The Washington herald., 1921-06-05
FIRST GRADUATION
ATCEORGETOWNN
FOREIGN SERVICE
Only Class of Its Kind in
County to Receive Di-
plomas June A.

The 1921 class of Georgetown Uni
versity school of foreign service,
which completes it's two-year course
on June IA. is unique among the
graduating classes of the country.
1t is not merely the graduating
class of the only school of foreign
service in the United States, but its
members will bear the additional
distinction of being the first grad
yates to leave the halls of the In
stitution to enter the diplomatic
and consular services.
Established February IT, 1913, as
the youngest school of the univer-
sity, the school of foreign service
within two years will graduate 100
student. and in addition has re-
ceived support and encouragement
from the state department and the
department of commerce.
Plan Graduation Exercises.
Plans for the first graduation in
the history of the school are in
course of preparation, although the
diplomas will be given to the grad
yates along with the students Of
Lne law IIlCOlCdAt oChNAA oAN
on June Il, when Secretary OF the
Navy Edwin DENLY will deliver the
principal address
Officials from the state depart
ment and other federal bureaus In
terested in the development Of
American foreign trade will be
honor guests of the school. The
school will be represented by the
Rev. Edmund A. walsh, S. J., the
regent. and DR.. Roy S. MacElwee,
former chief of the bureau Of for
eign and domestic commerce, who
recently resigned his position with
the government to become director
Of the institution.
One of the interesting features OF
the graduation week will be the
banquet in celebration of its first
graduation class. More than 800
students of the school, the total en-
roIlment. will be present, besides
the faculty members, who are
taken wholly from officials of the
government.
students Made Trip to Venezuela.
In connection with the gradua-
ton. the school has made public the
results of a unique experiment con-
Quoted recently by the institution
when is of its students spent five
weeks in Venezuela for the purpose
Of investigating trade and INDUS
trial conditions and stimulating
American foreign trade. An eco
nomic report on Venezuela, pre-
pared by the students making the
trip. is being sent broadcast over
the country and is recognized by the
department of commerce as the
broadest and most complete record
of that republics resources.
The expedition was conducted by
DR.. GuiIlermo A Sherwell, expert
adviser in the high inter-Amerlcan
commission, and was the first step
in the program Of obtaining first
hand and practical knowledge IN
foreign trade which is being car
ried out by the school of foreign
service.
The Georgetown school is mod
eled after the famous Ecole Libre
de Sciences Politiques, at Paris, an
institution growing out OF the
Franco-Prussian war and the eco
nomical and political problems lett
in its wake.
1t is recognized by government
officials as meeting a need among
those interested in seeing the for
eign service raised to greater efft-
cheney. 1t has been felt that the
candidate for foreign service should
be afforded the same opportunity
for specialized training afforded
those studying for the law or scien-
tifiC professions.