Evening star., 1923-05-27
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY.

Catholic tourists OF America unueT
| Knights Of Columbus. are today maxi
| the auspices of the members of the
ing the first pilgrimage to the crypt
| Of the National Shrine of the Immacu-
late Conception. The pilgrimage
, comes from Brooklyn. and numbers
| more than 900. Bishop Shahan will
celebrate a low mass near the crypt
at 9 o'clock. The university dining
hall will feed the large crowd. Dur
ing the morning motion pictures VIII
be shown in Mcmahon Hall. At 1890
O'Clock benedlction viii be given on
the grounds.
p The bod Noon Club will give an en-
tertainment IN honor of the seniors
Tuesday eveing at $50 o'clock. in Nc
Mahon Hall. The entertainment viii
be held In connection with the COM
mencement week program. Justice
Wendell Phillips Stafford of the Dis
trict Supreme Court will be the guest
of honor, and will make an address
Rt. Rev. Thomas ]. Shahan will make
the introductory remarks. A program
has been arranged which Will include
a recitation by E. Cain and vocal Sc
lections by Nine. Clelia Fioravanti.
assisted by Miss MARCEL Greenhlagh.
A selection by the glee club quartet
and the singing of the Alma Mater
song will complete the program. This
Is the first time any university club
has ever entertained in public. The
orchestra
The entire student body and hum
dreds of ecclesiastics from the re-
ligious houses assembled Thursday at
the place where construction has
begun on the work OF the new
stadium of the university. to have .
photograph taken. Tie work of the
stadium fund committee has pro
gressed during the past two weeks.
The fund has now passed the $1,000
mark. Steam shovels and men are at
work and the completion of the field
for the coming foot ball season is
assured.
The address of the Chilean am
bassador, which was to be given Tues
day eveing, has been postponed In
definitely.
Last Friday evening and yesterday
afternoon the University Dramatic
Association presented The Toast
master" three-act college comedy.
Another presentation is to be given
tomorrow evening in the gymnasium
at O'Clock. The cast includes John
F. Fitzgerald, P. J. O'Connor, J. II.
Howard, Raymond Williams, J. a.
Red" Ward. William Grumley. Luke
Stapleton. Henry Bayley, Andrew
Healy and Ambrose Hyland.
Able Jean Violet of Paris. orator.
preacher and social worker, lectured
noon as the guest of the university.
During the past week the Catholic
Sisters College. affiliated with the
Catholic University, became a senior
unit of the Catholic students mission
crusade. The announcement of their
enrolment in the movement was
made by Bishop Shahan. This makes
the sixth unit of colleges affiliated
to the Catholic University to join
the crusade. All the units of the uni
versity are interested in the pro-
posal of local conference to set up
AN Individual booth of mission en-
hibits representing the work of all
Washington units at the Notre Dame
convention this summer.
Under the auspices of the Shahan
Debating Society the rector's prize
debate was held in Mcmahon Hall.
Monday evening The winners were:
r. j. Smith. Robert Ruess and william
G.. Mcdonald who upheld the mega
tive side of the now important ques-
tion THAT il is desirable that the
United States participate in the Per
tice" The judges We're F. Regis Noel,
Vincent L. Toomey and John X. NJ.
Ewing.
John Regan member Of the
sophomore class, won the tennis tour
nament which has been in progress
several weeks.
All classes officially close at the
university Tuesday evening of this
week. Final examinations begin May
81 and close June 8. All the aca-
demic exercises at the university will
close with graduation June IS.