Evening star., 1928-12-02
PATRONAL FEAST
TOBE CELEBRATED
Catholic University Glasses
to Suspend Saturday for
Special Services.

| The feast OF the Immaculate Con-
| ception of the Blessed Virgin, which is
the patronal feast of the school, will be
celebrated at Catholic University Sat-
urday, when solemn high mass will
be celebrated at 1890 am. in the crypt
of the national shrine of the Immacu-
late Conception by the chancellor of
the university, Archbishop Curley of
Baltimore. The mass will be preceded
by an academic procession of the stu
dent body and members of the faculty.
A mixed choir of children from ST..
Vincent's Home and School, and mem
berS of affiliated religious houses will
chant the responses to the mass. 1t will
be under the direction of Dr. DesLong-
champs, professor of music at the uni
verSity. There will be no classes at
the University on that day.
Prof. Hardee ChambliSS chairman of
the board of deans, went last week to
st. Louis as the delegate of the Catho-
lie University at the meeting of the
American Association of Colleges.
Prof. George A. Weschled, head of the
department of mechanical engineering,
representa- the university at Stevens
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Inauguration of DR.. Harvey Nathaniel
Davis as its president.
Alumni Entertained.
Thanksgiving day, at noon, members
of the bod Noon Club rendered a
luncheon and reception to its alumni
members who visited the school to take
part in the Home Coming Week" cele-
bration. More than so members were
present. Rev. DR.. Charles A. Hart,
moderator of the club, addressed the
gathering, and Robert Linehan, Glenn
Falls, N. Y, acted as postmaster. The
luncheon was held at College Inn. at
Brookland.
Right Rev. Mgr. James H. Ryan,
rector of the Catholic University enIer-
tanned the lay student body Monday
evening at a dinner in the university
| dining hall. Mgr. Ryan expressed his
gratitude to the students for the hearty
spirit of cooperation and loyalty which
| they had manifested toward him, and
urged them to continue to lodge their
confidence in him. The rector also de-
fined his attitude toward intercollegiate
and intermGral athletics. He said that
he was deeply interested in this import
ant feature of college life, and pledged
to the support of all forms of athletics
at the university his most determined
efforts.
Replies to the rector's address were
I made by representatives of student or
ganizations Richard E. Carey, Erie,
! Pa, spoke for the post graduate stu
dents: Thomas F. Murphy, Taftville,
Conn, for the senior class and the un-
| dergraduates, and John F. Berg1n OF
Washington for the day students. The
University Glee Club and the universi-
a., 1Nn IfrnafinvN Nf
Leo Behrendt, furnished musical enter
| tainment.
Six Debates Planned.
The members of the Shahan Debat-
| ing Society have organized and are
negotiating for intercollegiate matches.
Six debates are planned, three away
and three at home. Some of the insti-
| tutions under consideration are Loyola
of Chicago, Holy Cross College of Wor-
| cester, Mass, and the Howard Payne
| lowing officers have been chosen to
lead the organization this year: Fran
els P. OKeefe, Philadelphia, Pa, presi-
| dent; John j. O'Connell, Florence,
| Mass, vice president: Ignace Amann,
Vernon, N Y, secretary; william A.
Borowski, Northampton, Mass, treas
urer. Regular weekly debates are held
| Friday evening, at Z o'clock, in the
reception room of Gibbons Hall. Prof
Joseph English of the department OF
| public speaking and dramatics is mod
| orator of the society.
| A change in the university calendar,
| petitioned by the student council upon
majority vote of the student body, was
granted last week by the rector. The
recess of classes from Wednesday, NO
vember %, to Monday morning, Decem-
ber 2, was accordingly cancelled and
Thanksgiving day alone was a holiday
The two holidays will be added to the
Christmas vacation, which will begin
of Friday noon, December 81, as an
| announced in the calendar.