Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-14
c. v. j. STUDENTS
ARE AIDING BENEFIT
Committee Organized to Pro.
mote Theater Performance
October 20.

Students of the George Washington
University are aiding the benefit theater
performance which is to be given by
the Columbian Women. october %, at
Polls Theater. when Ethel Barrymore
will appear in the first Washington
performance of her new play. THE
Kingdom of God" The proceeds of
the. benefit will be devoted to the COM
pletion of the Columbian Women S
$40 900 fund for the proposed third unit
of the new building plant of the
George Washington University A COM
mttee of young women representing
the various SororitieS has been organ
lied to promote the sale Of tickets on
the campus and fraternities also are
assisting in the work.
The benefit is being sponsored by
numbers of prominent washington
women, among them Mrs. Harvey w.
Wiley, president of the Columbian
Women; Mrs. Clyd Heck Marvin, wife
of the president of the university: Mrs.
Joshua Evans. jr. only woman men,
Der of the board of trustees. and Mrs
John B. Larner. wife of the chairman
of the board of trustees
tea in honor Of members of the
British woman's debate team. which
will meet a team of George Washing
ton woman debaters during the latter
part of October, is being planned by
the Woman's Advisory Council of the
university This is the first time that A
woman's debate team from England has
visited America, and the event Is an
ticipated with great interest. George
Washington University has participated
in an international debate annually
since 1923. debating oxford and CAM
t,iS to- al TtN tho GY>riY1C
of 1927 a team of George Washington
debaters was chosen to represent the
colleges and universities of the United
States abroad.
Mothers Day Is Held.
Mothers day. held last Tuesday
under the auspices Of the Womars
Advisory Council, was most successful
occasion. The visiting mothers ex-
pressed themselves as delighted with
the opportunity of spending a day at
the university and learning at first
hand of the activities OF. their daughters.
Dean Anna A. Rose was the speaker
at a meeting held at, Silver Spring Fri
parent teacher association. Dean Rose
told of the necessity for and the ex-
cellent results obtained from closer re-
lations between the home and the
school,
washington alumni of the university
will meet at luncheon Saturday, Oc-
tober q, at 1890 o'clock at the Hotel
La Fayette Arrangements for the
luncheon are in the hands of Charles
Hart of the executive committee of the
General Alumni Association These
luncheons are held on the last Satur-
day of each month during the school
year. At meeting of the executive
committee Of the association last week
December l was set as the date for the
annual dinner given by the, association
in honor Of the foot ball squad. Lewis
Moneyway is in charge of the arrange
ments for the dinner.
The board of administrators of the
Graduate Endowment Fund held its
first meeting of the year on Wednes-
day. Members of the board are Arthur
F. Johnson. Is: George Spangler. '27.
LYMAN Dishman. rs; Margaret Maize,
%, and Robert Campbell Starr. %.
The fund. which was founded by the
classes of 1925, now amounts to $4,000,
and members of this years classes are
expected to swell the total substantially.
Faculty Members Honored ~.
recent survey Of the new edition of
Who's Who" made by the staff of the
University Ratchet. indicates that more
university are listed The fourth edi-
ton of American Men of Science in
cludes 81 members of the teaching staff,
according to the Ratchet survey.
An addition to the memorabilia of
the university was made recently when
copy of a silhouette of Luther Rice,
founder of Columbian College. was pre-