Evening star., 1942-03-29
Georgetown Will Omit
Military Day Services
Due 10 Shorter Term
Pressure on R. O. T. c.
Another Factor in
Excision of Fete

Georgetown University will omit
its annual military day exercises
this spring. hitherto a spectacular
attraction of the pre-commencement
season. because of the shortened
academic term and desire to inter-
rupt as little as possible the regular
routine of the r. o. T. C. depart
ment.
Senior cadets who have completed
the advanced military course will be
awarded commissions as second lieu
tenants in the Army Reserve Corps
at the May commencement eXer-
cises. Since the military course has
been somewhat shortened, the COL
lege authorities decided it was best
to eliminate the spring competitions.
Time Saving Deciding Factor.
Two years age the university
abandoned its usual founders day
celebration on March Is because of
the outbreak of the war and the start
Of the American rearmament pro-
gram. With the r. o. T. c. cadets
now undergoing intensive practical
training preparatory to active mill
tary service which most of the cadets
will enter after graduation, it was
felt that no time should be lost on
parade ground" stuff. The military
day exercises always were climaXed
by the presentation of silver cups
won in the various competitions and
battalion review in honor of some
visiting general. 1t Is possible that
brief and informal ceremony may be
substituted. but in any event the
elaborate exercises of former years
are definitely out.
Georgetown will send three stu
dents to New Rochelle IN. ~ College
on April 9 for a conference on inter-
national relations which will be at
tended by students from nearly 100
colleges in the East and Middle West.
George H. Cain, president of the
Georgetown International Relations
Club. will head the delegation. The
others are Thomas H. Reilly and
John G. Gent.
The New Rochelle conference is a
joint session of the Catholic Student
Peace Federation and the Commits
sions on International Relations of
the National Federation of Catholic
College Students. Mr.. Cain will
present a paper at the openeing ses-
sion on "A New Crossroads for Civil
ization"
The Catholic Association for Inter-
national Peace. of which the Student
Peace Federations are members, will
hold its meeting in New York on
April and T. The same delegation
of Georgetown students will attend
this session.
Easter Vacation April 1.
The Easter vacation will start
Wednesday and continue through
April 7. Students pleas for longer
period went unheeded, due again to
the shortened academic term. One
of the first events after the holidays
will be the freshmen's tea dance the
afternoon of April 18 in the Victory
room of the Roosevelt Hotel. Thomas
Costello. class president. is in charge
The Philodemic Society is con-
tinuing to add to its list of debate
victories. Last week the University
OF Virginia lost to Edward Gala
han and Paul Hilsdale. Another
team consisting of Wilbur " Finn
and Robert Neu debated with Rhode
Island State University. 1t was a
so-called "no-decision" debate but
the Virginia contest was decided by
a board of judges unanimously in
favor of Georgetown.
Dr. Edmund A. Walsh, S. j., will
omit his usual weekly lecture on the
war on April 8 because Good Friday
falls on that date.