Evening star., 1927-05-08
128TH GRADUATION
FOR GEORGETOWN
University Arranging for a
Three-Day Program
in June.

SCdtleTeQ dIuIl1nl.
| While the number of graduates
from all departments of the univer-
sity has not yet been computed, it
| is believed more than 400 seniors
will receive their degree June 13.
This number is not so large as last
year, due to the fact that this years
senior classes in the professional
schools were affected by the rule re-
quiring certain number of years of
college work for admission to these
schools. Next year, however the
graduating classes will be much
larger.
Announcement has not vet been
made with respect to the honorary
degrees which the university will
confer on distinguished alumni at
the forthcoming commencement. nor
has the speaker at the exercises been
announced. commencement week
will open Saturday, June II. and
the program will be practically the
same as that of last year.
Fredericks HonOred.
Baron F'redericks, jr., Of Falls
Church, Va. has been chosen unani-
mously as valedictorian of the senior
law class, He is d graduate of
Georgetown College, coming to the
Law School in 1924. During his first
two years at the school he was honor
man of his class and is now a mem
ber of the Georgetown Law Journal
staff
John Thoma of Virginia was
chosen to deliver the bachelors ora.
ton on class day on account of his
ability as a speaker and his scholas-
tic record. The. class prophecy will
be given by Vincent Downey and
Stephen Szabados, while J. T. Cleere
and Joseph Di Leo will offer for
probate the class will. F'reder'cks
and George Shedan. class president,
compose the committee on arrange.
ments for class day.
The president of Georgetown, the
Rev. Charles w. Lyons. S. j., repre-
sented the university at the consecra-
ton of the Right Rev Thomas J.
Toolen as Bishop of Mobile, which
occurred Wednesday in the Cathedral
at Baltimore.
Georgetowns r. o. #. G. unit,
which recently was inspected by
staff of Army officers, will hold its
annual Spring military field day next
Thursday. Prizes are to be awarded
to the honor cadets of the corps.
Take Part iu Sessions.
The Foreign Service School was
particularly interested in the sessions
of the third Pan-American CONNER
cial Conference held here last week
and a number of it's faculty members
and former graduates took part in the
sessions of the conference. Francisco
Banda, commercial attache of the
Ecuadorean legation, who received
Of Of ~YAl7 n
foreign service, was one of the i'm
portant speakers at the conference.
He gave an account of the fiscal re-
forms worked out by the Kammerer
financial commission of American ex.
perts in Ecuador, a work in which he.
took a personal part. Dean William
F. Notz. Assistant Dean Thomas II.
Healey, r. S. MacElwee, commissioner
of the port of Charleston, 8. c., a
former dean at the school. also at.
tended Another Georgetown faculty
member, Guillermo Butler Sherwell,
professor of Spanish, was one OF the
official interpreters during the con-
ference.
nounced by the State Department
representing the United States at the
World Economic Conference at
Geneva are several present and
former faculty members of the For
eign Service School. Prof. Dana Du-
rand, DIR. Julius Klein, former lec-
turer on Latin American problems,
and Henry Chalmers, former
student at the school, are among the
American experts.
President Lyons and the faculties
of Georgetown will give reunion din
ner at the college the evening OF May
Is in connection with the convention
of the American Medical Association.
which will be in session here at that
time. A number of graduates of the
Medical School win be attending the
convention.
Medical Glass Dimes.
The senior medical class gave its
annual testimonial dinner recently at
the Willard. President Lyons was un-
able to attend and his place as a
speaker was taken by DIR. Samuel S.
Adams Lawelle p. Davlin was toast
master.
Ambrose Cook, president of the
class, gave the address Of welcome.
Among the other speakers were DIR.
George NJ Kober, dean Of the Medi-
cal School and one of the oldest
length of service: DIR. George Tully
Vaughan. professor of surgery; DR..
John ID. Hird. professor of chemistry,
and DR.. A. Y. p. Garnett.
DIR. Mullaney, a fellow of the
American College of Dentists and Off
cial representative of the Georgetown
Dental School in the New England
States, delivered a course Of lectures
at the school recently on the tech
nique and practical uses of stereo-
scopic photographs in dentistry. lie
came from his home in Providence,
r. t., especially to give the dental
students the benefit of his own per-
sonal experiments in radiology.
The Georgetown Glee Club gave
concert at Rauscher's recently on the
occasion of the annual reception given
by the Christ Child Guild Of Wash
ington. Archbishop Curley of Balti-
more was present and later congrat'
ulated the gleemen on their singing.
The Glee Club also came in for hon
ors at the annual "G" dinner of the
university Thursday night at the
Willard Hotel.
The election of new officers by the
Athletic Association of the university
will take place May 20. At that time
a president, treasurer and secretary
will be chosen. Nominations will be
made by the Junior class, from whose
ranks the new officers are to be
elected All students belonging to
the association are privileged to take
part in the election. The three men
chosen are also to be members of the
athletic board, consisting of faculty
and alumni members.
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GIRL FARM CHAMPION.