Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19

1S.-University of Maryland this al
ternoon suspended operations until
after the Christmas holidays and the
students will be free from the books
until Monday, January 8. Only the
ones who live great distances from
College Park will remain here dur
ing the yuletide.
Two of the organizations of the
school will take jaunts during the
holidays, the Glee Club being due to
make a tour of the Western part of
the State, while the basketball taem
will go to the middle West for a
quartet of games.
One of the last things to be done
the pledging by the various fraterni-
ties, 1O6 first year men accepting
bids, as follows:
Delta Sigma Phi: w. w. Covington,
st. Michaels: H. A. Dean and Fred
erick Dent Clinton; r. Colt, Anna
polls; ]. Henry, Hancock ]. Hamilton
and F. Hetel, Cumberland; K. John
son, D. Kline, F. Ribnitki and II.
Smith, all Of Washington; l.. Jones,
Sparrows Point; J. Mcdonald, Alex
andria; n. Warcholy. Passaic, n. j.,
and NJ. Young. Ballston, Va.
Delta Psi Omega: =. Gladdings,
Pocomoke; G. Hughes and Joseph
Stroeman, Washington; G. Everstine,
Cumberland; A. Cook, Frostburg; N.
Ramsburg, Frederick; B. McPhatter,
Berwyn; d. Blennard, Hagerstown,
and Howard Newton. Chestertown.
z
que, Va; f. Moser, Thurmont: w.
Boyle, Westernport; r. Van Allen,
Washington, and r. Stiff1er, Cottage
City.
Kappa Alpha: ]. Batson r. White
and J. Benner. all of Washington; H.
Bowman, Hagerstown; G. Tobias,
Hancock; w. Chaffinch. Easton; w.
Cobey, Tallahassee, Fla; w. Evans,
Chevy Chase; C.. Ross, Hyattsville,
and l.. Lindsay, Towson.
Phi Alpha: Fl. Herstein and A.
Stateman, Newark, n. j.; j. Medwe-
doff, Baltimore, and d. Resented, ].
Shepard and j. Schapion, all of Wash
ington.
Nh Sigma Pmicron: r Jones. West
Pawlet, VT; r. Healy, Glyndon, G..
Matheke. East Orange, N. j.; Fl.
Street, Litchfield. Ohio; r. Rasch.
:
r. McCandlish, Hancock; F. Walters.
w. Barnes, Salisbury; E. Wilson,
Rockford, Ill.,; NJ. Lloyd, Cockeysville,
and NJ. Jones, Salisbury.
Phi Sigma Kappa-W. BehmyeI
and w. Fleischman, both of Balti
Philadelphia; J. Ladsom. Olney: ].
O'Neill, Washington; c. Painter Pu'
laski. Va; J. Powers. Hyattsville; J.
Robertson. -Ridgewood, n. J.; d. Tai
bot, Wortendayle. n. j., and III. Trox-
ell, Northampton, Pa.
Sigma Nu-C. Dodson, NJ. Rooms,
B. Quinn. j. Radice, G. Madigan, G.
Roberts. 3. Hanback,, H. Scruggs, +.
Cox, l.. Smallwood and A. Heagy. all
of Washington; N. Falkenstein,
Mountain Lake Park: T. Kay, Elk
Mills; r. Settle, w. Brewington and
r. Janetsky, all of Baltimore, and
A. Crothers, Elkton.
Sigma Phi Sigma-Alfred w
Russell Spence, Hancock; Charles w.
Frame, Hyattsville: William J. Kin
namon, Easton; William L. Shank,
Mount Sterling. Pa; Forest G. Lit
tlejohn, Shenandoah Junction, w.
Va; George Phipps. Washington; Ed
win S. Valiant, Centreville: Gordon
A. Lewis, Hagerstown; Harry e.
Schramm, Cumberland; clifford r.
Higgins, Gaithersburg. and Harry
Wilson. Engleside.
Sigma Tau Omega-D. Nevius
Branchyille; J. Jones. Westminster
w. Hammersley. Franklin, Ind; H.
Amos, Kensington; G. Barnsley, Rock.
VILE, and r. lager.
InA T]In,
mont; l.. Scarborough, Street; J.
Gaver, Mount Airy; S. Hotter, Mid
dleton: r. Cannady and n. Penning-
ton, Kennedyville; !. Lamgeluttig
Baltimore; Fl. Hopes, Bel Air; o.
Neal. Kentucky: w. WAINWRIGHT.
South Carolina, and G.. Byrd, Girls
field.
1t has been definitely decided that
the junior prom will he held at a
hotel in Washington instead of in
Richie gymnasium here as it has the
past three years. Donald Adams of
Chevy Chase is president of the junior
class.
Frank Witter has been elected
master of the Student Grange, with
the other officers as follows: Walter
Chapman, overseer; Reese Sewell.
steward; Samuel Wordsworth, assist
sistant steward; Dan Fahey, lecturer:
Grace Lighter, secretary: Anna Price.
chaplain Frances F'reeny. coed as
sistant lecturer: Frances Morris,
Pomona; Phyllis Houser, Ceres: Mary
Jane McCurdy, Flora Joseph Long,
gatekeeper, and Harvey Stanton,
treasurer.
Ross5urS Club held it's annual
Christmas dance in Richie gymna-
SUM Friday night following the
Washington and Lee Maryland basket
ball game. 1t was largely attended.
Eleven new members have been
initiated into Sigma Delta Pi, honor
airy Spanish fraternity. They are
Marcia Price. Harriet Little, Con-
stance Church, Anita Peters, Alberta
Orion, Russell Jones. Raymond
Blakeslee. Egbert Tingley. Edwarth
Troth, Jack Vierkorn and Harry
Cashell.
Dean A. n. Johnson of the College
of Engineering has been selected to
give talk on Concrete Roads" at
the annual conference of highway
commissioners and engineers of Mich
,gan at the University of Michigan
February Is.