The morning times., 1896-06-24

THE striking and benignant faces of
the cardinals OF Rome, whose portraits
adorn the walls OF tie audieuce-Iooin Of
Georgeto wn College, have seldom looked
do wn upon fairer scene than was be-
fore them on the perfect June morning OF
yesterday.
II was the seventy y-ninth commencement
OF the noble institution that has for SO
many years been tue special pride of the
city beyond Rock Creek aud one or ihe
giories OF the CATHOLIC church in America.
both the iliain rooiA aud gallery were
filled with in audience representative Of
the intelligence and worth or the CON-
niuniJy, urawu by the auspicious event
Trolu all parts or the District and even
from tue adjacent sections OF Maryland
and Virginia.
There were present also as hODored
guests the friends OF graduates from
Canada 10 California and come even from
be yond the Atlantic. The stage was
decorated with palms, ferns, and Aineri-
can flags; the room with flags and bunt-
ing.
promptly at 10 a. IN. Lovy's Orchestra
struck up Meyerbeers Coronation March"
Other music on the program was Raff's
"Cuyatina, - Sch wareDka's Polish Dance"
IL selection from Cannes La CZaiina," :"
Mendeissohn's Grand March.
As Cardinal Gibbons, in the brilliant
robes OF i;is office, with his jcwcled cross
bcaming in front. assembled the platform
the audience arose. He was followed
by Archbishop Ryan OF Philadelphia. in
purple robes, who was 10 deliver the ad
dress to the graduates. Cardinal Glib
bons toox his seat in the center OF the
sta nj nf ha dar
with Archbishop Ryan at his right aud
President j. HayeDs Richards OF tie col
lege at his left. The prizes and diplomas
OF the occasion made an interesting dis
play in front, TO the right and left OF tie
ccntrai group. Back OF them. extending
six rows deep on each side 10 the walls
and windows, were the disting is he'd
guests on one side and oOliegians. the
graduates. in caps and robes. Notable
among the visitors were the Chinese inin-
lister. Yang Yu. and a member OF his
suite. Others who were present AT one
or the other of the exercises or the alumni
dinner were Attorney General Harmon.
Libra rian Sporford, Professors Munroc and
Sterret OF Columbian College, Willis Moore
chief OF the Weather Bureau: Admirals
Weaver and Ani,pcp, Gen. N. r. Morgan.
Gen A. W. Greely. Gen. T. NJ. Vincent,
Commissioner Truesdcli. NJ. Eugene Thu
bant Representative Noonan. Senator
Roach, DR.. Maurice Egan, DR.. Louis
MackaIl. DR.. W n. CoEln. aud others.
STROEG BACHELORS GRAFTON.
The class poem, a strong and graceful
tribute, was we'll read by its writer. Mr..
Walter s. Martin. OF California, and
was roundiy appiauced. He received In
recognition wreath OF Ia urcl.
Mr.. Charles F. Valentine, of Maine,
~, ha
subject was. The Genesis of Civil Lib
erty." He said man, was subject to a
threefold dependence, upon his own
strength, upon his fei.ow men and upon
God. He Conirasted the forms or govern
ment the world has known. and said the
republic furnished the only true safeguard
OF justice. In rapid succession he reviewed
the Judaic republic, which. he said had
great influence upon the world then
and has now
Michael j. Seaman. A. B.. of Massachu-
sets. made the masters Grafton, on
Dangers Threatening Our Civil Liberty
Be regarded the lawiess mOb as the
greatest menace to popular rights. He
cited the movements at Chica go and
Brooklyn. where the rights of the many
were Subordiraled to the wants OF the few.
The next danger was The growtis of
socialism among the working classes.
which had proved more than once, by
experiment. to be remedy worse than
the evil it sought TO cure. On the other
side was the evil of paternaIism. II had
only gone so far as the postal system
and few unimportant departments, hut
the talk of control of railroads and other
business interests and of a national uni
versity, pointed the way TO a great peril.
Again, religious apathy. an indifference
tn the Billie and its principles, "a willingness
10 put the statute book before The Bible. a
tendency to sensational preaching upon
current subjects rather than the preaching
of Christian doct rine. disclosed an in
sidious and tremendous evil.
CoNFERRING C OF DIPLOMAS.
President Richards then spoke briefly
TO introduce the conferring of diplomas.
He said this college bad never sacrificed.
as some institutions had done, the safe
guards OF schoolastic attachments. which
alone make the diploma valuable. The
degree of bachelor OF science. he said, was
conferred as an unusual thing, but upon
amply sufficient grounds. He recited the
work that had been required in this
case and from the other candidates. He
urged that there should lie no lowering
OF the demands for u degree, bat RI ther an
elevation.
The Dames of the graduates We're read
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the school, and the diplomas Were de-
Hvered by Cardinal Gibbons mid continued
rounds of applause.
Especially notable among those reCeiy-
ing their first degrees were: William n.
Roach, Jr., SOD of Senator Roach: Robert
Dick Douglas. grandson of Stephen A.
Douglas; William F. Sands, who has just
been appointed 1n assistant secretary of
| of the American legation at Toxic; Richard
J. Ha riley, captain of the baseball team. who
received the heartiest appla ause. The others
of this class were.
Bachelor of Arts-Andrew W Berry. Indiana;
James Ashton Devereux, Pennsylvania:
James Henry Dugan, Mar yland: Philip Eu-
gene Dyer, District OF Columbia; Alvin John
Finke. Ohio: Richard Joseph Harley. Pennsyl-
| vania; Outerbridge Horsey, jr.. Mar yland:
Howard Ignatius Kelly. Pennsylvania; Peter
George LIE Boeuf, Wisconsin; Walter stan
islaus Martin, CalifoEna: Francis Borgia
McDermott, Ohio: James Charles McGuire;
| District OF Columbia; Joseph Patrick Mon
aghan, PennsylvaIfa: Thomas Clement Mel
son, Kansas; John Francis O'Brien. New
| York; Francis Edward Slattery, Massa-
| chusetts; Antonio oJnstinian Smith, Vir-
Gina; James Aloysius Toomey. District OF
Columbia; Charles Francis Valentine. Maine;
John Frederick Vessel. Tennessee; Thomas
Aloysius DrIscoll, California; John Aloysius
| Muivihill, Ohio. AN
Bachelor OF Science John Martin Gala
| gher, Massachusetts,
President Richards then spoke of the
development of graduate work in the
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