Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-11-07
ANNUAL HOME
COMING TILT
Red Letter Day at University
OF Maryland for Alumni
and Former Students
TWO BIG FOOT
BALL GAMES
Many Features Additional To the
Games Are To Be Provided

College Park, Md-Home Coming
Day at the University of Maryland,
always a red letter day for Alumni
and former students, is to be cele.
brated November 8, when Washing.
ton and Lee comes to Maryland for
the annual football game with the
Black and Gold of the Old Line State.
Actually there will be two football
games. as the Washington and Lee
freshman team also Is to visit College
Park to play the Maryland freshmen.
The game between the freshman teams
will take place at 10 A. M. and the
Varsity at 2.S0 P. M.
Washington and Lee and Maryland
nave met five times in football and
Maryland has won only once. In 1924.
in game In Washington, Maryland
lost by 10 to 6; the next year at Col
lege Park 1t was defeated z to 3, the
following year, at Lexington, it went
down by 8 to 0 and the next was
whipped by IL to z. The last game.
In 1928, was won by Maryland, 6 to 0,
SO that actually the series has been
one Of the most closely contested In
the history of football. The game
this year is likely to be very little
different from the others.
Last year the University of Wiz.
ginia was met in the annual Home
coming tilt, when the teams battled
to Is to 10 tie before one of the
largest crowds ever assembled at the
University.
Features additional to the game are
to be provided. Members of the fresh.
man class, aided and coached BY the
cheerleaders, will put on a series OF
stunts and comic acts between halves,
ending up with their grand pajama
parade" Maryland's ffty-piece band
Will also furnish some good music
during the afternoon and will be one
OF the features between halves. There
VIII be something of interest for the
Ola Grads during the entire day and
until midnight
Here Is the schedule Of activities:
III A. M Football game between
washington and Lee Freshman and
the Maryland Freshmen at Byrd Stad
ium.
Noon-"M'' Club luncheon and cleo
ton of officers of the organization for
another year. at the Home Economies
Building.
$50 P M.-Varsity football game
between Washington and Lee and
Maryari Varsity in Byrd Stadium.
$50 + M.-Dlnner dance in the
isitchie Gymnasium.
$50 p M-Home Coming dance in
The Richie Gymnasium.
The music will begin with the sery
ing of the dinner to the Alumni and
ruests and will continue until the end
Ut the dance at midnight
This dinner dance is a new thing
planned by the M" Club, working
with George Findlay Pollock, the as
slstant secretary to the Alumni Asso
citation, with view to taking care OF
old graduates, their wives or sweet.
hearts and to provide them with
place to spend their time after the
close Of the big game until the dance
that evening.
Many Of the fraternities and soror
ties of the University will be taking
advantage of the Home Coming Day
to hold open house for their members.
H. c. Whiteford of Hartford county.
president of the Alumni Association.
and John Gray. Jr., of Calvert
county. head OF them" Club, are pull.
ing together like a two-horse team to
make the day big success. G. Find.
lay Pollock, assistant Alumni secre.
tary, and Ernest Cory. secretary-treas.
urer of the IN" Club, both of whom
are at College Park, are busy with the
details Of the affair. with Geary Ep.
pley and H. Burton Shipley, the 9th
leaders, in perfecting the plaps.