Evening star., 1927-05-01
GLEE CLUB TO GIVE
CONCERT FRIDAY
Catholic U. Singers Plan
Dance Following Musical
Program at Willard.

The Catholic University Glee Ciut
will give it's annual Spring concert
May 6 in the ballroom Of the Willard
Hotel The club Will present varied
program. The concert IS open 70 the
general public ana tickets may be
purchased At the door The concert
will be followed by two hours of dane
ing. The Marcerons Orchestra, we'll
known locally. will furnish music for
the dancinS. The combined concert
and dance Is in charge of a committee
of six men, John Mong. chairman
John Henry. Joseph Bober, Anthony
Gadek. Frank Smith and John Miller
Edward NJ. Currah of Bangor. Me,
captain OF the varsity debating team
has been chosen by competitive trlals
to represent Catholic University in the
sectional trials for the National Inter
collegiate Oratorical Contest. rms
contest is held annually under the
auspices of the Better American fed-
Grafton of California. Each contestant
Is required to speak on some subject
relative to the Constitution of the
limited states. Among Mr.. Curran $
opponents will be representatives from
Georgetown University, National Uni
yersity. American University, George
washington University and Maryland
University.
IntercIub Dance Planned.
ME annual interclub dance, spon-
eored by the four social clubs OF the
University is to be held on May II
In the rose room of the Washington
Hotel. The arrangements for the
affair are in the hands of a committee
composed of members of the interclub
council The committee are James
Aspoas, from the UtOpian Club; Johh
Winters. from the Abbey Club; ste
nhen Towel. from the Dod Noon Cluo'
and Robert Mullen, from the Senators
Club.
Joseph A. Beatty of Lawrence,
Mass. was chosen winner of the an
nual Oratorical Contest held recently
at the university. Edmund }. tltz-
gerald of Brooklyn, n. Y, placed sec
ond. Both were awarded gold Watch
charms. Beatty chose for his suoJect
1.-The Voice of Belgium" a discourse
on Cardinal Mercier, the militant
rhurchman of beleagured Belgium.
'"The New Student" an Grafton on the
modern college man. was the subject
Other contestants were James Blaney
and Frank Smith. Six men were chos-
en- for the final trials in preliminary
contests some time ago. Due to SICK
ness. two Of the contestants We're
forced to drop out at the last minute
Second Drama Presented.
The second presentation by the ORA
matte Society was offered to the publc
in the auditorium of McMahon Hall
on Friday evening in the form Oh
three one-act plays. The star OF the
evening was Andrew z. Maloney OF
Philadelphia, president of the society.
He was supported by a cast composed
exclusively of undergraduate stu
dents. The scenery and all properties
used in the production were the handi'
work of the students themselves.
Not the least social affair of the
wear took place last Thursday evening
when the sophomore class held its
dinner dance at Wardman Park Ho
tel. Music was furnished by Irving
Boernstein's Orchestra. The commit
tee in charge consisted of George Sui
Ivan, chairman: Armand DeCesare
Thomas Fitzgerald, William McGrath
Paul Morrissey, Thomas Bergin and
Harry Wilkinson. Three hundred cou
pies attended the affair.
During the Easter vacation. which
ended recently, one of the prominent
members of the c. L. faculty, DIR.
Alexander Mclean of the Department
of logic, made lecture tour through
New England and Canada, speaking
on labor problems of current interest.
On April IL he spoke at the Brook
wood Labor College in New York, his
pT0UFQY11
Industrial Democracy" He lectured
at Dartmouth Collegs on April IA on
the subject "The Church and the In
dustrial Problem" He spoke on "Co-
operation and the Industrial Problem"
in Ontario, Canada. DIR. Mclean is
the author of well known and widely
read treatise on the strike problem.
His work is known as 'The Morality
OF the Strike" 1t is widely used as a
college text book.
Debating Season Ends.
Robert c. Legat and T. j. DeFrey-
tas, editor and business manager,
respectively, of the Cardinal of 1925"
have announced that work has already
begun on the book. They have given
the printing contract to the j. P. Bell
Co. Of Lynchburg, Va, while the con-
tract for the engraving has gone to
the Bureau of Engraving at Mime
apolis. White studios of New York
have again been selected to act as
photographers for the annual.
The varsity debating team closed
it's season victoriously by defeating
st. Viator College from Bourbonnais,
Ill. This defeat was the first one ad-
ministered to the visiting team this
season, although they have made an
extensive tour Of the country. The
question for debate was Resolved,
That the eighteenth amendment to
the Constitution should be repealed, -
e. U. took the affirmative while the
visitors defended the negative. Joseph
A. Beatty, Richard Carey and Edward
M. Curran composed Catholic Uni
versity's team, while John W. Stat
ford, James A. Nolan and James #.
Connor spoke for ST. Viator in the
order named. Rev. Charles A. Hart
acted as chairman.
The dramatic society held a tea
dance yesterday afternoon at the VII
lard Hotel. Music was furnished by
Mike Fera and his orchestra. Joseph
Beatty, Philemon Coulter and Edward
Mcnamara constituted the committee
which arranged the affair.