Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-15
ENVOY WILL VIEW
GEORGETOWN SHOW
CIaudeI viii See Plays and
Be Guest of Honor at
Reception.

THE Mask and baupis Siuo
<cecrcetown College Is preparing lV'
a, ausp,cious opening OF ITS orana'''
season next month hnuer wy
syc Of NJ. Paul Claudei. Annual s"S ,:'
AZ France and one OF 'he ill.,. Vs.,
t;rcujshed authors ana pay"
She day. ;x ,,a,e for a
n,,,;n, nv President Charles W
1rops : J.. and the faculty IN mono
~ he French diplomat on inns oc.'
.;on Members of the olpionia''
cn,,,s ofic;als and local alumni arc |.
he invited 10 meet Ambassador eau
40, and 10 witness the TWO oue'aT'
rlavs which the Mask and tauo,"
Club is TO present as its ini'ial Vi
" CASTOR Hall. the beautifully deco
rs+ed assembly hall in The Heai!
pu;I6inr has undergone recent
changes 10 equip the stage Tor me
rresentatiou OF the clubs perform
snces on a larger scale than hereto
fore In size the new stage Is COM
rershle TO any in the city. Haho-
so-,a velour curtains have been IN
stalled, with essential lighting equip
nnent.
Stage Of Own.
In recent wears the Mask and
HsuhIe Club has been compelled TO
use the stage in Trinity Hall Tor us
presentations. owing 10 the naoe
innate facilities at the Hilltop. Now
that II has a we'll equipped stage 81
its own. it IS probable that the c!un
will return 70 its policy OF adheflns
70 the Shakespearean drama. ior
which il was originally organized.
Rev. Gustave ]. Dumas. :. j., MOD
orator of the dramatic club. mas
charge of the arrangements for the
oneninc program and will confer with
President Lyons and Dean Robert A.
Parsons. s. j., this week on the TWO
PLAYS that are 10 he produced. An
nouncement will not be forthcoming
until then.
TIE Ambassador from Chile. Carlos
G. Davila. Senator William ii. hlns
and Representative Fletcher Hale OF
New Hampshire will be the prlncipai
sneakers at the seventeenth initiatory
ha no,let Of Delta Phi Epsilon Frater-
rity Of the Foreign Service School TO-
night at the Washington Hotel.
Activities al Halt. i
With all departments of the univer'
sity about TO enter upon the nio'year
examinations in preparation Tor Inc
openins of the second semester, there
has been a general let-up In student
activities until the end OF this period.
With the new semester. however. Hill
top debaters representing the fresh |
men and sophomore societies Will De-
gin prepare tons for their forthcoming
debate with Fordham College. This
will take place early in February In
- ,s,Ntr
Hotel the evening Of Feb
r,rarv 10 will start social activities az
the college.
Exanina tfons al the college and
most or he downtown schools will
begin January - and occupy the re-
mainier Of the month. At the Hilltop
there will be mid-term holiday on
January 90, the day before the second
semester opens.
Twelve candidates for degrees will
be presented by the School of Foreign
Service in February at its mid-year
gra6us ton OF these. one will re-
ceive the degree Of master Of foreign
service and the remaining IL are can
didates for the bachelor degree.
Rev. Edmund A Walsh. :. j.. re-
gent Of the Foreign Service School. is |
attracting wide attention by his Sc
y
ton now appearing in the Atlantic |
Monthly With the eyes Of the world |
now on Russia. Father Walsh has |
made q valuable contribution 10 pub |
lie thought on Soviet problems. His |
data were gathered during his recent |
sojourns in Russia and Europe. where |
be consulted with many leading an. !
thorities and had access 20 the records |
OF foreign governments.
SodaIity to Meet.
The Day Students Sodality at the 1
college will meet al 10 O'Clock this 7.
morning. Attendance si this and other !
meetings in February and March IN said /
10 be a necessary condition for sol |
enn reception into the sodaIity this |
Spring
Students at the Foreign Service
School are prepared TO follow closely
the proceedings of the Sixth pan.
American Congress which is about
TO convene in Havana with President
Coolidge as a guest Of honor. 4 spe- |
cial study Of the subjects taken up ~ /
the conference will be made in classes |
and since a number OF the professors |
at the school are delegates to the con. !
Rress. they VIII be in position 10 re- |
port bark At first hand on the policies
involved. In view IT the growing i'm |
portance of Latin America in the for |
eign commerce N the United Stateh. /
these policies are 0f utn0st value ~
~ u0ents preparing To enter those
fields upon their graduation.
Prom Rev. jeremiah ircndergast.
o. j., class Of 1919. Georgetown role
representative in the foreign mission
fed al the present time. has come
an appeal 70 Georgetown men to aid
him in carrying on his work in
CAeaYzn. Mindonao. Phil ippineI
Stands Father Prendetgast has
been in the islands for a long while.
courageously conducting his work
against hardships in a section Of the
isis ndg where few white men reside.
Prof, William a. Reid, foreign
service. again has been engaged in
connection with The presentation of
matter for the 1880 edition 81 the I'm.
eyclope6ta Britannica. Mr.. Reid ran.
sribDted numerous articles ~ the 1927
edition.
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