Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-27

Despite the enmity surrounding them, no
charges were proved, but as a last thrust the
valiant priests were banished from the country.
Father Copley returned to America to gather up
the tattered threads Of his interrupted labors.
On April 2, 1649, an assembly was called at
st. Marys City which passed the so-called toll
Grafton of religion act, the first of its kind in
America. Gov. Stone Of Maryland was respon-
sible for this act of justice to the harassed
Jesuits, although acting under the direction of
the lord proprietor. Many authorities early
Maryland history claim that the act was drafted
by Father Copley himself, many expressions Of
which are identical with the statements made
by Sir Thomas Copley, his grandfather, over 60
years before in England. The table upon which
the act was signed now resides in the Carroll
room at Georgetown University.
COLLEGIATE Gothic is the style of archi-
lecture followed in the construction Of
Copley Hall, the granite for which was hewn
from the quarries at Port Deposit, Md In addi-
ton, limestone and local brownstone were used.
But Copley Hall is something more than q
finely appointed student dormitory. It has been
termed sermon in stone" and the text Is
taken from q line Of the poet, Ennius which
excellently describes the purpose Of decorative
art:
Moribus antiquis res stat Loyolaea virisque:
'Loyola's fortune may still hope TO thrive
II men and mould like those of old survive"
This Latin inscription stretches across the
middle gable. To the north Of this gable,
a tower, are carved the cross and seal Of the
United States, and upon the upper part Of the
gable itself is seen large seal Of Georgetown,
browning the above inscription Once the motto
for the Sodality Of the Blessed Virgin at
Georgetown, this inscription, which substitutes
Loyolaea for Romano, refers in turn to the
monogram for Ave Maria, placed on the same
line In the tower.
On the three-story oriel four seals over the
main entrance depict various college activities:
The Sodality spiritual education) Athletics.
Oratory and Literature.
The Sodality was oficially established at
Georgetown In 1910. obtaining in 1883 its testi-
mony Of af1aliation with the prima primaria Of
the Roman College This Sodality is recog-
nized as the oldest society Of its kind In
America
Physical education is represented by a shield
carved with the emblems Of the six major
sports-base ball. foot ball, track, tennis golf
and basket ball.
The Philodemic" in memory of the orators
is the oldest debating society In the United
States, founded at Georgetown by Father
James A. Ryder, s. j., dean Of the college, on
January II, $780, The caduceus of Mercury,
the god Of eloquence, Is imprinted on the seal
which has a rod supporting the cap of the
herald of the gods. The society's motto IS:
Colt Societas Philodemica Collegio
Georgiopolitano Eloquentiam Libertau De-
vinctam" 1.-The Philodemic Society fosters
eloquence for the advancement Of liberty"
The Journal for the writer's is the fourth
seal. In December 1872, The Georgetown
College Journal was first published, under the
direction of Father Edmund ]. Young, profess
cor Df rhetoric.
Commemorative of the first founders Of
Georgetown, who came to the shores of AnneFi-