The times., 1901-06-06
FORTY ONE DEGREES GIVEN
Many Candidates HOnOred Yester-
day by the Catholic University.

! Cardinal MartineIIi Presides Over
the Ceremonies in McMahon Hall
Distinguished Members of the Dip
Iomatic Corps in Attendance.
Degrees ranging in the scale of schol-
! astic honor from that of Bachelor of
! avs to that of Master of Philosophy and
| Bachelor of Sacred Theology were con-
| ferred upon forty-one candidates at the
| Catholic University yesterday. Cardinal
MartinelH presided over the ceremonies.
which were held in the assembly hall of
McMahon Hail.
Under the bright colors of the American
! flag, with the gold and white of the papal
standard nearby, sat representatives. OF
number of foreign nations. DR.. Hole-
| ben, the German Ambassador; Senor Az
| piroz. the Mexican Ambassador, and Mrs.
Azpiroz; Mr. Takahira, the Japanese
Minister, and Mr.. j. F. de Assis- Brasil,
/ the Brazilian Minister attended with
members Of their staffs. Commissioned
and Mrs. II. b. F. Macfarland were also
present. with a large number of prominent
| Catholic clergymen. Cardinal Gibbons,
| Chancellor of the university, who is nov
| in Rome, was absent from the annual
| graduation exercises for the first time.
! Monsignor Conaty, rector of the uuiversi-
ty, took his place and conferred the de-
grees.
Among the candidates who were the
recipients of honcrs were a number from
Washington, among them Clarke WaggG-
man, son of Thomas e. Waggaman,
Treasurer of the University.
Monsignor Conaty, in opening the exer-
cises cordially welcomed all to the grad
uation ceremonies and spoke briefly of
the work of the scholastic year just clos
ed. Much anxiety, he said. had come to
the university through the illness of sew
eral of the professors, under whom study
had in consequence, been discontinued.
Continuing he touched on the financial
condition of the university, and said that,
while the total endowment, about S9)O,OOO
was safely invested, the income was
scarcely enough to meet the current ex-
penses of the institution. During the past
year gifts aggregating $131, 900 were receiv-
ed, Monsignor COnaty said. showing the
friendship and interest felt in the univer-
sity. He closed with reference to the
death of Miss Kate Andrews, of Baltimore.
a generous friend of the Catholic Univer-
sity, and paid high tribute to the MEM
ory of Monsignor Mcmahon, whose death
a few months ago brought to a close
life the accumulations and the latter years
of which had been devoted TO the inter-
ests of the institution. His prlncely bene-
factions, MonsignOr Conaty said, resulted
In the erection of the hall named in his
honor.
The degree of Bachelor of Science was
conferred upon but one student, Stanislaus
Won Prusinewslli, of Washington. who
was presented by Prof. ID. w. Shea, Dl-
rector of the School of TechnflOStcal
Sciences. Monsignor Conaty conferred the
degree upon him.
The ceremony attendant upon the con-
ferripg of the degree was simple, con-
sisting merely Of a few words of commen-
dation by the rector and the throwing over
the shoulders of the candidate of the elab-
crate hood of satin, the various cOlors of
which designated the degree conferred.
Prof. w. c. Robinson pesented eight
candidates for the degree of Bachelor of
Laws. one for that of Master of Laws.
three for the higher honor, Doctor OF
Laws. Tney were;
Bachelor of Laws-Frauk Aloysius Bra
dy, Baltimore, Md; James Arthur Con-
ly, Wichita, Kan; William Henry Kelly,
A. B., Staunton, Va. James Emmet
King, A. b. ST. Louis, Mo- William
Thomas Bernard O'Neill. a. b., Evans
ton, Wyo.; Abner Cloud Ritchie, A. b.,
Wdshingt on, d. c, Clarke Wasgaman,
Washington. d. c.
tin, LII B.. Martinsburg, w. Va, disser-
tation CORPORATIONS: Their probable
origin and subsequent development
Doctor Of Laws-keukichi Kodera, LII.
F.. LII NJ, Kobe. Japan, dissertation,
The GIecian Law" owen William Red
dy. LII B., LII. NJ. Newburyport, Mass.
dissertation, Limitations of the Law OF
Expert E.vidence;" Fukusaburo Eamara,
IL B., Yokohama. Japan, dissertation,
"A Comparison of the Succession to the
Headship of a House in the japanese Law
with Legal Succession in the Roman Law
and Primogeniture In the English Law. !
To the Rev. Arthur AdOlph Vaschlade,
c. s. S. T. L., of Sandwich, Canada, who
was granted the degree of Doctor of Phi
losophy, Monsignor Conaty paid hlgh
tribute in his closing address, stating that
he had conducted Investigations in the
field of Semitic languages, and Is the au-
thor of the Unpublished Letters OF PM
translated and commented. Elmer Jer-
ONE Murphy, Lit B., of Bellevue, iowa
received the degree Of Master OF Philoso,
ply; his dissertation was 'On the Ground
for Development in English Drama.
Seventeen candidates for the degree or
Bachelor In Sacred Theology were pre-
sented by Prof. c. P. Grammar
s. r D., dean of the faculty Of theology.
Rev. Thomas Joseph Brennan, Arch
diocese of San Francisco; Rey Joseph
Francis Dangelzer, 5. NJ, WasmngSon' y.
G: Rev Joseph Louis Duclos, 5. M
Washington, d. c.; Rev. Thomas Mat.
thew Farrell, a. B., a. NJ, Diocese OF
Rev. Thomas Joseph CARNEY,
Archdiocese OF NultdEDs INFN. - 49,
Helllet. S NJ. Washington, D: C. Rev.
Nicholas Joseph Hengers, 5. NJ, WASH
ington, ID. c.: Rev. Cornelius Joseph hoi-
land. Diocese of Providence; Rev. Joseph
Patrick Mackey, Archdiocese OF san
Francisco: Rev. Francis Joseph Mullin,
of Boston; Rev. John Thomas
O'ReiIly. Archdiocese OF New York; Rev.
Ernest Aloysius Pfeger. S. M. Washing
ton. ID. c.; Rev George Stephen Rapier,
5. M Washington, d. c.; Rev. Alfred |
Joseph ST Martin. s. NJ. Washington, D.
c.: Rev. Michael Joseph Walsh, Archdio- |
ccse of San Francisco; Rev. NIcholaS
AIoysius Weber, S. NJ, Washington, b. |
c.. and Rev. George William WEIGH, Dio- |
cese Of Springfield.
The following were confirmed as hcen- |
tiate in Sacred Theology:
Iicentiate In Sacred Theology Is. I. D. |
Rev Thomas Leo Barry, a. B., A. M, > |
T. b. Diocese of Pirsburg; Rev John Jo- |
eph Burke c. S. p, A. B., 5. 7. b.. Arch |
diocese of New York. Rev. Andrew Joseph |
# Chicago; Rev. Patrick Leo CraytOn, Ph. |
g.. S. r. B., Archdiocese Of Boston; Rev. |
Francis Frederick Formaz, \. B., \. M, |
s T B. Diocese of Alton; Rev. Francis |
Ignatlus Purtell. S. I. b. Archdiocese of
Rev. Michael Joseph Nc
sorey, S. r. B., Archdiocese of Philadel-
1hia; Rev. John Thomas Stnson, \. b.
5 r. B., Archdioces of Boston.
The Rev. Michael McSorley, S. 7. L.,
IF Philadelphia. res, ,nded to the facul-
ties of the several colleges on behalf OF
the students of the graduating classes
and Monsignor Conaty made the closing
address.