Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-19
COLLEGE SESSION
OPENS WEDNESDAY
Georgetown U. Branch An
ticipates Large Enrolment.
University Special Features.

Georgetown College will begin its
Fall term next Wednesday, under
-slcci.us circumstance all registra
-s~~ records 1T the Hilltop having
neen broken during the past week.
Ualter i O'Connor, registrar at the
,xnieg., stated that an enrolment of
$50 students is expected before the
opening date OF this number, $50
are already registered as freshmen,
or $50 in excess Of last years class.
II Is possible that the incoming class
will approximate 375 members before
the registrations close.
This years banner crop of students
was made possible by the new senior
dormitory. which. with the remodel
ing of the old north building. adds
eight lecture halls to relieve the con
Cested conditions at the Hilltop. 1t
was necessary to delay the opening
Of the term a week to complete the
renovation of the older building. En-
cent for "A few minor details, this work
has been completed and the building
will be ready for occupancy WedneS-
day. without intern vption to ella sses
II contains four lecture halls, the
same number as the new structure
Plans Dedication Exercises.
President Charles w. Lyons. s. j..
Is arranging formal dedicatory eX'
ercises to which the public will be
invited. The date will he set soon.
Meanwhile, alumni are showing con
siderable interest in the new building
which is one of the finest AA'icatlof1ih
structures in the city. Its cost was
approximately 100000.
A number of new faces will be seen
among the college faculty. most OF
whom already have returned for the
new term. New faculty members,
with their subjects. are: Rev. Joseph
S. Dinneen. S. j., professor of phil
osophy and spiritual counsellor; Rev
Hugh A. Gaynor. s. j.. professor of
humanities: Rev. Robert s. Johnson,
S. j.. professor of rhetoric: Rev.
James l. Moakley, s. j., professor of
sociology and ethics: Rev. Richard
r. Ranken. s. j.. lecturer in the
graduate school: Rev. Edward T..
Farrell, s. j., professor of psychology:
Rev. Thomas ID. Barry, s. j. prcfes
sor of mathematics: Rev. Laurence G.
German. s. j.. professor of chemistry:
Rev. Custavus j. Dumas, s. j.. pro
fessor q: French and humanities; Rev.
Thomas Murray. 5. j., professor of
mathematics. 4 recent arrival was
Rev. Peter V. Masterson. S. j.. head
of the history department, who has
heen absent a year pursuing studies
at Prague.
Special Events Noted.
While the authorities at the college
have been busily engaged in prepar-
ing 70" the opening, two impOrta mt
events occurred during the past week.
William Cardinal O'Connell of-2oston.
who was here attending tn annual
meeting of the Catholic hierarchy.
was a guest at the college Tuesday
afternoon The following day about
80 members of the International
Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
who have been holding their conven-
ton in Washington. were guests or
the Georgetown faculty at luncheon.
Rev. George L. Coyle, s. j., head OF
the department of chemistry at
George has been taking an ac-
tive part IN the convention proceed
ings.
The selection of Rev. Edmund A.
Walsh. s. j., of Georgetown, to head
the welfare work of the Catholc
Church in Russia and the Near East
made at the sessions of the Catholic
hierarchy. entails upon him a vast
amount of work. His former services
in Russia under the American Relief
Mission. and later AS director OF papal
relief, fits Father Walsh to get the
utmost out of this extensive program
which calls for the consolidation OF all
catholic societies doing such welfare
work into the catholic Near East Wei
fare Association.
Law School Opens.
Late afternoon classes at the School
Of Law opened last Wednesday. Fully
500 students have been enrolled IN
both morning and afternoon courses
10 date, and the assistant dean, hugh
j. Fegan, believes the registration
eventually will total approximately
700. With the reopening of the morn
ing classes next Wednesday, the Law
School will he in full swing.
Law students took "A personal IN
tercst i'm al least one congressional
urinary fight last week. regardless OF
politics Representative William T.
Connery. jr. who graduated last June
from Georgetown. was renonlnateu
in the eleventh district of MaSSachu'
.,>tts. Mr.. ConnerN entered George
town the same year he entered Con
creSs two terms ago. AS former
member of musical comedy shows, ana
a comedian in vaudeville. he was al
vays a star" at various class celehra-
ties. Mr.. Connary took an active pat'
in Law School affairs.
Recent appointments of score al
Georgetown graduates TO consular po-
sitions and as foreign representatives
OF commercial firms, were announced
Yesterday at the School of Foreign
Service. Prominent among them rs
Francisco c. Banda, graduate OF last
June. who leaves the city soon as spe'
cial assistant to the kammerer imam
cial commission. which has been
created by the government of Ecuador
to revise the financial department OF
that country.
Among some appointees are Earl
r Christian as Sice consul at Dublln,
Charles c. Gidney. vice consul at lid
vana: Carl A. Fisher. third secretary
of the legation at Belgrade: Fred {.
Eastin. vice consul at Rio de Janelfo'
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hats.