National Republican., 1873-06-27
GEORGETOWN COLLEGE.
Commcpcemcp, R.,,r,.,. yc,t,rday,

GEORGETOWN COLLEGE.
Comn,encement Exercises Yesterday.
Yesterday morning the campus Of that venor-
able seat Of learning, Georgetown College, was
alive with all the busy morning preparations Of
commencement day. A large class had passed
the curriculum OF the collegiate course, and were
ready to receive In the presence Of their friends
the oflcial parchment containing their nrst de-
grees. The grounds and college buildings were
nlled with hundreds OF persons who had come
large upper han OF the main building was filled
10 sunocatlon almost by an audience notable for
It's worth and high character. The hall was
most Claborately dressed for the occasion.
EyerRreens and vines Of laurel and ivy were
festooned around the walls. On the wall hack
Of the stage two beautiful silk American naRs
aud the handsome banner OF the college were
small shields, at short distances apart, were
nxed to the walls, and on them were emblaEOned
the names Of sophocles, Milton, Dryden, Cicero,
Tacitus, Xenophen, shakespeare, Liyina, Eu.
ripides, HOmetus, Burke, LOyOla, Oyidius and
others, ''qui sii mem rec altos n ere nerendo."
On scrolls, shields aud stars these notices were
conspicuous: "Haes olim class "a, msB,inisss
iurdbn,' "EioousRtid hbsrtah dsrtnctd,r "Len
hbrrtds sdlusqus pcnfis," "H'st0rtd sloqusntid
"A.M.D.G." and "B. v.M.H." were printed. The
Marine band was stationed In the gallery oppo-
ate the stage; which was occupied by President
ithitl HuEuOu VI tue IhfultNt VINO naalAtt0
In the distribution Of the medals and premiums.
Al ten O'Clock, after music, the flrst Grafton was
delivered by Jacob ID. Arnold, whose subject,
National Recollections," was handled In a bold,
patriotic and eloquent style, and was a credit,
able performance. 'The Pen and the Swordr
was Just review Of the power OF each, by
American n LItsraturs," % sa by O EiwaEi RI t X FIna,
attracted attention, but such men as Emer-
son and Curtis At the North and Thompson and
Pike at the south would hardly agree with him
In aOm0 of his r Al idRaa
grafton on "Rndurance," by J. Percy Keating,
was characteristic OF his habits OF thought aud
Me, and although marked BY degree Of power,
Tracey delivered q touching aud eloquent tri-
butte 10 the late Father Early. John 3. Hollings-
worth in manly and slraightforward way ex-
address OF the yaledictorian we cannot praise.
The spirit Of II was clear enough, but II was
weak IN style and construction. Ia ysledieto-
more than probable that Mr.. Hollingsworth did
not do himself Justice-certainly he did not ap-
preelate the dignity Of the occasion.
The degree OF Doctor Of Laws was conferred
upon Richard 4. MeIrick, Of this city, an orna-
ment and pillar OF his profession. The degree
o. Master Of Arts on Z. J. Murphy, N. D., Of
the new College OF Obstetrics aud 0ynaecology
and teacher at Georgetown college In lsTl-3;
on Daniel J. Kelly, N. A, graduate OF Stony
yerslty, present professor Of chemistry and
mathematics IN Georgetown college; and on
James NJ. Mackall, N. d., Of Washington. OF the
Of Arts was conferred on the following
graduates OF the present year; Jacob d. Arnold,
o. Baltimore, Nd; r. z. Miles Burns, OF Nash.
ington, D. g.; Edward X. FINK, o. Baltimore,
Nd; John B. liolllngsworth, Of GAINESVILLE, ohio;
James ?. :. Mulaly, OF New York city; Neal t.
hees, Of Terre Ha1te, Ind; John II. walsh, OF
Fairfax county, Va; and Joseph X. Washington,
OF Cedar Hlll, Robertson county, Tenn.
The Distribution oP THE PRIZE.
Senior olasses.-Rational philOsophy-The gold
medal was awarded 70 Neal T. Murray, d. c.; the
ptemlum TO Joseph x. Washington, Tenn. Rx-
cellence In English essays-Premlum, Neal r.
Murray: Natural philosophy-Medai, John II.
