The Washington critic., 1889-06-25
THE COMMENCEMENT SEASON.
Closing Exercises Of Georgetown Unit
tversity This Morning

| gallery and all, at 10 o'clock this morning.
Then began the seventy-second annual
commencement exercises OF the old insti-
tuition. An orchestra Of thirty pieces was
up In the gallery, and gaps IN the exercises
were very pleasantly filed with musical
| numbers.
Rev. j. Ravens Richards, the rector OF
The University, presided, and among the
! prominent people on the rOstrum were the
| Peruvian Minister and all the Catholic
clcrgymen In the city. After the opening
exercises with two selections by the
orchestra. William j. McClusky, New
| YORK, read an essay on "a National Uni.
versity." Charles +. O'Day, New York,
read the class poem, and Daniel j. Geary,
| Pennsylvania, delivered an essay favoring
state support for Denomination Schools. v
| JeremiahM. Prendergust Minnesota read
the MERCER Prize Grafton, entitled "Char-
acter Of Wolfe aud Montcalm.n The
orchestra played a fantasia, and then the
rector conferred degrees as follows:
Doctor Of Divinity-Very Reverend
George McCloskey, A. NJ, Vicar General,
| president Of Preston Parks Theological
Seminary, Louisville.
Doctor OF Lnws---James Fairfax Me.
LaughliD, A. NJ, New York; Valentine
Mentally, Y. s. A., LII. d. (st. Fan. Xav. J,
and Hon. Emile Rost, A. NJ, Ii. M.
Doctor Of Mediclne-Douglas William
Doctor Of Phiiosophy--Joseph +. John
son, NJ. D.; Carl A. II. Kleiuschmldt, VI.
| D., and Ethelbert Carroll Morgan, A. b.,
NJ. d., OF this city; Austin O'Malley,A. NJ,
New York, and Joseph NJ. Toner, A. NJ,
N. d.. of this city.
Mastor Of Arts-Enoch Il. Abel, A. D.,
Maryland; John X. Bradford, A. b., LII. b,
Delaware; Michael j. Colbert, A. b. LIN,
Washington ID. c.. Francis j. Cummings,
AVlys ia. al
Ii. b., Washington, ID. c.; James NJ
Healy, a. b., Pennsylvania; John Ledyard
Lincoln, A. b., IL. NJ, Ohio; John d. Nc
Laughlin, A. b., Massachusetts,; Joseph p.
O'Brien, A. b., IL. NJ, Pennsyvania;
James +. O'Neil, A. b., LII b., Georgia.;
Charles ID. Rooney, A. b., Massachusetts,;
Edward .. Russell, A. b., LII. NJ, Illinois,;
Francis p, Smith, A. b., Pennsylvania;
Henry w. sohon, IL. NJ, Washington, d
Jnmes NJ. Wilcox, a. b., Ii. b., Florida,
and William J. Wilcox, A. b., LII. b.,
Colorado.
Bachelor Of Arts-Charles G.. Braden-
baugh, Missouri; John V. Dahlgren, Mary
land; Daniel j. Geary, Pennsylvania James
A. Grant, Nova Scotia; Thomas VI. Harvey,
District OF Columbia; Felix A, Kclso, Ar
Kansas Thomas B. Lantry New York;
William j. McClusky, New York: Henry
j. Nichols, New York; Daniel Il. O'Dny,
New York; Daniel j. O'Donnell, Pennsyl-
vania, and Jerepiiah VI. Prendergast, Mn
nesota.
Bachelor of hilosophy-Charles f.
O'Day, New York, and Charles L. Palms,
Michigan.
The valedictory was then read by John
v. Dahlgren, Maryland, and after more
music by the orchestra the prizes were dis
tributed. .
The Goff medal for rational philosophy
was won by Jeremiah VI. Prendcrgast, Min
nesota, and the premium by Thomas NJ.
Harvey Of this city. The McGrath medal
for physics was also won by Mr. Prender-
CAST, and the premium by Thomas b. Ian
try, New York. The Kidwell medal for
mechanics was also awarded to Mr.. Prem
dergast, and the premium to Daniel j.
0'Donnell, Pennsylvania.
