Evening star., 1927-12-04
c. v. j. MAY MAKE
SCIENCE CHANGES
Officials of School Confer on
Proposals to Radically Alter
Present System.

Important changes in the scientific
department of George Washington
University are anticipated as a result
of a conference of the heads of the
departments held during the past
week. The organization of the sci
entific work done in the university
was carefully considered with a view
to recommending vital changes.
The conference probably will make
several suggestions for the approval
Of the university head and these, it Is
reported. will be far.reaching in scope.
President Cloyd Heck Marvin, Dean
William Allen Wilbur and Profs.
GrigSs. Bartsch. Mackall, Brown and
Bassler attended the conference.
The recent changes in departmental
work in the university and the re-
organization Of the various schoois as
units were made in accordance with
the ideas instituted by the new pres
ident. e..
February 81 has been set aside Tor
the Midwinter convocation. Al TINS
time DR.. Marvin viii be inaugurateo
9 president of the institution Plans
for the ceremony have been COM
pleted.
VIII Speak In Charleston.
DR.. Marvin will speak December )
at Charleston, s. T., before the ma
sonic bodies of the State.
Outstanding events of the past week
vere the annual foot ball dinner held
on Thursday at the Lafayette Hotel
under the auspices of the Washington
Alumni Association and the Mothers
day celebration at the university on
Friday.
The foot ball dinner was well at
tended and President Marvin, Dr.
Frank Hornaday, Mr.. William Bruce
King. Coach Maud" Crum and Lewis
Moneyway were among the speakers:
The seasons review was given ana
motion pictures were shown or the
home games through the courtesy OF
Dr. H S. Hoffman.
Harold 3. Warner and Irene Pts
torio of the executive committee of
the alumni arranged the details. which
included entertainment by Honey
Campbell of keith's, Herbert Aldridge,
tenor; Elizabeth Gardner Coombs,
Selma Selinger Klein and Earl Klein.
The Mothers day program was eX-
tensive and included visit to all de-
partments of the university. exhibition
gymnasium drills and an exhibition
basket ball game, talks by DR.. Marvin
and Dean Anna l.. Rose. as well as
brief speeches by Marcelle LIE Mena-
ger on scholarship" and Elizabeth
Wright on Student Activities.
Luncheon was served in Corcoran
Hall, and the program was concluded
late in the afternoon in the gymna-
SUM with the basket ball contest.
Three Selected for HOnors.
Announcement is made of the Sc
lection of Margaret Maize, Marcelle
lie Menager and Elizabeth Wiltbank
as members of the Spinx Society. The
selections are based upon scholarship
and student activity attainments. TIE
Hour Glass Honor Society announces
the selection of Maxine Alverson,
Julia Denning, Louise Du Bose, Mary
Ewin and Alice Graham.
Considerable interest is being mani
fest in the university over the bill eX-
pected to be introduced in Congress
hy Representative Frank l.. Bowman
of West Virginia, proposing that all
real and personal property owned and
used by flaternal organizations among
students of a college in the District
shall not be subject TO tax.
Many fraternities at George Wash
tngton University, as we'll AS others
affiliated with local institutions, are
buying property.
The annual Vodvil show will he
staged December s, when silver cup
will be awarded the university organl-
zation presenting the best act In the
show. Preparations have been under
way for some time for the Offering.
The advance in date is necessitated by
the need for the gymnasium for baS-
ket ball at an earlier date.
Henry Clay Espey. for many years
manager of the G. w. rifle team. has
heen elected president of the G. w.
Club. The G.. w. Club numbers many
former university athletes, and
movement is on foot to combine it
with the general alumni organization
and to list all former G. w. athletes.
Considerable activity is noted in in
door athletics in the university. The
mems basket ball team has been called
out under Coach Crum. The girls
basket ball, rifle and swimming teams
are under way for the Winter pro-
gram.