Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17
CAPT. BERG|N ENDS
c. i. WORK June 3
Lieut.. Col. A. F. DannemiIIer
to Take Command of R. O.
T. c. Unit Here.

Capt. William f. BerGin. L. S. A..
comma nda mt of the Georgetown Uni
verSity r. o. T. G. unit, will take
leave of the Hilltop commencement
day, June s. His four-year detail with
the Georgetown unit having ended,
Capt. Bergin has been ordered TO
other duties which may take him out
of Washington.
Announcement comes through the
War Department that Lieut.. Col
Augustus F.. Dannemiller of the In
fantry will succeed Capt. Bergin as
professor of military science ana
tactics on the Hilltop next Fail
Lieut. Col. Dannemiller, who is we'll
known here. is at present attached
to the general staff in charge OF the
personnel office of the r. o. 7. c.
Four years ago Capt. BerEin came
to Georgetown as one of the assist
ants to Mai William II. HobSon, then
in command of the cadet battalion
Upon the latter's transfer to Fort
Leavenworth, Capt. Bergin was
placed in command, position he mas
held for the last two years. During
these two years Capt. Bergin has sue
ceeded in doubling the enlisted
strength of the unit and has brought
it to a high state of efficiency.
Georgetown University officials hope
his final work by selecting George
town this year as one of the ''distin
guished" institutions, an honor it
held three years ago.
The last duty that Capt. Bergin
will perform this year will be TO
present commissions in the Officers
Reserve Corps to % of the Hilltop
cadets and Il members OF the medi-
cal unit. These commissions will be
a t,.i cd a lnnp
with the usual degrees.
Walter j. Thompson, 90, of New
York, Is the newly elected president
of the Philodemic Society. another of
the debating clubs on the Hilltop.
Other officers are Louis W. O'Leary.
90, of Vermont, vice president: John
+. Wise. 20 of the District of Column
bia, recording secretary; Robert II.
Castelline, 20, of Ohio, corresponding
secretary; Frederick Nj. Hickey, 90,
of Michigan, treasurer, and G. Milo
Vego, 20, of Florida, censor.
A banquet is being arranged by the
philodemic debaterS for May %, the
last Hilltop function before com
mencement week. The committee in
charge of arrangements consists of
Thomas A. Gallaghan. chairman;
James E. McLarney and Thomas B..
Fenlon.
The Georgetown College Literary
Society held its farewell banquet at
the Madrillion Tuesday. Henry Blom-
mer, president and POSTMASTER, re-
viewed the two years record of the
society. At a meeting Monday night
the new officers for next year were
chosen as follows: w. c. Smith, presi-
dent: John V. Mckone, vice presi-
dent: Mr.. Twomey, secretary: j. 5.
Mullen, treasurer, and Mr.. Kozack,
censor.
The alumni edition of the Hoya,
official publication at the Hilltop, was
mailed out last week to II 900 alumni
in every State and several foreign
countries. The issue was a l6page
paper. literally illustrated, and con
tanning reports of the activities of
the various departments of the uni
versity. A feature was an article in
forming the alumni of the progress
of the Georgetown Endowmen Asso-
citation and the plans for the new col
lege dormitory. construction of which
already is under way. The special
edition was the last published by the
staff of 1925. With the current issue
Hugh c. MCGOWAN assumed charge
as editor-in-chief.
The Junior Glass at the college will
meet May % to nominate the men
who will run for Office in the George
town Athletic Association for 1925
1926.