George Washington University - Cherry Tree Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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MASTER’S DEGREES HERBERT EDMUND ANGEL Washington, D. C. Major : H i story Sigma Alpha Epsilon ; Pi Delta Epsilon ; Omicron Delta Kappa ; Pi Gamma Mu; Pyramid Honor So- ciety. Delta Tau Delta Activities Medal w 1930; A. B. degree , George Washington i ' niversity , with high distinction, 1930. £ 0 RUTH ST- CLAIR ELGIN Alexandria, Virginia Major : History A, B , Degree, George Washington l niversity, 1924: History Club. 0 Q ARTHUR E. BEACH Washington, D. C. Major: Economics Delta Phi Epsilon Delta Pht Epsilon President, 1931 ; Rifle Team, PAUL TEETER GARRETT A. Muxcte, Indiana Major : Latin B , d c g re e . Manch est e r 1928 . College, ® 0 ZATA VILEITA CARROLL Wash i ngton , Pen n a. Major : History History Club; A, B. degree . School of Education, 1928. MAXINE L, GIRTS Washington, 1). C. Major : History Pi Beta Phi ,■ L B. degree lAth distinction , George Washington University, 1923 . Wt FLORENCE CHANEY Sardinia, Ohio Major: Botany Delta Zeta ; Chi Sigma Gamma. ROWLAND LYON W ashing to x t D . C . Major : History Sigma Xu; Pi Delta Epsilon Ghost, Art Editor, 1927-1928; Cherry Tree, Business Manager , 1927- 1928; Hatchet , Art Editor, 1926 1927-1928. Tm

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At the outbreak of the war between the states the colleg e was at the peak of prosperity but of the students the greater part soon left for military service, a majority under the Stars ami Bars The College buildings were turned over to the Federal Government, but in spite of all. instruction was still offered for those who remained. After Appomattox the sections found speedy reunion in the College. One graduate, William L W ilson, later to become Postmaster-General under Cleveland and President of W ashington and Lee, returned to his Alma Mater as an instructor U wearing the uniform of a Confederate cavalryman. Under the presidency of James C. Welling, at the time of his election a Pro- fessor in Princeton College, Columbian moved from its old home on College Hill into the heart of the city at Fifteenth and H streets and changed its name to Columbian University, adding somewhat later to the old College and professional schools, the Corcoran Scientific School for part-time students. In 1888, hesitatingly and begrudgingly, the first woman was admitted to the College anti a year later co- education was adopted. In the early years of the present century the University changed to its present name and for a period of a few years the College lost its name and identity when merged with other Schools into the Department of Arts and Sciences, only to reappear some twenty years ago tinder its old name and fulfilling its old function as a college of libera! ails. When the United States entered the World W ar eight hundred students were on the rolls of the College, and then came a speedy transformation. In the sudden movement toward Washington, regular enrollment increased fifty per cent and a Student Army Training Corps Unit of over two hundred and a IS aval Unit of forty were formed. Barracks and mess halls were provided. Liberty Loan campaigns staged, and Red Cross units organized. Then came peace, new growth in numbers, in physical equipment, in teaching strength, new determination to follow old ideals, new challenges to larger ideals. A University to which the youth of fortune and talents might he sent for the completion of their education in all the branches of polite literature in arts and sciences, ’ such as Washington had sought unsuccessfully by request to make pos- sible, now existed. Great men, lengthening shadows, a College and a University. Elmer Louis Kayser.

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HOWARD S. PAYNE I A YTON , V J RGI N 1 A Major : Political Science Sigma Mu Sigma; Delta Phi Epsilon; Pi Gamma Mu Student Council t 1931-1932; Commit- tee m Student Life, 1931-1932; i Ma- sonic Chib. EVA MAY WALTER New Berlin, Illinois Major : History 1. degree English Teacher ' s Col- l eg e , 1 923 : A in erica ti A ss o ciaf to n of University IV tnen; Columbian IV omen. 0 0 HELEN MANVILLE PUTT Washington D. C. Major : English Phi Delta Gamma A. H. degree « Gone her College, 1926. BACHELOR’S DEGREES NICHOLAS ALFANO Newark, New Jersey A a jar : Psych ology Track : Football : StA mm ing ; C ir o- rv Tree. ELEANOR S. ANDERSON San Diego, California Major : Zoology o 0 SOLOMON ALPHER Washington, D. C Major : Lazv Tau Alpha Omega Mm, ' rah Society. President. 1929- 1930; Columbian Debating Society. 0 0 W. DUDLEY AUD Rogkvi lle, M aryla nd M ajor: A 1 edi cine Phi Chi; The Friars Rifle Team t 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932. T went x -six