The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-06
At ST. |GNAT|US COLLEGE,
The Commencement Exercises
Held Last Night in Ex-
hibition Hall.
AWARDING OF THE MEDALS.
An Address to the Graduating Stu
dents by Ex-Judge j. F.
Sullivan.

| The large hall of st. Ignatius College was
crowded to its utmost last night by an au-
dience assembled to witness the thirty
sixth commencement exercises of the COL
| lege students
| uel Poorman Jr. of the class of '95 deliv-
cred the salutato1y in Latin, acauitting
| himself very creditably.
| He was followed by Cyril Williams Jr
OF the class of '95, who delivered lecture
on the sources of heat, during which was
given an interesting account of the man
| ner IN Which heat is generated. The
young lecturer, assisted by John Mulrenin
and Francis Reichling of the class of '96.
gave number of experiments to illustrate
| natural and artificial heat. Those show
| ing the production of heat by electricity
| were particularly instructive
| Ihen Luke j. Flynn of the class of '95
| gave lecture on the transmission of heat.
he also illustrated his remarks by num-
Der OF interesting experiments to show
now heat is transmitted in the air cur
| rents In the ocean. He concluded his en-
PERTAINING lecture by an exhibition of the
| new llluminant called asceteline gas,
which he declared was the first time it
| had been shown on this coast. The flame
was much whittier than that of ordinary
gas and four times more powerful. 1t has
| been demonstrated he said that it can be
manufactured SO as to sell for less than So
a thousand feet, and expressed the hope
| That the gas company will soon manu-
| facture it.
| Ex-Judge ]. F. Sullivan delivered an ad-
| dress to the graduates, during which he
spoke OF the advance of the college in the
past year in instruction and conduct, and
said that nothing could please him better
| than the further advancement of the col
lege in which he had graduated in the sew
entles. He paid a glowing tribute to the
venerable Father Maraschi, one of the
| pioneer teachers in the college. He spoke
OF the advance OF education, and said that
| the United States shows greater percent
age than any other country. He also said
that education must have moral support,
| and that religious instruction must 60
hand in hand with education
The orchestra gave several excellent
| selections after which the medals, degrees,
and prizes were awarded by Rev. Edward
Allen, ST., the president of the college.
Rev. Henry Woods, ST., reading the long
| list.
The great number. who by their appli-
cation won marks of distinction speaks
well for the attention the faculty paid to
advancing the students. The list is so long
that the CALL can publish only the names
of those who were awarded medals and
degrees.
While the awards were being made the
platform was occupied by the following
named, who composed the faculty and
officers of the college. Very Rev. J. J.
prendergast was present and evinced
deep interest in the exercises:
Rev. Edward Allen, ST., president; Rev.
John Pinasco, ST., vice. president; Rev. Henry
physics and chemistry; Rev: Joseph Hickey,
j. PrelatO. -. in
structor; Rev. B. Calzia, ST., treasurer; Rev.
T. Demasin1, ST., professor OF philosophy of
Coltelli, ST., professor of Latin, Greek and
briel, ST., professor of first grammar class and
| mathematics; Maurice JOY, ST., professor of
! second grammar class, division A; William b.
land, professor of second grammar class, di-
vision B P. Bellefrod, ST., professor of Latin
and Greek in third grammar class.
The degree of bachelor of arts was conferred
on Cyril Williams and Luke J. Flynn.
A gold medal for the best essay in philosophy
of religion was awarded to Cyril Williams;
donor, Most Rev. Archbishop P. w. Riordan,
ID.
A gold medal for the best essay in Christian
doctrine to George Golden Fox.
A gold medal for the best mathematical
paper to George j. Cleary.
Gold medal for the best Latin composition to
Thomas Heverin.
Gold medal for the best paper in elementary
Latin and Greek to Joseph Stack.
Silver medal for the best paper in higher
arithmetic to Ferdinand E. Neuberger
Department prizes-Medal, Thomas Heverin.
Premium, John w. Brockhage.
Grammar department-MedalE Ernest Benin
Preparatory department-Medal, William
Madden.
Glass prizes-Course OF philosophy-second
Williams. --'OA'' o'iH
Moral philosophy-Medal, Cyril Williams.
Mathematics-Medal,C Cyril Williams
Physics-Medal, Cyril Williams.
Chemistry-Medal, Luke ]. Flynn.
First year.Philosophy of religion-Medal,
Logic and metaphysics Medal, John Null.
renin.
Mathema tics-Medal, Joseph Kelly.
Physics-Medal, Francis Reichling
Chemistry-Medal, John Mulrenin
Class OF Observation-Disclosures doctriEe-Medal,
John w. Brockhage.
Latin and Greek-Medal. John W. Brockhape.
MathematicS-Medal, Leo Devlin.
Christian doctrine-Medal, Cornelius Fitz-
smons.
Algebra-Medal, William Breen
First Grammar-Christian doctrine-Medal,
Andrew Dessous1avy.
Latin and Greek-MedaIs Joseph Freechtle.
Second Grammar. Division A-Christian Doc
trine-Medal, Francis Colligan.
Latin and Greek--Medal, Joseph Stack
Second Grammar, Division B-Christian doc
trine-Medal, Nicholas p Bell.
:. Latin and Greek-Medal, Richard L. Will
Third Grammar-Christian doctrine-Medal.
Zacheus j. Maher.
Latin and Greek-Medal, Edward F. O'Day
First preparatory Latin Medal, William
Mcdonald.
The following is the roll of honor:
Cyril Williams, Luke Flynn, John Mulrenin,
Francis Reichling, Joseph Kelly, Robert
Richards, John Brockhage, Samuel Poorman.
Vincent Mccormick, George Cleary, Francis
Henry Sullivan, George Fox, Cornelius Fitz..
simons, Andrew Dessoulavy, Henry flaming,
Clarence Carrigan: Joseph Stack, Wylie Dunn,
Era n ri 20,
Richard Williams, Michael Buckley, Timothy
Murphy, Hugh Deignan, Henry Walsh, Francis
Jones, John Ounce, Zschius J. Maher Edward
O'Day, Wesley Simpson, Thomas Crawford
John Bowling, Alexander McWilliams, Joseph
Ziliani, William Mcdonald, Thomas Calvin.
Wibold Zachert, John Sullivan, Eugene
O'Keeffe, Henry Neper, William Fogarty, John
Barry, George Cunningham, Walter Dunn.