The San Francisco call., 1896-06-04
SANTA CLARA GRADUATES.
Degrees and Awards Conferred
Upon Students at the
College.
ting Features Of the Forty.Fifth
Annual Commencement
Exercises.

SANTA CLARA, CAL, June 3.-Santa
Clara Colleges forty fifth annual COM
mencement exercises began at Exhibition
Hall on Monday evening with the presen-
tation of a literary, musical and dramatic
entertainment that was highly enjoyable
to the large assem- blage present. The in
troduetory address OF John A. Sage was
followed by an original essay entitled
"Cuba,' delivered by T. II. Robinson.
Hugh Gearin recited The Man Deserved
It." and Arthur Henry followed with
dec clamatlon, the subject being 1.-THE Prin-
cipIe of Religious Liberty Demands It."
The Santa Clara College Choir rendered a
pleasing solo and chorus, and the piano
uet of Frank Evans and Felix Galtes, as
well as the trio of piano and cymbals by P.
Heney, G.. Fitzgerald and T. Galtes, was
we'll presented. f. Leake's cornet solo
was excellently rendered, and the rollege
orchestra, under the leadership of Pro-
fessor FIR. Schuber t, performed series of
| instrumental selections at intervals during
the evening. Scenes from Henry VII u
was the dramatic feature of the evening,
the characters being very creditably en-
acted by the students. The distribution of
premiums for class distinction was the
finale of the evening.
The college banquet yesterday was fol-
lowed by the annual meeting of the
alumni association, at which the following
officers were elected for the ensuing year:
President, E. NJ. Lorigan, S. B. 'S2 of San
ia Clara vice president, L. A. Sage, S. B.
81 of Saratoga; secretary, George A.
Sedgley, S. B. 67 of Santa Clara;
treasurer III. E. Wilcox, A. B. 80 of San
Jose executive commlttee-Rev. Joseph
W. Riordan, S: j., president of Sa.ta
10 nF
of San Francisco; c. Welch, A. NJ. '94 of
San Francisco; 9. F. Wilcox. A. NJ. 10 of
San Jose; DIR. 6. W. Fowler, S. B. 'SS of
Santa Clara.
The evenings reception at the College
Hall was made instructively attractive bv
scientific lecture entitled Glimpse of
Some of Natures Wonders" the first part
being delivered by J. F. Emery on "Gla-
ciers," followed by C. Fleming, whose SUBJ
ect was Rain bows" electric-screen pro-
iections illustrating the descriptive delin-
cations of the speakers.
The announcement OF awards was as fol-
lows: The Nobili medal, an annual prize
of $50 founded in 1876 by Joseph A. Dono-
hoe of San Francisco in honor of the first
president of Santa Clara College, Father
John Noblli, S. j., to be given 70 the stud
ent who shall be deemed first in morals,
obedience and general application to
study, was awarded to James A. Emery !;
next in merit, Jonn A. Selby; dlstin :
guished, Leonardo Sandino, Robert Hlg-
gins.
The JUNIOR Nobii was awarded to John
B. Welsh; distinguished: Arthur Preli,
Joseph Connahan, William Chute.
The Archbishop's medal, for the best
examination in Christian doctrine, was
awarded to Louis Ramirez; distinguished
Francis Fairy, Francis Evans, Raymond
Haley.
The Donahue medal. an annual prize O.
$50 founded in 1888 by Z. J. Donahue OF
San Francisco to be given to the student
who has made the greatest progress in the
Latin and Greek languages during the ses.
sion, was awarded to Paul Galtes; next in
merit, Henry Gaglielmetti distinguished
Robert Higgins, Louis Ramirez, Francis
Fairy.
The McCann medal, an annual prize of
| S25. founded in 1894 in memory of Daniel
| J, Mccain, S. B. '84, was awarded for the
best paper on abraham Lincoln and
| Slavery" to William Chute; distinguished,
Rov Skelly.
The owl medal. for the best paper on
"The California Missions and the Miss ion.
| of Santa Clara" was awarded to Hugh C.
! Gearin; next in merit, John }. Burke e.
distinguished, Joseph Regi and Thorn as
McCormac.
The degree of bachelor of arts was con-
| ferred on James A. Emery of San Fran
cisco, NJ II. Steffani of San Jose ant
| Joseph Berella of Santa Clara.
The commercial certificate was awarded
to Leonardo Sandino of Guatemala ano
John ]. Sandino of Guatem ala.