VOL. I GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, WASHING'! ON. D. C, FEBRUARY 12, 1920 No 5 BRADLEY LEADING DEFINITE ACTION ON REVIVING EXTRA HOLIDAY IN SENIOR CLASS CREW TO BE TAKEN IMMEDIATELY GOES TO SENIORS California Student Makes Re- Question of Putting a Crew on the River Squarely Up to Student Reward Promised for Best Show- markable Showing for Body—Athletic Management and Faculty Director Enthusiastic ing in Mid-Years Copped First Semester. Over Project But State Necessity of Undergraduates Taking the Off by Upper Clat-s. Affair Entirely In Their Own Hands—Big Meeting Soon to Dis- They tell us that success is the bride cuss Question. The headlines tell the story. The of endeavor. In the present case a Class of Nineteen-twenty is the best class in the college, the most industrious young Lochinvar has come out of the Whether or not rowing is to be re- done little fall work on the water, and west and carried off the bride. He and the most intellectual. vived at Georgetown is now squarely were just now starting work on the in- \\ hen the faculty offered an extra (lashed right through a small army of and absolutely up to the students of the door rowing machines. Those in charge obstacles and wrested the reward from holiday to the class which would make college department. The one thing of athletics at Georgetown feel that this the best collective showing in the mid- as determined a body of defenders as needed to place a crew on the Potomac is the one time to successfully revive Georgetown's faculty could muster. It is year exams., a few of the wise ones in by the time desired, March 1, is money, rowing here. It is a period of recon- every class ventured to predict that their the inevitable triumph of brains coupled struction everywhere, and nowhere else with the determination to work and win. not a great deal, but more than the particular class would have no trouble athletic management thinks can be has it been felt or is it more evident n the contest. But some who were spared from the A. A. treasury right than in the colleges of the country. In- wiser kept their eyes on the Seniors, now. THE HOYA has looked into the stitutions that have done nothing with realizing that in that class lay the real matter and finds that this claim of lack rowing since the United States declared contenders for scholastic honors. And of money is an honest one. If the war are now resuming the sport. Every- the Seniors came through in a highly Blue and Gray pennant is to be one of where crews are being placed on the satisfactory manner. The brightest those floating at the Poughkeepsie Re- water. The sport is booming. For these minds of the class proceeded to boost gatta, at the American Henley and other reasons the athletic management at their averages sky-high. And the tail- rowing classics it seems that it is up to Georgetown wish to start a crew now enders came to life and became tail- the student body to put it there by sup- without delaying even until next year. enders no longer. So that with an aver- plying the money, and supplying it in The editors of THE HOYA and many age, not for the exams, alone, but for short order. of the undergraduate body whom they the entire first term, of nearly 80 per Because the sentiment of the men on have consulted have been keeping their cent, the Seniors had no difficulty in de- the Hilltop has always been to shove ears "close to the ground," and aside feating their nearest rivals, the Juniors, Georgetown ahead in every branch of from a few doubtful ones who are al- and enjoying the taste of victory, which sport, it is the opinion of THE HOYA ways slow in supporting things, every- has become very sweet in their mouths. that they will back rowing, and start body in the University seems to be So they get the holiday, men. You the sport without a drain upon the ath- strongly behind the project of reviving can't laugh that off. Let it be a lesson letic treasury. the sport that once carried Georgetown's to you, whenever you feel tempted to name far and wide. To this end, THE HOYA urges the leave everything to luck. Merit wins ; The thing has been started, the shells opening of a campaign to raise $4,000, you can't keep good men down, and the His name is John Bradley, John I. have been secured, a boathouse is ready, which sum will not only enable the Seniors have come into their own. Bradley, of California. And his deed a is waiting. THE HOYA can do They are allowed to choose for them- has been nothing less than that of hang- University to have a crew on the Poto- no more. The issue is squarely up to mac as soon as weather conditions per- selves the date of this holiday they have ing up a new record for work in the the men here at the college. The fac- mit, but will put the sport on a solid won. It will probably be saved until the Senior year. From September until the ulty director of athletics, a man who, financial basis for future years. Senior week-end, which will come short- end of January this youthful prodigy from his wide experience, is a keen ly after Easter and will be the social corralled 1,947 points out of a possible From the date of this issue until the judge on the question, deems that a required sum is raised the progress of event of the generation. 2000, for an average of 97 per cent and crew would be .1 wonderful thing for better. And in his major subjects— the drive could be noted in the columns Georgetown. Last evening he acquainted of THE HOYA with a list of the con- metaphysics and ethics—be worked the a HOYA representative with the impos- faculty for 1,383 points out of a possible tributors published weekly. Some of the alumni have been com- sihilitj of the A. A. for the present at 1,400, which you can see at a glance least supplying the money. He was en- CLOSE OF CONTEST DELAYED municated with and they are ready to gives him an average of 98.7 per cent. thusiastically in accord, however, with give their aid if they have evidence Owing to the pressure of the mid- Which may lead many to remark that the idea of raising the money by popu- years, the Journal has decided to put oil" John is a boy of no mean intelligence, mat trie ui ite body .•ire behind lar subscription from the student body. the scheme whole-heartedly. Ten dol- the close of the verse contest which ran and then some. The athletic management stated last hrough the month of January until the Since we are dealing with figures, it lars from each man on the Hilltop would evening also that everyone in authority put the "Crew Drive" over the top. and nd of February. This will give main may not be amiss here to state that John at Georgetown approved of the attempt who desired to participate an opportunity is only 19 years of age—a rather preco- with the co-operation that is sure to come from an aroused alumni there will to start a crew here. The management to do so now that they are free from cious lad, to say the least. He was born also promised to take an active interest 'he high pressure attendant upon the in Jerome, Arizona, that many years ago, be plenty of money to provide for a sterling crew here. in the project to place rowing on a par i xaminations. Many good poems were and hasn't wasted one of those years yet. with other sports, and seemed certain submitted and many that were not so His parents carried him to California to After the first announcement last week that, once the students had given the good. But none submitted were so good rive him more room to grow in, and of the probability of a crew there were ball a push by small contributions, means that they have a stranglehold on the John went to high school in Anaheim a few skeptical ones, who did not go would be found to keep the water sport prizes. —the Anaheim Union High School. into the matter thoroughly and without flourishing. So there is still plenty of time to enter which is to be congratulated both for knowing of the generous offers of the According to the faculty director of your verse and try for the cash awards having such :i distinguished alumnus, Washington boat clubs in the matter of that will be the portion of the winners quarters, shells and so forth, expressed athletics, there will be a meeting of the and tor the excellence of the training student body in the interest of the Ath- in the contest. There is a first prize of they seem to hand out there. Upon his the opinion that the expense of rowing ten dollars in gold and a second prize would run above $10,000 a year. This letic Association within a short time. graduation he entered the Jesuit Uni- At this meeting the question of having a of live dollars in gold for the best verse versity of Santa Clara, where he spent is far from the truth. As it is. no submitted before March 1. The only re- shells will have to be purchased. They crew will be brought to the attention of two years. Then across the continent to the men. and a lively campaign to raise strictions as to the kind of verse re- Georgetown and the Class of Nineteen- ;in ready to be placed on the water the funds should be started. quired is that the verse submitted should twenty! moment the men of the college say that meet a minimum of six lines in length. He was considered a bit of a shark they will back the sport. There is none The question of having a crew here at All entries should be signed with a nom in Junior philosophy last year, if our of the expense that the building of a Georgetown is such a big issue and be- de plume of the writer, and accompa- memory serves us aright. But this year ousc would entail. The boathouse cause in the opinion of those most in- nied by a sealed envelope containing both he has rather outdone himself. And he is ready, ready at whatever time the terested in the University rowing will do the nom de plume and the writer's real does it all so easily. He works, of Georgetown crew wishes to occpy it. so much for the institution, it is neces- name. course, and of course works more than The faculty director of athletics last sary that the student body get solidly in the rest of us—curses on our lazy bones ! night answered another objection that back of the thing to make it a success. But whereas, if we were to put forth some of the men have brought up in Last week's issue of THE HOYA, with A man in Somerville Mass., deserted the effort needed to drag down the regard to the so-called "lateness" of the the story of the reviving of rowing at his bride at the altar. What would a marks he gets we would shortly be sent season. He stated that such a promi- Georgetown, has circulated among the man with nerve like that do at a useful Continued on page 6 nent and strong crew as Columbia had Continued an puie 6 occupation? ! ********* mmBmnmmSKBBm

