Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-08
Busy Week Planned
To Welcome 6. W. u.
Freshmen
Activities Arranged to
Aequoint Newcomers
With University

TO help the "greenhorns" bridge
the Jump from high school to col
lege life, George Washington Uni
.versity will stage freshman week
celebration, beginning Monday,
September 16.
From that date until the opening
of classes on September %, the new
arrivals will be so busy they won't
have time to get homesick. The
series of activities scheduled is de-
signed to familiarize them with
their new surroundings, while well
coming them to the campus.
The first day of freshman week
the new students will take psyche
logical aptitude tests and English
placement tests. Two other i'm
portant events are scheduled for
that day. The Women's Student
Government Association has plan
ned an assembly for freshmen wo-
men at pm. in the Hall of Govern
ment and at o'clock will give a
tea for the new goods.
Other Student Meetings.
On the following Tuesday pre-en-
gineering students will meet at 10
am. in the Engineering Building,
Pre-medical students will gather
at this same hour in the Hall of
Government. These meetings are
held with view to assist students
in arranging their class schedules
and also to acquaint them with ia
Guilty members of these particular
schools.
A general assembly for all fresh
men will be held Tuesday at II a m.
in the Hall of Government. Faculty
members and student leaders will
discuss methods of study. the STU
dent activities program and other
subjects of particular interest to the
freshmen.
Following the general assembly,
all members of the freshmen class
will be guests of the Student Coun-
Gil at luncheon in the Student Club,
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buildings, under the guidance of
members of the Women's Student
Government Association. is sched-
uled for the freshmen at 1870.
Registration September 10.
Wednesday, September ID, has
been set aside for the registration
of freshmen students. This is the
second year that a separate period
has been designated for freshmen
registration. 1t enables faculty ad-
visers to give closer attention to
freshman problems and to the in
dividual problems of the new stu
dents. Registration hours are from
II am. to Z pm. in the Hall of
Government.
The Women's Athletic Association
will entertain the freshmen women
at a party in the Student Club on
Friday evening, September 20, at
o'clock. On this evening also all
entering man students will be guests
of the Interfraternity Council at
smoker at the Annapolis Hotel,
starting at o'clock.
On Saturday, September 81, a
freshman mixer Is to be held in the
student club. starting at pm. On
Monday, September %, the academic
year begins and all classes COM
mence. There are several other
dates OF Importance for freshmen,
however.
Football September 81.
The opening football game, with
Mount st. Mary's College, Is to
be played Friday night, September
II, at Griffith Stadium. On Sunday,
September 90. the Pan Hellenic
Association will entertain all women
entering the university for the first
time at tea at the Raleigh Hotel
from 4 until 7 o'clock.
The final date on the freshman
week calendar is a smoker for
freshman engineering students to
be held Wednesday, october 2, at
8 pm. in the Hall of Government.
The general registration dates, for
all students other than freshmen,
are September 10 to 81, inclusive,
and all classes start on Monday,
September %.
AS the university begins its
120th year, construction work is
soon to start on the new auditorium,
the sixth university building to be
erected in the last six years.
Other buildings erected since 1885
are Lisner Hall, the University
Library; the Hall of Government,
the Hattie NJ. Strong Residence
Hall for Women, the Biological
Science Building and the Social
Science Hall.