Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-20
Is At i. OF NJ. BID
BY PHI KAPPA PHI
Three Are From D. c. School
Being Congratulated on
Essay Victories.

COLLEGE PARK, Md, April ia
Fifteen seniors at the University Of
Maryland, three Of them from Washy
ington, have received bids from Phi
Kappa Phi, national honorary scholas-
tic fraternity, for its Spring elections.
Only those of the highest scholastic
rating are eligible.
Seven students in the College Of Arts
and Sciences received the signal honor.
three in the College of Engineering, two
each in the College of Education and
College of Agriculture and one in the
College of Home Economics.
Those to receive bids were:
College of Arts and ScienceS-Bar-
bara Schilling, Cumberland; Evan
geline Gruver, Hyattsville; Catherine
Barnsley, Rockville; Margaret Meigs,
Bethesda Ruth Hays and Virginia
Kalmbach, Washington, D. c., and
Claire Schley, shepherdstown, w. Va.
College Of Engineering-Howard Hine,
and w. H. Fifer, Galesville.
College Of Education-Curry Nourse,
Jacksonville, and Wilhelmina Knoll,
Washington, D. c..
College of Agriculture-Paul Marth,
Easton, and Charles Grey, Washington,
D. c.
College of Home Economics-Grace
Maxwell, Luke.
Nine members of the Graduate School
and the faculty also received bids, as
follows:
Margaret Butler, Adelia Rosasco, Mary
Murray, Willard Aldrich. j. C. Bauer,
w. H. Rudel, Paul Frey, John Vein
berger and Paul Hanson.
The chemistry department of the
University and DR.. Raymond Allen
Pearson, president of the university,
are receiving congratulations on the
remarkable feat of three of the men,
bers of the freshman class having won
prizes In the national intercollegiate
essay contest sponsored by the American
Chemical Association.
AS there were approximately $4,000
contestants and only Is prizes in all, 1t
is remarkable that 8 of the awards
should come to the university
John A Yourtree of Brownsville, Nd,
who. won a second prize, had as his
subject Chemistry of Household Con-
veniences." Ruth Allen Hunt of Berwyn
and Langdon B. Backus. another stu
prizes, had as their respective topics
Chemistry as a Factor in the Economics
of the Home" and Chemistry in the
Prevention, Detection and Prosecution
of Crime"
The essays were written as a part
of class work during laboratory period
without references.
This doubtless Is the first time in
the history Of the annual contest that
three of the prizes have gone to one
institution and the fact that two OF
the winners came from the same small
town certainly Is unique.
Charles w. Eliot, I'd, M. D.. city
planner to the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission, has been
engaged as consulting landscape archi-
tect to the committee on campus i'm
provements of the university, of which
e. Brooke Lee, member of the board
of regents, Is chairman. He Is grand
son Of Charles w. Eliot, president
emeritus of Harvard.
Mr.. Eliot received his B. A. from
Harvard in 1920 and his M. L. A. from
the same school in 1923. He travelled
in Europe as Sheldon fellow from Har-
ward in 1924 and before taking up his
position in Washington was in private
practice. He has served as adviser to
Harvard and to a number of towns In
Massachusetts,.
Kappa Delta Sorority Of the univer-
sity will give its annual revue in the
auditorium of the university next
Thursday evening. The revue will be
typical college musical comedy, in
which all 43 girls of the sorority will
take part.
Helen Mead has arranged the musi-
cal numbers and Isabelle Toulson is In
charge Of the dancing acts.
Isabel Bewick and Regis Dunnigan
Will provide special feature act.
The annual inspection of the Reserve
Off1cers' Training Corps at the univer-
sity will be held during the week Of
May 10, Maj. Robert S. Lyle, head OF
the military department. has an
nounced. The inspection will last until
! Friday.
Mai r M Patch of the 18th Infan-
| try, stationed at Fort Washington, viii
! conduct the inspection.
DR.. Reginald " Truitt. professor OF
agriculture at the university, has
been chosen a member of the advisory
board of scientific inquiry of the
American Shell Fisheries Association,
The board is charged with the prob.
| lens Of conservation and rehabilitation
| Of the shell fisheries Of the United
| States.
Harriet e. Bishop has been chosen a.
the university delegate to the conven.
ton of the State Home Economics AsSo.
citation, which will be held in the
Mccormick Building in Baltimore or
April &c.
She is a junior in the College oi
Home Economics at the university. HeI
home is at College Park.