THE H O Y A POETRY BIG DEBATE OF YEAR STUDENTS TO COMPETE (By THE HOVA Pedant.) NEXT SUNDAY EVENING FOR TRIP ABROAD It is only on account of lack of space and not due to any limitations in the Annual Contest for Merrick Money Prizes and Scholarships to :• that this excellent essay will treat Medal Starts Promptly at be Awarded by School of only of that phase of poetry which be- 8:15 in Gaston Hall. Foreign Service. wilders—or may we not say, excites a Father Storck, who lias been ill for At a general assembly of the School latent curiosity in—a contetnplator of the The Merrick Debate on the Japanese the past month or so, is now resting up question will take place in Gaston Hall of Foreign Service held Monday- in Baltimore and will not resume his subject. It is verse form. next Sunday evening, February the 15th, evening, February 9 at the beginning chemistry classes for a few weeks at Many erroneously suppose that the at 8:15 p.m. The subject reads: "Re- of the second term, the Regent of the least. Mr. Langguth, however, has various kinds of rhythm and the divers solved, That the amendment to the Im- taken over the absent professor's class migration Bill as proposed by Senator school, Rev. Edmund A. W alsn, an- j i i mid-year test which schemes of rhyme were invented to en- gnd tng nev taD e Phelan regarding the expulsion of the d series of prizes to be i been successfully eluded thus far able poets to avoid sameness in verse. nounce a las so Japanese be adopted" Robert Riley . fa Schoo, of Foreign win take place on next Tuesday As a matter of erudition, let me state 20, and James C. McCann, 20, will speak in favor of adoption, while Service. Heading the list was the an- that the inventors had no such pur- Mr. Rafael Rivera, of Law, '12, Dis- pose. Theirs was the aim of the puzzle Thomas Dean, 'SO, and Paul Page, '21. nouncement of a prize in the shape of will present the negative side. trict Attorney of Porto Rico, has re- .enter; namely, to give the problem- one years sojourn in Europe, or in a cently been appointed president of the The Merrick Medal, which will be Latin-American country, or, if deemed : olving faculties of man a chance to de- conferred upon the best speaker of the Mediation and Conciliation ■ Committee velop. Thus the inventor of the "ly- evening, is the greatest distinction that advisable in any other quarter of the by the Governor of the Island. likelle" (a form seldom used) set down the College awards for debating. The globe for the purpose of studying eco- these rules: "The ninth stanza shall medal itself, which, according to the nomic conditions. This traveling schol- Dr. Abram Flexner, who is in charge be twenty lines in length, of which the 11 of Judge Merrick, is always struck third and fifth lines, which must in- arship will be awarded to the student of the distributing of Hie John D. Rocke- in the mint at Philadelphia, is an ex feller $100,000,000 gift to science, made variably be anapest acatalectic, shall who receives the highest general aver- quisiteusite piece of workmanshipworkmansnrp. wno receives uic uiB..«.. s»"- -'" a persona] survey of the Medical School rhyme alternately except when the third Toward the end of each year the during his two years in the School ; company with several other last word begins with x, in which case age ]ast weck n Philodemic Society elects two men who of Foreign Service. It is contemplated inspectors of the Rockefeller Institute. the sixth to the last lines shall be in their opinion have excelled in debat- trochee hypermeter with a repetition of that the first scholarship will be The Medical School has requested an en- ing throughout the year, and the fol- . . . , lno1 dowment from the fund, and it was to the last half of the first line in the lowing September two more debaters awarded in June, 1921. judge the meHts o{ th;s request that the fourth, twelfth and thirteenth couplet." and two alternates are elected by the The student winning the scholarship ; p j made. The visitors Among the more familiar species we ns ect on was Society to complete the teams. It is a will leave the United States in Septem- seemed very favorably impressed with find the Villonelle, discovered some fact that the men who have received years ago by our soldiers in Mexico ber and spend the following year in the work of the medical men but as the Merrick Medal in previous years vet no official announcement has been where, in nearly every settlement, they have always distinguished themselves economic research m a given held. All made. beard the church chimes tolling a Villa in oratory after they have left school. his expenses will be paid out of the knell. Familiar, too, are Rondeau and scholarship funds. He will be required his sister, Rondelle, who have little in to send periodic reports back to the The Reverend Henry J. Shandelle, common except that they are sometimes school and on. his return to the United formerly lecturer emeritus of literature given as English exercises by professors COLUMBIA DEBATE TEAM States he will submit a report of not m the graduate school has been m the wiio want to harass their pupils. less than 10,000 words, which will be Georgetown Hospital for a few da,, with a slight cold. Fr. Shandelle, at But who can expand enough on the CHOSEN BY COMPETITION published. virtues of the triolet? Its very name It is contemplated that eventually five present in charge of the Riggs Library, is a beloved figure among the student lends itself as subject-matter. Thus: Georgetown Will Uphold Nega- such scholarships will be awarded each 1 am penning a triolet, year and the first of these is now avail- body, and will very likely be seen again Don't interfere! tive of Question on Plumb able. The value of each scholarship is at the college within a few days. I am penning a triolet Railroad Bill. estimated at more than $1,000.00. The In my cabriolet (poetic licentiousness) donor of the first scholarship desires for Carl Bueche, ex '13, Lieut. U. S. N., Sniffing a violet— William J. Cullinan, John J. Darby, the present to remain unknown has recently been assigned to the Naval Shedding a tear. The Regent also announced a faculty Medical School as an instructor, I am penning a triolet, Jr., and Edward J. Callahan, of the Law School, with John J. Jacobs, of the prize of $150.00 to be awarded in June, _____ Don't interfere! r92<>. for the two best essays on a sub- It makes rather difficult reading, but College, as alternate, will represent u Q A Q Georgetown in the coming debate with ject dealing with The Promotion of the ^ £ ^J'^ {rQm France ^ ;-, easy to write, for when you have Columbia. The trials were held last Foreign Trade of the Urn el Sates ^ ._ - thought of two lines, you have thought di a month s Thursday evening and were open to all The first prize will be $100.0!) and the )eaye ;n Washin„ton, of five. Next comes the ballad, whose men of the University, the subject of second prize, $50.00. 1 he subject tor most famous example is the "Ballad of the evening's discussion being: "That the essay will be announced on Febru- Chevy Chase." It's all about some it is to the best interests of the United ary Kith, and the papers must be in the Great progress is being made down young fellow who took a young lady out States that the bulk of its citizens hands of the examiners on May 1st. at the Dental School m the preparation to Chevy Chase for dinner and a dance should remain each faithful to the po- A third prize was announced in the of the 'Domesday Booke. Wilson t. and found he only had two dollars. litical party in which he was born." shape of scholarships for summer work Conran, historian of the Senior Uass, is But read it yourself, it's very good. In spite of the fact that the subject was at the National City Bank, New York, supervising the dental section of the Then there is the French form of the announced only a very short time be- N. V. This great banking institution book, and reports great success both in ballad with an added "e." The ballade fore the men were to speak, all spoke with its many ramifications will take support and subscription. is SO easy to write because it only has three rhymes to be thought of for its exceptionally well. Besides the winners, the successful candidates into their em- whole expanse of twenty-eight lines. Mr. Snelling, of the Law School; ploy during the summer months and It is with great pleasure that we learn Think how