Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-30
Schools and Colleges
News of Interesting Student and Faculty activities
in Washington's Leading Educational
Institutions.
Institutions.

Whether the citizens Of the District
Of Columbia should be given the right to
elect their own municipal government
was announced yesterday as the sub
jec. for the annual debate for the Mer-
rick Medal, which will be held next
Sunday evening in CASTOR Hall at
Georgetown University.
The debate will be staged between
members of the Philodenic Society OF
the college. now in Its 101st year, and
all arrangements, except for the select
ing of the judges, have been completed
by Rev. John j. Toohey, S. j., coach OF
the Philodenic teams.
Father Toohey announced that the
Affirmative side of the question will be
upheld by William A. Sullivan of New
York and John G. Hayes, jr., of Illi-
nois, while members of the negative are
John D. Reilly, IT,, of Pennsylvania and
William G. McEvitt Of New York. All
are seniors.
with the student body at the college
on vacation over Thanksgiving, the hol-
iday was quietly observed by priests OF
the community. DR.. w. Coleman Nevis,
S. j., president of Georgetown, and
other members OF the faculty observed
the day by attending the Pan-American
mass at st. Patrick'c Church. Class s
at the Hilltop will resume sessions to-
morrow morning, students at the profess
sional schools having been granted q
one-day recess.
Scholastic activities will pick up con-
siderably between now and the Christ
mas recess, with the Georgetown Club
of Washington, D. c., planning its first
dinner of the year early In December.
This is now one Of the largest student
groups at Georgetown, its members tax
ing In the nearby sections OF Virginia
and Maryland, as well as the District
of Columbia. Thomas j. Fitzgerald Is
chairman of the Banquet Committee.
He is being assisted by Joseph A. Davis,
John Geneau, Edward Talbot, Arthur
Carroll and Robert Moore.
The first prize debate OF the year
between teams selected from the four
popular law clubs for a faculty prize
of $25 to the best individual debater
will be held the afternoon Of Decem-
Der 3.
The four debaters will represent the
John Carroll Club, Edward Douglas
White Club, Pierce Butler Club and the
Ashley M. Gould Club. Joseph Paul
Sheridan, 81, chancellor Of the White
Club, will be chairman, and the judges
selected are John D. Foley, '16; Joseph
A. Cantrel, %, and Francis G. Brooke
%, practicing attorneys and graduates
of the Law School.
Beijan to Address A. U. Club.
The International Relations Club Of
American University College Of Liberal
Arts will be addressed by A. Beijan,
of the Persian legation Wednesday eve
ming at 8 o'clock in the Women's Resi-
dence. The lecture will be open to the
public.
DR.. George S. Duncan Of the Depart
ment of oriental literature and arch
eology of the Graduate School Of
American University has been chosen
by the Archaeological Institute CT
Pyramids and their Inscriptions" The
lectures will be given the second week
of December, at Middletown, New
Haven and Hartford, Conn.
Early plans are being made for the
Junior prom, the outstanding social
event of the year at the college, 70 be
held at the Willard Hotel April II.
Members of the committee are Ruth
Edwards, Olive Rodgers, Mary Jane
Pearce, Dorothy Darby, Arthur Murphy,
Joseph Carter, Yule Fisher and Ru-
dolph Swanson.
DR.. Lucius G. Clark, chancellor Of
American University, and DR.. George
B. Woods, dean of the college Of liberal
arts, have returned from Atlantic City,
where last week they represented the
University at the annual meeting Of the
Association of Colleges and Secondary
Schools of the Middle States and Mary
land.
The interfraternity dance will be held
next Friday night at the Roosevelt
Hotel Estelle Wolfe is chairman of
the committee in charge. Chaperons
will be DR.. and Mrs. Woods, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Young, and Miss Mary
Louise Brown.
A motion picture Of biological inter-
est, THE Cosmic Drama" viii be pre-
sented Tuesday evening, December 9,
at Hurst Hall, on the campus, to the
teachers Of biology in the District high
schools. The picture viii be presented
by Ferdinand A. Varrelman, head Of
the biology department at the college.
Students are composing songs for the
new song competition which is to close
January 10. John Houston is chairman
Of the committee in charge. DR.. Woods
Miss Brown and DR.. Walter Shenton
are a committee of three which will
select small number of the best songs
to be presented to the student body for
a vote.
c. U. Faculty VIII Dine.
Following a precedent set last Fall,
the members Of the teaching staff Of
the Catholic University viii attend q
faculty banquet to be held next Tues
day evening In the Chinese room Of the
Mayfiower Hotel The event viii be
purely a social occasion and present
Indications are that practically the en-
tire faculty will attend. Wives and rela-
tives Of faculty members are also to at
tend.
The rector of the university, Mgr
James H. Ryan, will be the guest of
honor and will deliver a brief address
of welcome Right Rev. Mgr. Edward
A. Pace, vice rector, will make the in
troductory remarks. The Faculty Re-
ception Committee will be composed Of
DR.. and Mrs. Hardee Chambliss, Mr.
and Mrs. Louis H. Crook, DR.. and Mrs
Roy j. Deferrari. Rev. DR.. Peter Gull
day, Dr. and Mrs. James j. Hayden,
Rev DR.. George Johnson, Rev. DR.. VII
liam j. Kerby, Miss Leo Kerby. Miss
Ora Kerby. DR.. Patrick j. Lennox, DR..
and Mrs. Otto J. Rainier and Rev. DR..
Nicholas A. Weber. Arrangements for
the affair are in charge OF j. Harvey
Cain.
The University Glee Club will sing
as a unit in the chorus Of 200 voices
which will render the choral parts Of
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony" the aft
Symphony Orchestra will appear in
concert In Washington In celebration
of the Beethoven festival. The club is
rehearsing under DR.. Leo Behrendt,
director, and Nation ]. Boyce.
Thirteen new members were elected
to the board of trustees of the uni
versity at the recent Fall meeting Of
that body. They are Bishops O'Reilly
Of Scranton Gallagher Of Detroit, Muir
ray of Portland, Me, and O'Hara of
Great Falls. the Monsignori Joseph r.
Smith Of Cleveland, Edward j. McGol-
rick of Brooklyn, Peter L. Ireton Of
Baltimore, Michael j. Splaine Of Brook