Evening star., 1935-11-01
ALUMNI, STUDENTS
OF c. v. j. GATHER
FOR HOMECOMING
Thousands Will Celebrate
at Rallies, Foot Ball
Game and Ball.
GREETING OF RICE TEAM
OPENS PROGRAM TODAY
First Pep Meeting This After
noon Will Be Addressed by
DR.. Cloyd Heck Marvin.

Thousands of alumni and students
of George Washington University were
gathering here today for the home
coming celebration that will end to-
morrow night in the annual ball at
the Willard Hotel with the members
of the G. w. U. and Rice Institute
foot ball squads as guests of honor.
Today's program began with a greet
ing to the Rice Institute team when
it arrived at Union Station with
party of followers and rooters from
Houston, Tex.
This afternoon at $40 o'clock the
alumni and students will assemble
in the university yard for their first
pep" rally, when addresses will be
made by DR.. Cloyd Heck Marvin,
president; Jim Pixlee, George Wash
ington coach; Jimmy Kits, Rice
coach, and Robert P Smith, chairman
of the homecoming celebration.
Cheers and band music also are on
the program.
Second Rally at $3.50 PM.
Beginning at $50 pm. on the
Monument Grounds and Constitution
avenue. between Fifteenth and
Seventeenth streets. the second rally
will be held. The night program will
be featured by fireworks display, a
huge bonefire and finally, at 10 o'clock,
by street dancing.
The public address system and
grandstand installed on Constitution
avenue by the Greater National Cap
ital Committee for the annual Hal
loween celebration and carnival last
night has been turned over to G. w.
U. for the affair tonight
DR.. Marvin and Smith again will
address the alumni and students.
After a program of organized cheer
ing there will be massed singing led
by the University Glee Club and band,
which will furnish the music for the
street dancing. usnig the amplifying
system to reach the crowd in the
roped off tWo-block area.
Tomorrow afternoon the George
Washington Rice foot ball game will
be played at Griffith Stadium and
additional alumni are expected to
come to Washington for the contest.
Shrine Band to Join.
Between halves, the Almas Temple
Shrine Band will join the G. w. U.
Band in maneuvers on the field, and
an especially prepared series of card
maneuvers, songs and cheers will be
presented by the student body.
At the same time. flower bouquet
will be presented to Mrs. Cloyd Heck
Marvin. and stuffed owl will be
given the captain of the Rice team,
nickname for which is the Owls.
The concluding event will begin at
10 o'clock Half an hour later men,
bers of the two foot ball teams will
lead the grand march in the Willard
ball room President Marvin, deans
of the university and their wives will
occupy a box at the ball. Another
box has been reserved for officials Of
Rice Institute and members of the
Texas State Society.
During intermisSion at the ball, STU
dent leaders will be tapped" for men,
bership in Omicron Delta Kappa, ma
tional honorary activities fraternity.
At midnight, a trophy will be pre-
sented by the Interfraternity Council
to the fraternity chapter whose house
is most appropriately decorated for
the celebration. The houses already
have been made ready for the occa-
sion and judging began today
Preparatory to the celebration a
series of radio broadcasts in connec-
tion with the home coming have been
given each night during the week
under the direction of Prof. Willard
Hayes Yeager, head of the public
speaking department.
Assisting Chairman Smith with ar
rangements for the fete are James
r. Kirkland, former assistant dis
trict attorney, chairman of the Pro-
gram Committee for the ball; Harry
Ames, treasurer of the Student Coun-
Gil; chairman of the ball Ticket Com
mittee; Bourke Floyd. president of the
Student Council, and Walter Rhine
hart, president of Omicron Delta
Kappa, cochairman of the Rally Com
mittee; Newell Lusby, Sam Walker,
Everett Stranded, Ludwig Cahninita,
jr.; Ross Pope and Mary Spelman,
members of the committee.
Judges of fraternity house decora-
tions are Prof. Henry G. Roberts,
chairman; Prof. Merle I. Protzman
and Prof. Ralph Dale Kennedy