much nicer that is than to Thomas A. Dean, Joseph A. McGowan, train them for international banking that Professor William Leahy will soon have to think up a separate rhyme for Paul D. Page and Arthur Hirst spoke, paying them at the same time salaries he able to resume his teaching at the every Hue as the Vers l.ibrists do. The debate with Columbia, which will of $100.00 per month. The candidates I,aw School. Mr. Leahy, considered the But let us not forget the quatrain, take place i.i Gaston Hall on the evening then return to the Universitv for the most popular instructor in the school, which has been honored by being the of March'14th. will be upon the fob completion of their training and go back has been confined to his home since the vehicle of Omar Khayaam's Rhubaiyaat. lowing question, of which Georgetown to the bank the following summer at an first of the school year with serious If you like parodies, parody the Rhu- will uphold the negative side: "That increase of salary. This takes place for illness. baiyaat. Anyone who sees your work, the Plumb Plan be adopted as the solu- three years, giving the student both the then, will recognize the verse form at tion of the Railway problem." This theory and practice of international least and will be able to make a good timely and interesting subject when dis- banking. At the end of combined course On the night of February 12 there guess at what you are trying to parody. cussed by the best debaters of George- at the University and bank, the students will be a big historical pageant held at town and Columbia Universities will he are taken into the National Citv Hank the Willard, and the college will be well one of the besl debates of the year. and assigned to foreign posts. The L'ni- represented in the distinguished cast, The men who will represent George- versity will make nominations not later Six of the students will exercise their town have all had experience in inter- than March 15th. histrionic abilities in a scene commemo- collegiate debating for the past three rating the advent of the Franciscans, the or four years and so are no novices in first missionaries to bring Christianity the art. NEW ENGLAND ALUMNI t° California. The sextet, consisting of John Dezell, Joseph Greenlaw, Basil The New England members of the McCormick. Joseph O'Connell, John Georgetown Alumni Association will Prendergast and Simon Rourke. have re- hold high festival at Boston, on Febru- hearsed together a few times and have ary It. when a banquet will be given at acquitted themselves as true Thespians. the Hotel P.ellevue. The President of Patronize Our Advertisers the Association, Mr. Charles McCarthy. For example : is expecting a large attendance. George H. O'Connor, the singer, has And Bacchus' lips are lockt ; hut hear presented the school with two photo- the chant, graphs of the college, taken by Army In rasping, nasal tones, of: "Don't!— STUDENT COUNCIL ACHIEVES aviators from a height of about 3,000 You can't!— Mention THE HOYA feet on the day of the Pershing parade. You shan't!" when Pussyfoot to Eng- At the request of the Student Council In the opinion of President Creeden. land cries; the President has granted that in future they are the finest photographs ever That ruddy nose of hers to bleach with absence from class will only be punish- taken of the college. They will be pub- rant. able by a loss of academic credits. lished in a future issue of the Journal. THE HO Y A ALUMNI

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THE HOUND OF THE BASKER- the Porous Plaster's Last Ride," proved RESTAURANT FOR MEN VILLES. too much for Ima. They wept bitterly— oh, they cried and cried. The air that (With Apologies to A. Cunning Doily.) had been so dry before was humid with It was a cold, crisp night in the the tears of Ima Sponge. The great Grand Canon of the Promonado. The coach of many parlor teams and sofa THE LAST LAP successes was licked at last. How she hair-cut poles had ceased to shimmy. did cry! And when at this juncture the Even the air was dry. Suddenly with- Robust Locust Quartet sang softly out warning the swinging doors opened "The Trail of the Lonesome Wine," and from out the depth of O'Donnell's those who had been successfully tread- Sloan's Liniment Den emerged a canine ing water for hours drowned immedi- pup. He was a temperamental mongrel ately. of volcanic complexion, and hard lard And so I warn you all, hounds that on his locks. He was neither high nor be, whether of the night-hunting variety low, but he was game. His oyster-like or merely twilight pups: Beware of the orbs strained their lids apart as he peri- Woman Who Weeps. scoped the streamline fusilage of Ima, Them that crawls like spaghetti on a the Irresistible Sponge. hot plate is crazy, but them that has the The convention of bumps on the filmy orbs—watch out!!! 'idge of our hero's neck continued rosy, but with vaselinic ease he steered her to the cave of sighs, where the be- FRESH WATER TIPS. whiskered catfish swims unknowingly Glover's mange cure has gone up two with the stingeries and sharks, where dollars a quart. the platinum feathered bluebirds flutter with the local vultures. Four-leaf clovers may bring good The souls fight their way to the salad luck, but four roses under one label tub and dive in. regardless of the sharp bring joy forever—while they last. Sea Food and Shore Dinners a Specialty asparagus tips. "All hands to the edges while the toothpick has its last wrestle Many men are millionaires in the par- with the elusive olive I" lor, but beggars in the cellar. Then from the jungle of jazz comes 1341 F STREET, NORTHWEST the winsome warble of leather over the "Still—Water" run deep—you tell 'em polished parkette. On with the dance! they do! Throwing her arms around his bar- nacled back, the salad diver's partner Wanted—A handkerchief scented with closed with her antagonist. Masterfully Manhattan. he swung her into the rhythm of the famous Neolin Scamper Dance. But Has anyone discovered the other three the music of the "Scrape and Scrub, or uses for Three-in-One Oil??? THE H O Y A

digestion, this! But when in addition really feel that the President of the DISSOCIATED NEWS they persist in drowning out all conver- Yard belongs out there at the head of sation in our battered telephone booths, the student body. And we hope he By R. F. C. it's about time that someone told these doesn't feel any qualms of stage-fright brazen-throated misfits where they got about it; the college expects him, needs Philadelphia is having a hard time oft. We can do his nicely and in a few him out there, and his megaphone will with the situation. Connie add a great deal to the spirit of the Published Weekly at wO~di. name'", that as harmonizers they Mack wants more players, the players occasion. GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY. would make excellent fishmongers. want more money, the fans want more baseball, and the magnates want more Washington, D. C. DEBATING. fans. TELEPHONES AND MEGA- . .$2.00 per year. Debating is being greatly encouraged Subscription. PHONES. at Georgetown. On last Thursday night The Frenchmen are more enthuiastic over baseball than the "Philly" rooters. There is reference in the previous the Senior and Junior Debating Socie- Editor-in-Chief ties of the Law School held the try-outs In fact, the "parlez-vous" boys are editorial to our battered telephone eagerly waiting another war so as to get JOSEPH R. MICKLER, JR., '20. booths. The reference is timely. The for the third prize debate of the year, which will be held on March 4, 1920. a few more pointers on the national Managing Editor booths have gradually been going to pastime. pieces, but since anything connected with The successful contestants in the Senior LEO J. CASEY, '21. the telephone companies is subject to society were T. Austin Gavin and Business . delay, nothing has been said about it. Charles E. Pendleton, with Thomas Cul- The difference between the French- JOSEPH J. GKEENLAW, '20. Talk wouldn't help, anyway. The mills len as alternate, while their opponents men and the "slow city" fans lies in of the telephone gods grind slowly these from the Junior society are Samuel L. the fact that the "frogs" are just learn- Advertising Manager (lays. So the booths have fallen into Miller and W. P. Honnicutt, with ing the game and the "cellar watchers" BERNARD L. GROVE, '21. ruins, windows and doors are gone, George Renehan as alternate. have forgotten all they knew about it in Circulation Manager. there is no privacy in them. The hardy It was a pleasure to hear of the let- the last four years. ALBERT D. LEARY, '22. frosh, putting in his nightly call for ters received by Mr. Callahan and Mr. Trinity, has had to run a gauntlet of Snelling, of the Law School, from Sena- Pat Moran is having a hard time Asst. Circulation Manager purient ears. But he could still put in tor Josiah O. Wolcott of Delaware, in signing the "Reds" up. rie is afraid most EUGENE P. MCCAHILL, Law, '22. his call, for though his privacy was which was expressed the Senator's ap- of them have been deported. It always preciation of the work done by the two Staff Artist tone, the telephone, praises be, was not. has been thus, first in the race, last in And then something happened. A students at the last prize debate. The the fold. ALFRED D. REID, '21. member of the Junior class who is also Senator assured the two students that . Issociate Editors a prominent vocalist, went in to the although they had received no prizes their work was greatly commended by Brooklyn players