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from a This year At the referee's The Musical Recital
stampede began. In a few mom-
several new lanterns had to be made ents both sides were engaged in a free- Eleven students of the Department
and some Little Sisters had to carry for-all, the Freshmen trying to gain the of 'Music gave a combined recital in
two lanterns because this graduating tree, and the Sophomores trying to pre- Alumni Hall on Friday evening, May
class outnumbered in women both the vent their foes from reaching even the 30. Six members of the Senior class
present Freshman class and the class trunk. Many unsuccessful attacks, led were graduated this year from this De-
that initiated the ceremony in 1925. by Freshmen Martin and Timmons, partment which is under the instruc-
were made upon the Army of the De- tion ,of Misses Maude Gesner, Mabel
On Wednesday evening at eight o'- fense. When the referee blew the whis- Harris, and Violet Hertzman, Piano,
clock the Freshman women, dressed in tle at the end of the period, the colors and Miss Ruth Jones, Voice. The pro-
white, escorted their Senior guests to were still in the possession of the gal- gram on Friday night offered a variety
special seats in the grandstand on Hof- lant Sophomores. Each side retired to of selections from well-known compos-
fa Field. Then the young hostesses its own quarters and cheered the other. ers. The program was as follows:
gave a program from the Green. They The tired warriors then made their way
sang an original song while they per- up the hill amid a buzz of explana· Valse in E _ Moszkowski
formed a wierd snake .dance in the tions, puffings, and arguments. Evelyn Jackson Mather '30
flickering light of bobbing lanterns.
The traditional song,' "Where, Oh The tree rush is something new on Ronde Oapriccioso Mendelsohn
Where Are The Verdant Freahmen I" the Hill. This year it took the place
was sung as' the dancers formed thein Alice Catherine Hobby '31
anof the old color pole rush, which was
individual encounter. The novel Nocturne Pearl C. Curran
tree battle proved to be very popular
class numerals in martial order. With with the bold :fighters and the gentle Awake Beloved Clara Edwards
the singing of successive stanzas the onlookers; it will probably be continued
numerals of the four classes were in the future and become another William Richard Weagley '32
shaped in white against the dark grass.
During the formation of the numeral "tradition". The Crying of Water Campbell-Tipton
'30 a farewell song to the Seniors was
given. Then appeared a huge W. M. _All the World's in Love Woodman
among the marchers and they sang an
adaptation of "Taps". Everyone joined Margaret Lee Nelson '32
in the "Alma Mater", and the Freshmen
escorted the Seniors from the :field. Song of May George Roberts
Winifred Scott Bush '32
Norment Speech Contest Voiles
The annual Norment Speech Contest Golliwog's Cakewalk Debussy
was" held in Alumni Hall on Friday Isabel May Wentz '3,0 "
evening, May 23, at eight o'clock. The, Island Spell John Ireland
Back at the dormrtorles the Seniors contest, as usual, aroused a great deal Fireflies Frank Bridges
assembled on the balcony at the front
of McDaniel Hall while the underclass- of interest and was well attended. The Charles William Forlines '32
men below sang "farewell" songs. Once
more the "Alma, Mater" was sung, -and program was as follows: - Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix (from
Freshmen Sampson and Delilah) Saint-Saens
another Lantern Chain Service in hon- 'I'rolawney of the Wells Act III Amanda Katherine Bell '30
nor of a graduating class was ended. Sir Arthur Pinero
Den Vieni (from the Marriage of
Mary Susan Strowe, Baltimore, Md. Figarol) , Mozart
The 'Color Rush Ma'moiselle Florence Guertin Minnie Gemmill Strawbridge '30
The annual conflict between the Mary Ellen Senat, Glenolden, Pa. Der Erlkonig Schubert
Sophomore and the Freshman men this
year in the form of a Tree Flag Rush- The Minuet Louis N. Parker Clarence Taylor DeHaven '30
took place Thursday afternoon; May 22,
All participants were given due warn- Kathleen Moore, Denton, Md. Symphonic Studies Schumann
ing; days before the event the bulletin
boards were crowded with notices and Jean Desprez Robert W. Service Nila Virginia Wallace '30
challenges. ' One of the trees on the
edge of the campus was chosen as the Russell Herbst, Brooklandville, Md. Literary Society Reunions
"victim" of the battle, which followed
immediately after the Sophomore col- The Death Disc Mark Twain On Saturday morning at ten·thirty
ors, purple and lavender, were tied on each of the four literary societies of
one of the tree's branches. Theodore Landis, Falling Waters, the College welcomed its old members
in a reunion. Special programs were
The Sophomores, under the leadership W. Va. presented and interesting business
of "Tiny" Pincura, were the :first to meetings were held. The four societies
appear, dressed in their worst. Their Mary R. S. Andrews ar~: Women, Browning and Philome-
numbers were few, but their spirits thman; Men, Webster and Irving.
soared high. A few minutes later the Portsmouth, Va.
Freshmen rushed over the hill, outnum-
bering their opponents, two to one. A Nel <lor,piu non mi sento Paisiello
brief parley was held, and the :final Gluck
rules for the "bone picking" were de- o del mio dolce ardor
cided upon. They were as follows: 1,
no slugging (referee may disqualitfy a Evelyn Jackson Mather
participalt for slugging), 2, battle time
ten minutes. The Sophomores took Sophomores Annual Meeting of the Board of
their stand around the tree and the Doris Helman Trustees
the te end of Mary Lee Shipley, Glen Burnie, Md. The yearly meeting of the Board of
Miantowona Thomas Bailey Aldrich 'I'rustees was held Saturday morning, at
Margaret Lee Nelson, Crisfield, Md. ten o'clock. It was decided by the
Will 0' the Wisp Doris Halman Board to appoint Mr. T. K. ,Harrison,
Marian Elizabeth Humphries, of the class of 1901, to act as Business
Snow Hill, Md. Manager for the College and assistant
The Passing of Arthur Alfred Tennyson to the President. Mr. Harrison will al-
Howard M. Amoss, Fallston, Md. so serve as executive secretary for the
Ben Butler's Last Race Alumni Association. He will assume
John Trotwood Moore
his duties on August 1, 1930. During the
Eugene A. Lamb, Greensboro, N. C.
past year the Board has lost two well-
A Qritdcal Situation Samuel Clemens
loved members. At the meeting
Sharpe D. Karper, Hagerstown, Md.
Rev. Leonard B. D.
