Evening star., 1927-10-16

the mass, which was held at o'clock
in the morning. This gave the r. o
r. c. Cadet Bend an opportunity to
participate in the ceremonies conduct
ed that morning in front of the Co
lumbus Monument on the Union sta
ton Plaza, under auspices OF the
knights Of Columbus.
That night President Lyons was
one of the speakers at the knights
of Columbus banquet at the Maytiower
Hotel.
President Lyons has received com
munication from Walter Bruce Howe.
national chairman in charge OF ar
rangements for the observance of
NAVY day. October 27, asking that a
sneaker from the Navy Department
be permitted to address the students
on that occasion.
Breaking all former records, the
r. o. r. c. units at the college and
the Medical School have enrolled a
total of 592 students to date. with
prospects of topping the 600 mark
before long. This is an unusual in
dication of the interest students are
paying to this form of military train
ing, as enlistment in the X. o. L. G.
is voluntary. But for the restrictions
placed by the War Department, due
to lack of sufficient appropriations
the number at the college would great
ly exceed the authorized strength. AS
it is now, 2S5 students are enrolled
in the basic infantry course, exceed
ing the authorized enrolment by Al,
and so are enrolled in the advance
course. At the Medical School the
enrolments are PIT in the basic course
and 40 in the advanced course.
The staff of the Foreign Service
School was well represented at the
sessions of the Pan-American CommlS-
sion on Simplification and Standard
ization of Consular Procedure, which
recessed Thursday until October "a.
One of the representatives of Costa
Rica is Guillermo Z. Gonzales, secre-
tary of the legation, and now gradu-
ate student at Georgetown. Argentina
is represented by Consul Manuel G.
Durand, formerly student at the
school.
Three members of the Georgetown
faculty also are assisting in organl'
Zation work of the conference. These
are: DR.. l.. S. Rowe, director general
of the Pan-American Union, professor
of the Latin American Seminar; VIII
liam A. Reid. former trade expert of
the union, and professor in the course
on Latin America as an export field,
and William Manger. head of the
finance division of the union, who is
a member of the facelty in the Latin
American department of the school.
The Georgetown Glee Club is eX-
pected to start it's rehearsals this
week, but it will be necessary for the
club to fill 10 vacancies caused by
graduations last June. Its annual
Mi.Careme concert will not be held
until the middle of Lent. The club
is awaiting action of the faculty on
the appointment of its new moderator.
DIR. Sterling v. Mead's new book,
Diseases of the Mouth" will be the
official text book for the junior and
senior dental classes and the senior
medical classes, it was announced last
week. For a number of years DR..
Mead has been a member of the
Dental School faculty, and is consid-
cred an outstanding authority on this
subject.
Senior Glass Elects.
The senior class at the Dental
School has announced election of the
following class officers: Joseph b.
Lutz, president; James ]. Rogan, vice
president; Joseph Kelly, secretary;
John J. Fasanello, treasurer, and
Joseph Murphy, historian.
= The November issue of the College
Journal, edited this year by James
Kerby Neill. '2S. soon will be ready
for distribution. Paul Berno, '2S,
business manager, is planning cir
culation drive.
Authorities at the Hilltop have de-
cided to put all tennis courts in ex,
cellent condition, so announcement
was made that the annual Fall tennis
tournament would not be held until
Spring. All six courts will be reno
waited and the backsto2s improved.
Robert Christie, manager, is making
plans for the tournament, and has
urged all students to keep off the
courts so the work can be completed
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