Evening star., 1923-09-23
c. j. OUT TO REGAIN
MILITARY LAURELS
Three-Fourths Of Students
Expected to Enter Reserve
! Corps Unit.

Under the command of Capt. Will
liam e. Bergin, u. S. A, professor of
military science and tactics, George
town University this year expects TO
build up reserve officers training
corps unit that will comprise at least
three fourths of the college students
and large proportion of the medical
enrolment.
The r.. o. T. C. unit is out to regain
It's lost position in the distinguished
list as classified by the War Depart
outlook as one of the most promising
in recent years. In addition, the
medical school will place due en-
phasis on the value of the training
which the medical unit will afford
the student body.
Four New Army Oficers.
Four new Army officers have been
detailed at Georgetown this year, me-
cessitated by the transfer of Maj.
William H. Hobson, Capt. Walter d.
McChord, Capt. Edwin G. Watson and
Maj. Bull, who was in command of
the medical unit.
Capt. Bergin, who has been with the
Hilltop unit during the past three
years, has been placed in command
of the r. o. T. c. unit. Maj. Hobson.
Years. is now stationed at the Officers
School. at Fort Leavenworth. Assist
ing Capt. Bergin will be Capt. Stew
art d. Hervey, Capt William B.
Lowery and Capt. John H. Cochran.
All three join Georgetown from the
Infantry School at Fort Benning.
For a while Capt. Bergin feared he
would lose Sergt. Michael j. Donahue.
veteran of the 1st Division and one
of the American heroes selected by
infantry among the official mourners
at the burial of the Unknown Sol
dier.".. Sergt Donahue. who is a valu-
liable assistant in breaking in" the
raw recruits and universally liked on
the Hilltop, will be discharged on
September 26,- but already has an
nounced his intention of doing an
other hitch" in the service.
Lose sergt. Euker.
The unit, however, will lose Sergt.
z. ]. Euker. jr., who has rendered
valuable service for several years at
the Hilltop in organizing the unit
Sergt. Euker will be discharged on
October and will enter the civil
service in responsible position. hav-
ing already passed his examination.
To NIL the vacancy in the command
ing office at the medical school,
former student and very active
alumni in Maj. ]. John Madigan
Stationed. now in Texas. Maj. Madi-
gan expects to report at Georgetown
within the next few weeks While
at Georgetown Maj. Madigan gradu-
ated in the medical class of 1909.
Three departments of the univer-
sity will open this week, the medical
and dental schools on Wednesday and
the School of Foreign Service on Fri
day evening. With the opening of
the law school on October 1 the whole
university will be in full swing and
ready for what promises to be the
most prosperous year in it's history.
Gratifying Enrolment.
While never large, the registration
At the medical and dental schools
ing exercises will be held at 1880
o'clock in the afternoon in the audi
torium at the medicine building. DR..
George NJ. Cober. dean of medicine.
and DR.. Bruce L. Taylor, dean of
dentistry. will address the students,
of Georgetown University will pre-
side.
The Georgetown Hova, the weekly
news publication of the Hilltop. will
make it's appearance this year under
the editorship of James Z. Russell
John F. Heating. Bernard NJ. Wag-
ner will be the new editor of the
Georgetown Journal, official publica-
tion of the whole university, and
Louis L. Weber is the new business
manager. In. his remarks at the
President Creeden stressed the i'm
portance of loyal support to the school
publications on the part of the
student body.