Evening star., 1928-03-25
DR.. SIMON FLEXNER
TO SPEAK TUESDAY
Kober Lecturer Will Give Ad-
dress at G. U.-MedicaI
Men to Attend.

Dr. Simon Flexner, director of the
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re-
search, the Kober lecturer chosen for
this year. will be a guest of Georgetown
University Tuesday evening, when he
will deliver his lecture at 8 o'clock In
CASTOR Hall. Members Of the medical
profession In the District, the faculty
of the department of medicine and its
student body will hear the lecture.
DR.. Flexner Is one Of the foremost
authorities on the topic he has chosen.
Obvious and Obscure Infections Of the
Central Nervous Systems" These an
nual lectures on some medical subject
of unusual importance were made pos
Sible through DR.. George M. Kober,
veteran dean of the Georgetown Medi-
cal School. Each year the lecturer is
selected in rotation by the Association
OF American Physicians. the District of
Columbia Medical Society and the
Army. Navy and Public Health Services.
Dr. Flexner was selected as the 1928
lecturer by the Association Of American
Physicians.
Debate TO Be Held March 81.
Georgetown's second intercollegiate
debate with Lafayette University is an
important scholastic event. scheduled
for the evening Of March 81. On two
previous occasions the Hilltoppers have
defeated a Lafayette debating team,
first in 1915 and again in 1921. and
they are hoping to duplicate these VIC
tories Saturday night.
The subject Is the same as the one
used in the debate with New York Uni
versity: Resolved, That the United
States should refuse to protect with
armed forces American investments
abroad" and the same Hilltop team will
participate. It comprises James p.
Quinn, jr., 20, OF Missouri; Joseph e.
Green, '28, of Iowa. and Leo MCGUIRE,
'2s. of the District Of Columbia.
Another debate Of interest to the
college students is the annual contest
between the CASTOR and White So
cieties, May 3, in CASTOR Hall. on the
"five-year naval program" White
Society will take the opposing side. lts
debators already have been chosen as
follows: Bernard J. McQuaid, John r
Lynch, jr.. and j. Godfrey Butter WIN
John D. Reilly as alternate. The Gas
ton team will be announced later
Rev. Paul Carasig Returns.
Rev Paul Carasig, S. j., of the Philip
size his studies in meteorology at George
town since last Summer, has returned
from Cuba, where he went last Octo-
ber 10 study the tropical hurricanes IN
that region which are very similar 10
the typhons experienced in the PACING.
During the next few months he VIII
continue his work In washington,
esnecially the methods employed by the
United States Weather Bureau LOT
standardiZing weather reports and fore-
casting. Father Carasig is preparing
for his life work at the Jesuit OoSerVa-
tory at Manila which Is afhliateo with
the Philippine government.
THE winners in the tryout for the
fourth prize debate at the School OF
Law. which will be held April II. were
announced yesterday as follows: Morn
ing class. Edward L. Wright, Little
Rock, Ark, Parneli Quinn, North Platte
Neb and Harry C. McManuS, WaSn-
burn, Me. Afternoon class. j, BurK
Walsh, and John J. OConnor OF the
District of Columbia, and Henry l..
Shenier. Grantwood. N. J. The questlon
for the debate Is. Resolved, That the
nrinciple of the BauneS law Is ue-
sirable legislation for the Distrlct OF
Columbia"
Georeetown's r. o. T. c. band. which
has become an established factor in
sport and military events at the HilItop,
intends to take three trips with the
1929 foot ball team. One Is TO Albany
al the Georgetown Carnegie game ana
two are to New York for the games
with New York University and Ford
ham.
The r. o. r. C. Battalion was put
through a rigid inspection last Thurs
day hy Col. Clarence Deems. u. 5. A.
who is making similar inspections OF
other units In the Sd Corps Area
for the War Department. II was the
first review for the new staff OF cadet
officers headed by Lieut.. Col. Raymond
H. Heiskell. commander OF the bat
talon.
Much stress Is being given TO the
weekly drill competitions and the aver
age for the Ave companies for the
semester were announced as follows
Company r. $3.50: Company G, S5,olt
Company A, S5. .3S6: Company D. 1897.
and Company Z, s3s.
Rev. Francis NJ Connell. S. j., pre-
feet general of studies In the Maryland
New York Province OF the Society o.
Jesus, under whose jurisdiction George
town comes. was recent visitor at the
Hilltop, the purpose OF his visit being
to make his regular inspection. His
attention was engaged not only with
the regular class work, but with the
extracurricula activities, as a means OF
self-expression and individual initia-
tive. The new courses In turidical 1T
erature and English recently introduced
at Georgetown received high commend
alton from the prefect.
The DomeSday Booke, annual puo-
lication Of the university, Is practically
completed and will so TO the printers
shortly, II was announced last week,
The editors assure the student BODY
that this years volume viii be on
more elaborate scale than ever before
attempted and win contain number
of unusual features pertaining TO the
various departments OF the university,
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