Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-06-23


| on oft discussed subjects there was not one in
| all that assemblage who did not appreciate the
| pain that each student felt as when all was
| over he grasped the hands of those who had SO
assisted him to make smoother the path of life,
and with one long look at the gray pile turn
his head in the direction of a new and sterner
life. The program was as follows:
ORDER OF EXERCISES.
Overture-Crown Diamonds. .Auber
Observation-Disclosures Rossini.
Class poem. j. Stanislaus Easily Smith, Ala.
Selection-Enoch Arden. .Lachner.
Denominational Schools. James z. Duross. NY.
Piccolo solo-silvia Sherzo. There.
MIR. William Haley.
The Catholic Press .Fenwick j. Stewart, ID. C..
Cornet soio-A Mother S Love. .Abt.
Mr.. C. Schneider.
Trombone solo-Kesignation. ........ .Koppitz.
Mr.. l.. Gebicke.
valedictory. ....... Raymond A. Heiskell, Md.
Spanish Wedding Serenade. Silva.
March-Roman Carnival .MeBdelssohn.
The class poem was by Mr.. J. Stanislaus
Easily Smith of Alabama, who reci.ed it in a
manner that showed his Evolutionary powers to
be far above the average. Not a sound was
heard. At its conclusion the applause he re-
ceived was deafening. Mr.. Jas. Z. Duress of
New York. on ''Denominational Schools" spoke
in a mastery and forcible way and earned well
the ovation he received.
The Catholic Press was upheld by Mr.. Fem
wick ]. Stewart in an able manner, and the
earnestness Of the speaker was forcibly i'm
pressed upon the audience. Mr.. Raymond A..
Heiskell of Maryland, by the delivery of his
valedictory, sustained the reputation that the
college has always had for oratOry. The
musical selections by Donch's orchestra were
all well rendered and aided to the enjoyment
of the occasion.
DEGREES CONFERRED.
Honorary degrees, master Of arts-Hon. John
VI. Martin, A. ~, LII. D., Alabama.
Bachelor of arts-w. Warrington Evans, NJ.
D., District of Columbia.
Degrees in course. master Of arts-Walter A..
Donaldson, A. B., IL. B., New York; Joseph
Percy Heating, A. B., LII. B., Pennsylvania;
Thomas Norris Vincent A. B. NJ. D., District of
Columbia; George Kearney, A. B., Ii. NJ, Dis
| trict Of Columbia; John Henry Junghans. ABB,
II. D., District of Columbia; John Vinton Dahl
gren, A. B.. LII. B., Maryland; James Aloysius
Gray, A. b Arkansas; Philip J. McHenry, A. b,
District of Columbia; Peter A. Roche, Pennsyl-
vania; Laurence Eugene French, Massachu-
| sets.
| Bachelor of arts-Thomas Francis Carney,
Massachusetts,; William Joseph Donnelly, Dis
trict OF Columbia; Alfred Joseph Ducharme,
Michigan: James Edwin Duross, New York
Raymond Angelo Heiskell, Maryland; Walter A.
johnson, Georgia; Henry Bernard Kaufman,
Illinois; Joseph Francis Magale. Texas; Charles
Patrick Neill (summa cum laudeJ. Texas; En-
nest Bernard Smith, Virginia; j. Stanislaus
Easily Smith, Alabama; Fenwick Joseph Stew
art, District Of Columbia; Henry Peter Wilson,
California
MEDALS AND PREMIUMS.
Senior classes-The Golf medal for rational
philosophy (given by George P. Gof, NJ. A.
awarded to Charles p. NELL, Teas; premium,
James E. Duress, New York
The MeGrath medal for physics Given by
William V. McGrath, b. s., Of PHILADELPHIA. Pa
awarded to Charles 2. Nell. Texas; premium,
Fenwick j. Stewart, Washington d. c.
