GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON. 1). C, MAY 23, 1929 VOL. X FRANK WENZLER AND WILLIAM M00NEY ANNUAL EXERCISES EXAMINATIONS! The final examinations for the NOMINATED FOR PRESIDENCY OF YARD HELD BY R. 0. T. C. College of Arts and Sciences will begin next Monday, May 27, with Col. Dannemiller Presented with oral examinations for all classes. The Elections Will Be Held Sunday Morning in Gaston Hall Together examinations will end on Wednes- with Selection of Secretary and Treasurer—All Candidates Well Wrist Watch — Kundtz Ad- day, June 5. judged Best Company Com- Fitted for Posts. mander—Mitchell Wins Com- petitive Drill. SODALITY MEMBERS Last Monday afternoon the Junior Class met to decide upon the candidates for the posts of 1 "resident, Secretary and Treasurer of the Yard. The elections will be held Last Thursday afternoon, the Annual RECEIVED TONIGHT on next Sunday morning in Gaston Hall. Competitive Military Exercises were held. Nominated for the Presidency were Frank Wenzler and William Mooney. W enz- This drill marked the high point in the ler's home is in Dorchester, Mass. He is at present Junior representative on the military maneuvers of the year. Ihere Father Nevils Will Preach Ser- mon—Rev. Vincent McCormick Itnrlent Council was vice-president of the Glee Club during the past year, and has have been other occasions when the corps par1 c pated or 'three years in dramatics with the Mask and Bauble Club. Mooney showed off to advantage, but never before to Celebrate Solemn Benedic- fas chairman of the recent Junior Prom Committee, and has participated m many was such interest, such precision, snap, tion — Non-Resident Officials and vigor and such whole-hearted eager- of the activities at Georgetown. His home is in Cleveland, Ohio. Elected. , The Juniors nominated for the office ness evinced by every member of the or- of Secretary of the Yard are, Robert H. ganization. The spirit of the day per- This evening in Dahlgreu Chapel the Perlitz, of Houston, Texas; John F. meated everyone, whether participant or PHILODEMIC YEAR Lynch, of Jersey City, N. J.; Adolph Le spectator. new members of Our Lady's Sodality will be received. The sermon for the occa- Moult, of Larchmont, N. Y., and Daniel The true value of the military science ENDS WITH DINNER Lawlor, of Chicago, 111. All these candi- course was proven and any note of dis- sion will be preached by the Rev. W. Coleman Nevils, S.J., President of the dates have been prominent in the activi- paragement was effectively silenced by the ties of their class during their three years University. Former Minister to Panama ability with which every soldier executed at Georgetown. the movements. The honor of being de- The function is the joint annual meet- Guest of Honor at Banquet on ing of the resident and non-resident stu- For the office of treasurer were pro- clared the best company or platoon spurred May 16—Twenty-three Mem- posed Fred Schlafly, of St. Louis, Mo.; on every individual to his highest efforts. dent sodalities of the college which during bers Will Be Lost by Gradua- Austin A. Philbin, of Clinton, Mass., and In the individual competition, the closing the past year have been carried on sepa- rately. More than 100 new members will tion. John J. Lacava, of New Britain, Conn. event, practically every cadet in the three The Junior class met Thursday to vote companies and most of the cadet bands- be invested with the insignia of the So- dality and will thereafter be entitled to The formal close of the ninety-ninth on the candidates, and the elections will be men competed. year of the Philodemic Debating Society thrown open to the school Sunday. The The drill was a school as well as mili- the numerous spiritual privileges which tary affair. Reverend Father Nevils, S.J., attach to membership. was marked by the annual banquet held chief duties of the Yard officials are to at the Lee House on Thursday evening, presented the awards, ranging from a A carefullv arranged musical program hold down the same posts in the Athletic May 16. The thirty-four members pres- saber for the winning company com- will be rendered by a select choir of the Association. They are the official stu- mander to a medal for the outstanding- Georgetown College Glee Club, under the ent "constituted one of the largest groups dent representatives of Georgetown in all non-commissioned officer. There _ were direction of Edward P. Donovan, '11, ever assembled at a Philodemic banquet. affairs. Mr. William Jennings Price, former present as guests of the school Ma). Gen. professor of music at the college. Up to the present time it has been im- P Scriven, Brig. Gen. W. J. Nicholson, The investiture of