Evening star., 1898-06-22
GRADUATED AT GONZAGA
The Famous Old College Shows Its Progress
sive Spirit
Archbishop Mnrtinelli Confers De-
grees and Awards Prizes to a Host
of Bright Youths.

Inc 1Orty-n1nth commencement OF Con-
zaga College held last night in Con-
zaga Hall was signalized by the gradua-
tion Of a class of six young men, the first
time in twenty-three years that such
hcnors have been conferred. There was a
very large attendance. and many persons
were unable to gain admission to the build
ing. On the palm decorated stage were the
capped and gowned graduates and a distin-
guished party, including Senator Mallory
Archbishop Martinelli, Mgr. Sbaretti, Rev.
Cornelius Gillespie, rector of Gonzaga Col
lege; Rev. James Casey, vice president of
the college; Rev. John Quirk, Rev. Edmund
Burke, Rev. John Colgan, Rev. John
Daugherty. Rev. Patrick Quill of Balti-
more. Rev. Brother Fabrican, Rev. Joseph
Ham, Rev. John Kelly of Leonardtown,
Md; Rev. Michael Scanlon. Rev. Edward
Dewitt, Rev. William Keene, Rev. John
Thompkins. Rev. John Creedon, Rev.
Patrick Dooley of Baltimore; Rev. AL
phonsus Donlan, Rev. William J. OGoro-
nan. Rev. ]. A. Mullen, DR.. Lochboeler and
DIR. Repetti.
After selections by the college band were
we'll rendered the exercises began with the
discussion of Conservative Educaton-Its
Three-fo!d Relation Mr.. ]. Vincent Cough
Ian treating it in it's relation to the in
dividual; Mr.. C. Hugh Duffy in it's relation
to the family, and Mr.. Martin T. Conboy
in it's relation to civil society. The treat
ment of these three phases of the interest
ing theme was excellent and all the speak
ers were all literally applauded. At the
conclusion of his address Mr.. Conboy as
valedctoran bade farewell to the faculty
and his class mates in impressive words.
Degrees Conferred
Archbishop Martineli then conferred the
degree Of bachelor of arts upon the gradu-
ates, each one kneeling as he received his
diploma and kissing the archbishops ring.
The graduates were Robert j. Achstetter,
Henry A. Hegarty, J. Vincent Coughlan,
James F. Markey, C. Hugh Duffy and Mar
tin T. Conboy.
Senator Mallory. who was pleasantly in
troduced by Rector Gillespie, made an in
teIesting address to the graduates, after
which the medals and premiums were
awarded, Rector Gillespie reading out the
names and Archbishop Martnelli handing
the prizes to the students as they came
forward in response.
Scholarships and Medals.
The honcrs were as follows: Graduating
class-scholarship in the Catholic Univer-
sity of America. Robert j. Achstetter;
scholarships in the University of George
town. Henry A. Hagerty, James F. Markey
and J. Vincent Coughlan.
Undergraduate classes: The Healy gold
medal for mental philosophy, Robert J.
, Achstetter; gold medal for physics and
geology. Robert j. Achstetter; gold medal
for mechanics and astronomy, Robert j.
Achstetter.
Other medals were awarded as follows:
Junior, George A Lansdale; sophomore,
Jamas p. Ryder; junior and sophomore,
Ernest \. Briscoe; freshman, John j.
Madigan.
Academic department = First academic,
Jonn p. Meagher and John E. ROSS
Second academic, Francis C. Brauca and
Walter l. Plant.
Third academic, first section. Francis P.
lie Buffe and Daniel j. Slattery; second
section, John F. Norton and Earl w.
Sweat.
Non-classical department-Enslish rhet-
oric, w. Todd Fox; English composition,
w. Todd Fox; first English, John l..
Bourke; English composition, John l..
Bourke; second English composition,
Charles Glduff; third English, Leo A.
ONeill; class of chemistry, James p.
Ryder mathematics. analytical geometry,
James p. Ryder, Francis c. Rraucn, Fran
Francis p. lie Buffe; second arithmetic,
Daniel F. A. Leahy.
Modern languages-First German, Fran
els l.. Neubeck; first French. William II.
Shea; second German, Francis c. Brauch;
second French, Michael ]. Leahy; third
German, Paul r. Rapetti; third French,
Joseph H. Hauk.
Special prizes-Christian doctrine, senior
division. gold medal. gift of Rev. William
Seaman. S. j., awarded to Francis L. Neu-
beck; junior division silver medal award
ed to Francis z. lie Buffe
Prize elocution-Senior division the gold
medal gift of Harris & Coz, was awarded
to John r. Meagher; junior division, the
silver medal, was awarded to Henry /.
Quinn; prize debate medal WIS awarded to
c. Hugh Duffy.