Evening star., 1932-10-16
G. u. Future Bright, Ryan Holds.

N FTER attending a series OF CONFER
"A ences in the interests OF the Uni
versity at New York and Boston
the Rt. Rev. James II. Ryan, rector,
has returned to Washington assured OF
the cooperation Of the bishops and
clergy for the celebration of Catholic
University Day, Sunday, November n,
when the needs of the university Will
be called to the attention OF Catholics
throughout the United States.
The Washington Chapter Of the Cath
olic University Alumni Association has
made plans for the annual homecoming
which will be held in connection with
the foot ball game with Duquesne Uni
yersity to be played on Friday evening,
November 18, at Griffith Stadium:
Daniel j. Ryan, is president OF the local
chapter and j. Edmund Cammack, Is
chairman Of the Homecoming Commit
tee. The next meeting OF the local
chapter will be held in the dining hall
at the university on November 7.
During the past week the Senators
Club. comprised of Washington students
at the university Of which Robert
Bourne is president, initiated Antonio
Alfaro, Tom Healy. Arthur Hepburn,
Tom Dowd, Joseph Didden, Frank Muir
ply. George Mattingly, George Parton,
Franklin Parks, Edward Barnes and
Jack Wigglesworth.
Word has been received at the uni
versity that Theobald Holsopple. who
placed third in the finals for the TWen-
ty-f1fth Paris prize of the Society OF
Beaux- Arts Architects, is now in Ecole
de Beaux-Arts, Paris, France. He won
his place with his design for "A Ma
tional opera House in Washington"
Holsopple is the second Catholic Uni
versity student to enroll in the Ecole
de Beaux-ArtS, the first being DR..
Thomas H. Locraft, who Is now assls-
tant professor ir~ the department OF
architecture at Catholic University and
one of the few men in the country to
hold the doctor of philosophy degree
in that subject Prof Frederick Muir
ply, head of the department of archi-
lecture, is also a graduate Of the Ecole.
The Tower" undergraduate news
paper at the university, is urging mem
bers of the freshman class to become
acquainted with the national honorary
freshman fraternity Phi Eta Sigma,
membership in which depends upon
high scholastic standing in the enter
ing class. The local chapter was in
stituted in 1929 and is one of 80 in
various universities throughout the
United States. Gale McGuigan, honor
man throughout his four undergraduate
years. was the first president OF the
local chapter He now is law student
at Harvard University.
Socrates T. Stathes of 3l14 Park
place was elected president of the
Architectural Society at the university.
This enterpriSing organization from
which so many prize winners iii ma
tional competitions have come. as well
as successful architects. is one of the
a,1t1 70
campus The other cities are vice
president. F. P. Patterson of Pitts
burgh. Pa; secretary and publicity. A.
M >Rinaudot, washington; treasurer. c.
A. Vecellio. Kingston. w Va: SER
geant -at-arms. P H. Otto. Washington.
Glasses in the Law School were sus-
pended on Thursday to permit the STU
dents to witness the laying of the cor
nerstone of the new Supreme Court
Building. Austin F. Canneid. men,
Der of the law faculty. was captain of
the ushers for the occasion and re-
served space for the students in the
Law School
Charles McVean. star quarterback OF
mously elected vice president of the
class of 1884 at a meeting held during
the past week. McVean Is a Washing
ton boy living at 3l4 North Carolina
avenue southeast
\. u. Man Offers Plan.
| THE establishment of home reading
i courses under the counsel of a
board similar to a board of edu-
cation is being advocated by DR.. E. E.
Naylor, professor of municipal govern
ment at National University, as a
| means of promoting adult education in
! the National Capital
DR.. Naylor, who has made extended
/ studies of the lf-education field dis
cussed his views at the first meeting of
the Segnu Forum, student organization