Walsh, Va; premium, Joseph 4. Washington,
Tenn, Mechanlcs-MedAl, John II. Walsh, Val
premium, ,,1 Neal y. Murray, D. e., Rhetorlc-The
C.i medal OF excellence, Walter s, Perry, ID. C.;
premium, Thomas X. sherman, ID. c. Excel
ienee in English oomposi!lon-Premlum, Walter
:, Perry, ID. Z. POetTy-Medal, J. Percy Keat-
ing, Penn; the honor, premium, Ansel D. Cook,
GA-i premium Of excellence, Ansel b. Cook Ca
Eheenenee % ~ kngllsh eompositlon-Premium,
Medal, John p. Farrelly, ARK; premium, J. Harry
thompson, ID. q. Excellence In English COM
pogslnGfnIJpIemium, pgnnfdr J,I J: Harry Thompson.
al, Eugene =. Ives, N. Y; premium, Frank dc
sales jenkins, Md. Excellence In English COM
position RositlolnTPremilms, Bernard Feenan, Mass;
tiancls j. Ives, ". \. Third grammar class, LIST
dlylsion-Me1al, John Paul Jones. Ind; pre-
MUM, Andrew J. shipman, va. ExcelIencs in
English ompositlon-Premium, VIM. J. DAW-
feSd hipP5ts TssIlsRtse sies ls f5sl'h
Preparatory DepartmenL.Fifst class Of rudI-
ments-Medal, Fernando Ballaflares, Mica ragua,
Z. A; premium, Reese II. Voorhees,, Ind. I'm
provement In English composition Premium
Reese ii. voorhees,, Ind. Improvement In Eng.
nsh oomposition-Premium, James II. Taylor,
CnIistian Doctrine.-First class Of Christian
-doctrine-Medal, Thomas I. sherman, d. O.;
premium; y. Percy Keating Penn. second class
Medal, VIM. Y. Ellison, La; premium, VIM. J..
Dawson, Nicaragua, G. A. Elementary cate
chism-Medal, Fernando BalladaTes, Nicaragua,
G. premium, Richard I. Petltt, ID. Q.
Mathematics.-first class-Medal, George A,
Steer, Ga; premium, Thomas X. Sherman, b. q.
Secohu Slass-medal, Eugene :. Ives, ". Y; pre-.
ninln, , !; Harry Thompson, D. G. Third class
roll Payne, Va. Agebra-Inedal. Pedro 4.
EeheyeTn, Colombia, 3. A.; premium, Andrew
>: shiPman, Va; flIst class Of arithmetic.
II. voorhees,, Ind. Bookkeeping-medai,J Jose IN
HAlagher, va; premium, Bernard Z. McNea'
fenn. second class OF Arithmetie-medal, Hip
poyn bres' La; premium, John A. ArrinRdale
No, Third class Of arithmetic medal, Rudolph
nneIIuSela, y Nicaragua, c. A; premium, Joseph
science-Class Of organic ehemIstry-Medal
Iholnas 4; sherman, ID. c.; premium, Walter N
Perry, ID. Y. Glass OF organic ohemistry-Medal
DC.
nOIern Languages-Flrst class OF French
Medal, William J, Dawson, Nicaragua, q. 4;
premium, John q. Agar, La. second clGS-
Medal, Pedro p. EcheyeTri, Colombia, 4. A.; pro-
MUM, Bernard feenan, Mass. Third class
Division A, medal, Andrew J. shipmEn, Va; pre-
MUM, Joseph 7. Gallagher, Va. Division b
Medal, Francis de sales Mudd, Nd; premium,
Paul J. Arnold, ID. Q. German-Medal, T. Ham,
ping, Ga.
=. ....ea.Ion-For excellence In eIocution the
gold cross was awarded to Walter s. Perry, DC.
10 the senior division the premium TO Charles
Herr d. z. In the junior division the premium
TO VIM. X. Jones, ID. q. In the preparatory de-
paTtnent the premium TO wm. X. L. Raley, Nd
~ the class Of music the frst premium TO r.
Hamilton c. Bowie, Cal; second 10 Fitzgerald
Tyler, Na.; third to John d. Midence, Nicaragua,
q. A. In the nrst class Of penmAnship the pre-
MUM TO J. Columbus O'Donnell, Nd; second
class TO Rudolph Herdocia, Nicaragua, q. A,
10 the class Of drawing the nrst premium 10 Jas,
II: liealy, Pa; second to Jas. N. Hull, Ca.
The Phllodemic prize medal for the best Eng.
lsh essay was awarded to John 4. HolllnRs-
worth, ONO.
President nealsy closed the exercises by A
short and well-timed address 10 all present and
10 the graduating class In particular.