Evening Star Newspaper, September 27, 1931, Page 86

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SEPTEMBER 27, 1931. Heroic Figures of Georgetown University’s Colonial Days Continued from Eleventh Page lieutenant-colonel during the Civil War. The polygonal fort at Hyde Ferry Turnpike with block house is named Fort Garesche in his honor. Charles Boardman, jr., a son of a Georgetown professor, enrolled in 1808. - He joined the Navy later, as a midshipman, and rose to the rank of rear admiral. Edward Douglass White, of the class of '63, was a son of the Governor of Louisiana, 1835- 1839. Forced to forsake his educational pur- suits because of the Civil War, he persevered in his work later and became State Senator in 1878. He was elected United States Senator in 1890, and was appointed by President Cleveland to the United States Supreme Court and made C%Justice by President Taft in 1910. jam Gaston enjoyed the distinction of being the first student to enroll in Georgetown College, and is said to have surpassed in bril- liancy any who have followed in his footsteps. Admitted to the bar at.the age of 20, he was made a United States Senator from North Carolina in 1813. During his term, he intro- duced the bill by ich Congress raised Georgetown to the rank of university in 1815, James Ryder Randall, poet, famous especially for his “Maryland, My Maryland,” was a stu- dent for seven years at Georgetown, entering in 1848. He was named for Father James Ry~ der, twice president of the university. Ran- dall was called the “Poet Laureate of the Lost Cause,” because of his poems of the Southland. He died at Augusta, Ga., and a beautiful por- trait of him now hangs in the Capitol at An- napolis. While a student, he wrote many arti- cles for the Georgetown Journal. Count Robert Walsh, Baron of Shannon, of Baltimore, Md., found great interest in literary pursuits. He inaugurated in 1811 the first American quarterly, the American Review of History and Politics, and later the Na- tional Gazette. He was the auihor of several works along research and legal lines, and en- joyed the publication of several editions of his “Appeal From the Judgments of Great Britain,” both in England and the United States. The Riggs Library now contains his extensive labors in complete form. He served as United States consul general to Paris for years. William W. Corcoran, class of 1811, founder of the Corcoran Gallery of Art at Washington in 1869 “for the perpetual establishment and m&matolthennelru.“mthennt president of the Georgtown Alumni Association and at that time the oldest living alumnus. Dr. Thomas Herran, '63, was born in Colom- bia, formerly New Granada, in 1847. On the advice of President Buchanan, an intimate friend of his father, General Herran, Colom- bian Minister to the United States, he attended Georgetown, graduating summa cum laude, ‘with the degree of A.B.; later M.A. and LL.D. rehearsals tomorrow night at the studio, 2008 Que street. Applicants for membership may secure auditions by calling North 7015. Those who are elected in October will be eligible for appearance in the two Spring concerts. At the opening meeting of the season of the Washington Chapter Hadassah next Tuesday night at the Jewish Community Center, Anne Sugar, pupil of Felian Garzia, will be solo pianist. She will play Chopin’s “Fantasie Im= " Mendelssohn’s “Scherzo” and De- “Dance of the Gollywogs.” WlnhmRodon.whohuovenedhhlehool. of the dance at 1221 Connecticut avenue, has secured the services of Nina Kash of the Wash- ington College of Music, as pianist assistant, Howard Moore, baritone soloist and teacher of singing, announces the opening of his studio at 1454 Park road northwest on October 1. Mabel H. Duncan, violoncellist, has resumed teaching at her studio, 2226 N street northwest. Anna Sloan, cellist, has opened her studio for the season. Miss Sloan will give auditions to any one interested in string quartet or trio practice. The chorus choir of Ziom Lutheran Church, under the direction of Mrs. Savona Griest, will make its first appearance of the season this morning at 11 o’clock. The Young People’s Choir of Brightwood Paf” M. E. Church, under the direction of Mrs. Savona Griest, with Irwin Steele at the organ, will make its first appearance of the season at the 8 o'clock service fonight. The junior choir of this church has begun its re- MUSICAL STUDIOS. He served a brilliant diplomatic term in Lon- don, and in Washington as charge d'affaires during the Panama Canal negotiations. To continue with the description of Copley Hall, the name of Father Robert Fulton, 8. J., a college and theological student, a professor and dean at Georgetown, is carved on the stone of the south tower. Born in Alexandria, Va., Fulton was a blood relation of President Ben- jamin Harrison and was a kinsman of Gover- nor Wise of Virginia. During the days of Clay, Webster and Calhoun, Fulton was & page in the Senate. Many years were spent as a mas- - ter and rector of Boston College, while Father Fulton later became provincfal of the Mary- land-New York territory. In the main foyer of the building, over the large oak doors, is a stained glass window, commemorative of March 25, 1634, the day of the joyful landing on the shore of Maryland of the passengers aboard “The Ark and The Dove.” In honor of Father William Reynolds Cowar- din, 8. J.,, a professor and student at the col- lege, is the Cowardin Chapel of St. William, opposite the main entrance. To appreciate the unusual