Georgetown University - Ye Domesday Booke Yearbook (Georgetown, DC)

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, X. X N Wx .... ..,v.vssXXg gg N N , ...xxx -f-- ss E Q.-Xe... ,s 5 N is ,.,.. .aa gm , Ne. we YTD 'DX X NS N jess my Veeder Donaghy, Tom Leavey, Rudolph johnson and jack XYhite, have bravely and victoriously borne our standards in the field of debate. All have participated in prize debates and have brought credit and honor to our class. The Lam' fourlzal Staff, for the past three years, has enjoyed the privilege of having' on its staff the following members of the 1925 Class: Victor S. Mersch, Frank Ifasby-Smith, lddward McCarthy, Allen Tingey, Tom Regan, Sam Boyd, john McG-arry, XYilliam C. DeLacey, Daniel Lynch and Harold Beacke. Daniel Lynch was selected by the retiring staff of lQ22 to edit this important feature of the University for the year of '23. These men have all worked hard and acco-mplished their task by placing the Georgetown La-zu JOHVIIUI in the fore as a college publication of past perfection. fn the fall of 1921, the Class returned to the University with the title of juniors and prepared to set our freshmen friends examples worthy of emula- tion. The most noteworthy achievements in that year were two in number: the junior Smoker, captained by Al Kane, and the junior Prom., led by l,arry Hardy, both of which affairs were highly successful. In that year, the Class chose for its pilot that much admired and all-around good fellow, Dick Herbert. by whose splendid leadership we were able to advance another milestone in our unbroken and unspotted chain of victories. ln October, 1922, we gathered for the final chapter. Two hundred and forty-four men comprised our rolls, a gradual falling off of the previous year's attendance. The ranks were thinned-it may have been because of Professor joseph Sullivan's Slaughter of the Innocents, in our most beloved subject of Real Property, or of some catastrophe in Professor O'Donoghue's pet subjects, Equity and Common Law Pleadingf' By a tenacity of purpose and a merciful faculty, we were able to start on our last lap with two suc- cessful years behind us. Our senior year has passed tranquilly, save for an occasional breach of quietness in Professor Keigwirfs Sub Silc'11c1'0 sessions, while he so diligently expounds the juridical dichotomy of the law. VVhen we look back, it would seem that we had come to the University only last week, so quickly have these three happy years passed. Vtfliat have we done in this our last year? True to the traditions of Georgetown Senior Law classes, a political cam- paign for class officers was soon under Way. It is hard to imagine a keener, cleaner or more commendable competition taking place while organizing the campaigns of the various candidates for office. There was electioneering in every man's mind, each for his favorite, but all strong for the success of 1923. XYhen you have such candidates as jack Quinn, Tim Daley, Emmet Doherty and Al Kane for president, it is not hard to understand the closeness of the battle that was waging. The finest tribute that can be paid to any men in such NNN N W vN XN NNmN Q w lN N i..XN,Y,E ,, .. .Q,.-www aw sax. is.. ww My ...SK . .,.. .. .Nxmx w , vw . .. 3g.,...NMw .is g . X X - . .. . -it . . ... ..

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v. .............. Z..?Qg:.,5:i,,i:g1.1?,sQ-Qmswsxxxxxsxx ,,,,. ...x... ...., : ..... ...... . , ,N X ,:.....,, .-is gs- , v . is ,.. v... l s N Ms- 9, ---- Ng, N, .xv-F sa, X X N - ,XXX ,Nw NAS. X -. x se Ns.. .,,.. . X it Nx - .N Our senior smoker was a grand climax for the two preceding ones. Fortunate indeed was the class in having present Senator King of Utah, and Congressman Brennan of Michigan. Their talks, serious and enjoyable, were fitted for the occasion and will long be remembered. Jack XVhite's program surpassed Keith's finest. The entire class can well be proud of the commit- tee's work which could not be excelled. A splendid and overwhelming success was the result. lf you want to know some other reasons why, ask Don Udall for a wrestling match, look for the Orlando pipes and see Dan Hickeyis sheets. The senior prom. was the crowning social event of all that has gone before-held at the XVillard Hotel: music furnished by Garber Davis: decora- tions, artistic and elaborateg favors, numberless and attractive, girls, beau- tiful and charming, the Georgetown spirit ever present, and all in attendance, faculty and class. How could one wish for more? In line with the thought that a battle makes rattling good history and classroom events make poor reading, this article would be deficient if some allusion were not made to that memorable football battle of December 2, 1922, over the strong Lafayette football team. To the Class of IQ23, the victory carried with it a personal touch in that we were represented on the field of battle by the able Zube Sullivan, and our splendid lack Ouin, who fought their last and best games for the Blue and Gray on the gridiron. lVill that thrilling run of Carl XYirts ever be forgotten? XYhat looked like an apparent defeat was turned into a sure victorv. The Blue and Gray stands were turned into pandemonium. A football victory over one of the strongest teams in college history had taken place. As a result, the T923 Law Legions almost broke up the American League Ball Park with their out- burst ofenthusiasm. Even our dignified President, Al Kane, in his excite- ment, could be seen to almost swallow one of his political cigars. All XVash- ington was soon to realize what had happened when the ranks advanced their victorious march downtown to the Law School and thence up F street to the Ebbitt Hotel. All activities at the Law Schoo-l were suspended, and not even the law-thirsty Beacke and Mersch felt disappointed when they learned that it would be another week before they could hear Professor Toomey tell them what we had seen at the last meetingf' The greatest Georgetown football victory of all time was a fitting climax to our support of and participation in football at Georgetown, and one that will never be forgotten. As this history is a massive volume, and this interpretation is a very condensed abstract, it will be necessary now to turn over many pages and chapters and conclude with a parting thought. There seems to prevail at Georgetown. a spirit in the graduating classes, to make the events occurring in their senior year surpass the events of the XsEEE?s'x...s5iE -s N- sw ww -W FW v- we mx Mwexwx Ns' -- we 'ww sv s sm s' ws-New X .figggg . so Ms X I