Evening star., 1939-04-02
6. u. Student Group
Returns Tomorrow
From Port Inspections
Foreign Service School
Members See Worships
Being Built

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A delegation of about IS Foreign
Service students of Georgetown
University who are specializing in
maritime problems, will return here
tomorrow morning aboard the
steamer Southland from their an
nual port-inspection trip to the Nor
folk and Newport News area.
Accompanied by several instruc-
tors the party left here Friday
evening, taking advantage OF the
Easter holidays which began then,
to visit the great drydock yards
at Portsmouth and Newport News
where some of the largest naval
vessels are under construction. They
were accompanied by Prof. A. H.
Haag. head of the Foreign Service
Schools Department of Interna-
tional Shipping and Transporta-
ton; Leo Schaben. professor OF
staple commodities. and Arthur A.
Werner, professor of economics.
The students are members OF the
Propeller Club which sponsors the
the annual trips for the purpose
of receiving first-hand instruction
in some of the problems studied in
classes. In recent years similar
trips have been made to New York,
Philadelphia and Baltimore.
See Warship Preparations.
At the yards of the Newport News
Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. the
students saw preparations being
made for the battleship Indiana
and the 20,000-ton aircraft carrier
Hornet which are soon to go under
construction The st. Louis, light
cruiser, and two destroyers are
nearly completed. Navy yard Off
cials at Portsmouth conducted the
students on tour of the yard where
the battleship Alabama, four de-
stroyers and two mine sWeepers are
being built. A trip about the Nor
folk harbor finished the business OF
the day.
The Propeller Club of Norfolk
entertained the students at ban
quet and dance last night. Today
they are splitting into groups, some
of them going to Virginia Beach and
others visiting the historic scenes
of Yorktown, Williamsburg and
Jamestown.
j. Arthur Mcnamara was in
charge of arrangements for the trip
at the Foreign Service School. He
was assisted by the following Of
flcers of the Propeller Club: Francis
L. Kechan, president; Joseph j.
Jones, vice president: Charles N.
Walker, vice president, and A. j.
Mcnamara. secretary.
ROT. to Miss Parade.
Due to the intervening Easter
holidays, the Georgetown R. o. 7.
C. unit will be missing from its
customary place in the Army Day
parade in Washington next Thurs
day. Ever since the parades began
as an annual feature the Hilltop
unit and its band had headed the
R. O. T. c. section that includes
also the Washington High School
Cadet Corps. This year, however,
the spring vacation started earlier
than usual.
The R. o. T. c. unit will undergo
q rigid War Department inspection
the week of April "a and the 1nfan-
try cadets will be put through daily
drills after the holidays. Col. Den
ham R. Crofton of 3rd Cords Area
headquarters, will be the inspecting
officer.
Foreign service students appointed
Gerald Stack chairman of the an
nual diplomatic ball to be given April
% at the Shoreham Hotel. A special
guest list will include leading men,
bers of the diplomatic corps and
Government officials Frank Daley
and his orchestra will furnish the
music.
GeorgetoWn's usual Founders Day
exercises of March 25 were omitted
last week and there was no official
observance of the anniversary. Since
a number of inquiries were made,
friends of the university were re-
minded that Founders Day will be
observed in connection with the the
Sesquicentennial program starting
May % when honors will be be-
slowed on prominent alumni.