Evening star., 1924-09-28
FOREIGN SERVICE
SCHOOL WILL OPEN
Georgetown University Has
Record Enrolment for Its
Fifth Year.

Exercises marking the fifth annual
opening of the Georgetown UniVer-
sity School of Foreign Service VIII
he held tomorrow evening at O'Clock
in the auditorium of the school, 43l
Sixth street.
Among the speakers will be the
Minister of Switzerland. Marc Peter
O. X. Davis. secretary of the National
Foreign Trade Council; the regent,
Rev. Edmund A. Walsh. s. j.. and the
dean. DIR. William +. NotZ. Prepara
tions are being made at the School
for a celebration of its fifth year
early this Fall.
Despite the fact that the Foreign
Service School is the youngest de-
rartment of the university. its stu
dent body represents practically y
every state and almost every one or
the larger countries of the world.
The enrolment to date, approximate
ly 800 students. is straining the ca :
pacity of the school to take care or
il. pending the erection of a new
building which will be devoted en-
tirely TO the Foreign Service School.
Father Walsh to Attend.
One Of the events of interest in
connection with the opening eXer-
cises is that it will be the first public
reapIearanCe at the school Of its
regent. Father Walsh, who was the
first regent of the institution, and
left the country for Russia. where he
labored three years with the Amer
ican and Papal relief illustrations.
on his return to this country he was
reapponted regent of the school to
succeed the Rev. w. Coleman Nevils
). j.
The Foreign Service School has
been receiving reports from most of
the man who graduated last June.
and already many of them are on
their way to foreign countries. where
they will put into practice the
training that they received during
their scholastic years. Graduates of
the Foreign Service School are hold
ing positions. in SO countries. accord
ing to a recent check made by
Thomas j. HeaIy. assistant dean.
one of the most recent appoint
ments OF Georgetown graduates is
that OF Charles q. Gidney. as con-
>ular clerk at Havana. Cuba MIR.
Cidney leaves for his post on Tues
DAY.
BY special direction of the Secre
tdry of Agriculture DR.. w. J. Spill
man. agriculturiSt economist of the
department and a member of the
Foreign Service School faculty. is
and Idaho. DR.. Spillman will speak
at Tucson. Ariz., regarding the agri-
cultural problems of the mountains
and coast States. Immediately upon
his return early in November. DR..
Spillman will resume his course of
lectures at Georgetown on "Agricul
tural Commodities of world Trade"
At the Law School elections of
class officers will be held during the
next two weeks. the same being the
case at the college, where there are
an Unprecedented number of fresh
ment this Year. Fraternities are be
ginning to date up their engagement
calendars and the usual Fall and
Winter dances will begin shortly.
happy over the announcement that
Representative William F.. Connery
OF Massachusetts and his brother.
Lawrence Connery, again will be
students this Winter.
As former comedian with the
George NJ. Cohan shows and on the
Keith circuit. Representative Connery
is exceedingly popular among the
students. He takes part in nearly
all of the class night programs.
assisted by his brother Mr. Con-
merry expects to return to the school
after the November elections. wheth-
cr he is reelected to Congress or
not
Jerome Hughes who graduated
from the Law School last June. is
the latest graduate to win distinc-
tlon at the bar He was recently
appointed assistant United States
attorney in Hawaii. his home.