Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
ASKSUN|F ORMRULE
IN c. i. EXEMPTIONS
The Tower, Student Pub|ica-
ton, Also Urges Strong
Alumni Association.

Fostering of a strong alumni asso
citation through the students now at
Catholic University and the establish.
ment of a uniform exemption rule
from midyear and final examinations
have been announced as the policy of
the Tower, which has had several new
members added to the staff.
New members of the staff are
Legma Hoefier. news editor: Joseph
Beatty, copy editor; George Wheatley,
alumni editor, and Francis O'Roofe,
exchange editor. There are also Is
eporters and assistants to the bust
ness staff.
Incidents of the week ranged from
debates to banquets and dances.
Debating Team Suffers Defeat.
In the first intercollegiate debate of
the year the Catholic University team
was defeated by George Washing
ton University. The subject was,
Resolved That the eighteenth
amendment to the Constitution of the
United States should be abolished. ~
Catholic University upheld the mega
tive and George Washington the af-
firmative. Andrew P. Maloney, Phila-
delphia; Edmund J. Fitzgerald, Brook
lyn, n. Y. and Joseph A. Beatty
argued for Catholic University. Ford
York Friday evening, while Providence
College will be debated at Providence
the following night. The same question
used in the George Washington debate
will be discussed on the trip, and
Catholic University again will uphold
the negative against both teams.
Junior Prom Well Attended.
The annual junior prom presented
by the class OF 1928 was held at the
Mayfiower last week, with music fur
nished by the Brunswick Recording
Orchestra. The committee, under the
craftsmanship of Edward Soucy OF
Springfield, Mass. spared no efforts to
make the evening a success. Three
hundred couples were in attendance.
The evening preceding the prom the
bod Noon Club held it's annual senior
night in honor of the students who
are to graduate this year The speaker
of the evening was Senator Reed of
Missouri In addition to Senator
Reeds speech vocal entertainment
was offered by the University Glee
Club under the direction of DIR. Leo
Behrendt, and a one-act play, IA
Game OF Chess" was presented by
members of the bod Noon Club.
Stephen A. Towel, Cleveland, in
charge, played the leading role. He
was supported by Edward M. Curran
of Bangor, Me.
Social Festivities.
The week end festivities In the so.
cial line were officially brought to a
close Saturday afternoon when the
Utopian Club held an open tea dance
at the Willard Hotel This is an an
nual affair also, and was under the
direction of John J. Daily of Manga
tuck, Conn, and was most ST "essful.
The usual Neutrality-suspicious. feud
was brought to a close recently when
the first and second year classes held
their banquets. The freshmen out
witted the sophs to a certain extent
by leaving the school early in the
morning before the latter were aware
of their intentions.
SOphOmores Win Out.
The sophomores, however, were the
wiser, inasmuch as they held their
banquet the day following the fresh
man affair So unexpected was this
move that the first-year men were I'M
able to place any interference in the
way of their attendance. The fresh
man banquet was held at the May
flower Hotel, the sophomore affair at
the Cairo Hotel.
A large symbolical painting of the
Blessed Duns Scotus, the famous
medieval philosopher and theologian,
who died at Cologne in 1908, has been
presented to Bishop Shahan by Very
Rev. j. Forest MCGEE, superior OF
Mount st. Sepulchre, Brookland.
Bishop Shahan will place the painting
in the national shrine Of the Immacu'
late Conception.