Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27
c. j. WILL HONOR
FORMER LEADERS
Ten Ex-Students, Who Later
Were Colleges Presidents,
to Receive Tribute.

The names Of 10 former students of
Georgetown University who later re-
turned as presidents of the institution
to direct its affairs in early and more
recent periods of its history. will be
preserved on stone memorial tablets
which it Is planned to place on the
buttresses of the new college dormitory
now being erected on the Hilltop
campus.
DIR. w. Coleman Nevis, s. j., presi-
dent Of the university, 1t was an
nounced yesterday is working out with
the architects of the projected quad
rangle of which the dormitory is the
first unit. plans to depict In stone
work on the new buildings, the history
Of Georgetown and to preserve the
memory also of some OF its prominent
teachers and alumni. The dormitory
will be devoted to showing in this deco
rative scheme the student life at the
college; one of the two new science
buildings that are being projected will
have memorials to members of the
faculty who have gained eminence in
various fields and the other will honor
alumni who have won distinction in the
professions.
Stone Shields to Be Used.
In looking over old records of the
university DR.. Nevis was so impressed
with the fact that Georgetown had
drawn 10 of its presidents from its
former students, that he made arrange
mentS to have their names preserved as
a distinctive feature of the new dormi-
tory. Consequently, stone shields bear
ing the names of these 10 former
students, will be placed on the front
buttreSSes in place of gargoyleS that
had been designed originally.
These former presidents with the
years of their terms, are as follows:
Rev. Benedict Fenwick, 1817-18 and
1822-25: Rev. Enoch Fenwick, 1820-22;
Rev. Thomas Mulledy, 1829-37 and
1845-48; Rev. Samuel Mulledy, 1916;
Rev. Stephen Dubuisson, 1825-26; Rev.
Charles H. Stonestreet, 1851-52; Rev.
William McSherry, 1837-40: Rev. James
Ryder, 1840-45 and 184S-51; Rev. James
Doonan, 1928, and Rev. Alphonse
Donlon, 1912 to 1918. OF these presi-
dents, Father Ryder is best known to
Georgetown men. He was also founder
of the Philodemic Debating Society.
The center exterior of the building,
Dr. Nevis explained, will bear stones
commemorative of Georgetown's asso-
Citations with the early Maryland Colony.
Over the main entrance will be a COM
bined seal showing the Ark and the
Dove. the ships which bore George
towns earliest founders to these shores
with the Lord Baltimore coloniSts; the
bell of the first church in Maryland,
preserved as relic in the archives, and
another stone depicting the mulberry
tree under which the first religious
mass in Maryland was held. stone
also will show the chalice used at this
mass.
Stones that are being planned for the
four panels on the exterior of the DOR
mitory will depict the religious, physi-
cal and classical sides of student life
One will represent the sodality, a Sec
ond will show the seal of the Philo-
demic Debating Society, third the
seal of the college journal and a fourth
viii be devoted to athletics. This lat
ter feature, q huge stone, will have
carved upon it base ball and bat, a
foot ball, winged foot for track and
tennis racket and golf sticks.
Work Progresses Rapidly.
Other decorative features will be the
seal OF Archbishop John Carroll, with
the numerals 1634-1789 at its left. On
the tower of the building will be the
seal Of the United States and under a
gable roof at one side the seal of
Georgetown.
Work on the dormitory is progress
&AA6 AdPAuAys IC GtO1lCWOLk ID h1Iehuy
up about 10 feet above the level of the
ground. Plans for the building re-
Gently were singled out for commenda-
ton by the Architects Advisory Council
The new Medical and Dental School
building, recently completed and now
occupied by both departments, will be
blessed at ceremonies next Saturday
afternoon at about o'clock. Arch
bishop Michael j. Curley of Baltimore
will ohciate at the blessing.
With the reopening of classes at the
college tomorrow, terminating the Eas-
ter vacation, interest centers chiefly on
the forthcoming &C" dinner, which will
be held at the Mayfiower Hotel May g.
This affair has developed into the prin-
cipal alumni event of the year and also
holds first interest for the student body
At the recent election of officers held
by the New York Society of George
town Alumni at the New York Athletic
Club, Leo v. Klauberg, '16, was chosen
president to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of H. Dom Keresey.
William P. Buckner, jr., %, and Joseph
McDonough, 20, were elected secretary
and treasurer.
Three regents of Georgetown Uni
versity, James A. Farrell, George Nc
Neir and Martin Conboy, were among
the newly elected vice presidents. Other
vice presidents elected were Louis c.
Haggerty and Mr.. Keresey.