Evening star., 1941-05-04
Students Competing
For Engineering
Award al {. U.
Three Washington Youths
Among Participants in
Orutoricul Contest

one from Providence, r. l., who
graduate this June in engineering
at Catholic University will compete
for the Engineers Club annual
award May Is in special ceremonies
in the dining hall of the university.
The four contestants who were
designated by DR.. A. J. Scullen.
dean of the school of engineering
and architecture, as the outstand-
ing students of this years gradual
ing class are Roland F. Poster, 1911
Seventh street NE: John F. Plum
kert, 706 Otis place NE. and Philip
Goldman, 1926 Eleventh street NV,
and Bernard j. OKeefe Of Provi-
dence.
This years competition will take
the form of an oratorical contest
with each of the four honor stu
dents presenting an original en-
gineering problem. A dinner. at
which the Engineers Club will be
host, will precede the presentation
of the award. which will be made
by the Most Rev. Joseph M Corri-
gan, ItclOI VI Illt uIilN6l SibN,
Winners Aiding Defense.
The past four winners of the
plaque are distinguishing them
selves as engineers, chiefly in
plants engaged in defense work.
Leo Fehlner, '37, the first winner,
who is now an assistant aeronauti-
cal engineer at Langley Field. Va,
has recently published two articles
on air flow. John Liccini, '38, is an
engineer with the Newport News
Ship Building Co., specializing now
in laying out the mechanical equip
ment in engine rooms of war and
merchant vessels. Richard E. Boss,
jr., 80, is an aeronautical engineer
with the Brewster Aeronautical
Corp. at Long Island City, working
on planes for the United States
and British governments. Charles
Kaman, 40, who won last years
plaque, is with the Hamilton Pro-
peller Co. of Hartford. He recently
was selected as the outstanding man
in a competition with entrants for
16 colleges.
With Bishop Corrigan presiding
the second public speaking contest
for students of the BaSSelin Founda-
ton of the university, will be held
Friday in Mcmahon Hall at 8 o'clock.
The contestants will include four
seminarians of the foundation, Leo
Coady and William Hill of the arch
diocese of Baltimore, Frank NC
Quade of the diocese of Harrisburg
and Donald Doyle of the diocese of
Oklahoma. Bishop Corrigan Will
present plaques to the two winners,
and all four participants will receive
certificates of merit.
Addresses Scheduled.
The event will include an address
on THE Basselin Foundation" by
John Witte of the diocese OF Fort
Wayne. The judges will include the
Right Rev. Eugene Connolly, pastor
of st. Peters Church; the Very Rev.
Lawrence J. Shehan, pastor OF st.
Patrick's Church, and the Rev. John
S. Spence, assistant pastor OF st.
Anthony's Church. Leo S. Schu-
macher of the Cleveland diocese, will
be chairman, with the Rev. John
Schultz, C. S. S. r., instructor in
religious eloquence, and the Rev.
Patrick j. O'connor, assistant pro-
fessor of sacred eloQuence, both
teachers in the Basselin Foundation,
in charge of general arrangements.
The Institute of Ibero-American
Studies of the university IS spon-
soring a lecture on Latin American
affairs Friday night by Charles Lyon
Chandler of Philadelphia, whose
subject will be Three Eras of Latin
American Policy"
The final conference of the pres
ent academic year of the Riccobono
Seminar of Roman Law of Catholic
University Law School will be held
in Mcmahon Hall Auditorium We'd
nesday evening. The program in
cludes a panel discussion on The
Impact of Roman Law Upon Ameri-
can Case Law" under the leadership
of Charles M. Neff of the Depart
ment of Justice, with Prof. Frederick
j. Desloovere of the New York
University Law School; DR.. Gerhart
Husserl of National University, and
Prof. Stephen G. Kuttner of Catho-
lie University, composing the panel
Legal Education Problems.
Some problems of Legal Educa-
ton" will be discussed by Prof.
Elliott E. Cheatham of Columbia
University Law School, who is the
new president of the Association of
American Law Schools. The con-
ference, which will be presided over
by the Rev. Michael Harding, o. F.
M, of the Holy Cross College, will
close with the presentation by DR..
Samuel Williston of Harvard Law
School, of honorary keys to the
three law students who recently
made the winning arguments in
the appellate court competition
Messrs. John j. Daunt, jr., of Allston,
Mass; Vincent r. Fitzpatrick OF
Waltham, Mass, and George S.
Elmore of Chevy Chase, Md. DR..
B. F. Brown, serbia of the Riccobono
Seminar of Roman Law, is directing
the arrangements.