Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28
c. j. REPRESENTED
AT PERU COUNCILS
Foreign School Leaders
Delegates to Pan-Ameri.
can Conference.

ment or various associations in the
United States, five members of the
foreign service school faculty of
Georgetown University are attending
the third Pan-American Scientific
Congress and the Conference of the
American Institute of International
Law, both of which opened in Lima,
Peru, December 20.
Dr. Leo S. Rowe, director general of
the Pan-American Union and lectur er
on Latin America in the school of
foreign service, is chairman of the
American delegation to the SCIENTIFIC
congress. The United States repre-
sentative for private. public and in
ternational law, DR.. James Brown
Scott, is professor of International
law. William Manager. secretary of
the American delegation, is the as
sistant in the course in Latin Amer
lea. DR.. Glen Levin Swiggett, pro-
fessor of world markets and world
economics, and DR.. G.. A. Sherwen.
head of the Spanish department at
the school, are also delegates to these
conferences. A graduate of the law
school, Dr. George A. Finch, accom-
panied DR.. Scott as a delegate of the
Carnegie Endowment.
Dr. Scott has been a delegate to
number of the an-American confer
ences and the sessions of the Pan
American Scientific Congress. the last
of which was held at Washington in
1915. Recognized as one of the fore
most experts on international law,
DR.. Scott has attended all of the con-
ferences at Tie Hague. and also
served as a delegate to the Peace Con-
ference at Versailles. Later he was a
technical adviser at the Washington
Limitation of Arms Conference.
Aided Inv Codification.
His long diplomatic experience and
grasp of the law has been an impor-
tant factor in the matter of codifi-
cation of international law with the
81 American republics. AS president
of the American Institute of Interna-
tional Law, DR.. Scott has chiefly di-
rected this important work, which
was stressed by President Coolidge in
his recent message to Congress. If
these conferences are successful and
this code is adopted, it will be the
first time in the history of the world
that large group of nations have
drawn up a definite code of rules of
conduct for international relations
covering the field as a whole.
In view of the scope of the foreign
service school, the discussions at
these two important conferences,
which bear so intimately on the rela-
tions of the two Americas, will be of
inestimable value to the students TAX
ing the Latin American and constitu-
tional law courses. The faculty MEM
bers attending the conferences will
deal with those various subjects in
their lectures upon their return to
Washington.
Through the courtesy of William A.
Reid, foreign trade expert of the Pan
American Union, a special illustrated
AaYiCn
foreign service school recently. A
number of up-to-date and instructive
films on the commercial and industrial
activities of Mexico were shown.
Aids In shipping Studies.
So far as known, the foreign serv-
ice school is the only department of
an American university in which is
included instruction in the technical
subjects of the shipping business. Co
operation is being extended the school
by large business firms, who fire.
quently furnish lecturers. In this
connection Edward ]. Colson, chief
operating engineer of the Babcock &
Wilcox Co, delivered lecture
recently at the school on water-tube
boilers. Mr.. Colson is one of the
foremost experts in his line.
Considerable interest has been
aroused among the local Hilltop"
alumni in the District of Columbia
and vicinity by the recent organiza-
tion of the Georgetown University
Alumni Club of Washington. Headed
by Frank Mccarthy, newly elected
president, the club is conducting a
membership drive that Is meeting
with good results. Already more
than 100 former students and gradu-
ates are enrolled, with indications
that this number may be doubled at
it's next meeting.
The Georgetown Club of Washing
ton is the newest link in the chain of
similar organizations that the uni
versity is forging throughout the
country. Other alumni clubs recently
formed in New York, New Haven,
Pittsburgh and many other cities are
doing their utmost to establish a new
era of relationship between the
alumni and their alma mater, and are
actively cooperating in the campaign
| for a Greater Georgetown"
In sending out his appeal for new
| members Mr.. Mccarthy stressed the
| fact that any former student of
| Georgetown, including the George
/ town Preparatory School, is eligible
| for membership in the new club.
| Since there are hundreds of men in
Washington who attended the college
| or professional department of the
university without necessarily taking
| a degree, 1t was concluded the new
| club would fail in its aim to be en-
| tirely representative Of the univer-
! sity if 1t refused recognition to these
| former students. The club is entirely
| independent of the local alumni as
ISOLATION, it was pointed out, which
has been in existence for a number
| of years.
1t is planned to hold social meet
ings of the club on the third Thurs
days of each month at the City Club.
Usually some form Of entertainment
will be provided on these occasions.
| At its first organization meeting last
week Brooke Johns, a former George
| town boy, was a guest of the club and
participated in the program.
The officers of the new organiza-
| tfon, in addition to Mr.. Mccarthy, are
Vice Presidents Austin Garfield, law
DR.. S. Logan Owens, medical; DR.. NJ
A. Stohlman, dental, and Thomas H.
Healy, foreign service. Walter T. Ca
hill is treasurer and Emmett l. Shee-
han secretary.
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