Evening star., 1924-03-09
GEORGETOWN STARTS
SERIES OF LECTURES
Public Addresses Again to Be Con-
tinued Through Lenten
Season.


years, Georgetown College has inau-
gurated its series of weekly public
lectures during the Lenten season.
|. Rev. William T. Talon. S. j., dean
of the college, under whose auspices
the lectures are being held, extends
an invitation to the public generally,
as we'll as the student body and
friends of Georgetown. The series
opened Friday night with AN address
by Rev. Edmund A. Walsh, S. j.,
former regent of the Georgetown for
eign service school and late papal re-
lief envoy in Russia Father Walsh
relief mission and the American mis-
sion, with which he was originally
connected.
Senator David 1. Walsh Of Massa-
chusetts is the next lecturer, and will
speak on The Senate and Its Prob
lens" Friday evening at Sis O'Clock
in CASTOR Hall. There will be five
other Lectures during the Lenten pc
riod. Father Talon has announced
them as follows:
List OF Lectures.
William A. Reid. foreign trade ad-
visor of the Pan American Union. on
Seeing South America; DR.. William
f. Notz of the Federal Trade Com
mission, on "Co-operative Mark ct
ing; DR.. John Foote. professor Of
pediatrics, Georgetown Medical School,
on Child Care as Reflected in Art
assistant editor Of the National Geo
graphic Magazine, on The West
Coast of England" and Walter George
Smith. Philadelphia attorney. on THE
American Ideal of the State
The lecture series were inaugu
rated three years ago by Rev. w.
Coleman Nevis, S. j., then dean of
the college, and proved a success from
the beginning. Father Talon hopes
that as many as possible will take
and for this reason has changed the
hours from afternoon to evening.
Wise Wins College Honor.
John E. Wise Of the sophomore
class at Georgetown College, a Dis
trict OF Columbia boy, won highest
scholastic honors among all the COL
legians during the past month. it was
announced at the regular reading Of
the marks. He received first honors
for the highest general average in
all studies, and, in addition, was
awarded testimonials in English COM
position and chemistry.
Five other District of Columbia
students were numbered among the
seventy boys singled out for neri-
torious work. They are Albert l.
Maserick. philosophy and physics, and
bers Of the junior class; Charles G.
Arostein, chemistry and biology,
freshman, pre-medical, and Henry
Saidman and Cyril II. SmithdeaI,
fre chmen. pre-legal, in philosophy, and
Others who received testimonials
were:
Junior I clas-Joseph &. Brennan.
Albert B. Brogan. Thomas F. Ferry,
sioris and oliver a. st. onge.
Junior 2-John F.. Baecher, Thomas
A Callaghan. Frederick Cavanaugh,
Charles L. Crowley, David H Cum
! mings, Alan A. DAILY, Joseph NJ De-
Raismes. Amadeo Gordano, John G..
Lee, James E. Piekenbrock and Henry
c. Wood.
Clare Leads Sophomore.
Sophomore A. b. Norbert H.
Clare. William Clare. Girls Clemens,
John w. Eustace, William Illig, John
J. MoKone, James E. Quinn. Francis
4. Ruffer. John J. Sweeney, Walter ].
tino Vega, Charles l. Watrous and T.
X. Smith.
Sophomore A. b LEO B. Breslin,
John T. Doran. Albert Giordano. AL
Charles E. Rimp, William C. smith
and James c. Sappington.
Sophomore pre-medical--J. Joseph
Hourigan, Joseph w. Sikolowski, Jose
G.. Velazquez and Francis M. liter
Freshman A B. 1-Charles Ginoc-
chic. Robert Nagle, D. w. O'Donoghue,
Francis c. Pequignot. Joseph G.
Sands, r f. Slattery, Joseph G.
White, G. Wallace Garner and Martin
! ]. Harding.
Freshman re-medical-Victor Al
faro. Joseph H Gerdes and Alfred M
Tartaslino.
Freshman pre-medical - John T
Dwyer, George T. ent, Robert
C. Gormley. Francis J. Mcnamara.
Arthur ]. Melville, Lester Murray and
Clement j. Reap.
| Get Foreign Service Pri1e&.
The prizes donated by DR.. James
Brown Scott of the foreign service
school for the best midyear examina.
tion in the course on international
law was awarded to. Walter j. O'Con-
nor Of Cambridge, Mass, whose rat
ing was 80 per cent. Mr.. O'Connor Is
registrar of Georgetown College, ant
| is taking postgraduate courses In
| the foreign service school The prize
consists of a thcee-volume set OF
| Judicial Disputes Between the States
| of the American Union"
A second prize, donated by DR.
| Scott for the best midyear examina-
:, ton in the course on foreign rela-
! tions of the United States, wa.
/ awarded to David Kay of Chatta-
F, nooga, Tenn. The grade given WA
80 per cent. Mr.. Key is preparing
i for appointment in the diplomatic