Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-14
Record : Breaking Number
Gather for Enthusiastic
Dinner in College Hall.
HERO OF THE GRIDIRON
CARRIED ON SHOULDERS
Alumni Of Old Days Discuss Plans
to Bring Continued Pros
perity to School.

Commencement week for Georgetown
University started with a whoop last
night.
The largest body of alumni that ever
attended a reunion sat down to dinner
in the college dining hall; numbering
nearly 900, and for more than three hours
"whooped it up feeding college spirit
with cheers and songs. The most popular
method Of expressing their feelings was
chanting the dirge that tells how Vir-
ginia has been put to sleep.
There were graduates foregathered
from all points of the compass to help
observe the 125th anniversary of the
institution. Representing classes all the
way from '6S to 1914. they came from
China, Hawaii. Porto Rico, the Philip
Alaska, Maine, Alabama and Texas. They
came with the purpose Of making this
gathering even more noteworthy than the
one held twenty-five years ago to cele-
brate the centennial of the college, in
which President Cleveland and Cardinal
Gibbons participated. There was addi-
tional incentive this year, for the presi-
dent OF the university, Rev. A. ]. Donlon,
8. J., is the first alumnus of Georgetown
to come back as its president.
Receives an Ovation.
A notable feature Of the dinner festivi-
ties occurred when Harry Costello. the
champion kicking back, who has won
several foot ball games from Virginia,
and who leaves the college this year after
four seasons on the eleven, was carried
on the shoulders OF some of his ad-
mirers, paraded about the banquet hall
and given q rousing ovation.
Hearty cheers were also given Tor A.
Lisner, one Of the guests Of honor. who
has been a big benefactor Of the hospital.
and for D. W. Baker. popular professor
Of the law school.
When the dinner had been cleared
away Judge Charles A. DeCourcey Of the
supreme court Of Massachusetts,, presi-
the rallying cry that won prompt and
vociferous reclamation Of response for
the alumni to unite in awakening q new
era Of interest and useful service for the
institution.
Has Long Record.
This old college on the HILL said
Judge De Courcey. has no need Of any
pen to write its record or tongue to
sound its praises. Its record Is written
large into the history Of the country. in
the lives Of those noble men. both pro-
fessors and alumni. who have made her
great before the world.
1.-THE past has we'll taken care of itself.
1t is the Georgetown of the future in
which we must take the most interest
And the interest Of the alumni body In
that future is attested by this gathering
here tonight There Is q demand for new
efforts and advances. Georgetown in the
old days had a practical monopoly Of
those young men of the country who de-
sired to pursue their studies under Catho-
lie influences. But now other Institutions
are offering attractions to such stu
dents. Georgetown from the first has
been a national institution. We must
help her to continue to hold that proud
position.
Has Missionary Spirit.
I'VE have today at the head Of this
institution ono who has inherited some
thing Of the missionary spirit Of
John Carroll, the first archbishop Of
Baltimore. who founded this college 125
years ago. He realizes that there must
be administration changes to meet
changed conditions. During the past few
months he has started two movements
to bring the alumni into closer touch,
and to keep their interest in the old coll
lege actively engaged-through a board
Of regents, taking real part in the admin
istration of the affairs of the university,
and the alumni council.
The faculty has come to you. alumni.
and asked you to share in the regula-
ton and management of college af-
fairs. I know your response will be
hearty and, that you may know just
what ia planned, I want you to hear
briefly from a representative of each
of these two boards"