Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31
FOREIGN SERVICE
PROM SET FRIDAY
Georgetown U. Law School
Holds Annual Affair
April IL.

| the PROFESSIONAL ucDhE Va 0COlsC
| town University this week, after brief
Easter vacation, tho students Of the
Foreign Service and Law Schools are
busy making preparations for their an
! nual proms
First on the list is the Foreign Serv-
| ice School prom, which will be given
Friday evening at the Mayflower Hotel
| In view of the fact that the diplomatic
| ball held each year previously by the
| Junior class has been incorporated with
the annual senior prom of the school,
this weeks function will be more than
ever representative Of the department
Elmer H. Bourgerie of Minneapolis Is
the general chairman in charge Of the
event, which promises to be the most
successful ever held by the school.
AS has been the practice in the past,
numerous members Of the diplomatic
corps have been invited, besides Gov
eminent officials and faculty members
| generally. Efforts are being made to
| have the dance music broadcast over
the radio.
Prom Committee.
Mr.. Bourgerie is being assisted in the
arrangements by the following COM
mittee chairmen: William j. !Conk-
right of Auburn, N. Y, patrons and
| patronesses; Max Wall, District Of Co
| lumbia. music; Frederick w. POLICEMAN,
Baker. Greg, finance; Aaron Rosenthal,
New Haven Conn., publicity; James T.
Callahan, Bridgeport, Conn, favors;
William L. Shea, Stanford, Conn,
| tickets; Ralph j. Blake, Portland, Greg,
hall: William G. Watt, District of Co
lumbia, refreshments; John McFall,
Gary, Ind, president of the senior class,
and Raymond E. Allen Of the District
of Columbia, programs.
The Law School prom will be held
| the evening of April IL at the May
flower Hotel and will be the combined
efforts of all the day and evening
classes, with the various class presidents
members of the executive committee.
Francis Mcbride. general chairman OF
the prom, Is being assisted by Thomas
H. SiSk.
The executive committee comprises
Mr.. Mcbride and the following class
presidents: Otto Saturday, senior; P.
S. O'Connor, second year day; James
M. Kelly, first year day; Donald A.
| Rock. fourth year evening: John T.
Donovan, third year evening; Patrick j.
OConnor, second year evening. and Leo
N MCGUIRE, first year evening. There
| will be dancing in the main ballroom
| from $50 pm. until 1870 am.
Justice Butler to Attend.
A partial list Of the patrons and
patronesses include Justice Pierce But
| Ter of the United States Supreme Court
and Mrs. Butler: former Justice A. A.
Hoehling of the District Supreme Court:
Mr.. and Mrs. William E. Leahy. Frank
| ]. Hogan, Dean George E. Hamilton
and Mrs. Hamilton. Assistant Dean
Hugh ]. Fegan and members OF the law
| faculty.
Committee chairmen for the prom
| include Michael Rock, finance; Frank
| Gianotti, hotel; Thomas Cronin, music;
K. Bero, program and favors; j. Sculo,
publicity. and William Begley, guests;
DR.. William N. Cogan, dean of the
School of Dentistry. represented George
| town at the meeting Of the Association
| of American Dental Colleges last week
| in Chicago.
James p Quinn. Hilltop senior, was
| declared winner of the special debate
| between members of the Philodemlc
| Debating Society last Sunday In CASTOR
Hall for the prize offered by President
Nevis.
Although selected as the best speaker,
Quinn was on the losing team. Inc
question, Resolved. that the jury Sys1,
| tenn should be abolished in the United
States" was decided In favor OF the
, seniors and juniors in the Philodemlc
and the winning negative team consisted
of Francis I. McGarraghy and FRANCIS
x Degnen. seniors, and John bynch,
Junior. Members of the afnrmauVe
team were Quinn and Godfrey Butter
and Edward Cox, juniors.
Law Club Banquet.
The Pierce Butler Law Club Will give
its annual banquet the evening OF April
% at the Carlton Hotel. Guests WIN
include Justice Butler, after whom the
club Is named: DR. W. Coleman Nevis,
S. j.. president of Georgetown; Rev:
Thomas B. Chetwood, S. j., regent OIL
the Law School: Dean George E. Hamil-
| ton. Assistant Dean Hugh j. Fegan ana
several of the faculty members.
Announcement was made last week
that the speakers in the fourth prize
| Law School debate on April 10 had been
selected and the subject chosen. a
| Jury of freshmen will judge and the
| debate will take the form OF a trial
| in the moot courtroom at the school,
| Procedure will be followed even down
! to the inclusion of court crier. The
! debate itself will involve arguments Tor
| a new trial in an insurance case on
the ground that the verdict of the jury
| in the lower court was contrary to
the weight of evidence presented.
The debaters were announced as fol-
lows: A. N. Sadlak. representing the
Butler Club, with Raymond Whelan
as alternate; r. j. Doyle OF the Wnlte
| Law Club; A. j. Loda OF the Carroll
Law Club, with James Winter as alter
nate, and John D. O'Reilly, jr., Of the
Gould Law Club.
! Georgetown Chapter of Delta Chi
| General Fraternity has offered prize
! to the senior in the Law School who
makes the highest general average in
| classwork throughout the full course
of the school, NThis prize, a metal
Georgetown seal on a plaque, Will be
presented to the winner at the June
| commencement.
Each year the chapter offers prize
for general excellence in studies, rotat-
| ing from year to year in the various
| departments of the university. Ray
mond Sparks Is president of the George
| town chapter, the other officers being
! William E. Keefe, vice president;
Joseph Swearingen, secretary, and
Frank G. Harrison, treasurer. The
Delta Chi Fraternity numbers num-
Der of Georgetown professors and
graduates among its members, including
Commissioner Sidney F. Taliaferro. Cor
| poration Counsel w. w. Bride, DR..
Thomas H. Healy, assistant dean of
| foreign service, and DR.. Fegan, assistant
dean of law. .g
| A group of Georgetown men have
| Just returned after the installation of
a new chapter of Delta Chi at the
/ University of Pennsylvania. Among
these were w. w. Bride, District cor
poration counsel and Law School grad
uate, who is national president of Delta
Chi; DR.. Thomas H. Healy, assistant
dean of the School of Foreign Service,
national director of education and
Fchapter activities; Thomas G. Mooney,
Law School student; Stanley De
uate. Assistant Dean Fegan of the
Law School and Prof. Robert A. Maurer
] of that school also are members of the