National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-06-24
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY.
commencement OF the Classical and Sci
enIIGc DenarImenIs.

The classical and scientific departments
of Geolgetown University held their sixty-fOurth
annual commencement yesterday morning. the
exercises taking place in the spacious college
hall. which was filled with large audience, in
Guiding many former graduates of this time
honored institution. The floral decorations were
many, and their arrangement was extremely taste
ful. The thesis of the graduates, which were all
well received, and which displayed much thought
and research, were upon the following subjects:
Modern Skepticism,' J. Ledyard Lincoln; Ten
Dyson'S influence" James NJ Wilcox, jr: "Insuf-
fciency of Purely Intellectual Culture" Daniel W.
Bawler. Comforting Of degrees. Vaedictory. Pros
per f. Than. The delivery of these was inter
spCrscd with music. Degrees were then conferred
as follows: Doctor Of divinity, Very Rev. William
ByTne, Y. G.. Boston, Mass president of Mount 81.
NaTy's College, Emmcttsburg, Nd; doctor OF laws,
Hon William Adams Richardson. Massachusetts.
judge Of the United States Courtof Claims. doctors
ofVhilOSOphy, Prof Thomas AntiSeII, NJ D. Wash
inetnn, D. C. and Professor Charles ncuTy Jour
dan, Emmcttshurg, Md; master Of arts, }. Thomas
ScharG esq, Baltimore, Nd: bachelors Of arts,
George Donworth, Maine: Daniel w. Lawler, Wis
c0nsu; John l.. Lincoln, Ohio: James D. Morgan,
District Of Columbia Alexander II. Semmcs, Dis
trct Of Columbia; James II. Sloan, Maryland
Prosper T. Than, District Of Columbia, and James
N. Wilcox, ir., Pennsylvania; bachelors Of science
Charles W. Hamilton Nebraska. Charles f Nc
Gahan, South Carolina, and Edward L. MeIlen,
New York.
The awards Of medals and premiums were as
follows: seuia: Constitutional philosophy
Golf medal. George Donworth. premium. P F.
Than. Physlcs-The Chapman Neale medal,
George Dorworth: premium. P f. Than. Ne
chanics-Neda George DoEworth; premium, P.
i. THAN RhetOuc-Medal. P. X. Smith: pre-
MUM, William L. Mclaughlin. English literature
and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, p Y. Smith. Poetry
Medal. + A. BTogaH. premium, NJ. J. Colbert.
English literature and c0mpOsItion-PremIG
+. A. Brogan. First grammar-Nedal, 7. D. J.
Gallagher: premium. W. D. Shehan. English lit
eTatDre and omPosiIon-Premium, 7. D. J. Gala
CHER. First mathematcs-Nedal, L. Nordnger:
premium, NJ. Colbert Second mathematics. a.
Brogau. premium, P d Smith. Third mathe-
mniics-Medal, CnarlesJ Helm. premium. Thomas
j. J. Gallagher. Analytical chemistry-Medal
William t. Mclaughlin. premium, P. Xavier
Smith. General chemiStTy-Medal Francis a.
b5ogsn; premium, Ashby L. Shepherd First
fTcnch-8edal, Amandce Fernandez: pre-
mmm, Victor J. Petty German-P Premium
PeJer d. Smith. Christian doctriue-medaI,
] Xavier Smith: premium, F. A BrOgan
BOcution-The gold medal William A. Lackcy :
premium, A. Clarke Wright. The Mernck de-
batting medal, bounded 10y K. T. MerrlcE, esq. IL
scientific medal tgiven by Joseph N. Toner, NJ. d.
4. NJ, is withheld FOR The present year. The uoif
man mathematical medal (given by Charles w
Holman, esq, IL D. awarded TO Isaac Nordlin-
ger The Morris historical medal given by
Martin 4. Morris, esq, Ii. D., awarded to Daniel
W. LawIer Subject: The Origin and Prin-
Cipes of the Democratic and Wing par
ties" The Philodemic prize medal, given by
the Phllodcmic Society, awarded 10 Daniel w
LAWYER. Subject, Calhoun as an Orator" The
1hilonOmvsian debating medal (g1ven by the
PhilOnomusian Society," awarded 10 Peter Doug
lass Smith. Junior cIaSses-Second grammar
Premium, Victor J. Pelry Excellence i'll English
experimentation, Victor }. Perry. Third
grammar-FirSt premium, James McElhune. Ex-
Cellence in English composluon-Premium,
Joseph NJ. Dohan. Aigebra-PremiUn, Nor
Tison W. Divine. First arithmetic First
premium, John 5. Prince. BOOK keeping
First northumberland KeugIa. Second
French-Premium, Thomas D. }. Gallagher. Third
French-Premium, William u. Sheahan. Christ
ian dOctrine-First premium, Thomas d. J. Gala.
cher. Elocution-First premium, Naphtan Nord.
hnger. Preparatory classes-First rudiments-Pre-
mium, j. Shorb Neale. Excellence in English
mposition-Premium, J. ShoIb Neale. Second
rudiments, excellence in English composition
Premium, Clinton Reynolds. Second arithmetic
Premium, Nsphtan Nordlinger. Third arithmetic
distinguished, Leonard Kidwell Catechism-
Philip McElhonc. Muslc-First premium, Frede-
mex Tete. Drawing-Premium, Henry d. Atwood.