have been granted a EDGAR J. MONGAN, '20. booth to sing his siren song to some un- the entire board of judges. His letters fat increase in salary. At any rate, it EDWARD MACK, '20. known and equally unfortunate person, being letters of inspiration, he went on can't be as fat as their manager. Pres. JOSEPH L. HURLEY, Law, '20. and the telephone has not been the same to cite the ease of a relative of his who Ebbits will declare a lot of new holidays GLENN Y. GOETZ, '21. since. We would like to be able to tell had proved a failure in public speaking to make up the difference. July first CHARLES F. REGAN, '21. you, in support of the first editorial on even after entering his chosen profes- will be a new Memorial Day. JOHN J. LARKIN, JR., '21. this page, that this person put the tele- phone out of commission by his voice sion, but by great perseverance, finally Reporters alone. We would like to say that his rose to a leading position in his State. Life is just one king after ANDREW J. SHERIDAN, '£ roaring tenor caused the harassed in- Yes, debating is thereby being greatly another for the Yankees. With Baker JAMES P. MCGUIRE, '2:;. strument to turn up its toes and give up encouraged, and it was certainly unfor- quitting the game, Babe Ruth will take BRIAN J. DUCEY, '2a. the ghost. But however capable of it his tunate that the competitive trials for the up the job of swatting the fly. No one ARTHUR F. LYNCH, '22 voice might have been, it was spared Columbia debate were held under the can blame the Trappe farmer for retir- DONAID E. MCGUIRE, '2: the opportunity by the actions of the circumstances that prevailed. Although ing. A peck of potatoes brings in as JOHN F. DAILEY young man himself. He had discovered, mrroun led by the importance of the much money these days as a month of as such persons will, that a good hearty oming debate, the try-outs were held on ball playing. rap on the money box of the instru- a night that had been announced in THE ment would take the place of the usual HOYA of the previous week as the occa- The St. Louis Nationals promise a SWEET ADELINE! coin, and not being faint-hearted about sion for the try-outs at the Law School great season, but so did leap year. The anvthing, he carried a life-sized brick for the third prize debate. As the com- Cards have no greater aumonty tna.i We suppose no one has told those into the booth. When the honeyed ing debate is to be one of a university Connie Mack to inform them that the howling dervishes who nightly hold voice of tne operator chanted those fa- nature, it was distressing that but a road to the cellar is paved with good forth in the neighborhood of the tele- mous words, "Di op in a nickel, please," 24-hour notice was given the law stu- intentions. phones how very unacceptable their the hero of this story hauled off and dents that they might make arrange- close harmdnies are become to the rest delivered the blow which administered ments to be present at the Hilltop for of the school. This privilege therefore the trials. And it was more unfortunate Speaking of baseball reminds us that the quietus to the helpless instrument. the track season is in full swing. Trin- has fallen to THE HOYA, which glories that a better publication of the an- You know the rest. If you have been ity has a fair looking team. Practically in the privilege of dispelling the last lin- in that particular booth you have seen announcement was not made at the Law the whole school turns out and does a gering doubt in the matter. the stricken-phone, with its entrails School. Yes, the Columbia try-out was few laps on F St. twice a week. In the first place, this particular crew trailing and its usefulness gone forever. a monkey-wrench in the machinery of of close harmonizers—they are much too And you have thought and said every- the debating progress at Georgetown, close, by the way—this particular crew thing that needs to be thought and said but it ri expected that more considera- National Park isn't shaping up so well is rotten, and we have no hesitancy in about the matter. Are you as surprised tion will be shown the law students in this year. saying so. None of them can sing, and as we are that such an act of vandalism the future. It is suggested that such none of them will ever be able to sing. should occur at Georgetown ? affairs be given a week's notice in the The foreign service school in Alaska And that settles that. If they showed future, that a judge be chosen from the has a bunch of fine runners, but they any talent; if they gave even the faint- department of public speaking at the are all on sleds. They may slide into est promise of ever mastering their art, As we are privileged to suppose that School of Law, and that more attention fast company yet. (here might be—and that "might" is very everyone has at some time or other at- be paid to the competitive side of a try- weak—there might be some slight ex- tended a basket-ball eamc this season, out. —J. L. H. But to be serious for a minute, isn't cuse for them. But aside from a few there is no need to discuss conditions Prohibition terrible ? callow Freshmen who have been dazzled there. It is not an unknown fact that by the ''artists'" athletic reputations, visiting teams are treated with scant The star spangled banner may be the there are none who will admit that courtesy. Jumbles national anthem, but it is hard pressed by the "Alcoholic Blues." People don't these gentry have even a latent talent We do not believe that this is due to By Aimless Arthur. for their calling. But simply because anything wrong in the makeup of rise when it is played for the simple these few Freshmen, who should know Georgetown men. THE HOYA holds to reason that they can't stand thinking belter but don't, continually applaud, Ye the theory that the trouble lies with the whats it all about last week after i put about it. Quartet howls and howls and howls, like lack of organized cheering during the the books back in camphor for three sick dogs baying the moon. basket-ball season. It is a first prin- months i felt like i wanted a change of Another week or two and the annual To our minds, the greatest bane of the cip1e of mob psychology that a crowd scenery so i buttoned Up m> trunk got quoit throwing contest between the po- average college man's life is this addic- will act as a crowd in a manner differ- measured for a car ticket and went down lice and lire departments will take place. tion of a very few to the pernicious ent from that in which the individuals of to rale the male washington-americans If the smoke-caters can ring the iron habit of harmonizing whenever two or that crowd would act alone. The crowd who take f street seriously and in one spike as often as they ring the bells, three of their kind assemble and meet that attends the basket-ball games as- lap i was through as they are the same they ought to come out on top. But together. Fortunately, it is only a few, sumes the proportions of an unorganized as always and as hard on the eyes and then the police have copped many an un- and this is easily explained. The only mob. and cannot be blamed for acting with the same outfielders haircuts and as expected prize before. requisites for a college quartet are accordingly. i said i was through and started to leather lungs and addled brains, and re- In this connection : WHERE IS THE walk back to the country club but my You can lead a horse to water, but gardless of what many may say. this PRESIDENT OF THE YARD? conscience picked me off and to do a you have to drive a tank. Combination is not universal among col- It has long been our opinion—correct little penance i decided to wait for a car lege men. Only a lew have it, but these us if we are wrong—that the President and i saw one of those unfortunates who Sadie—Isn't Bill a freshman? few have it and have it strong. Some of the Yard was expected to preside at is too old for socks and too young for Catherine—He never was with me. many possibly lack the leather lungs; most of the varsity contests. He is the spats well what i am here asking is why but no true harmonizer is free from the recognized cheer leader of the Univer- do these Washington boys feature rabbit Father—I see you fell down in your second affliction. And the slogan of the sity, lie is looked upon as the self- chins i hear they develop their adams marks this month. harmonizer is : Letter that ten thousand starter in all such activities, and others apples to improve their profiles well just Son—Yes; the last exams, tripped innocent should suffer than that one of feel a natural delicacy in assuming his then through some technicality the other me up. the guilty should miss his daily try-out. prerogative. But he isn't out there lead- Georgetown car came by and i got So the boys take up their positions ing the cheers, and the crowd is like a aboard and rode back to the hill talking The druggists are complaining about just outside the dining-room and assail ship without a rudder. to myself and in fact i am doing that the title of the new play, "No More the students coming from dinner with This is not intended as a criticism, at now so i guess i will just check out oh Blondes." They claim it is hurting the the barber-shop chords. A nice help to least, not in a destructive sense. We well wait for me next week oh well. sale of peroxide. THE H OYA FRESHMAN LAW CLASS FOREIGN SERVICE DEPT. PUTS OVER SMOKER HAS NEW TEACHERS

Much Delayed Social Event Run Doctors Johnson and Bogart and Off at Last—Proves a Mr. Erridge Are Now Mem- Real Success. bers of the Faculty.

