Evening star., 1926-03-28
.CIRCULO ITAL|ANO"
|SFORMED AT c. u.
Italian Club Organized for
Study of Language and
Literature.

To promote the study of Italian
Es,oup Of students at the Catholic l'nl-
arsitv have founded what is known
as II Circulo Italiano, The require
rent for admission is desire to be-
nome acquainted with the Italian
,snguage and literature. The Constl'
'ution was recently approved by
bishop Sha han, rector of the UNI
,,orsitv. and the club has now begun
to function regularly. Meetings are
: held the first and third Sundays or the
I month Rev. Dr.. Joseph p. Christie
pher, associate professor of Latin has
A sponsored the club and is largely re
sponsibe for its successful organlZa-
ton Members of the faculty who
have become members are: Rt. Rev.
Mgr. Eilippo Pernardini, Rev. ID. f.
l.ardone, Dr. Roy j. Deferrari, Rev.
Speer Strahan. Rev. William j. Des
Longchamps The officers of the so
ciety chosen at the first meeting OF
the new club are all lay undergradu-
ate students President. Joseph A.
D'Alessio: vice president, Y. Pesolano:
4, secretary. r. Bucci; treasurer. }. G.
\ ricchiO, and sergeant at arms, Ar
mand de Cesare.
The Catholic University debating
team made its second appearance in
=
Tuesday evening in the assembly room
of Mcmahon Han. and hung up its sec
ond victory. The question argued was
Resolved. That the Constitution be
amended 10 give Congress the power
to regulate child labor" The {. l.,
Team upheld the affirmative. The de-
bate was carried on by two men teams.
Rrendan Brown of Oma ha, Nebr.. ana
John Meng of Cleveland. Ohio. arguing
for g. L., and F'enimore Cooper and
Richard Patee, making up the Arizona
team.
Song Contest On.
A song contest is being carried on
among the members of the under
graduate student body by the board
of editors of the Tower. the weekly
student news sheet. A prize is to be
given 10 the one who devises the most
appropriate alma mater tune and
lyric The final choice of the piece
will he made by the student council
with the assistance and advice of the
department of music of the univer-
sity number of candidates have
turned in their productions.
The new wing of Brady Hall
at Sisters College in Brookla nd.
one of the institutions affiliated with
the Catholic University, has recently
been opened. and it is now being used
daily by the student nuns for lectures
and laboratory work. The opening oi
the new wing fufills an urgent need
At Sisters College, and the students
ere enjoying now ample and efficient
facilities with which TO carry on theiI
work of study and research. The wing
has three floors. and they are well
ventilated. and have excellent light
n nd frS
floor is taken up with physics la bora
tories. the second with lecture rooms
and biological laboratories. while the
ton floor is given over to quarters for
resea rCh work and chemical labora
tories.
A number of very valuable steel
engravings have come to the Sisters
College from the hands Of Bishop
Sha han. They are fashioned from
portraits Of famous old paintings. and
their rarity and beauty make them
an invalua bic addition 10 the art
collection Of the college.
Rev. Joseph Tierney formerly dean
~ discipline at the university. and
president of Gibbons Hall, visited
The university last week. Father
Tierney is also an alumnus of the
University. He is now the diocesan
superintendent of the Catholic Schools
of he Diocese of Ogdensburg, y. !.
Rev. Or. John A Ryan. professor
OF moral theology at the Catholic
university. will go to Chicago Oh
Easter sunday April 4. where he Will
address the members of the Chicago
Forum AT an afternoon assembly. The
subject of his addresses viii he The
Decline Of Liberty in America Dr.
RYAN will speak also on the following
evening before a gathering Of the
Liberal Club The topic of the second
address has not been stated.
The university has afforded rich
Dsight seeing ground during the past
few weeks to a number OF senior
ella sses of Catholic high schools in the
East Visits are being made in regu-
lar succession and by large numbers,
who come to see the National Capital
and the National Shrine, the new
library and the other growing parts
of the Catholic University.