Evening star., 1928-05-06
CLASS ELECTIONS
AT c. v. i. MAY 19
Australian System of Ballot
ing to Be Used for Select
ing Next Years Officers.

Election of next years sophomore,
junior and senior class officers in CO.
lumbia College. the School of Educa-
ton, the School of Engineering and the
School OF Pharmacy of George Wash
ington University will take place May
10. between 10 am. and 1890 pm,
and pm and pm. in the university
gymnasium.
The election is under the direction OF
Warren Reed West. professor OF the po-
litical science department The Aus
tralian system of balloting will be used
Names will be placed on the ballot by
petition. the signature of five qualified
voters being required All petitions
must be in by PM, May 8.
The direction of class elections by the
political science department has proved
most satisfactory. and the system of
electing officers at the end of the school
year for the succeeding year means that
classes are organized when the uni
versity opens in the Fall.
Joint Sports Day.
A new departure in womens athletics
was initiated yesterday when ITO girls,
including 40 from Hood College, 20 from
the University of Maryland and so from
George Washington University partici-
pated in sports day at the Central
High School Stadium. Tennis, archery.
base ball and track events were on the
program. The girls were organized, ir-
respective of college afflliation, into two
teams, the Wings and Tories. The OBJ
ject of this type of meet is to avoid the
monopolizing Of sports by small groups
Of highly skilled players, and to en-
courage participation by numbers OF
girls. This was the first time when
Hood College and the University of
Maryland, neither of which has varsity
competition for women, have sent visit
ing teams TO Washington.
Following the games the visitors were
entertained at supper in the university
gymnasium and later witnessed the
bouts for the women's individual fenc-
ing championship of the District. in
which three George Washington I'M:
versity girls. Mamie Hanson, Elizabeth
Zimmerman and Florence Merriam took
part.
Having competed in two international
debates and nine others with American
Universities, the George Washington
debate team has completed its sched-
ule for 1927-25 The debate with Cam
bridge University and that with the
University of the Philippines were out
standing events of the season. The sea-
sons record shows four encounters wc1,
-four lost, and one no-decision debate.
John L. Seymour, Karl Frisbie. Gwyn1
Sanders. D. l.. Hatch, John Parsons,
Charles Laughlin, William Williamson
and James Kirkland represented George
Washington during the season.
Debate Team Ends Tour.
The women's debate team recently
concluded its work for the year with a
three-day tour. defeating Cornell and
New York University. and meeting
Hunter College in a no-decision en-
counter. During the season debates
have been held with Bucknell, New
York University. Hunter College. Wess
Virginia University. Cornell. Trinity,
Penn State and Maryland. Girls wh0
composed the squad were: Ruth Herman.
Lillian Rhodes. Inez Howard. Virginia
Frye. Emma McQuigger, Nancy Gris-
void and Louise Feinstein.
The annual Faculty-P Pyramid Honor
Society basket ball game will take place
on May 49, Henry Grattan Doyle. dean
Of men. Is manager OF the faculty team,
and Harold NJ. Young Is managing the
Pyramid team.
The inter-class track and field meet
has been scheduled tentatively for next
Friday at the Central High School
Stadium A feature Of the meet will be
the ter-fraternity relay race. which
is always a favorite event with the
spectators. Each fraternity is training
a squad in an effort TO wreSt honors
from the Theta Delta Chi Fraternity,
which won the race last year.
Harryman Dorsey, George Washing
ton University junior. Will represent ths
District in the regional meet of the
National intercollegiate Oratorical Con-
test. which will be held at Bucknell
University the middle of May. The
winner of this regional contest will be
entitled to a place at the finals to be
held In Los Angeles. June 81.