The much planned, well advertised The Foreign Service School, which and greatly postponed smoker of the has been attracting no little attention all Freshman Law Class has taken place. over the country, began its second se- This first real "get-toretf"-" , at the Lafayette Hotel, securing the addition of several more about three hundred of the students well-known men to the already distin- Being a Series of Imaginary Interviews with Certain Seniors being present. Speaking generally, it guished faculty. might be said that no such enthusiastic Dr. Emory Johnson, dean of the ROBERT RILEY. fond of the notion that these' little gathering of Georgetown men has ever WhartOn School of Finance, which is a flowers would speak if they could of the been brought together. From the drop part of the University of Pennsylvania, You know Bob—Bob of the burning love that lies in another's heart. of the hat shortly after 9 o'clock until and generally recognized as the premier eloquence, the flashing eyes, the impe- the last speech was made long after institution of its nature in America, is rious gesture. You remember well the midnight, there was not one dull moment to give a semester set of lectures on commanding look of him as he stands JOHN PRENDERGAST. in the evening's program. And because ocean transportation. there in Ryan dining hall, menaced on of fie tremendo'1'; success of the affair, Dr. Johnson is a man of renowned every hand by a thousand threatening It was very late at night. I was so great credit should be given to the presi- ability, and Fr. Walsh is deserving of knives and forks that flash beneath the nearly asleep that I decided to go ahead uent of the class, John J. Hagerty, tne congratulations for his judgment in se- Edison Mazdas. You can never forget and interview John. Not that I wouldn't toastmaster of the evening, and to curing such valuable services. the dare-devil courage of him as he steps have done so juut as quickly if I had Thomas H. Gardiner, who was chair- Another new course has been insti- boldly forth and announces in clear, been wide awake; but a good reporter man of the general committee of ar- tuted at the school, comprising a study ringing tones that the basket-ball game always tries to place himself en rapport rangements, consi'ting of sixty mem- of conditions in the Far East, begin- for tonight has been postponed. His is with his intended victim. Thus, as I bers of the class. Besides the students ning with China and Japan. Mr. Er- the courage that dares. have said, being almost asleep, I decided in attendance, there were present mem- ndge, former United States Consul to Then account for this if you can. I to go ahead and interview John. bers of the faculty and a host of enter- Yokohama, who has a first-hand knowl- went in to see him the other day. Either I knocked softly on the door. There tainers that kept the crowd in high edge of the Oriental peoples, will con- I made little noise or he was past all was a scurry of feet, but no sound of spirits throughout the night. Naturally duct the lectures. caring. For sitting there at his little voices. I waited for some moments. one of the features of the evening was One more subject which will be table, head bowed on his arms, was No further sounds. Losing patience the menu offered by the hotel manage- studied in detail at the downtown insti- Bob. He was sobbing convulsively. I finally, 1 turned the knob and walked in. ment, which was sincerely thanked at the tution and which is of especial interest called him by name. He looked up at There was no one in sight. conclusion of the smoker for the excel- during its present fluctuating condition me through his tears and then broke out ''Judas!" I called out. lent manner in which its service was is that of foreign exchange. afresh. Out from under the bed rolled the big rendered. Dr. Bogart, a member of the State Fortunately, I have had a certain boy himself. He wore a hang-dog look, President Hagerty opened up the Department, will give a series of 16 amount of experience with hysterical and as he dusted his clothes he failed speaking of the evening with a serious lectures on this timely topic, and if ac- persons, and the situation had no terrors completely to meet my eye. I am put- talk upon the subject of friendship. He commodations permit, these discourses for me. Seating myself on the arm of ting it very mildly when I say that I waxed eloquent over his subject, laying will be open to the public. his chair, I put both my arms about was puzzled. great stress upon the effect that friend- him and began to talk softly. "What's the big idea?" ship and co-operation would have in pro- "There, there, dear." I murmured; "I thought it was one of those pesky moting the already magnificent school PRIZES IN GOLD FOR "tell me." barbers. They have been hounding me spirit of Georgetown. BEST UNIT MARKSMAN "I c-c-can't," he sobbed; "oh. I to death since I put that ad in the Assistant Dean Fegan was the next c-c-can't!" Journal." speaker, and dwelt at length upon the de- "Oh, but you must. 1 have a right to "What ad was that?" I asked. sire of the faculty to secure the - Rifle Practice Is Begun in Indoor know. If you have been wronged " "Why, I let one of them advertise be- ance of the student body in raising the Gallery for Individual and More sobs. fore Christmas that I got my hair cut in standards of the Law School so that Team Honors. "Won't you tell me the man's name?" his shop. And ever since then I have Georgetown would recognize no supe- Bob made a great effort. He rose, had to fight them off. Some of them riors, nor even peers, in the legal world. Rifle practice for individual and team and bathed his swollen eyes at the wash- are willing to pay me big money just to Mr. Fegan then read a telegram from records has begun this week in the stand. When he came back he was run my picture in their ads. They seem the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shooting gallery at Sociability Hall. calm. to think it will help their business. of Texas, in which it was stated that Members of the various teams are striv- "I was thinking about Ray Reiss," he Isn't it too absurd?" graduates of Georgetown Law School ing hard for the prizes which are of- said. ''I am afraid I can never be the "Yes," I answered quietly, "it is ab- would hereafter be admitted to the bar fered the best marksmen in the unit. The first prize consists of twent"-*'"" President of the Yard that he was." surd." of Texas upon motion, thereby confirm- "And that was the cause of those "It's getting so now I run off and ing the article upon that subject pub- dollars in gold, while the second and hide every time I hear any one coming third are prizes of twelve-fifty each. tears?" lished in last week's HOYA. "Y-yes," he said, rather brokenly. That's a fine state of affairs !" Professor William J. Kavanagh then Members of A and B companies have I assumed a cheerful tone. "Why, ''Still it's helping you to lose weight." gave a short but interesting talk, con- been divided into rifle teams under men Bobby, boy, that's ridiculous. You are "But I don't want to lose weight. Do cluding with a recital of "The Seven who have been chosen as captains on a thousand times better president than you remember," he went on, with a titter, Ages of Man." from Shakespeare's account of their merits as marksmen. "what our sophomore professor used to Teams number one of each company he ever dreamed of being. And, any- "As You Like It." way, what does it all matter? You tell me?" Among the entertainers were James have shot for their record from the know you are goii g hick to We ,1 Vir- "Strange," I said, "but I do not." Blewitt, who gave a recitation with the prone position at a range of fifty feet. ginia and be a great lawyer, and go to "He used to tell me to let everything ease of a finished orator, and Messrs. The records of the teams of each com- the Senate, and all sorts of things. Now grow fat except my ingenium." Honnicutt, Mulry and Ringer, all of pany are to be announced in the col- aren't you?" I looked him over carefully. "Even whom were very versatile in their dem- umns of THE HOYA from week to week. "I g-g-guess so. I want to bad that looks rather fat to me." onstrations. Team number one of A company