Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-11-18
OFFER SIX PRIZES
ON FOREIGN TOPICS
Students at Georgetown Uni
versity to Compete in
Diplomacy Subjects.

Six scholastic prizes covering wide
range of subjects, are open for compe-
tition to students of the foreign service
school of Georgetown University. it was
announced last night by DR.. William +,
Notz, dean of the school.
The Father Edmund A. Walsh prize
of SIS, founded by the Delta Phi Ep-
silon foreign service fraternity In honor
of the first regent of the school, is to
be awarded to the student in the for
eign trade convention" course who pre-
sents the best convention paper Judged
upon its contents. subject, analysis
and public delivery. Frederick A
Christoph of Washington. d. c., was
awarded this prize last year.
Another fraternity. the Delta Sigma
ri offers a gold scholarship key, to be
awarded by Mu Chapter. to the gradu-
ating senior who attains the highest
scholarship throughout the entire course
1t was awarded last year to Juan
Garcia Diaz of Porto Rico.
Gold Medal Award.
The w. Coleman Nevils gold medal
will be awarded to the student who has
the highest record in the course in for
eign relations Of the United States
Charles ID. Martin of Massachusetts is
Two prizes are offered by DR. James
Brown Scott. member of the faculty, tC
the student presenting the best paper
on international law and also the foreign
relations of the United States. These
were won last year by Anthony b. Ken
lsel of Missouri and Robert T. Hamilton
Of this city.
The E-otzner prizes in political sci
ere viii be awarded for the first time
this year to the writer's of the two
best papers submitted by members OF
either of the classes in political science
at the foreign service school or at the
college of arts and sciences.
Glasses Elect Officers.
Third and fourth year classes of the
foreign service school met Thursday
and elected officers for the year. In the
fourth year class the following mer
were chosen: c. L. Cordes, president;
r. c. Long, vice president: w. p
Wright. secretary: B. o. Weitz. treas
arms In the third year class. W. O.
Barrett was elected president: j. j
Shanahan. vice president; J. l.. Hickey
secretary; B. Wetzler treasurer: R. F.
Droney. historian. and g. Meza, ser
geant-a farms
All four classes at the college have
voted unanimously in favor of hold
ing foot ball hop this winter, pos
sibly the first Friday in December.
The committee in charge of the event
are Edward ]. Sauter (chairman).
John s. Haller, John NJ. Gibbons, John
\. Manfuso. Francis j. Rowen. J. Han
way Grasty president of the Yard)
Edward NJ. Brooks. j. l.. Mccormick,
Louis w. OLeary, John T. Doran,
Thomas F. Murphy and Andrew Saul.
Intercollegiate and interclass con-
tests will feature the debating season
at Georgetown University this winter.
Challenges have been issued by
Georgetown College to Cornell, the
University of Maryland and Boston
University.
Hope to Meet VI. L.
Georgetown is anxious to meet the
University of Maryland. owing to the
public interest which debate be-
tween the two institutions would ere
ate in Washington. The four de-
baters who will compete for the
Merrick medal December 16 have been
selected and the outcome of this con-
test will have an important bearing
on the selection of a team for the
intercollegiate contests. The Merrick
debaterS were chosen from members
of the Philodemic Society, the most
important of the college debating
clubs and are Francis Mahoney, John
f Daley. James G.. Burke and Dono-
van McCune. All are members Of the
senior class.
At the Georgetown Law School the
prize debates will be the chief con-
tests of the year. Picked teams from
the senior and the junior freshman
debating societies will meet in a
series of four contests during the
year and the winners OF each event
will be pitted against each other in
final debate for a cash prize of $50
offered by the faculty.
The Georgetown Reserve Officers
Training Corps unit will be inspected
Thursday afternoon by Dean Talon
Capt William f. Bergin, u. S. A,
commandment of the unit, has ordered
full-dress parade for that day.