Evening star., 1927-10-30
CATHOLIC j. PLANS
FOR HOMECOMING
Alumni from All Parts of the
Country Expected at Three
Day ConcIave.

Plans are under way at Catholic
University for a three-day 'homecom-
ing holiday" beginning Thanksgiving
| day, at which time the school expects
to be host to the largest body of visit
| ing alumni it ever entertained.
An elaborate program of events, in
Guiding the annual foot ball game be-
| tween the teams of Catholic Uni
versity and George Washington Uni
ver3ity. dances and luncheons, is being
arranged under the direction OF the
Washington Chapter of the alumni.
Catholic University men from all sec
tions of the country have signified
their intention of attending the three
| day conclave, and the local committee
| on arrangements is planning for the
housing of the visitors
| AT last weeks meeting of the local
chapter of the alumni, the following
committees were appointed to plan for
! the homecoming: General committee
Noel Deisch and Carol Kirby. Finance
committee-Jack Clarke, chairman;
| Harold kilcoyne and +. "Jiggs" Dono-
hue. Housing committee-Edward
Leasure. chairman; Fred Diegelman.
j. L. Murphy and A. Suraci. Program
| and entertainment cOmmittee-H. l..
| Connors, chairman; Maurice Weschler,
Bernard Began and Edward Lafond.
| Publicity committee Jack Prior,
chairman, and Louis Crook. Trophy
committee-V. l.. Toomey, chairman,
and Edward Carmack.
Glee Club Begins Rehearsals.
The Catholic University Glee Club
rphoarco1
day and Thursday evening at $3.50
o'clock, and plans have been made to
make this the most successful year in
the history of the organization. The
| first club function of the year will be
a tea dance, to be held November in
| the Willard room of the New Willard
Hotel. Frank Smith, Amadeo Meitin,
Harold Ogden and Saverio D'Esopo
are in charge of arrangements.
Next on the SonGsters' program is
a radio concert. November Is. which
will be broadcast through stations
WRC and WEAF and associated sta.
tions. Two other dates for concerts
have been definitely set one the
christmas concert" given for the
| benefit of the University students, De-
cember 10, and the other in Baltimore
on January 8, under the auspices of
| the Knights of Columbus.
! The staff of the Tower met in Albert
Hall last Wednesday to hear reports
of the work of the various staffs.
Clarence Martin, freshman, was
| made member of the news staff.
DIR. Deslongchamps Heads Schola.
Rev. DR.. Deslongchamps, professor
of music at the university, is head Of
the reorganized Schola Cantorum. The
schola was formed by combining the
departments of music of the uni.
versity and the Catholic Sisters Col
lege. DR.. Deslongchamps is assisted
on the faculty by Conrad Bernier, who
studied in Paris under Joseph Bonnie.
The Catholic University knights of
Columbus Club started it's season with
a preliminary meeting last Sunday.
Plans for the coming year were out
lined. Prof. Scullen Of the department
of engineering and grand knight of
Washington Council, will address the
club in the near future. The club,
founded in 1924, was the first of it's
kind in the United States. This move.
ment has received the appreciation of
tho Supreme Council Of the order, and
already other college units have been
founded and are being modelled along
| the lines laid down at Catholic Uni
versity.
The Utopian Club will hold it's an
nual dance, as in previous years, on
Thanksgiving night, after the George
Washington game. The Utopian ball
is one Of the features of the Thanks
giving week end. AS yet no definite
arrangements have been made con-
corning the dance, but it is expected
| that it will be held in the rose room
of the Washington Hotel AS is the
traditional custom, the dance will be
| formal, and open to Ttorian members
and their invited guests only. William
Linskey is chairman of the committee
in charge Of arrangements, and other
members include John Meng, James
Carney. John Tatigan and Constan-
| tine Bclf.