is enough. Do you ever, oh, tell me, do "Oh, you're so silly," he giggled. William C. O'Brien, the class secre- captained by Sylvan J. Pauly; two 1'.. you ever think I can?" •'Inyenium doesn't mean that. It means tary, told of his impression of George- Pringle; three, R. W. C. Wimsatt; four, "Easiest thing in the world. How- your intellect, your mind." town after receiving his earlier educa- James A. Butler; and five, P. J. Carlin. ever, I've got to be going now. Keep "Oh!" tion upon the Emerald Isle, and Walton Paul Page heads the first team in B up your spirits. And. Bobby—no more "So you see I haven't let that grow E. Cronan, the treasurer of the class, company, C. A. Williams the second, tears." fat. and what's more. I can prove it. I spoke of the financial problems he was X. A. McKenna the third, E. E. Kundtz "No" he said, smiling brightly, "no have just thought up a good joke for daily encountering in his official posi- the fourth, and J. R. McDonough the more." THE HOYA." tion, while Vice-President Sweeney ren- fifth. And then I was outside his room, with "Go ahead; I'm game." dered one of his snappy speeches as a something like a lump in my own throat. "We hope that every senior will soon fitting conclusion to the wonderful One cannot witness scenes like that and have a senorita!" he said, and roared evening. NEW HOURS MEET WITH remain unmoved. I had been much af- with laughter. "Oh, boy. Isn't that some UNIVERSAL APPROVAL fected, for all my insouciance. joke?" DELTA THETA PHI. But I have always been glad that I "Did you think that up yourself?" happened in at that time with the little He became indignant. "Of course 1 The social calendar of the Delta The Change Has Brought New cheer that I could bring. Who knows did. You ought to have known that at Theta Phi fraternity for the remainder Students to the School. what might not have occurred had I once." of February contains a tea to be held on been elsewhere on that fateful day? "Yes, I guess I ought to have known Sunday afternoon, February 15, and a The new hours at the Law School The river might have closed over an- that at once," I agreed. "That's cer- smoker to be held on Saturday night, have met with universal approval after the first week of their inauguration. It other of life's little tragedies. tainly some joke." February 28, both functions to be given And now every morning someone He began laughing again, and gained at the fraternity house on Dupont has been impossible to find anyone who has looked unfavorably upon the latest places fresh flowers on my desk, and try momentum every second. I tried to Circle. as I may I am never able to discover quiet him, but it was useless. He step of progressiveness, but on the other their source. Someone, perhaps, to shouted, he screamed, he rolled on the Major Wallace Streator, '93, one of hand it has been noticed that a good whom I have unknowingly been kind at floor. So I left him then, closing the the oldest Georgetown graduates to vol- many new faces were seen about the door softly and tip-toeing down the cor- unteer for service in the world war, school at the beginning of the second some time or other. And ever and al- semester, the new arrivals being evi- ways something in the way these little ridor. I hadn't asked him what he in- was recently decorated by General tokens are arranged gives the impres- tended doing when he left college. It Pershing for "distinguished and con- dently transferred from other D. C. law sion of tender, loving hands, and I am didn't seem fair. spicuous service." schools. THE H OYA BOXING TO BE MADE INTERCLASS SPORT—TRACK TEAM TRAVELS TO ILLINOIS STRONG BALTIMORIANS BOXING TO BE ESTABLISHED AT GEORGETOWN N. CAROLINA BOWS TO DEEEATEDBYG.U.FIVE AS INTERCLASS SPORT-WEEKLY BOUTS GEORGETOWN FIVE Tohns Hopkins, with Former Yale ... . Rally in Second Half Wins Hard- and Princeton Stars, Bows Announcement Made by Athletic Management Which Seeks Fought Game For to Georgetown. Physical Training for All. Hilltoppers.

In the stezi Georgetown's speedy crew emerged There>s lent of snap and pep in the gagements will be under the able super- u ^ «*F-% played this sea- from the Hopkins engagement of Fri- ath,etic H of Georgetown at the vision of physica] Director O'Reilly, son, with Captain Dudack in the hne-up or day night at the long end of a 36-23 m (ime It has been dennitel an_ who had much experience at the game ( the lull game, Georgetown routed or h score thereby adding another scalp to nounced that interclass boxing will be in his younger days. The popular ^ l Carolina last Monday night in R m b a sc re f 36 27 The the already burdened belt of the Blue started her£ within a short dme The tra; and CQach is delighted with the j^e yan g>' - y ° ° u - : and Gray warriors. The visitors came authorities have not touched on the idea of establishing a sport that will Hilltoppers were outplayed by their op- ponents the fir5t half but a few m here with a big reputation, with a team maUer of intercolle iate boxingi but it aftord a majority of the undergraduate J" - . ?" m ts f st n la n of stars, including Werner, formeriy of .g ullderstood that the do not favor it> bod a chance at physicai training. /" ° ™ S P >" g immediately a ter the Yale and Cuneo, of Princeton. They d as far as can ,)e ascertained at the It is the intention at present to have * , , wtenmsMon placed them had defeated Dartmouth earlier in the tjme of going t0 press sentiment among weekly bouts that wiu not on]y give ahead where they stayed during the, re- sea?,on- , . , . the undergraduate body is not keenly rise to some keen competition among mainder ot tne game. - The game opened with a fast skir- for the ilistic t as a varsit rt the different classe:s, but deve!op some The strongest feature of the North mish that terminated when Scher.ch, of Jt .g jn k ; whh the H of first.class materia! that would w£n rep. Carolina team s game in the first period Hopkins took advantage of a free throw .' tics for everyone" that has prompt- resent the University if ever boxing w.a* their passing, which was flawless, ath!e S and caged the first basket of the game ed he ^^ management t0 start box. was adopted as a vars'it sport. Little dribbling was employed, and the ba11 after two minutes of play. He repeated ; her£ R mak; it an interclass More definite announcement as to the t , was worked up to the basket for a few minutes afterward and the visit- affaj as d as Jsh h • traini sch«fo!c of bouts the greater part by pacing. Shepherd an d ing five threatened to get a jump on the m h benef/of the training. and so forth will be made in an earlv n Carmichael, forwards on the South- G. U. team This advantage was over- Th jce bouts d ^ das3 ; f T R • ern five both made several pretty sho s come when Flavin received the ball on y during the first period, but were unable ge a y 1 SeCO d half ab Ut Joe O'Connell's tip from center and IMTrDr, ACC DK„rT rnHHrnv I c A nc !° °u " - '"J* * " ' ° dribbled down to the corner of the court IN ILKLLAod BAoKt 1 - LONNtLLY LtAUS ten hemS missed. to score a basket from that difficult DAI I TCTC ITMnCDWAV Cf\l I ETC DITTkiMCDC When the two teams took the floor angle. The big forward alternated with BALL UL10 UINUEIK. W A I LULLLliL KUPtllLKO for the second half, the score stood Zazzali in the next few minutes of play 16-U in favor of the visitors, but this ad- and the two of them scored eight points. «,So hs n ofo . e-_:_,„ iu or,j T™» P,„ iw;nc Mil« n„. C.