Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1930-11-07
ANNUAL home
COMING TILT
Red Letter Day at University
of Maryland Tor Alumni
and Former Students
TWO BIG FOOT
BALI. GAMES
Many Features Additional To the
Games Are To Be Provided


College Park, Md.-Home Coming
Day at the University of Maryland,
always red letter day for Alumni
and former students, is to be cele
brated November s, 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. NJ. and the
Varsity at $50 P. NJ.
Washington and Lee and Maryland
have met five times in football and
Maryland has won only once In 1924,
in game IN Washington, Maryland
lost by IS to 6; the next year at Col
lege Park it was defeated Z to 3. the
following year. at Lexington, it went
down by 3 to 0 and the next was
whipped by - to Z The last game,
in 1928, was won by Maryland, { 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 Viz
ginia was met in the annual Home
Coming tilt, when the teams battled
to a IL to 10 tie before one of the
largest crowds ever assembled at the
University
Features additional to the game are
to be provided, henderson 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 paiama
parade. . Maryland's fifty-piece band
will alsJ furnish some good music
during the afternoon and will be one
OF the features between halves. There
will be something of interest for the
Old Grads during the entire day and
until midnight.
Here is the schedule Of activities
10 A. M-Football game between
Washington and Lee Freshman and
the Maryland Freshmen at Byrd Stad
ium.
Noon-"M" Club luncheon and elec
ton of officers of the organization for
another year, at the Home Economics
Building.
2.3O P. M.-Varsity football game
between Washington and Lee and
Maryland Varsity in Byrd Stadium.
$50 P M.-Dinner dance in the
Richie 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
guests and will continue until the end
OF the dance at midnight.
This dinner dance is a new thing
planned by the "M' Club. WORKING
with George Findlay Pollock. the as
sistant secretary to the Alumni Asso
citation, with view to taking care OF
old graduates, their wives or sweet
hearts and to provide them with a
place to spend their time after the
close Of the big game until the dance
that evening. ~
Many of the fraternfties and soror
tiles of the University will be taking
advantage of tue Home Coming Day
to hold open house for their members
H c. Whiteford. of Hartford county
president of the Alumni Association
and John B. 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
uIer OF The M Club, both Of whom
are at College Park, are busy with the
details of the affair. with Geary Ep
pley and Fl Burton shipley, the othei
leaders. in perfeeting the plans.