The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-14
"PONTIFF OF LIBERTY. :
Annual Commencement Elk
erCiseS at Seton Hall Col
lege, South Orange.
FATHER DONOHOR'S ABLE DISCOURSE.
Jersey City Boys Win Gold and
Silver Medals and Bookseller.
Satolli Not Present.


College. South Orange. today. he would
have been pleased with what he saw and
heard. The Thirty-seventh Commences
ment was one of the best ever held, and
the list of graduates was the largest
that ever went forth at one time from
early in the day the elements seemed I'M
favorable, yet when the exercises began
the sun shone out in all its splendor.
There were seventeen graduates, the only
one from Hudson County being Patrick
Francis Pindar of Aoboken.
There are several Jersey City boys in
the college though, undergraduates. aud
they upheld the name of their city
Eugene Mcdonald was awarded a
gold medal for proficiency in Greek,
Michael F. McGuinners a gold
medal for mathematics and William
Joseph Davis, son of Jailer Robert Da-
Wis, was awarded silver medal for good
conduct John F. Neagle and John +.
Dalton OF this city, and John F. Kelley
of Hoboken, were also awarded prizes.
The most conspicuous parsonage at The
trustee of the college, and attended the
trustees meeting before the exercises be-
gar, .Jailer Robert Davis and Commjs-
sioner Charles Somers were interested
| spectators
AS exclusively announced in The JER-
sEY CITY News last night. Mgr. Satolli
declined to be present No one in the
| college would speak of the matter. One
visiting priest said he had been
expected. but declined on account
| Of previous engagements. Father Cor.
rtgan. of Hoboken. was present, though,
| but whether he had credentials to repre-
sent the Pope's Delegate could not be
| learned.
The graduating class consisted of
| Messrs. Thomas Henry Allen, Edward
Aloysius Burhard. Edward Jos. EIlard,
| Daniel Aloysius FogarGy, Peter ]. Hart.
Aloysius Raphael Kane, William
| Aioysius Keyes, Peter Daniel Lill, Law
renee Aloysius Mcbride, Michael
Charles McCosristin. Patrick 3ai. Francis sai,sn
| Thomas Francis Monogram, Patrick
| Francis Pinder, John Aloysius Westmau.
| Eugene Joseph Wickam, Basil Chrysos-
| tom Mclziernan.
THE EXERCISES.
| The exercises took place Oh the beautl'
| ftlI lawn lying between the Seminary aud
/ the Alumni Hall. The piazza of the
Alumni Hall was magnificeurly decorated
| with palms ard the national coIors.
Bishop Wlgger occupied tie seat OF
honor On his right sat Mgr. Seton, OF
St. Joseph's Church, this city
| while on his left sat Rev. James
| Douohoe, of ST. Thomas Aquiuas
| Church. Brooklyn, who delivered the ad-
| dress to the graduates. The members OF
! the piazza to the left Of the Bishop, the
| Rev. w. MarshalI, a. NJ, President OF
| the College, being seated with them. On
| the right sat Vlcar-General O'Connor,
| Chancellor Wallace, q. S. Senator Smith,
| the College Trustees, the Rey. Patrick
Corrigap. of Hoboken, Very Rev. Dean
McNulty. OF Paterson, and tns
on the lawn were fully thous.
| and persons, the majority OF
| them ladies', whose variegated costumes
| added novelty to the scene. Priests
| from different parts of the diocese
| mingled with the crowd. Among those
| St. Lucy's, this city; Father Shandel,
| Greenylle, iand Father Fitzpatrick. Hobo
| kep. A magnificent baud discoursed
sweet music before the exercises benau.
The first address on the programme
| was that on Queen Isabella" by joan
A. Westmap. 1t was studied effort,
and the speaker was literally Rpplauded
=
| Miles. In his essay OH Physical Culture 2
| told all about college athletics, especially
| the base ball nine. The menOers OF the
| nine, he said, always slept better after
| they had beaten their adversarles T..
| Basil McKiernan, one OF the brightest
| young men in the class, spoke on Fas-
1 teur's Discoveries"
THE PoNTIFF OF LIBERTY.
| LEO XIII. the Friend OF Liberty"
| was the subject of William A. Keyes'
discourse. MIR. Keyes displayed rare eio-
| cutionary powers. aud his efforts were
| repeatedly applauded. He SAID. among
\ other things, that the reign of Pope Leo
| forms of government OF the past aud the
republican ideas of the future. One by one
| moparchies are embracing the democratic
| forms of government. The days of des-
| pots are over. No one in any age has
| handled the labor question with The same
sagacity that Leo XIII. has handled 1t.
| He closed his remarks by characterizlng
| Pope Leo as the champion OF democracy,
| The workipgman's friend and the Pontiff
| of Liberty
| DEGREES CONFERRED.
| Bishop Wigger then conferred the de-
grees as follows.
Doctor Of Laws-Rev. James Donohue, Brook
Master Of Arts-D. j. Brady, Jersey City; j.
| ". Brvan, Utica, N. Y; c. K. Guthrie, Hacken-
| sack; j.. A. Keough, Paterson; K. A. McGinley,
! Plainfield: G. O. Hendrick, Scranton Pa; T. A..
| Tole, Newburgh. N. \
All the graduates. with the exception
| Of G. b. McKiernan, of Paterson, re.
| ceived the degree Of Bachelor OF Arts.
! Mir McKieruau was invested with the
| degree OF Bachelor of Science.
! AT the conclusion of this ceremony,
J Father Donohue addressed the graduates.
! He urged them TO study the works of St.
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