Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-02
CATHOLIC j. CASTS
WILL GIVE 3PLAYS
First Public Appearance of
Year win Be Made Tues
day Night.

The Catholic University Dramatic
Association viii present three one-act
plays Tuesday evening in Mcmahon
Hall at 8:lS o'clock. Joseph English,
instructor in dramatics, has directed
the work Of the players.
The plays are "Minuet" by Louis
Parker, the cast Of which includes
Charles MacCree. William Monticone
and Clement A. Ducy; The Game Of
Chess" by Ksnnett s. Goodman, with
Patrick Heaton. Joseph Carven and
Jehn Tatigian. and THE Drums of
Dude" by Austin Strong, with Robert
Neary, Albert Hartung, Cletus Kilker,
Stephen Banks and Joseph O'Connell.
This will be the first public appearance
of the campus players this year.
Another Of the second series Of pub
lie lectures being given ut the univer-
sity will be delivered at S:15 pm. to-
Clifford Leland Of the Carnegie Insti-
tute DR.. Leland will talk on "The
Progress of International Intellectual
Cooperation Since the War"
Last Friday afternoon the Catholic
University was host to Sir Archibald
Flowers, leader of the Stratford- Upon
Avon Festival Players, who will play at
local theater this week Sir Archi-
bald lectured to a large gathering Of the
faculty and student body, the students
of Trinity College and members of at
filiated religious houses. Previous to
the lecture q reception was held in his
honor in the ofiiceS of the vice rector.
He was greeted by the rector, Mgr.
James Hugh Ryan, who expressed his
interest in the Shakespeare Memorial
Theater at Stratford. in behalf of which
the company is touring America.
Ritual Begins Friday.
The annual retreat for the lay stu
dent body will begin next Friday eve
ming, with a sermon and benediction IN
the chapel of Gibbons Hall. 1t will
continue through Saturday and be
brought to q close Sunday morning. 1t
will be eucharistic retreat.
Next Friday the feast of st. Thomas
Aquinas patron saint of Catholic
Schools, viii be holiday at the uni
versity. Solemn high mass will be cell
ebrated in the crypt of the National
Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
by Right Rev. Thomas j. Shahan, rec
tor emeritus of the university. at 1880
am, and win be attended by the fac
ulty and student body.
Smoker to BE Held Tuesday.
The Washington Chapter Of the Cath
Ollie University Alumni Association will
hold q Get Together Smoker" Tuesday
evening at 8 o'clock in the alumni
room Of the University Club at Fiji
tenth and I streets. The smoker is
sponsored by committee of the local
chapter and is purposed to revivify and
intensity interest in campus affairs. 1t
will be attended by Mgr. Ryan. who has
accepted an invitation to speak and
who has promised to discuss many in
teresting phases of campus life as it is
today"
Bishop Shahan, Mgr. Edward A. Pace,
vice rector, and Rev. DR.. william J.
Kerby, professor of sociology of the
university. will be present and will de-
liver brief addresses at the annual
meeting of the local chapter of the In
ternational Federation of Catholic
Alumnae, which is to be held at the
Willard Hotel next Saturday. Mgr.
Pace is the president OF the Interna-
tional Federation. The sessions will be-
gin at 10 am. and continue throughout
the day.