Evening star., 1925-01-11
PLAYERS PLAN TEST
OF DRAWING CARDS
G. U. Mask and BaubIe Club
Pits Broadway Comedy
Against Shakespeare.

Whether Broadway comedy is a
bigger drawing card than Shake
speare as a vehicle for collegian play
ers is the test that will be applied tC
the Mask and Baub1e Club of George
town University this season.
With the opening of it's fourth an
nual season Thursday evening, the
Mask and Bauble Club has decided
to blaze a new trail in Georgetown
dramatic fields by presenting as its
initial performance 1T Pays to Ad-
vertise," which is admirably fitted fol-
amateur production. It's a far cry
from Hamlet" presented by the Hill
toppers last season, to popular
Broadway show, and followers of the
local amateurs are awaiting the re-
suits with interest.
Confident of hearty support by the
student body and local alumni, the
Mask and Bauble Club has arranged
for three performances in Trinity
Church Hall, including a Saturday
matinee. Trinity Hall is equipped
with a large stage, and all appliances
for handling stage scenery, SO that
difficulty will be readily overcome.
ImpersOnates an Adventuress.
In Paul Lyons, '2S, who takes the
part of a lady adventures, and John
E. Laughlin, '27, the Mask and Bau-
BILE Club has two clever feminine i'm
personators. Taking feminine roles
isn't new to the Georgetown players
but modern f1appers and Ophelia and
Portia, for instance, have little ir
common. Lyons bobbed-hair locks
are counted upon by the promoters
to make a bigger hit than Ophelia's
lnn ,rl,
other feminine parts. in the play
which is making good headway ir
daily rehearsals.
The performance will be a 100 pei
cent student production. Even the
stage scenery. and settings are the
work of the students, and the orches-
ira that sits in the pit will be the
popular Georgetown Collegians' -
Alan Daley, '25, is responsible for the
poster advertising the play.
Rev. T. L. Connolly, S. J., member OF
the faculty, has had general super
vision over arrangements and tC
coach the amateurs in their roles the
services of Arthur White of this city
have been obtained. AS proof of their
interest in a successful production the
members of the cast took advantage
of the Christmas holidays to learn
their speaking parts.
Appears as "Rodney Martin,
James E. McLarney, '25, takes the
part of Rodney Martin, the son who
outwits the Soap King" who will be
played by William ]. Kalt, '25. Others
in the cast are John E. Laughlin, '27
Cyril c. Clemens, '27; Paul Lyons, '2S
Thomas Laughlin, John T. Galley, '27;
Henry ]. Blommer, '26; Robert H
Christie. '2S; John T. Doran, 20; Louis
Peake, '2S.
Evening performances, Thursday
and Friday, will start at Sis o'clock
with the Saturday matinee at 2:3C
o'clock.
The Philonomosian Debating So
ciety will hold its annual prize de-
bate tonight In CASTOR Hall, at 8:1j
O'Clock. Whether the organization OF
advance the cause of representative
government in the United States is
the question for debate.
Leo Fahy, '25, of the District of Co
lumbia and Robert Hitchcock, '25, OF
Pennsylvania will hold the affirma-
tive. The negative team comprises
Thomas p. Laughlin, '26, of New
Hampshire and William c. Gillian, '25
of Massachusetts.
Mr.. Gillian is editor of the Hoya, the
weekly news publication of the uni
versity, and also president of the
Philonomosian Society, one of the old
est and best known on the Hilltop
Frank J. Murray, chairman of the de-
bate, is president of the senior ella SIS
at the college. Winner of last years
Philonomosian debate was Mr.. Hitch.
cock.
Meetings Scheduled for Week.
Other meetings scheduled for this
week are the Literary Society, tomor-
row afternoon at GAS o'clock; the
Philodemic meeting Tuesday evening
at 1880 o'clock, followed by the meet.
ing of the sodality in Dahlgre1
chapel and the meeting of the White
Debating Society Wednesday evening
at 7:15 o'clock in the Philodemic room
Rev Edmund A Walsh, S. J., regen
of the Foreign Service School, has re
turned from Chicago, where he dis
cussed the problems connected will
ice at the annual meeting of tn,
American Economic Association, which
was held December 80.
Members of the faculty at George
town, who are taking a great inter
est in the approaching eclipse of th'
sun january "a, will have an excel
lent opportunity to witness it through
the big telescopes at the observatory
Rev. John l.. Gipprich, S. J., director
of the observatory, and Rev. Francis
Tondorf, S. j., who is in charge of TIL,
seismograph, will conduct the class.
Father Gipprich Back From Rome.
Father Giprich recently returned from
Europe, where he represented George
town at the Genealogical Congress
held in Rome. He also inspected al
the prominent astronomical observa
tories on the continent. During hi
travels he had the opportunity o
greeting several former professors o
Georgetown who are now attached t.
European colleges. In Rome he me
Francis A. McQuade Rev. George Z
Smith, s. j., last years professor o
history, was found in Naples, and IL
Austria Father Gipprich met the Rev
Francis A. Mulligan, who is now en-
gagged in theological studies.
When he went to Europe FatheI
Gipprich relinquished his duties a
head of the physics department, whicl
was taken over by Rev. William r
Cullen. When the latter was forcet
to give up this work by the Hines
which resulted in his death last Mon
day, Father Gipprich was induced t,
postpone the work he had planned il
astronomical research to reassume di
rection of the physics department.
Moriua nHcoer. T,oorra,,.1I