Evening star., 1932-01-24

Prof. Fred +. Myers announced ldsI
night. In preparation for that meet,
the preliminary debate will be held next
Saturday, at which time the teams Tor
the interelass fray will be determined.
The proposition for next Saturday S
debate will be: Resolved, That there
should be a nationwide referendum,
with all qualified voters eligible to par.
ticipate, on the question of repeal OF
the eighteenth amendment"
Last nights regular debate was held
on the question of establishing Fed
eral department of aviation, Wlth
A. J, C. Eceleston and L, H. Humbert
arguing in favor of it, and Albert A..
Evans and C. Conway opposing it. .
The Phi Alpha Epsilon fraternity OF
Nationals School of Economics and
Government entertained six pledges at
its meeting at the Hotel Annapolis last
Tuesday night. DR.. Bernard Mayo,
dean of the school, spoke briefly on the
advantages and disadvantages OF ira
ternity membership.
The Cy Pres Club, largest organiza-
tion of woman students at National,
will hold its annual banquet on Febru-
ary %, according to an announcement
last night by Miss Hazel Palmer, presi-
dent. Miss Palmer has appointed q
commmittee on arrangements inelud-
ing Mrs. Grace Dawson, chairman;
Mrs. Anna L. Moulton, Miss Georgia
Alexander, Miss Katheryn Doherty
Mrs. Hattie M Baden, Miss Laurie
Barnes and Mrs. Katherine Ely.
The Cy Pres elected DR.. Hayden
Johnson, chancellor Of the National,
and Mrs. johnson as patron and pa
troness to fill the vacancy caused by
the death last Summer Of Justice Fred
erick L. Siddons, professor of constitu-
tional history at the university. Mrs.
Siddons, however, will remain an Oh
fetal patroness.
A course in legal photography, given
annually for one week, will be pre-
sented this year this week Lectures
will be given daily beginning tomorrow
at 7.45 pm. by Prof. H. J. Brandt.
G. U. Debaters Plan Tits.
THE CASTOR Debating Society Of
l. Georgetown University, composed
OF college sophomores and fresh
men. has arranged three intercollegiate
debates for next month and is negotl-
ating for contests with two other uni
versities.
Rev. Charles ]. Foley, S. j., moder-
ator. announced last night, scheduled
debates with ophomore-freshmen
teams representing St. Peters College
of Jersey City on February IL; Man
haitian College of New York on Febru-
airy 10 and St. Joseph's College of
Philadelphia on February &c. Arrange
ments are pending, he said, with Johns
Hopkins and Villanova Universities.
Two teams of the CASTOR Society will
debate both sides Of the question, Re
solved, That the Several States Should
Enact Legislation for Compulsory Un-
employment Insurance" one of the
most popular topics for collegiate de-
batting at the present time. The con-
tests with st. Peters and st. Joseph's
Colleges will be held here, the Gaston-
ians- travelling to New York City for
the debate with Manhattan.
In the opening debate with st.
Peters, the Georgetown team will de-
fend the Affirmative side Of the ques-
ton. Team members are Jerome j.
Downey and John L. Freund, both of
Washington. and John Mckinney OF
Swamscott, Mass Mr.. Freund and Mr..
DoWney, with the addition of PhiliD
Hart of Bryn Mawr, Pa, will compose
the team defending the negative slue
against Manhattan College. The third
debate, with St. Joseph's College, will
find the CASTOR team represented by
Mr.. Mckinney, Thomas Cook of Syra-
cuse, N. Y. and Charles Milton of Jer-
sey City, N J. They will take the af-
frmative side. +
A number of the Georgetown faculty
members, notably President w. Cole
man Nevis, S. j., are graduates of st.
JoSeph's College. The CASTOR Society
is forging to the front in academic
activities and is enjoying perhaps its
most successful year. 1t is headed by
| Philip Hart
The recent public announcement that
James A. Farrell is retiring April 18
from the presidency of the United
States Steel Corporation is of particular