Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-21
6. j. LAW GROUP
ITO HONOR BUTLER
Fifth Annual Banquet to Be
Held Tuesday Night at
Carlton Hotel.

patron Of the Pierce Butler Law Club
of the Georgetown University School
of Law, will be the clubs guest of
honor at its fifth annual banquet Tues
day night at the Carlton Hotel.
Rev DR.. w. Coleman Nevis, president
of Georgetown; Rev. Thomas B. Chef
wood, regent of the law school; Dean
George E. Hamilton, Assistant Dean
Hugh j. Fegan and the members OF the
law faculty will attend as guests of
the club.
Several years ago the Butler Club in
augurated the policy of calling upon
various members, those in the senior
class, for short talks following the ad-
dresses by the guests. This year the
seniors so chosen are Francis j. Sui
Ivan, Robert Burk Julian Cromelin,
Emmitt Jones and Mark Wilmer. They
viii talk on subjects akin to the clubs
activities.
= Now in Fifth Year.
The Butler Law Club now is in its
NTH successful year, conducted as a
: parliamentary forum end debating So
ciety. The banquet is its outstanding
social event Of the year. Chairman A.
A. MCGUIRE is in charge of arrange
ments and also will act as POSTMASTER
He is being assisted by Francis j. Sui
u.
ming, Anthony Sadlac and Mervyn
Another banquet will be that of the
Delta Phi Epsilon. the first American
foreign service fraternity which was
founded at Georgetown The dinner
will be given tonight at O'Clock in
the Willard Hotel, with Ferdinand
Veverka, the Minister of Czechoslovakia
as the guest OF honor and principal
speaker.
Fraternity Has Expanded.
With more than 100 of its members
serving In foreign lands, the fraternity
has expanded until now it has chapters
IN many Of the leading universities of
the country. Other speakers will in
ciuoe George r. Farnum, Assistant
dean of the School of Foreign Service
OF Georgetown; Alexis H. G.. o. Lundh
counselor of the Norwegian legation,
and DR.. Leo Drew O'Neil, dean of the
School of Business Administration of
Boston University, who is the national
president of the fraternity.
In addition to Dean Notz, the School
Of Foreign Service will be represented
by the following members of its faculty:
Assistant Dean Thomas H. Healy, DR..
j. de S. Coutinho, director of Portu-
guese studies; Alfred H. Haag, head of
the international shipping department;
DR.. Arnold Werner Spanhoofd, Prof
George S. Schafer, Prof. Leo j. Schaben,
Prof. Manuel Cambouri, DR.. Walter
H. z. Jaeger and Prof. Harold de
Courcey.
Col Gregor to be Guest.
One of the most interesting of the
guests will be Col. Alexander Gregor
for many years charge d'affairs of the
imperial Russian embassy in Washing
ton and former Russian Minister to a.
number of European and South Amer
lean countries before the World War
Erllisting as private soldier in the
British army at the outbreak of the
war, when on a mission in London, Col.
Gregor won his promotion in battle
and was decorated by the late Marshal
Foch of France for bravery. He came
to this country after the Russian revo-
luton swept away his estates and began
life anew as teacher. For while he
was on the Georgetown faculty and
later left to become translator for
the State Department.
DR.. Edmund A. Walsh, S.. j., vice
president of Georgetown and regent OF
the School Of Foreign Service, was one
of the principal speakers before the
Continental Congress of the Daughters
Of the American Revolution last We'd
nesday. His declaration that the United
States was justified in refusing to recog-
nize the Russian Soviet Union, the SUBJ
ject of his address, was loudly applauded
by the Daughters. DR.. Walsh exposed
Soviet propaganda and charged that the
efforts of the Russian Union are di-
rected toward the destruction of con-
Stitutional government in the United
States.
r. o. T. C. will Drill.
The annual field day exercises and
competitive drill for the r. o. r. C.
department will be held at the college
campus on or about May 8, when Presi-
dent Nevis will present prizes to- the
best individual units and the best,
drilled company.
Lieut.. Col Augustus F. Dannemiller,
detailed by the War Department at
Georgetown, will review the unit for the
assigned to other duties upon the close
Of the academic year and his place
win be taken by Maj. William H. Hob
son, now stationed at the United States
Military Academy, who was command
ant at the Hilltop about six years ago.
Cadet Lieut.. Col. Kelly will be in
charge of the cadet battalion and
committee of Army officers will Judge
the events Prizes will be awarded to
the best-drilled company commander,
the best platoon leader and the best
drilled individual cadet of the basic
course. Minor &c" certificates also are
to tbe awarded to the most valuable
bahdsmen and silver medals to the
members of the best platoon. The COM
petitive company drill VIII feature the
field day events, the winning company
to be presented with the colors to carry
during the next year.
Contests Being Arranged.
with the approach of commencement
day, a number of contests are being
arranged for the academic prizes
awarded to college students. Among
the future events is the contest for the
Garvan oratorical medal on April 80,
the competitive examination for the
Brennan medal in apologetics on April
81 s and the oral examination for. the
O'Brien medal in philosophy on May Is.
There will be eight contestants for
the Garvan medal, to be chosen on
the basis of orations submitted. These
are limited to the senior, junior and
sonhomore classes. The examination in
ap6logetics, it was announced, would be
he'd In Hirst Library at IL o'clock in
tho morning.
The School of Foreign Service was
wen represented at the national foreign
trade convention, which closed its ses-
sicIhs IN Baltimore yesterday. Dean
Ndtz, Assistant Dean Healy and num-
bet of the students attended the ses-
Anhs.
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