The Washington herald., 1921-05-22
G. U. Notes

One of the most important de-
bates of the collegiate year will
be held in CASTOR Hall tonight be-
tween the members of the Philono-
mosian Society. The question for
debate will be. Resolved. That mu-
nicipal governments shall own and
control all street railways operat-
ing within city limits"
The Affirmative side of the ques-
tion will be upheld by ]. Henr,
Coughlin, of Iowa. and Joseph F.
Little, of Pennsylvania. with T
Summers Hays, of, Massachusetts,, a.
alternate Those upholding tn
negative are P. c. Lauinger. OF
Pennsylvania; Wilmer Hunt, OF
Texas, and Joseph Grove, of Mary
land, alternate.
Rev. AIoysius P. Brosnan, s. J.
of the department of moral philos
ophy, has returned to the colleg,
from Georgetown Hospital, whers
he was seriously ill for several
months.
The Rev. Thomas I. Gasson, S j..
has just returned from Boston Col
lege. where he spoke on behalf
the $4,000 drive that institution
is completing.
Joseph A. MCGOWAN, '22. of Indi-
ana, and John S. McCann, '22. of
Maine, were chosen by the Philo-
demic Society to represent 1t in the
annual contest next year for the
Merrick medal. the most coveted
prize offered by the college to en-
courage debating. The Merrick
medal was founded by Richard T.
Merrick, IL. D., '73.
The "get-together" banquet of the
Delta Chi Fraternity at the Hotel
Arlington last week was a mos,
successful affair The gathering
was honored by the attendance OF
John A. Kuhn. of the Cornell Chap
ter, and BILLY" Bride. The out-of-
town chapters were represented oy
Carney, of the Pennsylvania Chap
ter; Pierce, of California; Col.
Thorpe, of New York University ;
Jones, of Chicago University; Har-
land, of Michigan University; Will
bur, of Leland Stanford University:
O'Neil, of Syracuse University; wy
veil, of Cornell; Kane. of Dickinson
University, and Swope, of Kentucky
University.
Among the guests at the Delta
chi House during the week were
Elmer l. Shirrell, of the Leland
Stanford Chapter; Chauncey Kings
ley, of the class of 1920. of the Law
School, and Charles R Pierce, Of the
Stanford Chapter.
Joseph A. MCGOWAN, '22, of Indf-
ana. was elected president of the
Philodemic Society at the last meet
ing of the organization for the
year. Other officers elected were
II MoT
president; Joseph A. McDonough,
zz' OF New York. recording secre-
tary; John c. O'Neill. jr., 30, of Mis-
sissippi. corresponding secretary;
Frank Sullivan. '22, of Massachu-
setts, treasurer, and George E.
Brennan, '22, of New York, censor.
The junior class held its annual
banquet at the Lafayette Hotel last
Tuesday. as a final close to the
scholastic activities. P. C. Lauin-
ger. the active class president, pre-
sided, and was assisted by the fol-
lowing committee: Frank Sullivan.
John O'Neil and James McNally.
Edward H Lange, LII. B., rs, M.
P. l., of San Antonio, Tex, promi-
nent Knight of Columbus in the
Southwest and a member of the
Texas State legislature, has recent
ly formed a law partnership with
John p. Pfeiffer, also a Georgetown
man, living in Texas.
The Very Rev. Joseph H. Rock
well, s. j.. provincial of the Mary
land-New- York province, of the
Jesuit Order, and his assistant, the
Rev. Joseph N. Dfnand. s. j., former
rector of Holy Cross College, made
their annual visit to Georgetown
last week.