasurer: J.
Rabinitzki, sergeant-at-arlns. and "
Smallwood student representation.
Alpha Gamma is the newest sociai
fraternity to make its bow at IL"
university. 1t has been approved Is
the interfraternity council and the
university senate. Myron Shear -
president of the organization and
other charter members are: Horac"
Buckman. Walker Dawson, John Ma
gruder. Floyd Ritter. Norwood Thor
ton. Howard England, Roscoe Cob
lentz, William England, Harry Cot'
man. William Evans. Eugene Kinc
Joseph Hopes, Herbert Deickman
Fred Dodge. Engelbert Schmidt. Bel
jamin Gunby. Burwell Powell, JOSEPH
Long, Robert Teeter. Henry Wash
burn. Marion Wallace, William
Cooper and Arthur Hamilton.
Mrs. Eleanor Murphy recent ad
dition to the faculty, has arrived and
has taken up her duties at the pra'
tice house. She is a native of Louis
ana and received her early education
there. She also attended Sullin's Col '
lege of Virginia and later earned he
b. A. from Louisiana Polytechnic
Her graduate work in home economic
was taken at Columbia Universitr
and the University of Chicago.
The United States Geological Sur
vey has presented to the College of
Engineering of the university con
plete set of topographic maps q:
Maryland. each mounted on cloth and
all bound in a large loose leaf bindet
the courtesy of Col c. H. Birdseye,
chief topographic engineer of the
Geological Survey.
Prof. II. r. Cottcrman of the UNI
versity has been continued on the ex
tension committee of the American
Association for the Advancement of
Agricultural Teaching.
Fl. II. Cpsall has been elected pres
ident of the Graduate Club, with A. l..
Fenner. vice president: r. G.. Yoder.
treasurer, and Ruth Engle, secretary
The Faculty Club of the university
will give its first social of the season
Monday night at the Delta Psi Omega
house. Prof. J. l.. Silin is chairman
of the committee on arrangements and
an interesting program is promised.