the candidates will minister to Panama, and at present a possible to get any forecast of the com- member of the Georgetown Law School Col. E. Hookmiller, Lt. Col. C. E. N. be followed by solemn Benediction, of ing elections. Everyone realizes that the (Continued on page 12) which Rev. Vincent A. McCormick, S.J., faculty, was guest of honor. (Continued on Page 12) rector of Woodstock College, will be Mr. Edward F. Cavanaugh, of New celebrant, the Rev. Francis E. Lucey, S.J., York, President of the Society, was toast- director of the non-resident student so- master. The committee in charge was composed A.J.WILLIAMS WINS DOMESDAY PICTURES dality, deacon, and Mr. Lawrence C. of Mr. William B. Platt, Chairman; Mr. Gorman, S.J., of the College faculty, sub- William K. Gallagher and Mr. Ernest L. FLYING DECORATION GIVE NEW EFFECTS deacon. The non-resident student sodality Duhaime. In his speech, the guest of honor elected the following officers for the com- Graduate of Law School Awarded Natural Color and Shadow stressed the advantages which debating Photos Will Be Feature of An- ing year at a meeting held Sunday morn- Distinguished Cross by Navy. (Continued on page 10) (Continued on page 12) nual Publication—Will Be Dis- The Distinguished Flying Cross was tributed Before June 1. awarded to Lieutenant Alford J. Wil- liams, crack Naval Aviation speed pilot, The reporter was sent to investigate a ONE HUNDRED THIRTIETH ANNUAL last Friday, for his achievements in in- rumor that an annual volume called Ye verted flight at the Anacostia Naval Air Domesday Booke was being published by COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES JUNE 10 Station in March of last year. the University. He soon found one of Lieutenant Williams is a Georgetown the editors and was shown into a room Fegan Graduation Speaker—Deans Foote and Cogan to Talk at Cor- graduate, having received his degree from littered from end to end with papers, nerstone Laying of Medical-Dental Building-Bishop McNamara the Law School in June, 1925. His first pictures, proof sheets and copy, with a two years in law school work were com- very busy individual in its midst. "Par- Will Deliver Baccalaureate. pleted at Fordham University in New don me," began the reporter, "THE HOYA the Senior Class into the Alumni will York, and on his appointment to a Wash- would like to print something about your The forthcoming Commencement Exer- ington post he resumed his studies at cises of the University bear all indica- take place at 7 o'clock. The famous and book." "Certainly," replied the editor, historical Cohonguroton address will be Georgetown. tions of being the most elaborate and note- "have a chair." Lifting off six inches of delivered by James P. Quinn, Jr., in the The decoration was presented to him worthy in the history of the school. The assorted copy, the reporter did. shadows of the famed Healy and Old last Saturday by Secretary of the Navy laying of the corner-stone of the New "The Domesday Booke this year, North Buildings. This event marks the Adams. In his inverted flights last year Medical and Dental School is one of the started the editor, "will be absolutely the highest peak in the college career of every he performed outside loops, upside down biggest thing of its kind ever attempted. principal features of this Commencement. spins, and other difficult maneuvers. A large number of out-of-town alumni Georgetown man, because it is the one Its color plates, shadow films, unique time that he can lay aside all restraint Lieut. Williams has had a distinguished make-up, increased size, superlative art is expected to be present. flying career. He entered the Navy in The exercises will begin on Saturday, and become once more a "kid." work, views of the university and mile At 10 A. M., on the 9th, the Bacca- 1917, and qualified as an aviator a year June 8, with a Mass for the Deceased later. In 1923 he won the Pulitzer race, path, sport section, humor, and^ general laureate Mass will be celebrated in Dahl- Members of the Faculty and Alumni, in and on November 7, 1927, he flew at the up-to-date news will make it " "Yes, gren Chapel, and the sermon will be Dahlgren Chapel, with Rev. Father Ed- speed of 322.6 miles an hour for an un- I'm sure," said the reporter, "the finest preached by the Rt. Rev. John M. Mc- ward R. Roach, '16, as celebrant. Dur- official world's record. The reception of thing in the country." He noticed sev- Namara, D.D., Bishop of Baltimore. ing the afternoon the College Observa- the Distinguished Flying Cross crowns eral pictures in natural colors lying on Bishop McNamara is a graduate of tories, Museums, and Libraries will be his achievements as a Naval flier.