„n-^ vantage was. short lived. A few seconds Cuneo. of Hopkins, electrified the crowd P T Defeat Seniors 13-4 and Joie Ray Wins Mile One Second after the whistle blew, Joe O'Connell with some fast exhibitions of basket- Juniors Bow to Fresh Behind Hub Track Rec- shot a basket, tying the score, and a ball, scoring one goal from mid-center 24-17. Ord Time. moment later sunk another. This was and another after some clever drib- followed by a rally by the Hilltoppers, w Kline- m, • , ■ , , T- ~ ... ho scored frequently from then on. In the second half Bill Dudack, who The lnterclass basketball schedule Jimmy Connolly, the great college The visitors made a strong effort in the has been out of the game all season on started off with a bang last Sunday, miler, running a game race in which he last few minutes of plav, but were un- account of injuries received in football, and when the smoke from the battle led the field for over half the distance. able to overcome the Hilltoppers' big made his 1920 debut on the floor. The had cleared away, the score showed the was forced to bow his colors to Joie ^ Ji' u i i p ■ u big guard came back strong with a bas- tw0 ,ower classes leading. The Sopho- Ray, the champion miler of the country, dividual star's" forX'v^I^^ITrnn" ket from mid-floor that brought the , ,. a . ■„. . j nr-i r» r lL vr v A / dividual stars tor the visitors. U Con- crowd to its feet. Cuneo continued his mores won from the Seniors, 13-4, and and Mike Devaney, of the N. Y. A. C. nell's all-around floor work was a big stellar work in this half and came near the Freshmen defeated the Juniors, in the Hunter Cup mile run in the B. factor in the Georgetown victory, while equalizing the score. With Hopkins 24-17. A. A. games in Boston last Saturday Dudack and Longshak's stellar work at Carollmans from hanging two points behind Georgetown, The first game began at 10 o'clock, ni ht. The Georgetown crack ran a ^ J^TL^' g - the Blue and Gray wrecking crew went with the Seniors and Sophs lined up c;m;iar tn tllP nnp ;-, RmnU™ %£ race 1 th ne Brookl n to work and the visitors never threat- against each other, and from the mo- ( f. ™* * ° '" / The game: ened again. Freddy Fees took advan- ment referee Dudack blew the first the other night, making record time for Georgetown. X. Carolina. tage of nine free throws and then caged whistle until the end of the game all the first half only to tire and lose posi- ^ees • L. F Shepherd three from the field. Hopkins' efforts that could be seen by the spectators tion to the older men in the final leg. 7yr™'l i, r Carmichael nt a rnmpharlr were handicanned hv the was a seeming hurricane. It was a T. . ..r , . 1/ V-onnen U l.npteit at a comeDack were Handicapped Dy trie b It was a beautiful race, a struggle Dudack L. G Morris floor work of Longchak and Zazzali. jumoie oi legs, arms ana yens, wun .... T , . i? X '"','" These two put up a game of blocking once in awhile the scorer adding two to the death between Ray and Devaney Longshak ... R. G Douglas more lts oal tron, r : tee ,, Za zal and breaking up plays that paralyzed the P°» to the Sophomores credit, for permanent possession of the Hunter ,0\' f' |] "°° T * L1 J ! Hopkins forwards. Kenyon proved a large factor in the CUp, each man having won it twice pre- :• °Connel (3), Longshak. shepherd Tin- contest was full of action and was Soph's victory and during the greater U■ , Carmichae (4 l.upteit (2) art y a-,vl„ulv'a cromp „nti1 the sp,-n„d hnlf P11< of both the game wasand "all over the "c „ y . u mped . ,ead a he of,sDouglas.Carm Goalshael from:! outfoul:of 6Fees 12 out partSJrKoSSST^^bSJ ot the 36 points that gave them the sP^--:ak'"S- ^y ^^'^y ' . "ackrf of theJ gun and T held:*: it until : thev - " __ - Jhe^cc^=, between^Lin.ors liv htl k h Ray turned out TRACK TEAM JAKE o'clock and resembled the previous and f,)r-cd to the front from fourth WF5TFDM TPIP CHHM ACTION ON CREW game in all its departments, although P^ce. This position was held until the WLdlLKN I Kir 5UUN Continued from page 1 %? F[?sh had to fight hard to win. final eighth, when Devaney by a terrific r . . ' . ° . The elder classmen fought valiantly to spurt passed Connolly and sprinted HilltODDerslmo ers Will Run in Annual alumni in every State in the Union. It uphold their honor, but were unable to madly with Rav for first place. The " PP . ^111 Kun m Annual is by this time in the libraries of many withstand the onslaught of their oppon- champion held the lead, however and Illinois Intercollegiate of the biggest universities and colleges ents. Maloney and Malley starred for breasted the tape in front of Devaney. Meet. in the country. Letters received by the the Freshmen, while the entire Junior Connolly finished a good third with editor during the last week indicate that crew piayed a steady game. Nightingale and Cutbill finishing in the Arrangements have been made for the Alth0 gh the teamS exhibitCd r ha ^ooTti^Su the'countS Tre f l"- u * ^ °^ ««ntioned. The time was 4 min- track team to enter the indoor meet to that people throughout the country arc 0f practice to some extent, the games utes 23% seconds, one second behind the be held under the ausoiccs of the Uni- waiting with eagerness to hear the defi- were well played and proved exceedingly record for this event. versitv of Illinois on March 6th \s nite announcement that the Blue and interesting. Some hot fights are ex- Johnny Feeney of Georgetown, earned the meet is to be run off in Urbana Gray is to take her place among the pCcted in the next few games. The third place in the high jump, with 6 feet 111., it will be the longest trip that a other great institutions. mi the country schedule is continued next Friday after- 2% inches with a handicap of 2>/2 Georgetown track teatohas taken in re- and have in rowing, as in football, base- noon, when the Seniors meet the Fresh- inches. Murphy, of Notre Dame, and cent years hall basket-ball and track, another one me„, and the Juniors play against the Whelan, of the Boston Athletic Asso- The feature event of the games is a of those far-famed Georgetown aggre- Sophomores an hour later. The next ciation, tied for first place in this event, medley relay race in which the first

*'rCissue is squarely before the stu- ffi l^A^Sti^^^ "* ^ ' ^ ^ ^ T ffl £ aTalf K fffSS aent oody. play the preliminary to the Georgetown- ma„ a full mile. With Connolly run- Marietta College game. The schedule The female is more deadly than the nine as anchor man and McDonough BRADLEY LEADS ls completed Sunday, the 22d, when the male—right. A woman in Philadelphia Griffith and LeGendre preceding him! fnnH„»,H fmn, t,n

}Um He is a debate, He is an all-round IN CW tj D Dltt SPORTING AND ATHLETIC GOODS ^ cnnipctition win ]l(. (,ncountered good fellow. His Classmates, his college Pine Cutlery, Guns and Rillcs in this raeet as it is an annua) affair ;„ associates and we hope his parents, are 1><11*1)^1' SllOl) IvokaksandPhotoSuppl.es which ;,n the more prorainent colleges Proud "' '"'"• "^"1 M^J >^11V'F <>0S> Pennsylvania Avenue of the Middle Wesl participate. THE H O Y A

Bits of Blue and Gray By Scribe

It was an enviable record that George- There is a new star in track circles town made at the B. A. A. games in johnny Feeney went up to the Boston last Saturday. With only two B. A. A. meet, never having done more men entered, the Blue and Gray placed than a fraction over 5 feet 11, and in more events than Harvard with 45 startled Boston by doing better than 6 entrants. Considering the number of feet. Six feet three-eighths inches was contestants wearing the colors of Har- his actual jump, which with his handi- vard, the showing made by the Hilltop- cap of 2J/2 inches gave him a jump of pers was remarkable. 6 feet 2J4, inches. Jumpers doing over Jimmy Connolly, although he finished 6 feet are pretty scarce in college ranks, third in the Hunter mile, bowed only or, for that matter, among any of the to Joie Ray and Mike Devanney, crack older hands at the game. Feeney will runners rated high above college milers. be given special attention by Trainer The Georgetown star led the college O'Reilly. With practice he is expected men entered, defeating the great Night- to better his own record. ingale, the New England two-mile champion. Jim Colliflower, who has refereed bas- With the reputation that preceded ketball games here on the Hilltop for A FRKAK OF THK FIRST OF FEBRUARY Connolly to Georgetown, big things have the pai^t five years, is ill with the flu. When Georgetown Students Skated on the Grass in the Quad been expected of the New England Mr. Colliflower has been missing from champion and his failure to annex first the last two games, the job of arbi- honors in the few races he has run so trator being filled by Fred Schlosser, far this year has caused a few of the a former teammate of Colliflower. Col- MEN WANTED FOR TWO FORMER G. U. "spectators" to murmur a bit. A glance liflower's ability as a firm and efficient CAMPS PROFESSORS DEAD at the records will show that Connolly referee is widely known in South At- SUMMER R. 0. T. C, is