Evening star., 1924-11-02
CATHOLIC j. PLANS
RECORD ACTIVITIES
Dramatic Society to Re.
hearse Popular Comedy.
ESQ Society Elects.

The Catholic University Dramatic
Association will start rehearsals thi.
week on George M. Cohan's popular
comedy, The Seven Keys to Bald
pate" which will be the organiza-
tion's first production of the current
scholastic year. Joseph English is
director Of the association.
The cast for the principal roles has
been announced. John +. Fitzgerald
of Waterbury. Conn. will take the
lead as William McGee: James Con
nell Of Philadelphia, Pa, will portray
Mrs Quimby: Justin Toben, Duluth
Mimi. Mr.. Quimby: James Aspoas
Superior, Wis. Cargan; John ]. Nc
Mahon, Hartford. Conn, Hayden. E
NJ Curran. Bangor, Me, Lou Max
John F. Mckeown, Rockledge, Fla.
Peter. the Hermit; A. p. Maloney
Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Rhodes. The
play will be presented early in De-
cember.
Debating Society Topic.
The Shahan Debating Society, ac-
cording to the announcement OF its
president, John F. Skelly of Philadel-
phia, Pa, will debate publicly for the
first time tomorrow evening, in at
Johns Hall at s o'clock The question
for debate is Resolved. That the
amendment to the Constitution as
proposed by Senator La Toilette
whereby Congress would have power
TO repass a law declared unconstitu-
tional by the Supreme Court. is a
menace to Anne rican liberty" The af-
firmative will be upheld by Thomas
Marshall OF Cum mberland, Md, and J.
A McKendrick of Cortland, y. Y. and
the negative by J. ]. Stack of Duluth,
Mimi. and J. B, Cronin of Tomkins-
vile, n. Y.
Mr.. English. who is coaching the
debating teams has divided the fresh
man members into two groups, one
in St Johns Hall and one in ST
Thomas Hall, each to have team
In this way it is hoped to estab-
li.h a rivalry which will be a spe-
cial incentive to debating. A. p
MaIoney of Philadelphia has been
elected president of the society in St
Johns Hall.
Society Chooses Onice~.
The ESQ Society elected officers
last week. They are: President
Bernard Locraft, of Washington. d.
c.; vice president, Walter ]. Costello
of Washington, D. c.; Treasurer
George Farrell Washington, D. C..
and secretary, Frank a. Cribbins, OF
Derby, Conn. 1t was decided that the
society WOulO De most at Il QdnCe curing
the latter part of the month.
Thursday and Friday Evenings last
week the entire student body as
sembled in the gymnasium to listen
TO pep talk by various members of
the faculty. The meetings were held
: in advance of the d-Catholic
L. game yesterday in the new
stadium. The cheering section was
we'll organized under the leadership
of John F. Fitzgerald of Waterbury
Conn, who, in addition to the en-
tertainment offered by himself. had
trained several other members of the
student body to clown for the throng
DR.. Hart X. Of c. Chaplain.
Rev. Charles A. Hart. professor OF
logic at the university. has been
appointed chaplain of the Washing
ton Chapter of the knights of Co
lumbus. The Washington Chapter is
carrying on a campaign for members
among the students of the Catholic
University. Already they have Sc
cured 40 men. A. ]. Scullen of the
department of civil engineering is
chairman of the subcommittee on
membership at the university. The
recording secretary is Fred Diegel-
mann of Washington.
, The Paciolo Society. organized last
y
taking as its patron the man who
wrote the first treatise on accounting
held its first meeting of the year last
Tuesday. The object of the club is
to bring to the university a number
of experienced accountants at va
rious times during the year and have
them address the members. Dr.
William VI. Deviny of the department
of economies is responsible for the
organization of the society. The Of
ficers for the year are: Justin Toben,
Duluth, Mimi. presidents; James L.
Garvin, Springfield. Mass, vice pres
ident; Joseph E. Cogan, Providence.
r. l., secretary, and Harry Moore
. treasurer.
Will Broadcaxt Election.
Through the courtesy of the de-
partment of electrical engineering
the results of the presidential cleo
ton will be broadcast on the main
floor of the gymnasium Tuesday eve
ming. Prof. Thomas J. MacKavanagh
will be in charge of the apparatus.
Eleven members of the Ben edictine
Order of the English CONGREGATION
have arrived at the Catholic Uni
Hersity. taken over the property ac-
CURED here, and begun their monastic
life, with full canonical hours esta ablish-
ed. They are the pioneer group in the
setting up of monastic life, planned for
more than year. and for which a party
OF American priests has been studying
for months in Scotland.