Evening star., 1927-04-17
GEORGETOWN TO HOLD
PRIZE EXAMINATIONS
Fifteen Special Awards Will Be
Sought by Students in
Ali Departments.

Between now and the close of the
school year in June, a series of special
examinations and contests for aca'
demic prizes will hold the attention of
large number of students in all
departments OF Georgetown Univer
sity.
commencement day is when these
special academic honorS are diStrib-
uted by President Charles w. Lyons,
s. j., and the names of the winners
in the various examinations will not
be made public until then. Usually
there are about Is special awards at
the college and large number in
each of the professional schools.
The most important of those at the
college are as follows: The Lynch PEN
dergast medal for the best essay on a
topic of English literature; the Bren-
nan medal for the highest grade in
an oral examination on a religious
topic; the Horace medal for the high
est grade in an oral examination on 20
selected odes from Horace: the Mallory
medal for the best essay on a topic
relating to the Constitution; the
Morris historical medal for the best
essay on George Washington, His
Character and Work." the subject
chosen for this year; the Gloetzner
prizes In political science, and the
Dahlgren medal for the highest aver
age in a competition in integral and
differential calculus.
A few of these special contests,
chiefly in debating and oratory, al
ready have been held.
All the professional schools will
reopen Tuesday, after a brief Easter
vacation, although the college students
do not resume classes until April 2S.
The close of the Easter holidays usu-
ally marks an active resumption of
scholastic activities and number of
important events are scheduled during
the next few weeks.
The Butler Law Club will give its
annual dinner the evening of April %
at the Hotel Hamilton, at 1880 o'clock.
Among the guests of honor viii be,
Justice Pierce Butler of the United
States Supreme Court, after whom the
club is named; President Lyons of the
university, Dean George E. Hamilton
of the Law School; Hugh J. Fegan,
assistant law dean. and other faculty
members. Vincent Downey is chair
man of the committee on arrange
ments and Chancellor Hughes of the
Law Club will preside.
Junior law prom at the Washington
Hotel next Friday evening; the annual
"G'' dinner in honor of the athletic
teams, May 5, at the Willard Hotel,
and the War Department inspection
of the Reserve Officers Training Corps
unit. April 1880, at the Hilltop and
Medical School.
A lecture of special interest will be
given at the School of Foreign Service,
Tuesday night, before the student body
and faculty, by DR.. F. o. Dietrich of
the University of Heidelberg. DIR.
Dietrich is a professor of economic
geography, also, at the University of
Breslau, Germany, and came to this
country last year to study geographic
and economic factors. The subject of
his lecture is Modern Geography in
Germany and the Relations Between
Economic Geography and Economics.
He is a highly informed authority on
this subject and the author of a mum
ber of widely used text books.
Senior G. f. Gonzales, a recent grad
uate OF the Foreign Service School,
has been appointed charge d'affaires
of the legation of Costa Rica in Wash
ington.
Rev. Louis Gallagher, S. J., formerly
dean of Georgetown College, was
visitor at the Hilltop during the past
week. He participated in the Holy
Week services with a number of the
Georgetown faculty at Holy Trinity
Church.