Evening star., 1940-11-03
6. ". Pushes Plans
For HOMECOMING
Next Week End
II Contestants Seek
Sweetheart Crown
For Ball Saturday

Preparations for home coming next
Friday, Saturday and Sunday are
being rapidly pushed to completion
at the George Washington Univer-
sity.
Among the special events planned
for returning alumni are a horse
show next Sunday at the Meadow
brook Country Club, sophomore
freshman tug-o-war Friday on the
campus, a between-the-halves skit
at the George Washington Bucknell
football game at Griffith Stadium
Saturday afternoon and breakfast
at the faculty club for alumnae of
= Mortar Board Society at 10 am next
Sunday.
Eleven university contestants will
vie for the homecoming sweet
heart crown between now and the
night of the crowning ceremony at
the home coming ball in the May
flower Hotel Saturday. Lesta A.
Smith, chairman of the home
coming celebration and secretary
treasurer of the alumni association,
announced the following sweetheart
candidates:
Helen Toomey, Pi Beta Phi; Betty
Stevenson, Chi Omega; Betty Re-
becca Jones, Sigma Kappa; Phyllis
Cady. Phi Mu; Anne Thomas, Alpha
Delta Pi: Kay Wheeler. Delta Zeta !;
Lois Mccain. Kappa Delta; Sonya
Braunstein, Phi Sigma Sigma; Betty
Campbell, Zeta Tau Alpha; Mary
Ellen Degnam, Kappa Kappa Gam
ma, and Jacqueline Hurley, New
man Club.
Poster Winners Announced.
Voting for the sweetheart contest
ants will be held in the Student
Club and in the Law School Thurs
day and Friday, and in the Medical
School Saturday.
winners of the home coming poster
contest were also announced this
week by Mr.. Smith. Dulcie Tester
of 1900 G street won first prize,
Lille Naiman of 1747 Lanier place
second prize, and two third prizes
each went to Edward R. Bush of IS
Beech avenue, Bethesda, Md, and
Paul Zirpel of 1908 Jenifer street.
The fraternity decoration compe-
tition will be decided after tour
Of the various houses. This year the
tour will include an inspection OF in
terror decorations as we'll as the ex-
terror.
Badges will be worn for the first
time at this home coming. The
badges will tell the year of each
alumni's graduation. his present res
idence and his major at the uni
versity.
The committees on event. we're
announced as follows: The ball COM
mittee, Roy Lever; tickets, Bill Pol
lard; publicity. Winfield Rankin;
mems rally, Marcel Van Hemert;
women's rally, Eleanor Sherburne;
decorations, Dick Burrows; fra
ternity house, Harold Hudson: be-
-the-halves skit, Jerry Sick
Ter: game committee, Bourke Floyd;
campus events, Frank Mann; glee
clubs, Doris Thompson.
Play Wednesday Night.
Cue and Curtain, the schools dra-
matte organization, will present its
first production of the season Wed
nesday and Thursday. The play is
Glare Booths Broadway success
Margin for Error and will be
given at the Wardman Park The
ater. Tickets may be bought at the
Student Club of the university.
The role of the consul in the play
Is undertaken by Robert Dearth
and the role of his wife will be
played by Sue Preston. James Nc
Kechnie will play the part of the
Oxford educated German baron
Max Won Alvonster, secretary to
the consul. Wally Buell. will play
the romantic lead of Thomas Denny
American newspaper reporter, and
the part of Capt, MulroOney of the