Evening star., 1925-04-26
DOD NOON TO HAVE
HOWARD AS GUEST
British Envoy viii Be Prin-
Cipal Speaker at Senior
Night, May 5.

| In the presence of $500 statesmen
| prelates, civil and ecclesiastical dig
| nitarieS. scholars, students and others.
! His Eminence Patrick Cardinal HAYES
| of New York laid the corner stone of
the John X. Mullen Memorial Library
at the Catholic University Wednesday
! afternoon
An academic procession marched
from Caldwell Hall to the building
| foundation. Exercises were opened
with selections by the United States
Soldiers Home Band and by the choir
Bishop Shahan, appearing at a public
gathering for the first time since his
return from Rome. delivered the for
NAL welcome. Bishop Shahan briefly
expressed the gratitude of the univer-
sity to Mr. Mullen and formally ac-
cepted his gift
When Cardinal Hayes had perform
ed the ceremony of laying the stone
the choir rendered the "Magnificat =
Rev. DR.. Peter Guilday of the Univer-
Sity faculty delivered the principal
discourse. He outlined through the
history of the university the growth
of its need for a library in which to
house its 100000 volumes He paid
glowing tribute to Mr. Mullen and to
the committee which, after careful in
vestigation, at home and abroad. pre-
pared the plans of the library, and to
Bishop Shahan.
Sir Esme Howard, British Ambas-
sador to the United States. will be the
guest of honor of the bod Noon Club
on the evening of May 5. The club will
present senior night to the gradu-
ating class. The amba ssador will de-
liver the principal address. A musi-
cal program has been arranged. one
feature of which will be the double
quartet of the Glee Club. The seniors
Will appear in cap and gown and the
affair will be held in the assembly
room of Mcmahon Hall at SIS. John
F. Mckeown of Rockledge. Fla, is the
chairman in charge.
The Senator's Club held a success
full dance at the Potomac Boat Club
last week. Thirty couples danced to
George Farralls Orchestra. John F'itz-
gerald, varsity cheer leader, gave a
solo toe exhibition in How Dancing
Is lone. James Kelliher arranged
the affair.
The combined senior law and aca-
demic classes met Thursday after
noon to elect a class valedictorian
From list of 10 men, who by yir-
tue of their academic excellence were
named by the deans of the various
schools as eligible for the office. H.
Edward Cain of this city was chosen.
Mr.. Cain was valedictorian on grad
uating from grammar school. st.
Benedict's Academy at Brooklan nd.
and on graduating from Gonzaga Col
lege also.
The next monthly concert of the
Catholic University Musical Associa-
ton will be held tomorrow evening at
S:15 in the assembly room of Nc
Mahon Hall. The artists who will
appear on that occasion will be Miss
Helen Corbin Heinl, pianist, and Ray
mond G.. Moore, baritone. DR.. Leo
Behrendt, director of the organiza-
ton, announces that concerts will be
held every two weeks until the end
OF the school year, due to the fact
that two concerts were cut out by the
Lenten season. The public is invited
The K. of C. Club. recently founded
at the University, has been formally
approved by the Supreme Council of
the Knights of Columbus, which met
recently in Montreal
The annual sophomore prom will
take place Wednesday evening at
Wardman Park Hotel. The affair.
which is to take the form of a supper
dance, will be held in the large ball
room, with more than 200 couples in
attendance. Roernstein's Wardman
Park Orchestra will furnish the music.
The annual oratorical contest is
scheduled Friday evening, May 1. Six
men will take part. The assembly
room of Mcmahon Hall will be the
scene Of action. Joseph English is
in charge of the candidates.