Evening star., 1925-05-03
G. j. MAKING PLANS
FOR GRADUATION
136th Annual Commence
ment Scheduled for June 6-8.
Alumni Day a Feature.

mencement, which will be held June o.
{ and 8, inclusive.
While the number Of graduates is
not yet known, the bumper crop OF
1924 sgraduates, numbering over 'oo'
will be exceeded by a wide margin.
Each OF the five departments OF Ire
university is crowded TO capacity this
wear, and the senior classes are eX-
ceztionally large.
Plans for this year g commencement
will call for more active alumni par
ticipation than ever before. Due 10
the efforts Of the newly organized
Georgetown Club OF Washington more
than usual interest is being kindled In
local circles. and committees will en-
deavor TO arrange for a large repre-
sentation Of out-of-tOWn alumni.
Alumni Day TO Mark Opening.
Alumni day will mark the opening
of the commencement exercises. An
alumni dinner is one Of the features
being planned. Sunday, June !. the
annual baccalaureate sermon VIII pe
preached in the morning at DIhlgren
Chapel with class exercises that eve
ming in the quadrangle. Commence
ment day proper will be the following
Monday afternoon.
President Charles W. Lyons. 5. J.,
and Rev. Louis j. Gallagher, s. J..
dean Of the department of arts and
sciences. are arranging for the non
orary degrees which the university be
| slows annually upon illustrious
alumni. Announcement Of those Sc
lected for the forthcoming commence
! ment will be made shortly.
Medicos' Farewell Gathering.
The senior class Of the Medical
School stole a march on the other de-
partments by holding its farewell gath
| ering. in the nature of class exercises.
Tuesday evening at the Mavflower
Hotel. President Lyons. Rev. Walter
| G.. Summers. S. j., regent Of the
| school, and Dean George NJ. Kober,
| tinuous service on the faculty, were
among the honor guests, as were also
| other members of the faculty.
! Harry Zehner was master of cere-
| monies and the address of welcome
| was made by Roy B. Mahoney. pres
| ident Of the class. Maurice J. COS
tello, historian, and Thomas L. Mat
| tingly, class prophet, did their stunts.
| Final examinations at the college, aC-
| cording TO announcement by Dean
! Gallagher. will begin May 8 for the
seniors. spreading over a period to
June !. Examinations for the other
| classes will begin May 25. Other de-
| partments of the university will hold
| their final examinations, marking the
| close of the scholastic year, at about
| the same time.
| Students Enrolled for Training.
Sixty eight Georgetown University
| students will attend the r. o. T. G
encampments this Summer, from
June IL to July %, making the larG-
| est number ever sent by the Hilltop
| since the inauguration of the train
| ing program. Capt William F. Ber-
| gin, L. s. A. commandant at George
| town. is putting the cadet unit
| through intensive field training part
| ly in preparation for an excellent
showing at the Summer camps and
also because of the approaching mill
| tary field day on May 7.
| Six of the students Will go to
| Plattsburgh Barracks, N Y. and 20
are slated for Camp Meade. The
Medical School is represented by AZ
student cadets, who will spend six
weeks at Carlisle, Pa, a special med :
| ical camp in the Sd Corps Area.
Owing to the athletic dinner. May
"a, and other conflicting engage
| ments, the annual field day of the
r. o. T. c. unit will be held a week
earlier. the former date having been
originally selected. This necessitates
rush in final prepara tions. Prizes
viii be offered by the university's
military department to the best
drilled platoons and individual cadets
and officers, feature of the day be-
ing the competitive drill.
Lieut.. Col. William E. Persons,
from the office of the chief of In
fantry, inspected the unit last week.
| Cadet Adjt. ]. B. Brennan put the
battalion through a rigid drill.
Under New Management.
Hugh c. MCGOWAN, '25, of Indi-
annapolis, Ind. newly elected editor
in-chief of the Hoya, weekly news
publication at the university, will
direct the paper beginning with this
weeks issue. He is former manag-
ing editor and succeeds Gordon Barry,
'25. who has had charge of the paper
since the first of the scholastic year.
Mr.. MCGOWAN will have as his new
managing editor r. Rutledge Slat-
terry, 81, of Wilkes Barre, Pa. Larry
Sullivan. '2S. who has been covering
sports. is to be sports editor" from
now on, a new position just created.
During the Summer vacation Mr..
Sullivan is going with the Newark.
n. j., Times.
The new list of associate editors
includes John D. Shea, Paul F. Rey-
nolds. Joseph S. Wholey, Frank A
Ruffer. John McKone and John
Conklin, all juniors. Frederick Ken
nedy. Joseph w. Sands and William
X. McGoean, sophmores. also will be
associate editors. On the reporters
staff will be Aloysius Kane, Fred
erick Mayo and Martin Griffin
freshmen and newcomers to the
Hoya. There will be no immediate
change in the business department. it
was said. Edward NJ. DeCastro, '25,
is business manager.
Banner Week at University.
The period from May to May IA,
events at the Hilltop. The anual
senior week end, May and 9, prom
ises to be highly successful affair,
featured by a prom and tea dance.
Georgetown's athletic heroes, partic-
ularly the members of the champion
relay team. will come in for their
share of the glory the evening of
May ID at the athletic dinner. Ar
rapgements are being made on an
extensive scale.
Victor A. ST. Onge, '25, of Massa-
chusetts, is chairman of the prom
committee and has engaged the May
flower Hotel for the evening of May
8 for that event. Supper will be
served at midnight. On the follow
ing afternoon the Mayf1ower again
will be the scene of the second fea-
ture of the week end, when the
seniors hold their annual tea dance.
The committee has urged students to
arrange for their tickets at ss for
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