Evening star., 1927-11-27
DIR. FOOTE NAMED
TC HAVANA PAR[EY
Georgetown University Fac
uIty Member to Attend Con-
qress of Physicians.

greSS OF PHYSICIANS.
Dr John A. Foote. faculty member
at the Georgetown University Schoot
of Madeleine for the last decade ana
nationally known authority on chll.
dren's diseases. will be delegate oi
the United States to the fifth Pan
American Congress of physicians,
which is to convene in Havana, CUBA
with other members Of the American
delegation appointed by Secretary OF
State Kellogg. he will sail Tor havana
on December D. >, .,
Medical experts from all 'he
Latin American republics as Wen as
the United States, will assemble In
Havana for the health conference. for
which there has been prepared an
aoenda of broad scope. This conter-
ence will precede the fifth Pan-Amefi'
can Congress. which meets IN Jan
uarY. .
DR.. Foote has had wide expert
ence in srsh work as outlined for the
pan.An,erican sessions. In 1913 he
was q delegate to the international
Medical Congress which met In Lon'
don and has attended medical meet
ines in Paris and Leipzig. where ne
is a fellow of the medical societies OF
those cities. r.,
Graduating from Georgetown Col
,eee in 1904, DR.. Foote took his medi-
cal course at Georgetown and since
1906 has been member OF the
Georgetown faculty. Since 1?20 ne
has specialize in lecturing on the
diseases of children. He has written
extensively on this subject. Besides
the Georgetown Hospital, DR.. Foote
is attached to the staffs Of Providence,
Children's, Founding and Galllnger
hospitals.
Holds Important Posts.
He is also a director of the Child
Health Association, a trustee of the
National Geographic Society ana
member of the Royal Geographic So
cietv of London and the Paris Geo.
pranhic Society. In addition to lee
turing at Georgetown, DR.. Foote mas
long been an officer OF the National
Alumni Society of the university and
active in all Georgetown affairs.
Georgetown University's varsity
rifle team. an important adjunct OF
r. o. T. G. activities. will he selected
this week. after the THANKSGIVING
holidays end tomorrow.
r. NJ. Cahill, senior at the Hilltop,
is captain of the rifle team and the
manager is Samuel COlman, sopho'
more. Tryouts for the team will start
this week, by which time. also. the
schedule of intercollegiate matches
will be announced.
Serct. Ernest Alexander. coach of
the team, has recruited large num-
Der of former prep" school students
who have had previous experience on
the rifle range. With these as nu-
- L Atc 80. a first.
rate squad to take the places of sen.
iors who graduate next June. A num-
Der of shoulder.to-shoulder matches
are to be fired as we'll as the usual
so-called telegraphic matches. George
towns marksmen will fire against
most of the crack r. o. T. c. rifle
teams in the East.
The varsity rifle team has been
given a place in major athletic events
at Georgetown and its members will
be awarded the coveted &c" letter al
the end of the season.
Law Freshmen Plan Dinner.
Members of the Freshman morning
class at the School of Law are making
preparations for their annual class
dinner the evening of December u at
the Hamilton Hotel Many prominent
public men. including Chief Justice
Taft, Charles Evans Hughes. Senator
Reed of Missouri and Senator Hiram
Johnson of California will be invited
TO speak to the freshmen.
J. Leroy Hebbeit is general chair
man i'm charge of the dinner and is be-
ing assisted by the following subcom.
mitteeS: Entertainment. j. NJ. DOno-
van. J. J. Burke and A. Steiffel; dec
orations, A. p. Cannon and p. J.
OConnor; speakers. NJ. ]. Kresky and
B. McChernoff; publicity, J. T. Casey
and r. NJ. O'Donnell.
AS a result of the recent tryOutS at
the law school, the following debaters
have been chosen to take part in the
first prizs debate, to be held the eve
ming of December ). unless otherwise
changed: Representatives of the Gould
Law Club will be James Finlen of
Montana, Raymond j. Doyle of Con-
necticut and Edward l.. Wright. alter
nate. of Arkansas. Morris Club.
Charles r. Qurk of Wisconsin, Juan
r Quijano of the Philippines and
John J. O'Connor. alternate, of the
District of Columbia.
The prize debates. five in all, are
conducted between the members of the
Gould and Norris clubs. These clubs
are named after the late Justice Ash
lev NJ. Gould of the District Supreme
Court and Justice Martin F.. Norris,
who was appointed to the Court of Ap- /
peals when that tribunal was created |
Both were associated with the George |
town faculty many years.
Talks on Radio Situation.
M. le Corbeiller. chief engineer of
the French telephone and telegraph |
system, and delegate to the lnterna- |
tionaI Radio Conference, addressed |
the student body of the Foreign Serv-
ice School last week on the interna- |
tional radio situation. NJ. Corbeiller |
will return to France this week.
The Georgetown Glee Club. with rs |
Of it's old members enrolled, is pre- |
pairing for a particularly busy sea |
son. New members are being added |
to the club each week. with result |
that well trained aggregation of |
singers and take part in the mica |
RENE and other concerts planned. Di- |
rector Richard NJ. Mckeon. S. j.. is |
in charge.
Back from it's trip to New York |
with the foot ball team after the Ford |
ham game. the f. o. T. c. Band is |
equipped with new band music and an
desire to train an addi-
tional number of bandsmen to take |
June. The Hilltop band. ranking now !
with the best in the Sd Corps Area,
is soon to give its first public concert |
in Washington, although it has played
at number of assem-
blages. !
The senior class at the college will
hold it's annual tea-dance on December
3 at the Willard Hotel. initiating So
cial events for the Hilltop students
after the holidays. Louis Peck is the
chairman and is assisted by Russell
MeVafS VnSnnh
enbach.
The last issue of the Hoya. official
news publication of the university
contains an editorial laudatory of
graduate of the Foreign Service
School, Chief Mate G.. A. Larsen of |