Evening star., 1895-06-10
A WEEK OF FINALS
It is Ushered in by the School of
Graduate Studies.
SCIEN CE, ART AND PHILOSOPHY
Columbian University Equips Many
Students in Each.
EXERCISES ELSEWHERE

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| The second annual commencement of the
Columb bian University School of Graduate
| Studies began at o'clock this afternoon in
| the University hall. After invoca ion by
| Rev. ]. MacBride Sterrett D. d. the exer-
| cises were opened with learned and care
| fully prepared Grafton, entitled "a Scholar
| Citizen" by Rev. T. Edwin Brown, d. D.,
| Of Philadelphia. Degrees as follows were
| then conferred by the president of the uni
| versity. Rev. S. H. Greene:
Masters OF science-George Estes Barton,
B. s., Massachusetts,: Friedrich Iud-
| wig Johannes Boettcher, B. s.. Vir-
! ginia; William Asbury Case, B. s.,
Maryland; George Vose Chandler, B.
| S., Pennsylvania; Louise Connolly, B.
! S., District of Columbia; Elmer Selah
| Farwell, C. E., Illinois; Revere Randolph
| Gurley. NJ. D., Virginia; Horace Mann, B.
| s., Iowa; George Baden Pfeiffer B. s.. vir-
ginia, and Cabell Whitehead. E. NJ, Idaho
Masters of arts-Jonas Emil Blonen, Phi.
| D., New York; Joseph Herbert Ford, B. s..
| District of Columbia; Edmund Payne Hal
| ley jr., A. b., Kentucky; Mary Mcpherson.
A. e.. District of Columbia; Rev. Edwin
| Barnes Niver, A.B., BID, Maryland; Mara
| .hon Montrose Ramsay, B. s., West Vir-
| ginia, and John Merriam Reynolds. BE,
ME- "a.
Doctor of philosophy-George Wesley
| Hammer, ABB, AM, LIB, LIN, Ala
| bama.
| Each of the graduates read an interesting
| thesis on subject connected with his
| studies.
The degree of doctor of laws was con-
| ferred on Rev. Samuel Harrison Greene and
| on Oliver Wolcott Gibbs, and that of doc
| tor of divinity on Rev. Joseph Johnson
| Muir, Rev. Alfred Bagby and Rev c. C.
| Meador
The exercises were brought to close
| with benediction pronounced by Rev. Sam
| uel NJ. Shute, ID.
Columbian Bacca1aureate Sermon.
Commencement week at Columbian Uni
| versity opened yesterday with a bacca-
| laureate sermon. delivered in the evening
| to the graduates by Rev. Teunis S. Ham
| lin. D. D., at the Calvary Baptist Church.
| The faculty of the university occupied
| seats on the platform, while the members
| Of the several graduating classes had seats
reserved for them directly in front of the
| pulpit. DR.. Hamlin's subject was Making
Ones Own Environment and his address,
filled with sound advice and good counsel.
was listened to with the closest attention.
Columbian '.Prcp" commencement.
The commencement exercises of the CO.
| lumbian College preparatory school will be
| held this evening at o'clock. in the Met
zerott Music Hall. The address of the oc-
| cason is to be made by Rev. Il. II. Me
| Kim. The officers and members of the
graduating class are: y. Laurance Cham
| bcrs, president; Donald C. Fugift, secre-
| tary; Charles H. Holmead ir., treasurer,
| and E. Abbot Beard. VIM. H. Beard, ].
VIM. Beatty, Lorenzo s. Brown, jr., An
| drew J. Cummings. F. Norton Everett, ".
Lowry Farnham, Carroll L. Fugitt q.
| Emery Green, Raphael n. Gwynn, RolviN
Harlan, VIM. S. Manning, Selma NJ. Ma
I,1g1 rl,,,,1 1a,. (lra~a,
| Stanton c. PeeIe, B. c. Perkins. Preston
| y. Ray, G. Irving RaYbold Alvin Y. Skiles.
| Louis VIM. Weaver, Thorn. Williamson,
jr., and Frederick c. Ward.
Gonzaga College Orators.
A prize contest in elocution will be held
| this evening in Gonzaga College hall at
| 73o o'clock Members from the senior and
junior classes of the college will compete,
| the prizes being a gold medal for the senior
| competition and a silver medal for the
| junior contest. An exceedingly interesting
| contest is looked for, and very enjoyable
program has been prepared. Mr.. Martin
| Horne, Mr.. John Green. Mr.. George Lans-
| dale and Mr.. Thomas b. Eckloff will con-
| tribute to the musical part of the program,
| While these who will compete in the contest
are: Senior class, Messrs. Martin T. Con-
| boy, Charles J. Mullaly, Henry A. Hegarty,
| Francis B. Mckeever, Charles V. Moran
and Albert Z. Smith; Junior class, Messrs.
j. CdrfOll, Ernest Il. BrIScOe, ThOS.
| 3. Eckloff. Daniel j. Cox, Benjamin L.
| Ellis and Richard A. Curtin. The Judges
| of the contest will be Rev. Thomas j. Eer-
| wick, Rev. Joseph F. MCGEE and Rev.
Michael p. Sullivan. The donor of the gold
medal fer the senior competition is Rev.
| Timothy Brosnahan, S. J., while the St
Aloysius Sunday school acts in that ca
pacity for the Junior contest
business High School Graduates.
AS heretofore announced in The Star, the
commencement exercises at the Business
| High School viii be in the hall of the Cen
| trail High School,. Monday evening, June
| IL. Mr.. Myron NJ. Parker is to make the
| address of the evening" while Commits
sioner Ross will deliver the diplomas to the
graduates. The official list of graduates is
as follows:
Girls-Ciara B. Babcock, Nellie L. Dom,
Maud l. Freet. Bertha V. Gardiner Edith
| Harrison Gertrude Heilbrun, Daisy f.
| Hodgson, Julia d. Klinge, -Add:e Martin,
Irene L. Moore, Mary E. O'Connor, Evelyn
X. Slater, Am lie A. Armand, Charlotte A.
| Bunyea, Mary A. Cocks, Florence NJ
| O'Neal, Frances NJ. Pike, Emma NJ. c.
| Starr Mary A. Crook. Boys-Edward NJ
Ball, Victor 8. Barber, Melvin Behrends
Sherman NJ. Craiger, Arthur C. Fowle
| Thomas G. Herbert, Samuel H. Marks
| John H. Smith, David W. Tastet, George
| c. Todd. Forrest p. Tralles, Max Abel, Geo.
| S. Colison, William F. Dismer, Francis O,
| Grayson, William J. Hays, John J. Pepper.
| George l.. Prince. Roland r. Rodrick, Paul
Sleman, James E. West.