Evening star., 1924-05-18
ALUMNI. REUNION
TO BRING MANY TO GU.
Graduates From All Parts of U. S
to Come for Commencement
Exercises June 8.
HONOR PRESIDENT C2EEDEN
Elaborate Arrangements Made to
Honor Visitors.

The 125th annual commencement
exercises at Georgetown University,
June 8, will be memorable day in
the history of that venerable institu-
ton.
Alumni from all parts of the coun-
try will make their annual pilgrim
age to Washington to pay their re-
spects to President Coolidge, who
will be the guest of honor at the Hill
top exercises, and also to say fare
well to Rev. John b. .Creeden, S. j., on
his retirement as president of George
town.
Students at the various schools are
making elaborate arrangements for
the alumni reunion which always is a
feature of commencement week. The
law school is particularly Interested
in view of the fact that one of it's
most distinguished graduates, GOV.
William S. Flynn of Rhode Island, is
to make the address to the graduates
on commencement day. Gov. Flynn
also will be conferred the honorary
degree Of doctor of laws by the uni
versity.
Coolidge Club to Tnke Part.
The Coolidge Club of the law school
and the Rhode Island Law Club Will
take a prominent part in the student
activities of the week. Joseph H..
Hagan, president of the latter, is ar
ranging a reception and banquet IN
honor of Gov. Flynn the night OF
commencement. incidentally, Gov.
FLYNN is the second Rhode lsland ex-
ecutive in recent years to graduate
from the Georgetown Law Schooi, ms
predecessor being Gov. James n. hls
gins. l.. l.. B., so.
school. separate class day exercises
will be held by its graduates Satur-
day June z. The committee IN chdfse
of Senior week announces that an on
portrait Of the late Chief Justice Con-
stantine j. Smyth of the Court OF Ap-
meals who was lecturer on corpora
tions at the law school. Will be un-
yelled in the law library. The class
of 1924 was the last class he tauRnt
at the school, and will pay this marx
of respect and love for MS memory
Plan Memorial Service.
The law school also is arranging
for memorial exercises on Decoratloh
day May 30, for the thirty-seven la"
students who gave their ilVes IN tie
world war President Creeden VIII De
asked to give the invocation
The exercises. beginning at 9:3o
o'clock in the morning, Will be neld III
the law library, where the student
body has placed a memorial tablet
bearing the names of the law school
dead A trophy of arms and french
helmet surmount the tablet, Win an
American flag. At its foot are two
machine guns, donated by the war
Department. A bugler from Fort
Myer will sound taps.
The committee in charge OF the
Decoration day exercises IS com
posed of Commander w. q. Nelll'
&. S. NJ. chairman: j. A. Burke
al A
W. j. o'Neill. W. D. simmons
H. c. Stenard and B. L. "alsh.
Georgetown plans to keep ai!Ne ti!e
memory of it's soldier dead IN TINS
way each Decoration day IN the Iu-
ture. .Lo
Graduation exercises for the
Georgetown University Hospital Train
ing School for Nurses Will be heid
Tuesday afternoon at 4:3O O'Clock IN
CASTOR Hall at the college. Thirteen
their course in hospital training Will
receive diplomas from President
John B. Creeden, S. J., of George
, town University.
Father Walsh to speak.
Rev. Edmund A. Walsh, ). j.,
former regent of the Georgetown
Foreign Service School, will make the
address to the graduates. Prizes for
the honor nurses will be awarded by
DR.. George Tully Vaughan.
The graduates are Miss Anna
Folliard, Miss Statia McGrath. Miss
Catherine McGrath, Miss Helen Nc
Guire. Miss Marjorie Blass. Miss
Pauline Bruder. Miss Mary Talmah,
Miss Anna Hershack, Miss Virginia
Williams, Miss Ruth Copley, Miss
Caroline Morahan. Miss Hilda Sims
and Miss Mary KernS
After the exercises the alumni as
sociation will give a reception and
dance at the hospital in the evening.
Miss Mary Graham is president of
the alumni and is in charge of ar
rangements.
The Philonomosian extempore de-
bate will be held tomorrow evening
in the Philodemic room at the college.
Participants in the affair are John
II. DAILY. "a; William B. Hunt "a
Robert Hitchcock, '25. and William c.
Gillian, '25. After the debate the So
ciety will hold it's annual election of
officers.
The Mask and Baub1e Club, which
had such an excellent performance
of Hamlet Saturday week. was in
vited to go to New York to present
the tragedy for the benefit of the
New York alumni. There was keen
disappointment because necessary
arrangements could not be made BY
the student players.