Evening star., 1924-12-07
DRAMATIC TALENT
FINDS NEW FIELD
Georgetown College Mask
and BaubIe Club Not Con-
fined to Shakespeare.


to the development of dramatic talent
among the students of Georgetown
College, will depart this season from
its former policy of adhering strictly
to the presentation of Shakespearean
drama
Announcement that the dramatic
club would present "It Pays to Ad-
vertise," one of the popular comedies
of the modern stage as It's first offer
ing after the Christmas holidays was
received with favorable comment on
the Hilltop. Heretofore, the Mask
and Bauble Club has confined its ac-
tivities to the presentation of single
Shak espearean play during the
season. Shakespeare is not to be
dropped from its program however,
as the club is making arrangements
to present Henry W. later in the
Spring.
More Active Interest Urged,
In aspiring to create more active
interest in amateur dramatics at
Georgetown, the new officers of the
Mask and Bauble Club have decided
to give az many performances as
possible during the year 1T Paks
to Advertise is was said, would be
followed by another popular comedy
II success attends the initial Offering
A cast of II men already has been
selected for 1t Pays to ADVERTISE ~
which includes four feminine roles.
In the offerings OF The Merchant OF
Venice" and Hamlet" the George
town players scored decided hits
with the difficult feminine roles in
these two great dramas In the
forthcoming performance the femi-
nine roles will be assumed by Louis F.
Peak, Paul Lyons, Francis A. Eeilv
and John L. Laughlin. jr. Other
members of the cast are William Kalt
cyril e. Clemens, James e McLarney.
Thomas Loughlin, Robert NJ. Lee,
John Galley, Henry J. Blommer and
Robert II. Christie
Reorganization of the Mask and
.Bauble Club was perfected during the
past week when new officers for the
year were elected. James +. McLar-
ney. '25, was chosen president other
members of the staff are Thomas Call
laghan, %, vice president; Matthew J.
Lyons. '25. secretary and treasurer.
Amadeo Giordano, '25, business man
ager, and T. Norman Muhlfeld, also of
the senior class, is stage manager.
G. L. Visited by Prefect.
The department of arts and sciences
of Georgetown University is under
going its annual scholastic inspcction.
Rev Francis Conneu, general prefect
of studies of the Maryland-Ne York
province, has arrived for a two weeks
visit at the college. Father ConneIl
is dean Of all the Jesuit colleges and
high schools in the province. which
includes Georgetown. During his
stay on the Hilltop, he is visiting
every class In each department of the
college, giving close attention 20 the
curriculum of studies and the meth
odds employed by the instructors in
the classrooms.
Father John L. Gipperich. S J.,
head of the department of astronomy.
has just returned TO Georgetown from
Rome, where he attended recent
scientific and philosophic conventions.
While abroad Father Gipperich in
spected the chief astronomical OBJ
servatories in Italy. Germany. France
and other European countries Dur
inc his absence Rev. Francis A. Ton
dorf. S. j., has been acting director
ul the Georgetown observatory, where
Father Gipperich will again assume
charge.
Foreign Service Graduate Placed.
Another Foreign Service School
graduate. H. Bentley Mackenzie. left
last week to take up his duties in the
Government service at Lima, Peru. Mr.
Mackenzie recently received -an ap-
Dointment as full trade commissioner
representing the Department OF Com
merce. He was one of the several
Foreign Service School graduates to
receive promotions in the Government
service during the past month. Fran
els B. Whelan, who received a certi-
ficate from the school last June, il
was also announced, has just been ap-
pointed consular clerk at, AntiIla,
Cuba. A third Foreign Service grad
uate, Karl Albrecht recently received
through the aid OF the school, an
appointment to take charge of the
foreign trade department of the Peo-
pies Bank of Charleston, S c.
James p. Donnelly was elected
president of tho first year morning
class of the GeorCetown Law School
at the elections last week. Other Off
GERS chosen in spirited contests were
Joseph p. Spinnato, vice president
Cyrus II. Smithdeal. secretary: James
p. Costello, treasurer; Harry a. Can
naughton, sergeant alarms, and John
S. Meaney. historian. Eighty-siX
members of the class attended the
meeting.
Law Club Rcorgapized.
With membership Of approx.
mately 200, the District of Columbia
Law Club of Georgetown University
has reorganized for the purpose of
giving it's members a thorough prep
aration for the local bar examina-
tions.
Milton D. Norman is president OF
| the local law club, which is the larg-
est of the various State organizations
+! in the law school Other officers are
Howard Z. Ralph, vice president
| Gerard J. Guilfoyle, secretary; Ken
meth McAuliffe, treasurer, and John
| J. Riley, eEant-at arms.
In preparation for the District oi
| Columbia bar examinations. the clul
is planning a series of lectures by
prominent authorities on District
| law and to utilize reports of commit
tees which will gather all available
material on the chief features of the
! code.
President Norman has SO planned
| the years work of the club that sys-
tematic progress can be made from
| the start. The club meets on alter
nate Wednesdays at 1880 o'clock, and
| it is expected every District of Co
! lumbia student at tho school will be
enrolled before the end of the month
! Prof. Howard NJ. Dowd addressed the
| club at the last meeting on the quail
| fications and duties of the lawyer
particularly in the field of political
activity. The first committee ap-
pointed by the president consists oi
Kirchner, Dowd, Rosenfeldt, Craven
and McCallum, who will report at 8
| subsequent meeting the application
| of equity in the District.
Junior Debaters Elect Officers.
The Junior Debating Society of the
| law school, which competes agains
| the seniors in the various prize con-
| tests scheduled for the year, ha:
elected Gerard ]. Guilfoyle of the Dis
| trict of Columbia, president; j. NJ
| Trice. also of the District, was named
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