Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-06
BOSTON COLLEGE
CLUB IS PLANNED
Georgetown Sponsors Move
to Seal Friendship.
Meeting Today.

to form in WashinG;o ION a Boston
College Club. a matter in which they
have special interest by reason Of
the friendship that has existed for
years between the two institutions.
All former Boston College men NJ
Georgetown. consequently. have been
urged to attend a meaiing In the
Willard Hotel this afternoon at 3
O'Clock. when permanent Boston
alumni association will be organized.
For many years there has been AN
exchange OF faculty members between
Georgetown and Boston College and
the professional departments of the
local university. especially. draw
many Boston students. While rivals
in athletics, there exists, however,
ties that are not found ordinarily
between two such intense rivals.
Rev, Charles w. Lyons. $, j.. presi'
dent at Georgetown, Is former
president of Boston College. having
come here two years ago from that
institution. after carrying its building
program through successfully. His
predecessor at Georgetown, Rev. John
b. Creeden, s. j.. is now member
of the Boston College faculty, where
he himself was graduated. Among
the numerous former Boston faculty
members at GEORGETOWN now is Rev.
Edmund A. Walsh. S. j., vice presi-
dent and regent OF the School OF For
eign Service.
Honor for Father Lyons.
Father Lyons will be one of the
honor guests at the alumni meeting
this afternoon, and 1t Is possible that
Father Creeden also may come here
for the event. Representative John
j. Douglass of Boston also will he
one OF the guests and speakers
Francis s. Russell ia chairman pro
tenn. of the meeting and members of
the membership committee are Joseph
]. Mulvey, Joseph A. Beecher and
Arthur p. Murray.
Georgetown College debaters are
looking forward to forthcoming con
tests with Washington and Lee Uni
versity and the University of Missis-
sippi. Announcement was made at
the Hilltop that the debate which
was to have been held with a. team
from Loyola College, Baltimore. has
been postponed Indefinitely until an
other subject Is agreed upon. The
subject previously selected for this
event was on the question Of annex
ing Mexico.
The contest with Washington and
Lee University is scheduled for March
2S and Is expected to draw a large
attendance, as there are many Wash.
ington alumni Of the Virginia insti
tuition. That with Mississippi. which
has never debated here before, is
tentatively arranged for April or
May Q. A number OF other inter-
collegiate debates are expected to be
scheduled before the close of the AGA.
demic year.
Testimonial Tuesday.
The testimonial dinner for Harry
C'BabeD Connaughton. alI-American
guard of the Hilltop foot ball team.
Tuesday night at the Hamilton Ho.
tel, promises to be the biggest
Georgetown event Of it's kind this
year Arrangements for the affair
are entirely In the hands of seniors
at the law school, who planned this
honor for their classmate. Frank j.
Hogan of Washington, president of
the National Alumni Association,
will be POSTMASTER. and a number
of prominent Georgetown men from
ether cities will attend.
J. Burke Walsh, '25. Of the District
Of Columbia was selected as the best
debate of the Law School. held
Wednesday evening. He will com.
pete in the final contest to be held
just before the June commencement.
Although the best debater. Walsh was
on the losing side of the debate, as
the judges rendered a verdict in favor
of the Affirmative team. The question
was on the adjustment of the pri-
mary system.
Judges for the event were M. Garcia
De Quevedo. a son-in-law Of the late
Justice Ashley M. Gould Of the Dis
trict Supreme Court and for 20 years
one of the most distinguished pro-
fessors at the Georgetown Law
School; Walter Clifford Stone, attor.
ney in the admiralty department OF
George Heber Webb, an assistant at
torney in the office Of the Attorney
General. All are former Law School
graduates.
Guerra Everett Speaks.
Guerra Everett of New York, an at
torney in international law, gave
a lecture at the School of Foreign
Service last week on the development
Of arbitration in the United States,
stressing particularly commercial ar
bitration. He Is a member OF the
American Arbitration. Association and
returned recently ATUH d EosAueHco III
Caracas, Venezuela.
DR.. Thomas H. Healy. assistant
dean at the Foreign Service School,
recently called the attention Of the
student body to the scholastic records
Of Kappa Alpha Phi Fraternity men
at the school during the semester just
ended. The average for the whole
fraternity was 826 per cent, much
higher than the average for the whole
school. Out of 80 active members OF
the. fraternity 80 men averaged above
80 per cent In all studies.
Leslie G.. Mayer attained the high
est average, S1.S per. cent.