Evening star., 1939-01-08
6. i. Academic Events
To Tie in With
Sesquitentennial
Dr.. WuIsh's Return
To Shape PIons for
Main Celebration

Major academic events at George
town University from now until
the June commencement 1t was an
nounced yesterday. will tie in with
the university's general observance
Of the sesquicentennial anniversary
Of its founding in 1889.
Definite planning for the main
celebration near the close of the
school year awaits the return of
DR.. Edmund A. Walsh, s. j., chair
man of the Sesquicentennial Execu-
tive Committee, who is due here this
week from the Pacific Coast. He
will confer with the Very Rev.
Arthur A. OLeary. S. j., president,
who is expected soon to announce
some special committees in charge
Of arrangements.
Tentative plans call for a week
OF special academic exercises either
In mid-spring or in conjunction
with the commencement program
in June. Honors are to be awarded
by the anniversary to distinguished
alumni. Each of the five depart
ments will have its own individual
program leading up to the final
convocation. Plans for their par
ticipation are being arranged by
the respective deans and regents.
Alumni Show Interest.
DR. Walsh has been spending the
holidays. in California, where he
filled lecture engagements in Los
Angeles and San Francisco. He
was expected to stop over in st.
Louis before his return. Both DR..
Walsh and DR.. OLeary have been
discussing the sesquicentennial an
niversary with Georgetown alumni
on oil their frequent trips about the
country since the opening of the
term and have reported widespread
interest. Under the direction of
DR.. James A. Ruby, jr, alumni Sec
retary whose monthly bulletin is
sent to every known graduate, 1t
is expected a number of special
meetings of alumni will be arranged
in various cities in connection with
the official sesquicentennial week.
Georgetown's archives and Ii
braries, replete with historical docu-
ments and containing some i'm
portant Catholic records from Colo
nial days, will have an important
part In the sesquicentennial pro-
gram. DR.. Wilfrid Parsons, S. j.,
dean of the Graduate School and
archivist and librarian of the uni
versity, is arranging number of
special collections for public exhibit.
Student Activities Resume.
This week marks the resumption
Of the regular extra-c -curricular ac-
tivities of the student body, such as
the various debating clubs, the glee
and dramatic clubs and religious So
cieties. Many of their activities this
winter and spring will have sig
nif1cant bearing on the anniversary
year. The Georgetown College Jour-
nal, which is featuring monthly
historical articles devoted to early
years at the Hilltop, also is Offering
a prize for the best sesquicenten-
nial poem submitted in a public
competition.
The Graduate School Forum, Or
ganized this year for economic dis
cussions, will resume its sessions
Tuesday evening. The speaker will
be DR.. Carroll r. Daugherty, chief
economist of the Wage-Hour Divi-
sion, Department of Labor. He will
speak on the economic and social
implications of the wages and hours
law. Another forum session for
Wednesday afternoon will be held
at the university hospital for social
service workers. DR.. William G.
Gwynn of the medical faculty will
lecture on arthritis.
Announcement was made by DR..
John R. Cavanagh, director of the
hospital dispensary, that the George
town Public Health Forum, in
augurated successfully last year, will
start on February 2. There will be
six sessions in CASTOR Hall, fea-
turing subjects of general health in
terest by prominent experts. Assist
ing DR.. Cavanagh on the committee
are DR.. Gwynn and DR.. Mario Mol
lari. An innovation this year will
be a reception committee of young
women under the Craftsmanship of
Miss Elinor Ryan.
Group Arranges Lectures.
The French group at the college,
known as the Societe Jean Labat,
is arranging series of lectures dur
ing the spring and the Portuguese
Club, under the direction of DR.. j.
de S Coutinho, will soon announce
plans for a special Brazilian night
in honor of the Ambassador of Bra
Zil and members of the Embassy
staff.
The French society, which recent
1y sponsored a lecture by DR.. Jacques
Maritain, noted philosopher and au-
thor, expects to arrange at least
three more sessions. DR.. Leon Dos
teri, moderator, announced that
prominent French visitors would be
asked to address the society.
The annual series of public lee
lures by DR.. Walsh, which he has
held here since 1922, will start on
February II. Continental Memorial
Hall again will be engaged for the
10 lectures which will deal mainly
with current happenings, both do
mestic and international. DR.. Walsh
is expected to announce the sub
jects and arrangements Soon after
his return here.
So far as the Hilltop student body
Is concerned, the tea dance being
given Friday afternoon in the Copley
Lounge for Georgetown's unbeaten
and united football team is the main
event this week. Thomas Gildea,
president of The Yard, is chairman
Of the committee.
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