Evening star., 1941-02-09
6. u. Graduate School
Offers Fe||oWships
And Scholarships
Rev. Edmund A. WoIsh
Will Begin Lecture
Series on Friday

Seven fellowships and a limited
number of scholarships in the grad
uate school Of Georgetown Uni
versity are being offered for the
1912 academic year, according to
an announcement last night by the
Rev. Edward c. Phillips, S. j., dean
of graduate studies.
The fellowships will be distributed
among the departments Of bio
chemistry, economics, history and
mathematics, to properly qualified
men holding a bachelors degree
from recognized colleges and uni
versities. The carry stipends rang
ing from $500 to $500, in addition to
exemption from the $500 tuition be-
ginning next September. Other reg
ular fees, however, are not ex-
empted.
Graduate fellows will be required
to give part-time assistance in their
respective departments.
Scholarships Provided.
The graduate school will provide a
number of scholarships for qualified
students in the departments OF
physics and political science IN ad-
dition to the department mentioned
in connection with the fellowships.
Appointees will be required to give
limited service. of non-teaching
character. consisting chiefly In
part-time supervision OF the depart
mental libraries. The scholarships
do not carry any exemption from
tuition or other fees but will have
values ranging from 5000 to $500.
All appointments are for one year
with possibility of renewal. it was
announced Applications should be
filed with the dean of the graduate
school preferably before March !,
and not later than March IS. APP
pointments will be announced on or
before April IS.
The annual series of public lee
lures bv the Rev Edmund A. Walsh
S. j., regent of the foreign service
school, begin Friday evening at $50
o'clock in Memorial Continental
Hall. This year the series deals
with Democracy and the World
Revolution"
Dr.. Walsh has worked out a novel
prologue 70 his first lecture and
holders of tickets have been re-
quested to observe the opening hour
punctually. There will be black
out" in the hall during a narrative
of events from Munich to the in
vasicn of Poland. with recordings of
the voices of Hitler. Chamberlain,
Dala dier and other leaders.
Tryout for Debaters.
Georgetown is hoping to uphold
its intercollegiate debate record
again this season. Tryouts are be-
ing held for the varsity team. chosen
from the best debaters in the Fhil-
cdemic Society. At this writing. the
Rev. John J. Toohey, S. j., mod
orator and coach, had not made the
final selections nor had he an
nounced the intercollegiate schedule
He believed the schedule would be
ready in another week. During the
more than 25 years that Father
Toohey has coached Georgetown
teams few contests have been lost
The Glee Club, under the direc-
.tion of DR.. Edward P. Donovan
opened its concert season last Friday
evening at Immaculate Junior Col
lege. An entirely new repertoire of
songs featured the program. Each
week the Georgetown Gleemen will
be the guests at one of the girls
schools in and near Washington.
The Rev. John E. Grattan, S. j.,
dean of the college and arts and
sciences, expects that the first Sc
mester marks will be ready for
awarding something this week Ex-
ercises will be held in CASTOR Hall
at which the president of the uni
versity, the Very Rev Arthur A.
OLeary, S. j., will address the STU
dent body.