Evening star., 1940-10-06
Col. Tasker Replaces
Col, Beck in R. 0. &c.
Post al Georgetown
Two From D. 6. Area Are
Among Outstanding
Freshmen Students

Recalled to active duty in the
Army Medical Corps, 1t. Col. Clyde
Nick. Beck was transferred last
week from Georgetown University,
where he had been in charge Of
the Medical r. o. T. c.
Col. Beck was assigned to duty at
Camp Joseph T. Robinson. Little
Rock, Ark, where he will be in
command of a new 1,000-bed hos
pital that is being built for draftees
and National Guardsmen. His place
at Georgetown has been taken by
Col, Arthur N. Tasker, retired. While
the War Department order had not
been published at this writing. it was
expected that Col. Tasker will stay
on duty with the medical school
through the emergency.
Col. Tasker is native Washing
tonian. He graduated from Wes-
leyan University and obtained his
M. D. degree from George Washing
ton University. He also graduated
from the Army Medical School and
the Chemical Warfare School.
Local Students Outstanding.
The Army permitted Col. Beck to
remain at Georgetown long enough
to organize the Medical R. 0. T. C..
for the term and enroll the first
year students in the basic course.
He had been informed that he would
be assigned to field duty and left
for Little Rock last Tuesday.
Among the outstanding students
In the college freshman class are
Walter Drinks of 8l4 Sixth street
NE, who is on a scholarship from
Gonzaga High School. He stood
first in a class of ITO seniors at
Gonzaga and is majoring in ana
lytical chemistry. Another Gonzaga
boy who entered the freshman class
at the Hilltop is Michael Barry OF
Arlington, Va. who stood third in
the class. He is specializing in bio
chemical research.
There are 80 Washington boys
among the 235 freshmen. including
more than 20 from Gonzaga. About
an equal number entered from the
Georgetown Preparatory School and
each of the white public high schools
of the city is we'll represented.
A Dutch refugee. Ludwig Harry
Moser, is evxpected to enter the
college as soon as he can arrange
his passport from Havana. He has
a brother at the Georgetown Pre-
paratory School.
Escaped From Holland.
He informed the Georgetown au-
thorities that he escaped Holland
after the Nazi invasion by IAN ad-
venturous fight through Belgium,
France, Italy and Spain" and finally
reached Havana. He attended school
in Haarlem, Holland, and had passed
his examination to enter Oxford
University, England, only to have
the war interfere with his plans.
A Canadian student, Daniel Paul
Byrnes of Hamilton, Ontario, also
is a freshman at the Hilltop. His
father was graduated from George
town in 1916. Another freshman in
the B. S. pre-dental class is Norman
Taihos from Greece and Emanuel
Garrido has entered from Santurce,
Puerto Rico.
The school of law is making ar
rangements for its fall convocation
next Wednesday evening. Degrees
will be conferred upon seniors who
completed their law course during
the summer sessions.
The new defense course at the
school of foreign service is limited
to seniors and postgraduate stu
dents. Added to the professors who
will lecture in this course are DR..
Alfred H. Haag. professor of inter-
national shipping, and DR.. S. A.
Dulany Hunter, who will lecture on
certain foreign relations angles and
sea-power.