Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08
CATHOLIC j. PLANS
NEW RADIO STATION
Aigh-Powered Plant, With
1,500-MiIe Radius, Soon to
Be Placed in Operation.

A high-powered broadcasting station
is being installed at Catholic Uni
versity to replace the five waiter"
known to radio listeners in Washing
ton as 3XI. The new station will
operate largely along educational
lines but will include in it's programs
the musical concerts and glee club
recitals at the university.
Prof. Thomas ]. MacKavanagh. head
of the department of electrical
engineering, and Mr.. Valade, asso-
ciate professor, are supervising the
installation. According to Mr.. Mac
kavanagh, the new transmitter willS
have radius of approximately
] 500 miles. The station Will be
operated on a wave-length Of 236
meters. Application has been made
for license to maintain the station
| and, with the project so near compile
ton, 1t is expected that call letters
Will be assigned within few weeks.
Build Radio Laboratory.
With the completion of the new
direct current laboratory the inter
| ference, which has heretofore been
experienced in the noise made by the
motor generator sets, will be elimi-
| mated. This will make il possible for
| the microphone to be placed in the
| same room with the transmitting APP
| paratus. As soon as the station is
put into operation and satisfactory
tests have been made a sounopEocH
| room, which will be used solely f0S
| broadcasting, Will be constructed In
st. Johns Hall. In connection with
| the broadcasting station, a radio
| laboratory is now being built, which,
when completed, will afford ample fa-
| cilitfeS for students who are inter
ested in the progress on radio COM
munication to conduct experiments.
| The feast of st. Thomas Aquinas,
patron of Catholic schools, was OBJ
| served yesterday at the university.
| Glasses were suspended in all de-
partments. Right Rev. Mgr. George A.
Dougherty. vice rector, celebrated
| solemn high mass in the gymnasium.
| Archbishop Curley, chancellor OF the
! university, was present. The mem
| bers of the faculties, members of af-
| filiated religious communities and the
| student body also were in attendance.
| Rev. DIR. James H. Ryan, Phi. D., of
the National Catholic Welfare Confer
| ence, delivered the discourse. This
was an academic occasion and all
professors and senior students wore
| academic robes.
Dinner Served.
After the ceremonies at the gym
| nasium dinner was served in Cald-
well Hall, at which the guests OF
| honor were Senator David J. Walsh Of
| Massachusetts and Archbishop Curley.
| Mgr. Dougherty, the deans Of the
| several schools, the professors from
the faculty of philosophy and the
professors residing in Caldwell Hall
also were present.
Thursday evening at College Inn,
| the bod Noon Club held its first
smoker of the year. Entertainment
was furnished by several members of
the club. The speaker was Rev. DR..
Edwin Ryan, president of Graduate
Hall.
The Chess and Checker Club, a
| recent addition 10 the list of social
| institutions at the university, held
a : meeting Thursday. DR.. Simon
| Klosky gave a talk on the Opening"
in chess. DR.. Aubrey L. Landry,
! professor of mathematics and dean
of the school of sciences, gave a talk
| on chess.