Evening star., 1925-11-01
c. U.LAW DEbATERS'
PRIZE CONTESTS.
Junior and Senior Societies
Perfecting Plans for Com
ing Trials.

Announcement of the schedule for
the prize contests between the senior
and lunior debating societies at the
Georgetown University School OF
Law. beginning November 20, was
made Yesterday by Assistant Dean
Hugh j. F'egan.
The Junior society perfected its or
ganization Tuesday with The election
of Ralph +. Dunn Of 81. Paul, Mimi.
as president. other officers chosen
were: Francis Calvert Brook Of North
Dakota. vice president: Henry Mathew
McCuin Of New York treasurer.
Thomas Lewis Glenn Of Washington
State. secretary. nd William Na'lie
Wilmington of Illinois. parliamenta-
ria u.
The senior society will elect officers
this week. and both debating oreaniZa
lions will then prepare for the first
trial contest November 20. AS an en-
couraEement to the student body the
faculty has offered cash prizes Of g"
to the winner uf each trial contest
and $50 to he winner of each prize
debate -Four prize debates are held
during the wear he WHINE" Of each
event meeting in final contest before
graduation.
Butler Law Club.
The first annual meeting Of the
Butler Law club. named in honor of
Associate Justice Pierce Butler of the
United States Supreme Court. was
held Wednesday,. Lee j. Rafferty, was
elected chancellor Of the club. which
holds weekly meetings modelled after
congressional procedure. - her ON
Gers arc. William r. F'it2-sra 1t. vice
tr,,- -
:. Il. Farrell. treasurer. and y. .lohan-
naN. serEeant-at-a
Activities on the Hilltop we're sus-
pended hast Wcek due Ia the annua
retreat. which continued from Monday
To Friday. inclusive. II was conducted
by Rev. Thomas \. Emmett. :. J..
hea dina ster 0f the Georgetown prepaf
atory school. Al the Garrett PARK
: institution the retreat was conducted
; by Rev. Louis J. Gallagher. ;. j.. dean
Of Tho COLLEGE.
Qualification was expressed At the
law school over the recent selection
Of the nited states prosecutor. He
in the Office of tho United states At
forrev for the District Of Columbia
! +. Russell Kelly was tho younces'
ssistsnt ever appointed in the office
Of the United StatSe prosecutor. lie
had \ brilliant record ut the law school
/ The other appointee. Neil Burkinshaw
/ took his law course at Georgetown
! in 1917. when he was admitted TO the
/ bar
Foreign Service Elections.
After spirited campaigning among
| the 500 students Of the Foreign Serv
! ice School the regular annual class
elections were held last week with
the following results:
Senior-Francis &. Clearr. Wash
( ir-tor u. e.. president: John !
/ Rrauncr. New York vice president
, sultan Amerie Of Teheran, Persia
secretary: Herman Schuette Of Wis
! consin. tTcashurer: Gil Iuna Suit of
the Philippine Islands. historian: Ewel
I T.. Murphy of Texas. sergeant alarms
.Iunior-Ioseph BerGere. New MeNi.
CO. president: \. Douglas Cook. Mas
sachusetts. vice president. John T.
/ Trainer. Massachusetts. treasurer
/ Robert Cass. Nassa Chusefts. secretary
HcherI Brow: Nassa chuSetts. his
torien. Leo Joseph Meehan, New York
sergeant alarms.
Sophomore-Charl Garibaldi. New
Jersey president: John +. Healy. New
| HAMPSHIRE. vice president: Millard
! kenestrick Indiana. treasurer; Fred
G. Rogers. Texas. secretary: John
Russell. Illinois. historian. Philip Neff
Washington. d. G. erEeant-at-armS.
F'reshman-James J. MCMa hon, ir.
New York preside mt: Charles +
Byron. Washington. d. G., vice presi
dent: James Callahan. Connecticut. sec
retary: William Conkright, New York
treasurer: Bernard De Long. MiChi
gan. historian and William G.. Watt
Washington. u. c.. sergeant arms
At the Medical School the following
class elections were held:
Senior-HuSh J. WeIch. District of
, Columbia. president: Paul \. Taylor
District of Columbia, vice president;
John J. Lynch New York. secretary.
Anthony ]. Lettiere. New Jersey.
treasurer.
.Tunior-W William r. O'Ready. South
Dakota. president: Thomas \ San
facon. Maine. vice president: Nicolo
\. Milauo. Connecticut. treasurer
PauI c. Lannon. PENNSYLVANIA. secre-
tarv: George n. : .hmitter. MaSsa-
chusetts. historian.
Receives Set Of Books.
The Foreign Service school library
has lust received from Dr. Arnold W
Spanhoofd. professor of German. q
set Of several hundred volumes of
Fynnch, German and Spanish. He
has taught German. English. French
/ and Spanish Al various institutions
and has been head oF the German de-
partment Of the Foreign Service
: School ever since the department was
established
Through Connie f. Heron. a for
mer student. the Foreign Service
; School has received an old Spanish
volume entitled The Christian Year. "
published in Madrid in 1714. Mr..
Heron. who has just returned from
South America, discovered the volume
in Honduras.
A recent visitor to the Foreign
i Service School was Thomas Monroe
who left the school several years ago
Z to become affilia ted with the United
States Lines in Bremen, Germany. He
specialized in shipping while attend
, ing the school and was a member Of
the Delta Sigma Pi Fraternity at
+ Georgetown.
Another Georgetown student Sheri-
dan Talbot. has become a member of
the United States foreign service per
sonnel and is now stationed at Neuva
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