Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-13
BUSY CALENDAR
AT GEORGETOWN j.
Four Leading Events Sched-
uled for Coming Week-An-
nual Debate Tonight.

Four events Of especial Importance
to the students and alumni of George
town University are scheduled to take
place this week.
The annual Merrick debate. chief
scholastic event at the college. tonight
at SIS o'clock in CASTOR Hall. under
the auspices of the Philodemic So
ciety.
Opening performance of Monsieur
Reaucaire" by the Mask and Bauble
Club tomorrow night in Trinity Parish
Theater. Georgetown, with two sue
resSive evening performances and
matinees Tuesday and Wednesday.
Alumni banquet in honor of the foot
ball team Thursday evening at the
Racquet Club, under auspices of the
g" Club, when Head Coach Lou Lit
tie and the squad Will be the toast"
OF Georgetown.
Combined junior prom and diplo-
matte reception of the Foreign Serv-
ice School at the Mayfiower Hotel
Thursday evening, when a score or
more of foreign ENJOYS will be guests
of the Junior class.
Coveted Scholastic Award
The Merrick medal for which two
teams of the Philodemlc Society will
debate tonight. is the most coveted
scholastic award az Georgetown Col
lege. The question, THAT amend
nents TO the Constitution should be
ratified by direct vote of the people
Of the several States will be debated
by Anthony B. Brennan, 20, of Sa-
Vannah. Ga, and Walter j. Thomp-
son. 20, of Buffalo. y. Y. for the af-
firmative and Frank A. Ruffer, 20,
OF Rutherford, y. Y. and n. Holmes.
Claire, 20, of Bronxville, n Y, for the
negative. Rev. John j. Toohey. 5. j.,
moderator of the Philodemic Society,
is coach. Louis W. OLeary of Yer
mont has been chosen to act as chair
man of tonight's contest
When the Mask and Bauble Club
first essayed TO produce Monsieur
Beaucaire" it was planned to have
only one performance in Washington
before taking the show on the road
In view of the unexpected support
given by the student body It has bee
decided to give five local perform
ances, including two matinees for the
hundreds of Washington schoolgirls
v no have applied.
Victor kerney, director. is being as
sisted by Francis l. Brady. OF, of the
Mask and Bauble Clubs stage COM
mittee, and John Z. O'Brien. '27, who
has designed and installed all lights
incidental to the play.
Plan Road Tour.
The seats for the opening perform
ance were taken we'll in advance by
the college students. Tuesday eve
ming will be for the fraternal societies
in the medical, dental and foreign
service schools. Wednesday night has
been set aside especially for the law
students. Two matinee performances,
Tuesday and Wednesday at o'clock.
VIII be given for the girls of the I'M
maculata Seminary, the Georgetown
Convent of the Visitation, Holy Cross
Academy and Trinity College.
Thomas Loughlin, 20, manager for
the club, and the Rev. Edward Met.
Donnelly, S. j., faculty director. are
arranging for the road tour during the
Christmas holidays when at least four
cities will be visited. including New
York.
Georgetown's foot ball team, the
most successful in the history of the
Hilltop, will be the guests OF the &c"
Club, representing former athletes of
Georgetown. and about 200 alumni,
Thursday night at the Racquet Club.
Gold foot balls will be presented to the
individual members of the team on
Iehaf of the club by Roy Waldron.
IA. president
Speeches will be made by Lou Lit
tie, head coach on the Hilltop, and
the Rev Vincent y. McDonough,
s. j.
Diplomatic Reception.
Another entertainment of different
nature is scheduled for the same eve
ming at the Mayfiower Hotel. The
diplomatic reception in connection
with the junior prom of the Foreign
Service School Is a unique event in
the annals of Georgetown. The COM
mittee in charge of the affair consists
of Paul H. Coughlin, chairman;
Francis Z. Ahern, Robert t Brown.
Joseph G. Rergere. Robert c. Cass.
y. Douglas Cook. Edward A. Creney,
Edgar Dick, Leo r. Dillon, George p.
Donneliy. William p. Morgan, George
w. O'keefe, Richard Z. Schieck and
j. Raymond Trainor.
One of the leading articles in the
current issue Of the American Journal
of international law is a paper on
German-American commercial rela-
tons. written by DIR. Wallace Mcclure
Of the Foreign Service School faculty.
DIR. Joseph Stiles Wall. member of
the staff of Georgetown University
Hospital. was recently elected presi-
dent of the District of Columbia Med
ical Society. DR.. Wall is a George
town graduate Of 1897 and is instruc-
tor in pediatics in the Medical School,
Rev. Charles w. Lyons, S. J., presi-
dent of the university. and other mem
bers of the faculty have been invited
10 participate in the ceremonies of
]iigher Education day. June g. 1926,
which will be held in connection with
the twentyeighth International Eu.
charistic Congress at Chicago Dele
gates from practically all Catholic
schools In the country will attend.