The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-25
ST. JOHNS COLLEGE.


The Twenty-nfnth Annual Commence
mont Yesterday at Fordham.
The twenty-ninth annual commencement or St.
Johns College, Fordham was celebrated yester-
day under the great oaks OF the Fordham grounds,
through which, by the way, the law says no boule-
ward or street Improvement can go. There was
q neat platform under the oaks. draped gracefully
with American nags, where was assembled . large
number Of Catholic clergymen at the opening OF
the proceedings, as well as the members OF the
graduating class who were to do the spoutlng.
the fine weather and the excellent arrangements
by the good latners made the exhibition hours
pass BY most pleasantly. 81
The Archbishop was present and, at the close of
the proceedings, he made few remarks TO the
students, which, If they were sensible fellows
must have been well reshed The address to the
graduates was delivered by General M. 7.
McManon. The address was timely one. 1t was
brim fun Of good suggestions and flowing over
with excellent advice 10 the voQng men who,
they know great deal more than the ordinary
order or not. The proceedings were opened
81 e.. noon; , oana 81 music doing its
Of s cSss as e o
iorm-that Is, the fathers who make up the domes-
tic family -the CHIEF men OF the Fordham estab-
The ''intellectualn exercises were given as fol-
lows: THE Moral Element In Education,n ia.
WarQ BermuucZ, A. b.: "POpuIar NeCrcaClOnS,"
John r. Leary; "lhe Limit OF Legislation Charles
F. H. O'Nelll ''singleness OF Purpose" Horace K.
Doherty; '.rhe Limit OF the Physical Sciences"
Peter L. Mnllay; "vaedictory,n John p. OBJ rien.
The degree Of Bachelor Of Arts was conferred on
the following students michael McDermOtt, H0-
bOken, N. j.; George McCreery, Bellevie, N. j.:
Horace X. DOherty, H0nesdae, Pa; Francis N.
Adams, Columbus, "a. JOnn q. Mcbride, Jersey
City; John p. O'Brlen, New York; Joseph F. Car
lin, Providence, X. l. +; Charles F. H. O'Nel, New
York; William 8. Keegan, Brooklyn, L. l.: Bernard
J. Reilly, New York; John Shea, Fordham. N. T.;
Robert F. Touhey, Charleston. s. o.; Thomas B.
Mass. Peter L. Mulialy, New York; Edward farri-
bault, Assumption, q. Z. Thomas Kearney, New
York Joseph ID. Murphy, Albany, n. Y; Patrick
DOnnely, Ireland Tobias Fitzpatrick, High Bridge,
n. Y; Charles j. Gallagher, Brooklyn, LII.
In consequence OF q serious accident which befel
him some days before the nnal examination, Mr..
McDermOtt, though q member OF the graduating
class during the whole year, was unable to COM
pete for hon 1rs. His fellow graduates as mark
voted HIM the highest rank in his class.
The gold medal, awarded for the pest biOgraphi-
cal essay, was mertted by Horace Heating DOherty.
Next IN merit, Bernard Reilly; subject, Louis XVI
of France. Donor Tor the present year, william j.
Joyce, A. b., class OF '6l, New York. wy
Silver medals for proficiency were awarded for
rhetoric, to Charles N. Bulger; for Bellies LetIres,
to David II. Hunt; for classics, TO Walter D.
Denegre. srEa.R
division was awarded to Patrick p. Halptn.
the following gentlemen Edward Bermudez, A.
b., New Orleans, La; George Denegre, A. B., New
Orleans, La; L. A. HuguetLatour, Montreal,
Canada. @st& tt ts ,NinN& ~ l-At