Evening star., 1924-05-11
june week EVENTS
SCHEDULED AT C. U.
Program Committee Submits Work
to Vote Of Senior Glass
for Approval.
"RICHELIEU" TO BE PLAYED
Presentation Heaviest Task Under
taken by Dramatic Group.

A tentative schedule of Catholic
University's commencement exercises
and the dates for June week have
been arranged by the program com
mittee OF the senior class and have
oeen presented to the class for its
approval by p. y. O'Connor, chairman
of the committee. The program In
cludes many interesting features,
and a number of innovations have
been made this year which promise
to, make the week the most elaborate
ever staged at the university. The
activities will get under way June 7,
when the senior prom will be held
June will be Baccalaureate Sunday,
and the mass will be celebrated in
the presence of the professoriate and
the members of the senior class in
academic costume. In the afternoon
the executive committee of the
alumni association will meet and dis
cuss athletic policies.
Sunday night will be given over to
the four clubs, and these organiza-
ttons are planning many novel events
as their contributions to the COM
mencement program.
June 9, Monday. the registration of
the alumni in Gibbons Hall will be
followed by a meeting in Mcmahon
Hall, at which the seniors will be
dunlllte0 10 the alurln1 ASSOCIATION.
At 3 pm. an athletic carnival will
be held in the new stadium. In the
evening at Sis the dramatic associa-
tion will present "Richelieu." Ray
mond Williams of Dubois, Pa, a
member of the senior law class, will
appear in the title role, while Carroll
Carson. Duluth. Mimi, a member of
the senior academic class, wiz trim
himself into the leading feminine
role as Julie de Mortemar. Both
players have appeared in past pro-
ductions of the dramatic association,
and during their stay at the uni
versity have made quite q name for
themselves. Mr.. Carson has won
particular praise for his ability to
transpose his personality to- the
weaker sex.
The production OF "Richelieu" will
be the heaviest task yet undertaken
by the dramatic association, for not
only is the cast to be larger, but the
scenic arrangements and the cos
tunes are to be much more extensive.
The play will be under the direction
of Joseph English, instructor in dra-
matics at the university.
Senior Mass Planned.
Tuesday morning, June 10. the
senior mass will be celebrated in the
crypt of the national shrine of the
immaculate conception. and this will
formally open 1t to the student body
of the university. After the mass
the alumni will elect officers for the
coming year and the afternoon viii
be given over to class reunions. At
pm. the alumni banquet will be
held.
Wednesday June IL, will be COM
mencement day and the exercises
will be held in the gymnasium fol-
lowing a senior mass and communion
in Gibbons Hall Chapel. Most Rev.
Michael ]. Curley OF Baltimore will
confer the degrees and Patrick j..
O'Connor of Savannah, Ga. will de-
liver the valedictory. Basil j. Kelly
of Washington is chairman of the
Commencement week committee.
Speeches, entertainment and re-
freshment are the head liners for
the smoker, which has been arranged
for Thursday evening before the
sophomore prom. 1t will initiate
sophomore week and has been ar
ranged by. the student council in
honor of the seniors. who have been
awarded gold foot balls and mega
phones Speeches will be given by
members of the faculty, Alumni Asso-
citation and student body.
All social life at the university this
week points to the sophomore prom
and week end. The prom will be
held Friday night in the gymnasium
and will be followed by tea dance
Saturday afternoon.
At $40 tomorrow evening. in the
assembly room of Mcmahon Hall. the
University Musical Club will present
its third monthly concert. The artists
who will perform are Miss Elizabeth
Winston and Mr.. Herman Hoffman,
who will be accompanied by Miss
Louise Potter.