Evening star., 1923-12-30
BONUS G. U. DEBATE
TOPIC JANUARY II
Law School Students to Clash
Second Time in Prize
! Conflict.
E SENIOR PROM Is PLANNED
Committee on Arrangements Il
Named for Social Event.

Endctment or soldiers bonus law,
upon which republicans in the House
VIII caucus soon. Is the subject for
the second prize debate at the
Georgetown University School of Law
on the evening OF January II. The
two teams. composed Of the winners
Of preliminary contests between the
Senior and the Junior-sophomore De-
batting Societies. were announced last
night by Hugh j. Fegan. assistant
dean OF the law school, as follows:
Seniors-George N. Dale of Vermont.
Bernard l.. Grove, jr., Of the District
of Columbia and Horace A. Kelly. jr..
of Texas: Juniors-John T. Higgins
Of Indiana, w. G. Elliott of the Dis
trict OF Columbia and e. s. Rick OF
Florida.
a cash prize of SIS is offered by the
faculty to the winner of the contest
who will be entitled to compete in
the final prize debate OF the season.
Announcement of the judges for the
event will be made later.
Plans for Social Prom.
J. C. Davis, general chairman of
the senior prom committee Of the law
school, Is making arrangements for
the social event which will be held
shortly after the end OF the Christ
mas holidays.
The following committees in charge
of arrangements have just been Sc
lected: Finance. II. kilcoyne.
L. G schlider. aHy B. A L. 6 Groves, ~ nIfnis' f. B.
ter, chairman; A. T.. Beck, l. H. La
dan. H.. g. Pillen. G.. H. Joyce. c. L.
McCashion. Favors-J. T. Swift,
Chairman; J; G. German. F: H.
nard. J. F: Brodie. j. R Conroy.
Music-F. H. OConnor. chairman: w.
2. Boyle, F. A. Clifford. w. s. Patten,
ID. Schlesinger. T. l. Fletcher. Ar
rangements-F. J. Fitzgerald. chair
man; aoG G; E. Conner; F.. Z. MsrinG. :.
ferty. P. A. Jenkins. Refreshments-
G. A. Ginsberg. chairman: w. D.
simmons, r. II. Shafer, A. Donesa, D.
NJ. Rogers. Entertainment--J. E.
Sheehy. chairman: X. l.. Johns, j. j.
Hayden, L. Max, r. T. Amis. T. 4.
j. +. O'Hare. chairman; l.. w. Doug
las, e. N. Mara, E. P. Mulcahy, F. K.
Downey. ]. r. Thin, j. H. Coughlin.
Ring committee-D. H. Cotter. chair
man; T. Mcnamara. J. F. Howley, L.
j. Rosykiewicz and J. r.. Dunbar.
The recess period ends for all the
professional schools OF the univer-
sity January 3, when classes will be
! resumed. and for the college on Janu-
ary 2. Practically 80 per cent OF the
professional students remained In
Washington during the holidays.
Foreign Service Topic.
The national conference on train
ington during the past week was at
faculty faculty Of T the A GeorEetown sne ForeiKe sni,re
Service School, the pioneer institu.
tion of this kind in the United States.
Dr. Glen Levin swiggett of the
United States bureau of education,
who was chairman of the conference,
Is member OF the Georgetown
faculty. Some Of the visiting dele
gates to the conference also were
former members of the faculty and
these enjoyed renewing relations
with the school. Among them were
DR.. Frank Rutter OF Dartmouth Unit
versity, former professor OF foreign
exchange; DIR. Eugene Van Cleef of
Ohio University and DR.. G.. B. Boor-
ness Administration, former pro-
lessor of world commodities.
Rev. w. Coleman Nevils, S. j.
regent OF the Foreign Service School,
who addressed the conference on the
opening day. left Washington for St.
Louis, the first leg Of a journey that
will take him to the Pacific coast in
the interests Of tho Georgetown En-
downment Association, of which he is
national chairman.
The actual application of informa-
ton gathered in the university class
room is the basis Of the new seminar
course at the Foreign Service School,
OF which Col. Alan G. Goldsmith.
chief of the western European di-
vision of the Department Of Com
merce, is the lecturer.
VIII Discuss Specific Problems.
Each period is to be devoted to a
discussion of q specific problem which
has actually been placed before
American business and financial in
terests in the recent past. The prob
lens are to be discussed by the class
itself, each member being assigned a
certain phase of each one and a So
luton arrived at after consultation.
At the end Of the course each stu
outlined. or similar one, and his
solution will be submitted in lieu of
examination.
This. perhaps, is the first appIica-
tion of this new system in the For
eign Service School. 1t is based on a
thorough preliminary knowledge of
the economic situation in Europe, and
only students are admitted who have
creditably passed the course on "Eu-
rope as an Export Field"
DR.. William j.. Spillman. professor
of the course In agricultural COM
modities Of world trade at the.F For
eign Service y School. Is engaged In
books on agriculture for the World
Book Company of Yonkers. N. Y. DR.
Spillman spoke at the Virginia State
Bankers Association convention al
Richmond, December %, on Success
full Farming in Virginia