Evening star., 1925-02-15
c. j. STARTS BOOM
FOR NEW INSTITUTE
Rev. G. L. Coyle Begins Tour
of Country for Chemical
Research Project.

Rev. George l.. Coyle, s. j., pro-
fessor of chemistry at Georgetown
University, left Washington yester-
day on the first leg of a nation w id e
tour in the interests of the Chemical
Medical Research Institute. which the
university proposes to establish in
the near future
Georgetown officials are greatly en-
couraged by the widespread interest
they report manifested in the project
While the financial aid Is a big under
| taking, an initial endowment of $3,-
$4,000 being necessary to put the in
stitute in operation, Father Coyle has
been given assurances that the full
amount can be raised within the next
year. at least. IL is said.
Father Coyle goes first to New
York to confer with various men in
terested in the project and will visit
other cities in the East returning to
Washington early in March Later,
he intends to go through the West,
ending in California, where he will
attend the annual session of the
American Chemical Society. This
organization, comprising the best
known chemists and scientists in the
country, is taking keen interest in
the Georgetown project. and many of
its influential members are lending
their cooperation toward it's estab-
lishment.
DR.. Scott Honored.
DR.. James Brown Scott, distin-
guished internationalist and member
of the faculty of the Georgetown For
eign Service School, has returned
from Lima, Peru, laden with fresh
honors. At Lima. DR.. Scott repre-
sented the Government at the Pan
American Scientific Congress. At the
same time he served as president of
the American Institute of Interna-
tional Law. which met in connection
with the congress- Dr. Scott is head
of the United States delegation that
is cooperating with the delegations
from each of the American republics
to prepare a code of international
law for the use of the 81 republics of
the Western Hemisphere.
While in Peru, DR. Scott was hon
ored by the President of Peru who
made him an official guest of the
government during his stay there.
Among other honors bestowed upon
him was the honorary degree of doc
tor of laws of the faculty of political
and economic science of the Univer-
sity of San Marcos. This is the old
est university in the Western Hemi-
sphere, having been established in
-
elor degree was obtained from Har-
ward. the oldest university in the
United States.
Win Resume Lectures.
DR.. Scott came to Washington from
New York where he was the princi-
pal speaker at the banquet of the Pam
American Society given in commem-
Grafton of the famous Peruvian vic
tory of Ayacucho. He will resume
his lectures at Georgetown on the
international Relations of the Unit
ed States" and international Law"
The Foreign Service School an
nounced last week the resignation of
Col. Alan G. Goldsmith, who for sew
eral years has given the courses on
Europe as an Export Field" and
European Seminar" at the school.
Col. Goldsmith also resigned his po-
sition as chief of the European divi-
sion of the United States Depart
ment of Commerce. to take up an i'm
portant position as European repre-
sentative of one of the largest paper
manufacturing companies in the
country. He left Washington q few
days ago for Europe, taking with
him as his assistant one of the grad
uates of the Foreign Service School,
Alvin c. Nichols, who completed his
course last June. While in Europe,
Col. Goldsmith will visit practically
every important country to study the
export possibilities for paper.
Col. Goldsmith has been succeeded
at Georgetown by Samuel Cross, for
merly commercial attache at Brus-
sells, a man of varied experience in
the foreign service of the Govern
ment. Mr.. Cross received his first
introduction to Georgetown Febru-
airy 6 at the general assembly for
the opening of the Spring semester
Father Lyons, Father Walsh and DR..
lanes Brown Scott also were present