The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-04-17
The University Of Kotre Dame
Grants the ANIMAL Prize.
DR.. THOMAS Adds EMMETT
Is the Recipient of This Mark Of
Distinction for 1897. : :
COMES OF A NOTED FAMILY. J!

List of Men and Women Who
Have Been Honored Before.
A Notre Dame, Ind, correspondent OF
the Chicago TimesHerald, writing on
last Saturday, says:
Tomorrow is Laetare Sunday, mark
ing the middle Of Lent, and on that day
each year, is announced the awarding OF
the Laetare medal by the University OF
Notre Dame. Thomas Adds Emmet,
M. D., LII. D., the famous New York
physician and surgeon, is the one hon.
'ored this year, and the announcement
will be received with acclamation by all
who know the mans life and work. The
formal presentation, which will be- pre-
sided over by Most Rev. Archbishop
Corrigan, will not take place until some
time after Easter, but DR.. Emmet will
be notified of the honor tomorrow morn
ing.
The Laetare medal is conferred each
year at this time and is the highest hon-
or in the gift of the university. 1t is
given to- some layman or woman of the
Roman Catholic faith whose life has
been an honor to the church and whose
efforts have resulted in notable achieve
ments. The first man to propose the
name of DR.. Emmet as a candidate for
the honor was the historian, DR.. John
Culinary Shea, who was himself the first
and original medalist. It is interesting
to note, too, that a representative Of the
medical profession has now become its
recipient for the first time. "'.1se.s - ~
=. The $Laetare medal is the American
prototype Of the Papal Golden Rose.
which is bestowed the same day by the
pope to some worthy son Of the church
as reward for virtue and achievement.
The medal was founded in 1883, and
has been. conferred upon some Of the
greatest men and women of the land.
DR.. John Culinary Shea, the famous his
torian of the American church, the dis
tinguished scholar, photographer and
student of Indian dialects, was the frst-
recipient. In 1884 Patrick Kelley, the
eminent Catholic architect, was awarded
the medal. '.'-'s ct ','>',,e. .~--.,,::~
Elize Allen Starr, the poet and artist
was the first woman to be honored. Gen.
John Newton, who served with distinc-'
ton in the civil war and whose fame
depends chiefly upon the gigantic work
he accomplished in blowing up He'll
Gate in New York harbor, was the
fourth person to receive the medal.
On whom the medal was conferred in
1887 is not a matter of. history. The
man selected that year to wear It re-
fused to accept any dignity that might
be offered him, for the reason that he
felt himself unfit for honors. He was Of
national reputation, but his wishes were,
respected.
Commodore P. v. Hickey, editor Of
the New York Catholic Review, is the
sixth in the list. The next selection
was that of Mrs. Anna Hanson Dorsey
whose death last Christmas removed
one of the foremost Roman Catholic
novelists. VIM. ]. Onahan, Of Chicago.
was chosen by the trustees in 1890. The
following year witnessed the selection
Of Daniel Daugherty. Tenth In order
comes the name Of Henry II. Brownson,
whose fame is more than reflection
of his fathers. The venerable Journal.
ist, Patrick Donahue, of the Boston Pie
lot, was the medalist in 1893. In 1924
the university conferred the honor on
Augustin DAILY, the foremost theatrical
manager in America. In the following
year Mrs. Anna T. Sadlier received this
mark of distinction for her literary Ia.
bors, and last year the medal was given.
to Gen. William Stark Rosecrans. q
DR.. -Emyaet comes of very distin.
guished family. He is q grand nephew
Of Robert Emmet and grandson Of htts
namesake, Thomas Adds Emmett. Ha
was born at the University Of VirginiA
May 2s, 1928. Before finishing course
there he entered the Jenersono Medical
College of Philadelphia, and was sradu-S
ated in 1850. He went to New York
City in 1862, and ten years lstcr. becans
surgeon-in-chfef 81 the woman's ,hospi-