Evening star., 1927-10-02
O'CONNOR TO TALK
AT SCHOOL OPENING
Georgetown Foreign Service
Classes to Be Resumed To-
morrow Night.

Academic exercises at which Chair
man T. Y. C'Connor of the Uniteo
States Shipping Board is to be the
principal speaker will mark the open
ing of the Georgetown University
School of Foreign Service tomorrow
night.
Members of the faculty and the 600
or more students will meet In the as
sembly hall at 8 o'clock after classes.
where they will be greeted by the Kew:
Charles w. Lyons, S. j.. president OF
the university. This years studen:
body is represented by a membership
drawn from the IS States and ap-
proximately 80 foreign countries.
Farmer and Merchant Marine.
Chairman O'Connor will deal with
1.-THE Farmer and the Merchant Mar
inc" in his address. an issue that has
become a national problem, owing to
the agricultural depression in the
West and the difficulty of obtaining
sufficient ship bottoms in marketing
the farm surplus abroad. He Is ex-
pected to outline the problem as 1t
Is to be presented to Congress this
Winter
DR.. James Brown Scott, president
of the American Institute Of Inter
national Law, member of the
Georgetown faculty, also will speak
at the exercises. Other speakers in
clude Rev. Edmund A. Walsh, S. j.,
regent of the school. and Dean Will
liam F. Notz. DR.. Scott has just re-
turned to Washington from an exten-
sive tour of South American coun-
tries and will have something to say
on pan-American relations.
Registration of students was COM
pleted at the Foreign Service School
last night and is considerably larger
than last year. particularly in the
morning course, to which has been
added another year of work. Enroll.
ment in the evening course was limit
ed to 600 students so as to provide
as much individual attention in class
work as possible. Although the For.
eign Service School is the youngest
department of the university, being
In it's eighth year, it is now one Of
the largest. Its graduates and alumni
are scattered throughout the world in
more than so countries.
One of the new students entered
this year is Ricardo Padilla, son Of the
Spanish ambassador to the United
States, who has enrolled in the first.
ySuA HtoiIilIiB CUuTS6.
Alumni who returned here for home.
coming week on October %, which
will be featured by a banquet the
night Of the game with West Vir.
ginia University, will find many
changes on the Hilltop. President
Lyons has gone about Systematically
In Improving the grounds and is now
planning to landscape the historic col
lege walks back of the varsity field
and adjoining the faculty cemetery.
These walks are through a natural
ravine and with proper treatment will
be source of pride to the university.
A roadway has been constructed to
the observatory on the hill back Of
the college buildings and other needed
fmproveme nts have been made In the
campus equipment.
All Activities Resumed.
With the Hilltop activities now in
full swing, the r. o. T. c. unit is
getting whipped into shape and daily
drills have commenced. Five Infantry
companies, in addition to the battalion
headquarters staff, comprises the unit
this year. as compared with only four
companies last year. The freshman
enlistments numbered 1855 and the
sophomores were second with lis en-
rolled.
Lieut.. Augustus F. Dannemilier,
u. 8. A, will select the battalion and
company officers from the cadets in
the advanced course who make the
best record. William S. Tarver. cadet
lieutenant colonel in command of last
years battalion, Is now a freshman in
the law school. During the two years
that Col. Dannemiiler has been in
charge Of the Georgetown unit 1t has
won the distinguished" rating award
ed by the War Department, and 1t
is his ambition to retain this record
during the coming year.
Lou Little, director Of athletics.
spoke at mass meeting at the law
school last Friday in behalf Of the
athletic program this year. He
urged the low students to come out
for the various teams as they have
done in previous years and to support
the athletic association in making
this an unusually successful season.
1t was the law school that gave
Georgetown Harry tBabe) Cannough-
ton. its only all-American foot ball
player.
Dean George z. Hamilton Of the
Law School has returned to Washing.
ton after several months motoring
through Europe. He appeared to be
in splendid health and is ready to add
another year to his record as one of
the Georgetown men who has the
longest years Of service with the uni
versity. Since his graduation from
the Hilltop about 81 years ago. Mr..
Hamilton has been identified with the
faculty during most of these years.
The Philodemic Debating Society,
Oldest at the college, is arranging for
its first debate the evening Of Octo-
Der II. Leo n. Mcclure. '2S. Is the
president. The CASTOR and White So
cieties also are planning for the open
ing Of the debating season and have
admitted a number OF new members.
Participants i'm Contest.
Those participating in the contest
OF the Philodemic Society are Robert
Christie. Phillip Cahill. John Halla.
han and Al. Philip Kane. The SUP
ject Of the debate will be, THAT the
United States build enough cruisers
to maintain a 5-5--3 ratio" Rev.
John ]. Toohey s. j., is moderator of
the society and outlined plans for the
year at the initial meeting last week
President Lyons represented George
town at the banquet given bv the
National Council of Catholic Women
Wednesday night at the Mayfiower
Hotel, and also attended the installa-
ton exercises at Woodstock College
the day before. Rev. Vincent A. Nc
Cormick. S. T.. was installed as presi-
dent at the Jesuit House of Studies.
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