Evening star., 1896-06-25
LONG LIST OF PREMIUMS
The Forty-Seventh Annual Commencement
Of Gonzaga College
Cardinal Satolli Delivers the Prizes
fafr-The Students HOnOred.


The forty-seventh annual commencement
exercises Of Gonzaga College took place
last evening at 5 o'clock on the lawn of the
institution and were attended by an i'm
mense concourse Of people.
The stand. in which were seated Cardinal
Satolli, DR.. Rocker, his secretary: Rev. c.
Gillespie, president Of the college; Monsig
nor Sbarretti, the members Of the faculty
of the institution. many visiting priests the
| medalists and others. was profusely and
| handsomely decorated, and on quite q num-
Der Of houses in the vicinity United States
and papal flags were flung to the breeze in
honor Of the occasion.
The exercises were begun by the rendi-
ton by the band Of an overture 1.-THE Twi-
light Hour" after which Mr.. James F.
Markey delivered the salutatory. The or
chestra then performed the popular march,
Coughlan made an address, taking for his
theme Catholic Pioneers of America" J"
Around the Metropolis was executed by
the band. and this was followed by an ad-
dress ON ''Brendan. the Voyager," by Mr..
G. Hugh Duffy. After the performance by
| the band of the intermezzo. "Cayalleria
Rusticana," on oration on James Mar
| Henry A. Hegarty. All the addresses gave
| evidence of careful preparation and the
| language they contained, together with the
| manner in which they were delivered,
caused each speaker to be frequently inter-
| rupted with applause on the part Of the
audience.
Announcement was made that in the
awarding OF the medals and prizes the
standard of merit adopted was: Highest
attaiEahle number of marks. 100; medal to
the highest one above s. per cent; pre-
| MUM to the next above S5 per cent; dis
| tinguished, so per cent; honorable men
| tion, IS per cent.
One Of the pleasantest features of the
| commencement was the fact that not a
single one Of the many young men who in
sCme way or other was honored by the
| faculty had the least idea until his name
| was called whether he was to receive a
| medal, premium. to be characterized as dis
t1nguished, to receive honorable mention or
10 be doomed to disappointment by receiv-
| ing no honor whatever from the faculty.
Comforting Prizes.
The prizes were conferred by Cardinal
| Satolli in his usual graceful and dignified
| manner. after a brief address on his behalf
by Dr. Rocker, who stated that the car
dinal was much gratified at being present
| on such an interesting occasion. The list
| OF prizes and recipients were as follows:
Special prizes for proficiency in Christian
doctrine: Senior division. gold medal. the
| gift of Rev. William Seaman, S. j., to
George F. Adair: premium to Robert J.
Achstetter. Junior division. silver medal
| to John Elliot Ross: premiums to Francis
| l. NeWbeck and Edward Murphy. For ex-
! cellence in English composition: Senior di-
vision. gold medal, the gift of ev.Thomas
| b. Hughes. to Ernest E. Briscoe; junior d.
vision. silver medal to Edward ]. Carroll,
| premiums to Edward II. Murphy. For pro-
| f1clency In prize elocution: Senior division,
gold medal to Ernest E. Briscoe, premium
to e: Hugh Duffy; junior division. gold
| medal, the gift of r. Harris & Co., to
| Thomas b. Eckloff, premiums to William
| Regan. James OConnor and John Meagher.
Prize-debate medal. the gift of Rosa F.
| downing. An. LIB, to C. Hugh Duffy
Chemistry medal the gift of Mr. James A.
| Heaiy. to Robert j. Achstetter
Classical department: Class of poetry,
medal to James F. Markey, premium to
i A Hegarty. Glass of first grammar. medal
| to Joseph A. Began. premium to William
| A Cah1li. Class Of second grammar medal
70 Slaude v: Colford. premium to James P.
| Rycer; distinguished. Ernest E. Briscoe
Ciass of third grammar, medal to ]. Earl
| Burch. premium to Leo I. Cavanaugh: dis
tlnguished. Francis I. Neubeck; honorably
| mentioned James j. OConnor. Francis r
| Hurley, DanielJ. Cox Glass of r,,dirnents
| medal to j. Elliot Ross, premium to John
| +. Meagher; distinguished, Francis Dfemer.
E EEndreW !. Hickey. Edward J. Carroll,
| FRANCIS B. Devereux, John Quill. paul
Meagher, Owen Corrigan, William Regan
lass OF first English, medal to Jeremia h
, hunt. premium to William Todd Fox; hon
| or second English. honorably mentioned,
frederick Mehler. Glass of Chemistry
| medal to Robert ]. Achstetter, premium to
Il Ga hugh pufy: distinguished. Henry A.
mentioned, George F. Adair. Class of ana,
lytical geometry, distinguished, Francis +
| Heubeck. Class of geometry, medal to
sshra nInert ,,o1 ., Aehstetter Glass of first al
10 John j. Madgan: honorabIy mentioned
James F. Markey. Glass of second ALGEBRA
medal % to Francis G. Boswell. Glass Of
premiums TO- Jamsa %aas, to Joseph Wah
guished, Frederick A. Mehler. Ed.
ward J. Carroll, Francis Diemer
honorably hon mentioned. Joseph L. Kee, viii.
A. Phillips; class of second arithmetic.
| medal to John Quill, premium to Micha d
Foley. distinguished, William Regan: hon
oraDiy mentioned. James Mccarthy, Joseph
Reilly. John f. Ross, Frederick L. Deyer-
| eux. Thomas Scheller; class of third aritl1-
metic. medal to William c. Repettf prem
ium to William P. Elliot; first and second
class OF French; medal to Joseph A. Began,
premium to William A. Cahill, distinguish
| ed, Ernest E. Brlscoe, Leo A. Rodgers, Jo-
| seph Healy; third class of French, medal
| to Leo l. Cavanaueh. premium to Edward
| II. Murphy, distinguished, James ]. O'Con-
! ncr; honorably mentioned, William NJ De-
why, Robert j. Green. Thomas H. Crook,
John j. Madigan. Laurence j. Simonton;
class Of German, medal to Francis I. Neu-
Deeh' premium lo lSnatluS A R1egel, dis
tinguished, Claude V. Colford, Francis
Huhn; class Of first bookkeeping premium
to Thomas H. Crook. distinguished Will
lam Shreve; honorably mentioned, William
Todd Fox; class of second bookkeeping
premium to John E. Burch. distinguished,
James A. McDermott, Ignatius A Riegel,
Leo r. Smith; class of first penmanship,
premium to Andrew J. Hickey, distinguish
ed. Willie m Todd Fox; class Of second pen
manship. premium to Joseph P. Wahler,
| distinguished, Vincent Osterman, Joseph
Fealy, Laurence Hoban; class of stenog-
| 1. Neubeck, distinguished, Robert J. Green;
| honorably mentioned, John j. Madfgan.
Miss Tracey Seriously Ill.
A letter has been received here from Col