Evening star., 1942-10-11
Georgetown Awards
Diplomas in Law
Tomorrow
Alumni Board to Meet
Saturday; Gold Moss
Planned Next Sunday

Planned Next Sunday
Major events on the Georgetown
University calendar this week in
clude school of law graduation
exercises tomorrow and the annual
Board meeting of the Georgetown
Alumni Association in connection
with Saturdays home coming pro-
gram.
arrangements also are being made
IN conjunction with the school OF
medicine for the solemn celebration
OF q gold mass next Sunday in
Dahlgren Chapel, on the campus, to
invoke divine assistance in behalf OF
medical alumni entering the armed
services. The Most Rev. Amleto
Giovanni Cicognani, apostolic dele
gate to the United States, will pom.
tlflcate at the mass which also hon
ors the feast day of st. Luke, the
patron saint of physicians.
The Very Rev. Arthur A. OTearv
5. j., president of the university
will confer diplomas at the fall con-
vocation of the law school at the
graduation exercises which will be
held at 5:45 pm. tomorrow in the
John Carroll auditorium. He will
also be principal speaker. Others
addressing the student body will be
the Rev. Francis E. Lucey. S. J..
regent, and Dean George E. Hamil-
ton.
Prizes to Be Awarded.
Academic prizes and awards for
class standing will be made at the
exercises to undergraduates on the
basis OF their work last year. The
graduating class, under the short
ened, accelerated schedule, includes
those seniors who completed work
toward degrees at the summer ses-
sions which closed a few weeks ago.
DR.. James S. Ruby, jr., executive
secretary, announced two important
points on the agenda for the meet
Ing of the Board of Governors of the
Alumni Association at 11:30 am.
Saturday in the Copley Lounge.
Plans will be considered for a Ma
tion-wide radio program in honor
OF the more than 1000 alumni in the
armed services. Another proposal
calls for the publication OF the
Georgetown War Record.
The Governors Board and alumni
officers will meet with the president
OF the university and later will be
his guests at the home coming game
with Auburn Saturday night in
Griffith Stadium. Owing to the war,
the usual program of home coming
dances has been dropped.
Martin Conboy OF the class of '9S,
former United States attorney for
the southern jurisdiction of New
York, is president of the Alumni
Association. Other officers include
Judge Michael L. Igoe of Chicago
and Daniel G. O'Conor of Dor
chester, Mass, vice presidents; Rob-
ert G. McCann of Washington, Sec
retary; DR.. Ruby. executive Sec
retary; Maj. John Saul of Washing
ton. treasurer, and the Rev. John
j. Kehoe, S. j., faculty representa-
tive.
The Governors Board is composed
of outstanding alumni from every
section. They are Charles H. Eng
hsh of Erie, Pa; 1t. Leo v. Klauberg,
U. S. N. r.. of New York City;
Thomas F.. Moriarity of Springfield,
Mass: Hughes Spalding of Atlanta,
Ca; Charles A. Perlitz, jr., of Hous-
ton, Tex; j. Harry La Brum of Phil
adelphia; DR.. Harry H. Hefferan of
Norwalk, Conn; Leo H. Mccormick
of Baltimore; John McQuade of
Lakewood, Ohio; Robert M Meehan
OF Bethesda, Md; Walter O. Briggs
of Detroit and Thomas A. Dean of
Chicago. Others include Thomas
A. Cantwell of Washington; Edwin
Lang Miller of Buffalo, N. Y; P. C..
Lauinger of Tulsa, Okla, and
Joseph A. Abb of Spokane, Wash.
Families Invited to Mass.
The president and directors of the
university, seeking divine protection
for the interests of the country now
at war, have extended invitations to
the. wives and families of medical
alumni and medical men in the Army
and Navy to attend Sundays gold
mass. 1t will be celebrated at 1O:3O
am, with DR.. OLeary as the assist
ant priest. The apostolic delegate, as
the pontiflcate. will be attended by
the Very Rev. Vincent Keelan. S. j..
vice provincial Of the Maryland New
York province of the Jesuit order,
and the Rev. Edmund A. Walsh,
s. j., vice president Of the university
and regent Of the school of foreign
service. They will be honorary
deacons OF the mass.
In addition to DR.. OLeary, the
other officers of the mass will in
clude the Rev. Charles A. Foley, S. j.,
deacon, and the Rev. Daniel O'C.
McFadden, S. =. subdeacon.
The sermon will be preached by
the Rev. Louis OLeary, o. p, pro-
fessor of homiletics, Catholic Uni
verSity of America.
The gold mass for physicians was
inaugurated at Georgetown last year
by the Rev. David v. McCauley, S. j..
regent and dean of the school of
medicine. At that time the country
faced critical situation threatening
war. The mass was attended bv
large numbers of alumni, manv of
whom are now engaged in actual
war. For this reason, the mass
assumes additional significance this
year.
With the college of arts and
sciences and the graduate school
opening last week, all departments
Of Georgetown University are now
IN full operation. Compulsory phys
ical training for the college and
foreign service students already has
started in accordance with plans
for cooperating with the Army and
Navy.
-Four Of {. U. Faculty
Will Address Alumni