Evening star., 1941-05-18
6. u. Commencement
Will Start June 6
For 500 Seniors
Rev. Thomas L. O'NeiII
Of New York to Preach
BuccuIuureute Sermon

BuccuIuureute Sermon
Some of the high lights Of the
142d annual commencement week
at Georgetown University, from
Friday, June 6, through Monday,
June 9, were announced yesterday
by the Very Rev. Arthur A. OLeary,
S. j.
Approximately 500 seniors in all
departments will take part in the
four days of festivities, feature of
which will be the traditional bac-
calaureate mass and sermon on
Sunday of commencement week.
The sermon will be preached by the
Rev. Thomas L. O'Neill, G. S. p, of
New York City at 10 o'clock in
Dahlgren Chapel on the campus.
Father ONeill, a graduate Of
Georgetown, received his A. B. de-
gree in 1899 and a Phi. D. degree in
1916. He is now with the Church
of st. Paul the Apostle in New York.
Beginning with an annual BAN
quet the evening of June 7 at the
Mayfower Hotel, the four days of
commencement will be crowded with
events. There will be the usual
mass for deceased alumni the morn
ing of June 8 at which the Rev.
John J. Kehoe, S. j., faculty mod
orator of athletics, will be the
celebrant.
Mullahey to Give Valedictory.
Thomas F. Mullahey, jr., of Shang-
hal, China, retiring president of the
Student Council and one of the out
standing campus leaders, will deliver
the seniors Cohonguroton Grafton
Sunday evening, June g. This is
the valedictory and features the
senior class day exercises, which
will be held in the college quad
rangle. 1t will be followed by the
Tropai program, at which honor
students in the various departments
will be awarded prizes. Mr.. Null
lahey is varsity debater and men,
ber of the Philodemic Society.
DR.. James S. Ruby, jr., national
alumni secretary, is in charge of
arrangements for the Mayfower
banquet, which will honor George
towns sons in the armed services of
the country. Prominent service Of
f1cials will be among the guests.
The few remaining men of the
classes of 1881 and 1891, who grad
uated so and so years ago, will be
honor guests of the university dur
ing the commencement, DR.. OLeary
announced. Most of them are law
alumni. Arrangements for the
alumni dinner are nearing compile
ton and reservations are now being
made. From all indications, it will
be one of the largest Georgetown
affairs in recent years.
Now that r. o. T. C.. activities
at the college and medical school
are ended, the Junior cadets are
looking forward to the summer
training camps conducted by the
Army.
22 Cadets to Go to Meade.
About % of the infantry cadets
will take the advanced course at
Fort George G. Meade, Md, from
June Is to July 25, while some 80
from the medical unit will attend
the Six-week encampment at
Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, Pa, dur
ing the same period. These men
will be eligible next year for COM
missions in the Reserve Corps, but
before they can qualify it is re-
quired that they complete the ad-
vanced courses.
The Georgetown men at Fort
Meade have always done well in the
annual competitions of the camp.
This year they have been through
a grinding course in handling not
only the rifle, but machine guns,
mortars and the 37-mm. gun. 1t.
Col. Charles E. Rayens, command
ant at the Hilltop, expects them to
make another good showing in the
competitions next month.
The annual campus elections will
take place this morning at 1O:3O
O'Clock in CASTOR Hall, with the
juniors, sophomores and freshmen
balloting for new officers of the
Yard. Resident foreign service stu
dents also are eligible to vote.
Presidential Candidates Chosen.
Two candidates, William v. Finn
OF Cincinnati, Ohio, and Dennis M.
Horan OF Chicago, we're chosen in
last Mondays primaries to contest
for the office of president. James
H. Shaefer of Fort Lauderdale, Fla,
and James McSherry of Frederick,
Md, are candidates for secretary.
The race for treasurer is between
Frank D. O'Grady of New Dorp,
N. Y, and Al c. Blozis of North
Bergen, N. j., Georgetown's cham
pion shotputter.
The presidency of the Yard is the
equivalent to heading the Students
Council.
Frank S. Waters of Chicago was
chosen editor in chief of the Hoya,
campus publication, last week by
the Senior Board of Editors in Sc
lecting the staff for the 1912
academic year. He succeeds Richard
E. McVoy, also of Chicago.
Other principal staff selections in
cluded Andrew j. Raskopf of Garden
City, N. Y, as assistant editor;
George H. Cain of Forest Hills,
N. Y, as university editor; Frank j.
Prlal of Brooklyn, N. Y, as sports
editor; John M. Rankin as business
manager for the third year, and
Albert j. Zaloom of Brooklyn, N. Y,
as Photographic editor.
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