Evening star., 1941-05-11
Gen. Grant 10 Review
Georgetown Cadets
In Military Program
R. O.. T. G. Annual Drill
At University Thursday;
rs Nurses to Graduate

Mai. Gen. Walter S. Grant, COM
mander of the Army's Third Corps
Area. will be the reviewing officer
and guest of honor at the 22d
annual military day program at
Georgetown University Thursday at
2 pm.
Twenty-Five of the senior infantry
r. o. T. c. cadets will be commits
stoned as second lieutenants in the
Army Reserves at the June 9 COM
mencement of the university. Five
others, under 81 years of age, will
be awarded certificates of eligibility.
in the medical R. o. T. c. about 30
seniors will be commissioned in the
Medical Reserves on their gradu-
alton.
As a prelude to the exercises, the
university band will hold its annual
music festival tonight in the college
quadrangle for student body and
alumni. Joseph Eckenrode, student
president and director, will be in
charge.
At Thursdays exercises the Rev.
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rector of athletics, will reward 13
bandsmen with minor G certificates
and two with the band G letter.
rs Nurses to Graduate.
Thursday will be a busy day on
the Georgetown schedule. A con-
vocation will be held at 10 am. and
the graduation exercises for the
Georgetown Hospital School of
Nursing will be held at 4:30 pm. in
CASTOR Hall. The Very Rev. Arthur
A. OLeary, S. j., president of the
university, will address the 26 gradu-
ating nurses.
Tomorrow at the annual yard
elections new officers of the Stu
dents Council are to be chosen.
The retiring president is Thomas
F. Mullahey, jr., of Shanghai, China.
1t. Col Charles E. Rayens, pro-
fessor of military science and tactics,
will award prizes to the winners of
the spring competitions at Thurs
days r. o. T. c. program which
starts at pm. on the medical
school field. Before the exercises,
DR.. OLeary will entertain at
luncheon Gen. Grant and the
Georgetown military staff.
A feature of the program will be
the final review of the infantry
battalion in honor of Gen. Grant,
the president, deans and senior
cadet officers.
Many Prizes Donated.
Various veteran and civilian mill
tary organizations have donated
prizes for the following events:
The Reserve Officers Associa-
tio.l, District of Columbia Depart
ment. cup in the platoon COM
mandel competition.
The Military Order of the World
War. sets of officers insignia, in the
company competition.
The Civilian Military Educational
Fund cup in the individual
manual-of- competition, with
the Military Order of Foreign Wars
offering silver medal to the
"runnerup" in the competition.
The District Of Columbia Depart
ment. American Legion, an officers
wrist watch to the senior demon
strating the highest leadership
qualities.
The Knights of Columbus, Fourth
Degree Washington Assembly,
cup in the company commanders
competition.
Georgetown University is offering
cups to the honor cadet of each
of the four classes.
Academy on Encyclicals.
The academy on Thursday morn
ing in CASTOR Hall will be in honor
Of the 18th anniversary of Pope
Leo Kills encyclical dealing with
the condition of the working classes,
and the 10th anniversary of Pope
Plus XI'S encyclical giving it further
clariflcation.
Three members of the senior class
will be expositors, each of whom is
majoring in the department of
economics. They are George A.
Christy and Joseph A. Doyle, both
of Washington, and Philip A. Ryan
Of Wayne, Pa. The program is being
conducted in cooperation with the
Institute of Social Order, organized
In New York by Jesuits to propa-
gandize the doctrines enunciated
In the two encyclicalS.