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...Proudest president was Father Arthur A. O'Leary of Georgetown University, on the Potomac's banks in Washington, D. C., as Georgetown celebrated its 150th anniversary. Founded by John Carroll, a friend of Benjamin Franklin and the first Roman Catholic bishop in the U. S., Georgetown is the oldest U. S. Catholic college. For the occasion President O'Leary staged elaborate ceremonies, gathered many a bigwig for kudos and speeches (among them: Speaker William B. Bankhead, U. S. Attorney-General Frank Murphy, head G-Man J. Edgar Hoover, American Bar Association President Frank J. Hogan). To President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Presidents' Week: Jun. 12, 1939 | 6/12/1939 | See Source »

...powerful Eugene Ben Germany, 46, was born in Nolan county, Texas, janitored his way through Southwestern University at Georgetown. He taught school, studied geology, got in on the lush 1920 Texas oil boom. He now owns oil wells in Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, raises hogs and cattle on his two farms and acts as mayor of Highland Park, fabulously wealthy suburb of Dallas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Jack Garner's Friends | 6/5/1939 | See Source »

Brackett started on the mound against Nave, since the Georgetown tilt was rained out. Curtiss relieved him in the third, and after a shaky start, settled down to pitch a good brand of ball...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BASEBALL TEAM MAKES FAIR SPRING SHOWING | 4/10/1939 | See Source »

Opposing the batmen during the nine-day recess will be teams from the Naval Training Station. North Carolina, Duke, Georgetown, and finally Navy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Baseball, Lacrosse, and Fencing Teams Embark Upon Annual Spring Games | 3/31/1939 | See Source »

Johnson, Justice, and Riven all competed in inter-House debating. Lanigan, a transfer student from Georgetown University, was president of the Georgetown Debating Council. The awards were made on the basis of the competition hold Wednesday evening...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Debating Council Adds Six Candidates to Membership | 2/17/1939 | See Source »

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