Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-17
I JOURNALISTIC
HONORS BESTOWED
Five Prominent Members of
Profession and IL Students
in Pi Delta Epsilon.

and IL students who are active on the
stats of George Washington University
student publications have been elected
to membership in ri Delta Epsilon, ma
tional honorary journalistic fraternity.
Frederic william Vile, one Of the
best known editorial writer's and an in
| ternational authority on politics; Ira
Bennett, editor of the Washington Post;
Louis Ludlow, only Democratic Con-
gressman-elect from a Republican dis
! trict of Indiana former president of
| the National Press Club and a widely
known newspaper correspondent: Gid
con Lyon, associate editor of The Wash
ington Star, have accepted election to
the fraternity.
! The IL students whose work on pub
| locations has been recognized by cleo
ton are Donald Iglehart Of the Ratchet
staff, Bernard Conger Of the Cherry
Tree Annual, Nathaniel Thompson of
the Ratchet staff, Allan Nell. business
manager of the Cherry Tree; Perm
! the Ratchet and former business man.
| ager of the Colonial Wig, William Dis
mer, sports editor Of the Ratchet; Nor
man Chase of the Cherry Tree, Nor
man Conner of the Ratchet, George
Roth of the Ratchet and Wig, Harold
Jenkins of the Hatchet, James Wingo
of the Ratchet and James Wescott. for
mer assistant business manager Of the
Ratchet and now business manager of
the Colonial Wig.
Women Open Debates.
Woman debaters of the university
opened their season last night with a
| debate against woman's team from
Penn State College. The George
| Washington team was composed OF
Ruth Herman, Marjorie Mothershead
and Louise Feinstein. Ruth Herman
and Marjorie Mothershead were mem
bers of the team which participated In
| the first woman'S international inter-
collegiate debate, on october 81 last,
when q team representing the colleges
of Great Britain met a George WASH
| ington team. The women will have
their second debate on March /, when
they will meet Swarthmore College,
The mems varsity debate team has
Just returned from tour which ncluo-
ed Syracuse University and Colgate Uni
versity. Later the debaters will visit
Western Reserve University, Rutgers,
New York University, Loyola and
Butler.
The history club will hold a recep-
ton in honor of DR.. Charles Clinton
Swisher, emeritus professor OF history,
who recently has returned from several
months in Europe and Africa. Tuesday
| night in the wornan'S building Dr.
| Swisher's former students and friends
of the university, as well as members OF
present history classes, have been In
vited to attend. On Wednesday the club
will hold benefit card party at the
T~kn 60
| Swisher alcove in the library.
Fund Pledges Asked.
Members of the February graduating
class who will receive their degrees al
/ the Midwinter convocation, February
| %, when President Coolidge will make
the address, are being asked this week
| to pledge to the graduate endowment
fund of the university, established by
the classes of 1925. A pledge to the fund
was made recently by Phi Delta Gam
ma, graduate sorority Of the university.
This is the first pledge to be made by
campus organization. In making the
pledge, Phi Delta Gamma made 1t clear
| that this would in no way interfere with
| the Individual pledges of members, and
urged each member to sign pledge In
dividually. Other campus organizations,
including the internationally Council,
the Panhellenic Association. the Wom-
ans Advisory Council, the Y. w. G. A.,
the Woman's Athletic Association, the
Kappa Beta ri Legal Sorority and the
Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity have
adopted formal resolutions In support
of the fund.
George Richard Roberts, superin-
tendent Of the architectural engineering
division Of supervising architects of the
Treasury Department, has been APP
pointed lecturer in architecture In the
university to succeed Richard Fourchy,
resigned. Mr. Roberts holds the degree
of A. B. and A. M. from st. Johns Col
lege, the degree of LII. B. from the Uni
versity of Maryland and the degree of
C. e. from Lehigh University. He has
served as professor Of civil engineering
in the University of Mexico.
Douglas Bement Speaks.
Douglas Bement of the English de-
partment spoke before the Writers
League of Washington at the Thomp-
son Community Center Friday evening
Bement will address the League of
American Pen Women tomorrow on
THE Short Story"
! March is has been set as the date
| for the first annual freshman oratorical
contest. This new activity, which here
after will be an annual event, Is Spon-
sored by Phi Delta Gamma, national
professional forensic fraternity, for the
purpose of encouraging public speaking
among new students Of the university.
The winner will receive as a permanent
award the Phi Delta Gamma silver low
ing cup.
A membership drive shortly will be
inaugurated by the General Alumni AS
ISOLATION of the university. A member
ship chairman has been appointed for
each college by DR.. Oscar Benwood
Hunter, president of the association.
These chairmen will work to increase
the associations membership among
alumni of their particular schools. The
committee chairmen are as follows: DR..
Charles B. Campbell, School of Phar-
4 macy; Albert L. Harris, architecture;
Dr. Ralph L. Morrison, School Of Dem
tistry; William r. Roeser, School of En-
cheering; DR.. Cline N. Chapman, Medi-
cal School; Layman Dishman, Law
School; Miss May Paul Bradshaw,
School of Education, and Lewis Money
way, Columbian College.
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