The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-16
SETON HALL GRADUATES.
Fourteen Young Men Re-
ceive Degrees at This
Seat Of Learning.
SHAM BATTLE BY THE STUDENTS
Bishop McFaul, Of Trenton,
Made Doctor of Laws--Col-
lege in Good Financial
Condition.
SHAM BATTLE BY THE STUDENTS
Ispecial q .rhe Jersey civ News."1

Especial to 1.-THE Jersey City News."l
SOUTH ORANGE. June is. 1S9S.-The
forty-second annual commencement ex-
ercfses Of Seton Hall College were held
yesterday morning, and. as usual, the
event attracted a great deal of attention.
AS early as 5 O'Clock parents~ relatives
and friends Of the students began to ar
rive on the big college campus. When the
members of Company A and B of the Col
lege Battalion marched out On the field at
10 o'clock to be reviewed by the members
of the Board of Trustees of the college,
several thousand persons were present.
The onlookers applauded the scholarly
looking young soldiers.
After the battalion drill the cadets had
a dress parade, bayonet exercise, physical
drill, with arms, and a sham battle. The
latter proved to be an interesting and ex-
citing event. The battalion was in charge
of the following ofhcers:1Major Mark ].
Duffy. commandment; Company A. Captain
Thomas Dwyer; Lieutenant Michael J.
Glennon; Sergeants John A. Dillon, Cor
nelius ]. Kane; Company 3, Captain John
A. Coan, Lieutenant, Richard r. Ryan;
Sergeants Edward F. Quirk, John J. Caul-
let.
At the close of the shan battle the col
legians paraded to the lawn fronting the
Alumni Hall Building. It was here that
the regular order of exercises was taken
up. Chairs were arranged under the elm
trees on the ~greensward. The hall piazza
was almost hidden with decorations in
Guiding ported plants and palms and the
| national ard college colors.
When the members of the college facul-
". including the president, Rev. DR.. Jo-
seph ]. Synnott, members of the Board OF
Trustees and the graduates, took their
seats on the porch three rousing cheers
and Setonia's yell were given. Bishop
w. NJ. Wigger presided.
There were fourteen graduates Rich
ard Thomas Ryan was the valedictorian.
| and GRAFTON were delivered on Ancient
and Modern Literary Taste" by John A.
! Coan. and ON Ancient and Modern Ora
tory" by william Henry Scaine. Mr..
| Ryan,s topic was THE Ancient and Mod
ern Drama" The college glee club sang
a number of selections, and Voss's band
| rendered instrumental music.
The Rev. Thomas j. Herman. OF Pas
sale. delivered the address to the grad
mates, devoting some time in telling the
young men who were about to go out INTO
the world how to make good and loyal
citizens. Father Herman is an eloquent
speaker, and he was frequently interrupt
ed by applause. President Synnott then
awarded the degrees, medals and prizes
as follows
Honorary Degrees-Doctor of Laws-Rt.
Rev. James Augustine McFaul, d. D.,
class of s7s. Bishop of Trenton: N. j.;
Elisha Jay Edwards, A. B., II. B.
Master of Arts-The Rev. Thomas J.
herman, Al. b.; Joseph s. G. Byrnes, A.
B., IL. B.
Degrees in Course, Master of Arts
George Francis Bennett. A. B., Belleville;
George Arthur B~rannigan, A. B., New
York: John victor Aloysius Cain, A. b.,
New York; Francis Bernard Donohue. A..
B.. Paterson, John Henry Aloysius Ha-
gam. A. B., Jersey City; James Aloyssus
Lundy, A. B., Newark; James Aloysius
Mackinson, A.. B., Newark; Richard Alloy
| sius Mahoney, A. B.. Paterson; John Ed
win Mclaughlin. A. B.. Hoboken; Ed
ward Francis Schultz, A. B., Newark;
Laurence Francis Smith, A. B., Newark.
Bachelor of Arts-John Augustine Coan,
South Amboy; Mark Joseph Duffy, Jer-
sew city; William Vincent Dunn, Morris
town; Thomas Aloysius Dwyer, Passaic;
Michael Joseph Glennon, Plainfeld; Thos.
Joseph Hampton, Pawtucket; William
Francis King. Jersey City; Francis
| Joseoh McElhose, Paterson; John Joseph
Murphy, Jersey City; Jeremiah Francis
O'Connor, South Amboy; John Patrick
Owens. Piainfeld; Michael Sylvester Reil-
/ " Montclair; Richard Thomas Ryan,,
woodbridge; William Henry Scaine,
| BellevfIle.
Medals Awarded-The Hamilton Ahern
| gold medal for good conduct, William
| Henry Seaine. Next in merit, Richard
| Thomas Ryan. Silver medals for good
| conduct; First division, Johr Joseph Caul-
| LET; second division, Patrick Ignatfus
| freeman; third division, Leo Thomas
Donohue.
I Senior class honors, Thomas Joseph
| Hampton; next in merit. Jeremiah Fran
| els OrConnor. For ethics, Thomas Joseph
| Hampton; next in merit. Richard Thomas
| RYAN. For metaphysics, Richard Thomas
| Ryan; next in merit, Thomas j. Hampton
| For Christian evidences, jeremiah Francis
| O,Connor; next in merit, Thomas Joseph
| Hampton. For military science, Marx
Joseph Duffy; next IN meris, John Angus
tine Coan.
Junior class honors, John A1oysius Dill
Ion. Next in merit. Edward Francis
Quirk. For logic, Cornelius Joseph
Kane. Next IN merit, John Aloysius Dill
Ion.
sophomore class honors, John Charles
Downes. Next In merit, Edward Joseph
Sweeney.
Freshman class honers. Joseph Bernard