Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-30
NEW MEN GREETED
At MARYLAND i.
"play Fair" Is Advice Given
to Incoming Fresh.
men.

COLLEGE PARK. Md. September 90
Students at the University OF Maryland
began classes last Thursday morning
and are already we'll settled into the
routine for the 1926-29 term.
Close to $50 new students were reg
istered this year. the freshmen class
Including more than SOC boys and more
than 100 co-eds This will give the va
rious schools at college Park an en-
rollment of about 1900.
Told to PLAY Fair"
Tuesday and Wednesday were given
over to getting the new students &C
custoned to college life. On Tuesday
night Or. Raymond Allen Pearson, pres
ident of the university, and members
of the faculty gave reception TO the
newcomers in Ritchie gymnasium. DR..
Pearson spoke briefly - the yearllngs,
giving them some = ice as to their
procedure in college.
"Play Fair" Was His Chief Admonition.
Another talk was made by DR.. Charles
A. Lory, president of the Colorado state
Agriculture College, who happened to
be at College Park as the guest OF DR..
Pearson. After saying that boys and
girls we're about the same in all parts
of America he issued blanket invita-
ton to all of the students present that
when the time came to Jump OF to
spend their honeymoon in the cottages
on the campus of his institution.
Another session for the freshmen was
held in the auditorium on wednesday
evening, at which Prof. Charles S.
Richardson, head of the public speak
ing department, spoke on University
Tradition and History" and H. c. Byrd,
assistant to the president, gave an in
teres.ing talk on Student Life
Following the addresses the meeting
was turned over to the Students As
sembly. of which Fred Linton of Ia
koma Park is president, and the upper
classmen took occasion to tell the year.
lings what was expected of them and
to read the riot act" to them.
AS a result freshmen caps now are
conspicuous on the campus at College
Park, with other stipulations being in
vogue, so that the newcomers will not
forget their station.
Plan for Concerts.
Prof. 3. Louis Goodyear has an
nounced that the university choral or
ganization will be continued this year.
Plans are being made for couple of in
teresting concerts during the year, the
dates of which will be announced short
iy Regular rehearsals will begin Mon
day evening. In addition to students,
singers in the community also join the
choral organization.
A dance was given in Richie gym
naSium last night by the students pub
locations, the Diamondback, the week.
paper, and the Reveille, the year book.
Don Kieffer and Madison Lloyd, busi-
ness managers, respectively, of the two
publications, headed the committee IN
charge. The affair, the first Of the sea-
son, was well attended.
: Alpha Onicron Pi Sorority will give
o dance in Richie gymnasium next Sat-
urday night. It will follow the foot
ball game between Maryland and North
Carolina, which will be played in Byrd
Stadium here.
Curtis B. Mace, leading pitcher of the
Maryland base ball team, has been mar
ried and has not returned to school.
His bride was Nine Dean. Both are
from Cambridge, Md.
Delta Mu Fraternity has taken pos
session of its new home, which was
built during the Summer vacatiLL pc
Rod. It is handsome 24-room struc-
ture located at Princeton and wellesley
streets, two blocks east of the Baltimore
Washington Boulevard.
Tau Epsilon Phi also is building 20
room structure in the same section,
which will be ready for occupancy about
the middle Of next month. Both struc-
lures are of brick and of very attractive
design.
Sigma Phi Sigma, which planned to
build this year, has delayed operations
until next Spring.