Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-06-27
M ANY PRIZES AWARDED
The Annual Commencement Exercises of
Gonzaga College
Right Rev. John j. lNeane Delivers M
Address-Thosc on the Platform
Catholic Schools.

mencement exercises of Gonzaga College.
| The program arranged was an attractive
one. and the large audience apparently
| thoroughly enjoyed it. The only thing at
| tempted in the way of decoration was the
| placing of palms and cut flowers about the
| platform, where were seated Father Gil
| lespie the head of the college; Father
| Keane, rector of the Catholic University;
Rev. ]. Ravens Richards, rector of George
town University. and Father Colgan,
Father Mulvaney Father Seaman, Father
| Convey, Father o'Connell. Father Dew
| lit, Father Dolan, Brother Eabrican,
Brother Ambrose. Father Mackin, Father
| MCGEE, Professor Connell, Professor Rose,
DR.. Lochboeler and others. Music was
| furnished at intervals during the evening
by the Gonzaga College Orchestra.
The daughters of Israel" a chorus frcm
| David, by the college glee club, was the
| opening number. and it occasioned much
! applause. Then Mr.. Charles ]. MulaIy, a
young man. delivered salutatory With tie
eicquence of a veteran, and concluded by
| introducing the first speaker of the even
| ing, Mr.. John NJ. Carr, who made learn
| ed address on the moral influence of the
| drama. The religious element in poetry
| was discoursed upon at length by Mr.. ].
| Stuart Mcnamara, and then Mr. Martin
| T. Conboy enlightened the audience on
| several important topics suggested by the
| end or the century.
Needed No Introduction.
| oHe VIM Hccu6 no lllfcuucllOn, were
the words with which Father Gillespie pre-
scented the Right Rev. John ]. Keane, rec
tor of the Catholic University of America,
to the audience. Bishop Keane heartily
| congratulated The college turning out
| such fine speakers those who had been
| heard earlier in the evening. What has
been done this evening"" continued the
| blShop, suggests to me what be done
and what will be done If GonZaga can
turn out such boys these, Gonzaga
| should be encouraged and spurred on to-
| turn out still greater scholars After re-
| viewing the history of the college, the
| speaker explained that the world is going
| forward, not backward, and then rel;. led
an incident when Pope Leo stated to Car
| dinal Gibbons that in America the Catholic
| Church must take the lead n advancing
| civilization. After referring 10 the Nation
| al University a great institution, Bishop
| heane praised Father Gillespie for his
conduct of Gonzaga College. In Washing
ton, he said there are 10000 boys attend
ing school OF this number 1900 are Catho-
! lies. Sixty are in GEORGETOWN, 100 in Con-
Zaga and 40 in st. Johns, out where are
the thousands" asked the speaker. He
urged the Catholic parents to send their
boys to the Catholic school, through the
college and finally to the university, for.
declared Bishop Keane, the Cath die boys
must take the foremost places in This coun-
try Loud and continued applause fol-
lowed the address of the bishop.
Prizes Awarded.
| Prizes were then awarded by Rev. j.
Havens Richards follows:
Classical department-Class of poetry;
medal to John NJ. Carr, lex aequo) ]. Stuart
Mcnamara; premium to Martin T. Con-
boy; class of first grammar, medal to ].
Vincent Coughlan premiums to Henry A
Hegarty, James F. Marley. Robert ID.
Achstetter; class of second grammar,
medal to Joseph A. Began. premium to
William A. Cahill; class of third grammar
| mo nj tn n
Ernest E. Briscoe; class of rudments.
medal TO Joseph 3. Douglass; class of
special Latin, medal to Charles F. Common,
premiums to Joseph A. Geier, Thomas A.
| Walsh; first class of English medal to
Francis T. Hurley; second class of English,
medal to Edward J. Carroll, premium to
Francis b. DepereuX; third class of English
honorably mentioned. Cyrus S. Julien; class
of analytical geometry, medal TO Martin
T. Conboy, premium to John NJ Carr; first
class of algebra, medal to Robert ID. Ach-
stetter. premium to Henry A. Hegarty;
second class of algebra medal to Joseph A.
Began; first class Of arithmetic, medal to
Joseph a. Geler, premium to Thomas III.
Crook; second class of arithmetic, medal to
| William NJ. Deviny; third class of arith-
metic, premium to Cyrus J. Julien: class
of chemistry. medal TO John NJ. Carr; class
of German, medal to Rotert J. Achstetter,
premium to Claude V. Colford; first class
of French. medal to J. Vincent Coughlan
class of special French. premiums TO Mar
tin 7. Conboy, j. Stuart Mcnamara, John
| NJ. Carr; third class of French, premiums
to Joseph y. S. Began, Henry A Hegarty.
James F. Marley Ernest E. Briscoe, VIM
A Cahill; first class of bookkeeping, pre-
miums to Charles F. Conner Thomas A.
| Walsh: second class Of bookkeeping, pre-
| miums to Robert ]. Green, John ]. Madi-
gan, Thomas H. Crook; first class of pen
manship, premium to John F. Becker; Sec
ond class of penmanship, premiums to
Lawrence ]. Simonton. Francis ]. Auth
Francis NJ. Cavanaugh; class Of step-
ography. premiums to Albert A. Smith,
| John A Curran, Charles E. Parks.
Special Prizes.
Special prizes-Christian doctrine, senior
division. Gold medal. gift of Rev. William
Seaman, S. j.. to Michael A. McGrath;
premiums to Albert F. Smith. J. Stuart
Mcnamara. Junior division-Silver medal
to Charles F. Connor; premiums to Daniel
]. Connor. Francis Neubeck, Henry 3.
Hughes. Timothy L. Costello.
English composiuon-Gold medal, gift Of
mara; premiums to Martin T. Conboy. C.
Hugh Duffy. Junior division-Silver medal
| to Charles F. Conner; premiums to Daniel
J. Conner. Thomas B. Eckloff Joseph b.
Douglass.
Prize elocution-Senior division. Gold
medal. gift of q Rev. Alumnus of Gonzaga
College, to Charles V. Moran; premium to
Martin T. Conboy. Junior divison-Silver
medal, gift of st. Aloysius Sunday school.
to Thomas B. Eckloff: premiums to Dam
iel J. Cox. Ernest E; Briscoe.
Prize debate medal, gift of Rosa F.
Downing. A. NJ. LII. b.. to Martin I. Con-
| boy.
Three Georgetown University scholar
ships emitting the holder to a full course
| in the classical. the law or the medical
| departments Of Georgetown University.
| gifts of Rev. ]. HaveEs Richards. S. J..
president Of the university, to John NJ.
Carr j. Stuart Mcnamara Martin I. Con-
| boy.
| The distribution of prizes followed
| by appropriate closing remarks by Rev.
| Father Rector, and the audience dispersed
| to the tones of the Manhattan Beach
| March.
| In Favor of Nickel Steel.
At a Joint meeting of the construction
| board and the steel board yesterday after
| Noon to discuss the relative merits of nick