Evening star., 1939-05-21
Gov. Herbert X.
O'ConOr,

professor of history and government
at Harvard University. will lead the
discussion. Catholic Colonial
America" will be discussed by DR..
Richard j. Purcell. head of the
department of history at the
Catholic University. The Rev.
Morehouse F.. x. Millar. S. j.,
professor of political science at
Fordham University, will speak on
THE American Concept Of
Liberty"
Father Parsons. who has amassed
exhibits for the sesquicentennial
from the college library and ar
chiveS, of which he Is in charge,
will talk on EARLY Catholic
Americana"
Murphy to Speak.
Attorney General Murphy will
address the School Of Law session
on Wednesday, at which confer
enceS will be conducted on Law
and Jurisprudence In the Modern
World" arranged by the Rev. Fran
els f. Lacey, S. j., regent OF the
school. Prominent lawyers and ed
ucators will take part in the discus
Sions over which Dean George E.
Hamilton. GeorgetOWn's Oldest law
alumnus, will preside. The Law
School also will conduct Memorial
Day service for the lmiversity's 81
World War dead at 10 am. on May
80 in the law library.
Surg. Gen. Parran, George
town alumnus. and DR.. Irwin Abel,
retiring president of the A. M. A.,
will be the principal speakers at the
sessions arranged by the School of
Medicine starting Thursday. June
l. Three DAYS will be devoted to
clinics and lectures on Modern Ad-
vances in Medicine and Surgery"
The sessions constitute the fourth
annual extension course for alumni
arranged by the Rev. David " Nc
Cauley, S. j.. dean of the school.
DR.. Parran will speak on the open
ing program, his topic being "Medi-
cine in a Changing World DR..
Abel will speak at 2 pm. at a spe-
cial session in CASTOR Hall the aft
ernoon of the sesquicentennial con-
vocation His subject is 'Diverticu-
losis and Diverticulitis of the In
teStinal Tract"
Members of the Georgetown med
ical and hospital Staffs will conduct
series of clinics during the ses-
SionS. The lectures will be given
at the Medical School.
Foreign Service Program.
The School of Foreign Service,
youngest branch of the university.
will conduct its program Friday
June 2. Dr. Walsh is the regent
The morning session will deal with
international Relations: the aft
ernoon session with international
Economy
DR.. Edgar Prochnik, former Min
lister of Austria and now on the
Georgetown faculty, will speak in
the morning on The Return to the
Principle of Balance of Power in
Europe" The discussion will be led
by DR.. Constantine E. Mcclure of
Washington and DR.. Thomas H.
Healy, dean of the Foreign Service
School.
James A. Farrell of New York,
regent of the university and chair
man of the National Foreign Trade
Council, will speak on The Posi-
ton of the United States in World
Economy" in the afternoon. The
discussion will be led by Robert
Lincoln OBrien, former chairman
of the United States Tariff Commits
sion, and Vice Chairman Henry
Grady of the commission.
School Of Dentistry.
The School of Dentistry will con-
duct its third annual clinic for
alumni Saturday, with DR.. Joseph
l.. B. Murray, dean, in charge of the
program. Brig Gen. Fairbanks. the
first officer of that rank to head the
dental division of the Army under
a recent reorganization, will attend
the sessions.
Aside from the academic sessions
the Sesquicentennial pageant, Sons
of Georgetown" in which 200 alumni
and students take part, will attract
several thousands to the Central
High School auditorium Friday eve
ming. Arthur Behrends, director of
dramatics at the university, wrote
it to tell the story of Georgetown's
$50 years.
A sesquicentennial ball will be
held at the Willard Hotel Thursday
evening for alumni and their wives.
Like the alumni dinner, a capacity
attendance is expected.
DR.. James S. Ruby, jr., executive
secretary of the National Alumni
Association, is in general charge of
all alumni activities during the week.
His office is located at the college.