Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-25
HISTORIANS TO HEAR
c. j. INSTRUCTORS
Faculty Members Will Speak
at Meeting of Catholic
Group Opening Tuesday.

Three members Of the faculty Of
Catholic University will be included
among the speakers at the eighth
annual meeting of the American
Catholic Historical Association, to be
held at the Willard Hotel, beginning
Tuesday.
The major topic of the conference
will be the historical development OF
the church's attitude toward the prin-
cipal international problems Of the
present. and the university speakers
will discuss subjects akin to this
theme. They and their topics are:
Right Rev. Thomas j. Shahan. rector
of the university, on The Church and
Higher Education; Right Rev. Mgr.
Edward A. Pace on THE Church and
Scholastic Philosophy" and Rev. Or;
John A. Ryan on 80 he Church and
Freedom of Thought
This association was founded In
1919, and Right Rev. Bishop Thomas
O'Reilly, whose appointment as Bishop
of Scranton was announced last week.
was chairman of the founders com
mittee.
Graduation Official Named.
Carl r. Brandler Of Johnstown. Pa,
has been appointed chairman of the
commencement week committee Of the
class OF 1928 at the university. This
announcement was made last We'd
nesday night by the president of the
senior class. John Connors. Assist
ing him Mr.. Brandler has a large
committee, subdivided into smaller
groups, each of which will attend to
some particular phase of the festivi-
ties.
At 4 o'clock last Sunday afternoon
Christmas organ recital was pre-
scented in the chapel of Caldwell Hall
by Conrad Bernier. The affair was
held under the auspices OF the Schola
Cantorum. The selections were chosen
from the works Of the seventeenth
and eighteenth century masters. The
organ recital was followed by benedic.
ton of the blessed sacrament, with the
rector OF the university. Bishop
Thomas Shahan. officiating.
An interesting lecture on Latin
photography was delivered by DIR.
Sutcr of the University of Aberdeen
In the auditorium of Mcmahon Hall
last "Wednesday afternoon. DR.. Suter
restricted his subject to the science as
developed I'm the cultural centers OF
central and western Europe.
The freshman law class held a short
meeting in the auditorium OF Nc.
Mahon Hall on Tuesday for the pur
pose Of ratifying its constitution.
unanimously accepted at previous
meeting. Cyril Kilker headed the
committee which drafted the docu.
ment.
February rs has been definitely
Ia iafn NJ hn
prom. This will he the outsta nding
social event Of the lay group OF stu
dents at the university. The function
will be held i'm the main ballroom of
the Willard Hotel.
Five Seek Dramatic Parts.
At the last meeting of the Dramatic
Association the tryout committee
reported that five men had submitted
applications for membership In the
organization. The constitution of the
association, which calls for one tryout
a year was amended To permit the
holding Of two tests. One play has
been selected and will he presented to
the moderator for his approval The
Office Of librarian was abolished at
the same meeting.
An illustrated lecture on "Bitumi-
if'uS anu NttitE Uses UI Az.
phait" was delivered To n group of stu,
dents from the School OF Sciences by
Provost Hubbard last "Wednesday
afternoon In the auditorium of the
Martin Maloney chemical laboratory
Several rare gifts have been re.
ceived by the university museum.
among them IL sixteenth century try.
pitch OF French origin except ionaliy
large and well preserved. 1t was
donated by Mgr. Connolly OF Boston.
Prof. X. Butin. =. NJ. Of the Oriental
department has been translating some
Semitic inscriptions brought from
Sinai last May by the Michigan.iiar.
ward Mission and deposited In the
Museum Of Cairo. Egypt. The In.
scriptions date hack from the nine.
teenth century. re, and are the old,
est specimens OF Phoenlcian alpha.
bette writing. DIR, Butin gave an. Il.
Illustrated lecture at Harvard In No.
vemher. In which he discussed prob
lens connected with their origin, date
and methods Of displacement. and on
December he presented his trans.
iation To the Oriental club Of Phlla,
deiphia, \ lengthy article dealing
win these inscriptions win appear IN
he January number OF the Harvard
Theological Review.