Evening star., 1925-02-22
RETREAT TO BE HELD
BY C. u. STUDENTS
Exercises Start Ash Wednesday.
Musical Association Will
Present Concert.

The advent of the Lenten season
at Catholic University will bring the
entire student body into retreat Ex-
ercises for the divinity students will
begin Ash Wednesday. Rev. Father
Bonaventure of the Passionist
Fathers will be the retreat master
This Setreat will continue until Sun
day morning. when it will be termi-
mated with high mass in the chapel
of Caldwell Hall and the singing of
the "Te Deum." The annual retreat
for the lay students body will begin
Friday evening. Exercises will be
held throughout Saturday in the
College Inn. During the week the
brought to close at $3.50 o'clock Sun
day morning. with mass and general
communion. Very Rev. Ignatius
Smith, o. p, prior of the Dominican
House of Studies, will conduct the
retreat.
The glee club opened its concert
season Friday, with a concert at
Walter Reed Hospital In the past
three years, the club has rendered
four concerts for the benefit of the
disabled men.
The Catholic University Musical
Association will present it's third
monthly concert Tuesday night at
$50 o'clock in the auditorium of Nc
mahon Hall. Miss Meta Craig, So
prano, will have a place on the pro-
gram. She will be accompanied at
the piano by Miss Gertrude Henne-
mann. Manton Boyce, pianist, will
entertain with a number of classical
and lighter selections.
The Abbey Club, at a meeting last
week, made plans to revive the prac-
tice of holding club smoker each
! month. Plans have now been COM
pleted for a smoker to be held at
College Inn. During the week, the
following men were made members
of the club: Frank A. Devin and
William McQuayle, both of Brook
lyn, N. Y; Joseph O'Dea of Wash
ington, and William S. Shields. of
Frostburg, Md.
The bod Noon Club discussed plans
Wednesday for the Spring dance
which will be held shortly after the
Easter holidays.
The years most brilliant social
event took place Friday evening,
when the junior classes held their
annual promenade at the City Club.
More than $50 couples attended. A
leather bound pragrom was given to
the men and the ladies received a
silver cologne flask, finished with the
class design. An innovation was the
actual promenade In which every
couple took part. j. Leonard Rut-
l6uBG OF -f1dTLIOEu, OOuH, w dS CndlI-
man of the committee which planned
the affair.
The Catholic University Dramatic
Association will make its initial pub
lie appearance of the year tomorrow
night in presenting George M.
Cohan's success, THE Seven Keys to
Baldpate." The play is under the di-
rection of Joseph English. John J.
Fitzgerald of Waterbury, Conn.,, will
take the leading role as William
Hallowell Magee.
The interclass basket ball series,
! which was recently approved by the
student council, got under way We'd
nesday. The sophomores had little
difficulty in defeating the seniors.
John Mccarthy of Hornell, N Y, per-
formed remarkable feat. After
playing forward for the sophomores.
he took his place at forward for the
varsity in the Catholic University
Loyola game which followed immedi-
ately, and starred in Catholic Uni
versityS victory. In all he played
three hours without rest.