Evening star., 1924-10-26
ANNUAL FLAG RUSH.
c. i. EVENT TODAY.
Freshmen Sophomore Con-
test Marks One of Few Re.
naming Traditional Fights.

The annual freshmen sophomore
flag rush at Catholic University will
be staged on the campus, in front
of Gibbons Hall this morning at
10:45 o'clock. A battle royal is ex
pected. The second year men, about
10 strong, will defend the 1927 pen
nant tackled ON the top of n 12-foot
pole and the freshmen with their su-
preme confidence will endeavor to
prove their worth as C.. L. men by
snatching the proud soph banner and
dragging it to earth.
The flag rush is one of the few re-
naming traditions Of freshmen -soph-
omore life. 1t supplants the cane
rush. gauntlet running, the pajama
parade and the tug -of-war which are
relics of the dead past at c. L. The
letter men of the university and the
student council will referee the scrim-
mage.
The Utopian Club of the university
became active last week and at its first
meeting Monday elected the follow
ing officers. John i. Fitzgerald
Waterbury. Conn, president; G.. r.
Mccormick, Great Darlington. Mass
vice president; l.. A. Mitchell, Thomp-
sonville, Conn, secretary; J. b. Con-
nell, Philadelphia, Pa, treasurer. and
Daniel ]. Lynch, Northampton, Mass
student representative.
Gen. Bliss to Lecture.
Thursday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock
in the assembly room Of Mcmahon
Hall, the professors and students of
the university will listen to Il lee
ture by Gen. Tasker II. Bliss, en-
titled THE Geneva Conference"
Gen. Bliss was the delegate of the
United States Government to the con-
to the public.
A. j. Barrett, of the Merchants
Bank & Trust Company, spoke
| to the students Tuesday about Per
sonal Qualifications for Business Sue
cess"
The bod Noon Club will make it's
social debut for tho season Wednes-
day evening in the Blue Room of the
City Club, where a banquet will be
held. Rev. Charles A. Hart, instruc-
tor in logic at the university and
moderator Of the club. will be the
guest of honor. The officers chosen
for the academic year are: Walter ].
Costello, Washington, president;
Michael f. kerrigan, Lewiston, Me,
vice president: Leonard Rutledge,
New Haven. Conn, secretary general:
Benjamin Collins. Glenn Falls, y. V,
recording secretary. and Frank CAL
ldsher, Mdhdnoy tlty, Pa, treasurer.
Seniors Hold Meeting.
The senior academic class held a
meeting Thursday. The report of the
membership committee was heard and
eight new members were admitted to
! the class by popular vote. Immedi-
ately following this meeting, there
was a meeting of the combined aca-
demic and law senior classes, held
for the purpose of choosing the pres
ident of the Athletic Association and
two members to represent the stu
dent body at the meetings of the
Athletic Council Florence J. Dona-
hue. of Lynn, Mass, and a member
of the senior law class, was nominat-
ed and unanimously elected president.
The two representatives to the Ath-
letic Council were Walter J. Costel-
10 of Washington, of the academic
class, and ]. 3. Connell of Philadel-
phia- from the law class
The social season at the university
was colorfully opened Friday eve
ming with the Cardinal hop in the
gymnasium. More than a hundred
couples were present.