Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-06-08
GRADUATION DAY
Catholic University Exercises Draw a
Large Audience.
THOSE Who RECEIVED DEGREES
Remarks by Cardinal Gibbons and
Monsignor Conaty.
X E A d [ n q TIL E BIBLE
0SE Who RECEIVED DEGREES
r E A DIN THE BIBLE

READ ING THE BIBLEl
The graduation day exercises of the
Catholic University of America, and the
ccnferring Of degrees in theology the law
ana technology on the students of that in
stitutIon. took place at 10 o'clock this
morning in the assembly room of the mag
niiiccnt Mcmahon Hall building at the
university. His eminence Cardinal Glib
bons conferred the degrees and made the
address of the day. He was assisted by
Right Rev Mgr. Thomas j. Conaty, the
rector of the university.
A large congregation of the friends of
The university, distinguished assemblage
of prominent men and fair women, braved
the heat of the morning and the inconven-
lent transportation facilities, and were
present in the assembly room when the
procession of students, the faculty of the
university, Cardinal Gibbons and the es-
peclaliy invited guests arrived. The pro-
cesson was formed in Caldwell Hall. add
joining the chapel, directly after 10 o'clock
and proceeded to Mcmahon Hall, the fac
ulty and guests being seated on the plat
form to the right and left of his eminence,
the cardinal. The students and graduates
were seated directly in front of the stage,
while the large audience filled the remain
ing portion of the hall.
Prominent among the guests on the plat
form were the ambassador from Germany,
the ambassador fro m France and the Chin
csc minister each accompanied by a mem
Der of his suite. The hall was decorated
with American flags and the yellow and
white bunting of the church and univer-
sity.
Mgr. Conaty made the opening address,
lie declared that the university year Just
closed had been remarkable one in many
particulars SuccpSS lIrrlaS s.in tha
est expectations of the faculty, mad
crowned IL cir efforts. After congratuiating
the faculties of the different schools of
the institution, and the students on their
years work, DR.. Conaty proceeded to dis
| cuss the question of the place of the uni
VerSity in the educational system of the
church. and said that the necessity for the
university arose out of the demand for
the higher work in education which a
university alone is capable of doing. 1t
mas placed within easy reach of students
the scholarship which could not be OBJ
tanned except at great sacrifice, and gen
orally IN continental universities. 1t has
completed the educational system of the
church in this country, and stands the
very head and crown of the structure. The
university exists to develop science under
the inspiration and influence of religion,
by training men in the ways of research,
seeking for truth by scientific methods,
and thus become scientists. The university
also communicates science to others, giving
to earnest thoughtful minds the benefits
of the scientific thought of learned pro-
fessors, thus scattering among the many
the results of accurate knowledge. 1t
needs and must have students in order
that II may do its work completely. 1t
lihOrs to develop tastes for serious
studies. in the hope that a few among the
many may contribute by their individual
work to The fund of the worlds knowledge,
and thus III turn communicate science TO
others.
Monsignor Conaty took execution to the
nj nj a { "A
ing that the day of sectarianism in uniyer-
sites was at an end. If by this he meant
that in the universities of the future there !
would he no need of christianity the |
guiding principle he was laying the foun-
dations Of an error destructive of all edu- |
cation worthy Of the name.
For Degrees.
The candidates for degrees in theology |
were then presented by Very Rev. Thomas !
]. Shahan, D. D., dean of the faculty. He |
said there were twenty young men in the |
class, who had given five years more to |
a study Of theology in all its phases, and |
who, by their diligent study and adapta-
ton, their moral worth and understanding, |
were fit candidates for degrees in theology |
and were men we'll fitted 10 preach the |
word of God. The young men, kneeling, |
made a profession of their faith, after |
which IL ey knelt in turn before the cardi- |
ma! and received degrees as follows:
Bachelors of sacred theology Is. T. E.)- |
Hartford. Rev. Victor Francis Ducat do |
cese of Detroit; Rev. James Barnard Hay
den, diocese of Albany; Rev. Patrick Joseph |
Healy. archdiocese of New York; Rev. Will |
liam Joseph Higgins, A. b.. archdiocese of |
Philadelphia; Rev. Charles Francis Kav- |
anagh, archdiocese of Philadelphia; Rev. |
Florence Aloysius Lane. A B.. diocese of |
Springfield; Rev. John William McDermott |
diocese of Syracuse; Rev. Edmund Angus |
tine OConnOr, diocese of Albany; Rev.
Maurice Joseph O'Connor. Ph.B., archdio- |
cese of Boston.
Licentiates in sacred theology Is. T LII
Rev. James David O'Neill, archdiocese of
Chicago. professor of moral theology at ST. |
Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, maxima cum
laude, with dissertation on THE Pre-
Mosaic Sabbath Rev. Thomas Francis
Burke, S.T.B., congregation of St Paul
rtaxima cum laude, with dissertation on
"Phiiosophic SIM Rev. Bertrand Louis
| maxima cum iaude, with dissertation on
THE Growth and Nature of Trusts" Rev.
Dcrald James MckinnCn, AM. STB
archdiocese of San Francisco. maxima cum
laude. with dissertation on THE Census of
QrirmiUs;' Rev. Jeremiah Francis O'Meara
b. diocese of Providence, maxima cum
| laude, with dissertation on THE Plenary
Infalibility of the Bible" Rev Martin
Francis Reddy, ABB. JOB, ST.B, diocese
of Providence, magma cum laude with dis
sertation en- ''The Biblical Doctrine of Pen
ance;' Rev. Paul Patrick Aylward, ABB.
S.T.B, archdiocese of Milwaukee,, cum
laude. with dissertation on 1.-The Wage Sys-
tenn Rev. John Brady, S.T.B, diocese of
Los Angeles and Monterey, cum laude with
dissertation on THE Genuinty of the Cos
pei of st. Matthew" Rev. John Sylvester
Dunn, ABB, JOB, ST b., diocese of Provi- |
derce. cum laude, with dissertation on THE
Verbal Inspiration of the Bible" Rev.
Andrew Frederick Haberstroh, A.B S.TB
archdiocese of Boston, cum laude with dis
sertation on The Primary of the Holy See |
in the Early Fathers-a Study in the Cath
Ole Doctrine of Development"
The candidates for degrees in law were
next presented by Prof. w. c. Robinson
LII. D., dean of the law school. He said
that this was the first class to graduate
from the university who had received their |
fun course of study at that institution.
The young men presented were the first
fruits of the law school. They were young
men, he thought, who would reflect great
credit upon the university as a whole and