Evening star., 1927-05-08
STUDENT At c. v. i.
WINS SCHOLARSHIP
Phoebe Morrison to Study at
Yale on Fund Awarded
as Peace Prize.

Phoebe Morrison, a member of the
senior Law School class of George
Washington University, has been an
nounced a S one of the three winners of
the fellowship in international law
offered by the Carnegie Institute for
International Peace The award is for
81 900 and Miss Morrison will study at
Yale University next Fall under Prof
Burchard.
| Miss Morrison will graduate in June
With an unusually high scholarship
record She has attained the highest
standing in marks through her entire
career at George Washington Univer-
sity. She was awarded the Ordronaux
prize scholarship and four other prizes
during the past three years, one for
the best work in the required subjects
of the first and second years, one for
the second highest average grade in
the second year and another for the
highest scholastic average during the
work of the first and second years.
The Carnegie fellowship winner is
member of the Phi Delta Delta Legal
Sorority. has been active in intercol
legiate debating. has been leaCer IN
activities among women in the Low
+ School and has received the highest
commendation for faculty cooperation.
Endorsed by Dean.
Dean William c. Van Week of the
Law School heartily indorsed Miss
Morrison and predicted that she will
dc successful work In this branch OF
the law.
Beginning tomorrow, the American
Law Institute opens its conferences
here Members OF the Law School
faculty will he in attendance at the
meetings as we'll as at the conference
of the reporter and advisers on con
fiict of laws, of which Dean Van Week
is one of the advisers. The meetings
ara expected to be generously attended
by mebers of the legal fraternity in
this city.
Wednesday last at chapel DR.. Sam
uel Flagg Bemis. winner of the 1926
Pulitzer prize award of $4,000 spoke
to the students. DR.. Bemis book,
''Pinckney's Treaty. Study in Amer
ica's Advantage From Europe's Dis
tress, 17S3-1S00," was selected as the
outstanding historical work of 1926 by
the Pulitzer prize committee.
DR.. Bemis is head of the history de-
partment in the university and was
al 20 the winner of the knights of CO.
lumbus historical prize in 1928, which
won $4,000. He paid tribute to the
substantial help obtained in this city
at the Library of Congress and the
institutions of Europe. particularly in
Spain, as we'll as the Carnegie Endow
ment Library, and the assistance of
his many friends.
The history department produced
another winner this year in Prof.
Lowell j. Ragatz. who was awarded
the American Historical Association
prize this Winter at Rochester for his
work in history
Friday and yesterday the Classical
Association of the Atlantic States held
its twenty-first meeting here in Cor
coran Hall. More than 200 educators
attended the various sessions, which
lasted two days. The annual dinner
was held at the Raleigh Hotel.
DIR. Lewis Gives Talk.
Arrangements for the sessions were
under the direction of Prof. Elmer
Louis Kayser, secretary of the univer
sity, and a committee composed OF
Mabel Cant Murphy, Anna l.. Rose.
Stephen a. Hurbut, Mallie j. Murphy,
Mrs. Mitchell Carroll. DR.. Roy j. De
ferrari, Mabel G. Halves, Mildred Dean
and DR.. Charles s. Smith.
DR.. William Mather Lewis delivered
the principal address on Thursday II
Rutgers College, New Brunswick, n,
j., at the meeting of the New Jersey
made an address of welcome to the
Classical Association here on Friday
afternoon. :.
Eight men who have achieved hon
in student activities were selected
for the Pyramid Honor Society and
were initiated at the Phi Sigma Kappa
House recently. Larry Parker. Bever-
idge Miller. Campbell Starr Milton l..
Dennis. Hugh Riley. Herndon Athey.
Irwin McGrew and William A. McSwain
were admitted to membership. Dean
William Cline Borden of the Medical
School. also received the honor.
The Troubadors presented Not Yet
FIeurette" in the Gymnasium Theater
three nights last week to enthusiastic
audiences. The musical comedy is en- |
tered for the Phi Gamma Delta ORA |
matte cup and is the joint offering of |
Larry Parker and Elmer Brown. !
"ambers of the student body made up |
the cast.
Prof. Henry Grattan Doyle recently |
addressed the French section of the !
Woman's City Club and the Inter |
national Association of Arts and Let |
tiers at the Carlton Hotel Prof Doyle, |
with DIR. Lewis and Dean George n. |
Henning of the Graduate School, rep |
resented the university on Thursday
and Friday at the tenth annual meet |
ing of the American Council on Edu-
cation at the National Research Coun-
Gil building
The Women's Medical Club has re-
ceived a charter of Alpha Epsilon Iota.
National Woman's Medical Fraternity. |
Installation of the chapter was held |
at st. Elizabeth's Hospital.
During the past week men and wo-
men of the university co-operated in
raising funds for the flood sufferers
Red Cross boxes were placed on the
Southern co-eds were plac-
ed in Narge of the boxes.
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