Evening star., 1938-05-29
c. j. WILL HOLD
MEMORIAL RITES
Students Who Died for
Country in World War
to Be Honored.

Memorial Day exercises will be held
at the Georgetown University School
of Law tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock
in memory of the 20 students of the
school who died for their country dur
ing the World War.
The exercises, in which the members
of the faculty and the two senior
classes will participate. will be held in
the law library before the memorial
tablet bearing the names of the war
dead. A group Of Regular Army and
Reserve officers who are students In
the law school will form q committee
that will place wreath on the tablet.
Maj. Stonewall jackson, U. 8. A., a
member of the r. o. T. c. staff at
Georgetown, and Joseph A. Cantrel, .
law school alumnus and war veteran,
are to be among the speakers. Charles
Augustine Gildea, jr., president Of the
senior morning class. will preside.
Seniors to Make Address.
Addresses on behalf of the seniors
will be delivered by John Lewis Smith,
jr, and John Joseph Hurley, and the
names on the roll of honor will be
read by William Napoleon Kenefick,
president Of the senior afternoon class.
Following an address by Dean George
e. Hamilton the wreath will be deco
rated and Maj. Jackson and Mr.. Can
trel will speak. The exercises will
conclude with an address and invoca-
ton by the Rev. Francis E. Lucey,
s. j., regent Of the school and profess
sor Of Jurisprudence.
DR.. Arthur A. OLeary, s. j., presi-
dent Of the university. reported yes
terday an unusually large attendance
Of out-of-town alumni will be feature
of commencement week. Headquar-
tiers will be maintained at the Wash
ington Hotel, where the quintennial
classes will hold reunion meetings on
Friday. June 10. Four days Of activ-
tiles are being arranged. concluding
with the graduation exercises on Mon
day, June 13.
Reunions TO BE Held.
DR.. James S. Ruby of the college
faculty is handling affairs for the
alumni, and it was expected that New
York would send nearly 100. Reunions
Of the classes Of 1918. 1918, 1923, 1928
and 1888 will be held. and on Satur-
day evening during commencement
week DR.. OLeary will be host at a
reunion dinner in the Ryan dining
hall.
The annual awarding Of prizes on
Sunday evening will attract hundreds
to the college quadrangle for the senior
class day exercises that will follow.
Walter Connolly of Detroit, winner of
the coveted Merrick Debating Medal
and one of the leaders Of the campus,
will deliver the traditional Cohonguro-
ton oration. This is the valedictory
address.
The law school also will have its
own Independent class day exercises,
arrangements for which are to be an
nounced later.
The customary requiem mass for de-
ceased members OF the faculty and
alumni will be celebrated in Dahlgren
Chapel at o'clock on Saturday morn
ing. The Rev. John j. Toohey, S. J..
chairman Of the faculty of philosophy
and moderator Of the Philodemic So
ciefy, will be the celebrant at this
mass. Father Toohey is one of the few
Jesuit fathers on the faculty that
Georgetown has honored with the de-
gree Of doctor of laws He has been
one Of the outstanding members of the
college faculty for over Is years.
A tea for the wives of returning
alumni will be given in the Carroll
parlor at 4 pm. on Saturday.