Evening star., 1924-03-02
C. u. TO CELEBRATE
PATRON SAINTS DAY
Feast of Thomas Aquinas, Elk.
I, ponent of Scholastic Philosophy,
Friday Next.
OTHER SPECIAL EXERCISES
Members of Dramatic Association
to Present "Macbeth."

Catholic University will celebrate
the feast of its patron saint, Thomas
Aquinas, the great exponent of scho-
lastic philosophy Friday. The day
will be observed by the celebration
of solemn pontifical mass in the gym
, nasium at 10 o'clock. The rector of
the university will ofiiciate. The
professoriate will,be present in aca-
demic costume, marching in process
The professors, priors and communi-
ties of the fourteen religious houses
affiliated with the university, together
with the student body, will be in at
tendance.
Exercises relative to the sixth
centenary of the canonizatfon Of ST.
Thomas will be held in the assembly
room of Mcmahon hall. beginning
Thursday night at o'clock. A series
of papers dealing with the PERSONAL
ity of Saint Thomas will be read by
members of the faculty of philosohy.
The professors and their friends have
been invited to attend. together with
the members of the student body.
quest made by DR.. Nicholas Murray
Butler, president of Columbia Uni
versity and director of the Carensle
endowment for international peace,
for books and literary matter WIN
which to replenish the libraries OF
the Imperial University of TOXIC ana
other universities so unhappIly de-
stroyed by the recent earthquake,
Bishop Shahan last week Hade d
personal appeal to each professor oi
the university in an endeaVor 10 en-
list their interest and support III
this most worthy enterprise
Books of all sorts and all kinds are
to be welcomed, but more partlculaTls
~f Jnr
political economy. sociology, hne arts
literature and the natural sciences.
Already many fine contributions nave
come to hand at the library, Where
Joseph Schneider. the university IL
brarian, is taking care of their trans
mission to the stricken nation. The
following committee has been ap-
pointed by the bishop TO take charge
of the affair: Rev. DR.. Peter Guiiday'
Dr. Aubrey Landry, DIR. Patrick j;
Lennox, DR.. William j. Merry anu
Joseph Schneider.
The senior class in cap and gown
will assemble in the center Of the
campus to take part in the exercises
attendant upon the planting or the
class tree Friday.
To Install Crypt Ceilings.
NJ p. Cantwell of Boston arrived
recently in Washington to superin.
tend the placing of the GuastaVlno
ceilings in the crypt Of the national
shrine. Work is being rushed on the
triple apse SO they VIII be ready py
Eastern Sunday. Ten marble columns,
each weighing two and three-tourths
tons were placed last week and the
Guastavino work is now progressing.
The University Dramatic Associa-
tion will present Tuesday next TO the
students, professors and frlenas ol
the university Snakespeare's tragic
Macbeth" The play, however, has
been somewhat curtailed, due to the
fast approach of Lent and the wishes
of the officers of the association TO
have the play over before Ash wed.
nesday; The theme will be enacted
from the beginning up to the Porter
scene which follows shortly after the
murder scene. Carroll c. Kit" Car
son of Duluth. Mimi. who distln-
guished himself in The Tailor-Made
other Catholic University productions,
has been named for the leading fem
mime role as Lady Macbeth. Ray
Williams of Dubois, Pa. will imper.
senate Macbeth. The remainder of
Carthy. Washington, D. c., Duncan;
John F. Nolan, Bridgeport Conn,
Banquo: Edward Blight, Brooklyn, n.
V, Angus: John Fitzgerald. Water
bury. Conn; sergilips; rana Frank A. De- De-
paul E. Miller, Fort Wayne, Ind,
Porter.
Foot Ball Team Awards.
The athletic council at recent
meeting voted to present to the fol-
lowing members of the varsity foot
ball team of last fall, gold foot
ball: Robert Denault, Mitteneague.
Mass; Bernard Eberts, Columbus,
Ohio: Joseph Lawler. JessuD. Pa;
Edward Lynch, North Hampton.
Mass Thomas J. Marshall, Mount
Savage, Md: a. J. Mccarthy. Hornell.
n. Y; Daniel Neary, Waterbury,
Conn, and Berthold Vorsanger,
Englewood, \. j.
The annual oratorical contest,
which was scheduled to be held dur
ing the second week in March under
the auspices of the Shahan Debating
Society. has been postponed.
The University Glee Club is grad
ually broadening the scope of its ac-
tivities. 1t achieved a notable dis
tinction as a college organization
when, on Wednesday evening. its
talent, forty strong. was heard by
the ears of the radio world through
WCAP. Prof. Leo Behrendt. who is
the founder of the club and the di-
rector at present, announces that he
has received another invitation from
the commandant at Walter Reed
Hospital to bring his proteges there
Sunday, March 9, to display their
talents. He has accepted the invi-
tation. The club also has consented
to render several numbers in con-
junction with the presentation of
Macbeth" by the Dramatic Associa-
tion Tuesday evening at SIS.