not only one of the greatest, if not lantic basketball circles, opposing teams the greatest, college miler, but that his generally requesting that he officiate in Camp Devens Selected for Mem- Rev. J. F. X. O'Connor and Rev. speed at the long distance has greatly the more important games. bers of Georgetown Unit, Christopher Sullivan Were increased since last year when he was already considered as one of the closest Starts June 17. Noted Scholars. rivals of Joie Ray for national honors. The sub-freshmen showed some high June 17 is the date set for the open- The Rev. J. F. X. O'Connor, S.J., and Last year 4: 35 on an indoor track for caliber basketball on Friday in defeat- Jimmy was good time, though he did ing the Western High School quint by ing of the R. O. T. C. camps through- the Rev. Christopher Sullivan, S.J., for- less than 4: 20 on the cinder path. At 38 to 23. The youngsters exhibited out the country. Camp Devens is the mer professors at Georgetown, died re- Boston last week he hit the boards for some pass work that was well worthy chief center to which men of the cently. less than 4: 25. While Joie Ray and of the varsity. Butler and Coyne car- Georgetown unit will be detailed. Father O'Connor first came to George- Devanney are probably right now at the ried off the individual honors between ight of their fame, the Georgetown them, caging eleven goals. The game It is hoped by the captain that G. U. town in 1880 and remained here two boy is Out nineteen years of age and was exciting and cleanly fought from will be represented by at least twenty years as professor of poetry. For more has several years to go before he is at start to finish. class A men. The training which is to than thirty years he was not connected his best. Track experts do not hesitate begin on June 17 is to last six weeks. with this institution as an instructor. to predict that before he leaves the Hilltop he will rank high among the The relay team finished second in the Instruction in any branch of the service He returned in 1915 for another two leaders, with more than an even chance Knights of St. Anthony games up in may be obtained. While Camp Devens, years' stay to do literary work. of breaking the existing record. New York last week. The winning which is at Ayer, Mass., near Boston, During his last stay he was spiritual Connolly is essentially an outdoor run- quartet, a team composed of St. An- is an interesting center, there are other director of the college. His death oc- thony Club athletes, is the latest sensa- ner and never shows up as well on the camps which are devoted to the training curred in New York City last week. boards. These indoor meets are more tion in Metropolitan track circles. In or less of a preliminary for George- defeating the crack teams of George- of men for other branches of the serv- As a litterateur, Father O'Connor was town's regular season, the big intercol- town and the Paulist Athletic Club ice. It is optional which of these known nationally. Severpl of his book? legiate and dual college meets. Within in one of the fastest races run on the camps a student attends. Captain Hob- on reading and poetry have been pub- boards in New York this winter, the a month the little miler should be cut- son advises the members of the G. U. lished and are regarded as valuable au- ting several seconds from his previous St. Anthony club has placed itself in the record of around 4: 19, way out in the front rank of amateur athletics. New unit to attend an infantry camp as the thority on these subjects. He was also lead of all the college milers of the York papers were loud in their praise instruction at Georgetown has to do known as a playwright. country. of Georgetown's crack team. chiefly with the infantryman. Father Sullivan was professor of eco- nomics at Georgetown in '10 and '11. The training is to be conducted under While at the college Father Sullivan was the direct supervision and instruction director of the Sodality. In recent NEW CLASS ORGANIZED of experienced officers of the American years he was connected with Boston MEYER DAVIS' MUSIC SCHOOL Expeditionary Forces. The student is College. AT THE LAW to receive full instruction in the uses "Otchestras Extraordinary" and workings of modern war parapher- tional government. Full equipment, Third-Year Men Are Already nalia. During the six weeks he is also rations, transportation and many other Executive Office to learn how to handle a command on such expenses are also met by the gov- Preparing for the Bar the march and in the Field of battle. ernment. NEW WILLARD HOTEL Examinations. Not all, however, is to be work. There All who are interested in the project are to be athletics, sports and other and desire information concerning it WASHINGTON A great departure was made this week amusements furnished for the cadets. can see Capt. Hobson in his office at from the regular course of study in the All of this is at the expense of the na- any time. Senior class at the Law School, when there was instituted a special class for A. G. SPALDING $ BHOS. the purpose of reviewing all of the three years' work in preparation for the bar ATHLETIC GOODS examinations that will be taken by the graduates next June. The classes are. 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THE H O Y A LAW PROM MONDAY NEW ARCHIVIST NAMED PROMINENT G. U. LAW DEAN HONORED Arrangements Complete for Law BY PRESIDENT CREEDON GRADUATE DIES The Hamilton Literary and Legal Society Has Been Students' Greatest Social The Rev. Francis P. Barnum, Milton A. Kaufman Succumbs to Formed. Event. S. J., Has Been Put in Charge Pneumonia Following The big pre-Lenten social affair of the of Georgetown Archives. Influenza. The most unique club that has been University that now remains is the Ju- organized at the Law School this year The President of the college has an- The city papers announced, on Feb- is the Hamilton Club, a literary and nior Prom of the Law School, which will nounced the appointment of the Rev. ruary :s. the death of Milton A. Kauf- legal society, named in honor of George take place on the evening of February Francis P. Barnum, S. J., as archivist of E. Hamilton, LL. D., Dean of the School 16 at the Washington Hotel. Practi- the University, in place of the late Ed- man, '13, from pneumonia, following in of Law. The club holds its meetings cally all arrangements for the affair ward I. Devitt, S. J. fluenza. every Sunday afternoon at the studio have been completed, and Chairman The new head of the archives, him- Kaufman was graduated from the of Professor Kavanagh on H street, at Blood of the general committee assures self an old Georgetown student, has had Law School as an honor man in 1913 which meetings topics of current and all who attend the most entertaining a long and eventful career, being es- legal interest are discussed. Addresses evening that could be hoped for. The pecially interesting for his extensive and was one of Washington's promising are often made at the meetings by prom- coming social event, according to expec- travels. attorneys, being associated in his prac- inent speakers from governmental cir- tations, will not only rival but will su- During the famous gold rush to Alas- tice with Frank J. Hogan. cles. The officers of the organization persede the Junior College Prom of last ka, Father Barnum was there in the He served during the war as an officer are Edward Dailey, president; Samuel evening in its elaborateness. Practically aarb of a missioner and became a well- in the Navy Pay Corps, attached to the L. Miller, vice-president; John J. Eisen- all of the limited number of tickets have known figure in that region. His name Overseas Fleet, and also as paymaster of menger, secretary nad treasurer, and been disposed of and a financial as well is mentioned in two of Rex Beach's .the Shipping Board vessel, West Hum- Ward Hunt, historian. The club's mem- as a social success is assured. stories of the frozen north. haw. bership is limited to twenty students. r EXHIBITION A DISPLAY OF THE FINCH LEY ST YLES OF CLOTHES, HATS AND HABERDASHERY. THE THINGS PRESENTED ARE C ORRE C T IN TREATMENT AND OF

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SOCIABILITY HALL Friday, February 13 JACK WILKINSON FINCHLEY REPRESENTATIVE