Evening star., 1928-11-25
CATHOLIC j. HOLDS
HOMECOMING FETE
Hundreds of Alumni Are Ex-
pected to Attend CeIebra-
ton Over Thanksgiving.

Homecoming week end" will be
celebrated at the Catholic University
this week over the Thanksgiving holi-
day Basil J. Kelly, president Of the
local chapter of the Lay Alumni Asso-
citation, announces program replete
with almost every form of entertain
ment for students and visiting alumni.
Several hundred alumni members al
ready have signified their intention OF
being present.
A pep meeting will be held in the as
sembly room of Mcmahon Hall, at 1880
pm Wednesday, at which Coach John
B. McAuliffe, alumni and faculty mem
bers will address the student body and
the Cardinal gridders. Registration of
the alumni will begin at 1890 am.
Thursday in the assembly room in Nc
Mahon Hall, after which there will be
a meeting of the national alumni body.
At dinner in Graduate Hall the Uni
versity Glee Club will furnish enter
tainment. At 2 o'clock in the Uni
versity Stadium, the annual foot ball
classic between George Washington
University and Catholic University will
get under way. A special section for
the "old grads" has been reserved in
the Catholic University cheering sec
ton. Thursday night there will be two
social functions. the annual Utopian
ball in the rose room of the Washington
Hotel and the Senators Clubs Fall
promenade at the Wardman Park Sad
die Club.
Luncheon for Rector.
The national alumni will give a
luncheon in honor of the rector, Mgr
James Hugh Ryan, at the National
Press Club, Friday at 1915 pm. Guests
of honor will include the vice rector,
Mgr Edward A. Pace; the procurator,
Mgr. George A. Daugherty; Profs. John
B. Parker and Leo F. Stock; the
auditor, j. Harvey Cain; Athletic Direc-
tor McAuliffe. and the entire Catholic
University foot ball squad. For Friday
afternoon foot ball game has been
arranged between the Catholic UniverS-
ity Freshmen and Emerson Institute.
This game In the University Stadium at
3 o'clock has been scheduled especially
to permit the visiting alumni to get a
look at the so-far undefeated yearlings
in action. Friday night, the alumni
and the student body will be given the
opportunity of according public honor
to the univerSity'S foot ball heroes at
the foot ball dance to be held in the
Italian gardens of the Mayflower Hotel.
Proceeds will be added to the fund COL
lected for the purchase of miniature
gold foot balls for the graduating vars
ity members.
The closing function of the week end
program will be staged on Saturday
afternoon by the members of the Alb
hey Club. which will hold its Fall tea
dance in the Willard suite at the Will
lard Hotel at 4 o'clock.
Plans for the celebration were COM
pleted Monday evening at a meeting of
the alumni held in the blueroom of
the City Club. at which Basil j. Kelly
presided. Prof. Leo F.. Stock was pres
ent and addressed the assemblage.
The Dramatic Association of the
Catholic University. through its modera-
tor, Joseph F.. English, announces that
it will present as the first play of the
season "Sun-Up," a drama in three
acts by Lula Vollmer This is the first
three-act play to be given by the dra-
matte association since its reorganiza-
ton two years ago The scenes are laid
in the Carolina hills near Asheville, and
characters are drawn from among the
mountainers. The central figure is
Widow eagle. the change of whose
character lends the play its theme. j.
Donald Hayne, Schenectady. N. Y, in
the leading role. will portray her char
acter The only other feminine charac-
ter Emmy Todd, will be interpreted by
John F. Conveigh of Brooklyn, N. Y.
The other members of the cast, as an
nounced, are Paul L. MorriSsey, Hart
ford, Conn; John r Northrup, New
York, N. Y; Francis Gregory, Chico
pee. Mass. Charles A. McAree. Haver-
hill. Mass: William D. Connor. New
London, Conn, and George M Wheat
ley, Beverly, Mass.
Present Play After Christmas.
Rehearsals are being held under di-
rection OF Mr.. English. The play will
be staged at the Wardman Park Thea
ter shortly after the Christmas holidays,
and will be followed by a dance under
the auspices of the Catholic University
Dramatic Association.
Tap day, an annual feature of social
life on the campus. was observed last
Wednesday at the university. On this
day the various officers and delegates
OF the several clubs tapped or pledged
formally prospective members of their
societies. This impressive ceremony
was carried out under supervision of the
Interclub Council, of which Dr. Frank
P. Cassidy, dean of discipline, is presi-
dent.
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