Evening star., 1925-08-02
FORMER EXECUTIVE
IS COLLEGE VISITOR
Father Creeden Is Received
by Old Associates on
Georgetown Faculty.

Rev. John B. Creeden. S. j., former
president of Georgetown University.
is a visitor at the Hilltop for the first
time since his departure from Wash
ington nearly year ago. He in
tends to spend only few days at
the Hilltop, where he was heartily
received by Rev. Charles w. Lyons,
s. j., his successor; Rev. Edmund A.
Walsh. S. j., regent of the Foreign
Service School, and other members OF
the faculty with whom he was asso-
ciated during his recent assignment
at the university.
Father Creeden was particularly in
terested in the progress that is being
made in the construction of the new
Senior Hall and in the successful
plans for development of a greater
Georgetown" in accordance with the
program initiated by him two years
ago. The new college dormitory will
be the finest structure on the Hilltop
and will be ready for occupancy in
1926.
Father Creeden has been conducting
the annual retreat at Woodstock Col
lege, Woodstock, Md. and took the
opportunity to visit in Washington
before returning to Boston College,
where he is teaching.
New Courses.
With the university opening early
in September, President Lyons is
looking forward to a record breaking
registration and the Introduction OF a
number of new courses.
Journalism is to be given an impor
tant place in the undergraduate work
at the university next Fall, according
10 an announcement by Rev. Louis
T. Gallagher, S. j., dean of the de-
partment of arts and sciences.
Under the direction Of Edward Nc
Tammany Donnelly, S. j., one of the
newly appointed faculty members,
Georgetown students will be given an
intensive course in practical journal
ism as we'll as magazine writing. Mr..
Donnelly was formerly professor of
special English at Fordham
During the first semester special at
tenuon will be paid to the evolution of
the American newspaper, it's present
day organization. journalistic style.
the editorial and news columns. inter
views and criticisms.
The second Semester's work will be
devoted mainly to a critical study of
the monthly and weekly magazine, the
modern method of the essay and short
story, feature departments and edito-
rials. A special study also will be
made of advertising.
Another announcement Just made is
that the Rev. Edward c. Phillips, S. j.,
will assume charge of the observatory,
relieving the present director, the Rev
John l.. Gipprich. S. j., who is TO take
over the classes in chemistry and
physics at the college. Father Phillips
comes from Woodstock College and is
doctor of philosophy of Johns Hop
kins University. He is now teaching
at the Summer school at Holy Cross
University.
Foreign Service School.
Rev. Edmund A. Walsh, S. j., regent
of the Foreign Service School. will
leave Washington for Williamstown.
Mass, where he will take part in the
open discussions at the Institute of
Politics. which he has always attend
ed. The Foreign Service School is
now represented at the institute by
DR.. L. c. Rowe, director general of
the Pan-American. Institute.
Several changes are to be made in
the faculty of the Foreign Service
School in the near future The prin-
cipal appointment will be that of a
successor to DIR. William A Culbert-
son. former United States tariff COM
missioner, who is now the American
Minister in Rumania.