Evening star., 1925-09-20
STUDENTS TOURS
ABROAD ARE ENDED
Many Georgetown Foreign
Service Aspirants Back
From Europe.

After varied experiences in distant
lands, dozen or more students OF
the Georgetown University Foreign
Service School returned to Washing
ton last week. enthusiastic over their
Summer of globe-trotting.
Three of the students shipped as
ordinary lseamen. working their way
across the Atlantic TO Baltic and
q. North sea ports as one way of getting
first-hand knowledge of port facilities
and shipping conditions for use In
their class work this Fail. Others
We're content to travel more leiSurely
about the continent preparing sur
Veys of social and economic conditions
in the principal countries of Europe.
One enterprising student with gltt
for foreign languages, put in proht-
able Summer as an assistant director
of tours in seven countries. a rev
others availed themselves of the op-
portunity extended to American stu
dents to attend the sessions OF the
famous Academy of international
Law at The Hague, while several
likewise took Summer courses at
some of the oldest universities in
Spain and Portugal
Many Go Abroad.
Encouraged by the school authorl-
ties TO supplement their studies of IN
ternational conditions by actual eN-
periences in foreign countries, about
20 Georgetown students sailed LOT
Europe last June. Those VINO are
still abroad will return here for the
opening of classes. october ?.
For the last four years foreign
service students have been going in
large numbers to the various coun-
tries of Europe and South America,
the school having realized that sucn
visits always tend to broaden ana
develop the student who expects 10
engage in foreign careers. In order
TO encourage the summer trips, the
school gives the students VINO Supfnit
thesis on some phase of their inVesu-
cations additional academic credits
which count toward their degrees.
Thomas H. Healy. assistant dean OF
the Foreign Service School, was
among those who returned last week.
Mr.. Healy had been invited to give
series of lectures before the Academy
of international Law, an honor tndl
has been conferred upon only rev
Americans. Students from practically
every country were assembled at The
Hague for the sessions. which were
under the direction of an interna-
tionally known faculty. Dr. James
Brown Scott of the Foreign Service
School faculty also attended the ses-
SionS.
Air Travel Safe.
Before returning home Mr. Healy
toured through Belgium, France,
Holland, Switzerland and England.
using the international air routes
whenever possible. Travel by air
in Europe is almost as common as
by rail and much safer" said Mr..
Healy. ut is considered nothing of
a feat to hop from Paris to London,
or from Paris to Hamburg, and the
expense is very little more than rail
fare. Everywhere in Europe the big
cities are being connected by air
routes until travel in the air is now
only an ordinary occurrence"
Nicholas j. Busch. Douglas A.
Cook and Paul Coughlin, three of the
Georgetown students who shipped as
seamen, visited ports in Holland,
Germany, France, Denmark and other
countries on their round of adven-
lures. on their return trip Mr.. Cook
and Mr.. COughlin sold" the foreign
service school theory of education to
two of the officers of the ship, who
are coming here to register for the
Fall term.
can students to find ordinary seamen
reading the classics during their free
hours and otherwise engaging in use
full study. Many of the ships main
tanned libraries for their crews, they
reported, and they were generally
we'll patroniZed.
James F. Gilmartin, another stu
dent, worked as an assistant director
of tours in France, Germany, Hol-
and Italy, While Gabriel Ferrante, W.
B. Showalter and Dulaney Hunter
made special studies of conditions in
various countries.
Study in Portugal.
Three of the Georgetown students,
Samuel konlar, John Halpin and
Henry G.. German, attended the Sum-
mer course at the ancient University
of Coimbra, in Portugal. Another,
Charles +. Stephenson, took advan-
tage of similar opportunity, to at
tend the Burgas University in Spain
Two others. Alfonso Donesa and John
j. Shanahan, We're among the Amer
lean students at The Hague.
Mr.. Healy also has received word
from another foreign service student,
Connie r. Heron, who is due to
return today from Central America,
WHeIe lie mas De6n tedchlnE Spanish
to the employees of a large American
corporation. AS a side adventure he
was caught unexpectedly in the re-
cent revolution In Honduras.
With the opening of Georgetown
College last Wednesday the staff of
the weekly Hoya put out a special
four-page registration edition. as
welcome to the class of GAS fresh
men, the largest in the history of
the Hilltop.
Large News Staff.
Hugh c. MCGOWAN, '26, editor:in-
chief, has assembled a staff of %
members and plans to crowd the
forthcoming columns of the Hoya
with the latest athletic and academic
news. All of the departments of the
university are represented on the
news staff
Joseph w. Sands, ~, is managing
editor and the associate editors are
John McKone, William G.. Kaufman,
James S. Ruby, John D. Shea, Paul
r. Reynolds, William X. McGowan
and Frederick Kennedy. A live sport
ing department, under the direction
of Lawrence Z. Sullivan, '28. also
is a feature The new staff also
includes an artist in Stephen Baron,
a member of the sophomore class.
j. Nelson Martin. '26, is business
manager, having as his assistants
Augustus +. Cakes, William Demp-
sew. Robert II. Cristie, Arthur A
Wilson and Laurence f. Casey.
Three reporters, Martin I. J. Griffin,
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