Evening star., 1926-04-25
SENIORS WILL HEAR
FREE STATE ENVOY
Smiddy to Be Chief Speaker
at Catholic U. Dod Noon
Clubs Affair.

The annual senior night entertain
rnent given by the members of the
bod Noon Club in honor of the gradu-
ating class will be held this year on
Thursday evening, May s. in the as
sembly room Of Mcmahon Hall. the
principal figure of the evening will be
Edward Smiddy. minister of the irish
Free State to the United States. This
affair. which is an annual function Of
the bod Noon Club. is open 10 the
professors, students and friends Of the
university DR.. Smiddy is the first
minister of the Irish Free State TO this
country and senior night will be the
occasion OF his first visit TO the uni
versity. An interesting and entertain
ing progra m of musical and dramatic
numbers is being ARA anged by the
members of the club. James l.. Gar
vim president, will preside Right
Rev. Thomas j. Sha han. rector. will
introduce the speaker
The Washington chapter Of the Lay
Alumni Associat ton held its regular
monthly smoker last Sunday evening
at L'Aiglon. F. Joseph Donahue, 81.
acted as POSTMASTER The principal
speakers were Vincent l.. Toomey. ma =
tional president. and Basil Kelly, presi-
dent Of the local chapter. William r.
Byrne and Ted Mitchell spoke on the
prospects of the boxing team for the
coming season. They are captain and
coach, respectively Students of the
university furnished most of the en-
terta inment
OratOry Contest Held.
The annual prize oratory contest.
held under the auspices of the Shahan
Debating Society. took place last
Thursday evening in the assembly
room OF Mcmahon Hall at SIS o'clock.
The first prize. gold medal. donated
and presented by Bishop Shshan, was
awarded to Edward Curran, of Ban
gor Me, who spoke on John Marshall
and the Constitution of the United
States Mr. Curran. a senior law
student. has been chosen to repre-
sent the university in the national
contesb for orators on constitutional
subjects. The other speakers of
the evening were: Joseph Beatty.
Lawrence. Mass, '29; Michael j. Mac
Carthy, Kinsale, Ireland, '29: Thomas
L. Ryan. Newtonville, Mass. p. g.,
and Arturo Tomelden. Manila, p. J..
P. G.. The judges of the contest were:
Rev. Leo l.. McVay. Rev. Charles A.
Hart. and Rev. Donald A. MacLean,
all of the university faculty.
lOE the annual rector
prize debate were held in the audi
torium of Mcmahon Hall last Friday
evening. Six men were chosen from
these will later be grouped in two
three-man teams which will compete
at an early date for the Shahan debate
medals. Each member of the team
winning the contest will be presented
with a gold medal watch fob. present
ed by the rector.
Beginning May /. Rev. DR. John
O'Grady, associate professor of soci-
ology and secretary of the National
Conference OF Catholic Charities. will
undertake an extensive survey of the
diocesses of Baltimore. Buffalo, New
York, Pittsburgh and Cleveland. The
purpose of the survey is to investigate
the conditions of Catholic charities
systems. DR.. OGrady appeared at
Madison. Wis. where he spoke before
the Madison Public Welfare Associ-
alton. His topic was The Contribu-
ton of Social Work TO Family Life"
Cloonan Captains Freshmen.
Thomas Cloonan of Milford. Mass.
was una nimously elected to captain
the freshman base ball team at a
meeting of the members held in the
gymnasium last Tuesday evening.
Under the auspices of the Wash
ington Chapter of the knights of Co
lumbus, the Catholic University X. of
C. Club held smoker last Sunday
evening in the X. of c. quarters in the
gymnasium. The affair was we'll at
tended and was addressed by Fred
Diegelman, an alumnus and recording
secretary of the Washington Chapter.
At a meeting of the University
Chapter of the American Society Of
Mechanical Engineers. Edward M.
Sullivan Of Washington was chosen as
president for the coming year. Mr..
Sullivan succeeds Joseph p. Mangan.
also of Washington, who will gradu-
ate in June. Other officers chosen
were: Joseph Heinrich. Washington,
vice president; Samuel J. Bonomo.
Baltimore. Md. secretary, and Robert
Mullen of Washington, treasurer. 1t
was announced after the meeting that
J. P. Mangan, III. F. Steinecke and Leo
p. Cullinane, all of Washington, will
represent the university branch Of the
society in a debate to be held with the