Evening star., 1901-06-20


| case, been employed in comforting the de-
/ gree. The bachelors degree, summa cum
iaude. has been given by the university
| but once before, and that was in 1891, to
DR.. Charles P. Neill at present professor
/ OF political economy in the Catholic Uni
| vetsity Of America. Mr.. Smith has merit
| ed the honor by his singular success in his
senior year. having obtained an average
| Of 100 per cent in all his oral examinations
| and In all the regular written papers. AS
| he was obliged to write six papers
philosophy, four in physics and one in
mechanics, and to pass successfully oral
| examinations before three several boards
| Of examiners, one board OF four men and
the others Of three men each. his feat Is
| all the more worthy Of recognition"
| The following class prizes were an
nounced:
Graduate school.-Cash prize of SIS (given
| by the college for the highest average in
| the courses of the graduate SCHOOL,.
| awarded to Francis ]. Romadka, A. B..
| Marquette. Milwaukee: cash prize of s23
| (given in memory of Bernard A. Kengla,
| LIB, to the student of the graduate
school gaining the second highest average
| in the graduate course). awarded to Jo-
| seph l.. McAleer, ABB, Georgetown, Penn
| sylvanla: cash prize of SO (given by an
| "Old Friend of the College," to the best
| student in Biology, awarded to Joseph ].
| Schill Pennsylvania.
Undergraduate school, senior.-Medal for
| rational philosophy (given by friend of the
college). awarded to Edward J. Smith. Ten
nessee; prize. Warwick ]. Herman. New
York. The physics medal {given by Will
lam v. McGrath. BIS. of Philadelphia.
see; prize. Thomas w. Smith. Tennessee
The KidweH medal for mechanics (gtven by
Edgar Kidwell, Ph.D., Me-, awarded to
Edward ]. Smith. Tennessee; prize, Hugh
]. Fegan, jr., District Of Columbia. A gold
medal tgiven by Mrs Lawrence O'Brien of
New York. in memory Of Francis x.
O'Brien Of the class of 1900. for the best
essay on ''Shakespeare's Criticism of Life
l." I~As ko1 h~vN T,nr~ of a
class Of 1902. awarded to George LeGuere
Mutually, louisiana
Junior-Silver medal. Conrad Reid. Dis
trict Of Columbia; prize. Francis z: Kama,
ley, New York. English literature and
composition, prize. Conrad Reid, District
of Columbia.
Sophomore.-Silver medal, Nicholas Ker-
nan. New York; prize. William H. Byrnes.
sition, William H. Byrnes. Louisiana.
Freshman-Silver medal, Hall s. Lusk,
District of Columbia. Prize. Jozach Miller.
Texas. English literature and composition,
Hall s. Lusk. District of Columbia
Modern languages-German prize, Hora-
tio G. Winslow, Wisconsin.
Mathematics - Calculus: Silver medal,
Theodore A. Dissel. New York. Analytical
geometry: Silver medal, John M. Russell,
District of Columbia; prize, John J. Wad-
den, South Dakota. Advanced algebra:
Silver medal. Albert Litschgi South Caro-
lima; prize. Harry v. Carlin. New York.
Chemstry-Analytical chemistry: Silver
medal, Stuart A. Tschiffely, District of Co
lumbia; prize, Conrad Reid, District of Co
lumbia General chemistry: Silver medal,
Frank A. Kane, jr. Pennsylvania; prize.
Theodore A Dissel, New York.
Prizes Open to General Competition.
The Christian doctrine medal (gift Of
Mrs. Eleanor Martin. San Francisco. Ca1),
awarded to Raymond I. Dunnigan, District
Of Columbia Prize Conrad Reid, District
of Columbia
Gold medal for elocution (gift of friend
Of the college, in memory Of Rev. William
F. Clark. 8: J.) awarded to George Le-
Guere Mutually Louisiana Next in merit.
Edward ]. Smith. Maryland
The Merrick debating medal FOUNDED by
Richard T. Merrick. LID. awarded to Rice
w. Jones. Virginia Question: Resolved.
That the federal government should own,
operate and control all the railroads in
the United States.
The Dahlgren medal for calculus found-
ed by John Vincent Dahlgren, ILL., M, A.
M, not awarded
The Father Murphy medal (founded in
memory of Rev. John ]. Murphy, s. J.. by
his personal friends for the best metrical
translation of three odes of Horace), not
awarded
The Toner scientific medal {given by Jo-
seph NJ Toner, NJ. D.. Phi. D.. Washington
D. c.. for the best collection of specimens
in some branch Of science), not awarded
The Morris historical medal founded by
Martin F. Morris, IL. D.; Washington, D.
}. H.. IfOl
siana. Subject: THE Rise and Growth of
the Nations Capital"
The Class Omcers.
The class officers of the graduating class
were: Edward ]. Smith. Tennessee presi-
dent; Hugh J. Fegan. vice president; John
NJ Wolfe. recording secretary: Richard P.
Whiteley. corresponding secretary: Edward
]. Smith, Maryland. treasurer; Edward j.
Smith, Tennessee, beadle.
ALUMNI MEETING.
The University's Sons Hold Their An
nual Reunion.
The Society of the Alumni Of Georgetown
University held it's annual meeting last
evening in the newly decorated CASTOR
Memorial Hail. and while the attendance
was not as large as was expected con-
| siderable interest was manifested in the
proceedings, and several reports read con-
tanning information Of Importance to the
| organization. Charles A. Hoyt, the presi-
dent, of New York. was not present, and
Harry E. Mann Of Baltimore, one of the
vice presidents, presided. officers were
elected to serve for the term of two years
as follows: President. Charles A. Hoyt,
New York; first vice president r. Ross
Perry. ST., District of Columbia; second vice
president Charles H. A. Kleinschmidt NJ.
D., District OF Columbia; third vice pres-
dent. DR.. E. Laplace, Philadelphia; fourth
vice president. Charles N. Harris, New
York; fifth vice president, James v. Cole
man, California; secretary E. D. F. Brady.
District Of Columbia: treasurer. DR.. F. o.
st. Clair, District of Columbia; executive
committee, the Rev. John D. Whitney, 8.
J.; Charles A. Hoyt, E. D. F. Brady. DR..
F. O.. st. Clair, all ex-offlcio: Daniel A.
Boone. Maryland: Francis A. Cunningham.
Pennsylvania: John G. Agars. New York;
DIR. Samuel s. Adams District of Column
bia; DR.. Thomas F. Mallan, District Of CO.
lumbia; Michael ]. Colbert. District of Co
lumbia; ]. s. Easily Smith. District of Co
lumbia; Patrick H. O'Donne1l, Illinois, and
]. Neal Power. California
Money for Scholarships.
The report of the secretary, E. D. F.
Brady, showed that the money voted by
the society for scholarships had been