Evening star., 1927-11-20
SERIES Of DEBATES
FOR c. U. SCHOOL
Law Students to Compete
During Year for Place on
Championship Teams.

/ pants in a final contest for the school
championship, just before commence.
ment week in June. AS an encourage
ment to students entering the contests,
the faculty offers annually cash prize
| of SIS gold to the winner of each of
tho preliminary debates and $50 to
the winner of the final contest. These
| prizes are awarded at the graduation
| exercises.
The chairmen of the Morris and
Gould Debating Societies alternate
in presiding over each contest. Viii
liam j. Kavanagh. professor of argu-
| mentation and public speaking, has
supervision over the debating SOcie-
ties and has enlisted a large proper
ton Of the student body in prepara-
ton for the intcr-society and prize
debates.
Selections for First Debate.
At a meeting of the morning classes
at the law school the following were
chosen to take part in the first prize
debate: James T. Finlen of Montana,
and Raymond j. Doyle of Connect
cut, Edward l.. Wright of Arkansas,
alternate. Representatives chosen by
the afternoon classes We're not an
nounced in time for publication.
The. Thanksgiving holidays this
week will find the Hilltop practically
deserted from Wednesday until Mon.
day of next week. Students at the
professional schools will be free only
on Thanksgiving day, with the eX-
ception of those at the School of
Foreign Service, where classes will
recess Thursday and Friday.
Georeetown's Reserve Officers Train
ing Corps Band, which met with such
tt1 an
week before last. accompanied large
delegation of students and alumni to
New York for the Fordham foot ball
game yesterday. The new blue and
gray uniforms of the Hilltop bands.
men attracted much favorable COM
ment and the band gave several con-
certs at<alumni gatherings in Gothem.
Glass elections held a jor i'm.
portance at the law school last week.
The third-year evening class Is head
ed by J. Herbert Walsh of the Dis.
trict of Columbia, who is. in his
seventh year as a student at George.
town University, having graduated
from the college in 1925. For the
past two years Walsh has been a
leaderSin his class.
Other Officers Chosen.
otnCT OIHceTS III ifS tnITu-H ear CLASS
were elected as follows: Henry J.
rigan, treasurer: R. Kenneth Bero,
secretary. and Raymond c. Weber,
sergeant-at.arms. The class of 1929
is the first to be graduated under
the new ruling which requires at least
two years OF college work in prepara-
ton for law, and as result it lists
among its members more men with
college degrees than has heretofore
been the rule.
j. Clarence Herlihy of Glens Falls.
n. Y. is. the newly elected president
of the second-year evening law class.
He is a graduate Of st. Marys Acad-
emy at Glens Falls and attended
Georgetown College. Always active
in Georgetown affairs, Herlihy is a
member of Gamma Eta Gamma Legal
Fraternity.
The other officers of the class are
Charles Hoffman, District of Column.
bia, vice president; Milton Schwartz.
District Of Columbia, secretary; Paul
Fennel of Burlington. VT, treasurer.
and T. Byron, District of Columbia
sergeant tarms.
Freshman Class Election.
The freshman morning class is the
elected as it's president, John J. Man
ming of Pennsylvania, who took his
pre.legal course at Georgetown Col
lege. While attending the Lansford
Pa, High School, Manning was active
in athletic circles and was captain of
the basket ball team. He also edited
the school paper and at Georgetown
College took a leading part in the
| White Debating Society
The freshmen elected other officers
as follows: stephen j. Barabas of
Jersey City. n. j., vice president;
Frank r. Odlum of Unionville, Conn,
secretary; Wynn T. Jones OF Fair
| Haven, VT, treasurer: Daniel Crowley
of Biddleford, Me-, historian, and
John r. Casey of Lynn. Mass, ser
geant-at-arms. All of them took their
| pre-legal course at Georgetown Col
| lege and We're prominent in athletic
and scholastic work. Barabas. Odlum
i and Jones were among the honor stu
dents at the Hilltop.
Charles Fl. Drummey, the newly
elected president of the first-year eve
ming class at the law school, is pri.
vate secretary to Representative John
f.. Nelson of Maine, his native State.
He also prepared for the law school
at Georgetown College. A graduate
| of the Ellsworth, Me-, High School
! in 1920, he went with one of the New
| England railroads until his appoint
ment in 1925 to his present secretarial
| position. During the World War he
was clerk on the draft board for
| his home county.
Club Discusses Flood Relief.
At it's last meeting, the Carroll Law
| Club voted that Congress should pro-
| vide sufficient food relief for the vic
Tins in the Mississippi and Vermont
| disasters. The affirmative side of the
debate was upheld by Anthony Cam
pana, Vallie Wilmington, George T..
| Hagen, J. D. Lewis and Robert Wald-
ron. Matthew j. O'Callaghan led the
negative. assisted by William J. Nc
Guire, Hanley and c. G. Schilling.
The question for the next debate
is Resolved. That all form of jury
| investigations be made unlawful. "
Don Rock will take the negative and
John Geraghty the affirmative side.
Since both of these men are in the
office of the United States marshal
and were in close touch with the
grand jury investigation into the
charges that brought about the Fall.
| Sinclair mistrial. the Carroll Club
members are looking forward to this
debate with interest.
Prof. Karl Fenning of the George.
town Law School is chairman of the
newly appointed national committee
on patent legislation representing the
American Bar Associate and the
American Patent Law Association.
Mr. Fenning has been instructor in
patent law procedure for number
| of Years
The Pennsylvania Law Club at
Georgetown will he reorganiZed at a
meeting of Pennsylvania students to-
morrow afternoon when permanent
officers are to be chosen. r. +. Pont-
ger, chosen temporary chairman at q
meeting last Wednesday. will preside.
1t is the purpose of the club to