Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-03
c. v. BOARD VOTES
TWO NEW OFFICES
Columbian College Staff to
Have Dean of Lower Divi-
sion Students.

Creation of two new administrative
Offices in Columbian College, the COL
lese OF liberal arts Of the George Wash
lngton University. was voted at the
meeting of the board OF trustees Of the
university last Wednesday.
The board voted TO add TO the staff
OF Columbian College a dean of lower
division students and an assistant dean
Tor special students and certain stu
dents with limited schedules. Under
this plan the dean of Columbian College
VIII supervise the work Of junior and
senior students only. The dean of low
er DIVISION students will be in charge Of
freshmen and sophomOres.
There will be created a Junior certifi-
cate which must be possessed by stu
dents before they can be admitted into
the upper division work. The REQUIRE
mentS for the junior certificates will
be worked out by the faculty OF Column
blan College
March IS has been set as the date for
the first annual freshman oratorical
contest, sponsored by Phi Delta Gamma,
professional forensic fraternity. The
contest will take place III the assembly
room OF Corcoran Hall on that evening
at $3.50 o'clock. DR.. Cloyd Heck Mar
vim, president, will preside. and will
present to the winner the Phi Delta
Gamma loving cup. He also will award
two gold medals to the two remaining
contestants of the three judged as win
ners. The secretary of the university.
member of the English department,
and the professor of public speaking
will act as judges.
The Women's Glee Club of the uni
versity will hold a Joint concert with
the Johns Hopkins University Mems
Glee Club March Is. About rs men.
composing the glee club and orchestra,
will come to Washington from Hopkins.
The concert will be followed by a dance.
Mrs. Marvin, wife Of the president of
the university. will entertain the Co.
lumbar Women at her home, on Tracy
place Wednesday. Oficers and COM
mittee chairmens Of the Columbian
Women will assist.
Debate teams of the university con-
tinue active. The mems team met a
team from the University of Richmond
here last Monday, debating the mega
tive of the question, Resolved, That
the United States should adopt
policy of free trade with any gov
eminent on basis Of reciprocity" A
vote of the audience gave the decision
to the Affirmative. The George Wash
ington men taking part in the debate
were Paul Keough, Robert Parsons and
Hearst Duncan. Karl F. Frisbie. man.
ager Of debate. acted as chairman.
The mems team will meet a team
from Western Reserve University here
Tuesday night. The women's team
debated a team from Swarthmore Col
lege last Friday evening in Corcoran
Hall. the topic under discussion Being
Resolved. That this house considers
present Gay advertising a menace to
public welfare" The debate was held
in what is known as split style" two
George Washington women and one
Swarthmore woman upholding the
negative. and two Swarthmore women
and one George Washington woman
upholding the affirmative.
The first OF series Of play presenta-
tons by the Dr&~-7 Club was given
yesterday evening in Corcoran Hall.
The program consisted Of three one
act plays. The Drama Club plans to
give these programs at least once a
month hereafter and is making an ef-
fort to secure presentable student
written plays for production.
Prof. Samuel Flagg Bemis, executive
cfflcer of the department Of history,
who Is now in Europe completing a re-
search project for the Library Of Con-
gress, will return to his post at the
University In September. For the past
two years Prof. Bemis has been en-
gagged In supervising the photostating
of documents relating to American
diplomatic history which repose In
European archives. The collection will
be housed in the Library of Congress.
The work is of supreme importance not
only because 1t affords the opportunity
OF studying State documents without
the necessity of going abroad for the
purpose, but also because 1t preserves
copies of valuable papers.