The Washington times., 1920-12-04


alumni during the golden jubilee Of
the school Of law, which opened aus
piciously today, as the most i'm
portant reunion in the l27 years
history Of the Hilltop institution.
SEEK 1000 ENROLMENT.
With the Georgetown Law School
ranking today as the biggest legal
school in the United States, number
ing more than loo students, Dean
George T.. Hamilton is making strong
pleas for cooperation between tho
alumni and the Institution. in tho
hope that next years enrolment Will
reach the 1000 mark.
More than a thousand alumni. rep
resenting the bench and bar, are at
tending the reunion in honor OF tho
fiftieth anniversary OF the founding
OF the law school. Official delegates
from more than forty law schools
throughout the country. including
Harvard, Pennsylvania. Columbia,
Fordham. and others, are meeting
with the alumni. Chief Justice
White. OF the United States Supreme
Court, mingling among former friends
OF the university, is one OF the most
conspicuous persons attending the
reunion.
Baseball Park this afternoon. when
Georgetown meets Bethany College
in the final clash OF the season.
Whether Georgetown wins or not.
the alumni are determined to make
tonights program one Of the epochal
events in the history OF the law
school.
Marking the opening OF the new law
library, containing more than 10000
volumes. exercises will be held at
o'clock tonight at the Law School
building. Dean George L. Hamilton
will preside. Those making the
addresses will be Rev. John B. Cree
den, S. j.. president of the university:
James Brown Scott, prominent expert
on international law connected with
the Carnegie Institute, and Joseph A.
Cantrel, representing the student
body.
Following the library exercises or
ganization plans for the fifty classes
OF the law school will be perfected.
Permanent groups of alumni compris-
ing several classes to each group will
be organized. owing to the large num-
Der OF graduates. Daniel W.
O'Donoghue. member OF the faculty,
Is in charge of these plans. Assist
ing in the work is an all-American
committee OF the senior class, com.
posed OF a man from each of the
forty-eight States, the Philippines.
Hawaii. Cuba, and the District OF
Columbia.
PLAN NEW DORMIToRY.
Erection OF a downtown dormitory
to solve some of the housing prob
lens for the law students, growing
out Of Washington's congested hous-
ing situation, will be one of the mat
ters taken up by the alumni during
the reunion. Plans also will be
launched at the meeting of the board
of regents for the establishment OF
new dormitory at the college for the
freshman class, to keep pace with the
rapid growth of the institution.
Distinguished alumni were the
guests of the entire university last
night at the student prom" given at
Wardman Park Hotel, which marked
the opening of social activities in con-
nection with the golden jubilee.
Presidents of the various classes Of
each school composed the reception
committee.
President Creeden. Dean Hamilton,
and the members of the law faculty
were among the guests. The dance
was for the purpose of helping to re-
duce the $4,000 indebtedness of the
athletic association.
Plans for the reunion exercises to-
morrow include a military mass at
the college at 1880 o'clock in honor
of Georgetown alumni who gave
their lives during the world war.
Col. james S. EasbySmith is in
charge of arrangements. Former
service men among the alumni are
requested to appear in uniform. This
will be followed by a reception for
alumni in the afternoon.