Evening star., 1926-04-18
R.o.T.C. INSPECTION
IS HILLTOP FEATURE.
Review During Coming Week
AnxiouSIy Awaited-Dean
Gallagher Returns.

Preparations are being made at
Georgetown University for the annual
inspection of the Reserve Officers
Training Corps units on the Hilltop
and at the Medical School by War De-
partment staff officers. Wednesday
and Thursday. Upon the results of
his inspection depends Georgetown S
hope for reinstatement as a "distin-
suished" unit of the Sd Corps Area.
s:aj. Ruert n. Danford and Maj
T. J. Johnson, it was announced, will
he the inspecting officers. Confident
IN their ability to make a good show
Ing, the Georgetown cadets neverthe-
less have been devoting extra time to
intensive training for the two-day
ordeal. Lieut.. Col. Augustus f. Dan
nemiller, y. S. A, in comand of the
unit. said the battalion this year ranks
with the best ever organized on the
Hilltop
Wednesday morning the inspecting
officers will confer with President
Charles w. Lyons, S. j., a leading
advocate of citizens military train.
ing in the country, on the policy of
the school and it's facilities for train
ing. Next in order will be theoretical
examinations for the cadets in all mil
itary subjects.
Formal Review and Drill.
A formal review of the battalion
will be staged that afternoon If the
weather is satisfactory. The cadets
will be put through drill, and equip
ment and arms will be inspected.
Then a company picked at random
will be depioyed in an attack on an
Imaginary enemy. Also there will
be drills with the 37-mm. guns and
trench mortars. followed r'"~~'N''' =
machine gun firing. The officers will
inspect the Meuicai oC..uu. I..l..
Thursday.
Military service at Georgetown is
entirely voluntary. However, com.
pared with some schools in the Sd
Corps Area, where service Is com.
pulsory and military tactics have a
chief place IN the curriculum, the
Georgetown unit has made a splendid
record. Practically two-thirds of the
college students are enrolled.
Secretary of War Davis has ap-
pointed Father Lyons a member of a
committee of local and other clergy
men and educators whom he has
called into conference on May to
formulate program of moral train
AI6 Ao1 tlIS AL my
Dean Gallagher Back.
Rev. Louis J. Gallagher, S. j., dean
of the college. returned Friday night
from Boston, where he remained dur
ing the Easter vacation. During his
absence he attended several alumni
reunions, notably one at Providence,
f. l.. where he was the principal
speaker.
D,+rvorz T-oJ.-are;t,y md Gaorea-
town will hold their first debating
contest Friday evening at SIS o'clock
in CASTOR Hall, on the question OF
united air force. Georgetown's de-
baters. who will uphold the negative,
comprise Thomas Loughlin, Walter
Thompson and Anthony Brennan, all
seniors. Rev. John j. Toohey, S. j.,
is debating coach.
Father Lyons to Speak.
President Lyons and Dean Gala
CHER will address the student body
at an assembly tomorrow morning,
the occasion being the reading of
marks for the semester just ended.
A number OF District Of Columbia
students. 1t is understood, are slated
for honors.
During the Easter vacation Rev.
Francis A. Tondorf, S. j., spoke in
Boston on SelSHlOlOSlCdA 1keSeelLIA
at a meeting of the Catholic Union.
lie also gave u talk on the same
subject last Monday night before the
Providence alumni.
The senior college prom, given Fri
day night at the Mayflower Hotel.
proved one of the most popular of
the ason. It was followed by
rea dance the next afternoon and
marked the resumption Of activities
after the holiday. Richard T. Kuntz
of Ohio was chairman of the COM
nittee and was assisted by Cyril c.
O'Neill, Otto Saur. Robert Castillini,
Michael Morris, Walter j. Thomp-
son and Frederick NJ. Hickey.
Among the encouraging bits Of in
formation received in local alumni
circles last week was the report of
steps being taken at Miami, Fla, to
organize Georgetown almuni in that
section of the State. Frank Perry
was appointed temporary secretary.
Others interested in the movement
are Theodore Carroll. Bert Hunt and
Julien Southerland.