Evening star., 1938-05-22
NURRE;; DRISCO[[
GET c. j. MEDALS
Former Honored for Activity
as Lay Leader During
Four Years in College.

IN recognition of campus leader
ship, Georgetown University, has
awarded medals to John w. Nurre.
president Of the senior class and the
sodality, and to William j. Driscoll, jr.,
a member of the Mask and Bauble
Club.
A special medal was struck and pre-
sented to Mr.. Nurre as the student who
has most distinguished himself as a
Catholic lay leader at Georgetown dur
ing the four years Of his college course.
Mr.. Nurre was the choice of a commit
tee of faculty members and students.
AS president Of the Sodality of Our
Lady Immaculate, Mr.. Nurre has taken
prominent leadership in the religious
life of the campus and in advancing
the interests of the sodality. In recent
years the Georgetown Sodality has
conducted union meetings at the Hill
top. and recently sponsored the first
Catholic student peace day movement
to Offset Communistic activities. He
Is also vice president of the St. John
Berchmans Society
Mr.. Nurre is from Bloomington, Ill.
He Is an active member of the Phil
odemic debating team, president also
Of the International Relations Club
and member of the Board of Editors
of the Hoya. campus publication
Scholastically he stands high in his
class
Driscoll Active in Dramatics.
Tho v,oodo1 rS fo Mr. Driccol u,o c
for outstanding service in promoting
the best interests of the College Dra-
matte Club. in which he has been
active for three years. He has starred
In number of the college plays. He
Is also a Philodemic debater and last
week was elected secretary of The
Yard. whose officers head the Student
Council. For excelling in recent
examination in Shakespeare, Mr.. Dris-
coll recently received the Quicksall
medal
Arthur Behrens. dramatic director
of the Mask and Bauble Club, wrote
the play, His Last job" which was
offered by the Georgetown students
In the annual Jesuit intercollegiate
play contest yesterday at ST. Peters
College in Jersey City. N. j. Results
of the competition were not known at
this writing Robert Merkle. Cletus
Keating, Mr.. Driscoll and Carl Watson
we're the Georgetown students in the
cast.
Graduation exercises for the nurses
OF Georgetown University Hospital will
be held May 81 in CASTOR Hall during
the afternoon. The Very Rev. Arthur
A. OLeary. S. j.. president of the
university. will present the diplomas
to the class of about 20 nurses
Seniors at the college will act as
ushers.
Memorial Rites Planned.
At the School of Law on Memorial
Day exercises will be conducted in
memory Of the former law students of
Georgetown who sacrificed their lives
In the services of the Government dur
Ing the World War. The officers Of
the morning and evening classes will
be in charge of the exercises, which
will be held in the law library A
memorial plaque bearing the names of
Georgetown's war dead will be deco
rated.
The Washington Club. which has
elected officers for the coming year,
is arranging for its final dance on
June 10 at the start of commence
ment week. Clarence Dubv is chair
man in charge of the tickets. The
new slate Of officers consists OF John
T. Flynn, president. who succeeds
Thomas Mcmahon: James j. Kelly,
vice president, and Fred Mccoy,
treasurer.
Other elections included the renam-
ing Of Jerry Stack of Montana as
headmaster of Nu Chapter OF the In
ternational Fraternity of Delta Sigma
Pi at the Georgetown Foreign Service
School.
Also elected We're Frank Kysela,
senior warden; Alex Lstoe, junior
warden: Robert Rash, scribe; William
Nicol, treasurer: James Ennis, histo-
rian: Rex Wiesenfeld, chancellor;
Bruce McClenahan, house manager,