Evening star., 1927-11-13
GEORGETOWN BOOK
GETSEARLYSTART
Graduating Class Annual to
Rank Among Foremost.
Freshmen Elect. So.

Under the direction OF AL Philip
Kane, Hilltop senior. the Georgetown
University "Domesday Booke," which
is to stand as a memorial to this
wears graduating class, is making n
hid 10 rank with the foremost of uni
Nersity ANIMALS.
Although the custom of past years
has been to wait until after the begin
ming of the academic term before
starting preparations for the Domes-
day Booke, Mr.. Kane got oft to an
early start this Summer. Consequent
", all the necessary contracts for the
publication OF the volume ALREADY
ihave been entered into.
With this advantage the staf mas
ample time on its hands this year 10
elaborate on the volume so as to make
il more representative of the unlVer-
sity as a whole. Each department has
its own editor and business manager.
and splendid cooperation is BENG
shown i'll getting their material whip
ped into shape for the publsherS.
Mr.. Kane is editor-in-chief, and ms
business manager is Paul l. Berno.
The Domesday editor is admirably
fitted to direct the publication of so
important student work. with
James Star Ruby, now of the college
faculty, he compiled the GEORGETOWN
Anthology, a collection of verses by
GEORGETOWN alumni dating back TO the
earliest days of the university. This
work entailed great amount or re-
search, and the editors succeeded III
bringing to light many long.forgotten
verses of early Georgetown poets. The
Anthology was published at the begin.
ming of the academic year and has had
1ofi
1t embodies, with the verses, BIO
graphical sketches of many of the best
known poets of old and present-day
GEORGETOWN, including Randall, author
OF MARYLAND, My Maryland" who
was a Hilltop student before the Civil
War.
Rector in Philadelphis.
Rev. Charles w. Lyons, S. j., presi.
dent of Georgetown, was a guest OF
st. Joseph's College, at Philadelphia,
last Friday, where he preached the
memorial sermon for alumni on the
occa sion of the seventy-fifth anniver-
sarv of the founding of that institu.
ton. The Georgetown rector was for.
merly a president of st. Joseph's ana
received a hearty welcome from many
of the alumni, who were students DUR
ing his administration.
students, their numbers augmented by
many from the professional schools,
attended the Boston College game, In
Boston, yesterday. Accompanied by
number of the faculty members ana
the II. o. T. c. Band, which has be.
come an important factor in the cheer.
ing section, the Georgetown delega.
tion found many warm supporters on
their side of the field. Like New York
and Philadelphia, the Georgetown
alumni in Boston are numerous. Dur
ing their stay in the Hub City, the
Georgetown men were feted at numer-
Gus entertainments arranged in their
honor.
Owing to the general exodus from
the college. the student body was
given a holiday on Armistice day, so
those going to Boston were able to
make the trip on the special bear.
ing the team and the band. For TINS
reason. too, the r. o. T. c. unit did
not observe Armistice day as 1t usu.
allv has done in the past with some
form of exercises.
Freshman Glass Elects.
The freshman afternoon class OF the
Law School, after a spirited contest,
elected J. A Drumming of Maine class
president Wednesday evening. On the
preceding Friday officers were put In
nomination at a meeting over which
Charles II. Quirk, senior president, pre-
sided, There were four nominees for
class president, including William s.
Tarver, formerly commander of the
r o. T. c. unit at the college; w. j.
Dempsey, S. Brownwell and c. II.
Drumme. Mr.. Drumming won out
finally by close margin in the elec'1
ton.
The other freshman officers elected
were John O'Connor, vice president;
w. Grey, secretary; J. E. Shea, treas.
urer; Russell L. Murphy and Francis
D. Barrett tying for historian, and
Ambrose T. Finn, Sergeant-at-arms. A
run.off election probably will be held
TO select the historian.
The School Of Foreign Service was
host to group of Government Off
cials and diplomats at the recent
Georgetown-Lafayette game. Officials
of the school who acted as hosts were
Rev Edmund A. Walsh, S. j., vice
president of Georgetown and regent;
DR.. William F. Notz, dean, and DR..
Thomas H. Healy. assistant dean.
Among the guests who enjoyed the
game were Ambassador Padilla OK
Spain. Minister Sze OF China and Nine.
Sze, the Siamese Minister, Lieut.. Gen.
Viiitavongs, and five members of his
staff: Sir John Joyce Broderick, COM
mercial counselor OF the British en-
ba ssy; George Boncesco, financial coun-
selor of the Rumanian legation; Assist
ant Secretary of State Nelson Johnson,
Alvin Dodd OF the United States Cham.
ber of Commerce, Gen. A. G. Dalton,
vice president and general manager
of the Emergency Fleet Corporation,
and Mrs. Dalton; Thomas .. Marvin.
chairman of the Tariff Commission.
and Edgar r. Broussard, member OF
the commission; William w. Bride,
District corporation counsel; Chauncy
Snow, assistant to the president OF
the Chamber OF Commerce; DR.. Will
liam Manger of the Pan-American
Union and W. w. Willoughby. an ex.
pert in Far Eastern affairs.
Two Noted Graduates.
Neil Burkinshaw, assistant United
States attorney, who is presenting the
Governments evidence to the grand
1,try i'm the charges Of jury tampering
that brought about the Fali-Sinclair
ynistrial, is one Of Georgetown's gradu.
Ates.) He. was graduated from the Law
School of the class of 1917 and before
his appointment to the United States
attorneys staff had q wide experience
in newspaper work. Part or TINS was
IN Paris during the peace negotiations
after the World War.
Another Georgetown law graduate,
Lieut.. Afford ]. Williams, u. s. N,
has just come again into the limelight.
Williams is former speed king of the
air, and in a recent trial fight flew
his racing plane at speed Of 1925
miles per hour. bettering by seven
miles an hour the record recently set
by Mai Mario de Bernhard, the
Italian.