Evening star., 1937-12-05
SPECIAL PROGRAM
.F0RG. i. STUDENTS
Study of Constitution Will
Be Held in Marking
SesquicentenniaI.

Georgetown University Is arranging
for participation OF its student body
in q special program on the Constitu-
ton, shortly before the Christmas
holidays, in commemorstion OF the
Eesquicentennial.
The event actually will be dual
observance of the birth of the Con-
stitution and Of Georgetown College,
for the year 1887 marked completion
Of plans for the erection OF college
on Georgetown Heights. In 1889, the
year the Constitution was adopted,
John Carroll succeeded eventually in
founding Georgetown College.
Because of the same birth years, the
Rev. John E. Grattan, S. j., dean Of
the college, obtained permission from
the rector to arrange for Constitu-
ton program under student auspices.
Prof. Thor Kerekes is attending I'd
the details, and the International Re-
lations and the Current Events
Clubs, Of which he is moderator, are
the sponsoring groups. A date and
speakers will be announced in a few
days.
Raw Materials Is Topic.
The International Relations Club
affords students at the college an
opportunity to meet regularly to dis
cuss international problems, princi-
pally those which endanger the peace
| of the world. 1T has no pacifist
angle" Prof. Kerekes explained THE
students meet every third Wednesday
to discuss these problems and in a
constructive way endeavor to arrive
at conclusions as to the best methods
to preserve world peace" This year
| the discussions will deal mainly he
said, with raw materials which enter
| into interna tional trade and are essen
tial in the making of munitions, and
also with population trends.
| The student president of the Inter-
national Relations Club is John w.
| Nurre, who is also president of the
senior class at the college With an
other member of the club, John L.
Keenan,, he attended the sixth annual
conference of similar college groups
held last week at the St. Lawrence
| SAtt'SAoASJ, SullUoll, lie
Georgetown club is affiliated with the
groups in the Middle Atlantic States.
Ontario and Quebec. 1t is allied also
with the Carnegie Endowment for In
ternational Peace.
Mr.. Keenan, served as chairman of
three round table discussions at the
conference, while Mr.. Nurre presided
over another.
Current Events Club.
| The Current Events Club of which
John Campbell. a senior, is president
also Is one of the outstanding student
groups in the college. Both clubs
frequently invite guest speakers
during the year.
The dean of the college, Father
Grattan, also returned recently from
Atlantic City, N. j.. where he attended
the annual session Of the Middle
States Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools. He was honored
by being appointed on the Executive
committee as the representative OF
the District of Columbia.
Georgetown's chief participation in
the Sesquicentennial for the year, it
was pointed out, is through the estab-
lishment of special courses emphasiz-
ing the Constitution. A special Con-
stltution room was set aside in the
School OF Foreign Service at the OPEN
ing OF the academic year In this
room course is delivered dealing
with the history, the Development the
text and the Interpretation of the
Constitution.
Plans also are being made for a
continuing study of the Constitution
during the next two years.