Evening star., 1927-04-17
CAPITAL MARYLAND
STUDENT HONORED
John E. Savage Elected
President of Assembly.
DebaterS Named. D..
Special Dispatch 10 The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
COLLEGE PARK. Nd, April 16.--
John E. Savage of Washington,
junior in the College of Arts and
sciences, has been elected president
of the Students Assembly at the Uni
versity of Maryland for the 1928
term. This is the highest office that
can he bestowed upon student by
his fellow students.
Horace Hampton OF Chevy Chase,
Nd, was elected vice president; Grace
Laleger of Washington, secretary;
Ted Olds of Silver Spring, Md, treas
urer, and Fred Linkous of Pyles-
vile, Nd, sergeant-at-arms.
Savage has been prominent in social
affairs at Maryland. Hampton is cheer
leader and assistant manger of
lacrosse. Miss LaIeger is president of
Alpha Omicron ri Fraternity. Olds
is manager of basket ball for next
season, and Linkous is a three-letter
athlete, having earned his insignia in
basket ball, foot ball and lacrosse.
Ed Melchior of Marriottsville, Md,
the retiring president of the assembly.
has been one of the most efficient
executives who have ever held the
position.
Frank Witter and Clark Beach viii
represent Maryland in unique debate
with Washington and Lee in the audi
torium of the university on the eve.
ming of April %. A precedent will be
set by having one man from each
team on each side of the question,
Resolved, That the present system of
trial by jury should be abolished"
Decision will be by the vote of the
audience.
William Press, Jack Savage and
Grace Laleger viii represent the new
Mercer Literary Society in the annual
debate with the Poe Literary Society
for the DR.. J. H. Patterson cup. Alter
mates are Norwood Eason and Edith
Burnside. Poe debaterS were selected
some time ago. The definite date for
the debate has not been set, but it
will be soon. The subject viii be
Resolved. That the so-called emanci.
patton of women has been loss,
rather than a gain, to her sex" Poe
will have the affirmative.
J. n. MackalI, chairman and chief
engineer of the State Roads Commits
sion, who was graduated from Mary
land in the class Of 1905, viii address
the freshman engineers, Wednesday
at 1870 o'clock, in the physics lecture
room.
Dean Frederick E.. Lee of the Col.
lege of Arts and Sciences. and DR..
J. f. Andrews of the history depart
ment. will attend a meeting of the
Academy of Political Science in Phila-
deiphia. on April % and %. Dean Lee
will represent the university, while
DR. Andrews, with DR.. G.. Latane of
Johns Hopkins, viii represent the
American Association of University
Professors, which has about 5000
members.
Dean Lee and Dr. Andrews also viii
attend the meetings of the Society of
International Law at the New Willard
Hotel in Washington on April %. %
and 80.
DARCY Bonnet has been elected
president Of the Horticultural Club
for next year, with Frederick Dodge,
vice president, and Joseph Long,
secretary y-treasurer.
Helen Beyerle has been appointed
chairman of a committee to arrange
for the annual banquet of the Wom-
ans Athletic Association. She is being
assisted by Elizabeth Corkins and
Geneva Reich.
Following the close of classes on
Thursday morning. an Easter holiday
was declared until Wednesday morn
Ing.