Evening star., 1939-11-19
Washington Club
Of 6. U. Sponsors
Holiday Dance
Social Event to Honor
Alumni to Be
Held Wednesday

Principal event scheduled for
Georgetown University this holi-
day week is the Thanksgiving
dance sponsored by the Washing
ton Club Wednesday at 10 pm. at
the Willard Hotel in honor of local
alumni.
Georgetown authorities accepted
President Roosevelt's proclamation
setting aside Thursday as Thanks
giving Day in the District, and
classes will be dismissed Tuesday
Most of the students consequently
are returning to their homes over
the week end. The Washington
Club, which comprises local students
in the college and foreign service
school primarily, arranged a dance
for alumni of all departments. 1t
was expected several hundred cou-
Piles will attend.
Michael j. Conlon and James j
Kelly are the co-chairmen in charge
Big Pre-Game Rally Held.
The general exodus of George
town students and alumni to New
York last Friday and Saturday
brought together the largest pre-
game rally for the series with New
York University in a number OF
years. The New York Athletic Clut
was the scene of the celebration
which was attended by the Very
Rev. Arthur A. O'Leary, S. j., pres
ident of the university, and the
coaching Staffs of the two rivaI
teams. Prominent coaches and ath.
letes also were guests of the New
York alumni.
The Hoya band, which accom-.
panied the team, demonstrated
some new features for the time
between halves yesterday. Honor.
ing the New York Worlds Fair
which held a Georgetown day g
month ago, the bandsmen formed q
figure resembling the perisphere anc
played The Bowery" as a specia
feature.
Since the outbreak of the Euro.
pean war the foreign service schoo.
has been as busy as the map.
makers. 1t is checking and re.
checking the large number of alum.
nj scattered over Europe and neu.
tral countries. Some of them have
been transferred back to the United
States in the last month. Among
them is Robert J. Scovell, who re-
turned recently from Antwerp, Bel
gium. He has been made member
OF the schools French faculty.
Maj. Faynonville Transferred.
Mr.. Scovell atatended the foreign
service school as a special student
in 192l-l923 after his graduation
from the University of Indiana
He has been in the foreign service
Maj. Philip Faynonville, another
alumnus, who was Military Attache
at the American Embassy in Len.
ingrad, also has been transferred
to duty in this country. William
King. after years of immigration
inspection service at Honolulu, i.
now attached to the New Yorl
immigration Office.
Several additions to the foreign
service also were reported. r. M
Stephenson, former lecturer a.
Georgetown, is now Commercial
Attache at Berlin. When hearc
from last Aaron Brown was at.
tached TO the consulate at Warsaw
Officials do not know where he i.
stationed now. J. K. Vinson, an.
other alumnus, is a Vice Consul al
Berlin, and o. E. Weatherby j!
holding a similar position at Ha.
wanna, Cuba. Joseph Medenach
who had been connected with 6
steamship company at Prague, Ger.
many, is reported to have returned
to the United States.
The first number of the 1894
volume OF the Georgetown Law
Journal was issued last week ane
attracted wide attention in alum
nj and legal circles. Leading article
were contributed by Luther .
Swanstrom of the Illinois bar, Prot
Reiblich of the University of Mary
land and J. l.. Borda of the Dis
trict bar. The Journal, as formerl,
announced, is under the chief edi
torship of c. Jonathan Hauck, jr
senior, from New Jersey.