Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-08
SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
AT MARYLAND i.
Crab Grass Fellowship Is
Offered by Donald K.
Belt.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
COLLEGE PARK, Md, February T.
Donald 4. Belt of Baltimore has of.
fered an industrial fellowship at the
University of Maryland for 1882 fol-
| the study Of the cause and control Of
crab grass, President Raymond A
Pearson has announced.
Crab grass, as is well known, is one
Of the worst pests in golf courses, lawn:
and pastures.
, Freshmen at the university will hold
their annual dance February 20. Robert
Kent, president of the yearling class
has named Alan Goldsborough, Lloyd
Ford, Stanley Hollins, Tom Pickles
William Kilroy, Hack" Wilson, Bill
Rafferty,, Nova La Motto, Jane Har-
veycutter and Ensor to make the ar
rangements.
Dances will be given after the Wash
ington College and st. Johns basket
| ball games on February IL and Is, re-
spectively, for the benefit of the Stu
dent Government Association of the
university. John Bischoff, chairman;
Ralph Garreth, James Loughran and
Nina Cannon comprise the committee
in charge.
The Opera Club of the university is
rehearsing 1.-The Chimes of Normandy, -
which will be presented in the audi
torium here April Is and 16. Prof. B.
Louis Goodyear, head of the music de-
partment of the university, is directing
the cast which appears to be unusually
capable.
James Andrews, chairman; William
Kricker, Gibbs Myers, Robert Allen
John O'Neill and John Pitzer have been
named by Arley Unger, president Of
Omicron Delta Kappa, as the Commit
tee on Arrangements for the Calvert
cotillion to be held February 81 Katil-
arine Jenkins and Unger and Martha
Thomas and Andrews will lead the
cotillion. Both of the young ladies are
students at Hood College.
Miss Ethel r. Brewster Of the Amer
lean Association of University Women
visited the university this week end 20
inspect the institution, which is pc
titioning the national organization. She
was the guest of Miss Adele Stamp,
dean of women of the university, and
was the guest of honor at luncheon
given by the deans of the various co..
leges.
DR.. A.. E. fucker, professor Of modern
languages and comparative literature
ct the university, has just returned
from a six-month trip to Europe, where
he made a study of postwar literature
in various countries.
MARYLAND Chapter of Alpha Gamma
Rho, national agricultural fraternity,
will formally open its new house to-
morrow with tea from 1880 to 5
o'clock A banquet was held by the
chapter in Washington last night.
william T. Frazier, son Of United
States Senator Lynn j. Frazier, has
been named chairman OF the Program
Committee for the annual Reserve Of
ficers Training Corps ball to be given
at the university March g. Various other
committees also have been named by
Henry Whiting lieutenant colonel OF
the corps, a Washingtonian, who also
is president of the Student Government
Association.
Wednesday, March IL, has been set
as the date for the annual Kappa AL
mia minstrel show that has become one
of the leading entertainments at the
university. Dick Clark and Normal
Wilson are in charge of the work on
the production.
DR.. H. j. Patterson, director OF the
experiment station and dean OF the
College of Agriculture, and Mrs. Patter-
son will give a reception Tuesday eve
ming at their home here for the agri-
cultural faculty and staff.
Oficers Of the Student Grange for
1881 at the university recently were In
stalled as follows:
Master, Howard Sitter; secretary,
Mary Ingersoll; overseer, Engel Gilbert;
lecturer, Irwin Gilbert; lady lecturer,
Elizabeth Norton; steward, William
Hanna; treasurer, Ralph England; lady
treasurer, Sara Huntingdon; chaplain,
Carroll Warner; assistant steward,
James House; lady assistant steward,
Vera Klein; Ceres, Virginia Cronin;
Pomona, Frances King; Flora, RoSalie
Goodhart.