The hidwell medal for mechanics (given by
Edgar kidwell, NJ. A., of Washington, d. c.
awarded to Charles p Neill. Texas; premium,
Fenwick j. Stewart Washington, d. C.
The Dahlgren medal for calculus, founded
by John Sinton Dahlgren. b. A., of Maryland.
awarded to Edward l.. Reyes, New York
Class OF rhetoric, ciassics-Silver medal AM
brose o. Beavan. Anacostia. D.. c.; premium.
W. Lloyd Wolfe, Washington, ID. c. English
| MISUNDERSTANDING, Ambrose o. Beavan, An
acostia, ID. c..
/ Class Of poetry. classics-Silver medal, Will
lam j. Collins, Massachusetts; premium, John
4. Clarke, Washington. d. c. English litera-
ture-Premium. Patrick J. Carlin, New York.
Glass OF first grammar. classics-Silver medal
William A. o Donneu Pennsylvania; premium,
| Michael L. Gavin, Tennessee. English itera-
ture-Premium. Michael L. Gavin, Tennessee.
Mathematics OF the senior department cal
| culus-Silyer medal, Stephen L. Hayes, Dis
trict OF Coiumbiai premium. Edward L. Reyes,
| New York.
Trigonometry and analytical geometry
Silver medal. Vim. J. Collins, Massachusetts;
premium, Mark McNeal, Maryland.
| Geometry, plane and spherIcal-Silver medal,
John w. McGrath. Tennessee; premium
Francis B. McDermott, Ohio.
Analytical chemistry-Silver medal, Edward
District Of Columbia.
General chemistry-Saver medal. Mark Nc
Neal Maryland; premium, VIM. s. Deneen,
New York.
Senior French-Siiver medal William A.
ODonnell. Pennsylvania; premium, Paul W.
Evans. District Of Columbia
Senior German-Silver medal Joseph A.
Eckioff Washington, DC; premium, Vim. T.
The Christian doctrine medal given BY the
Rev J: ). Murphy, Sd, pastor of Trinity
Church, Georgetown. De- awarded j. Stanis-
laus Easily Smith, Alabama; premium, Chas.
| y. Neill. Texas.
The Brennan medal for elocution (eiyen by
the Rev. Z. Ii. Brennan, g. j., of Providence
r. l., awarded to Ernest Bernard Smith. Vir.
ginia; premium, Patrick j. Carlen, New
York.
The Merriek debating medal BOUNDED BY
mchard J. Merrick, esq, awarded to James f.
Duress, New York.
The Toner scientific medal (given by JOSEPH
NJ Toner, NJ D., Phi. D.. for the best collection
| OF specimens in some branch Of natural
| scieuce) AWARDED 70 D. Stanlslaus Eaeby Smith
Alabama Subject: Mineralogy of Alabama
Tue Hoffman mathematical medal given by
Shas- W. hoffman, LID, awarded to StepheI
L. Hayes, Washington, ID. c.
The Morris historical medal (given by Martin
=. Morris, Ll.D..) awarded to J. Stanislau,
Easily smith, Alabama.
Inc pbiiodemic prize medal awarded 4
special prizes-A gold medal given bv Fran,
Rudd, MA, Of Brooklyn, n. " for : mstri
cal translation of the odes and Fragments o.
sappho, awarded to j. Stanislaus Easily Smith
, Alabama
Junior department, second grammar-C1.s
sizes, distinguished, John W. McGrath. Ten
nessee; English, premium, Matthias II. Tunis
Maryland.
Third grammar. section A-Premium fo
classics, Charles Z. Roach, Dakota: premium
for English, Charles T. Roach, Dakota.
| Third grammar. section B-First premium
for classics, Richard b vinsou. MARYLAND. zee
ond premium for classics, Ricardo Chazarro
Mexico.
special classics-First premium for classics
Paul Callahan, Illinois; second premium 10
classics, Hugh Callahan, Illinois; premium 70
Erglish. Hugh Callahan, Illinois
Mathematics Of the junior department