Evening star., 1939-05-14
Georgetown u. Elect,
Yard Officers in
Runoff Today
John 6. Mosterson,
Sophomore, Becomes
Editor of Journal

New campus leaders at George
town University, who will direct the
affairs of the Hilltop student body
during the l939-40 academic year,
will be chosen today in the annual
"runoff" election of yard officers.
For president of the yard to sue
ceed Thomas G. Gildea, 80, the
Junior class has nominated Francis
w. Calvin of Boston and Herman
R. Hyland of Chicago. Each nom
inee polled 43 votes in the primary.
Joseph r. Mellendeck of Balti-
more, ace ball carrier of the varsity
football team last year, and John
]. Smith of Brooklyn, N. Y, are the
nominees for secretary. The latter
is Foreign Service School candi-
date, the first candidate for a COL
lege office from that department in
20 years. Resident foreign service
students were privileged to vote in
the yard elections by a resolution
of the Student Council early in the
year.
The nominees for treasurer to be
voted on today are James F.. Nash
of Bradford, Pa. and John P. Burke
of Newport. R. I. The yard officers
are also the officers of the Student
Council in which each class is rep
resented.
Sophomore Becomes Editor.
The editorship of the Georgetown
College Journal, oldest and best
known of all the university's student
publications, goes next year to a
sophomore, John G. Masterson of
Brooklyn, N. Y. This is perhaps
the first time in the history of
Georgetown sophomore was named
editor.
The sesquicentennial year of the
Journal has been an outstanding
one and the series of articles on
the History of Georgetown" con-
tributed by Mr.. Masterson proved a
valuable source of information for
alumni They were the result of
long periods of research in the COL
lege archives. He succeeds Martin
S. Quigley. 80, who directed the
Journal this year.
Donald Callahan of Chicago was
chosen business manager of the
Journal staff to succeed Richard H
Mcmahon of Poughkeepsie, N. Y,
for the coming year Journal keys
in recognition Of three years serv-
ice on the staff were awarded to
both Mr. Quigley and Mr. McMa-
hon. as we'll as to the following
William J, Driscoll, jr., of Taun-
ton, Mass; Quentin o. Young of
Glen Ridge, N. j.; Charles ST. Peter
of Menominee, Mich; George T.
Hoffman of East Orange, N. j., and
Frederick j. Fuller, jr., of New York
City.
With the retiring of Mr.. Quigley
as editor of the Journal, it is in
teresting to note that he won recog-
milton for his knowledge of the
works of William Shakespeare, de-
feating four other candidates for
the Quicksall Medal The examina-
ton was based on Twelfth Night"
The Tanning of the ShreW' and
"A Midsummer Nights Dream"
Competing against him were Ed
ward L. keenan,, Dexter L. Hanley,
Richard J. Murphy and Donald F.
Heany.
New Hoya Staff at Work.
The Hoya, student news weekly
that covers" the campus and
Georgetown affairs generally, held
its annual staff dinner Tuesday eve
ming at the Raleigh Hotel, when
John P. Delaney, 40, of New Bed
ford Mass. the newly elected editor
for next year, and Donald J. Nc
Donough Of New York, the retiring
editor. swapped jobs. The new staff
is already at work getting out Hoya
issues.
Mr.. Delaney was one of the man
aging editors during the past year.
Other newly named editors on the
staff are John E. DWyer, assistant,
and Thomas A. Callaghan. univer-
sity editor Gerald j. Carroll and
Richard E. McVoy, who are now
sophomores, are the two new man
aging editors
In preparations for the forthcom-
ing sesquicentennial, the announce
ment was made that the May1ower
Hotel has been engaged for the
alumni banquet the evening of
June 3. The Washington Alumni
Committee on the Sesquicentennial,
which is headed by DR.. James S.
Ruby, jr., executive secretary i'm
mediately elected T. Gillespie Walsh
as chairman of the Banquet Com
mittee. He will be assisted by the
following vice chairmen: William
]. Dempsey for the College of Arts
and Sciences; DR.. Edward M.
O'Brien for the School of Medi-
cine: Frederick R. Gibbs for the
School of Law; DR.. John F. Bra
zinsky for the School of Dentistry,
and Prof. Leon Dostert for the
School of Foreign Service.