architecture and design of this haven of prayer, it must be seen. Suffice it to say, its like is to be found only in.the oldest chapels of Europe, renowned for their unsurpassed charm and loveliness. The stone crypt of the Eight North American Martyrs, pioneers and teachers of the Indians, is situated beneath the classic Cowardin Chapel. Leading from the entrance to the crypt is a Jpath to the Jesuit cemetery. URING the century from 1817 to 1918, ten Georgetown students among the many who have become priests in either the Society of Jesus or one of the numerous other orders, have as well served one or two terms as president of the university. Because of this unusual cir- cumstance it was thought fitting to honor these men by carving their names severally along the cornice of Copley Hall. Father Benedict Fenwick, 8. J., the ninth and twelfth president, served in that capacity from 1817-1818 and 1822-1825. Born in Leon- ardtown, Md., September 3, 1782, Father Fen- wick was a descendant of Cuthbert Fenwick, one of the pilgrims of the Ark and the Dove, who landed on the shores of Mary- land in 1634. This president was the first to confer degrees, and it was during his second term as head executive of the college that the great French general, Lafayette, visited Georgetown. Because of the reception and the excellent impressions he received while at college, Lafayette made public ment! before the National Assembly in Paris upon his in 1825 and in 1843 founded Holy Cross at Worcester. hearsals on each Saturday from 12:30 to 1:30 and will sing at the 8 o’clock Sunday evening service October 11. Friends of Helen Churchill Dalby, lyric- coloratura soprano, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Z. Lewis Dalby of this city, will be interested to hear that she is making rapid progress in New York, where she has been studying with Next in line of the student presidents came Father Enoch Fenwick, elder brother of Bishop Fenwick, who took office September 16, 1820. He was a friend and close associate of Arch- bishop Carroll in his later years. Father Fen- wick, the eleventh president, directed from 1820 to 1822. His term cver, he assumed the pastor- ship of St. Peter’s Church, Baltimore, and was later under Archbishops Carroll, Neale and Marechal, and had much to do with the erec- tion of the Cathedral in that city in 1821. The thirteenth president of the college, Father Stephen Larigaudelle Dubuisson, was born in Santo Domingo October 21, 1786, and in his childhood was forced to flee Haitian shore be- cause of the native insurrection against the whites which broke out at that time. He re- turned to FPrance and entered a military school, probably St. Cyr, and later saw service in a regiment of Hussars. When the Emperor of the French imprisoned Pope Pius VII in Fontainebleau, young Dubuis- son, although attached to the personal staff of Napoleon, resigned his commission, journeyed to America and there entered the Jesuit Order, December, 1815. Father Thcmas F. Mulledy, S. J., was the six- teenth and twenty-first president of George- town, 1829-1837 and 1845-1848. After entering the Jesuit Order he passed eight years in Italy. During his term as president of the University, was organized the Philodemic Society, oldest debating Society in the United States. Pope Gregory XVI, at the request of Father Mulledy, conferred on the college the power to give degrees in philosophy and theology. He served as provincial of the Maryland Province during the interim between his two terms as president. On Christmas day, 1837, Father William Mc- Sherry, 8. J., took charge at Georgetown. The seventeenth president was born on his family estate, about six miles from Charleston, W, Va., July 19, 1799, and with his brothers attended the college while his sisters studied at George- town Visitation Convent in Washington. Father McSherry became a Jesuit in 1815, making his philosophical and theological studies in Rome. While in the papal city he sought out and copied many interesting documents concerning early Maryland history, chief among them the “Relatio Itineris” of Father Andrew White, dealing with a log of the journey of the Ark and the Dove, and the first settling of Maryland. Father James Ryder, 8. J., was the nineteenth weekly musicales over station WEAF, as as in recital at the Bowery Mission. she won enthusiastic applause with her varied programs. . Y. W.C. A. Sponsors Three Glee Clubs NDER the direction of Mary M. Burnett the music division of the Young Women’s Christian Association will sponsor three glee clubs this season, all of which are open to girls and young women of Washington. One of these clubs, the Elizabeth Somers Glee Club, which is a number of years old, is made up largely of girls resident at the Elizabeth men of the association. receive applications for membership in this and she may be seen at the Y. W. C. A. Build- ing during the day and evening. The Girl Reserve Glee Club is open to High School Girl Reserves only, and application for membership is made through Mabel R. Cook, Girl Reserve secretary, at the Y. W. The music staff of the Y. W. C. A. includes Pearl Waugh, Washington pianist; Helen Far- rington, Alice Edwards and May Eleanor Smith. MUSICAL STUDIOS. MUSICAL STUDIOS. A lecture series, “How to Listen to Music,” will be inaugurated this Autumn by Miss Waugh as a feature of the music course in piano. HE eleventh annual recital by McCall Lan- ham, baritone, with Minnie H. Ferguson at the piano, will take