Evening star., 1939-11-10
6. u. and A. j. Grads
Return 10 Schools
For Home-Cominqs
Hilltop Chapel Bell
Tolls in Memory
Of War Dead

ican Universities were revlsitlng the
scenes Of their undergraduate days
today as the 1899 home coming ac-
tivities of the two institutions got
under way.
The chapel bell at the Hilltop
school tolled 81 strokes this morning
during an Armistice Day observance
in memory of former students who
lost their lives in the World War.
With r. o. T. C. cadets and stu
dents assembled in the college quad
rangle. the service was arranged in
connection with the annual home
coming celebration, which will be
climaxed in tomorrow's game with
the University of Maryland at Grit
fifth Stadium.
The Very Rev. Arthur A. OLeary,
S. j., president of the university,
offered a prayer at the military as
sembly, .and Dr. Edmund A. Walsh,
S. j., regent fthe Foreign Service
School, gave the principal address.
Kiernan Hyland, yard president,
presided.
Cadets Fire Salute.
The names of the Georgetown men
on the military honor roll were read
by Cadet 1t. Dexter L. Hanley, and
It. Francis Lauro tolled the bell in
Dahlgren Chapel in memory Of the
81 soldiers. A cadet squad fired a
| salute.
American University's homecom-
ing festivities tonight will center
around bonflre-pep rally on the
university campus. An innovation
in this years program will be the
presentation of the schools first
campus sweetheart"-pretty 18-
year-old Helen Snyder of Bethesda,
who will reign over the affairs of
the week end. She was selected for
the honor by the men of the campus.
Miss Snyder will be crowned at
the annual alumni dance to be held
in the university gymnasium to-
morrow night following the Eagles
Homecoming game with Blue Ridge
College. Plans for tomorrow also
include an alumni luncheon at
1880, the annual reception Of ! the
Junior Woman's Guild and an
alumni banquet. The latter event
will be held at the Broadmoor Hotel
just before the dance.
Georgetown's Rally Poppy.
Georgetown students staged q
noisy but peaceful pep rally around
a bonfire on the campus last night,
featured by speeches by members of
the Hilltops undefeated football
team, a torchlight parade and band
music. Later the band and football
squad joined Maryland University's
gridmen at the Capitol Theater as
guests of the management.
Sometime during the night, prank
ish Hoyas visited the University of
Maryland campus and painted the
bronze terrapin statue light blue
the Hilltop school color. Maryland
took steps today to guard against
another invasion. A group of about
40 students will guard the "terp"
until game time tomorrow, taking
turns beating huge bass drum.
Georgetown's festivities tonight
| "AAA SoAAoSA AA q huge SIIlOkcr at LQe
Mayf1ower Hotel sponsored by the
alumni OF the law school with all
departments participating. Father
OLeary, the Rev. Frances E. Lucey,
S. j.. law regent; the Rev. John J..
kehoe, S. j., moderator of athletics,
and the coaching staffs of both
Maryland and Georgetown UNIVERSE
ties will make addresses. joseph
Gaghan is chairman of the Smoker
Committee for the law school.
Publication Dance,
AT the same time the staff of the
Hoya, student publication, will stage
a dance at the Washington Hotel.
Heading the Dance Committee is
Jonn H. Dwyer, editor of the Hoya.
Tomorrow morning students and
alumni will attend requiem mass
in Dahlgren Chapel for the late Rev.
Vincent S. McDonough, S. j.,
Georgetown's grand old man of
athletics" for % years. Father Nc
Donough, who relinquished direct
supervision over athletics several
years ago, but never missed a game,
died in September.
At II am. tomorrow Father
OLeary will tender a reception to
alumni from out of town.