Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-10-17
c. i. SENIOR AIDS
b BENNETT ON TOUR
Former Naval Airman Goes
With Josephine Ford as Of
fetal Lecturer.

senior class at the Georgetown Uni
versity School of Foreign Service. is
touring the country aboard the Jose
phine Ford, the Fokker monoplane
which carried Comdr. Richard +. BYRD
over the North Pole.
Mr.. Kunkel is going along as the
official lecturer of the tour ana also
as auxiliary pilot for Bennett. MS
own aviation experience comes from
arduous service on patrol duty on the
North Sea as a. naval aviator during
the war. The flying student is the
personal representative or the Danlei
Guegenheim Foundatio which is
financing the trip under the direction
of the Department Of Commerce, the
object of the tour being to interest the
public in commercial aviation.
Writing to DIR. Thomas II. Healy,
assistant dean Of the school, While en-
route from Albany, n. y, to syria
cuse, flying at an attitude or 9.zvV
feet. Mr.. Kunkel describes the Jose
phine Ford as having "all the con-
Veniences of a Pullman
INV companions are excellent chaps,
he writes. Floyd Bennett, who pilot
ed this same plane over the North
Pole, with Comdr. Byrd, is most ge-
NAL fellow and everybody likes him.
He seems to be a part of the ship, an
excellent pilot and all OF us have the
greatest confidence in him."
Has Enviable Record.
The student lecturer voiced high
nraise of Donald B. Keyhoe, Depart
ment of Commerce representative,
who is managing the tour; Bernt Bal
chan. the Norwegian navigator. ana
Chief Mechanic McFail for their ca
pableness.
Mr.. Kunkel will be graduated from
Georgetown next June. He saw serV-
ice on the Mexican border before the
World War and qualified as a naval
air pilot, lieutenant, Junior grade, att
er the outbreak of the war. In Eng
land he was promoted in command OF
the Killinghome Air Station, where
he had charge of patrol duty on the
North Sea He served % months in
this capacity, and during that time
he attained the enviable record of $50
hours flying time without serious
mishap.
He entered the Georgetown School
in 1923 and was appointed one OF
eight Georgetown students as a men,
Der of the American delegation on the
Tacna-Arica PlebiScite Commission.
Upon his return to Washington last
month he took charge Of the work or
opening the new Foreign Service
House on Euclid street. He is presl-
dent of the Delta Phi Epsilon Fra
ternity at the school.
Annual Retreat Opens.
The annual retreat of Georgetown
College will commence tomorrow eve
ming and continue until Friday
MpCyOVQrn.
s. j., project of studies at Boston Col
!ege High School, will conduct the reli-
gious services in it's connection.
Thursday morning requiem mass will
he held for members Of the university
faculty who have died since the last
retreat.
The Hoya, university publication,
contains an editorial in It's current
issue praising the work of Dean Louis
J. Gallagher, S. j., who has been sue
ceeded at the college by Rev. Robert
A. Parsons, S. J. His term Of office
comedies with a period of unprece-
denied growth in the history OF
Georgetown College" the editorial
stated, land it is a sufficient tribute
to the character and capacity OF the
retiring dean to state that he carried
the burden and the inevitable diff
without too much shock, and he left
the institution tranquil with her
greater numbers and increased prob
lens" Father Gallagher is stationed
in Boston as assistant to the provin-
cial of the newly created New Eng
land province Of the Jesuit Order
Plan Classic Production.
Shakespeare Julius Caesar" is to
be the initial offering of Georgetown
Mask and Bauble Club shortly before
the Christmas holidays. Trials al
ready are being held by the members
of the aggregation. The new preSl-
dent is Francis l. Brady. Other off,
GERS are: John McDonough, vice
president: Philip d. Dean, treasurer;
John F. Thaete, corresponding secre-
tary, and Christopher T. Clark, re-
cording secretary. Mr. McDonough
Is chairman of the business commit
tee. and Mr. Clark is the stage man
ager
An interesting lecture was given at
the Foreign Service School Friday
night by a distinguished Indian Off
cial, Sir Alvion Rajkumar Banerji
member of the cabinet at Madras.
India, who is touring the United
States. Sir Alvion. a graduate of Ok
ford and Calcutta Universities, is one
of the best informed men on Indian
affairs. He has been in the Indian
service of the British government for
many years.
The morning junior law school class
has reelected Edward L. Wright of
Little Rock, Ark, president. The
other officers are Frank Leo Smith Of
Portland. Greg, secretary: Robert
Ponsa Of Poughkeepsie, n. Y, treas
urer; John OLaughlin of Independ-
pnce, Iowa. rgeant-at-arms, and
Patrick Morganson of Oshkosh. Wis,
historian. A smoker soon is to be
given by the class.