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Military training at Georgetown
University is being conducted on q
preparedness" basis this winter, II
was said yesterday, to give r. o. T
C. students earlier practical expert
ence in the use of combat arms.
1t. Col. Charles E. Ravens, Army
officer in charge of the military de
partment, explained a change from
the usual routine was deemed neces-
sary in view of the fact that many
Of the students graduating in June
may be inducted into the Army
In former years the fall and winter
months have been devoted to the
theoretical phases of military train
ing with only limited amount OF
rifle and machine gun practice in
the late spring.
Every freshman and upper class
man in the R. o. T. G. is going
through period of systematic
coaching in the handling and firing
of the rifle. Later machine gun
practice on the outdoor range will
be undertaken when the weapons
are equipped with the .22-caliber
attachment, used generally in train
ing.
Indoor Rifle Practice.
Rifle practice is being given regu-
larly in the indoor gallery of the
university, the idea being to get
every student in the unit thoroughly
acquainted with the handling of the
weapon. Panoramic targets also are
set up on the outdoor range and
will be used more excessively when
machine gun firing commences.
Formerly the only students given
regular firing practice were the
members OF the rifle teams.
At Army posts the troops have
large firing ranges. over which they
can maneuver and work out COM
bat problems For this the r. O.
T. c. officers have substituted the
panoramic targets. Problems of
fire are worked out in the class
rooms, and the strategic positions
held by the "enemy" are then paint
ed on large targets that are
stretched across the rifle range
The students then are directed
where and how to place their fire
In the spring, it is expected the
Army will widen the opportunity
for R. o. T. c. students to visit the
rifle and machine gun ranges al
Fort Meade. Md.
Anniversary Mass Today.
The Very Rev. Arthur A. OLeary
S. j., president of the university
will attend the solemn pontifica
mass today at St. Matthews Ca.
thedral, honoring the Tooth ami.
versary of the founding of st. Mat.
thew's Parish in Washington. Ir
connection with this, Msgr. Edward
L. Buckley, rector of the cathedral
will be invested with the robes oi
the rank of Protonotary Apostolic
to which he was recently elevated
The Right Rev. Amleto Giovanni
Cicognani, apostolic delegate to tht
United States, will conduct the cere.
mony at 1l:15 am, and pontificia
vespers at 7:30 pm. A reception
will be held at the Mayf1ower Hote
for the guests and friends of th'
parish. A strong tie has alway
existed between Georgetown anc
Msgr. Buckley and many of the uni
versity's faculty and alumni will at
tend the anniversary ceremony.
The Sodality Union OF Washing
ton will hold its annual meeting
Saturday morning, with the George
town Sodality acting as host to dele
gates from local Catholic college.
and schools. The Rev. Aloysius j
Hogan, S. j., professor of religion
and former president of Fordhan
University, will make the chief ad.
dress at the morning session, which
opens at 10 o'clock.
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Miss Jane Mulgrew of George.
town Visitation Convent is president
of the union. The vice president is
Joseph Eckenrode of Georgetown
Discussions will be devoted to cath.
olic youth problems and ways of CO.
operation in parish affairs. A tes
dance will be given for the dele
gates at 4 o'clock in the Copley
Lounge.
With the approach of the Christ.
mas holidays, starting December 18
numerous scholastic events are
scheduled. The Spanish Club will
give a tea dance on the campus
Saturday afternoon.
The annual freshman-sophomore
tea dance will be given Friday after.
noon at the Mayflower Hotel, being
one of the principal student events
An old-fashioned amateur night
will be held Tuesday in the Ryan
gymnasium, with prizes offered for
the best costumes and acts. 1t is
being sponsored by the Students
Council
Tomorrow evening the freshmen
will be the guests of the sophomores
at a dinner in Ryan Hall, the event
marking the end Of the hazine