In rhetoric Francis Joseph Semmes,
Louisiana, won the medal and William G.
McKechnie, Massachusetts,, the premium.
The English literature and composition
premium was also won by Mr.. McKechnie.
The poetry medal went to James
E. Duross, New York, aud the pre-
MUM to Raymond A. Heiskell, Maryland.
In the first grammar class medals were
given, ca &quo, to Edward l.. Reyes, New
York, and stephen Q. Hayes, Washington,
D: g.; the premium to David NJ. Dyer,
Washington, ID. c.
First class in mathematics Fen
wick j. Stewart, Washington, ID. c.. pre-
MUM, Thomas + Carney, Massachusetts,
Second class-Medal, Joseph +. MAGGIE,
Texas; premium, WIN, j. Domelly, Wash
ington, ID. g. Third class-Medal, Edward
J.. Reyes. New York; premium, Stephen Q.
Hayes, Washington, ID. q. Chemistry
Medal james L. Duross, New York; pre-
MUM, Fenwick j. Stewart, Washington,
ID. q. French-Medal, G. Manning Combs,
Maryland; premium, Stephen Q. Hayes.
German-Medal, Samuel j. Boldrick, Ken
lucky.
III the contest in Christian Doctrine
prize OF 500, the gift OF Tallmadge A.
Lambert, esq, Of Washington, d. c., was
nesota, In the class OF Christian Doctrine
the gold medal was awarded to jeremiah
NJ. Prendergast, Minnesota, and the pre-
MUM to Thomas NJ. Harvey, Washington,
ID. G. In the class in elocution a gold
medal, the gift Of Rev. p. II. Brennan, s. j.,
Of Providence, r. l., was awarded to VIM.
q. McKechnfe, Massachusetts, and the
premium to Jeremiah NJ. Prendergast.
The Merrick Debating Medal was awarded
to Thomas b. Lantry, New York
The Toner scientific medal was awarded
to John Vinton Dahlgren, Maryland. The
Hoffman mathematical medal was not
awarded. The Morris historical medal was
awarded TO jeremiah NJ. Prendergast for
1.-THE Norsemen in AMERICA The Philo-
demic Society's medal was given William
G. Mckechnie, Massachusetts,. The Philo-
nomosian Society's debating medal was
awarded to G. Manning Combs, Maryland;
subject, "Resolyed, that the Blair bill was
unconstitutional" the Affirmative being
taken by Samuel j. Boldrick; negative by
c. Manning Combs.
The MERCER Centennial prize, given by
Hon. Honore MERCER, Prime Minister Of
the Province of Quebec, Canada, was
awarded TO Jeremiah NJ. Prendergast, Min
nesota, for the essay on "The Characters Of
Wolfe and Montcalm." As another essay
on the same subject showed exceptional eX-
cellence, second medal was awarded by
the faculty to its author, Edward ID.
O'Brien, New York, The medal for the
best metrlcal translation or an ode of
Horace, the gift of Charles Donovan, NJ. D.,
A. NJ, Of Baltimore, Nd, was awarded TO
j. Stanislaus Smith, Washington, d. c.;
and special prize was awarded to Edward
l.. Reyes, New York, who passed an ex-
animation on Cicero's essays, "De Senec-
tuten and "De Amicitia,n In addition TO the
authors read by the class.
In the preparatory classes medals were
awarded TO William II. Bowlin In cate
chism and Merk McNeal and Francis j.
Hegrity in elocutioD.
At the prize drill on February IL, 1889,
two gold medals, the gift Of Rev. p. IL.
Brennan, s. j., were awarded: For excel
lence in individual drill, to j.. Winslow
Robinson, Co. b.; for excellence in com
pany drill, to Captain Joseph S. Rogers,
Co. A,
Georgetown College Preparatory De
partment.
The largo hall OF Georgetown College
was crowded with the friends and students
OF the institution last night. They had
come to witness the commencement ex-
eIcises Of the preparatory department. The
first part OF the programme consisted of
Rotations by Francis j. Mulhall and
Shirley Barbour OF this city, Matthias NJ.
Tavis and John +. Murphy of Maryland,
Francis N; Mckee Of Kentucky, Mark