Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-23
GgORGETOWx UNIVERSITY CEN
yENVEAB..
Honorary degrees Conferred by Pre-
siacut cleveland.
By telegraph to the Dispatch.l

fBy telegraph 20 the Difratchl
WASHINGTON. February - The cSer-
clsos NJ the centennial celebration Of GEORGE
town UBlyCr,i.y closed this altern0on WIN
a solemn academic session IN Castor Hal. o.
which hoGorlry degrees were conferred bN
President Cleveland, who said: "ln ting
moment shall occupy will not speak OF
the Importance in 2 genera. sense OF liberal
education or REFER 10 The value Of unlYcr-i-
ties like Ibis re lhr mcqus Tor acquiring such
education. nor will lrcDind YOU OF 81 the
causes for c0ugraiulllion which ibis cenlen'
nisl occasion affords. These things have
been presented go YOU IN all that you
have seen and heard here IN the DAYS
Just pest. and they are suggested
iv The atmosphere on about IL. | am til h
irg of tbis college "a IN 1imO Mater, and
calling fn mind The volume of love aud aiffc-
lion which has been turned toward her
from the great OUTSIDE world OF her alumni
during Tie hundred years oi her lie, and 90
this time especially awakened. To-day lnc
voupc graduate whose Aimd .Ua.fr occupies
q broad place in hi. lie turns 10 her with
warm enthusiasm. The mddle-aged gradu-
are TO-DAY psuses IN the hustle ana turmoil
of business aCtylfy 10 give loving and atiec-
tiouaie Erecting 10 mis- anna b1isr. Tie
aeed graduate OF to-day in memory passc,
over the scenes and the events OF more re-
cent date 60 recall through the mellow
ING lieht Of wears the incidents Of college
lie while be- breathes lerVent PRAYER
for bis AinG ldlfer. II the dead graduates
are no. With YOU to-day in spirit the loving
bands which attached them TO tner anna
slater, though broken by death, are here
hsllowing the place where they are Kept and
m king u this hOnOrcd institution sacred
-hriue. Another thought, born | suppose
OF the solemn trust which have held for
the American people, prompts me 10 cay
WORT concerning the relation Which such an
institution ~ THIS should bear 30 American
citizenship. Men 81 learning we 1t all times
need. but we also need good citizenship.
There should not be that seliishne,s in edu.
cation which leads It's possessor to live with
ia himself and to hug his treasure with sor-
did saii faction. i1e lea.t an educated man
should do j. 10 make himself q good, true
American citizen; aud be fails 30 do his
duty II be does not also improve the citizen.
shin Of Others. His love II country s1Ould
be great, his interest in public Affairs should
at all times be great, and his discharge Oi the
duties OF citizenship should be guided
bv all the intelligence he possesses aud
aided bV all the learning he has acquire d.
GEORGETOWN College should he proud o. the
impress she has made on The ciilze nship Of
orr country. On her roll OF graduates are
found the names Of many who haYe per-
formed public duty better Tor her teaching,
while her alumni baye swollen the ranks
% these who In private stations have
done their duty a. American citizens
iutelligenuv aud we'll. | cannot express
ny friendship for your college better than
10 wish for her in The, future as she has had
in the past, IN army OF alumni learned. pa.
triotic, and useful, cherishing the good OF
their country as an object OF the loiticst ef-
fort aud dceming their contributions to good
citizenship a supremacy worthy the use
Of the education they have tcquired within
these walls.
The degrees were then conferred, as fol-
lows:
Doctors OF Law-Thomas F. Bayard. Sc
cretGry OF State; Hon. Mr.. Merrieier. Prime
Minister OF Quebec; Augustus II. Garland.
Attorney. General OF the United States:
Emiliode Muruaga. T.. l.. and NJ. Z. Of
spain; John Lee Carroll, Generals Nathan
COZ aud w. ;. Rosecrans, ZAcbarIah Mont
gomeTy, John Culinary Shea, John L. Doyle
Of California, George h. Hamilton, Alex
ander 81. Laughb0rOugh OF California, John
q. Hamilton. II. d., Thomas Dwight, aud
John Boyle O'Reilly.
Three gold medals were struck in honor
Of the centennial celebration, which were
awarded - follows: One TO John Culinary
Skea, LID, the historian OF the Catholic
Church in America, for his work "The Life
and Times OF Archbishop Carroll"; the gold
medal struck by the Alumni ASSOCIATION
was presented TO his Emnence james Cardi-
nal Gibbons for the ArchiepiscOpa See Of
Baltimore; aud gold medal like the pre-
cedng 10 Pres dent Grover Cleveland for
the Government Of the United States.