place next Sun- day evening at the Chevy Chase School at 8:30 o'clock. Mr. Lanham will reopen his studio at 1310 Nineteenth street next PFriday. R. EDWIN N. C. BARNES, head of the voice department at the Washington Mu- sical Institute and director of music edu- cation in the Washington public schools, is offering two courses this year at the institute, “Music Understanding” and “American Composers.” In addition to these Dr. Barnes offers a comprehensive course in “The Art of Conducting.” RS. JOHN L. CABLE, chairman of the Music Committee of the Arts Club, is planning the formation of an Arts Club chorus, as well as a string orchestra, as added features to the club’s musical programs dur- ing the new season. Those interested in elther Armando Jannuzzi Grand Opera, Dramatic Tenor Voice Specialist Italian Method From La Secala, Milan, Italy Col. 4608 3403 14th St. N.\.V. Diploma Papil of Philipp of Paris Etta Schmid Wells Teacher of Piano Studios 3432 Ashley Terrace, Cleveland :rl. D. C. an 2501 14th, Corner Clifton Phoge—Cleveland 5282. 3106 South | ANNE YAGO McGUFFEY MISS GOODWIN RA' TO Will Take Limited Number of Pupils Telephone OPERATIC CONTRAL intments Far Ap; alls Church 71 - Teacher of Singing onday 1406 H Street Director, _soprano _soloist, Baint Church. Handsom furnished rent to instrumen teacher. Wisconsin 2949, Thursday s o fo elephgne 1221 Conn. Ave. EVELINE MONICO la‘sl Academy of iano, usic, London 'omposition ec. Harmeny; GraceHazard Wormelle Voice, Piano and Expression ta Ave. N.E. North 5633 Now Teaching in Washington Studio 816 Conn. Ave. Telephone West 2344.J. * RUBY SMITH STAHL Director, Studio . Known Violinist MUSICAL STUDIOS. A Capella Choir Teacher of Voice P t _American and European Training WARE '”Chslear;o?nrn'I'n‘afl 2 to 4 rnu:g \«\ Internationally First Congregational Church Dec. 2721 or No. 1421 * and langusge of the ancients, Father Ryder took the theological chair at the University of Spoleto. Later the Irish scholar was returned to America, where his influence was scon felt in important improvements at Georgetown. Father Samuel A. Mulledy, S. J., completed two-score of presidents by taking office Jan- uary 10, 1845. Although educated at George- town, the younger brother of Father Thomas Mulledy who preceded him to the chair, under- went his novitiate at San Andrea, Rome, enter= ing the Society of Jesus in 1831, Father Mul- ledy was the youngest president to achieve that office, but had b:zen appointed to it because of his unusually brilliant mind and personality. Finding the responsibilities too much for his physical strength, Father Mulledy later asked to be relieved of the work as directing head of the university and presidency. He then de- voted himself to missionary work until January 8, 1866, when he died. It is interesting to note that the only ccm- mencement at which Father Mulledy presided found James K. Polk, president of the United States, several members of the cabinet and George Bancroft, the historian, attending. ATHER CHARLES H. STONESTREET, S. J., ' lived to celebrate his golden jubilee as a Jesuit, besides becoming the twenty-third pres- ident of Georgetcwn, a position which he ase sumed August 1, 1851. Graduating from the college in 1833, he entered the Jesuit Order the same year to prepare for his forthcoming work of half a century. During his administration the Georgetown cadets began their study of military science and tactics. After little more than a year he was placed as provincial of the Maryland Province, a post which many student-presidents held at one time or another during their priestly ca- reers. Following this Father Stonestreet was ap- pointed president of Gonzaga College. Through his efforts St. Aloysius Church was completed. Father James A. Doonan, 8. J.,, born in Au- gusta, Ga., was the twenty-ninth rector of the college, taking office August 17, 1882. After four years at the college Father Doonan entered the of Jesus in 1857 at Prederick, Md. he completed his studies at Woodstock, new scholasticate of the Jesuits. He was first president of Georgetown to come from halls of Woodstock. PFrom professor of lit- erature through dean, vice president and finally president, Father Doonan passed, within the short course of seven years. In his term the Medical School, at Ninth and H streets northwest, was erected and his tire- less labor made possible the payment of the immense debt incurred by the erection of the Building. § of the 10 student-presidents of the Alphonsus J. Donlon, 8. J., season of the branch will open tomorrow. Both day and evening classes for adults are being organized and children’s classes will be held at the town studio, also at Chevy Chase, Md., and Wesley Heights. N interesting recital was given last Tues- day evening by Miksa Merson, Hungarian pianist, and well known in this city, at the Art Association of Newport before a large and brilliant audience. NUMBER. of songs by Mrs. William M. Doran~of 1315 Clifton street northwest were played recently over the radio by Otto Beck, organist, at the Rialto Theater. Among these original compositions by Mrs. Doran were “Your Melody I'll Keep,” “In Twi- light Seeking,” “Love Is the Sunshine of Life” and others. MUSICAL STUDIOS. 1705 K St. } Children’s instruction a spe- cialty. Immediate results. Dem- onstrations at any time by ap- pointment. Ry appointment. Ukulele. Conn. Ave. 'SOPHOCLES PAPAS " dolin, Banjo, H: jlan_ Guitar. = Sliar et Pyl g, o Instructor at leading schools of Washington.