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

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Piladelphia Club EMBERS of Georgetown ' s Phila- delphia Club inaugurated the new school year with a series successful policy-making meetings. The big week-end of the Villanova- Georgetown game held the spotlight in the fall season. Men of the Hilltop enturing to the City of Brotherly Love were greeted b - a bevy of charming girls from Rosemont and Chestnut Hill. Officers who were largely responsible for the success and general popularity of the club were: Peter H. Desmond, President; James V. White, Vice-President; and John OCon- nell, Secy and Treas. • - •v ' - , t [ 4, ; i.y% ■]■■ fc ; JHPMf ' »X ' • f B ggf ». Jx i H miij A H L r HJjl HE H Ej hhV I Q VI 1 M-l: 92

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mm of the i olp CF host l- ' ■ ii Sff:|t? ' t1liL!N.T 1 11 r m ' 4 S Mtm- ' » ' w t tik ET ' I Hp m- t 1 ± ■ ;.«»«).vd « ' - - uiinrj, o UT of the album of Georgetown scenes there are few more impres- sive than the Mass of the Holy Ghost. One bright morning last October found our student body on the lawn before the es- planade of White-Gravenor, attending this votive Mass which was to be the beginning of the scholastic year, [- ems and poinsettas waved in the wind and provided a colorful back-drop for the temporary altar that had been constructed outside the main doors of the building. The large gold candlesticks and the red vestments were additional colors add- ing to the already picturesque scene. While hundreds of students knelt to pray, the Mass was celebrated by Father Coolahan, with Father McHugh officiating as Deacon, and Mr. Troy, S.J., as sub-deacon. The beauti- ful music of the Sancti Benedicti, sung by the University choir under the direction of Dr. Edward Donovan, added a note of de- votion and serenity which will linger long in our memory. The number of Georgetown men present at this Sacrifice of the Mass was indeed gratifying to the faculty and the students themsel -es. This bore out the fact that the post-war student of Georgetown was looking to Cjod for guidance in his intellect- ual pursuits.

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W[ z annual Uetreat H ' GREATLY ' increased enrollment this year necessitated separate re- . treat ser ices for the Freshmen arid the upperclassmen. Opening on Mon la -, October 21, at 8:30 p.m., the spiritual in cn- tor - consisted of three days of prayer and meditation highlighted b - conferences and spiritual rcai lings. Two retreat masters directed the different groups during their religious exercises. They were the Reverend Thomas B. Chetwood, S.J., and the Rexerend Daniel J. Burke, S.j. Father Chetwood, who is now nearing his fiftieth year in the Societ - of Jesus, is not unknow n at the Hilltop, ha ing once taught English and Psychology here. He was the first Regent of the Law School during the years 1928 to 1931. Father Chetwood directed the retreat for the upperclassmen from the pulpit of Holy Trinity Church. The large I ' reshmen Class was under the guidance of l- ' ather Burke. A veteran of the war, Father Burke serxed on the cruiser Phil- adelphia as a a y Chaplain. Since his dis- charge. Father Burke lias been teaching Religion at lor ,lham Unixersity. His lixely references, during the lectures, to Nax ' y ex- periences, heightened the interest of his audi- ences, composed chieflx ' of x ' cterans. The hope that all those attending the re- treat xx ' ould make a general confession during the three days of prayer and meditation, xxas expressed by the Retreat Masters. Its success had been entrusted to the care of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and was evidenced by the num- ber who daily attended Mass and receixed Holy Communion. The retreat ended on the morning of Octo- ber 25th with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and the Papal Benediction. iFnir TiON